what's your ladies at Kinnick like wait the sheets Oh Nader 8000 been using it three times a week go
ahead hot cup of joe on top of that puppy it won't spill a drop oh thanks okay what if I told you
class key soup Oh made the same show twice and ran both of them on the air at the same time on
Nickelodeon's they just didn't tell me the other side was basically the same side so I'm talking
about the Rugrats spin-off series all grown up it was Nickelodeon's answer to hey how do we keep
the Rugrats growing as season 9 of the Rugrats was literally being stretched out for years and
given some random TV specials in later years it was just something I can never really shake off
about the spin-off it literally was a mirror to the same format as clasky Sukkos other already
running show as told by ginger but I'll get into that in just a few moments here first my good
buddy nerd stile Jake has a few things he would like to tell you about how the series initially
came to be all caught up is something that when I started the Restonic I was certain I would talk
about and well that never really happened and I think I wanted to come here talking about today
is not necessarily Charlotte Jordan do that I wanted to talk about how this show got started
so when the 10th anniversary of the Rugrats rolled around this was a show that lasted longer
than any other Nickelodeon show at that time they wanted to do something big they wanted to blow it
out basically and the way to do this was a 10th anniversary special and the set the anniversary
special was kind of weird the kids start as they always are toddlers running around as Rugrats and
enter a closet in once they get into this closet well they leave it as preteens I don't really
remember quite how old they were supposed to be but they were all grown up and this was a double
episode an hour-long feature that saw the babies as adults rethought them almost like a fanfiction
but they were the same people they were these characters evolved and we saw them go through
this for an hour it felt almost like a resolution to the show a finale if you will to the Rugrats
before eventually realizing this was basically a dream and that they were still babies after all
but the episode itself was incredible it was so good it was so uh paced it was so well curated and
crafted that it received almost unanimous praise from fans and people watching the network and so
Nickelodeon really have a choice but to create a spinoff this was what's called a backdoor pilot a
backdoor pilot is an episode of a sitcom or show that's still an episode of that sitcom our show
it's fits nicely in with the rest of the series as say season 4 episode 7 but it's also a test
for a spinoff a pilot for a spin-off to see if this show resonates with fans and if it deserves
its own series in this case it got it and Jordan well I'll let you talk about what happened next
right so the pack door pilot sparked interest with fans usually in cartoons we don't see many
characters ever aged unless it's in a significant event a movie or an actual reason to do so this
was a unique way to give fans a peek into what could be and people wanted it we wanted to see
an older Tommy pickles an older Chuckie Finster a Phil and Lil Kimi dill Suzie Angelica you name
them let's see how their lives progress so after the success of the 10th anniversary special in
2001 two years later we finally see the results of said success with the new series all grown
up you can tell they really did grow up because the original backdoor pilot was called all grown
up and now it's all grown up and yeah with an exclamation mark also probably one of the best
Nickelodeon theme song intros of all time at least the top five that is a verifiable fact so
the show aged up the characters roughly ten years putting them into the age group of nine to twelve
year olds and even Angelica had her own special episode where she turns thirteen it's just like
being in a movie starring me but going back to my point about this being a very similar show to
ask told by ginger this show dealt with a lot of the same stories these slice-of-life issues that
kids these ages would deal with for the most part rather than the fantastical adventurism
of Rugrats proper which is completely fine and honestly refreshing to see because it adds to
the show's title they were growing up they weren't babies and little kids anymore they
were going through their adolescence discovering who they were what they want to be dealing with
more emotions and just all-around everyday issues and as told by ginger basically did
the same thing just with more of a middle school focus some more serious topics some more serious
tone overall compared to all grown up which we'll have to cover that show at another time
now I don't fully want to say that the original wonderment of the Rugrats the adventures the whole
isn't still there and prominent within the show in fact there are still plenty of episodes that still
lend to that feeling but more of the adventures you'd see a ten-year-old come up with and it
really works well with lending themselves to the life lessons being taught sometimes the
characters themselves translated well from the characteristics from the Rugrats to all grown
up Tommy and dill still have their differences and even clash a lot in the series but still have that
brotherly love for each other and Chuckie has this big brother overprotective complex towards Kimmi
regarding her wanting to find her own voice and over the guy she's interested in with the
project tonight okay Kimmy there was something I really gotta trumpet this discussion is finito
Phil will specifically have to deal with not being the same type of person anymore understanding that
while they are twins that they can have their own identities but still care about each other
at the end of the day Angelica and Susie are dead set on figuring out their future careers
and passions with Susie wanted to get into the music industry and Angelica still kind
of figuring things out she's a great blogger still sings there's a lot of stuff that she
wants to explore both being smart and talented in their own rights in the show working towards
what they want to do which is obviously a great message to portray and they never shied away from
showing the problems and obstacles from this in fact in one episode Susie completely gets duped
into thinking that she was going to have a chance at becoming a star but in the end was tricked and
left with nothing to show for which this was a very real and raw thing to show especially for
showing this as a preteen dealing with these issues in real world circumstances I should
have gone with you I should have checked this woman out I promise I'll pay you back all the
money the money Susie worse things could have happened to you than just losing a thousand
dollars okay you hang out with someone you don't even know say yes to whatever she asks you to do
she could have taken it a lot further than she did think about it another major element of the
rugrats transfers over to all grown-up as well and that is the parents the regrets itself spent
a lot of time always showing the parents dealing with being new parents or how to be a good parent
how a single parent has to deal with raising a kid or how a super busy working mom has to
deal with her high level business career and being there for her daughter for school good
girl that's the kind of initiative that'll take you straight to the top tier all that and more is
shown here in all grown up as the parents have to raise their kids as they are on the cusp of
being teenagers on top of that dealing with their own issues and jobs like Chas Finster owning and
operating the Java lava and all the financial stress that comes with that well I crushed it
we crushed the Duggars Betty technically speaking unless we bring in more customers we're toast I
was actually really impressed by the themes this show was tackling while still somewhat maintaining
what made the Rugrats the Rugrats giving birth to her a day later none of this would have happened
all grown up lasted for five seasons and is a testament to how making a spin-off can be done
right in fact the Rugrats had many different plans for spin-offs of what they wanted to try
even ones they had full attempts and unfortunately were not well-received like the Rugrats preschool
days which was based off of another backdoor pilot from season eight with the same name
that miniseries followed Angelica and Susie while going to preschool and it lasted four
episodes now all these years later I find myself wanting to actually see the Rugrats all grown up
and no I'm not talking about the episode where they pretend that there are adults working as
businessmen I mean like a college-age bunch of Rugrats now dealing with issues pertaining to
their age it just seems interesting to me since we saw them as babies watch them navigate the
preteen landscape so naturally I would like to see what could be next for their adventures maybe even
seeing them a bit older having their own families now with their own babies and those babies having
their own adventures that they once had these are all just fun ideas that could be explored
but as of now there is a planned revival for the Rugrats tentatively scheduled to premiere later
this year in the fall we know pretty little about it or what it's truly gonna be about
but I only hope they can maintain one thing in it and that is the spirit of advance I got idea
but I am very curious as to your thoughts on all grown up and I guess though hug rats in general
did you enjoy all grown up or was it nothing new because we had a similar show already running on
Nickelodeon at the same time I feel like every time I speak about all growing up with people I
get many differing opinions on the show so I would love to know how you feel about it and
let's hope that the new Rugrats reboot is at least decent but that is gonna be hit for me
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