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(The episode's opening scene, a tower of blocks is shown as the camera pans up from top to bottom, the blocks spell out "RUGRATZ", Tommy has placed the "Z" block on it as he almost loses his balance until he falls on the grass, Chuckie, Lil and Phil are shown toppled on each other from holding Tommy)
Lil DeVille: Wow, it's neat!
Phil DeVille: It's pretty!
Chuckie Finster: It's... What is it?
Tommy Pickles: (happily about his block towers) I call it "Three Babies and a Guitar".
Chuckie, Lil and Phil: (smiling in unison): Oh!
Angelica Pickles: Oh, yeah? (the Rugrats see Angelica smiling wickedly as they gulp nervously) Well, you wanna know what I call it? (Chuckie uncovers his eyes, kicks the block towers): "A mess"!
(Phil and Lil gasp in shock as Angelica laughs evilly and walks off smirking, an angry Tommy walks to his blocks)
Tommy: (furiously) Ruined! My work is ruined! (clenches his fist) Ooh! Sometimes she makes me so mad, I wish--uh, I wish something really bad would happen to her!
Chuckie: NO! Don't say that, Tommy! You should never wish bad things on other people! What if they came true?!
Lil: He's right, Tommy.
Phil: Something really bad might happen to Angelica.
Phil and Lil: (pauses then smile at each other) Yeah!
Lil: Like, maybe her hair could turn into worms...
Phil: Or maybe her nose would get bigger and bigger, until she couldn't move without bumping into walls.
(Phil and Lil giggle)
Tommy: (enraged) NO!!! I wish something really bad would happen to Angelica! Something so bad that, well... I can't even think of it yet!
Chuckie: (worried): But Tommy...
Tommy: I mean it, Chuckie! (picks up an "X" block and holds it up in the air): I wish that the baddest thing in the whole world happens to Angelica! (a buzzing sound is heard) I wish! I wish! I wish!
(Suddenly, without warning, a flash like lightning blasts scaring the babies, the flash came from one of Stu's inventions, a clown-faced bug zapper, hanging from the branch of a tree)
Grandpa Lou Pickles (notices this): That mosquito must've been the size of a B-52. (the bug zapper smokes up) This here bug zapper sure does the trick.
(cut to the interior of Tommy's house, the door buzzer is heard, Stu opens the door, Drew is seen out the front door)
Drew Pickles: (waves and smiles) Hey, little bro.
Stu Pickles: (handshakes with Drew) Hey, big bro.
Drew: And how is my little angel today?
Stu: Just as sweet and perfect and lovable as ever.
Angelica: (dances innocently and curtsies) That's right, Daddy!
Drew: Well, what else could she be? (pats her head as he and Angelica nose kiss) Say, Stu, could I ask you a favor?
Stu: Sure, bro.
Drew: See, today is the anniversary of Charlotte's first leveraged buyout, so I got her a present.
Stu: Uh-huh?
Drew: Yeah, but I want it to be a surprise, so I thought maybe you could look after it for a couple of hours.
Stu: No problem. What is it?
Drew: Oh, it's a work of art, Stu--the most beautiful masterpiece you've ever seen. (leaves and comes back with something under a sheet) Wait till you see it, Stu! You've never seen anything like it!
Stu: Great.
Drew: It's brilliant, it's stunning, it's masterful! (takes the sheet off revealing a statue of Angelica)
Stu: (goes unsurprised) It's Angelica.
Drew: Isn't it special? (Angelica tries to pose as the statue but stumbles on the floor) A perfect representation of my little angel.
Stu: (scratches his head): Yeah, it's special all right. Maybe we should put it out in the backyard.
Drew: The backyard? Why?
Stu: Well, uh, you know, we got those, uh, rug mites. We don't want them to wreck the base. (picks up the statue)
Drew: Oh, okay, if you think it's safe out there.
Stu:: Oh, yeah.
(Angelica watches them move the statue out, scene cuts to the backyard where Drew and Stu place the statue near the porch)
Drew: Easy, easy. (sighs) Oh, thanks a lot, Stu. Angelica and I will be back in a bit to pick it up.
(as they leave, the Rugrats walk along the side of the house)
Chuckie: You shouldn't have said that! You shouldn't have wished that something bad would happen to Angelica.
Tommy: Just wishing something can't hurt nobody.
(suddenly, the babies gasp seeing the Angelica statue)
Lil: It's Angelica!
Phil: (they run to the statue) She turned into a rock!
Chuckie: Look what you've done, Tommy! Look what you've done!
Tommy: I... I didn't mean to.
Chuckie: Yes, you did, Tommy, remember? You wished that the baddest thing in the whole world would happen to Angelica. (grabs Tommy by the shirt) And it did, Tommy! It really did!
Tommy: But, I didn't mean for something like this to happen!
Phil You should've thought about that before, Tommy.
Lil: Yeah! There's nothing worser than turning into a rock--except maybe turning into mashed peas--
Phil: Or bat drool--
Lil: Or mashed peas, and bat drool!
(Phil and Lil giggle at this)
Tommy: (walks up to the statue, sadly): I'm sorry, Angelica. (goes to his knees): I'm really sorry. (bows)
Chuckie: I don't think she can hear you, Tommy. (knocks on the statue's face): She's rock solid.
Tommy: What am I gonna do, Chuckie?
(Tommy hears footsteps, Didi walks out the back door with a basket full of laundry)
Chuckie: Uh-oh! Better do something fast!
Stu: Hey, Deed! (shown naked by the window): Have you seen my underwear?
Didi Pickles: (sighs exasperatingly): Have you checked your underwear drawer? (Stu leaves the window, to herself): I swear, I love him, but sometimes I think that man couldn't find his nose if he had his finger... (sees the babies and the Angelica statue wearing clothes and sunglasses): Oh, hi, Angelica! I thought your daddy already came to pick you up. (puts the laundry basket down by the clothesline and starts hanging clothes): He must be coming back to get you later. You know you're always welcome to stay with us as long as you--
Stu: Hey, Deed! I still can't find them!
Didi: (sighs, and leaves): Coming, dear!
Tommy: C'mon! We gotta hide Angelica, before my mom comes back!
Chuckie: But how, Tommy? She's made out of rock! (Tommy smiles up an idea as he right eye twinkles, the scene cuts to the babies with a little red wagon out, they push the statue into the wagon but the statue falls on top of Chuckie, Tommy gasps) HELP! Help, I'm stuck!! Get me out of here!!!
Tommy: Not now, Chuckie. First, we got to find another place for Angelica.
(the babies take the wagon along)
Chuckie: (struggles): Even when she's a rock, she makes me miserable!
(the babies take the statue to the side of the house as Didi comes out to continue with the laundry)
Didi: Well, at least that crisis is under control.
Stu: (off-screen): Hey, Deed, have you seen my socks?
(Stu pokes out of the window still naked, Didi lightly smacks her forehead and head back in the house, the babies place Angelica in the bushes)
Lil: I kinda like her this way.
Phil: Me too. She can't pick on us anymore.
Phil and Lil: (smiling at each other, in unison): Let's keep her this way!
Tommy: You guys! We can't just leave Angelica like this forever!
Lil: Why not?
Tommy: Well... because Angelica's not just a big, old, mean kid who likes to push us around and pull our hair and make us eat old green stuff from under the couch.
Chuckie, Lil and Phil: (in unison): She's not?
Tommy: No! She's a lot more than that. She's the one who's been there before us, she's the one who shows us the way. Sure, she's hard on us. She's got to be hard, but she's our friend, and we got to help her! (the babies look at him) Plus, if we don't turn her back into real, we're gonna get into a lot of trouble.
(the babies clamor in agreement)
Chuckie: But how, Tommy? How can we turn her back to real?
Tommy: Well, I'm the one who made her like this, right?
Chuckie, Phil and Lil: Yeah.
Tommy: So, all's I gotta do now is make a wish for her to turn back into real again, then everything will be okay. (the babies clamor for Tommy to do so) I wish that Angelica turns back to real. (nothing happens) I really wish that Angelica turns back to real. (nothing happens still) I really, REALLY wish that Angelica turns back to real!
(Tommy notices that the wish is not working)
Chuckie: It's no use, Tommy; Angelica is rock, and rock she shall remain.
(suddenly, the babies hear Grandpa Lou humming and entering the gate, he grabs a pair of clippers)
Grandpa Lou: Read my lips: no new branches! (chuckles)
Chuckie: Oh, no!
Lil: We're in trouble now!
(Grandpa Lou trims the bushes near the statue)
Didi: (off-screen, singsong): Oh, Pop!
Grandpa Lou: Now what? (Didi comes out) Can't you see I'm on a mission?
Didi: You've got a phone call. It's some woman named Morgana.
Grandpa Lou: Ooh! Well, why didn't you say so! (runs off)
Tommy: (gets out of the bushes and takes the wagon): C'mon! We gotta move Angelica again before Grandpa comes back.
Chuckie: Oh, no! I'm not getting back up on that wagon again--not no way, not no how. (crosses his arms and frowns, the next scene shows the babies carrying the statue in the wagon with Chuckie once again trapped with the statue) Oh, why me? Why always me?
(the babies hide the statue into a pile of leaves, Tommy paces around thinking of an idea)
Lil: Maybe we could squirt milk all over her so she gets real messy.
Tommy: How would that make her real?
Lil: I don't know; I'd just like to do it.
Chuckie: Maybe we could give her a nice bubble bath.
Tommy: How would that make her real?
Chuckie: I don't know, but it would wash off the milk.
Phil: Hey, I got a idea. Maybe we hasn't been able to turn Angelica back into a real girl 'cause we wasn't treating her like a real girl.
Tommy: (glares at him): What you talking about, Phil?
Phil: You know, it's like in that story "Pinnocchlio". He had to learn how to be a real boy before he could be a real boy.
Lil: So, we gotta act like Angelica's a real girl.
Phil: And then she'll be a real girl!
Tommy: Let's do it!
Stu: Hey, Deed! (the babies gasp, shown wearing boxers and an undershirt holding a rake): Have you seen my old work clothes? I wanna go rake up the leaves!
Tommy, Phil and Lil: (in unison): Oh, no!
(Chuckie goes silent, then walks to the wagon, and lies in there ready to expect the worse)
Chuckie: (sighs): Okay, push her on me.
(next scene cuts to the statue at the babies' sandbox, Tommy throwing a cup of purple juice on the statue's face)
Tommy: More juice, Angelica?
Lil: (takes a shovelful of applesauce): How 'bout some nice applesauce? (throws it on her face)
Phil: It's not working.
Tommy: You know what, guys? I don't think this applesauce is gonna do the job. We need something better.
Lil: Like what, Tommy?
Tommy: Just think. What's Angelica's favorite food? What's she always trying to trick us into getting for her? What's the one thing she'd always eat even if she was made of rock?
Chuckie, Phil and Lil: Cookies!
(scene cuts to the babies in the kitchen by the counter where a jar of cookies are)
Tommy: Okay, Chuckie, you keep a lookout. (Phil and Lil stand on each other for Tommy to reach the cookies) We're going after 'em.
(Chuckie does so until he sees Stu, now fully clothed, opening the door, Drew has come back)
Stu: Hey, Drew, back so soon?
Drew: Oh, yeah, couldn't wait to pick up my little angel.
Chuckie: (gasps in horror): Ta-ta-ta--
Tommy: What is it, Chuckie?
Chuckie: I-I-I--
Phil: Spit it out, Chuckie!
Chuckie: Yu-yu-your--
Lil: Spill it, Chuckie!
Chuckie: Your Uncle Drew's here to get Angelica!!!
(the babies gasps and run out the kitchen)
Tommy: Let's get out of here!
Drew: Angelica's so excited about it.
(Angelica comes in smiling, scene cuts to the babies running back to the statue in the sandbox)
Chuckie: Oh, no, oh, no!
Phil: What are we gonna do?!
Tommy: Hurry, get in the wagon!
(Chuckie does so as the other babies push the statue, but instead, the statue falls right after the babies, who scream and run off, the statue falls on the ground breaking into many pieces)
Chuckie: (horrified) We broke Angelica!
Tommy: Oh, Angelica! My poor, poor Angelica! (picks up the statue's broken hand): This was your hand, your little hand! (tosses it and picks up the statue's broken face): Oh, why did I ever make that wish? Why did I ever say the baddest thing? Why didn't I say the next to the baddest thing or the not-so-baddest thing? Why, why, why?!
Angelica: (off-screen): Hey, what are you babies doing?
Tommy: (sees her and drops the face, happily): Angelica!
(the babies run to Angelica joyfully, Angelica gasps as the babies begin kissing her)
Angelica: (back them away): Eew, Stop! Baby germs! Get away! (trips on the pieces of her statue, notices this): What are all those rocks down there? And what... (picks up her broken face and realizes this): Hey, wait a minute. Those aren't rocks. (goes devastated, and screams): THEY'RE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Drew: (runs out with Stu): What is it, sweetie? What's... (Angelica points at the broken statue, Drew sees it and yells in horror): YAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Stu: Something wrong?
Drew: (irked) "Something wrong?!" Stu, that's my statue--my $469.57 STATUE!!
Stu: Ah, that's too bad. But don't forget, Drewzer, your little brother here is a class A inventor. (picks up some broken pieces): I'll fix it right up before you can say "hokey-pokey". (leaves)
Drew: (sarcastically): Hokey-pokey...
(scene cuts to the statue glued in a refashioned and deconstructed state)
Stu: I call it "Angelica Descending a Staircase."
Drew: (shocked at this, and annoyed): I call it "a mess!"
(Angelica starts bawling at this as the babies watch from the front window)
Tommy: Well, I guess I learned my lesson: Be careful what you wish for, it might come true.
Chuckie: Yeah. Somebody you know might turn into a statue.
Lil: Or eyeballs--
Phil: Or worm guts--
Phil and Lil: Or eyeballs and worm guts!
(Phil and Lil giggle making Tommy and Chuckie go disgusted, but they shrug it off and laugh as well until the scene changes into a painting of the babies in the style of Picasso ending the episode)