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Angelica Pickles
File:Angelica Pickles in Rugrats.jpg
Angelica as seen in Rugrats
Created byKlasky-Csupo[1]
Portrayed byCheryl Chase, Kate Higgins (All Growed Up (2001))
In-universe information
NicknamePrincess (by her father)
Yucky (by Dil)
SpeciesHuman
GenderFemale
FamilyDrew Pickles (father)
Charlotte Pickles (mother)
RelativesLou Pickles (grandfather)
Trixie McGee-Pickles (grandmother, deceased)
Lulu Pickles (step-grandmother)
Stu Pickles (uncle)
Didi Pickles (aunt)
Tommy Pickles (cousin)
Dil Pickles (cousin)
Aunt Miriam (Grandpa Lou's cousin)
Ben Kropotkin (uncle-in-law)
Elaine Kropotkin (aunt-in-law)

Angelica Charlotte Pickles is a character voiced by Cheryl Chase in the Nickelodeon shows Rugrats and All Grown Up! and is among the series' original characters. She is a spoiled brat and the cousin of Tommy and Dil Pickles, serves as the main antagonist or the tritagonist of the series.[2] In 2002 TV Guide declared Angelica Pickles 7th in their list of "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time". She is the archenemy of the Rugrats.

In Rugrats

In the Rugrats series, Angelica has dishwater blonde hair tied up in pigtails with purple bows. She wore a purple dress with flared cuffs and blue tights with green polka-dots. Angelica can best be described as the spoiled, vain, sarcastic and selfish antagonist cousin of Tommy and Dil Pickles. She is known for her frequently manipulating the babies for her own gain and calls them "dumb babies," though she really is a rugrat herself in the series. However, unlike the babies, she is able to talk with the adults which she often uses to her advantage. When the character Susie was introduced, she was soon favored among the babies, causing Angelica to start a rivalry with her. Susie always tried to convince the babies that almost everything that came out of Angelica's mouth was a lie, but Angelica fought back and convinced her targets otherwise. Angelica's registered trademark is her favorite doll, Cynthia, a spoof of Barbie and fills her house with Cynthia merchandise. Angelica's Cynthia doll in particular appears to have lost most of her hair (hinting that Angelica played "makeover" with her like many young girls do with their dolls, and cut off her hair). Losing Cynthia horrifies her at times as shown in "Tricycle Thief. Angelica, as shown in movies and episodes does care for the babies when they are picked on, exclaiming "Nobody picks on my dumb babies 'cept me!"

In All Grown Up!

File:Angelica Pickles All Grown Up!.jpg
Angelica in All Grown Up!

In the spin-off series All Grown Up! 13 year old Angelica's personality has clearly made some minor edits to itself as a part of Angelica's maturity; she now wears her hair down, she goes after boys more often (in the Rugrats, though, she was shown to have crushes on a few toddler boys), and has grown out of the habit of carrying her doll Cynthia around (although in one episode of All Grown Up! Angelica desperately tried to get Cynthia back because her mother gave Cynthia away). Still, a few parts of Angelica's former personality remained; she is still very bossy, spoiled, and mean, but now to a lesser degree due in part to the fact that she has lost her leverage in that the former babies can now talk with the adults. Angelica commonly wears a purple shirt with light purple sleeves, a blue skirt with green polka dots and purple clogs. Angelica is still envious of Susie, mainly because of Susie's excellent singing abilities. But still, like they sometimes did in the Rugrats series, they sometimes stick together when something isn't right.

References

  1. ^ Graeber, Laurel (2004-08-22). "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Queen of Mean Turns 13: How Unlucky Is That?". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  2. ^ "As Angelica Pickles, Cheryl Chase gets to release her inner brat". Chicago Tribune. September 14, 2004. Retrieved 2009-05-29. Cheryl Chase has been the voice of Angelica C. Pickles since the sassy intimidator was a 3-year-old complaining about those dumb baby Rugrats. In the episode Moving Away she and her family plan to move ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)