Middle School: Wild Overboard

Job Beginnings and First Sleepover

Whlie settling in with their new, year-long jobs at the Los Angeles Beach Resort, the moms are in the lobby while their kids are all playing (Dil's teething on a book and Tommy, Chuckie, Kimi and the twins are all playing with the laundry). Kira compliments Didi on her parenting instincts, although Didi admits that she got some of it from following the advice of Dr. Lipschitz. Stu is taking Dil to the hospital for a doctor's appointment, and Didi admits that she doesn't know what she'd do without Lipschitz. Betty points out that the Lipschitz book Didi has, "Dr. Lipschitz A to Z, Birth to 5," only goes to age five. After realizing that, Didi begins to worry about what will happen once the kids turn six. Her friends suggest her taking classes in childhood development, which Didi thinks is a great idea (she loves the subject and has always wanted to earn her master's degree, but was too busy raising her kids). Didi makes the decision to go back to school.

Lil overhears Didi saying that she's going back to school and tells Tommy about it. Tommy's confused by it, wondering why his mom would go back to school if she had already gone to school. Angelica overhears Tommy saying this and gets an idea. She tells the babies that everything's going backward. Tommy's the only one who doesn't believe her, but she makes all of them believe when she turns the head on Tommy's toy robot backwards and makes it walk towards the babies, which they see. Then they see Spike walk by with a baby bottle in his mouth (Dil's bottle), and they think that Spike thinks he's a puppy again. Then Stu walks by with Dil and says they're going back to the hospital, to which Tommy points out that Dil came from the hospital. The babies get scared about what they think will happen to them, and they start crying about it.

Angelica comes by and asks why they're crying. Tommy explains that they're scared about everything going backward. Angelica gets another idea and claims that only stuff at Tommy's house is going backward and that she, Chuckie and Kimi, and the twins can all go home later. But Tommy's friends decide to stay with him to help him get through this. Meanwhile, their moms are in the kitchen, and Didi's looking through a book about the local college that has some good classes in childhood development. Kira feels that Didi will be good resource to all of them for parenting advice, but Charlotte feels that she won't really need it, as she feels that Angelica's a "perfect angel" (which she's not).

The babies and Angelica are outside at the  beach now, and after Angelica taunts Tommy about going backward until he hasn't been born yet, she leaves. Chuckie, Kimi, Phil and Lil try saying that being a baby isn't that great, but Tommy starts feeling sad about the stuff he thinks he'll miss out on, like going to school, getting a job and being a dad. Chuckie suggests that maybe they could do all that stuff now, so Tommy won't really miss out on it. First, they simulate what school would be like, based on what Angelica has said said about her experiences at preschool. Then they simulate what getting a job would be like (and Tommy reveals that he wants to be a superhero), and then Tommy practices being a dad to his friends. Angelica comes out again and points out that it's getting late, and things will be going backward for him soon.

The babies then try thinking up ideas to make Tommy's place go forward instead of backward. Tommy remembers the video his mom played at the beginning of the episode and pushes the play button to make everything go forward instead of backward, and then they go and see if it worked. Meanwhile, their moms are still in the kitchen, and Betty sees the robot with the backward head and thinks that Phil did it, so she corrects it. Didi finds a box of her old college stuff, one of which is a giant foam dog bone, which Spike takes. The babies see the robot and Spike with the bone, and Stu comes back with Dil, saying that he grew an inch. Didi tells Stu that she's made the decision to go back to school but claims that they should call it "forward to school," which Tommy overhears and tells his friends about.

Stu's proud of Didi for her decision, but points out that with her going back to school and him and the rest of the parents working (and with Lou off at Withering Oaks with Lulu), they're going to have to find a steady babysitter to look after the kids whenever they can't. Didi says they will, even if they "have to turn the whole city upside down," which Chuckie overhears and starts worrying about. Tommy admits that he's not sure but claims that he can only deal with one problem a day.

At their sleepover at Los Angeles, the Rugrats, Joslin, and her friends have vivid dreams, except for Chuckie, whose dream was virtually blank. Later, when the Rugrats decide to play-act what they dreamed about, Chuckie says that he lost his dream, so he has the other Rugrats go looking for it.

Meanwhile, Chas has a mid-life crisis, as his life is now perfect—except for his long-time job as a bureaucrat. At Kira's recommendation, they decide to go into a business of their own, eventually deciding on buying a coffee shop and running it themselves.

Also, Stu wins a radio station trivia contest, in which he is rewarded with tickets for two to a Dream Boaters reunion concert. But, the excitement turns to panic when he misplaces the tickets.

Songs: "What I Go To School For" by Busted, "Going Away To College" by Blink-182, and "What Dreams Are Made Of" by Hilary Duff