wSerie
TV Shows
Rugrats
Season 8
Episode 38

The Way More Things Work

April 27, 2001

70.0%

Rugrats - S8 - E38

Tommy talks to Dil about the things in the backyard, like grass, the lawn mower, Spike's doghouse, even Spike's "poopie".

Tweet! Telegram Facebook Pinterest

Rugrats: Season 8 - 63 Episode s

8x1 - Be My Valentine
February 14, 2000
Chuckie tries to give a Valentine to his dad.
8x2 - Discover America
October 9, 2000
The babies go on an imaginary tour of America when Angelica and Susie cause some damage at a picnic.
8x3 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (1) : Diaper Change
November 7, 2000
The gang goes to the Fall Festival. When Grandpa moves out, a Reptar robot for Euro Reptar Land malfunctions in his basement. Meanwhile, Chazz starts to play The Dating Game, after Betty gave him a makeover. Betty also had Phil & Lil switch to super-absorbent diapers.
8x4 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (2) : Fall Stinks
November 8, 2000
Tommy and the Rugrats give up Reptar for good, and bury all their Reptar stuff in the sandbox.
8x5 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (3) : Don't Poop on My Parade
October 9, 2000
The Rugrats try to stop Fall by stopping the parade, and they do, with a little help of their former friend, Reptar. And in the audience, someone from Euro Reprar Land is watching, in hopes that it would become an important part of the new theme park. Meanwhile, Grandpa recovers nicely, but ends up coming down with a new disease -- the "Love Bug" -- after a nurse named Lulu brought him back to health. In a bizarre twist, this wasn't the first time they met, yet it was the first time they knew each other.
8x6 - Finsterella
January 15, 2001
This episode picks up where Rugrats In Paris has left off -- with the entire gang now back in the good old US of A, with Chazz a newly-married man, and, most importantly, Chuckie gaining a new mother and sister that he likes. But if you think that the Watanabe-Finsters are going to be in a total state of bliss from now on, think again -- as long as there's Angelica, there cannot be total bliss. And who else but Angelica would put a damper on Chuckie's happiness? While Kira studies for a fairy tale play (which involves Cinderella), Angelica tries to trick Chuckie into thinking that he'll be living the same life as Cinderella -- virtually being a slave to Angelica and Kimi, while everyone else gets ready for a party that will celebrate the newlywed couple's adoption of each other's child, a couple of weeks after their marriage.
8x7 - Angelicon
January 19, 2001
At the Finsters, Stu builds a treehouse for Chuckie, Kimi, and the other Rugrats to play in. After Kimi took Cynthia from Angelica (without asking, of course) to play in her treehouse, the Rugrats imagine Angelica as if she was a monster from the jungle, a la ""King Kong"".
8x8 - Dil's Binkie
January 19, 2001
Dil's pacifier travels around the neighborhood, after it drops out of Dil's mouth.
8x9 - Big Brother Chuckie
January 19, 2001
When Chuckie is afraid of the same things that Kimi likes, he fears that he isn't such a good big brother to her. Meanwhile, Chazz & Kira start making plans for a new business venture -- a coffee house.
8x10 - Sister Act
January 26, 2001
At an amusement park, Angelica, now the only only-child in the series, feels left out when she had no brother or sister to join her in a novelty photograph. After Drew mentioned to her that they aren't ready to have any more kids, she starts looking for someone who would make a good brother or sister for her.
8x11 - Spike's Nightscare
January 26, 2001
When the Rugrats notice that Spike is having a nightmare, they help Spike out of it by giving him the things that help them through their nightmares.
8x12 - Cuddle Bunny
January 26, 2001
At Edwin's birthday party, Kimi falls in love with the donkey piÃ±ata at a party, thinking that it was a "Cuddle Bunny". But when she learns that the kids will bust it open for the candy inside, the Rugrats try to save Cuddle Bunny from its impending destruction.
8x13 - Changes for Chuckie
February 2, 2001
Since Kira & Kimi came into Chuckie's life, he believes that everything is changing when Kira straightens his hair, buys him new "trap-door" pajamas with feet, gives him sandwiches with crusts, and, worst of all, gives Wawa a makeover.
8x14 - The Magic Show
February 2, 2001
The Rugrats discover the first thing about magic when they sneak backstage at a magic show at the local park.
8x15 - A Lulu of a Time
February 2, 2001
The whole family is at the retirement home, visiting Grandpa and Lulu. While Grandpa shows the adults around, Lulu babysits the Rugrats; but once she's distracted, the Rugrats wreak havoc all over the place.
8x16 - Falling Stars
February 9, 2001
The gang are at the park at night to watch the stars fall. In a fantasy salute to Star Wars, the Rugrats try to keep the stars from falling by fighting the Darth Vader-like force, Angelica, that causes this phenomenon.
8x17 - Dayscare
February 9, 2001
To help expand their minds, Chazz and Kira send their kids to the Happy Clown Daycare Center, endorsed by Dr. Lipschitz. Angelica informs Chuckie & Kimi that daycare can be dangerous, as it's where the "scary kids" go to play. When they got there, Kimi ended up having a ball, while Chuckie would rather hide in balls.
8x18 - The Great Unknown
February 9, 2001
The Rugrats set their sights on a staircase post, where it hides one of the Rugrats' greatest mysteries -- why does it wobble?
8x19 - Cat Got Your Tongue?
February 16, 2001
Howard has laryngitis, making it difficult for him to speak. When Lulu asks if his "cat got his tongue", the Rugrats look for Fluffy, so they can get it back.
8x20 - The War Room
February 16, 2001
After Grandpa told the Rugrats one of his war stories, the Rugrats rescue Dil's bottle as if they're at war.
8x21 - Attention Please
February 16, 2001
When Kira & Chazz felt that Kimi is homesick for France, they throw her a party and shower her with gifts, all with a French theme. However, by doing so, they ended up not giving Chuckie any attention.
8x22 - And the Winner Is...
March 9, 2001
Angelica & Susie compete in a talent show, with Angelica having the usual unfair advantage, thanks to a little spying, trickery, and Charlotte's usual connections. At stake -- a trip to Cynthialand. Also in the show -- Grandpa & Lulu's dance act, provided that Grandpa's trick back doesn't get in the way.
8x23 - Dil's Bath Time
March 9, 2001
While Stu works on his latest robotic invention, Didi notices that Tommy likes baths, but Dil does not. While she gives both babies their baths, a fantasy sequence reveals the answer -- Dil imagines that he's sailing in the rough ocean.
8x24 - Bigger Than Life
March 9, 2001
Chuckie's afraid of losing his friends after the Rugrats are attracted to Kimi's adventures.
8x25 - My Fair Babies
March 30, 2001
When Angelica decides to play "business luncheon", the Rugrats wanted to play too. However, Angelica told the Rugrats that they can't play unless they're able to wear grown-up clothes, tell jokes and not wear diapers -- her idea of growing up. Susie tries to make the Rugrats grow up, so they can join Angelica.
8x26 - The Way Things Work
March 30, 2001
Tommy explains to Dil how the fridge, the toilet and the playpen work.
8x27 - Home Sweet Home
March 30, 2001
In celebration of a Japanese holiday, Kira wants to send her parents a package of special mementos of Chuckie and Kimi. However, Chuckie heard it as if Kira wanted to send Kimi to Japan. Chuckie and friends tries to make Kimi's last day in America pleasant.
8x28 - Day Of The Potty
April 6, 2001
Chuckie accidentally had his toy airplane jammed inside the toilet, which motivated Chazz into getting a new one to replace it. While the folks are shopping at a home improvement store, the Rugrats think that an entire army of toilets are out after them, to seek revenge for what Chuckie did to one of them.
8x29 - Tell-Tale Cell Phone
April 6, 2001
When Angelica breaks her mother's cell phone (so she thinks), she hides it in a drawer and keeps it a secret. However, when she is unable to reveal the secret, it drove her nuts.
8x30 - The Time of Their Lives
April 6, 2001
Angelica has gotten a new Cynthia watch, which she uses to trick the Rugrats into believing that they must do whatever the watch says. Basically, the watch "tells" the Rugrats to become Angelica's slaves. Then, on the way to get a snack, Angelica's watch slips off her wrist. Kimi finds it, but hides it away, so that Angelica wouldn't order the Rugrats around anymore. However, they think that time stops as long as the watch stays lost, meaning that Angelica stays around forever and ever. Meanwhile, Stu
8x31 - Dil Saver
April 13, 2001
When Stu started using a picture of Dil on his computer, the Rugrats thought that it is Dil himself who's trapped in there. Because of this, they treat the computer the same way they treat Dil -- like a baby. Meanwhile, Lulu & Grandpa come over to babysit the Rugrats -- including the real Dil.
8x32 - Cooking with Phil & Lil
April 13, 2001
After Phil & Lil knock over a blueberry pie that Didi baked, they make a new one, with the usual "different" ingredients.
8x33 - Piece of Cake
April 13, 2001
Angelica is told not to eat the big cake that her mom has baked. But when she ate the whole thing without getting sick -- things happen.
8x34 - Bad Shoes
April 20, 2001
Stu has bought a new pair of shoes. But when they clash with his suit, squeak when he walks, and hurt his feet, he rants and raves, complaining that they are "the worst shoes ever worn by a human". Overhearing this, the Rugrats figure out ways to save Reptar, Stu, and themselves from this pair of "bad shoes".
8x35 - The World According to Dil & Spike
April 20, 2001
From their perspectives, Spike looks at a vacuum cleaner, while Dil looks at bubbles.
8x36 - Wash Dry Story
April 20, 2001
While repairing the sprinklers, Stu accidentally breaks the water main, forcing Didi, Betty, Colleen McNulty and Jonathan (for Charlotte, of course) to go to the laundromat to do their laundry. It was a good place for the Rugrats to watch the front-load washers like they're watching TV (a la Zippy The Pinhead), but when the Rugrats encounter the McNulty boys, trouble ensues. In a tribute to West Side Story, they fight over their ""turf"" in this musical episode, while Angelica looks for her missing Cynthia, and Jonathan complains about doing Charlotte's laundry, mentioning that working at a f
8x37 - Adventure Squad
April 27, 2001
Phil watches "Adventure Squad", a super-hero show that becomes so intriguing, that he tries to make all the Rugrats' imaginary adventures involve the "Adventure Squad". While it seemed great at first, the rules of the game, along with Phil's reluctance to play anything else, begins to take a toll on the other Rugrats.
8x38 - The Way More Things Work
April 27, 2001
Tommy talks to Dil about the things in the backyard, like grass, the lawn mower, Spike's doghouse, even Spike's "poopie".
8x39 - Talk of The Town
April 27, 2001
Angelica recently received a Cynthia talk show outfit, while Kimi got one of those toys that you push beads along pipes. While the other Rugrats were getting ready to play "talk show", Chuckie wanted to play with the other toy, but broke it after tripping on it. Afraid that he'll make Kimi sad, he hid the broken pieces away. Angelica, however, saw the broken pieces, and organized a talk show on the Rugrats' most intimate secrets, just to find out who broke it, as well as entertain herself with a recording of an angry, upset Kimi on tape.
8x40 - The Magic Baby
May 4, 2001
Stu gets worn out taking care of Tommy and Dil so the adults send him on a spa treatment to make him feel better.
8x41 - Dil We Meet Again
May 4, 2001
The grown-ups prepare for a block party. After Betty warned the Rugrats that Dil will become a watermelon if he eats too much of it, they thought that it happened when Didi took Dil inside to clean him up and was replaced at that spot with a watermelon, while they saw Chazz making balloon animals. The worst part is that watermelon is going to be part of a watermelon-eating contest.
8x42 - All's Well That Pretends Well
July 6, 2001
The Cirque du Dummi Bear show is coming to town, and Angelica really wants to go. There's only one problem -- she's coming down with a cold. The good news (to her, of course) is that Charlotte and Drew doesn't know about her cold yet, so she makes a scheme to hide the cold from them and make them believe that one of the other Rugrats have it.
8x43 - Big Babies
July 6, 2001
Kevin McNulty, one of Grandpa's old friends (and of course, related to Timmy and the McNulty boys), goes through the secret initiation in order to get into the Loyal Order of Wombats. After seeing this, the Rugrats have Dil go through something similar, so he could become one of the ""Big Babies"". In turn, their fathers mimic the Rugrats, on a bet that they could do everything the Rugrats do.
8x44 - The Incredible Shrinking Babies
July 13, 2001
The Rugrats are at a craft & antique fair, where Didi is selling her ""Bird Homes"" -- artistic bird houses that she made. However, she hadn't made any money, or as so much as a glance from someone walking by, due to her competition. Meanwhile, Grandpa sits down on an antique rocker to tell a story to the Rugrats; naturally, he falls asleep. The rocker is up for auction, but with Grandpa still in the rocker, the Rugrats though that it was Grandpa who's up for auction, so they find a way to buy him back.
8x45 - Miss Manners
July 13, 2001
Angelica graduates from the ""Mind My Manners Charm School"", where she is taught good manners. She puts her knowledge of manners to work when an important guest, an executive for Charlotte's company, is invited to Drew & Charlotte's for dinner, leading to Angelica teaching the Rugrats some manners.
8x46 - A Dose Of Dil
July 20, 2001
Rugrats play ""Follow The Leader"", with Dil being the leader. When Dil sucks his thumb (mimicking Stu when he sucks his own thumb after hitting his hammer on it), the Rugrats do the same, but fail to stop. When the adults noticed this, they panicked after reading in a Lipschitz book that thumb-sucking leads to poor academic skills and bucked teeth. Angelica uses this advice to get Chuckie to believe that they'll turn into ducks, when they get ""duck
8x47 - Famous Babies
July 20, 2001
Betty chat about ""The Proud Poppas"", a 60s rock-and-roll band that they loved a long time ago. This encourages Angelica to encourage the Rugrats to start their own band.
8x48 - All Growed Up
July 21, 2001
To help expand their minds, Chazz and Kira send their kids to the Happy Clown Daycare Center, endorsed by Dr. Lipschitz. Angelica informs Chuckie & Kimi that daycare can be dangerous, as it's where the "scary kids" go to play. When they got there, Kimi ended up having a ball, while Chuckie would rather hide in balls.
8x49 - A Rugrats Kwanzaa
December 11, 2001
The Carmichaels get a visit from the "Great Aunt T", who came over to celebrate Kwanzaa with the Carmichaels. The holiday, which the Carmichaels normally don't celebrate, celebrates the honor and greatness of the African people. However, Susie feels that she isn't as great as her brothers and sisters, all of them examples of greatness in the Carmichael family. With a little help from the Great Aunt T. and the Rugrats, she learns that everyone is great in their own way, making "Kwonzo" a joyous holiday. We also go back in time, when Aunt T met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the most unusual place -- at the side of the road with car trouble, as well as the time Aunt T funded Lucy's tuition money for Harvard Medical School.
8x50 - Quiet, Please
February 9, 2002
When Chazz's library book, "The History Of Nasal Inhalers", was due, he took the Rugrats to the library to return it. While there, Chazz decided to get library cards for Chuckie and Kimi, saying that they're "the window to the world". But, will the Rugrats obey the librarian's rules to keep quiet, not eat, and to put the books back? Meanwhile, Chazz's library privileges are revoked when the strict librarian noticed a microscopic tear on a book's cover, forcing him to make a deal.
8x51 - Early Retirement
February 9, 2002
The gang visits Grandpa & Lulu's retirement home, where they danced and played golf. Later, at Tommy's house, Angelica "retires" the Rugrats, just so she could watch "Cynthia P.I." in peace. It's especially important, as that episode included a sweepstakes draw for a truckload of Cynthia merchandise. But she soon learns that being in a retirement home isn't strictly quiet sleeping.
8x52 - The Doctor Is In
February 9, 2002
Since Kira & Kimi came into Chuckie's life, he believes that everything is changing when Kira straigtens his hair, buys him new "trap-door" pajamas with feet, gives him sandwiches with crusts, and, worst of all, gives Wawa a makeover.
8x53 - The Big Sneeze
February 9, 2002
Everytime Kimi gets close to Chuckie, he sneezes. The cause of this? Dandelions that Kimi was holding. But Angelica, seeking another opportunity to fool the Rugrats, said that Chuckie is allergic to Kimi.
8x54 - The Fun Way Day
February 23, 2002
The Rugrats discover the first thing about magic when they sneak backstage at a magic show at the local park.
8x55 - The Age of Aquarium
February 23, 2002
The gang visits a marine theme park, which prac
8x56 - Daddy's Little Helpers
March 9, 2002
The whole family is at the retirement home, visiting Grandpa and Lulu. While Grandpa shows the adults around, Lulu babysits the Rugrats; but once she's distracted, the Rugrats wreak havoc all over the place.
8x57 - Hello Dilly
March 9, 2002
Angelica takes her "life-like" doll, which happens to look like Dil, to pre-school. But after one of her classmates brought a similar type of doll to show-and-tell, Angelica delayed her presentation a day, so she could switch her doll with the real thing -- Dil. But with Dil at school and her doll at Tommy's house, the Rugrats were led to believe that Dil turned into a doll because he was bad.
8x58 - Bow Wow Wedding Vows
March 25, 2002
The Rugrats set their sights on a staircase post, where it hides one of the Rugrats' greatest mysteries -- why does it wobble?
8x59 - Cynthia Comes Alive
April 6, 2002
A the Java Lava, Angelica brings over her new "Hip Teen Cynthia" doll, which talks. However, when Angelica wasn't looking, the Rugrats have broken the doll. Shortly after Stu took it home to fix it, Cindy, a high school intern, came over to work at the Java Lava. When they noticed that Cindy looks and talks like Cynthia, Angelica and the Rugrats thought that Cynthia came to life. Meanwhile, Cindy causes trouble for the Java Lava by not working at all -- she considers nail polish, magazines, and phone conversations to be more important than actually working.
8x60 - Trading Phil
April 6, 2002
At the park, Angelica wants to play with a couple of 4-year-old girls. However, those girls dislike anyone who's 3 years old, like Angelica. So, she convinces the girls that she's 4 years old by trading Phil in exchange for their jelly-based toy. In return, Angelica promised that she'll be nice to the Rugrats. However, Phil wants much more than that. Meanwhile, Grandpa tries to teach Spiffy, one of Spike & Fifi's new puppies, n
8x61 - A Tale of Two Puppies
June 1, 2002
Now that Spike and Fifi have a family of their own (in Bow Wow Wedding Vows), there's one problem -- what should the Finsters do with all those puppies? Solution -- give them away to good homes, of course. With the Finsters already having a dog of their own, they plan on giving ALL their puppies away. But one of them, Puppy, is too scared to leave, while the brave Spiffy is actually happy to have found a new home. Evidently, Puppy ended up being a permanent part of the Finster's household, while Spiffy will be living with his dad -- at Tommy & Dil's house. But watch how all this plays out, especially as Angelica wanted a dog of her own.
8x62 - Okey-Dokey Jones and the Ring of the Sunbeams
June 1, 2002
Grandpa and the Rugrats take a trip to a store that specializes in tropical pets, as Grandpa was interested in buying a talking bird for Lulu. After Grandpa buys those little toys out of the gum machine for the Rugrats, Lil gets a toy ring, which was called "the Ring Of The Sunbeams", a ring that's so special, that Angelica wants it all for herself.
8x63 - Curse of the Werewuff
October 28, 2002
When Kira & Chazz felt that Kimi is homesick for France, they throw her a party and shower her with gifts, all with a French theme. However, by doing so, they ended up not giving Chuckie any attention.

Rugrats: All seasons

S0: Specials
10 Episode s
S1: Season 1
25 Episode s
S2: Season 2
51 Episode s
S3: Season 3
50 Episode s
S4: Season 4
27 Episode s
S5: Season 5
25 Episode s
S6: Season 6
32 Episode s
S7: Season 7
18 Episode s
S8: Season 8
63 Episode s
S9: Season 9
31 Episode s

8x1 - Be My Valentine

8x2 - Discover America

8x3 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (1) : Diaper Change

8x4 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (2) : Fall Stinks

8x5 - Acorn Nuts and Diapey Butts (3) : Don't Poop on My Parade

8x6 - Finsterella

8x7 - Angelicon

8x8 - Dil's Binkie

8x9 - Big Brother Chuckie

8x10 - Sister Act

8x11 - Spike's Nightscare

8x12 - Cuddle Bunny

8x13 - Changes for Chuckie

8x14 - The Magic Show

8x15 - A Lulu of a Time

8x16 - Falling Stars

8x17 - Dayscare

8x18 - The Great Unknown

8x19 - Cat Got Your Tongue?

8x20 - The War Room

8x21 - Attention Please

8x22 - And the Winner Is...

8x23 - Dil's Bath Time

8x24 - Bigger Than Life

8x25 - My Fair Babies

8x26 - The Way Things Work

8x27 - Home Sweet Home

8x28 - Day Of The Potty

8x29 - Tell-Tale Cell Phone

8x30 - The Time of Their Lives

8x31 - Dil Saver

8x32 - Cooking with Phil & Lil

8x33 - Piece of Cake

8x34 - Bad Shoes

8x35 - The World According to Dil & Spike

8x36 - Wash Dry Story

8x37 - Adventure Squad

8x38 - The Way More Things Work

8x39 - Talk of The Town

8x40 - The Magic Baby

8x41 - Dil We Meet Again

8x42 - All's Well That Pretends Well

8x43 - Big Babies

8x44 - The Incredible Shrinking Babies

8x45 - Miss Manners

8x46 - A Dose Of Dil

8x47 - Famous Babies

8x48 - All Growed Up

8x49 - A Rugrats Kwanzaa

8x50 - Quiet, Please

8x51 - Early Retirement

8x52 - The Doctor Is In

8x53 - The Big Sneeze

8x54 - The Fun Way Day

8x55 - The Age of Aquarium

8x56 - Daddy's Little Helpers

8x57 - Hello Dilly

8x58 - Bow Wow Wedding Vows

8x59 - Cynthia Comes Alive

8x60 - Trading Phil

8x61 - A Tale of Two Puppies

8x62 - Okey-Dokey Jones and the Ring of the Sunbeams

8x63 - Curse of the Werewuff

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4

S5: Season 5

S6: Season 6

S7: Season 7

S8: Season 8

S9: Season 9