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All Grown Up!
''All Grown Up!'' is an American animated television series developed by Kate Boutilier, Eryk Casemiro, and Monica Piper for Nickelodeon. Produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, it serves as a sequel to '' Rugrats'', and explores the daily lives of protagonist Tommy Pickles, his little brother Dil and his childhood friends, now tweens/adolescents. The concept for the series was based on the ''Rugrats'' episode " All Growed Up", which served as the original series' 10th anniversary special and proved successful with audiences. The series ran from April 12, 2003 to August 17, 2008, for a total of five seasons and 55 episodes, and featured much of the surviving cast from the original series reprising their roles. Several episodes also feature flashbacks of the kids as toddlers. Premise The series is set ten years after the events of '' Rugrats''. Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, the twins Phil and Lil, Susie, Dil, and Kimi are now tweens/teens. Episodes often inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-Drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc.) are handled with realism and subtlety, while preserving a humorous tenor. The term "dramedy" began to be used in the television industry in the 1980s. Modern television comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series, but usually contain a lower joke rate than sitcom, sitcoms. History In Theatre of ancient Greece, Greek theatre, plays were considered comedies or tragedies (i.e. drama): the former being light stories with a happy ending, and the latter serious stories with a sad ending. This concept even influenced Theatre of ancient Rome, Roman theatre and theatre of the Hellenistic period. Theatre of that era is thought to have long-lasting infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionne Quan
Dionne Quan (born October 20, 1978) is an American actress, known for her roles as Kimi Watanabe-Finster in '' Rugrats'' and Trixie Tang in '' The Fairly OddParents''. Early life Quan was born in Oakland, California to Lori and Daryl Quan, who ran a sewing machine and vacuum store in Vallejo, California. She is legally blind, having been born with optic nerve hypoplasia. Quan grew up in San Francisco, California. When she was ten, her father heard a radio interview with a teacher who instructed students in voice-over acting, and he immediately enrolled Dionne for lessons. She obtained her first voice work at the age of 14 for television commercials and acted in high school productions. Quan graduated from Benicia High School in 1998. Career Quan was cast as Kimi Watanabe in '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' (2000), her film debut. She continued playing the role on the series itself, '' Rugrats'', '' Rugrats Go Wild'' (2003) and the spinoff '' All Grown Up!''. Quan provided th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Riley (actor)
John Albert Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 – August 19, 2016) was an American actor and writer. He is known for playing Elliot Carlin, a chronic psychology client of Bob Newhart's character on ''The Bob Newhart Show'', and for voicing Stu Pickles, one of the parents in the animated ''Rugrats'' franchise. Early life Riley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Agnes C. Riley (née Corrigan) and John Albert Riley. After attending Saint Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, he served in the U.S. Army. After being discharged, Riley became a popular radio personality in Cleveland, along with his radio partner and "straight man" Jeff Baxter; ''The Baxter & Riley Show'' on WERE (1300 AM) featured not only music but comedy sketches and a slew of offbeat characters that Riley and Baxter voiced. Riley gave up the radio show in the mid-1960s and moved to Los Angeles, where his Cleveland friend Tim Conway helped him obtain work writing comedy sketches, which later led to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Musick
Patricia Anne Musick is an American voice actress who has provided numerous voices in many television shows, films, and video games. Career Musick’s first role was in the 1981 film ''The Loch Ness Horror''. Her roles in animation include Snappy Smurfling in ''The Smurfs (1981 TV series), The Smurfs'' and Harold Frumpkin in ''Rugrats''. Musick additionally voiced Tony Toponi in the ''An American Tail (franchise), An American Tail'' franchise, basing his voice on a friend she knew from grade school. In the early 1990s, Musick was unable to reprise the role, taking time to raise her daughter, Mae Whitman, who was born in 1988, causing the use of her character to be limited in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, the first sequel and completely unused in ''Fievel's American Tails'' until the direct-to-video sequels in the late 1990s. Personal life Musick married personal manager and set construction coordinator Jeff Whitman in 1983. They have one daughter, actress and singer Mae Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Pickles
Angelica Charlotte Pickles is a fictional character who appears in Nickelodeon's ''Rugrats'' franchise. She appears in all TV series in the franchise, including ''Rugrats'' (1991–2004), ''All Grown Up!'' (2003–2008), ''Rugrats Pre-School Daze'' (2005), and the computer-animated ''Rugrats'' reboot series (2021–present) and is one of the series' original characters. A 3-year-old little girl in ''Rugrats'', Angelica, the daughter of Drew and Charlotte Pickles, is a spoiled brat. In 2002, ''TV Guide'' ranked her seventh in their list of "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time". American publication ''Paste'' later ranked Pickles 46th on their "50 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time" list in 2024. In ''Rugrats'' Angelica Pickles is Tommy and Dil’s spoiled, blonde-haired, 3-year-old cousin, who frequently bullies or manipulates the babies for her own gain, earning a perception as the "mean girl" character. Angelica maintains a rivalry with Susie Carmichael, Tommy's ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Growed Up
"All Growed Up" is a special episode of ''Rugrats'' and the pilot episode to the spin-off series '' All Grown Up!'' that aired on July 21, 2001, on Nickelodeon, to celebrate the series' tenth anniversary. The special serves as the 13th and 14th episodes of the seventh season of ''Rugrats'', and the 143rd and 144th episodes of the series overall. The episode's premise was to focus on what the babies' lives would be like if they were ten years older. The episode proved to be popular enough for a series based on it to be made. The episode was directed by Louie Del Carmen and Jim Duffy, and written by Kate Boutilier and Eryk Casemiro. In its original American broadcast, the episode was watched by 11,913,000 viewers, making it the most-watched telecast in Nickelodeon's history. Plot When the babies are watching a science fiction movie about a time-traveling machine, Angelica shows them her new "tapiyokie" (karaoke) machine. She forbids the babies to play with it, but they do. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolescence
Adolescence () is a transitional stage of human Developmental biology, physical and psychological Human development (biology), development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority). Adolescence is usually associated with the Teenager (word), teenage years, but its physical, psychological or cultural expressions may begin earlier or end later. Puberty typically begins during preadolescence, particularly in females. Physical growth (particularly in males) and cognitive development can extend past the teens. Age provides only a rough marker of adolescence, and scholars have not agreed upon a precise definition. Some definitions start as early as 10 and end as late as 30. The World Health Organization definition officially designates adolescence as the phase of life from ages 10 to 19. Biological development Puberty in general Puberty is a period of several years in which rapid physical growth and psycholog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preadolescence
Preadolescence is a stage of human development following middle childhood and preceding adolescence.New Oxford American Dictionary. 2nd Edition. 2005. Oxford University Press. It commonly ends with the beginning of puberty. Preadolescence is commonly defined as ages 9–12 ending with the major onset of puberty. It may also be defined as simply the 2-year period before the major onset of puberty. Preadolescence can bring its own challenges and anxieties. Terminology A term used to refer to the preadolescent stage in everyday speech is tween and its perhaps older variants tweenie, tweeny, tweenager, preteen and tweener. It's a blend (portmanteau) of the words "teen" and "between" in the sense of "between childhood and adolescence" and refers to 9- to 12-year-olds. Sometimes the terms ''tweenie'' and ''tweenager'' are used to differentiate between older (10 to 15) and younger (7 to 11) age groups, respectively. While known as ''preadolescent'' in psychology, the terms ''prete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Pickles
Thomas Malcolm "Tommy" Pickles is a fictional character and the protagonist of the animated children's television series ''Rugrats,'' the reboot, and its spinoff series '' All Grown Up!''. He is also the protagonist of '' The Rugrats Movie'' (1998) and '' Rugrats Go Wild'' (2003), and a major character in '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' (2000), as well as other various ''Rugrats''-related media. In ''Rugrats'', Tommy is a 1-year-old baby and the leader of the show's other infant characters. He is inquisitive, wants to explore everything, and often breaks out of his crib and gets himself into unusual situations. Writer Steve Viksten said his adventurous personality was partially modeled after the actor John Wayne. ''All Grown Up!'' depicts a preteen version of Tommy. ''Rugrats'' co-creators Paul Germain and Arlene Klasky have both claimed to have created the Tommy character, with both saying he was based upon their real-life sons. The character's first name comes from Germain' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugrats (2021 TV Series)
''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain. It has been described as a reboot of the original TV series of the same name which ran from 1991 to 2004. The series premiered on May 27, 2021, on Paramount+; it is the second Nickelodeon-based series created for the streaming service. As with previous incarnations of the franchise, the series was produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. On March 28, 2024, the series was removed from Paramount+ as part of a "strategic decision to focus on content with mass global appeal." Premieres had already moved to the Nicktoons channel on March 14, 2024. Premise Apart from the setting update of the 2020s from the 1990s, the rebooted ''Rugrats'' remains the same as the original series, as it still focuses on the experiences of a courageous, adventurous one-year-old baby named Tommy Pickles and his group of playmates and other infants and toddlers. Voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, it is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its programming blocks. The channel began as a test broadcast on December 1, 1977, as part of QUBE, an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio. On April 1, 1979, the channel was renamed Nickelodeon and launched to a new nationwide audience, with '' Pinwheel'' as its inaugural program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. Nickelodeon gained a rebranding in programming and image that year, and its ensuing success led to it and its sister networks MTV and VH1 being sold to Viacom in 1985. Nickelodeon began expanding as a franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Nickelodeon Animation Studio Inc. (also known as Nickelodeon Animation Studios or Nick Animation and credited as Nickelodeon Productions on-screen) is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global through the Nickelodeon Group. It has created many original animated television programs for Nickelodeon, Nicktoons (American TV channel), Nicktoons, and Nick Jr. Channel, Nick Jr., such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''Rugrats'', ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', and ''The Loud House'', among various others. Since the 2010s, the studio has also produced its own series based on preexisting intellectual property, IP purchased by Paramount Global, such as ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and ''Winx Club''. In November 2019, Nickelodeon Animation Studio signed a multiple-year output deal for Netflix, which will include producing content, in both new and preexisting IP, for the streaming platform, while also doing so for Paramount+. The studio was founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
