"Ghost Story" is the 103rd episode of the animated television series Rugrats. It originally aired on the
| "Ghost Story" | |
|---|---|
| Rugrats episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 6
Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Jeff Scott |
| Written by | Barbara Herndon
Jill Gorey |
| Original air date | March 27, 1999 (1999-03-27) |
television network Nickelodeon on March 27, 1999, during the series' sixth season. The babies have a sleepover with Angelica and they tell a scary story featuring a cameo from the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters trio. This episode marks the first Nicktoon crossover. "Ghost Story" was written by Barbara Herndon and Jill Gorey and directed by Jeff Scott. It became available for sale on the two-disc DVD Rugrats: Holiday Celebration on August 31, 2004. It is still currently available as of January 2010.
Plot
The Rugrats are having a sleepover in Angelica's room on a stormy night. They begin to tell scary stories and Angelica calls Chuckie to start, she is aiming to lead him to the attic. He tells a more cheerful than scary story, then Angelica orders him to tell it right. He meets Phil and Lil they take him upstairs on a giant worm, where he is chased by a ghost, the ghost then turns into Tommy. Angelica appears as a witch she hides the key to the attic, so the babies search for the key. Chuckie opens a door and the Real Monsters are sitting and staring at him on the television and closes the door quickly. Angelica calls all the monsters to get the Rugrats. Tommy tells them there is chocolate pudding downstairs. Ickis determines whether to eat the babies or the pudding by licking Chuckie, and states the pudding. The monsters leave, angering Angelica, and the babies go upstairs to find a nice bedroom with a nightlight. They fall asleep in the bed and Angelica bursts into the bedroom and yells at them (but they are still asleep) and the monsterly trio walks up behind her, scaring her instead of the babies. Then Angelica runs out of the room yelling for her parents as the episode ends.
Summary
Chuckie has a bad dream featuring monsters attempting to devour him, a strange witch plotting to destroy him, ghosts, a haunted house, and giant worms.
Reception
"Ghost Story" originally first aired on Nickelodeon on March 27, 1999. It, like all other Rugrats episodes, received a rating of TV-Y parental guidance rating and was paired with the episode "Chuckie's Complaint". In 2001 Nickelodeon had a 10th anniversary special voting which the viewers got to vote on the favorite Rugrats episode. It ranked at number 61 out of all the other episodes, but did not make it on the 10th anniversary DVD. This episode aired about one year after Aaahh!!! Real Monsters ended on December 6, 1997. This episode has also been aired on Nicktoons Network, as the show's reruns are currently aired on this channel.
Production
Recording sessions for the episode took place in Hollywood, California.
"Ghost Story" was written by Barbara Herndon and Jill Gorey and directed by Jeff Scott. The story for this episode was by the writers Barbara Herndon and Jill Gorey along with James Peters. Like all other episodes recording sessions for this episode, located in Hollywood, California, for each actor individually took one day to complete, taking anywhere from fifteen minutes to four hours depending on the scene or role. Christine Cavanaugh, who voices Chuckie Finster and Oblina, had to spend extra time to record the voices for these two characters. Krumm's voice actor, David Eccles, is also the voice engineer for the Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters episodes.
This episode marked the first time Nicktoons from another show have a crossover. The other monsters seen in this episode are also from Real Monsters, because you can tell by their two uvulas. The success of this episode inspired other TV series to have crossover episodes. This episode first came out to DVD on August 31, 2004, with the Halloween episodes and Christmas episodes. It is on the bonus episodes of the Halloween disc.