Susie Carmichael

Susie Carmichael
Susie in Rugrats
First appearance	Meet the Carmichaels (Rugrats, 1993)
Last appearance	Finder's Kreepers (Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze, 2008)
Created by	Klasky-Csupo
Portrayed by	Cree Summer (Main); E. G. Daily (Substitute)
Information
Nickname(s)	Susie
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Family	Randy Carmichael (father) Dr. Lucy Carmichael (mother) Alisa Carmichael (sister) Buster Carmichael (brother) Edwin Carmichael (brother)
Relatives	Uncle Charles (great-uncle) Aunt "T" (great-aunt)

Susanna "Susie" Yvonne Carmichael is a supporting character from the Nickelodeon show Rugrats and a main character in its spin-off All Grown Up!. She and her family were introduced in the Rugrats story titled "Meet the Carmichaels".

Rugrats

During her time on Rugrats, Susie wore her brown hair in three braids with a barette at the end of each, and wore a yellow and purple dress, purple leggings, a green bracelet, and red ballet flats. She was one of the few African American characters on the show. Susie was shown as the youngest of her siblings (she was shown to have two brothers, Buster and Edwin, and one sister, Alisa). Susie's dad Randy was established as writing for "Dummi Bears" (which is among the other babies' favorite TV shows), and her mother Lucy was revealed in The Rugrats Movie as being a doctor (she had previously had the occupations of airplane pilot and chef). Although Angelica did not appear in their first story, Susie was soon made as a rival to Angelica, and was shown to be better than her in many things (such as in the Rugrats episode "Susie vs. Angelica"). However, the Carmichaels' roles were significantly smaller than those of the other characters and their families, as they appeared in fewer episodes.

Later in the show's run, there was consideration to give Susie her own spin-off, The Carmichaels, which was slated to have her move to Atlanta, Georgia. However, due to subsequent continuity issues that were raised by the green-lighting of two other spin-offs, it was eventually shelved. It is also shown in one episode that her family celebrated Kwanzaa.

In the Rugrats films

• The Rugrats Movie: Despite being one of the show's main kids, Susie only had one scene. Her brief musical number with Angelica during Didi's baby shower was her entire contribution to the movie, and Lucy was Didi's obstetrician who delivered Dil Pickles. After the baby shower scene, Susie is never seen or mentioned again for the rest of the film.

• Rugrats in Paris: Susie appeared in a small role once again. She appears in both wedding party scenes, and briefly made fun of Angelica in French, but did not go on the other characters' trip to Paris, France.

• Rugrats Go Wild: Unlike the previous two films, Susie has a much larger role. With a video camera, she tagged along with the other characters on their ocean trip, but was not accompanied by her parents as they were too busy. The Pickles family served as her caretakers for their trip.

All Grown Up!

Susie in All Growed Up!

When Susie sang at Didi's baby shower in the first movie, it was the first time that she displayed her talent for singing, a talent that would later become the most important part of her character.

But in 2003, when the spin-off All Grown Up! was put into production, a press release for the show announced that "smart, spunky Susie (Cree Summer), still a crusader for what's right, and upstages Angelica as a singer with real talent", which implied an increased role for Susie in the new spin-off. Besides her singing talent, it was revealed that she also knows ten languages, as shown in the episode "Runaround Susie".

The very first episode of the regular run, "Susie Sings The Blues", concerned Susie and her singing talent. Since then, she has appeared in a majority of the episodes (although still in less than the other characters). This may be explained by the fact that by the time All Grown Up! premiered, Summer had less regular roles on other shows.

Also, while Susie and Angelica still treat each other as rivals (especially at singing, see "Susie Sings The Blues" and "It's Karma, Dude!" for cases in point), the two actually hang out with each other. Angelica has become jealous of Susie's singing. On the other token, Susie has become somewhat of a "best" friend to Angelica. Susie helps Angelica find her doll in "Saving Cynthia".