Mother's Day, the Altered Version
Summary: What if Susie Carmichael, as well as Peter, TCKing12's OC, had been in the original Mother's Day episode of Rugrats? What if when Lil was Chuckie's mom, her role was embellished? What is Susie like as Chuckie's mom? Relive the classic Rugrats episode from season 4, with a twist! Idea was given to me by Boris Yeltsin.
Disclaimer: I do not own the original Rugrats characters, they're the property of their original creaters. I own any OC's you don't recognize, while Peter, and his mom Roselyn, are owned by TCKing12.
Chapter 1
Tommy, Phil and Lil find a bowl of uncooked macaroni on a small table in Tommy's living room, and start playing with it. Their fun is spoiled though, when Angelica and Susie, enter the room.
"Hey! What are you doing with my macaroni?" Angelica asked.
"We're just playing with it Angelica." Tommy replied.
"Well, it's not for playing with. If you babies knew anything you'd know that macaroni is used to make art!" Said Angelica.
"Well why do you wanna make art Angelica?" Tommy asked.
"It's a present for my mom!" Angelica replied.
"Why do you wanna make a present for your mom?" Lil asked.
"You babies are so dumb, I'm surprised you lived to be one! Today is Mother's Day!" Said Angelica, as she started to get to work on her macaroni project.
"What's Mother's Day?" Tommy asked.
"Mother's day is the day when everyone gives their mom presents!" Explained Angelica, as she accidentally spilled some glue on the floor, and scrapes it up with her foot.
"Why do we have to give our mommy presents just for being moms?" Lil asked.
"Well in your case it's to say you're sorry." Replied Angelica.
"That's not true Angelica. Guys, Mother's Day is just a day we celebrate to show our mommies how much we love them, and appreciate them for everything they do for us." Explained Susie.
"Yeah yeah, ok Carmichael you made your point. Besides, I'm making this present so my mom will have two of me, so, I guess that's something. Now get out of here and let me work!" Griped Angelica.
Tommy, Phil, Lil and Susie all walk away from Angelica to let her get to work on her macaroni project.
"We don't gots a present for our mom Phillip." Said Lil.
"Well I've got a piece of candy I've been saving." Said Phil, as he tries to pull an old piece of candy out of his diaper, only to find it has melted, getting stuck on his shorts.
"Ooops, it's stuck." Phil mutters.
"Well I'm making my mommy a mug out of clay! I'm working on it in Tommy's kitchen! I've sculpted it out of soft clay, and now, I'm just waiting for it to bake in the oven, so it's nice and hard! Then, after that, I'll be able to paint it with lots of pretty colors to make it beautiful for her." Susie explained, as she went off into the kitchen to see if her mug was done.
"Hey you guys, I bet ya if we look around, we can find some really good Mother's Day presents." Suggested Tommy.
"But where are we going to find presents?" Lil asked.
"Well, where do we find the best presents for each other?" Tommy asked.
The babies all climbed into the couch cushions where Phil found a pair of glasses and Tommy found a cookie.
"Hey!" Said Phil, holding up the glasses.
"That's grandpa's glasses." Said Tommy, spotting the glasses in Phil's hand.
"Too bad it's not grandpa day." Phil muttered.
"Hey, I found a cookie, do you think my mommy would like it?" Tommy asked, handing the cookie over to Phil and Lil, who ate it.
"Mmmm hmmm?" Replied Phil.
"Uh huh?" Added Lil.
"You guys, our moms work really hard to be our moms, we can't go eating all of their presents." Said Tommy.
"Oh, sorry." Said Phil, as he let out a small burp.
Meanwhile, Didi, Betty, Charlotte and Lucy were all upstairs in Didi's room.
"So, what are you guys doing today?" Didi asked.
"Well, I've invited Charlotte to accompany me to a Mother's Day Brunch at the Fifty-nine restaurant. In fact, we'd better be going, I just called for call ahead seating, and they could have a table ready for us as early as noon." Said Lucy.
"Hold on Jonathan." Said Charlotte, as she covered the mouth piece on her phone.
"Oh, you ready to go Lucy?" Charlotte asked.
"Yes Charlotte, let's go." Said Lucy.
"Chao everyone, we'll be by later to pick up the kids, since Drew took Pop fishing for the day, and what was your husband doing today Lucy?" Charlotte asked.
"He had to work, and the rest of the kids are finishing up end of the year school projects, which is too bad, I was hoping to spend Mother's Day with my family. Oh well, we'll have a nice time anyway, come on then, let's go." Said Lucy, as she grabbed Charlotte's arm, and they headed back downstairs and left for their Mother's Day brunch.
"So, what's Howard doing for you today?" Didi asked.
"I gave him a day off, what's he gonna do, cook me breakfast? He does that everyday. So, what are you doing with your mom today?" Betty asked.
"I'm taking her to my favorite health spa." Replied Didi.
"The International House of Mud? Great choice Deed." Said Betty with a smile.
"I certainly hope so. The last thing she and I enjoyed was my troll costume for the third grade pajjent." Said Didi, as she looked out the window.
"Actually, I hated that." Didi added, as Stu walked into the room.
"Ok, it's ready, get ready for the ultimate breakfast in bed." Said Stu.
"Stu, it's practically lunch time." Said Betty.
"I had a few technical difficulties." Stu grumbled.
"Oh well, it's the thought that counts." Said Didi, as she curled up in bed.
Stu clapped his hands and a robot type device that looked like a vacuum cleaner came into the room.
"Didi, remember that fruity shake you love so much? Watch!" Said Stu, as he clapped his hands again. Upon clapping his hands, a tall glass fills up with the fruity substance, only to overflow and fall to the floor, splintering into a bunch of little pieces.
"Clap off, clap off!" Stu shouts, but the machine continues to keep going, cleaning up the spilt drink on the carpet.
"Well, at least it cleans up after itself." Said Didi.
Just then, Peter walks into the room.
"Problem?" Peter asked.
"Yeah, more technical difficulties." Stu replied.
"I might be able to help you fix that, come with me." Said Peter, as he went over to Stu and together, they started examining the mother robot project.
The doorbell rings and Didi goes to answer it to find Chaz and Chuckie. Chaz is carrying a small box.
"Why don't you go find your friends little guy." Said Chaz, as he sends Chuckie off to play. He runs into Tommy, Phil and Lil.
"Hey guys, what are you doing?" Chuckie asked.
"Looking for Mother's Day presents." Tommy replied.
"What's Mother's Day?" Chuckie asked.
"It's the day we give our moms presents, and show them how much they mean to us, or at least that's what we learned from Susie and Angelica." Said Phil.
"Wow neat! But who would I give a present to?" Chuckie asked, a frown on his face.
"Oh yeah, I forgot, you don't gots a mom Chuckie." Said Lil.
"How come Chuckie?" Tommy asked.
"I don't know, I just don't gots one." Chuckie said with a sigh.
"Well, you can still come with us." Tommy suggested.
"Nah, you guys go ahead, Mother's Day is for kids who got moms. I'll just stay here." Said Chuckie, as he sat down on the floor, Tommy, Phil and Lil taking off to look for more presents.
Back in the entry hallway…
"Uh, Didi? Can I talk to you, alone?" Chaz asked.
Meanwhile, Stu, Peter and the whacky invention come crashing down the stairs into the entry hallway.
"No! Not the egg beaters!" Stu yelled.
"I got em!" Yelled Peter, as he grabbed the egg beaters, Stu and Peter continuing to chase the machine through the house, till they all collapse, and the machine crashes.
"AAAHHH!" Screamed Peter and Stu.
"You two gab, I'll make sure Einstein and the king of the Confederacy are still in one piece." Said Betty, as she went to attend to Stu, Peter, and the malfunctioning robot.
Didi turns to Chaz, who has a box in his hands.
"So, what is it?" Didi asked.
"Well I was wondering if you could do me a favor and hold on to this for me for a while?" Chaz asked, showing Didi the box.
"What is it?" Didi asked.
"It's a box that belonged to Chuckie's mom, I really don't want to define this." Said Chaz in a melancholy tone.
"Well, all right." Said Didi.
"Well, I was looking through the box, well actually, I was thinking about the box cuz it was Mother's Day, well, I…" Chaz started to say when Didi put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"I know it's been hard for you since Melinda…" Said Didi, as Chaz interrupted her.
"No, no, well, you see, it's Chuckie. I mean he's getting into everything now and I just…" Said Chaz.
"I understand. I'll take care of it." Said Didi, as she took the box from Chaz and put it on a shelf in the hall closet.
"Well, uh… Goodbye." Whispered Chaz, as he waved his hand to say goodbye, and closed the closet door, and Chaz heads off for the day to go take care of some work he needed to get done, and Didi left to take her mother to the health spa.
Downstairs in the basement, Betty, Peter and Stu are all looking at the invention.
"I think I found the problem, good as new." Said Stu, as he tightened a rubberband on his device.
"I don't know Stu, I think it could use a bit more work." Said Peter.
"What's this?" Betty asked, eyeing a computer that had a document open on it.
"Only the official Mother's Day project. I programmed this baby to know everything it needed to know to be a mom." Said Stu, as the machine started up again, and Stu starts chasing after it in the basement.
Betty sits down at the computer and starts looking over the document.
"You programmed this thing to be a mom? Let me see that." Said Betty, as she scrolled through the program.
"And after putting the baby to bed be sure to rub your husband's feet for ten minutes every night? No wonder it doesn't work!" Said Betty, as she decides to take matters into her own hands, to reprogram the device.
"I take it you've got everything under control?" Peter asked.
Betty nods and gets to work at reprogramming the machine.
"Well, ok, but if you and Stu need any help, just call for me, I'll be around." Said Peter, as he heads upstairs to see what the babies are up to. Upon walking into the living room, he finds Chuckie sitting on the floor all by himself.
"What's wrong Chuckie?" Peter asked, kneeling down on the floor beside him.
"Oh nothing Peter, I guess, it's just, all of my friends gots moms to give Mother's Day presents to, but I don't." Said Chuckie.
"I wouldn't say that, everybody has a mom and a dad." Said Peter.
"Well then if that's true, then where's my mom?" Chuckie asked.
"I don't know. Maybe we ought to go see if Tommy, Phil and Lil have any ideas. Do you know where they went?" Peter asked.
"All I know is they were going off to look for Mother's Day presents." Replied Chuckie.
Just then, Peter looks out the glass doors at the back of the living room, and spots them out in the backyard.
"They're outside, come on Chuckie, let's go." Said Peter, as he takes Chuckie's hand, and they head into the kitchen, where they find Susie at the kitchen table, with an array of paints out in front of her.
"Oh, hi Peter, can you check and see if my clay mug is done baking in the oven yet?" Susie asked.
"Sure Susie." Said Peter, as he opened the oven, and noticed Susie's mug was done.
"Well, it's hardened, but it needs to cool. Care to come outside for some fresh air?" Peter asked, as he laid Susie's hot mug on a towel on the kitchen table to let it cool.
"Not at all!" Replied Susie, as she got up from the kitchen table, and she, Peter and Chuckie, all headed outside into the backyard.
When they got there, they spotted Phil and Lil looking for presents near the tree. Phil picks up a worm.
"How about a worm?" Phil asked.
"We gave her one for Christmas." Replied Lil.
"Oh yeah." Phil muttered, as he picked up a dandelion, and blows the fuzzies off, sending them in Chuckie's direction. He catches them.
"Oh, hey guys, find anything good yet?" Chuckie asked, as the dandelion flies out of his hand into the air.
"No, finding good presents is hard!" Phil replied.
"Yeah." Lil said, agreeing with Phil's comment.
They stopped and thought for a minute.
"Remember the first present we ever gave our mom?" Lil asked.
"Before the worm?" Phil asked.
"Uh huh? Remember? It was back when we use to be hungry all of the time? Mommy would feed us the old way, you were on one side and I was on the other." Said Lil, as they had a flashback to when they were just tiny babies, and their mom, wearing a nursing gown, was getting ready to nurse Phil and Lil.
At that moment, they started laughing, and Betty laughed right along with them.
"Our first laugh." Said Phil, as the flashback ended.
"Mommy said that was the best present we ever gave her." Said Lil.
"You know guys, I think I remember the first present I gave my mom. It was my first Christmas." Said Susie, as she had a flashback to when she was really tiny.
A little baby Susie with an inch of dark hair on her head, wearing dark purple footsy pajamas. She was crawling on the ground, where she picked up a nickel from beneath the couch.
"Awe, is that for me?" Lucy asked, bending down to pick up her seven-months-old child, who handed her mommy the nickel.
"Awe, that's a nickel, how shiny! Thank you sweetie." Said Lucy, as she smiled and kissed the top of Susie's head. At this point, Susie's flashback ended.
"I think I remember the first time I saw my mom. I think I was in a fish tank or something." Said Tommy, as he had a flashback to when he was lying inside an inkibator.
"It seems like no one knew I was there, and it was scary! Then my mom came, I don't even think I knew she was my mom back then, but when she held my hand, I wasn't ascared no more. And as long as I was there she'd never let go." Said Tommy with a smile, as his flashback ended.
"Wow neat! It happened a long time ago, but now that I think of it, I believe I can remember the first time I ever saw my mom too." Said Peter, as he started to have a flashback to when he was a newborn baby.
In his flashback, a doctor is wrapping up a baby Peter, who has only an inch of dark brown hair on his head, in some dark blue swottling clothes and hands him to his mother Roselyn, a plump lady with blond hair, dressed in a blue hospital gown.
"Here he is." Said the doctor, as he handed Peter to Roselyn.
"Hello my sweet beautiful baby boy, Peter Albany. Some day, you're gonna make us all very proud." Said Roselyn with a smile, as she cradled baby Peter in her arms.
"I opened my eyes, and saw my mom, for the very first time." Narrated grown up Peter, as baby Peter in the flashback opened his eyes, and smiled up at Roselyn.
Then, the flashback ended, returning everyone to the backyard.
"Oh gosh Peter, I sure wish I could remember stuff like that." Said Chuckie.
"Don't you ever remember having a mom?" Lil asked.
"Nope. Sometimes I dream about having a mom though. It's always the same dream too. We're outside, and there's lots of grass, and flowers! I think my mom really liked flowers. And there's a butterfly, and I'm not even afraid of it!" Narrated Chuckie, as a tall lady with orange hair wearing a blue dress carries a younger Chuckie with only a few inches of red hair on his head and no glasses through a field of grass and flowers, and a butterfly flies in Chuckie's face, letting him see it up close.
"Then what happened?" Tommy asked, ending the flashback.
"Then I'd wake up, and usually I'd go potty.
"What a nice dream!" Said Susie.
"I agree!" Added Peter.
"Yeah, but it's only a dream, and you can't give presents to a dream." Said Chuckie disappointingly.
"You know what guys, I think we should find Chuckie a mom." Suggested Tommy.
"Really? Can we do that?" Chuckie asked.
"Are you sure about this Tommy? This sounds kind of hard." Said Peter.
"Well, we found Phil's shoes the day the mud ate them, and we even found his cricket after mom washed the pants they were in. If we could find that stuff, then finding a mom for Chuckie ought to be easy!" Said Tommy.
"Well, ok then, let's give it a try." Said Peter, as they headed back inside the house, to start finding Chuckie a mom.
So, how does it go? Read the next chapter, to find out!