Rugrats Unaired Pilot Episode "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing".

This is the unaired pilot episode of Rugrats that Klasky/Csupo showed to Nick in early 1990. The voice actress (Tami Holbrook) for Tommy is different than in the main series (Elizabeth Daily). Parts of it were used as bumpers throughout the Golden Age of Nickelodeon and a few scenes were partly reused, however it was never aired in its full state as presented in this video.

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[SupraRZ95]

I seriously remember this particular episode as a kid.... I remember seeing it in the early 90's. This has been aired. Maybe by accident, but it was aired before in the early 90's.

[mysticblade35]

I actually think the animation is great. It's so fluid, and it has a cool abstract quality to it.

[StarWarsTrains]

Could've sworn Chuckie was added in the remake as well!

[StarWarsTrains]

Yeah, this episode was re-released and Tommy's voice was voiced-over from his early "beta" voice from an audition voice actor or whatever! I actually remember seeing both versions of this episode on VHS and DVD, yet this version of the pilot didn't actually air!

[Delvie1977]

When I saw the Nickelodeon haypile logo, I thought it was scribble scrabbles.

[TheEpicAwesomeinator]

"Grandpa's stinking room" LOL

[Sarah DeRiso]

*View

*To see how people react

[Sarah DeRiso]

It wasn't banned, it just wasn't aired on television. There are several shows that do this to do things like compare actors if they are undecided, do a test veiw to see how reactions, ect.

[Prime8NStuff]

It's the pilot episode Poindexter! 

[swordhunter12]

Oh my god those necks. If I didn't know any better I'd say they were all snake people.

2:37 OH GOD THEY ARE SNAKE PEOPLE! CALL THE POLICE! CALL THE MILITARY! DAVID ICKE WARNED US THIS WOULD HAPPEN!!!

[roval7]

Actually, I'm pretty sure you remember the channel ID commercial: watch?v=bbpVkm0yGdo

[Nora Ann]

haha tommy and the gang should be around 23 years old right now in 2013 if it aired in 1990... lol