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'''''The Rugrats Movie''''' is a 1998 American [[animated film|animated]] [[comedy film]]<ref name=AFIRugrats/> based on the [[Nickelodeon]] animated television series ''[[Rugrats]]''. It was directed by [[Igor Kovalyov]] and Norton Virgien and was written by [[David N. Weiss]] & J. David Stem.<ref name="The Rugrats Movie">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/443844/Rugrats-Movie-The/full-credits.html|title=The Rugrats Movie|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|location=[[Atlanta]]|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> The film introduced [[Tommy Pickles]]' baby brother [[Dil Pickles]], didi's little cousin who appeared on the series the next year. 1999 The film features the voices of [[E. G. Daily]], [[Tara Strong|Tara Charendoff]], [[Christine Cavanaugh]], [[Kath Soucie]], [[Cheryl Chase (actress)|Cheryl Chase]], [[Cree Summer]], and [[Charlie Adler]], along with guest stars [[David Spade]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Margaret Cho]], [[Busta Rhymes]], and [[Tim Curry]]. The film takes place between the events of the series' [[List of Rugrats episodes|fifth and sixth seasons]]. ''The Rugrats Movie'' is the first feature film based on a Nicktoon.
Plans for a ''Rugrats'' film adaptation, along with ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show|Ren and Stimpy]]'' and ''[[Doug (series)|Doug]]'', began when Nickelodeon made a contract with [[20th Century Fox]] to produce them.<ref name=":0" /> However, the contract ended after Nickelodeon's parent company, [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] purchased [[Paramount Pictures]]' parent company [[Paramount Pictures#1989–94: Paramount Communications|Paramount Communications]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-03-14 |title=Viacom takes over Paramount |url=https://variety.com/1994/biz/news/viacom-takes-over-paramount-119173/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Production then began in 1995 after the television series had restarted after a small hiatus.
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