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I used to love "The Rugrats". Before they became unbearably popular. Before Dil came. Before David Doyle died. Before the movies. Before . .. you get the picture.

Why? Very simple. The initial Rugrats was a great show.

When the show premiered, in 1991, with "Tommy's First Birthday", nobody could've guess how far it would go. It had a simple premise: what life as a baby was like.

As the show began to climb, the jokes and the show itself began to become polished. The animation was horrid - but who cares? If the show's enjoyable, then I won't hate it for a single quality. Besides, the scribbles that made up the animation added to the whimisical feel of the show.

The show was, at first, intelligent, with jokes and plot lines that both kids and adults could relate to. Media references abounded. For example, in "Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch", a Stetson-wearing Tommy faces off against the "Junkfood Kid" (played by Nancy Cartwright), recalling "High Noon" and numerous Leone westerns. In "The Booster Shot", Chucky's doctor is named "Dr. Lecter", a reference to the flesh-eating psychiatrist from "The Silence of the Lambs". The episode with Dean (Angelica's love interest) spoofs James Dean in "Rebel Without A Cause". "The Dog Groomer" recalls "The Terminator", "The Mysterious Mr. Fiend" spoofs "Frankenstein", Dr. Lipschitz (Tony Jay) is a Sigmund Freud-esque child psychologist, and numerous others are similarly intelligent.

Also, the characters were well-developed and likable. At this point, the dialogue was great. Not only the kids, but the adults. The adults were intelligent, had emotions, and were very realistic. They made many of the jokes, and were interesting, rather than the no-dimensional shells they become.

The show's popularity began to grow in 1992, but it was put on hiatus in 1994, when Paul Germaine left the show.

And how it made it into production astounds me. The main character is an obnoxious show off who isn't the least bit funny. I can't stand the character at all. He's a dumb ass with nothing to offer the show.

This is the worst cartoon to surface in the last 10 years, no joke. The story lines are both poorly written and executed. The jokes are as bad as the ones on Disney's Sweet Life of Zack and Cody. I could not dislike this show more, it's terrible and should be canceled. Even the theme song is bad. The title, even worse.

It's as though this show is written by a couple of 15 year olds that based the character on themselves and think they're hot stuff when they're really just arrogant and lack creativity as well as humor.

Johnny Test, go away far and fast!

Before I begin this is my opinion and isn't meant to come as any offense to those who disagree with me. I only started watching Rugrats when I was 3, and let me say, I hated it. It's a terrible show; there was 1 time I saw Lil take something out of her belly button and then she ate it. EWWWWWWW! This show is absolutely offends Maggie Simpson. It really should have aired first in 1989, not 1991. I also considered it a big Simpsons ripoff!! Another thing that I hate about Rugrats is the like of humor they have in this series. For one thing, the only time it tries to be funny is when they use potty humor. And any other times they try to make a joke, they fail at making me laugh. Another thing that I hate the animation. I perfectly understand that this show was made in the late 80's, and it's not the low quality of the colors I hate, it's more of the way it was all drawn. In my opinion, the animators and all of the drawers or whatever they're called cannot draw well at all! This is like it swept too much of the plot that The SImpsons has. I think the only reason people love it so much is because it's a "classic" show and it may bring back memories. I think that if it were airing tonight, I don't think as much people would like it. Because like me, more likely than not, they would complain about how horrible this show is.