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25The Rugrats Movie is a 1998 American animated comedy film[1] based on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats. It was directed by Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien and was written by David N. Weiss & J. David Stem.[3] The film introduced Tommy Pickles' baby brother Dil Pickles, who appeared on the series the next year. The film features the voices of E. G. Daily, Tara Charendoff, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase, Cree Summer, and Charlie Adler, along with guest stars David Spade, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Cho, Busta Rhymes, and Tim Curry. The events of the film take place between the series' fifth and sixth seasons, and is the first film to be based on a Nicktoon.
Didi Pickles is pregnant with her second baby, which makes her son Tommy worry how that will change the family dynamic. When the baby comes unexpectedly early, despite being told it will be a girl, Didi gives birth to a boy she and her husband Stu name Dil. When they bring him home, they find themselves struggling to cope with Dil's constant outbursts and Tommy finds his new brother hard to get along with. After Stu assures him one day they will be happy to have Dil in the family, Tommy accepts his newfound responsibility as an older brother.
With Dil still causing problems at the Pickles' home, Phil and Lil suggest using the Reptar Wagon Stu has built for a toy contest in Japan to take him back to the hospital. As Tommy and Chuckie argue with Phil and Lil, Angelica walks in telling the babies to be quiet. In the process, Dil snatches her Cynthia doll from her and she fights Dil to get her back, unaware that she failed to get Cynthia back she kicks the Reptar wagon which begins to drive away the babies on board. They speed recklessly through the streets and land in the back of a mattress van which after avoiding a collision later crashes in the woods, it is then that they realize that they are lost. At first, Angelica shows no concern until she finds out that the babies have stolen her Cynthia doll, which prompts her to take the family dog, Spike, to find them and retrieve Cynthia.
Tommy leads the babies toward a ranger's cabin, believing it to be the home of a magic "lizard" (a mispronunciation of wizard) who can grant their wish to go home. Unbeknownst to them, they are being pursued and hunted down by a bloodthirsty, ferocious wolf. On the way, they encounter monkeys who hijacked their circus' train and crashed it in the woods. When they kidnap Dil, Tommy's friends refuse to help rescue him, believing they are better off without him and Tommy sets off after his brother alone. Meanwhile, Stu discovers that the babies are missing and he, plus Grandpa, race to the airport, believing that they were accidentally inside the crate when it was picked up to be flown to Japan. After Didi discovers that the babies are missing, they set out to find them in the face of the media sensation that has suddenly generated around their children's disappearance. Drew and Charlotte arrive and Drew learns from Rex Pester that his brother lost his daughter Angelica, causing Drew to attack Stu.
Tommy eventually finds Dil during a storm, but as he struggles to take care of him, Dil continues acting selfishly. Tommy eventually loses his temper and prepares to give Dil back to the monkeys, but his rage scares Dil into ending his behavior. At the same time, Dil's tears cause Tommy to calm down and the brothers finally begin to bond. After the storm, they are reunited with Phil, Lil and Chuckie who, upon having a change of heart, stop the monkeys from trying to take away Tommy and Dil. Angelica finds her Cynthia doll after one of the monkeys drops it and then reunites with the babies. As they begin to cross a damaged bridge, Angelica falls out of the Reptar wagon and hangs through a gap in the bridge above a raging river. They are then confronted by the monkeys, only for them to be scared off by the wolf, who attempts to attack the babies until Spike intervenes and fights the wolf before dragging it off the bridge through a hole into the river, sacrificing himself in the process. The babies all become sad when it seems that Spike is dead.
Stu, looking for the babies in a pterodactyl-like glider, sees them from above and crash lands into the ranger's cabin. Believing he is the "lizard", the babies ask him to bring Spike back instead of going home. Stu falls through the bridge and reveals Spike, who survived the fall by landing in the struts of the bridge. The children are all reunited with their parents and return home, where they accept Dil as one of the group.