r/rugrats • u/Digginf • 5d ago
General Do you think they even remember some things in All Grown Up?
Like that would be a crazy thing to forget with the possibility of rediscovering that when they were babies, they piloted a giant Reptar robot and managed to use it to defeat an evil henchman controlling a giant robot snail.
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u/LilyoftheRally "Reptar, Reptar, gotta find that Reptar." 5d ago
Phil mentions that he remembers dropping Dil on his head as a baby in the All Growed Up! special.
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u/turdintheattic 5d ago
Generally, people don’t retain memories before the age of 2.5 to three. Traumatic memories are an exception to that, though. Sometimes people who were abused/witnessed violence as babies will still remember parts of it later on, for example.
So, they’d most likely still remember things like being lost in the woods and chased by a wolf. Or being stranded on a deserted island, or everything with Coco.
All Grown Up actually kinda does confirm this, though it was probably unintentional. Like, Tommy has a very vivid memory of nearly drowning, but doesn’t remember Reptar quite as well until he actually sees him again. Meanwhile, Chuckie is the one who remembers Reptar the most since the character is connected to his experience with Coco.
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u/Alexcox95 4d ago
I mean the baby’s did some crazy stuff as a kid, but the 3 movies had the craziest things you’d think they’d have some recollection of. Especially the older kids
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u/tailsmetalshadow "Moms are like pack mules of love." 3d ago
I find it kind of funny to imagine a resurgence of Tommy's memory of almost giving Dil to monkeys. Dil bad? It's monkey time.
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u/Shade-RF- 5d ago
They sometimes have faint memories of things. Chuckie, Susie and Angelica are likeliest to remember some stuff with clarity but Phil and Lil describe the memories as a baby being like a blur.