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Season 4 Episode 3
Rugrats - Vacation
Vacation (Episode)
Original Airdate July 8, 1997
VHS release A Rugrats Vacation
Decade in Diapers Vol. 2
DVD release Decade in Diapers
Season 4
Previous Episode Mother's Day
Next Episode Spike's Babies

Vacation is a Season 4 episode of Rugrats. It was produced in 1995.

Characters Present

  • Tommy
  • Chuckie
  • Phil
  • Lil
  • Angelica
  • Stu
  • Didi
  • Drew
  • Charlotte
  • Betty
  • Howard
  • Chas
  • Lou

Synopsis

The Rugrats take a vacation to Las Vegas (or as the babies like to call it ,"Slots Vegas") with their parents and end up on a series of misadventures in the hotel complex where they're staying. These include chaos at the buffet, running amok through the casinos and getting to pet the "giant kittens" (actually tigers) owned by magicians Hemlic and Bob. - Description from Klasky Csupo

Plot

A Rugrats Vacation is a double length episode from season four, in which the gang takes a vacation to Las Vegas, Nevada (which the babies call "Slots Vegas"). The episode begins with the characters packing quickly for their trip and boarding the R.V., followed by Angelica singing a song about their vacation to Las Vegas. Upon arrival in Las Vegas, Didi, Betty and Charlotte go on a girls' day out, leaving the men in charge of the kids. Drew, Howard and Chaz going skiing. Then, Grandpa Lou goes to play in the casino leaving Stu with the kids. The babies quickly get away from him and go on one of their typical adventures. To save the Kitties, Angelica has to perform her own version of "Vacation".

Trivia

  • Even though almost all the family goes on vacation, Boris and Minka don't go.
  • Three minor characters from Season 1 make cameo appearances as circus audience members: Ramon and his girlfriend Pamela from "Little Dude", and in front of them the little boy with the glasses from "Momma Trauma".
  • Ramon is going out with a girl called Pamela in this episode, though in Little Dude, he fell for her friend Kristen.
  • In the scene when Ramon appears, there is a man with a shirt that says "Green Bay Meat Packers" a reference to the NFL team The Green Bay Packers.
  • Heimlich and Bob are a parody of Siegfried and Roy.
  • The theme song to this episode is "Vacation" (1982) by The Go-Go's.
  • This was at least the second time Phil and Lil had been to Las Vegas. It was mentioned in "The Last Babysitter" that their mom took them there one weekend.
  • Angelica performs her version of "Vacation".
  • This episode appeared in the Rugrats Decade in Diapers DVD.
  • At the end of this episode, Angelica sings in such a professional manner, without any mistakes. Compare this to her earlier songs, when she frequently sings well-known songs incorrectly (especially the music scales and "Oh Beautiful").
  • The "splash" introduction and accompanying music, used in the original run, returns for the first time this season.
  • This is also the first Spanish-language video of a Rugrats TV episode to be released in the US & Canada, on August 29, 2000. As with the original English version when it was first released, this Spanish version is also direct-to-video, as Telemundo has yet to present this episode on their channel. Previously, the only other Spanish-language Rugrats video on the US market was the first movie.
  • This is the first direct-to-video episode of the series. The video release also includes "Ice Cream Mountain" and "Graham Canyon"
  • The family Carmichael was not invited to the trip.

Goofs

  • When the gang first checks into the Viking Hotel, Tommy is wearing his usual blue t-shirt and diaper, but in the next scene, he is in his pajamas.
  • Tommy wasn't wearing his shirt in the pool scene. But when Didi mentions Circus Giganticus, Tommy is wearing his shirt.
  • While Tommy & Chuckie are crawling on the floor between the buffet and the viking ship, we see the bottom half of a man in a red t-shirt, blue shorts and sandals walk from right to left past Tommy and Chuckie 3 times.
  • While Tommy is speaking in the RV in Vegas, we are outside the RV as the neon lights reflect off the glass. However, the "Bingo" sign (displayed repeatedly due to animation looping) is reflected with the letters in a "correct" fachion, rather than backwards.
  • When Phil and Lil said "We can do exactly what we want", Lil's mouth wasn't moving when they said "We can do."

Gallery

The gallery for this episode can be found here

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