Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is a 2000 animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats.[1] This film marks the first appearance of Kimi Watanabe and her mother, Kira. The film also marks the only appearance of two legitimate human villains in the Rugrats franchise, Coco LaBouche, a cruel and tyrannical woman who dislikes children, including babies, and her accomplice, Jean-Claude. The events of the film take place before the seventh season of Rugrats.
The film was released in the United States on November 17, 2000, almost 2 years after the release of The Rugrats Movie in 1998.[4] Rugrats in Paris: The Movie was received to generally positive reviews from critics and fans alike and grossed over $103 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Release
- 2.1 Home media
- 3 Trivia
- 4 References
- 5 External Links
Plot[]
At the wedding reception of Lou Pickles and his new wife Lulu, a mother-child dance during the reception saddens Chuckie Finster and his father Chas as Chuckie's mother died of a terminal illness shortly after Chuckie was born.
Tommy Pickles' father Stu is summoned to EuroReptarland, a Japanese amusem*nt park in Paris, France, to fix a malfunctioning Reptar robot. Due to Stu being called in the early morning thanks to the time difference, he ultimately brings Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Angelica, Dil, their dog Spike, and their parents to Paris to take a vacation at the park.
Coco LaBouche, the greedy, cold-hearted and child-hating head of EuroReptarland, plans to succeed Mr. Yamaguchi as the president of the entire Reptar franchise and its parent company Yamaguchi Industries upon his retirement. However, Yamaguchi says that his successor has to love children to be able to do the job, so Coco lies to him by making him think that she is engaged to a man with a child. Upon the Rugrats' arrival at EuroReptarland, Angelica overhears a conversation between Coco and Yamaguchi before being caught. To save herself, Angelica reveals that Chas is looking for a second wife, prompting a delighted Coco to pound on the idea.
Coco strikes up a relationship with Chas, but her attempts to bond with Chuckie fail. The adults and babies meet Coco's overworked but kind-hearted assistant Kira Watanabe and her daughter Kimi, who hail from Japan, but are now living in France. Kira reluctantly helps LaBouche to win Chas' affections. Meanwhile, Spike gets lost in the streets of Paris and falls in love with a stray poodle named Fifi.
Kira tells the babies the origins of Reptar, explaining he was a feared monster until a princess revealed his gentler side to make the frightened humans like him. Chuckie decides the princess should be his new mother, and is aided by his friends to reach an animatronic replica of the princess in the park that they were unaware of, but they are stopped by Coco's ninja security guards. At the show's premiere, Angelica informs Coco of Chuckie's wish, so Coco sneaks backstage and takes the spotlight as the princess, luring Chuckie into her arms to make her seem wonderful with children. Chas is ecstatic, deciding she would make an excellent mother and decides on the spot to marry her.
On her wedding day, Coco and her accomplice Jean-Claude kidnapped the children (including Angelica) and trapped them in a warehouse. Upon witnessing this, Kira stands up to Coco and threaten to tell Chas the truth, but Coco throws her out of her limo, leaving Kira to race to the wedding herself via bicycle. Chuckie rallies the children to crash his father's wedding at Notre Dame de Paris using the Reptar robot. They are chased by Jean-Claude, who pilots Reptar's nemesis known the Robosnail robot. The chase culminates in a fight on a bridge, and Chuckie knocks Robosnail into the Seine River.
Chuckie interrupts the wedding just in time and Jean-Claude reveals Coco's true nature and her kidnapping plot, prompting an angry Chas to call off the wedding in disgust. Angelica also exposes Coco's plan to Yamaguchi, who dismisses Coco. Angelica rips Coco's wedding dress and Coco disappears out of the church humiliated and defeated while Spike chases Jean-Claude away. Kira arrives at the church and apologizes to Chas for what Coco did to him and Chuckie. However, Chas admits that he was being blinded by the romance in Paris and apologizes to Chuckie for doubting him. But then, Chas and Kira began to fall in love after they spoke the lines from one of Chas' favorite poems, which turns out to be one of Kira's favorite.
Chas and Kira eventually get married sometime later after returning to the United States while Fifi is adopted by the Finster family. As the new family take the first dance together, they are interrupted when the whole dance floor erupts into an all out food fight instigated by the babies.
Release[]
The film was released on November 17, 2000 by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie was released in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2001 by Xilam.
Home media[]
Paramount Home Entertainment released the film on VHS and DVD on March 27, 2001. In 2009, Paramount released the film via iTunes and the PlayStation Store.[5][6][7]
Trivia[]
- Coco LaBouche contains noticeable similarities with Cruella De Vil from101 Dalmatians.
- EuroReptarLand is a semi-parody of Disneyland Paris (which used to be called "EuroDisneyland") with "Ooey-Gooey World" being a direct parody of "It's a Small World".
- The spaghetti scene from Disney's Lady and the Tramp is referenced with Spike and Fifi eating pizza.
- The slime in the "Oooey-Gooey World" sequence is possibly an appearance of Nickelodeon's trademark Green Slime.
References[]
- ↑ Rauzi, Robin (November 17, 2000). "Those Little Rugrats Are in Paris? Oui, Wee", Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000). AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000). AllMovie.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000). IMDb.
- ↑ Mitchell, Elvis (November 17, 2000). "FILM REVIEW; So Where Is Madeline When You Need Her?", The New York Times.
- ↑ Willdorf, Nina (November 16, 2000). "Rugrats in Paris", The Boston Phoenix.
- ↑ "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie", BBC.
External Links[]
- Rugrats wiki
- Nickipedia
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugrats_in_Paris:_The_Movie
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