Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
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Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is a 2000 American animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats. It is the second installment in the Rugrats film series and the sequel to The Rugrats Movie (1998). Marking the first appearances of Kimi Watanabe and her mother, Kira, as well as the first significant villains in the Rugrats franchise, the child-hating Coco LaBouche and her accomplice, Jean-Claude, its plot takes place before the series' seventh season and focuses on Chuckie Finster as he and the rest of the Rugrats embark on an adventure in Paris, France during a family vacation while he is searching for a new mother.

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie was released in the United States on November 17, 2000. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $103 million against a budget of $30M. This was the final Rugrats film to feature Christine Cavanaugh as the voice of Chuckie, who retired from acting in 2001 prior to her death in 2014. A sequel and crossover with The Wild Thornberrys, Rugrats Go Wild, was released in 2003.

At the wedding reception of Lou Pickles and his new wife Lulu, a mother-child dance saddens Chuckie Finster with memories of his mother, who died shortly after his birth. Realizing that he and his son miss that female influence in their lives, Chas Finster starts thinking of remarriage. Tommy Pickles' father Stu is then summoned to EuroReptarland, a Japanese amusement park in Paris; to fix a malfunctioning Reptar robot he designed for the park's stage show.

The Pickles, Finster, and DeVille families travel to EuroReptarland, run by the ill-tempered, child-hating Coco LaBouche, who desires to succeed her supervisor, Mr. Yamaguchi, as president of the Reptar corporation. Angelica Pickles overhears Coco falsely informing Yamaguchi, who insists his successor must love children, that she is engaged to a man with a child. Yamaguchi says he will consider her promotion once he has attended her wedding. Angelica is then discovered eavesdropping and saves herself by telling Coco about Chas.

Coco begins pursuing Chas with the help of her put-upon but kindhearted assistant, Kira Watanabe, who tells the babies how Reptar was a feared monster before his gentler side was revealed by a princess. Hearing this, Chuckie decides he wants the park's animatronic princess to be his mother and goes in search of her with the babies and Kira's daughter, Kimi. Meanwhile, the Pickles' dog Spike wanders the streets of Paris in search of a stray poodle named Fifi.

While Coco wins over Chas, Chuckie remains deeply distrustful of her. At the Reptar show's premiere, Angelica informs Coco of Chuckie's wish to have the princess for his mother, prompting Coco to infiltrate the show disguised as the princess. She lures Chuckie on stage, where he is horrified to see her true identity; however, seeing his son go to Coco convinces Chas that he should marry her immediately.

On her wedding day, Coco orders her accomplice, Jean-Claude, to keep the babies and Angelica from intervening. Kira learns of Coco's plot and threatens to tell Chas, but is thrown out en route to the ceremony and hurries there by bicycle. Meanwhile, Jean-Claude imprisons the children in the warehouse where the show's robots are kept. When Chuckie despairs of having a new mother who does not like him, a guilt-ridden Angelica reveals Coco's plan and her part in it. Knowing the truth, Chuckie rallies the others to stop the wedding, and they hurry to Notre Dame in the Reptar robot, picking up Kimi along the way. Jean-Claude pursues them in the animatronic of Reptar's nemesis, Robosnail; the two eventually fight and the babies use Reptar to knock Robosnail into the Seine River.

Chuckie arrives at the church and stops the wedding by saying out his first word, "No!". Jean-Claude and Angelica then reveal Coco's plot and true nature; a disgusted Chas calls off the wedding and Yamaguchi dismisses her. When Coco then knocks over the babies as she attempts to leave, Angelica retaliates by ripping her dress. A humiliated Coco flees the church and Spike chases out Jean-Claude.

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