Surprise surprise I now have the beginning of a Rugrats fanfic on here. And no one's more surprised than me that's it's on here so soon. Don't worry; I'm still working on The Brainy Saga over in the Hey Arnold! section & the next part should be up soon. But while I've been working on it I've been working on this too; that comes from having all your fics in one document. So while I've been tinkering with that other thing I've been tinkering with this & today I noticed it was done so I figured I might as well send it in. Just lemme know what y'all think, y'know, the usual read & review stuff.
Rugrats is created & / or owned by Klasky-Csupo & / or Nickelodeon, which in turn is owned by Viacom.
Remember All Growed Up? Well, so do the Rugrats; for them it was 15 years ago. Which means they are in their 20's by now. Now being 2018, a few years after college. Dil is 25 now, Angelica Susie & Timmy 28, Chuckie 27, & the others 26. Through high school & college they'd been through a few hard times --- they wouldn't be human if they hadn't --- but somewhere along the way they figured out that whatever they decided to do individually, they would have a better chance of success if they stuck together, & so they did. The friends are as close now as they were when they were babies, & closer. And as it turned out, they had figured right; success has found every one of them.
Tom Pickles rode his arm to a football scholarship in college, but found his calling in engineering. He kept playing to keep his scholarship --- quite well you might say, earning an All-American honor & two bowl wins. He was even a finalist for the Heisman his senior year. Meanwhile, he somehow found the time to indulge his lifelong passion for how things work. He would've been as happy at one of the DeVry schools, if he could've taken his friends with him. After he graduated he was offered a vice-presidential position at Pickles Toys, an offer which came from his father. That turned out to be the best move in the history of the company, as with Tom managing the business bugs in his father's inventions took a nosedive to almost nothing. Toys more suited to what children really wanted were produced too, as Tom had never lost his childlike outlook on life. No more Mr. Friends from this company!
Chuckie had always shown potential as the brain of the group. His prospects had come to fruition in college. He was a bit unsettled at first, a little out of focus. He went from major to major, interest to interest; he even went through a bit of an Abbie Hoffman phase, beard & all. But by sophomore year he'd settled down, & chosen to apply himself to law, contract law to be precise. He'd found his calling, becoming one of the best contract lawyers in the country. Remember Markowitz' eulogy for Norm Chaney in the pilot episode of L.A. Law? That was C.C. "Chuck" Finster to a T, one of the best, most thorough, most knowledgeable experts at contract law in the business. It goes without saying that as soon as he passed the bar --- on the first try --- he got offers from numerous high-powered law firms from across the country. But he was no exception to this tightly-knit group of friends, & had no desire to venture very far afield. A year, maybe two, after graduating, he became an agent in the sports & entertainment fields, with a very select clientele.
Phil & Lil found their calling in the theater. With Lil's thespian bent & Phil's flair for comedy, they proved to be naturals. Their acting careers were poised to take off as they had attained local & regional recognition for their acting skills, garnering numerous awards & attracting notice from Hollywood to Broadway. But they found themselves stifled with the limitations placed on their creative energies in the drama department. After college, they were bent on making their own niche which would fulfill both their acting bugs and their taste for adventure. But more about that later.
Cousin Angelica, it seems, had been yet another one to fulfill her destiny. While her demeanor toward her cousin & his friends had turned friendly, her acquisitive instincts were still present & stood her in good stead in a jet-setting globetrotting position with MergeCorp, the same company of which her mother had by now risen to the position of chairperson of the board. A lifetime of overindulging in candy cake & cookies had finally caught up with her, tho, as she now copes with diabetes; but she copes with it quite well, thanks to her husband looking out for her. Husband? Yes, she finally snagged Timmy McNulty, marrying him right out of college. Neither of them thought of their marriage as a merger, never mind that he happened to be the oldest scion & heir to the family estate of his grandfather Conan McNulty, old archrival to Angelica's grandfather Lou. But despite the apparent business union Angelica & Timmy are by all accounts, including their own, very much in love. He turned out to be the ideal husband, anticipating her every need almost before she had them.
Angelica's best friend & rival Susie Carmichael had also followed her mother's career path. She followed the usual path for medical students / doctors; finishing college at 22, medical school at 26, & her internship at 27. By now she is well into her residency, although she has recently landed an excellent job as medical consultant on a tv show.
Baby Dillon had also found success. Although he followed his brother as high school quarterback, he preferred baseball to football. Which worked to his advantage as he attracted widespread attention as a pitcher & was scouted by several teams when he was still in high school. His pitch attracted attention throughout organized baseball, almost as much attention as his lack of control. But with proper coaching he got that under control, & better things followed. He could have turned pro directly out of high school were it not for a ruckus raised by his mother. Oh well, that only meant more time for him to hone his skills. As a scout for the Yankees once told him, "Son, that's a dangerous weapon you have there; a brain could make it lethal." He rode his pitching arm to success in college as well, taking his team to the College World Series as well as pitching Team USA to a gold medal in the Olympics. That's not all he did in college; he did well in his studies. He also dabbled in a number of extracurricular activities --- such as an aborted hip-hop act with the Devilles, 'Il'n' --- but the less said about those things, the better. Drafted straight out of college, he is one of the rising stars in Major League Baseball & one of the top free agents in the current signing period.
Kimi also pursued an athletic career. In high school & college she channeled her boundless energy & utter fearlessness into success in both track & field. Like Dil, she took her success all the way to the Olympics. At the Olympiad, her joy & enthusiasm captured the hearts of tens of millions, earning recognition as a sort of mini-Mary Lou & bringing in numerous commercial endorsement offers, through which she successfully navigated with the guidance of her big brother. Since graduation she has turned professional with her running & gymnastics, but her preferred career is that of personal trainer.
The above marks the individual successes of the group, but their biggest success has been together, which is no surprise. And it centers on the Devilles. Once the group had graduated they figured that whatever they were going to do they wanted to do something together. Phil & Lil were as adventurous as ever, and they were determined to pursue careers in entertainment while remaining true to their own sense of what was right for them. Of course they had help from their friends; even though Tommy & Kimi had careers of their own they wanted to contribute to whatever the twins did, as did Chuckie, who soon found himself in the position of managing the careers of his friends. He set to work, and found help from other, older friends. Making use of the big business contacts of Angelica's mother & the show business contacts of Susie's father, he worked with the twins to create a show custom made for their unique acting style. Within months of the group's graduation from college, DareDevilles was launched into syndication. It's an action adventure reality show in which Phil & Lil go to exotic locations around the world & engage in stunts no one else would even try, from walking tightropes across an arm of the Dead Sea to waterskiing across Lake Titicaca to collecting tsetse flies. With Chuckie as their agent (as well as agent to Dil), money is pouring in. Corporate sponsorships have beset the show, including of course the Cadillac division of General Motors, which has treated the twin stars to twin Fleetwood Devilles straight off the assembly line every year. DareDevilles is now the top syndicated program in America & is about to go worldwide. Regular guests on DareDevilles are Tom Pickles of Pickles Toys (the company that makes much of the equipment used on the show), & Kamikaze Kimi --- sorry, Mrs. F., she made us say it --- (their personal trainer, who gets the hosts in the best shape possible to withstand their crazy stunts). And helping to patch them up after the show is their medical consultant, Dr. Susie Carmichael. Yes, this has truly become a group project; in fact, the six of them gather around a table before during & after every taping to talk about anything & everything that's going on in their lives as well as to conduct business. Of course they could do that at almost any time, as the six of them live in the same house near the show's headquarters. It's a duplex they've dubbed Fort DareDeville, a step up from the dorm rooms they shared in college. The boys live in one side, the girls in another, and they meet in the middle at any number of times day & night. And yes, they have fallen in love with each other; Tom with Kimi, Chuckie with Lil, & Phil with Susie; loves which are about to be taken to the next level.
And so ends the exposition. I will now turn my attention to that HA! fic so the next part should be a while getting posted, but that's what I'd thought about this offering. I realize it seems a bit fantastic having them be on top of the world, but it is fanfiction. Hey, I'm the cockeyed optimist here. I have trouble reading about bad stuff happening to people; do you think I would write bad stuff very often? But I think there will be enough to come to get y'all's interest. Again, please r&r. And thanks for any help in the form of feedback or otherwise. Cy'all.
Rugrats is created & / or owned by Klasky-Csupo & / or Nickelodeon, which in turn is owned by Viacom.
Remember All Growed Up? Well, so do the Rugrats; for them it was 15 years ago. Which means they are in their 20's by now. Now being 2018, a few years after college. Dil is 25 now, Angelica Susie & Timmy 28, Chuckie 27, & the others 26. Through high school & college they'd been through a few hard times --- they wouldn't be human if they hadn't --- but somewhere along the way they figured out that whatever they decided to do individually, they would have a better chance of success if they stuck together, & so they did. The friends are as close now as they were when they were babies, & closer. And as it turned out, they had figured right; success has found every one of them.
Tom Pickles rode his arm to a football scholarship in college, but found his calling in engineering. He kept playing to keep his scholarship --- quite well you might say, earning an All-American honor & two bowl wins. He was even a finalist for the Heisman his senior year. Meanwhile, he somehow found the time to indulge his lifelong passion for how things work. He would've been as happy at one of the DeVry schools, if he could've taken his friends with him. After he graduated he was offered a vice-presidential position at Pickles Toys, an offer which came from his father. That turned out to be the best move in the history of the company, as with Tom managing the business bugs in his father's inventions took a nosedive to almost nothing. Toys more suited to what children really wanted were produced too, as Tom had never lost his childlike outlook on life. No more Mr. Friends from this company!
Chuckie had always shown potential as the brain of the group. His prospects had come to fruition in college. He was a bit unsettled at first, a little out of focus. He went from major to major, interest to interest; he even went through a bit of an Abbie Hoffman phase, beard & all. But by sophomore year he'd settled down, & chosen to apply himself to law, contract law to be precise. He'd found his calling, becoming one of the best contract lawyers in the country. Remember Markowitz' eulogy for Norm Chaney in the pilot episode of L.A. Law? That was C.C. "Chuck" Finster to a T, one of the best, most thorough, most knowledgeable experts at contract law in the business. It goes without saying that as soon as he passed the bar --- on the first try --- he got offers from numerous high-powered law firms from across the country. But he was no exception to this tightly-knit group of friends, & had no desire to venture very far afield. A year, maybe two, after graduating, he became an agent in the sports & entertainment fields, with a very select clientele.
Phil & Lil found their calling in the theater. With Lil's thespian bent & Phil's flair for comedy, they proved to be naturals. Their acting careers were poised to take off as they had attained local & regional recognition for their acting skills, garnering numerous awards & attracting notice from Hollywood to Broadway. But they found themselves stifled with the limitations placed on their creative energies in the drama department. After college, they were bent on making their own niche which would fulfill both their acting bugs and their taste for adventure. But more about that later.
Cousin Angelica, it seems, had been yet another one to fulfill her destiny. While her demeanor toward her cousin & his friends had turned friendly, her acquisitive instincts were still present & stood her in good stead in a jet-setting globetrotting position with MergeCorp, the same company of which her mother had by now risen to the position of chairperson of the board. A lifetime of overindulging in candy cake & cookies had finally caught up with her, tho, as she now copes with diabetes; but she copes with it quite well, thanks to her husband looking out for her. Husband? Yes, she finally snagged Timmy McNulty, marrying him right out of college. Neither of them thought of their marriage as a merger, never mind that he happened to be the oldest scion & heir to the family estate of his grandfather Conan McNulty, old archrival to Angelica's grandfather Lou. But despite the apparent business union Angelica & Timmy are by all accounts, including their own, very much in love. He turned out to be the ideal husband, anticipating her every need almost before she had them.
Angelica's best friend & rival Susie Carmichael had also followed her mother's career path. She followed the usual path for medical students / doctors; finishing college at 22, medical school at 26, & her internship at 27. By now she is well into her residency, although she has recently landed an excellent job as medical consultant on a tv show.
Baby Dillon had also found success. Although he followed his brother as high school quarterback, he preferred baseball to football. Which worked to his advantage as he attracted widespread attention as a pitcher & was scouted by several teams when he was still in high school. His pitch attracted attention throughout organized baseball, almost as much attention as his lack of control. But with proper coaching he got that under control, & better things followed. He could have turned pro directly out of high school were it not for a ruckus raised by his mother. Oh well, that only meant more time for him to hone his skills. As a scout for the Yankees once told him, "Son, that's a dangerous weapon you have there; a brain could make it lethal." He rode his pitching arm to success in college as well, taking his team to the College World Series as well as pitching Team USA to a gold medal in the Olympics. That's not all he did in college; he did well in his studies. He also dabbled in a number of extracurricular activities --- such as an aborted hip-hop act with the Devilles, 'Il'n' --- but the less said about those things, the better. Drafted straight out of college, he is one of the rising stars in Major League Baseball & one of the top free agents in the current signing period.
Kimi also pursued an athletic career. In high school & college she channeled her boundless energy & utter fearlessness into success in both track & field. Like Dil, she took her success all the way to the Olympics. At the Olympiad, her joy & enthusiasm captured the hearts of tens of millions, earning recognition as a sort of mini-Mary Lou & bringing in numerous commercial endorsement offers, through which she successfully navigated with the guidance of her big brother. Since graduation she has turned professional with her running & gymnastics, but her preferred career is that of personal trainer.
The above marks the individual successes of the group, but their biggest success has been together, which is no surprise. And it centers on the Devilles. Once the group had graduated they figured that whatever they were going to do they wanted to do something together. Phil & Lil were as adventurous as ever, and they were determined to pursue careers in entertainment while remaining true to their own sense of what was right for them. Of course they had help from their friends; even though Tommy & Kimi had careers of their own they wanted to contribute to whatever the twins did, as did Chuckie, who soon found himself in the position of managing the careers of his friends. He set to work, and found help from other, older friends. Making use of the big business contacts of Angelica's mother & the show business contacts of Susie's father, he worked with the twins to create a show custom made for their unique acting style. Within months of the group's graduation from college, DareDevilles was launched into syndication. It's an action adventure reality show in which Phil & Lil go to exotic locations around the world & engage in stunts no one else would even try, from walking tightropes across an arm of the Dead Sea to waterskiing across Lake Titicaca to collecting tsetse flies. With Chuckie as their agent (as well as agent to Dil), money is pouring in. Corporate sponsorships have beset the show, including of course the Cadillac division of General Motors, which has treated the twin stars to twin Fleetwood Devilles straight off the assembly line every year. DareDevilles is now the top syndicated program in America & is about to go worldwide. Regular guests on DareDevilles are Tom Pickles of Pickles Toys (the company that makes much of the equipment used on the show), & Kamikaze Kimi --- sorry, Mrs. F., she made us say it --- (their personal trainer, who gets the hosts in the best shape possible to withstand their crazy stunts). And helping to patch them up after the show is their medical consultant, Dr. Susie Carmichael. Yes, this has truly become a group project; in fact, the six of them gather around a table before during & after every taping to talk about anything & everything that's going on in their lives as well as to conduct business. Of course they could do that at almost any time, as the six of them live in the same house near the show's headquarters. It's a duplex they've dubbed Fort DareDeville, a step up from the dorm rooms they shared in college. The boys live in one side, the girls in another, and they meet in the middle at any number of times day & night. And yes, they have fallen in love with each other; Tom with Kimi, Chuckie with Lil, & Phil with Susie; loves which are about to be taken to the next level.
And so ends the exposition. I will now turn my attention to that HA! fic so the next part should be a while getting posted, but that's what I'd thought about this offering. I realize it seems a bit fantastic having them be on top of the world, but it is fanfiction. Hey, I'm the cockeyed optimist here. I have trouble reading about bad stuff happening to people; do you think I would write bad stuff very often? But I think there will be enough to come to get y'all's interest. Again, please r&r. And thanks for any help in the form of feedback or otherwise. Cy'all.