Rugrats: All Growed Up

"All Growed Up" is a special episode of Rugrats and the pilot episode to the spin-off/sequel series All Grown Up! that aired on July 21, 2001, on Nickelodeon, to celebrate the series' tenth anniversary. The special serves as the 13th and 14th episodes of the seventh season of Rugrats, and the 143rd and 144th episodes of the series overall. The episode's premise was to focus on what the babies' lives would be like if they were ten years older. The episode proved to be popular enough for a series based on it to be made. The episode was directed by Louie Del Carmen and Jim Duffy, and written by Kate Boutilier and Eryk Casemiro. In its original American broadcast, the episode was watched by 11,913,000 viewers, making it the most-watched and highest-rated telecast in the entire history of Nickelodeon.