Taglines: The family vacation just went overboard.
The movie starts with the Rugrats going on an adventure through the safari, with Tommy impersonating Nigel Thornberry, who is his role model, and spoofing his nature show. However, the babies’ broadcast is cut short when they come across a tiger and then a crocodile, both of which threaten them. Just as they begin sinking in quicksand and are nearly attacked, we then reveal that this was only imagination, and that the babies and their families are about to go on vacation on the Lipschitz cruise ship.
However, when the families arrive at the dock, they miss the Lipschitz cruise to their disappointment. As it turns out, Tommy’s father, Stu, has rented a ramshackle boat called the S.S. Nancy which he reveals to be their real mode of transportation, and their real vacation. The families are angered that Stu did not consult them on his plans, and soon the boat is flipped over by a wave during a tropical storm, everyone is forced to abandon the ship and board a life raft. Everyone blames Stu for causing all of this to happen and has apparently lost hope of being saved. Things start looking up when Angelica starts singing about having hope on the karaoke machine she brought, until she drops her Cynthia doll she brought into the ocean and starts crying.
Rugrats Go Wild is an American animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys. It is the third Rugrats film in the Rugrats film series, and the second Wild Thornberrys film. The film was produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Klasky Csupo and released in theaters on June 13, 2003 by Paramount Pictures.
With a world-wide gross of $55 million, it is the lowest grossing Rugrats film. The film used “Aroma-Scope,” which allowed people to smell odors and aromas from the film via scratch and sniff cards (reminiscent of 1960s Smell-O-Vision), and it was not used again theatrically for eight years until the release of Spy Kids: All the Time in the World.
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Directed by: Norton Virgien, John Eng
Starring: E.G. Daily, Nancy Cartwright, Kath Soucie, Lil DeVille, Dionne Quan, Cheryl Chase, Tara Strong, Cree Summer, Jack Riley, Melanie Chartoff, Tara Strong
Screenplay by: Kate Boutiler
Film Editing by: John Bryant, Kimberly Rettberg
MPAA Rating: PG for mild crude humor.
Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: June 13, 2003
