Sweet Dreams (Rugrats, 1991)

Sweet Dreams is the second half of the 13th episode from Season 8 of Rugrats.

Plot
In this episode, we get to see what the Rugrats dream about. Tommy dreams he's Okey-Dokey Jones, while Kimi dreams she's a circus acrobat, Lil dreams about being on a flying mudpie, and Phil dreams he's on a giant toat. But what about Chuckie? When he can't remember what happened to his dream, will the Rugrats help him find it? - Description from Klasky Csupo.

Why It's Not Sweet

 * 1) The plot of the episode is basically boring and doesn’t make sense, as the dreams you have while you sleep can’t possible happen in real life, such as Chuckie not finding Super Chuckie.
 * 2) The disturbing and very sad scene where Chuckie was sleeping but couldn’t dream anything and instead saw TV static throughout his sleep.
 * 3) Stu is a bit unlikable in this episode as he cheered about winning tickets for the Dream Boat in front of his despressed friend, Chas, who was in the middle of his mid-life crisis.
 * 4) The pointless search for Chuckie’s dream, while it was nice for the Rugrats to try and help Chuckie out, ended up making some messes in the Pickles’ house, like messing up the clothes.
 * 5) While giving Chuckie their milk was a nice thing his friends did, it really didn’t help Chuckie find his dream. In fact, it worsened the problem as it interrupted Chuckie’s sleep because he had to go "potty like a gazillion times".
 * 6) The part where the Rugrats tried to play Dream Boat, while funny, wouldn’t really help Chuckie find his dream either.
 * 7) The part where Tommy takes his parents’ dream boat tickets was a bit mean-spirited, as they wouldn’t really help anyone find their dreams. While it was nice Chuckie tried to use them to help his parents save their dreams, it really wouldn’t help them either.

Sweet Qualities

 * 1) The episode started off good, with seeing the fun and silly dreams of Tommy, Kimi, Phil and Lil, until we got to the part where Chuckie didn’t dream.
 * 2) Good animation and voice acting as usual.
 * 3) The characters are mostly still likable in this episode. The Rugrats, including Kimi who is not annoying like she usually is, are likable as they try to help Chuckie find his dream and cheer him up. Chuckie is also likable because he tried to help his parents save their dream.
 * 4) Some funny moments in the episode, like Stu’s happy reaction to winning the dream boat tickets, and Chuckie wearing his pajamas during the daytime.
 * 5) Chas and Kira start their own coffee shop, the Java Lava Coffee House, and would appear in later episodes of this show, as well as the spin-off, mh:besttvshows:All Grown Up!.
 * 6) The ending was good, because Chas and Kira won their coffee shop, Stu and Didi got their dream boat tickets back, we get a the first look at the Java Lava, Chas’ inspirational advice to never stop looking for your dream, which inspired Chuckie to keep looking for his dream, and the next night where Chuckie sleeps happily and has his wonderful dream again of being Super Chuckie.