DVD of the Week: Rugrats Go Wild

Week seven of my DVD of the Week post is....

I absolutely love shows that have crossovers. Especially when it comes to two of my favorite shows. The Fairly Oddparents and Jimmy Neutron had multiple crossover episodes. Many crossover shows spun off entirely new shows, like Grey's Anatomy had a crossover episode that eventually led to it's spin-off series, Private Practice. Crossover shows are also a great way to boost ratings, someone may not be a fan of one show, but they sure will watch it if it's going to be featuring characters from their favorite shows.

Now, Rugrats Go Wild...if you couldn't tell right away, it's a crossover movie with Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys. This is the one and only movie of Rugrats that earned the horrible pg rating. Oh No. 

Stu Pickles convinces his family and friends, all the characters from the original Rugrats cast minus Susie's parents, to take a cruise. Little did they know is that the cruise was on a rickety old boat Stu rented that would end up leaving them stranded on a deserted island. However, it wasn't quite deserted. On the far side of the island was the campsite of the Thornberry family, who were in search of a clouded leopard for Nigel's TV series. The babies end up finding their way into the jungle, and end up at the top of the leopard's lunch menu. Elisa's power to communicate to animals gives us one new AWESOME detail...what Tommy's dog, Spike,'s voice sounds like. And it sounds almost exactly like Bruce Willis's voice. In the end, the babies are saved, and Debbie Thornberry gets her wish that her overworked parents finally take them on a cruise, and a real cruise with the Pickles family and friends.

The only problem I have with this movie is that almost exactly one year later, and only three days apart from one another, both The Wild Thornberrys and Rugrats were cancelled by Nickelodeon. :( :( :( This movie marks the end of both The Wild Thornberrys and Rugrats film franchises. Hopefully, since next year marks Rugrat's 20th anniversary, they may do some reunion thing. We can only hope, can't we.