Rugrats/Trivia

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  • Adored by the Network: Until 2003.
  • Cross-Dressing Voices: All the babies are voiced by women, regardless of whether they were male or female.
    • This is partially averted in some languages. In France, Tommy is voiced by Alexis Tomassian (Philip J. Fry). Sweden; Phil always had a male voice.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: Cree Summer portrayed Suzie, and you can't miss Tony Jay's baritone as Dr. Lipschitz.
  • Name's the Same: Susie's mom, Lucy Carmichael, has the same name as Lucille Ball's character from The Lucy Show.
  • Playing Against Type: Tim Curry portrays Dr. Lipschitz, who isn't evil. He's simply misguided.
    • Also, Kath Soucie playing Betty. While it's unheard of her to play a mother figure to someone else, Betty has a much different personality from the women she typically portrays.
  • The Other Darrin: After David Doyle's death, Joe Alaskey took over as Grandpa Lou's voice actor.
    • Also, when Christine Cavanaugh—the original voice of Chuckie Finster—left the show due to maternity leave, she was replaced by Nancy Cartwright (from The Simpsons). Not that many fans liked Ms. Cartwright's take on Chuckie. It sounded too Ralph Wiggum.
  • Talking to Himself: Phil, Lil, and their mother were all voiced by Kath Soucie, making their father the only person in their immediately family who wasn't. Also, Michael Bell voiced both Drew and Chaz. Didi and her mother were both Melanie Chartoff.
    • In Mexico, it's Dil and Susie. In Sweden, Tommy and Angelica.
  • Uncanceled: The show originally ended in 1994 with little fanfare, only for the network to notice that reruns consistently had the same ratings as the first run episodes. It was brought back in 1998, for better or worse.
  • What Could Have Been: Originally 20th Century Fox had a deal with Nickelodeon to release movies of the Nicktoons in 1993 but this fell through. Subverted with a theatrical movie coming out in 1998, released by Paramount.