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The following is a list of episodes from the American animated series Rugrats. The show first aired on August 11, 1991. The first three seasons aired from 1991 to 1994. The series returned with two Jewish holiday specials in April 1995 and December 1996. From 1997 to 2004, the series resumed airing regular episodes. Nickelodeon aired the 10th Anniversary special All Growed Up on August 11, 2001, recognizing the day the series officially began as one of the three original Nicktoons.

Rugrats was originally scheduled to air only 65 episodes as Nickelodeon felt that they had enough reruns for a few years, putting production on a hiatus in 1994. However, as Rugrats was on reruns between 1994 and 1995, the series became a major ratings success and became the highest-rated children's show on television. As a result, two holiday specials were made airing in 1995 and 1996 respectively, and production of Rugrats resumed in '96 with new episodes airing by 1997. By 1999, the show was being accused of having jumped the shark, and with SpongeBob SquarePants taking over as the dominant Nicktoon the following year, Rugrats ended production in the fall of 2003, and the series ended in the summer of 2004. In 2012, co-creator Arlene Klasky stated that, if Nickelodeon asked Klasky Csupo to, she'd be more than happy to produce new episodes of Rugrats and bring it back for a tenth season.