Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
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| Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | |
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 Rugrats in Paris DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Stig Bergqvist Paul Demeyer |
| Produced by | Gabor Csupo Arlene Klasky |
| Written by | David N. Weiss J. David Stem Jill Gorey |
| Starring | Christine Cavanaugh as Chuckie (voice) E.G. Daily as Tommy Tara Strongas Dil Kath Soucieas Phil & Lil Michael Bell as Chaz Susan Sarandon as Coco Cheryl Chase as Angelica Cree Summer as Susie |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies UIP |
| Release date(s) | November 17, 2000 |
| Running time | 78 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$30,000,000 |
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Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (aka The Rugrats Movie 2: Rugrats in Paris) is the sequel to the 1998 film The Rugrats Movie that follows the continuing adventures of the Rugrats. The movie is the first Rugrats appearance of Kimi, Kira and Fifi the poodle. This film was produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, and released to movie theatres by 2000. It aired as the fourth summer movie of 2006 on Nickelodeon on June 30th.
Note: Some minor plot details follow.
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[edit] Synopsis
Tommy, his friends, and family travel to Paris, France, where his dad Stu has been summoned to fix the mechanical centerpiece of the EuroReptarLand theme park, a huge Reptar robot (from the Rugrats TV movie, "Acorn Nuts and Diapie Butts", aired slightly before the film's release). Meanwhile, the park's director Coco LaBouche (voiced by Susan Sarandon), is looking for a potential husband (to help herself earn a promotion), and is dating Chuckie's father, with the help of Angelica and Coco's sidekick Jean Claude (voiced by John Lithgow). Also, Spike meets Fifi on the streets of Paris, and the babies meet Kimi Watanabe (whose mother is working for Coco). Several real-life famous landmarks of the city, including the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, and Notre Dame de Paris, as well as the Seine River (but, conspicuously, not the Louvre) make appearances.
[edit] Box Office
It was released the weekend before Thanksgiving in 2000, and opened at #2 behind Jim Carrey's version of The Grinch, with $22.7m at the box office in the US. It finished with $76.5m.
[edit] Notable events
- A parody of The Godfather bookends the events of the movie. At one point, while Drew and Charlotte are dancing, Drew argues about why they let Angelica "see that movie" (The Godfather). Charlotte says that she "only saw a scene or two and it couldn't possibly have made an impression on her."
- Coco LaBouche is an homage to Cruella De Vil. In fact, many scenes in this movie parody Disney (especially the placement of the theme park in Paris).
- First appearance of Kira (as Coco's secretary) and her daughter Kimi, as well as Fifi (the new dog).
- Chuckie screaming "No" in the Notre Dame, thus making him the only child to start speaking & being understood by the adults since the show started(other than the episode where Stu falls off a ladder and as a result, thinks he's a baby). Whilst the babies speak to each other & are understood by Angelica, Susie & other young children, older characters just hear their words as baby noises & and do not understand what they are saying. In the series of Rugrats episodes released after this movie, Chuckie is seen saying "No" to his parents.
- Considered the best of the three theatrical Rugrats movies by both critics and fans alike for its long term development of characters, and for resolving a long running plot thread in the series (Chuckie as motherless), whereas other movies either simply introduced a character (The Rugrats Movie) or involved character crossover (Rugrats Go Wild!).
- The first and only appearance of Coco.
- First appearance of Reptar's arch enemy RoboSnail who Lil is in love with.
[edit] Promotional taglines
- France never had a chance!
- New heights in adventure!
[edit] External links
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie at the Internet Movie Database
- The Unofficial Rugrats Online page on the movie
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| Episodes: Rugrats · All Grown Up! · Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze Movies: The Rugrats Movie · Rugrats in Paris: The Movie · Rugrats Go Wild! Characters: Tommy · Chuckie · Angelica · Phil and Lil · Dil · Kimi · Susie · Harold · Reptar |
