Rugrats Go Wild is a 2003 crossover animated film, with two animated Nickelodeon television series Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys.The film was released in theaters on June 13, 2003 by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. Rugrats In Paris: The Movie is the film before this one.
t also makes this the Rugrats series finale, after the show ceased production. As there are currently no further Rugrats movies in production, Rugrats Go Wild stands as the third and final Rugrats film.
Plot[]
The episode starts with the grown ups getting ready to spend an evening out. Angelica then asks her mother to buy her a new Cynthia dress, but Charlotte says no since she had already bought her a dress not too long ago. Tommy's Uncle Ben and Aunt Elaine then arrive, having agreed to watch the babies and Angelica while their parents are out. They want to have practice with taking care of kids, as they have decided that they want to have children of their own. Betty wishes Ben and Elaine luck, but this doesn't discourage the couple (or, at least, Elaine), as they had already planned every minute of their day in a schedule and even bought the babies new clothes. The new clothes annoys Angelica, as she is still angry over not getting her new dress, and she states to herself that babies don't even need clothes anyways, as they are happy without them. When she hears that Tommy's uncle and aunt want to have a baby, she gets an idea; as soon as the adults leave, Angelica tells the babies that by saying that they want their own baby, Ben and Elaine meant that they wanted to take one of them away. Horrified at the idea of being separated from their parents, Tommy tells his friends that they need to be the opposite of what Ben and Elaine expect of them, meaning that they have to behave horribly so that they will lose interest and won't take any of them.
Meanwhile, Elaine comes in and tries to tell a story to the babies, but they start crying and screaming nonstop and don't let Elaine speak. She gives up and Ben suggests changing the schedule and move on to the diaper change in an attempt to calm them down, believing that the babies are fuzzy because they need changing. Once again, the kids run around screaming in Tommy's room, forcing Elaine and Ben to chase after them (except for Chuckie, who is already toilet trained, so he just sits quietly and covers his ears from all the noise going around him) and forcibly change them and also put on the new clothes on all of them; Chuckie is dressed in an old fashioned french suit, Tommy in an uncomfortable, girly onesie, Lil in a pink dress with a large yellow bow and Phil in blue pants, a white shirt and a blue cap, much to their chagrin.
Finally, Elaine decides it's time to feed the kids and tells them that since they have new clothes, they need to stay clean, but this only results in the babies throwing food at the adults, themselves and the entire house, which finally breaks Elaine, and she and Ben leave the babies in the kitchen and sit in the living room in misery. Angelica takes the chance to make a deal with them; if she manages to get the babies to behave, they take her to the Cynthia store and get her the dresses she wants. Not having any other choice, they accept and Angelica leaves for the kitchen, where she tells the babies to stop since they don't need to be bad anymore; Baby Kermit proposes they cheer her up by making a newspaper of their own. He names himself the editor and the other babies assume their roles - Baby Rowlf will be the music reporter, Skeeter will report on sports, Baby Piggy will write the movie reviews, Baby Gonzo is the photographer (hoping to get photos of the alien life of Mars) and Baby Fozzie and Baby Animal work on the comics.
Fozzie starts drawing "Fozzie's Funnies," but as he and Animal imagine themselves in the panels, he suffers from all of various text bubbles. Baby Piggy types out her review of The Phantom of the Opera (though severely misinterprets the plot, combining it with other film franchises). She scores it a "minus-three." Skeeter commentates on a baseball game.
Gonzo scours the bottom of the couch for martians, believing he's found one (though it's just the stuffing). He finds himself on Mars and scours the planet for life, unaware that some nasty creatures are following him. Kermit orders Rowlf to interview one of Nanny's favorite rock bands, "the Big Band." Rowlf and Animal come across a large set of instruments. Rowlf delivers his review in the form of sheet music, unable to write using words.
Gonzo finally catches sight of the all the martians, who start to chase him. He drops his camera behind and all martians take their own photos with it (for eating). They follow Gonzo back to the nursery, where nobody believes him and just missed them as they run by. Gonzo sends them martians retreat and running back under the couch with the help of a robot in the closet.
Before going to press, Animal whips up some classified ads. The babies sing as they start printing their paper, "The Daily Muppet." Kermit is a tad dismayed that their end result is one single page, so Gonzo places a stack of blank pages in the middle ("Nobody every reads any of that inside stuff anyway.") Elaine and Ben decided that they don't want any babies after all. The babies stop but feel sad at the idea of Elaine and Ben not wanting to be parents anymore and feel guilty for their actions, so they crawl out of their high chairs and decide to apologize to the adults by hugging them, which makes Elaine happy again.
The parents arrive as Angelica is pointing out the dresses she wants for Elaine and Ben to buy. Stu is shocked by the mess in his house while a slightly amused Betty asks Elaine if even after this they still want children and the martians. Elaine replies that she and Ben may not be ready for kids...unless they turn out like Angelica since, as far as Elaine and Ben are concerned, she saved them. When Tommy hears that his uncle and aunt will take Angelica.