Rugrats-Mysteries (1991)

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General		Extras
Category	Childrens	None
Rating
Year Of Production	1991
Running Time	112:00
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Language Select Then Programme
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Howard E. Baker Craig Bartlett Anthony Bell Rick Bugental
Studio Distributor	Paramount Home Entertainment	Starring	Elizabeth Daily Christine Cavanaugh Nancy Cartwright Kath Soucie Cheryl Chase Cree Summer Tara Strong Dionne Quan Jack Riley Melanie Chartoff Michael Bell Philip Proctor Tress MacNeille
Case	Amaray-Transparent
RPI	$24.95	Music	Rusty Andrews Denis M. Hannigan Mark Mothersbaugh

The episodes included on this disc are:

Murmur On The Ornery Express - Boris & Minka invite the gang on a scenic train ride to the small town of Little Biendeltown. However along the way Minka's necklace and Chuckie's teddy bear Wawa have disappeared. The rugrats act as detectives and try to determine who stole these items.

The Fun Way Day - Chaz and Kira start a coffee business and are wondering how to decorate the coffeehouse. Kira suggest they do "Feng Shui" to liven it up and the rugrats overhear thinking that she said "Fun Way" so they spend the entire day enjoying themselves and having adventures.

Trading Phil - Angelica meets some four year old girls at the park. These girls hate anyone who's three years old, like Angelica. To convince them she's four years old, like them, she trades them Phil in exchange for a gooey glob toy the girls have. She promises Phil that, because of this, she'll be nice to him and the rest of the babies. However, Phil wants much more than that.

Grandpa's Date - Grandpa has a date with an old flame named Morgana. He wants to impress her but can't because he's old so he pretends that he's not a Grandpa.

Legend Of Satchmo - Grandpa and the babies have a campout and he tells them about the legend of Satchmo.

Grandpa's teeth - At a picnic, Spike steals Grandpa's teeth, which leads to a frantic search by Tommy and Chuckie. The war veterans are having a concert at the picnic, and Grandpa needs those teeth in order to play the trumpet properly.

Visitors From Outer Space - The babies and Angelica are abducted by aliens that look like Didi, Stu, and Grandpa.

Grandpa Moves out - After Grandpa feels unappreciated he moves to Flushing Waters Retirement Home.

Video

    Rugrats - Mysteries is presented in an aspect ratio of 1:29:1 and is not 16x9 enhanced.

    The picture is reasonably sharp with no aliasing or edge enhancement problems. As the series does not contain the greatest animation (in fact it is very basic stuff), there is little requirement for shadow detail. However, black levels are solid and there are no grain or low level noise issues.

    Colours are fairly vibrant and there is no image bleeding.

    There are no film or video artefacts present in the transfer.

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Audio

    The show has been given three audio tracks in Dolby Digital 2.0 surround. The tracks are in English, Spanish and French.

    Dialogue is always clear and there are no audio sync problems.

   The show's music fits the episodes well and is not intrusive.

    Surround channel usage is minimal. There are no directional sound effects on offer. The show's music and occasional character dialogue are the sole contributing elements to the rear channels.

    The subwoofer adds minimal bass and is not needed in most cases.

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Overall

   All versions of this DVD currently available are essentially the same.

   Rugrats - Mysteries is a reasonably solid package of episodes from the long running kiddie show that will entertain the little ones. The disc looks and sounds fine with absolutely no extras.

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