Rugrats

TV Show • 1991 • Animation  

Report
Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.
This tv show contains 21 potentially triggering events.
Season
Episode
Filter to only show:
Both
Yes
No

Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
1 supporters
Yes
0
No
9
2
Nebulacat
There are four recurring dog characters: Spike, Spiffy, Fifi, and Pepper, all of whom survive.
1 comment | Add comment
Unanswered Triggers
Is there pedophilia?
137 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is an animal abandoned?
104 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
101 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is rape mentioned?
94 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is an animal sad?
90 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Are rabbits harmed?
78 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Are there abusive parents?
57 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Are there transphobic slurs?
53 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Abandonment
0
SiRenfield
Not intentionally but there are numerous incidents of negligent parenting throughout the series
1 comment | Add comment
Abuse
Is someone stalked?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there domestic violence?
85 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
4
Is someone gaslighted?
34 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is a child abused?
111 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Addiction
Yes
0
No
5
Is there addiction?
22 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Does someone abuse alcohol?
20 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does a horse die?
108 supporters
Yes
0
No
7
1
Nebulacat
There are no horses in this show.
1 comment | Add comment
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
184 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
4
Nebulacat
Chuckie's pet bug dies and Phil and Lil's goldfish is implied to have died in the past. The twins are also said to have once had turtles but not anymore, although it's unknown what happened to them. A spider also dies in "Spike Runs Away". But if you avoid "Spike Runs Away", "I Remember Melville", and "Autumn Leaves", you can be assured that there are probably no animal deaths.
1 comment | Add comment
Are animals abused?
211 supporters
Yes
0
No
6
3
Nebulacat
Not intentionally, no. Some animals get put on the receiving end of slapstick, but they don't get seriously hurt.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
4
No
0
4
HickoryDickoryProductions
Does Melville count?
1 comment | Add comment
Does a cat die?
184 supporters
Yes
0
No
7
1
Nebulacat
Both Fluffy and Chowder survive.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a pet die?
172 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
3
SiRenfield
S3
 E24
A pet bug dies
1 comment | Add comment
Does a dragon die?
32 supporters
Yes
0
No
6
0
Nebulacat
No dragons at all.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there spiders?
54 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
1
Nebulacat
In "Spike Runs Away", there is a tarantula named Terry.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there snakes?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Are there bugs?
1 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
3
Nebulacat
Phil and Lil eat bugs, and bugs are considered as pets in "Spike Runs Away" and "I Remember Melville".
1 comment | Add comment
Assault
Is someone drugged?
33 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is someone sexually assaulted?
192 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
33 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does someone struggle to breathe?
28 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
Is there cannibalism?
36 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is someone crushed to death?
33 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is someone burned alive?
46 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is someone buried alive?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is there body horror?
66 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there amputation?
29 supporters
Yes
0
No
5
0
Nebulacat
Nope!
1 comment | Add comment
Does a head get squashed?
59 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there a hanging?
32 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Does someone asphyxiate?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
92 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
7
No
0
2
Nebulacat
Though one episode is called "Angelica Breaks a Leg", she's only faking. However, Antonio Peaches and Charlotte both really break their legs.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a seizure?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
8
No
0
2
Nebulacat
One episode is about Angelica trying to take a tooth out of Chuckie's mouth so that the tooth fairy will collect it. She fails, but knocks out one of her own teeth.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
1
Nebulacat
Characters get cuts on their fingers, but no mutilation.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone tortured?
93 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Does someone fall to their death?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Is there eye mutilation?
102 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is there excessive gore?
104 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Children
Yes
4
No
0
1
SiRenfield
S1
 E6
Tommy is kidnapped by some crooks who mistake him for a wealthy family's child. Not helped by the fact that it's one of the early episodes where the babies don't speak at all so it's pretty realistic on top of that
1 comment | Add comment
Does a kid die?
61 supporters
Yes
0
No
9
4
Nebulacat
All the kids survive. Angelica tells about a boy named Barnaby who got eaten by a monster, but she's lying.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a minor sexualized?
117 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
32 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Family
Does a parent die?
23 supporters
Yes
8
No
1
3
Nebulacat
Both Chuckie's mother Melinda and Stu and Drew's mother Trixie have died before the events of the series.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a child's toy destroyed?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
1
Yes
9
No
0
3
Nebulacat
"Ruthless Tommy" is about two men kidnapping Tommy, but he's fine.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
22 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
Are there jump scares?
68 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
1
Yes
5
No
1
1
Nebulacat
In "Regarding Stuie", the babies and an amnesiac Stu all take showers... in their clothes.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there clowns?
17 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
1
Nebulacat
Fear of clowns is actually addressed. Both Chuckie and Didi are afraid of clowns. There are also a few clown dolls.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone possessed?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Gross
Does someone vomit?
111 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
6
DavidBarkow
Angelica vomits on Drew at the end of "Chuckie Loses His Glasses."
4 comments | Add comment
3
Nebulacat
In "Chuckie vs. the Potty", Chuckie wets his pants twice and Angelica wets the bed, in "Accidents Happen" Chuckie wets the bed, and in "Officer Chuckie" Angelica berates Chuckie for wetting his pants.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone spit?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Is there audio gore?
50 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
34 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
22 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
7
No
0
2
Nebulacat
"The Shot" involves Tommy, Angelica, and Hector being vaccinated.
1 comment | Add comment
1
Nebulacat
There are psychologists, but that's about it.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have cancer?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Mental Health
Yes
0
No
4
-1
Nebulacat
If by "self harm" you mean "intentionally hurts themselves due to psychological issues", then no.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a mentally ill person violent?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there autism specific abuse?
53 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
1
Jamjam
There's a joke about Grandpa Lou calling Dr Kevorkian, but no actual suicide attempts are shown (this is a kids show after all)
1 comment | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
1
Nebulacat
Nope- no eating disorders.
1 comment | Add comment
1
Nebulacat
No suicide or anything like that.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
48 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
3
Does a baby cry?
19 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
3
Nebulacat
The babies are all heard crying on occasion.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there obscene language/gestures?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Are there flashing lights or images?
49 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
9
3
Nebulacat
There was one episode where Charlotte thought she was pregnant and then she wasn't. She *might* have miscarried then, but I'm gonna put "no" since she probably just botched the pregnancy test.
1 comment | Add comment
2
SiRenfield
….I mean pretty much the entire show right there
1 comment | Add comment
Is there childbirth?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Are there abortions?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
8
1
Nebulacat
The only woman to die is Malinda, and she was not pregnant when she died.
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
49 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
1
Nebulacat
Angelica calls the babies dumb, but she's not actually implying they're mentally ill or insulting a mentally ill person.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
36 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
2
Nebulacat
Grandpa Boris and Grandma Minka are Jewish, but no one is mean to them for being Jewish.
1 comment | Add comment
1
Nebulacat
"Clan of the Duck" actually has a moral about how it's okay for a boy to wear a dress.
1 comment | Add comment
1
Nebulacat
In "Clan of the Duck", Tommy and Chuckie are mistaken for girls when they wear dresses.
1 comment | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
36 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Are there fat jokes?
56 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does the black guy die first?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Is there hate speech?
32 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
40 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Sex
Yes
3
No
0
0
SiRenfield
S3
 E15
An infant is naked for pretty much the entire episode ,but no genitalia is shown
1 comment | Add comment
Is there bestiality?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is someone sexually objectified?
49 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
93 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Is there sexual content?
64 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
7
5
Nebulacat
Most episodes have happy endings, although a few end on a minor negative thing (like in "Angelica Breaks a Leg", Charlotte breaks her leg at the end).
1 comment | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Does a plane crash?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Is someone hit by a car?
22 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Violence
Does someone drown?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Is there blood/gore?
60 supporters
Yes
1
No
6
2
Nebulacat
In "The First Cut", the babies' cuts bleed slightly, but it isn't gore by any stretch of the imagination.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Is there gun violence?
29 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6