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This was an article I found a long time ago, and it's the strangest thing I've ever read... http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0201/rugrats.html
This article doesn't really make much sense. Here's what I think about their "points":
1. "The surname of most of the show’s characters is “Pickles,” which is a euphemism for the male genitalia (along with “Sprout,” the nickname given to the main character by his grandfather). This is probably the least vulgar innuendo of the show." Umm...I highly doubt that small children would make that connection, and I don't think that the creators wanted to corrupt the minds of children...(Edit: Also, Grandpa Lou calls Tommy "Scout", not "Sprout". This even further proves that they don't know what they're talking about -_-U.)
2. "The main character is a baby named Tommy, who is seen in every episode wearing a diaper with no pants. The diaper always appears full, extending far from the baby’s rear, undoubtedly delighting pedophiles with scatological fantasies." You must really have a LOT of time on your hands...
3. "Tommy’s little brother is named “Dil Pickles” to drive home the attraction to the male anatomy. Worse yet, Dil’s only activity is to suck on everything he finds, including his own foot. (No fetish is left unsatisfied.)" So Dil's a typical baby that wants to put everything in his mouth. Big deal.
4. "Tommy’s best friend is a sissified nerd named Chuckie, whom other children describe as a “fraidy-cat,” terrified of everything, particularly clowns. His bright red hair and square glasses only add to the pantywaist image, indisputably designed to promote and glorify the homosexual lifestyle." ...Except that Chuckie noticably has had crushes on girls (i.e., Megan in "Cradle Attraction"...I think that was what the episode was called).
5. "Susie, another friend, is the show’s effort to appeal to certain viewers’ chocolate fantasies. The fact that she is missing teeth serves only to convey her sexual role." What are they getting at here...?
6. "All the male children are terrorized by a butch girl named Angelica. She physically and verbally abuses the little boys, yet they keep coming back for more, frequently begging her to join them in their “play.”" Angelica is a bully, no argument there. But the babies just want to try to be friends with her. Not sexually, just friends...*smiles and nods nervously*
7. "Angelica inherited the dominatrix role from her mother, Charlotte, who is every ********’s dream – head of her own company with a personal assistant named “Jonathan” (not John) whom she constantly bosses around on the phone." Yep, Angelica is just like Charlotte. But...what is so wrong with a woman heading her own company? Bossing around Jonathan I understand somewhat, though, since that's a bit too extreme. It's probably for the comedy, though.
8. "Not surprisingly, the show goes to great pains to blur gender distinctions. Two twins, Phil and Lil, look exactly alike and do and say everything the same. The only clue we get of their gender difference is that only one wears a bow. The twins are there to convey the appalling notion that there need be no difference at all between boys and girls." They're twins. Fraternal twins, of course, but mothers like to dress twins alike. Big deal. Also, they don't look exactly alike: Phil wears shorts and Lil doesn't.
9. "Even the adults are portrayed in depraved fashion. Tommy’s father, Stu, is unemployed and spends all his time in the family’s basement, making “toys” (the show cleverly never reveals what these so-called “toys” really are). Phil and Lil’s dad, Howard, constantly visits Tommy’s house, spending all his time in the basement with Stu, purportedly looking at Stu’s “toys.” (At least, the producers have the decency not to show them in action.) Because the fathers are busy with their “toys,” they never watch the children, who defy their parents’ orders and get into all sorts of trouble – another attack on family values." First off, Stu is a legitimate toy inventor. We see his inventions quite often in the series-and they're not sex toys o_O. I get what they mean when they are concerned about the parents not watching their kids, but how else are the babies gonna get into trouble? That's what the show's about ;).
10. "Lest any sex fiends feel their quirks are unrepresented, guess again. The show has a lesbian. While Phil is playing with Stu’s “toys,” his wife of convenience, Betty, spends her time with other women. Betty is the stereotypical bull dyke – she speaks loudly, loves sports and wears a bandana around her head in every episode." Being a tomboy doesn't make someone a lesbian. O_O Besides, she's married with children, and I doubt she got married just because she wanted biological children. Also, if they know so much, why did they call Howard Phil?
11. " On the show’s website, Tommy discusses his dog Spike by saying, “He lets me ride him and crawl on him and taste his food.” (Surely we don’t have to tell you what “food” is a euphemism for.)" If they watched the very first episode, they would know that Tommy tasted of Spike's dog food. IF they watch the show, they would know that the babies like to ride Spike like a horse. Big deal.
12. "It should come as no surprise that when the producers converted this obscure cable porn into a movie, they set the film in gay-Parie–the world’s most renowned city of sexual depravity, second, perhaps, only to Sin Francisco in terms of pure depravity." Where do people get the stereotype that everyone in France is gay? Like I said, it didn't make a lot of sense. These people are reading in between the lines when there's hardly anything there to be worried about. And if you don't want to see further insanity, please don't click around that site. I made that mistake ^_^;;
(EDIT: I recently found out that this is a parody site. Apparently, they did a good job.)
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