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Seventeen years after the end of the animated
series that made toddlers seem smarter than their parents,
ringleader Tommy Pickles, nervous Chuckie Finster and bossy
Angelica Pickles now have smart technology to run rings around
the hapless grown-ups who are supposed to be in charge.
"They've brought it into 2021. They use cellphones, they have
computer screens, there's video, they're zooming," said Nancy
Cartwright, who voices Tommy.
"Rugrats", arriving on streaming platform Paramount+, reunites
the same five voice actors who played kids Tommy, Chuckie, twins
Phil and Lil, Susie and Angelica the first time around.
First launched in 1991, the series that explores the world from
the point of view of babies became a pop culture staple that
spawned movies, video games, a live show and even a cereal
called Reptar Crunch.
CGI animation gives the reboot a more colorful and detailed look
than the original animation, and the adventures of the kids have
grown bolder.
In the opening episode, while the younger kids take a
hair-raising drive across town to a dinosaur park, Angelica
causes havoc with a dating app on Grandpa Pickles' smart phone.
"She's clicking on all these old grandma ladies and having them
come over the house to visit Grandpa," said Cheryl Chase, who
voices Angelica.
The computer generated animation shows up details like "a
Cheerio stuck in the carpet, or peeling paint, or frayed edges
on a blanket," said Cree Summer, who voices neighborhood friend
Susie Carmichael.
Like the original series, the reboot is intended to appeal also
to adults, this time around including those who may have watched
the show as kids and who now may be watching with their own
children.
"They did such a great job satirizing modern parenting," said
Tommy Dewey, who plays absent-minded dad Stu Pickles. "There's
plenty of jokes every episode that I think would only land with
adults."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
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