Angelica Pickles

Angelica Pickles is a character from the Nickelodeon shows Rugratsand All Grown Up!, and was among the series' original characters.

Rugrats
Angelica's physical features and clothing on Rugrats were blonde hair with 2 pig-tails (each punctuated with a purple bow), a red-and-black-striped shirt with flared cuffs, a purple jumper, blue tights with green dots, red socks, and purple sneakers. In some early episodes she also wore diapers.

Until Susie came along, Angelica was unique among the regular children in that she could properly talk to grown-ups, and as such, she acted nicely towards the adults, and was notoriously mean to the other babies (especially by lying and distorting their view of the world). Despite this (or because of this), she became among the show's most popular characters. When Susie did come along, Angelica soon became a rival to Susie, and often competed in many things. In fact, almost every time Susie is in an episode, Angelica is also in it, although perhaps ironically, Susie's introduction episode did not feature Angelica.

She had a cat named Fluffy, most recently seen in the AGU! ep "Lucky 13" (first US tx: August 28, 2004). Also, since 1992, she was often seen with a doll named Cynthia, which she apparently considered her most prized possession (also see Trivia).

Despite her mean-ness, it should be noted that the original characters' first encounter with each other was a direct result of her lying about the other babies ("Moving Away", 1993).

When the series started, she, Tommy and Chuckie were their respective parents' only children. However, by the end of the series, Angelica was the only only child remaining, as Tommy gained a brother Dil through birth and Chuckie gained a sister Kimi through marriage. One ep late in the run was focused on this fact ("Sister Act", first US tx: January 26, 2001).

All Grown Up!
Although she has grown up, Angelica continues to be mean. Since turning 13 (see below) has been doing many stereotypical "teen things" like getting a cell phone, pursuing boys, and getting the latest trends in fashion. Also, she still constantly rivals Susie, mostly at singing.

One of Angelica's most important storylines was when she turned 13 in "Lucky 13", and had many things to deal with: an obligation to invite the other kids to her birthday party, and a popular teenager, Savannah, organizing a spring bash to lure away any other potential party-goers. Savannah has since warmed up to Angelica, even letting her sit at the "popular" table at the cafeteria.

Fan criticism
Angelica's absence from All Grown Up!'s first Christmas special (first US tx: December 7, 2004) was seen as controversial, for two reasons: one, both of Rugrats' Christmas specials had plotlines which were centered on her, and two, all the other regular characters on the show (including Susie, who mentioned that she was gone on vacation in Aspen) were in that episode.

Voice actress
Cheryl Chase has voiced Angelica since the start.

Trivia

 * Chase originally auditioned to voice Tommy Pickles.
 * One episode of AGU! "Saving Cynthia" (first US tx: Cotober 2, 2004) was devoted to her pursuit of her old doll from Rugrats. However, even though she ended up getting it back (although at the cost of her new "robo-maid"), her doll has not appeared since.