| New Kid In Town | Gallery | Transcript |
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| Season 3 Episode 22a | |
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| New Kid In Town | |
| Original Airdate | April 10, 1994 |
| DVD release | Season 3 Complete Series |
| Previous Episode | The Mega Diaper Babies |
| Next Episode | Pickles vs. Pickles |
"New Kid In Town" is a Season 3 episode of Rugrats.
Characters Present[]
Character Introduced[]
Synopsis[]
Tired of Angelica's bullying, the Rugrats go play with another kid in the park, Josh. When Josh turns out to be an even worse bully, Angelica shows up to rescue the babies from him. - Description from Klasky Csupo
Plot[]
Fed up with Angelica's treatment of them, the Rugrats find Josh, a new friend, to play with. Angelica threatens to put sand on their heads, but Tommy says they are tired of her bossing them around, and they go to Josh.
Playing with Josh starts okay, but it turns out, however, that he is meaner than Angelica; he forces them to push him on the swing, takes their cookies (offering them a dirty lollipop to share with Chuckie, Phil & Lil instead), and threatens to hit them. Josh eats all the chocolate chip cookies.
Soon, the babies are forced to build a moat for Josh. Realizing that Angelica is actually preferable to Josh, Tommy decides to go to Angelica, but Chuckie warns him about Josh finding out. Tommy doesn't care, because if they don't do something now, they will be stuck with Josh forever. He sneaks over to where Angelica is, and tells her that Josh is worse than her and about how badly he treats them. Angelica is shocked by this, but refuses to help them because they had abandoned her to play with Josh. Tommy sadly goes back to the other playground, and Josh finds out what Tommy did.
He decides to play a game called "Pillow," where he pushes the babies down on the sand and goes to the swing. Tommy worriedly asks if Josh is going to jump over them, but Josh reassures him that he's not; he's going to jump on them. Before Josh can do so, however, Angelica steps in and launches a water balloon at Josh with her catapult in her wagon. The babies are relieved that she's back. Angelica tells them to get up, but Josh orders them back down, saying the babies are now his. Angelica says they are not, and launches another water balloon at him. Josh tries to convince her that she doesn't want the babies anyway, as they're are just dumb, but Angelica says that might be true, but they are her "dumb babies". Josh says he's not afraid of her, but Angelica launches another water balloon at him. Josh then offers to split the babies 50-50, with Angelica getting two and him keeping the other two, but Angelica refuses, saying she won't leave until she gets all the babies. She pushes Josh, causing him to scrape his arm. Josh runs away, crying, to his mother, and everything is back to normal. As punishment for leaving her, Angelica makes the babies dig through the sand like she was making them do at the beginning, but they don't mind it because it's better than being with Josh at least.
Trivia[]
- Josh could have seriously injured or even killed the babies if he had jumped on them with the game of "pillow", since he's older and heavier than they are.
- Angelica does the right thing by coming to Tommy's side and saving his life; she could've seen Josh's deadly act of "Pillow" from her side of the park.
- This is one of the few times Angelica shows compassion for the babies, by protecting them from Josh.
- Morals:
- Don't take 'nice' orders from strangers or false acquaintances; that can lead to dangerous or deadly consequences like child abduction.
- No matter if it is inadvertent, dangerous actions on the playground can be fatal to babies and children.
- The grass may not truly be greener on the other side.
Video Clip[]
Tommy Pickles Learns About Being "Fair" Rugrats NickSplat