Poor Tommy....
- Early on after Dil arrives you see Tommy having to sing to himself because his parents are too busy, and then it goes to Spike, howling in the rain
.Tommy: Baby, please, rest your head. Now it is time for bed. Please stop. Don't you see? I want mom and dad for me. - A minor one, but when Tommy and Dil are arguing with the teddy bear, Stu tries to let Tommy have a turn with the bear, but decides to let Dil have it. Upon this, Tommy starts crying, and even though one could take it as him getting upset over the bear, it's very easy to assume he's finally breaking down in frustration over the stress of having a new baby brother. It gets better when Stu gives him the pocket watch in the next scene, but still...
- Tommy being disowned and abandoned by his friends for prioritizing Dil above them, leaving him to save Dil from the monkeys on his own.Lil: Look it, Tommy, nobody likes him!
Phil: We're gonna find that lizard, Tommy. You can find your brother by yourself!
Tommy: Will you help me, Chuckie?
Chuckie: Sorry, Tommy.
Tommy: But—but you're my bestest friend.
Chuckie: Yeah? Well, if—if I'm your bestest friend, then how come when I got throwed up on, you didn't help me? Huh, huh? And when I falled overboard, you didn't help me. And then when the monkey grabbed me, you didn't even care (''crying'') about my boo-boo!
(Tommy slumps)
Lil: Face it, Tommy. You don't got a bestest friend no more. All you gots is a brother!
Tommy: (dejected, close to tears) Oh, um... fine. I-I-I'll go find him by myself.
(Tommy sadly goes off to find Dil, leaving the other Rugrats behind. With another crack of thunder, it starts to rain. The baby monkey escapes, leaving its diaper behind)- Later Chuckie starts regretting this and begs Phil and Lil to help him go find Tommy. They indignantly remind him that Tommy only cared about protecting Dil over him.
- The scene in the rain. Tommy has practically lost it all: he's lost in the middle of the woods with his brother, and his friends have abandoned him because he wanted to protect his brother over sticking with them. When Tommy tries to take care of Dil during the storm, Dil's newborn greediness kicks in, drinking the last bottle of milk down, then hogs a blanket Tommy was trying to share. When the two rip it and Dil finds it funny, Tommy snaps, tosses away his "'Sponsetility" (that's the pocket watch Stu gave him earlier), then drags Dil out into the rain blaming him for everything wrong that's happened since they got lost. Tommy plans to dump a jar of banana baby food for the circus monkeys to come in and take Dil away. Probably the most dramatic scene in the history of the series, and quite impressive when you consider that this is a one-year-old and his newborn brother, and yet it can still send shivers down anyone's spine and tears down their faces.Tommy: Oh, you want monkeys? Oh, okay, I'll give you monkeys! Oh, you'll have a monkey mommy, and a monkey daddy, and a monkey brother! Oh, I should've let my friends take you back to the hosipcle, but "No" I said! "He didn't mean it," I said. "He was only playing!" Well, I was wrong! Now I don't even have friends!! Dil wants the monkeys, and the monkeys want the nanners! So.... everybody gets what they want!
- What's even more impressive is that he's planning on pouring banana-flavored baby food on Dil and leaving him with the monkeys, and it somehow manages to make you cry instead of laugh at how ridiculous it all is.
- And the way the scene is highly reminiscent of Cain and Abel.
- When Dil breaks down and starts crying (not his usual wailing, genuine terrified sobbing), we get a POV shot as Tommy looks at his reflection in the puddles and sees his utterly wrathful expression before it breaks into a horrified, remorseful one. He recomposes himself and embraces Dil, apologizing for what he was going to do. Even the monkeys are close to tears as they sadly look at Tommy and Dil.Tommy: I'm sorry, Dil. It's okay, Dilly. Everything's gonna be okay.
- A bit later, as Tommy recovers his watch, he hears Dil's terrified wailing after thunder strikes. Tommy tucks Dil in with the blanket singing a similar lullaby from earlier, as he tries make Dil (and himself) not lose hope.
Tommy: Baby, please, rest your head. Soon we will be home in bed. Until then, I'll protect you like no other. You're okay for a little brother. - Spike saving the babies from Scar Snout the wolf at the last minute, only to fall off the bridge with him. The babies' reactions are heartbreaking, especially Angelica's.Angelica: (tearfully) Dumb dog. Why'd you have to go and...? (breaks down sobbing)
- When Tommy is about to ask the "Lizard" (actually Tommy's father) to send them back home, he looks back at the other babies, still in tears over Spike's sacrifice, and instead wishes for his doggy back.
