All Grown Up!

All Grown Up!
Also known as	Rugrats: All Grown Up!
Genre	Sitcom Coming of age
Created by	Arlene Klasky Gábor Csupó
Developed by	Kate Boutilier Eryk Casemiro Monica Piper
Written by	Kate Boutilier Shelia M. Anthony Monica Piper Eryk Casemiro Scott Gray Erin Ehrlich Peter Hunziker Joe Purdy
Directed by	Andrei Svislotski Zhenia Delioussine Ron Noble Louie del Carmen Jim Duffy (III)
Creative director(s)	Michael Daedalus Kenny Jim Duffy
Voices of	E.G. Daily Nancy Cartwright Kath Soucie Cheryl Chase Tara Strong Cree Summer Dionne Quan
Theme music composer	Mark Mothersbaugh Bob Mothersbaugh
Opening theme	"All Grown Up with You" by Cree Summer
Ending theme	All Grown Up with You (Instrumental) Phil & Lil's TV show song ("Coup DeVille" Only) Susie's song ("Susie Sings the Blues" Only)
Composer(s)	Bob Mothersbaugh
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	55 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Arlene Klasky Gabor Csupo Eryk Casemiro
Producer(s)	Jim Duffy Cella Nichols Harris Pemelle Hayes Kate Boutilier
Editor(s)	Kate Boutilier
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	23 minutes
Production company(s)	Klasky Csupo Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	April 12, 2003 (2003-04-12) – August 17, 2008 (2008-08-17)
Chronology
Preceded by	Rugrats
Related shows	Rugrats Pre-School Daze

All Grown Up! is an American animated television series airing from 2003 to 2008 created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó for Nickelodeon. It is a spinoff of Rugrats and takes place about ten years after the original series where the characters are now teenagers.^[1]

After the success of All Growed Up, the Rugrats 10th anniversary special, Nickelodeon commissioned All Grown Up! as a spin-off series based on the episode.^[2] The series ran from 2003 to 2008 with a total of five seasons and 55 episodes.

Premise

Tommy, Dil, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Kimi, Angelica, and Susie now have to deal with preteen and teenage issues and situations.

Episodes

Characters

• Thomas "Tommy" Pickles: Tommy, now an 11-year-old boy with a full head of hair, is the elder brother of Dil Pickles and self-proclaimed leader of the group. Many years ago, he once fell into the river water but his grandpa Lou got him out quickly but this experience affected Tommy, causing him to have a fear of water. He also has an interest in film making and inventing like his father. His friends still look up to him for help and advice whenever the situation gets out of control.
• Dylan "Dil" Pickles: Dil is Tommy's 10-year-old brother and has somewhat inherited his father and brother's interest in inventing. Dil is known for his unconventional habits, style, speech, interests and beliefs (especially in aliens) which are hinted to have been caused by being dropped as a baby by the DeVille twins. Although he is the youngest he is often the most insightful of the group and has really deep moments.
• Charles "Chuckie" Finster, Jr.: Chuckie is Tommy's best friend and Kimi's older stepbrother. At 12 years old, Chuckie is still shy and timid, although he has a "rebellious streak" at times and can be protective of Kimi. He and Tommy are known to cause havoc at school, angering their vice principal. He gets gross tendencies.
• Phillip "Phil" and Lillian "Lil" DeVille: Phil and Lil are good friends of Tommy, Chuckie and Dil. Phil and Lil are 11 years old twins who have remained very close and still have gross tendencies when together. Lil is a tomboy but has matured a bit more than her brother and has picked up interests in fashion and boys. Phil has displayed some talent at cooking. Both of them have an interest in sports and have been on the school soccer team.
• Kimi Watanabe-Finster: Kimi is Chuckie's 11-year-old stepsister. While she lives with her mother Kira and step-father Chas, she has a good relationship with her biological father, Hiro, who lives in Japan. Kimi also has a good relationship with Chuckie even though sometimes he is protective of her. Like Lil she has grown into a little bit of a tomboy, has adopted a punk style, and has started embracing her Japanese heritage more.
• Angelica Pickles: Angelica is Tommy and Dil's cousin, now 13 years old as a teenager, and is often the most stereotypical character. She is usually seen doing many typical "teen things" like getting a cell phone, pursuing boys, and getting the latest fashion trends. Although she has grown up, Angelica continues to be mean and spoiled in her pursuit of popularity. She also still constantly rivals the rest of the kids with her self-serving and bossy behavior. However, she maintains a close relationship with Susie and has learned to soften up to others, frequently giving help or acting kind when it comes down to it.
• Susie Carmichael: Susie, also 13 years old, is Angelica's best friend and tries to keep her grounded when she can. Susie is still known to be helpful and kind to her younger friends while also keeping her reputation as the responsible one of the group. She is smart and has displayed a considerable talent for singing, a skill that often makes Angelica jealous because of the attention she receives for it.

Production history

The idea originated in All Growed Up, a special which aired in 2001 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rugrats. Nickelodeon was so impressed by the high ratings it achieved, with more than 12 million viewers tuning into the special,^[3] that it commissioned an entire series revolving around the teenage main characters. Production for the series later began in September 2002, under the pilot's name; however, Nickelodeon insisted that the program go with the more grammatically correct title All Grown Up instead, especially since the characters in the special used more grammatically correct words. During summer 2003, teasers for All Grown Up aired. However, the scenes shown were not clips from actual episodes of the show.

At the time, this was not the only spinoff of Rugrats under consideration .

In 2002, Nickelodeon aired the episode Pre-School Daze,^[4] the proposed pilot to a series in which characters Angelica and Susie attend pre-school (the program ultimately aired in the UK in 2005, and then made its North American debut, long after the original series had been cancelled, in 2008.)

Another proposed spinoff was a series featuring Susie and the Carmichael family, who would've moved from California to Atlanta, Georgia in the new series; it was first proposed for the 1999–2000 television season, but with Nick and Klasky-Csupo deciding to concentrate on all the original-aged Rugrats, all together, that concept was shelved. The Kwanzaa special, which aired in 2001, had served as a pilot for this new series, but some felt that the (ultimately rejected) series would've gotten against logical rules due to the combined production of the earlier two series.^[5]

Broadcast

The show premiered on April 12, 2003, as a preview before starting its regular run in late November 2003. When the series did start its regular run, more than 5.2 million viewers tuned in, enough to put it into the 2nd place slot for the week (behind an NFL game on ESPN) and making it the highest-rated premiere in Nickelodeon's history at the time. (The April sneak peek did not make the top 15 cable programs for that week, due to the ongoing war in Iraq.) The show aired in reruns on "Nick on CBS" for six months from March 13, 2004, to September 4, 2004. The original titles for this series were All Growed Up! and Rugrats: All Growed Up!.

In addition, in its first season, All Grown Up! had its first of two celebrity guest stars: Lil Romeo as "Lil Q" (Cupid) in episode 11, "It's Cupid, Stupid".^[6]

In early 2007, All Grown Up! was removed from the Nickelodeon schedule in the United States. Although it later returned to air the remaining episodes in 2008.

Nickelodeon US aired most of the final season of All Grown Up! from June 15, 2008 through August 17, 2008. Since the series' cancellation, Nicktoons continued to air reruns until October 28, 2013.

Merchandise

References

External links

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