Rugrats Go Wild (2003)

The Rugrats get tangled in an exotic adventure, where they're helped by the Thornberrys, a family that travels the world making nature documentaries.

Directors:

John Eng, Norton Virgien

Writers:

Kate Boutilier, Monica Piper (punch-up writer)

Stars:

Jodi Carlisle, Lacey Chabert, Tim Curry

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elizabeth Daily	...	Tommy Pickles (voice) (as E.G. Daily)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Chuckie Finster (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Phil DeVille / Lil DeVille / Betty DeVille (voice)
Dionne Quan	...	Kimi Finster (voice)
Cheryl Chase	...	Angelica Pickles (voice)
Tim Curry	...	Nigel Thornberry (voice)
Joe Alaskey	...	Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Charlotte Pickles (voice)
Michael Bell	...	Drew Pickles / Charles 'Chaz' Finster, Sr. (voice)
Melanie Chartoff	...	Didi Pickles (voice)
Julia Kato	...	Kira Finster (voice)
Phil Proctor	...	Howard DeVille (voice)
Jack Riley	...	Stu Pickles (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Dil Pickles (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Susie Carmichael (voice)

Storyline

The Rugrats and family become stranded on an island, and Stu Pickles (Jack Riley) is blamed. The kids wander off into the jungle, and Spike (Bruce Willis) loses his sense of smell due to sneezing. This becomes a problem when a clouded leopard named Siri (Chrissie Hynde) finds out about the babies and goes after them, and the situation only gets worse when the kids become trapped underwater with an amnesic Nigel Thornberry (Tim Curry), losing oxygen fast.

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Plot Keywords:

older actors younger roles | boy wears eyeglasses | child | girl wears eyeglasses | eyeglasses | 

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Taglines:

Spike Speaks

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild crude humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

(At around one hour and five minutes) Angelica Pickles (Cheryl Chase) soils her pants in the little submarine (bathysphere) at the climax of this movie. It is so obvious that no other explanation for Nigel Thornberry (Tim Curry) saying, "Somebody needs a diaper change. I won't say whom!" makes sense. He even winks at her, as the other Rugrats laugh, because they know that to be the only reason she wouldn't yell-out the name of the one who did it. This was her comeuppance for being mean to everyone, including Nigel, all day.

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Goofs

When Donnie Thornberry is being chased, he has Chuckie's sneakers on, but they disappear and reappear in subsequent shots..

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Quotes

Eliza: Debbie, you are so self-centered.
Debbie Thornberry: [screams] I AM NOT!

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Crazy Credits

The Klasky-Csupo logo appears at both the beginning and at the end of the movie, compared to first two movies, where it appeared only at the end of the film. Also, the Klasky-Csupo logo is different than the one used the previous films.

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Alternate Versions

TV versions of the movie remove the flashing numbers for the scratch and sniff cards that were included in the theatrical and home release versions.

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Connections

References Darkstalkers 3 (1998)

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Soundtracks

Lust for Life
by Iggy Pop and David Bowie
Produced by George Acogny
Performed by Bruce Willis

User Reviews

Kids will love this movie!

When I was younger, I used to love the Rugrats TV show, I didn't stop watching them until I was 13.

That did not stop me from watching these movies. which I really like, all 3 of them.

The whole movie is packed up with lots of funny jokes and some good songs.

I think talking Spike, was just little two odd for me.

Like how they put both Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys together was great idea.

A Lots of kids would love this movie, I am 24 years old and I found some of these scenes to be very funny,did make me laugh out loud.

This is not as good as the last two movies but that dose not mean this is bad, far from it, still a great family movie.

I give this movie 8/10

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Rugrats Movie III

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,556,869, 15 June 2003

Gross USA:

$39,402,572

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$55,250,496

Company Credits

Production Co:

Klasky-Csupo, Nickelodeon Movies, Viacom International

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1