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1* DifficultySpike: Baby Easy is very simple, while Rugrat Medium is a lot more challenging, but still possible to beat in one sitting. ''Reptar Tough'', [[NintendoHard on the other hand]], is downright ''unforgiving''. It says a lot when the question of whether this is a [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames good licensed game]] [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames or not]] is solely determined by the difficulty setting.
2* NintendoHard: The Reptar Tough difficulty level is ''much'' harder than one would expect from a children's game in general, much less a Rugrats one. In fact, one of the only two written [[Website/GameFAQS FAQs]] for this game on the Internet has its author admitting that she had to have help from a more experienced gamer to even ''finish'' the FAQ!
3* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The game is a fun and simple (although rather bland) platformer. [[SurpriseDifficulty Note that this is only the case if you're playing on Baby Easy mode]].
4* SurpriseDifficulty: On Rugrat Medium and Reptar Tough mode. Especially surprising seeing as this is a game based on the '''''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''''' cartoon.
5* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: On the Medium and Tough modes (especially the latter), the game is [[SurpriseDifficulty difficult to the point of being almost unplayable]].
6* ThatOneLevel: Many, ''many'' levels on Medium and Tough difficulty[[note]]the latter much more so[[/note]], especially for a licensed game aimed at children.
7** ''Punting Papayas'' in Jungle World on Tough is one of the most frustrating levels in the whole game, with the insanely long and hard-to-navigate paths you have to follow, to the point where it's physically painful to play.
8** ''Monkey Business'' is basically the same thing, just with papayas swapped out for monkeys.
9** ''Acrobatty Dash'' on Medium and Tough is just cruel and inhumane. On Baby Easy you're given a nice, comfortable seven minutes to go through the acrobat course. On Medium and Tough? ''three and a half minutes'' and '''''two minutes''''', respectively, even though the level itself isn't changed at all. Cue much swearing, ripping of hair, and gnashing of teeth.
10** ''Meanie Genie'' on Medium and Tough difficulty is PlatformHell ''incarnate''. Jumps require precision presses of the A button, the lack of depth perception makes it extremely hard to tell if you're gonna land on a platform or in the boiling lava, the level goes on damn near ''forever'', [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the background music is extremely annoying]].
11** ''Temple of the Lamp''. On Easy and Medium it's a nice level, albeit a boring "collect-the-rubies"-athon. On Tough? An exercise in frustration. For one thing, you have to collect a whopping total of ''70'' rubies. Yes, you read that right, ''70 rubies''. Secondly, those [[GoddamnedBats annoying scarab beetles]] are all over the place, serving to make your job even ''harder'' [[FakeDifficulty for no real reason at all]]. Thirdly, most of the rubies are located high on the buildings, forcing you to make even ''more'' precise A button presses. Thankfully, this level can be avoided by doing one of the other, more fun ones, like ''Rugrat Rug Race''.
12** ''Moon Buggy Madness'' is the only level that's extremely difficult on ''all'' difficulties, not because of any cruelty from the programmers, but due to the [[FakeDifficulty overly floaty physics that make it almost impossible to get a sense of control.]]
13* TheWoobie: The babies toys' that were stolen by Angelica, especially Kimi's beloved Super-Thing.

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