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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[mcboltron]

the animation in this is incredible.

[nacholiibr3]

AMAZING. I LOVE THE RUGRATS SO MUCH I WISH I COULD STILL WATCH THEM EVERYDAY..TO BAD ALL THEY SHOW NOW IS WEIRD SHOWS ABOUT TEENAGERS SINGING AND DANCING

[blazintorch]

@MononokeRose91 That awkard moment when i was reading about spirited away, after that i came here lloking for the pilot episode and find myself with spirited away again XD

[Someguyhere111]

Oh wow...I used to watch Rugrats all the time as a kid, I can't believe I'm only just seeing this ep...The animation kinda creeps me out :S

[MononokeRose91]

haha it's funny how Tommy's voice sounds like Chihiro from Spirited away^^

[MononokeRose91]

@nacholiibr3 right?! stupid teenage crap now haha

[jasonleach981]

Watching this whole show right now on pollysteaming(dot)com, you guys should check it out! Its free!

[elm1230]

@m80thebrawler1 haha! Yeah I actually got this wrong. He didn't create the series. He only animated this (the pilot) and the opening for the Rugrats. I also think some of the background music is similar to Aeon Flux, so maybe the same music producer? Yeah it would have been cool if he did create Rugrats though. I just would love to have seen him animate the whole series cause this looks awesome.

[m80thebrawler1]

@elm1230 wow blow my mind.. aeon flux was 100% adult..he made a complete 180

[xxMrFablexx]

@Homschool55 It's a pilot. Pilots are used to sell the show to a television network. Kinda like a preview or test so the network knows what it's getting.

[xxMrFablexx]

@xxbassxxMakar I believe his voice actor from the main series was actually a woman. A lot of young boys in cartoons are voiced by women. For instance Bart Simpsons voice actor is Nancy Cartwright.

[xxbassxxMakar]

This pilot.is rugrats on acid and tommy sounds like a girl lol.