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Angelica Pickles

{{short description|Fictional character}}

{{Infobox character

| series = Rugrats

| name = Angelica Pickles

| image =

| caption = Angelica Pickles in Rugrats (left) and All Grown Up! (right)

| first_minor = Tommy's First Birthday

| first_major = Rugrats

| first_date = August 11, 1991

| creator = {{ubl|Arlene Klasky|Paul Germain}}

| voice = Cheryl Chase

| full_name = Angelica Charlotte Pickles

| nickname = Yucky (by Dil)

| gender = Female

| occupation = Student (in All Grown Up!)

| family = {{ubl|Drew Pickles (father)|Charlotte Pickles (mother)}}

| relatives = {{Plainlist|

}}

}}

Angelica Charlotte Pickles is a fictional character who appears in Nickelodeon's Rugrats franchise. She appears in all TV series in the franchise, including Rugrats (1991–2004), All Grown Up! (2003–2008), Rugrats Pre-School Daze (2005), and the computer-animated Rugrats reboot series (2021–present) and is one of the series' original characters. A 3-year-old little girl in Rugrats, Angelica, the daughter of Drew and Charlotte Pickles, is a spoiled brat.{{cite news |title=As Angelica Pickles, Cheryl Chase gets to release her inner brat |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/09/14/as-angelica-pickles-cheryl-chase-gets-to-release-her-inner-brat/ |quote=Cheryl Chase has been the voice of Angelica Pickles since the sassy intimidator was a 2 1/2 -4-year-old complaining about those dumb baby Rugrats. In the episode Moving Away she and her family plan to move ... |work=Chicago Tribune |date=September 14, 2004 |access-date=2009-05-29 |archive-date=2012-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917051007/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-14/features/0409130233_1_birthday-party-voice-music |url-status=live }}

In 2002, TV Guide ranked her seventh in their list of "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time".{{Cite web|title=TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time|url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/|date=July 30, 2002|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=January 23, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008180927/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-07-30/entertainment/cartoon.characters.list_1_ren-and-stimpy-tv-guide-space-ghost?_s=PM%3ASHOWBIZ|url-status=live}} American publication Paste later ranked Pickles 46th on their "50 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time" list in 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/animation/the-50-best-cartoon-characters-of-all-time|title=The 50 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time|website=Paste Magazine|access-date=2024-02-29|archive-date=2024-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124013910/https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/animation/the-50-best-cartoon-characters-of-all-time|url-status=live}}

In ''Rugrats''

Angelica Pickles is Tommy and Dil’s spoiled, blonde-haired, 3-year-old cousin, who frequently bullies or manipulates the babies for her own gain, earning a perception as the "mean girl" character.{{Cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/08/119941/rugrats-characters-grown-up|title=Here's What The Rugrats Would Be Like, All Grown Up|first=Elizabeth Kiefer, Mallory|last=Heyer|website=Refinery29|access-date=2024-02-29|archive-date=2021-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205123141/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/08/119941/rugrats-characters-grown-up|url-status=live}} Angelica maintains a rivalry with Susie Carmichael, Tommy's neighbor, who tries to convince the babies that Angelica is dishonest and manipulative. Angelica's hard-working parents, Drew and Charlotte, are wealthy and often preoccupied with their jobs, resulting in her aunt Didi and uncle Stu often babysitting her.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/72961-7-reasons-why-angelica-pickles-was-the-real-hero-of-rugrats|title=7 Reasons Why Angelica Pickles Was the Real Hero of 'Rugrats'|date=March 30, 2015|website=Bustle|access-date=February 29, 2024|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628090523/https://www.bustle.com/articles/72961-7-reasons-why-angelica-pickles-was-the-real-hero-of-rugrats|url-status=live}}

=Development=

Initially, Arlene Klasky did not like the cruelty in Angelica in the earlier seasons and often had disputes with the writers about it. By the time the new seasons appeared, Klasky had a more positive reception to the softened Angelica.{{Cite magazine|title=You Dumb Babies!|first=Mimi|last=Swartz|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1998/11/30/1998_11_30_060_TNY_LIBRY_000016936|magazine=The New Yorker|date=November 30, 1998|access-date=February 24, 2014|archive-date=December 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215072552/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1998/11/30/1998_11_30_060_TNY_LIBRY_000016936|url-status=live}}

References

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Category:Rugrats and All Grown Up! characters

Category:Television characters introduced in 1991

Category:Animated characters introduced in 1991

Category:Child characters in television

Category:Animated human characters

Category:Child characters in animated films

Category:Female characters in film

Category:Teenage characters in television

Category:Fictional characters from California

Category:Fictional school bullies