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 is blamed. The kids wander off into the jungle, and Spike loses his sense of smell due to sneezing. This becomes a problem when a clouded leopard named Siri 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, losing oxygen fast...

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Plot Keywords:

older actors younger roles | rugrats | kid | trapped underwater | oxygen | 

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Taglines:

The family vacation just went overboard.

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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

Details

Official Sites:

Nickelodeon

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$39,399,750, 21 September 2003

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,203,787, 7 November 2003

Company Credits

Production Co:

Klasky-Csupo, Nickelodeon Movies, Viacom International

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The final feature film of the Rugrats/Wild Thornberries film series, the last of Klasky Csupo's films to get a theatrical release until The Simpsons Movie (2007), and the last Nickelodeon movie sequel until The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), 12 years later.

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Goofs

When the boat sinks, Charlotte tears the bottom half of her dress to stop the hole. When they get on the island, it is not torn anymore.

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Quotes

Spike: I am Spike. Full name: Down, Spike, down! Get off that couch!

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Crazy Credits

During the first half of the end credits, additional photos from the cruise are shown.

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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 Das Boot (1981)

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Soundtracks

Frustrated Unnoticed
by David J. Pino
Performed by Damone
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label

User Reviews

Story behind Rugrats Go Wild

The movie introduces the babies in a jungle pretending to be like The Wild Thornberrys, which happens to be a fake-out.  Meanwhile, the adults are preparing for their vacation in the South China Seas.  Stu has everyone's tickets for the Lipschitz Cruise.  We then see that Susie is coming on vacation with them because her parents will be out of town.  The Lipschitz cruise ship leaves without them and we Stu and Spike on a normal boat called the S.S. Nancy.

The adults get disgruntled and attempt to get on the cruise ship by sending signals and driving the boat there themselves.  A large wave attacks them and it turns the ship upside- down.  They get out of the rinky-dink tub, Betty opens up a life raft and they hop on there while the boat sinks.  The family becomes stranded on a deserted island, and they begin disputing about how they're all gonna survive.  Betty eventually becomes a leader after drawing a circle in the sand and she gets all the adults to work together as a team to find ways to survive on the island.

Meanwhile, the babies go their separate ways after Angelica scares them about how they're not gonna survive in the island.  Spike runs into Eliza, and Spike starts to speak for the first time (since Eliza is capable of talking to animals) and Nigel Thornberry suffers amnesia and goes on adventures with the toddlers.  Chuckie gets his clothes stolen from Donnie, and Chuckie ends up wearing his clothes as well.  Angelica, since she is pretty much a b****, becomes good friends with Debbie, due to them sharing the same type of personality.

Nigel and the babies try and find the clouded leopard named Siri.  The parents eventually encounter Mrs. Thornberry.  Their attempt at finding the babies in the Bathosphere worked, but the fuel in there was empty, and Stu solved the problem, making him a hero at the end.  The credits end with the children reuniting with their families and taking the Lipschitz Cruise back home, giving the movie a fantastic ending.