The sixteenth episode of the third season of Rugrats.
Under Chuckie's Bed:
Chuckie starts sleeping in a bed, but he's afraid that there's a monster under it.
Chuckie is Rich:
Chas wins a sweepstakes for ten million dollars and starts living the high life and acting like a rich snob to his friends, while Chuckie isn't entirely happy with being wealthy.
"Under Chuckie's Bed" provides examples of:
- Big "WHAT?!": Chuckie lets one when the other babies inform him that the grown ups carried his crib out of his room in pieces.
- Chekhov's Gag: At the beginning of the episode, Chas is seen wearing a colorful sweater. Near the end of the episode, the monster under Chuckie's bed is revealed to be the sweater, having gotten lost when he, Didi, and Betty were building Chuckie's bed.
- Comically Missing the Point: After Angelica convinces Chuckie that monsters live under his bed and sings a song about it.Tommy: Don't listen to her, Chuckie.Lil: Yeah, she's a terrible singer.
- Confirm Before Reveal: While Chuckie is telling his friends about how wonderful his crib is, the other babies notice their parents taking parts of his crib out of his room after replacing it with a new bed.Tommy: Uh, Chuckie, is that the crib that has the wide bars on it?
Phil: And the tall sides?
Lil: And the picture of the pink and blue sheeps?
Chuckie: Yep, that's the one. Why?
Tommy: Well, I think the grown-ups just carried it out of your room in pieces.
Chuckie: 'WHAT?!' - It Kind of Looks Like a Face: It wasn't a scary, hungry monster under Chuckie's bed, but a colorful sweater curled in such a way that looked like a monster enough to even make Chas flinch.
- Properly Paranoid: Didi tried to tell Chas that it was important to talk to a child before switching them to a strange, new bed. Turns out he should've listened.
- Safe Under Blankets: Angelica tells Chuckie the safest place from monsters is under covers, so Chuckie wraps himself under them at the climax, and Tommy has to coax him to come out.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: The other babies assure Chuckie there's no monster living under his bed... because monsters only live in "caves and swamps," of course!
- Tempting Fate:
- While telling the others how much he enjoys his crib, Chuckie comments that he wouldn't know what he'd do without it. A second later, it's shown that he's about to find out.
- The reason Chuckie is oblivious in the first place is because Chas has kept it a secret, assuringly telling Didi when she questions this that "Chuckie loves surprises". Then Chuckie discovers his crib replaced, and has a complete meltdown.
- Things That Go "Bump" in the Night: Chuckie believes that there is a monster living under his bed. Things only get worse when Angelica tells Chuckie the story of a boy named Barnaby Jones, who was eaten by a monster who lives under his bed.
"Chuckie is Rich" provides examples of:
- Acquired Situational Narcissism: Chas starts acting like a rich snob when he hits the jackpot. Averted with Chuckie, though, who acts more or less like his usual self (albeit fancier dressed). Having "all the toys there are" (and what appears to be at least a 70-inch television) doesn't seem to make him any happier, and he keeps to himself at the wealthy day-care center he attends (where the other rich kids snub him for being "new money").
- An Aesop: Manage and save your money; because you may need it for keeping your home until you pay off all of your mortgage and paying your bills and other important things like buying food and clothing. Be careful with your money, including using it and investing it. Even celebrities have gone broke from mismanaging and wasting their money on things they don't want and/or need.
- All of the Other Reindeer: Chuckie finds being rich lonely because the snobby kids at his new daycare center dismiss him as "new money".
- Awesome, but Impractical: Chas wins a multi-million-dollar sweepstakes, and he and Chuckie move to a wealthier neighborhood. At the day care center Chuckie attends in said neighborhood, they have a slide in the yard with an elevator to take the kids to the top in lieu of the usual steps or ladder. One can only imagine whether or not that was really worth it.
- Big "WHAT?!": Chas screams this when Drew said he invested half of his money (actually most of it).
- Bland-Name Product: The American Dunderhead sweepstakes is this to subscription-based prize drawing companies, such as Publisher's Clearing House or American Family Publishers. The latter was famously endorsed by Dick Clark and Ed McMahon.
- Brutal Honesty: Angelica admits that she's only playing with Chuckie because he's rich.
- Call-Back: One of the toys in Chuckie's toy collection is the life-sized Thorg doll from "Toy Palace", who even says, "Thorg hungry! Thorg want eat!"
- Children Are Innocent: Whereas Chas is acting like a snob thanks to his newfound wealth, Chuckie's overall personality remains unchanged, and Tommy, Phil, and Lil don't understand how money can change a person. The only time Chuckie shows an attitude change is when the others seem more interested in his new toys than playing with him.
- Faint in Shock: Chas faints twice; first when he learns that he's won the sweepstakes and again when he learns that he's lost nearly all his money due to a bad investment.
- A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted: Chas wins ten million dollars after he wins the American Dunderhead sweepstakes, but Drew invests most of the money in an invention called the "Ear-Whiz", which supposedly cleans your ear perfectly and is supposed to make a lot of money. Unfortunately, the company ends up going bankrupt due to the invention actually increasing ear wax. Chas at least ended up with enough money to fix his old house's leaky roof, and he did get to keep his glass elephant (at least until Stu accidentally shattered it).
- Gone Horribly Wrong: The reason the Ear-Whiz failed was because instead of decreasing waxy build-up, it did the exact opposite.
- Green-Eyed Monster: After Chas apologizes for acting like a rich jerk, Stu also apologizes for the way he reacted, admitting that he was a little jealous.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Pat Sajak provides the voice of his caricature in this episode, and his son Pat Jr. makes a cameo appearance in the daycare.
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Drew says this sheepishly when he tells Chas he had put nearly all of his money in the Ear-Whiz company, right before it went bankrupt. It may also be the reason why it wasn't tested first.
- Jerkass Ball: Chas handles it via Acquired Situational Narcissism. Stu is implied to blow it a bit out of proportion out of jealousy however, causing a two-way case.Stu: "I may not know art, but I know what I like." Who's he kidding?
Didi: Now, Stu, you really didn't give him a chance. You were ready to pounce on him the minute you walked through the door.
Stu: He's changed, Didi. That's all there is to it!
[Tommy sadly nods in agreement, thinking Chuckie has changed too.] - Karma Houdini: Drew faces no consequences for his irresponsible managing of Chas' money. In any real-world setting, he would've at the very least lost a lot of credibility and clients due to having lost millions in only a few days.
- Nouveau Riche: Chas and Chuckie. Two of the kids at Chuckie's daycare center refer to him as "new money" and "very common".
- Only Sane Man: Didi is the only one who treated Chas the same way, and not wanting anything from him unlike Drew. She also called out Stu for being so quick to judge him.
- The Reveal: Chas' middle name is revealed to be "Norbert" in this episode, much to Stu and Didi's surprise.Didi: I didn't even know he had a middle name.
Stu: Maybe he bought one. - Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When Chas loses his fortune, his butler Jenkins unceremoniously walks out on him.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Chuckie figures out that Angelica's trying to suck up to him because he's rich. A refreshing contrast to Chas, who doesn't take a hint that Drew is doing the same thing with him.
