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{{Short description|2003–2008 American animated television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = Allgrownuplogo.png
| alt_name             = ''Rugrats: All Grown Up!''
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Animated sitcom]]
* Comedy
}}
| based_on             = {{Based on|''[[Rugrats]]'' created|[[Arlene Klasky]]|[[Gábor Csupó]]|[[Paul Germain]]}}
| developer            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kate Boutilier]]
* Eryk Casemiro
* Monica Piper
}}
| writer               = {{Plainlist|
* Kate Boutilier
* Shelia M. Anthony
* Monica Piper
* Eryk Casemiro
* [[Scott Gray (writer)|Scott Gray]]
* Erin Ehrlich
* Peter Hunziker
* Joe Purdy
}}
| director             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Andrei Svislotski]]
* Zhenia Delioussine
* Ron Noble
* [[Louie del Carmen]]
* [[Jim Duffy (animator)|Jim Duffy]]
}}
| creative_director    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Michael Daedalus Kenny]]
* Jim Duffy
}}
| voices               = {{Plainlist|
* [[E. G. Daily]]
* [[Nancy Cartwright]]
* [[Cheryl Chase (actress)|Cheryl Chase]]
* [[Kath Soucie]]
* [[Cree Summer]]
* [[Tara Strong]]
* [[Dionne Quan]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist| 
* [[Mark Mothersbaugh]]
* [[Bob Mothersbaugh]]
}}
| opentheme            = "All Grown Up with You" by [[Cree Summer]]
| endtheme             = "All Grown Up with You" (Instrumental)
| composer             = {{Plainlist|
* Mark Mothersbaugh
}}
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 5
| num_episodes         = 55
| list_episodes        = List of All Grown Up! episodes
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* Arlene Klasky
* Gabor Csupo
* Eryk Casemiro
}}
| producer             = {{Plainlist|
* Jim Duffy
* Cella Nichols Harris
* Pemelle Hayes
* Kate Boutilier
}}
| editor               = Kate Boutilier
| camera               = Single-camera
| runtime              = 23 minutes
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Klasky Csupo]]
* [[Nickelodeon Animation Studio]]
}}
| network              = [[Nickelodeon]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2003|4|12}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2008|8|17}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Rugrats]]'' 
* ''[[Rugrats|Rugrats Pre-School Daze]]''
* [[Rugrats (2021 TV series)|''Rugrats'' (2021 TV series)]]
}}
}}
'''''All Grown Up!''''' is an American animated television series developed by [[Kate Boutilier]], Eryk Casemiro, and Monica Piper for [[Nickelodeon]]. It serves as a sequel to ''[[Rugrats]]'', and explores the daily lives of protagonist [[Tommy Pickles]], his little brother Dil and his childhood friends, now [[Preadolescence|tweens]]/[[Adolescence|adolescents]]. The concept for the series was based on the ''Rugrats'' episode "[[All Growed Up]]", which served as the original series' 10th anniversary special and proved successful with audiences.

The series ran from April 12, 2003, to August 17, 2008, for a total of five seasons, and featured much of the surviving cast from the original series reprising their roles. Several episodes also feature flashbacks from the original series.

== Premise ==
The series is set in the early 2000s, ten years after the events of ''[[Rugrats]]'' of the early 1990s, Tommy, Dil, Chuckie, the twins Phil and Lil, Kimi, Angelica, and Susie are now tweens/teens. Episodes often involve the cast dealing with common issues of preteens and teenagers.

== Characters ==
{{Main|List of Rugrats characters}}

=== Main ===
*[[Tommy Pickles]] (voiced by [[E. G. Daily]]) is now a preteen. Tommy has a full head of purple hair, like his Dad, and is still the leader of the group. He has developed an interest in filmmaking and also inventing like his father. His friends still look up to him for advice when a situation gets out of control.
*Dil Pickles (voiced by [[Tara Strong]]) is Tommy's younger brother. He also shares his father's interest in inventing. He now has a full head of orange hair like his mother. Dil has unconventional habits, style, speech, interests, and beliefs. Although he is the youngest of the group, he is often the most insightful.
*Chuckie Finster (voiced by [[Nancy Cartwright]]) is still Tommy's best friend and is often shy and nervous. Despite often being the most serious of the group, he has developed a cheeky nature.
*Phil DeVille (voiced by [[Kath Soucie]]) is Lil's twin brother. Phil is still gross and mischievous, but has shown talent in modelling and cookery.
*Lil DeVille (voiced by Kath Soucie) is Phil's twin sister. The twins have developed their own unique personalities as preteens. Lil is now a tomboy with a keen interest in and talent for soccer, although she still has more girly interests such as fashion and boys.
*Kimi Watanabe-Finster (voiced by [[Dionne Quan]]) is Chuckie's step-sister. Kimi is rebellious and into fashion, which she has a unique style for. She also embraces her Japanese heritage.
*[[Angelica Pickles]] (voiced by [[Cheryl Chase (actress)|Cheryl Chase]]) is Tommy and Dil's older cousin. Angelica starts the series as a preteen and becomes a teenager in the season 1 episode ''Lucky 13''. She is usually seen doing many typical "teen things" like getting a cell phone, pursuing boys, and keeping on top of the latest fashion trends. She is relentless in her pursuit of popularity and has kept her self-serving and bossy attitude, albeit less than the original, as she now loves Tommy and his friends' company.
*Susie Carmichael (voiced by [[Cree Summer]]) is Angelica's best friend and sometimes rival. Susie has developed a talent for singing and is still seen by Angelica and now her school peers as "perfect" and a "goody goody" because she is working hard to achieve her perfection and is also talented at linguistics. She is also close friends with Kimi.

=== Recurring ===
*Harold Frumpkin (voiced by [[Pat Musick]]) is Susie and Angelica's friend since preschool. Harold is in love with Angelica and will do anything for her;  although Angelica enjoys this, she never shows him any romantic interest in return.
*Stu Pickles (voiced by [[Jack Riley (actor)|Jack Riley]]) is Tommy and Dil's father. Stu is still a quirky inventor.
*Didi Pickles (voiced by [[Melanie Chartoff]]) are the boys' Mom and Stu's wife. Didi is now a child psychologist, who is very supportive of Dil's unique personality.
*Chas Finster (voiced by [[Michael Bell (actor)|Michael Bell]]) is Chuckie's father and Kimi's step-father. Chas owns the Java Lava [[Internet café|cybercafé]], in which the kids often hangout, with his wife Kira and runs it with Betty.
*Kira Finster (voiced by Julia Kato)  is Chas's wife, Kimi's mother, and Chuckie's stepmother. 
*Betty DeVille (voiced by Kath Soucie) is the twins's mother. Betty operates the Java Lava with Chas and Kira.
*Howard DeVille (voiced by [[Philip Proctor]]) is the twins' father and Betty's husband. Howard is an often shy house husband.
*Charlotte Pickles (voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]]) is a highly successful businesswoman and Angelica's mother. Although when Charlotte loses her job, she briefly becomes a full time housewife, before marketing a board game invented by Dil reignites her passion for business.
*Drew Pickles (voiced by Michael Bell) is a successful businessman, Angelica's father, Charlotte's husband and Stu's brother.
*Lucy Carmichael (voiced by [[Hattie Winston]]) is a talented singer like her daughter, Susie. Lucy is still a pediatrician.
*Randy Carmichael (voiced by [[Ron Glass]]) is Susie's father and Lucy's husband. Randy is still a scriptwriter for the Dummi Bears.
*Lou Pickles (voiced by [[Joe Alaskey]]) is Tommy, Dil, and Angelica's paternal grandfather. Lou is still a big part of their childhood. His wife Lulu is mentioned, but never seen in the series.
*Boris Kropotkin (voiced by Michael Bell) is Tommy and Dil's maternal grandfather, Didi's father Boris is a Russian-Jewish immigrant to the United States.
*Minka Kropotkin (voiced by Melanie Chartoff) is Boris's wife, Didi's mother and Tommy and Dil's grandmother. She is also a Russian-Jewish immigrant.
*Estes Pangborn (voiced by [[Clancy Brown]]) is the vice-principal of the kids' school. A former pro wrestler whom the gang often run afoul of, although he likes poetry which shows his sensitive side.
*Miss O'Keats (voiced by [[Ann Magnuson]]) is a troubled romantic; she is a teacher at the kids' school who later dates vice-principal Pangborn.

== Development and production ==
==="All Growed Up"===
The idea for ''All Grown Up!'' originated in "[[All Growed Up]]", a television special which aired in 2001 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ''Rugrats'' and portrayed the original characters 10 years into the future.<ref name=dempsey/><ref name=nytyoung>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/15/tv/for-young-viewers-tv-s-no-1-babies-celebrate-their-10th-birthday.html|title=FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; TV's No. 1 Babies Celebrate Their 10th Birthday|last=Shattuck|first=Kathryn|date=July 15, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-31|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2019-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524022608/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/15/tv/for-young-viewers-tv-s-no-1-babies-celebrate-their-10th-birthday.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The special was nominated for "Outstanding Children's Program" in the 2002 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.<ref name=tweenrug/> The special was the highest rated ''Rugrats'' episode, the highest-rated Nickelodeon program, and cable's No. 1 show for the week ending July 22, 2001, with a 7.2 rating equivalent to 12 million viewers.<ref name=dempsey/> Approximately 70% of all kids aged 2–11 tuned in to watch the special.<ref name="aniworld">{{Cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/news/rugrats-get-all-grown-nov-29-nick|title=Rugrats Get All Grown Up Nov. 29 on Nick|website=Animation World Network|language=en|access-date=2018-12-29|archive-date=2018-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229172055/https://www.awn.com/news/rugrats-get-all-grown-nov-29-nick|url-status=live}}</ref> Nickelodeon president, [[Herb Scannell]], noted that a "Surprising numbers of kids held ''Rugrats'' parties on Saturday night and watched the show in groups".<ref name=dempsey/> The following day, Nickelodeon said "'We've got to make this a show,' because of the size of the audience that came to it."<ref name="mallory"/> Noting the immediate popularity of the show's concept, "All Growed Up" was deemed the network's equivalent of the Super Bowl.<ref name="graebernyt"/> Nickelodeon made a two-season order of 35 episodes.<ref name="whatmakesahit"/>

Nick's press releases for the ''Rugrats''<nowiki/>' 10th anniversary noted that the "All Growed Up" special was a "one time only" special. Nickelodeon was so impressed by the high ratings, they wanted to use the show as a pilot for either a regular spinoff series or a series of occasional one-hour specials.<ref name=dempsey>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/rugrats-lifts-nick-to-new-ratings-heights-1117850179/|title='Rugrats' lifts Nick to new ratings heights|last1=Dempsey|first1=John|date=July 25, 2001|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2018-12-31|archive-date=2018-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231094315/https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/rugrats-lifts-nick-to-new-ratings-heights-1117850179/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nickelodeon decided to commission an entire series around the teenage main characters.<ref name="aniworld"/> Arlene Klasky explained "It got enormous ratings, so Nickelodeon blessed us with another series".<ref name=rura2004/> Margie Cohn felt that ''Rugrats'' had endured prolonged success due to the "series' writing, and the appeal of the show's well developed characters to its deeply devoted audience", and argued the sequel resulted from fan support and speculation on how the characters would age.<ref name="whatmakesahit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/what-makes-hit-hit|title=What Makes a Hit a Hit?|website=Animation World Network|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617211842/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/what-makes-hit-hit|url-status=live}}</ref>

While Nickelodeon executives were concerned that the new series would maintain the ''Rugrats'' appeal, they acknowledged a revision to the successful franchise was necessary as the original series was beaten in the ratings by shows such as ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius]]'' and ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.<ref name=rura2004/> On October 16, 2001, a PC game based on the "All Growed Up" special was released.<ref name=tweenrug/> After release in the US & Canada, "All Growed Up" debuted on Canadian television by [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]], Rugrats' English broadcaster in Canada, on September 3, 2001. The French Canadian version, "Les Razmoket, Dix Ans Après", was broadcast in two parts on VRAK.TV, on December 1, 2001, and December 8, 2001.<ref name=tweenrug/> In Britain and Australia, the video was released as ''Older and Bolder'', because a Rugrats video existed in those countries named ''All Growed Up''.<ref name=tweenrug>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugratonline.com:80/tweens.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041213184525/http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-12-13|title=The Tweenage Rugrats|date=December 13, 2004|access-date=2018-12-31}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/887816408]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/886191851]] cite No. 5 – please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> An "All Growed Up" book was also released.<ref name=tweenrug/>

=== Production ===
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Nickelodeon ordered 13 episodes, to be created by ''Rugrats'' animation studio [[Klasky Csupo]]<ref name="oeivar"/> for production in September 2002.<ref name=tweenrug/> ''All Grown Up!'' was intended as the first ''Rugrats'' spinoff as others were under consideration.<ref name="oeivar"/> The series premiered with its first episode, ''Coup DeVille'', on April 12, 2003, following the [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]. By November 2003, ''Rugrats'' was no longer in production.<ref name="mallory"/> In 2004, ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up!'' were aired concurrently to highlight the characters in two stages of their lives.<ref name="oeivar">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/rugrats-grows-up-1117873421/|title='Rugrats' grows up|last1=Oei|first1=Lily|date=September 27, 2002|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2018-12-31|archive-date=2018-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231094306/https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/rugrats-grows-up-1117873421/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''All Grown Up!'' aired twice per week.<ref name="graebernyt"/>

The new episodes shifted from the 11-minute ''Rugrats'' format of two stories per episode, to a single 22-minute story. This was to allow "more time to develop and tell a story and see where the characters go with it".<ref name="mallory"/> Each of the episodes focused on the life of a main character and usually showed the characters facing a lot of firsts for tweens and teenagers.<ref name="mallory"/> The show included gradual stylistic changes, with the first 13 episodes similar to the "All Growed Up" special and the original ''Rugrats'' world.<ref name="mallory"/> The second set of 13 episodes and onward had a more contemporary look, with characters being given "hipper" clothing. Over the 3 seasons of 35 episodes, the developers hoped for a gradual evolution in style to where the audience will be comfortable with the changes.<ref name="mallory"/> The main cast recorded their parts for each episode in about one hour.<ref name="ballanim"/> By November 24, 2003, 15 episodes began airing while 10 more episodes were in the scripting stage.<ref name="whatmakesahit"/>

== Episodes ==
{{Main|List of All Grown Up! episodes}}
{{:List of All Grown Up! episodes}}

=== Casting and the evolution of characterization ===
{{Quote box|quote="[The show's concept] meant abandoning many of the conventions and stylistic traits of the original, such as the idea that the babies can communicate with each other but not with the adults. Also, the visual trademark of seeing things through the low-to-the-ground point of view of an infant."|source= – The ''Los Angeles Times''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-29-et-mallory29-story.html|title='Rugrats' spinoff leaves sandbox world behind|first=Michael|last=Mallory|date=29 November 2003|via=LA Times|access-date=24 August 2010|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150425/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/29/entertainment/et-mallory29|url-status=live}}</ref>|align=right|width=300px}}The existing cast modified their voices for their characters' new ages. Tommy's voice actress, E.G. Daily, noted "It was a little harder when we were doing the first batch of episodes, when they were just coming in and trying to define everybody and how they've grown".<ref name="mallory"/>  Susie's character changes included having "a little more sass, a little less innocence and a little more bottom end".<ref name="mallory"/> ''All Grown Up!'' attracted 30 million viewers a month, including a large number of 12 to 14-year-olds.<ref name="graebernyt"/> The producers did not delve into the "characters' loss of innocence" with topics such as sex and drugs in favor of issues relevant to 9 to 11-year-olds, the show's target demographic.<ref name="mallory2">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/29/entertainment/et-mallory29/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026094412/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/29/entertainment/et-mallory29/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-26|title='Rugrats' spinoff leaves sandbox world behind|last=Mallory|first=Michael|date=November 29, 2003|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-12-31|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> While the producers did not take the teen approach with ''All Grown Up!,'' they did with another [[Klasky Csupo]] show ''[[As Told by Ginger]]''.<ref name="mallory2"/>

Executive producer Arlene Klasky stated "It was always in the back of our minds that we would love to see what these characters were like as they grew".<ref name="mallory"/> Susie's voice actor, Cree Summer, noted that while part of the appeal to this kind of TV show is not growing up, she noted a natural evolution of the show after 12 years on the air.<ref name=rura2004/> Daily said that while her character was still the star of the show, he was older, wiser, and using more contemporary language.<ref name=rura2004/> [[Cyma Zarghami]], Nickelodeon's executive vice president and general manager at the time, said "The tween special proved kids are ready to embrace these beloved characters in a whole new realm. The ''Rugrats'' property is 11 years old, so it feels just right to have the babies turn into tweens in their 12th year on the air".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugratonline.com:80/tweens2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041213175814/http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-12-13|title=Inside The "All Grown Up" Series|date=December 13, 2004|access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref><ref name="oeivar"/> On the evolution of Angelica, Marjorie Cohn, executive vice president for development and original programming at Nickelodeon explained: <nowiki>''</nowiki>She's the center of the universe, and she keeps bumping up against forces that tell her she's not. The writers mellowed Angelica and her voice actress addressed "I welcome the new development in her character, the way she can be vulnerable. She's getting some real acting challenges from the material the writers are coming up with".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-29-et-mallory29-story.html|title='Rugrats' spinoff leaves sandbox world behind|last=Mallory|first=Michael|date=November 29, 2003|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-12-31|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150425/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/29/entertainment/et-mallory29|url-status=live}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/887816408]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/886191851]] cite No. 7 – please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> She compared her role to [[Bart Simpson]]'s voice actress who will likely play the 10-year-old until retirement, noting that now she could play the same character with a "bit more sophistication".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cheryl-chase-turns-13-againvoice-actress-discusses-being-angelica-all-grown-up/|title=Cheryl Chase Turns 13 AgainVoice actress discusses being Angelica All Grown Up|last=Ball|first=Ryan|date=August 27, 2004|website=Animation Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-31|archive-date=2018-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231144003/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cheryl-chase-turns-13-againvoice-actress-discusses-being-angelica-all-grown-up/|url-status=live}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/887816408]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/886191851]] cite No. 15 – please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> She's become more vulnerable and has to learn to navigate the social strata of junior high".<ref name="graebernyt">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/tv/for-young-viewers-queen-of-mean-turns-13-how-unlucky-is-that.html|title=FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Queen of Mean Turns 13: How Unlucky Is That?|last=Graeber|first=Laurel|date=2004-08-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-31|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2018-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723004236/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/tv/for-young-viewers-queen-of-mean-turns-13-how-unlucky-is-that.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  The potential for more sophisticated storytelling was one of the factors in the creation of the series.<ref name="graebernyt"/> The show's creators thought that "pushing the show to the next age bracket" would be an effective way of "holding on to viewers who have grown up with ''Rugrats''".<ref name="mallory"/> Daily stated: "I'm definitely going to miss doing [baby Tommy], but it's awesome watching people grow."<ref name="mallory"/>

=== Other proposed spin-offs ===
[[File:Rugrats All Grown Up comparison.png|alt=|thumb|450x450px|Comparison in design style between Rugrats (left) and All Grown Up! (right)]]
At the [[Television Critics Association]] tour in July 2001, Nickelodeon executives mentioned that "[[All Growed Up]]" was one of three spinoff concepts proposed by Nickelodeon to continue the successful ''Rugrats'' franchise.<ref name=tweenrug/> In 2002, Nickelodeon aired the episode "Pre-School Daze",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugratonline.com/psdaze.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204222651/http://www.rugratonline.com/psdaze.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 4, 2004|title=Preschool Daze|date=December 4, 2004|access-date=July 6, 2017}}</ref> the pilot for a series in which Angelica and Susie attend preschool. According to ''Variety'' in September 2002, the show was to be repurposed as a series of four standalone specials.<ref name="oeivar"/> The program aired in the UK in 2005. The North American debut took place in late 2008 after the cancellation of the series.<ref name="rugon"/> Another proposed spinoff was a series featuring [[Susie Carmichael|Susie and the Carmichael family]], who would move from California to [[Atlanta]], Georgia; it was first proposed for the 1999–2000 television season, but Nickelodeon and Klasky-Csupo decided instead to concentrate on all the original-aged ''Rugrats''.<ref name="rugon">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041213184525/http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2004|title=The Tweenage Rugrats|date=December 13, 2004|access-date=July 6, 2017}}</ref> The [[Kwanzaa]] special, which aired in 2001, served as a pilot for this new series, but the series would have contradicted the established continuity.<ref name="rugon"/>

In the twelfth episode of ''All Grown Up!'', "Lucky 13", Angelica becomes a teenager. When asked if the popularity of that episode would produce a spinoff as the characters enter teendom, Nickelodeon executives explained: "It has been talked about but said the network had no immediate plans to push the entire cast into puberty", though noted that those connected with the franchise were "eager to continue developing the characters".<ref name="graebernyt"/> The show was preceded by a six-hour marathon of Angelica-centered episodes of ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up!''.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2004/08/22/on-cable/402ea7e4-c62e-4ae9-9fa6-3f035ec96e31/| title = On Cable – The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]| access-date = December 31, 2018| archive-date = 2019-01-06| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153301/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2004/08/22/on-cable/402ea7e4-c62e-4ae9-9fa6-3f035ec96e31/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="graebernyt"/> Angelica's voice actor [[Cheryl Chase (actress)|Cheryl Chase]] expressed a desire to take part in any spin-off of ''Rugrats'', from ''Angelica Goes to College'' to ''Rugrats in the Nursing Home''.<ref name="ballanim">{{Cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cheryl-chase-turns-13-againvoice-actress-discusses-being-angelica-all-grown-up/|title=Cheryl Chase Turns 13 AgainVoice actress discusses being Angelica All Grown Up|last=Ball|first=Ryan|date=August 27, 2004|website=Animation Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-31|archive-date=2018-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231144003/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cheryl-chase-turns-13-againvoice-actress-discusses-being-angelica-all-grown-up/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, Cohn proposed that ''Rugrats'' characters' play the leads in classic fairy tales for Nickelodeon.<ref name="whatmakesahit"/>

=== Premieres with other networks ===
A preview show premiered on April 12, 2003,<ref>{{Citation|title=All Grown Up! (TV Series 2003–2008)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387714/releaseinfo|access-date=2019-01-08|archive-date=2023-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428203232/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387714/releaseinfo/|url-status=live}}</ref> before its regular run began on May 23, 2003.<ref name="auto1">{{Citation|last=KG|first=imfernsehen GmbH & Co|title=All Grown Up – Fast erwachsen|date=August 21, 2006|url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/all-grown-up-fast-erwachsen|language=de|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050636/https://www.fernsehserien.de/all-grown-up-fast-erwachsen|url-status=live}}</ref> More than 5.2&nbsp;million viewers watched the regular run, being in 2nd place behind an [[NFL]] game on [[ESPN]], and making it the highest-rated premiere at Nickelodeon's to date. The show aired in reruns on "[[Nickelodeon on CBS|Nick on CBS]]" for six months from March 13, 2004, to September 11, 2004.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} 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 8, "It's Cupid, Stupid".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0999075/|title=Romeo Miller|work=IMDb|access-date=April 4, 2015|archive-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321204907/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0999075/|url-status=live}}</ref> The German broadcast premiered on August 21, 2006, on Nick.<ref name="auto1"/> In November 2006, ''All Grown Up!'' was removed from the schedule, until the remaining episodes aired from November 12, 2007, to August 17, 2008.

== Reception ==
The debut show was in the top 15 ratings spots.<ref name=rura2004/> Common Sense Media felt that the show's scenarios were not as good as in the original series, commenting that they were "thoughtfully crafted" but lacked the satiric take of babies misunderstanding the adult world. Rather, the show was choosing to tackle more standard pre-teen themes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/all-grown-up|title=All Grown Up – TV Review|date=December 16, 2010|website=www.commonsensemedia.org|language=en|access-date=2018-12-29|archive-date=2018-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229171845/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/all-grown-up|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' stated it was "a revolutionary idea" for a series with characters perpetually stuck in their status quo.<ref name="mallory">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-29-et-mallory29-story.html|title='Rugrats' spinoff leaves sandbox world behind|last=Mallory|first=Michael|date=November 29, 2003|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-12-31|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150425/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/29/entertainment/et-mallory29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anaheimcalling.com/2018/1/29/16942802/anaheim-ducks-weekly-rankings-jan-20th-26th-nick-nick-nick-nick-na-nick-nick-nick-nickelodeon|title=Anaheim Ducks Weekly Rankings Jan 20th–26th: Nick Nick Nick Nick na Nick Nick Nick Nickelodeon|last=jrudolph91|date=January 29, 2018|website=Anaheim Calling|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050805/https://www.anaheimcalling.com/2018/1/29/16942802/anaheim-ducks-weekly-rankings-jan-20th-26th-nick-nick-nick-nick-na-nick-nick-nick-nickelodeon|url-status=live}}</ref> Image felt ''All Grown Up!'' was the "natural progression of the show"''.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.image.ie/fashion/angelica-pickles-style-icon-the-rugrats-nickelodeon-fashion-2018-feminisim-123818|title=The Rugrat's Angelica Pickles is the accidental style icon of 2018|last=ODonoghue|first=Niamh|website=IMAGE.ie|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050827/https://www.image.ie/fashion/angelica-pickles-style-icon-the-rugrats-nickelodeon-fashion-2018-feminisim-123818|url-status=live}}</ref> GamesRadar felt it was an "ill-advised venture".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/8-things-to-watch-out-for-this-week-august-3/|title=8 things to watch out for this week|last=Staff 2018-08-03T16:00:34ZPS4|first=GamesRadar|website=gamesradar|date=August 3, 2018|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102094548/https://www.gamesradar.com/8-things-to-watch-out-for-this-week-august-3/|url-status=live}}</ref> CBR commented "The sense of adventure and exploration of the original had been lost, those special personalities they had as babies vanished in a haze of pre-pubescent insecurities",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/failed-cartoon-sequels-spin-offs-and-reboots/|title=Tooning Out: 15 Failed Cartoon Sequels, Spin-Offs, And Reboots|date=August 13, 2017|website=CBR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050655/https://www.cbr.com/failed-cartoon-sequels-spin-offs-and-reboots/|url-status=live}}</ref> though felt it was a "fun 'what-if'".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/older-toons-cooler-lamer/|title=10 Cartoons Who Look Cooler Older (And 10 Who Should Have Never Grown Up)|date=August 25, 2018|website=CBR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050720/https://www.cbr.com/older-toons-cooler-lamer/|url-status=live}}</ref> NYU argued the show did not pursue the character's progression with a sense of accuracy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyulocal.com/we-didnt-know-any-better-rugrats-again-dce2fef5f5fe|title=We Didn't Know Any Better: Rugrats (Again!)|last=Local|first=N. Y. U.|date=November 4, 2010|website=NYU Local|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>  The Gamer thought it was a "terrible excuse for a sequel".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/things-people-get-wrong-nickelodeon-cartoons/|title=25 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Nickelodeon Cartoons|date=November 22, 2018|website=TheGamer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102094515/https://www.thegamer.com/things-people-get-wrong-nickelodeon-cartoons/|url-status=live}}</ref> Chicago Tribune wrote that in the new series, Angelica has "become an overbearing teen, still bossing around Tommy and his chums".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-09-14-0409130233-story.html|title=As Angelica Pickles, Cheryl Chase gets to release her inner brat|last=Post|first=The Washington|website=chicagotribune.com|date=September 14, 2004|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-01|archive-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050805/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-09-14-0409130233-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Rugrats'' co-creator/co-writer [[Paul Germain]] (who left the series in 1993) has stated that he disliked ''All Grown Up!''. Since the original series was about babies who do not understand the world, he felt that if the characters are older, then the story is finished. He additionally stated "What I would have said to people at the time if I had been asked, was I would have said, 'If you make them teenagers, there is no ''Rugrats'', you're wasting your time'".<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/sVsZW1O41IY Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201113065051/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVsZW1O41IY&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVsZW1O41IY| title = Billy West and Paul Germain give their thoughts about Disney's Doug & All Grown Up | website=YouTube| date = April 15, 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/ms39Ck6EcGM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200416022333/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms39Ck6EcGM&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms39Ck6EcGM| title = The Legacy of Rugrats with Paul Germain | website=YouTube| date = August 16, 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Merchandise ==
=== VHS and DVD releases ===
A total of twelve ''All Grown Up!'' DVDs have been released. The following is a chart providing information about each DVD:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+''All Grown Up!'' home video releases
! colspan=2 rowspan=2|Season || rowspan=2|Episodes || rowspan=2|Years active || colspan=3|Release dates
|-
! [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]]
! [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]]
! [[DVD region code#4|Region 4]]
|-
| style="background:#9000C0| || [[List of All Grown Up! episodes#Season 1 (2003–04)|1]]
| style="text-align: center"|15 || style="text-align: center"|2003–04 ||Volume 1: Growing Up Changes Everything: August 26, 2003<br />''Episodes'': "Susie Sings The Blues" • "Coup DeVille" <hr>Volume 2: Lucky 13: August 31, 2004<br />''Episodes'': "Lucky 13" • "Tweenage Tycoons" <hr>Volume 3: O'Brother!: November 16, 2004<br />''Episodes'': "Brother, Can You Spare the Time" • "Tommy Foolery" <hr>Volume 4: All Grown Up... And Loving It!: January 11, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "It's Cupid, Stupid" • "Chuckie's in Love" <hr>Volume 5: Interview with a Campfire: April 5, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Interview With a Campfire"<hr>Nick Picks Vol. 1: May 24, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Lucky 13"<hr>Nick Picks Vol. 2: October 18, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Interview With A Campfire"
 |Volume 1: Growing Up Changes Everything: November 8, 2004<br />''Episodes'': "Susie Sings The Blues" • "Coup DeVille"<hr>Volume 2: Lucky 13: September 5, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Truth or Consequences" • "Thief Encounter" • "Tweenage Tycoons" • "Lucky 13"<hr>Volume 3: O'Brother!: November 7, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Bad Kimi" • "The Old & The Restless" • "Tommy Foolery" • "Brother, Can You Spare the Time"<hr>Volume 4: All Grown Up... And Loving It!: February 13, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "Chuckie's in Love" • "It's Cupid, Stupid"<hr>The Best of Nickelodeon: Summer Adventures: June 5, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "River Rats"<hr>Volume 5: Interview with A Campfire: July 27, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "River Rats" • "Interview With A Campfire"
 |Volume 1: Growing Up Changes Everything: September 15, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Susie Sings The Blues" • "Coup DeVille"<hr>Volume 2: Lucky 13: September 15, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Truth or Consequences" • "Thief Encounter" • "Tweenage Tycoons" • "Lucky 13"<hr>Volume 3: O'Brother!: November 17, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Bad Kimi" • "The Old & The Restless" • "Tommy Foolery"• "Brother, Can You Spare the Time"<hr>Volume 4: All Grown Up... And Loving It!: March 30, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "Chuckie's in Love" • "It's Cupid, Stupid"<hr>The Best of Nickelodeon: Summer Adventures: June 5, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "River Rats"<hr>Volume 5: Interview with A Campfire: September 29, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "River Rats" • "Interview With A Campfire"<hr>Season 1: April 1, 2015<ref name="Reg4DVDS1">{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-1.html|title=Beyond Home Entertainment|access-date=April 4, 2015|archive-date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410143957/http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><hr>The Complete Series: 2018<ref name="Reg4DVDTheCompleteSeries">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rugrats-All-Grown-Complete-Seasons/dp/B07CXBXRCQ|title=Amazon|website=Amazon|date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=August 13, 2018|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422040239/https://www.amazon.com/Rugrats-All-Grown-Complete-Seasons/dp/B07CXBXRCQ|url-status=live}}</ref><br />''Episodes'': Entire season featured
|-
| style="background:#FF6600| || [[List of All Grown Up! episodes#Season 2 (2004–05)|2]]
| style="text-align: center"|10 || style="text-align: center"|2004–05 || style="font-size:90%"|Volume 4: All Grown Up... And Loving It!: January 11, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Saving Cynthia" • "Fear of Falling"<hr>Volume 5: Interview with a Campfire: April 5, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "Bad Aptitude"<hr>Volume 7: R.V. Having Fun Yet?: October 11, 2005<br />''Episodes'': "The Science Pair"|| style="font-size:90%"|Volume 4: All Grown Up... And Loving It!: February 13, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "Saving Cynthia" • "Fear of Falling"<hr>Volume 5: Interview with a Campfire: July 27, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "Bad Aptitude" || style="font-size:90%"|Volume 4: All Grown Up... And Loving It!: March 30, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "Saving Cynthia" • "Fear of Falling"<hr>Volume 5: Interview with a Campfire: September 29, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "Bad Aptitude"<hr>Season 2: April 1, 2015<ref name="Reg4DVDS2">{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-2.html|title=Beyond Home Entertainment|access-date=April 4, 2015|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153418/http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref><hr>The Complete Series: 2018<br />''Episodes'': Entire season featured
|-
| style="background:#AE0057| || [[List of All Grown Up! episodes#Season 3 (2004–05)|3]]
| style="text-align: center"|10 || style="text-align: center"|2004–05 || style="font-size:90%"|Volume 6: Dude, Where's My Horse?: July 26, 2005 <br />''Episodes'': "Dude, Where's My Horse?" <hr>Nick Picks Vol. 3: February 7, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "Dude, Where's My Horse?" <hr>Nick Picks Holiday: September 26, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "The Finster Who Stole Christmas"|| {{TableTBA|N/A}} || style="font-size:90%"|Season 3: June 3, 2015<ref name="Reg4DVDS3">{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-3.html|title=Beyond Home Entertainment|access-date=April 4, 2015|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153441/http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-3.html|url-status=live}}</ref><hr>The Complete Series: 2018<br />''Episodes'': Entire season featured
|-
| style="background:#3399FF| || [[List of All Grown Up! episodes#Season 4 (2005–07)|4]]
| style="text-align: center"|10 || style="text-align: center"|2005–07 || style="font-size:90%"|Volume 7: R.V. Having Fun Yet?: October 11, 2005 ''Episodes:'' "R.V. Having Fun Yet?"<hr>Nick Picks Vol. 4: June 6, 2006<br />''Episodes'': "R.V. Having Fun Yet?" || {{TableTBA|N/A}} || style="font-size:90%"|Season 4: September 1, 2015<ref name="Reg4DVDS4">{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-4.html|title=Beyond Home Entertainment|access-date=November 11, 2015|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405155311/http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-4.html|url-status=live}}</ref><hr>The Complete Series: 2018<br />''Episodes'': Entire season featured
|-
| style="background:#ff6| || [[List of All Grown Up! episodes#Season 5 (2007–08)|5]]
| style="text-align: center"|10 || style="text-align: center"|2007–08 || {{TableTBA|N/A}} || {{TableTBA|N/A}} || style="font-size:90%"|Season 5: September 1, 2015<ref name="Reg4DVDS5">{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-5.html|title=Beyond Home Entertainment|access-date=November 11, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907075836/http://www.beyondhe.com.au/all-grown-up-season-5.html|url-status=live}}</ref><hr>The Complete Series: 2018<br />''Episodes'': Entire season featured
|}

=== Books ===
''All Grown Up!'' led to a wide range of books being published. The following is a list of all of the books that were published: {{div col}}
* Ask Angelica!
* What's with Dad?
* Chuckie's Ghost
* Cookie Crisis!
* It's About Time
* The Scavenger Hunt
* Welcome to Fifth Grade!
* Boys vs Girls
* Angelica for President
* Coolest Girl In School
{{div col end}}

=== Video game ===
''All Grown Up: Express Yourself'' is a video game for the [[Game Boy Advance]], developed by Altron and published by [[THQ]]. Released in 2004, the plot involves Angelica completing an assignment for the school newspaper. The game is a compilation of mini-games that are linked by a series of eight missions. There is a PDA mode with a To Do list that collects events and places for each day.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 10, 2004|last=Hollingshead|first=Anise|title=All Grown Up: Express Yourself Review|url=http://gameboy.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r24276.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607050326/http://gameboy.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r24276.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 7, 2008|website=GameZone|access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Starr|first=Austin|title=All Grown Up: Express Yourself|url=http://www.nintendojo.com/reviews/GBA/view_item.php?1098933081|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117061352/http://www.nintendojo.com/reviews/GBA/view_item.php?1098933081|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 17, 2006|website=Nintendojo|access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb title|0387714|All Grown Up!}}
* [http://toonopedia.com/grownup.htm ''All Grown Up''] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]].  at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]].  from the original on April 4, 2012.

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