Meanwhile, inside the house, Didi and the rest of the adults are looking through one of her Lipschitz-books, and in the section on thumb-sucking, it says that thumb-sucking can lead to things like dental problems, peer ridicule and bad academic and job skills, they notice that a page from the thumb-sucking section is missing, and wonder where the page could be (Dil had taken the page and stuffed it in his diaper earlier)-the adults then try coming up with ways to make their kids quit thumb-sucking. Not realizing that Angelica's just lying, Chuckie and the twins say that while they obviously don't want to turn into ducks, at the same time, they don't want to quit sucking their thumbs-so Tommy takes it upon himself to try to help his friends quit thumb-sucking. Angelica then comes up and claims that they'll turn into ducks if they keep sucking their thumbs (mispronouncing " buckteeth" as " duckteeth"). When Tommy points out that Dil's still the leader and he's not sucking his thumb anymore, Chuckie and the twins admit that they like sucking their thumbs and don't want to stop. Lipschitz's books to see the answer of what they should do.Īfter the adults got back inside, Dil and Tommy stop sucking their thumbs, but Chuckie and the twins don't. Charlotte reveals that she recently read an article that said thumb-sucking leads to poor college grades, bad job skills and social isolation, but Lou feels that thumbs-sucking only leads to buckteeth-but this leads Stu and Didi to looking into Dr.
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When Lou, Didi and Charlotte come out and see if Stu's okay, all the adults notice the babies sucking their thumbs, and start worrying if it's okay for them to do that. Dil sees his dad do this and starts sucking his own thumb, which Lil and the boys copy. While Stu's fixing the backyard fence, he accidentally slams the hammer on his thumb, and starts sucking on it. While at Stu, Didi, Tommy and Dil's house, the Rugrats (with the exception of Angelica) are playing "Follow the Leader," with Dil as the leader-Angelica refuses to play unless she's the leader, but Tommy says that it's Dil's turn to be the leader and that they have to do whatever Dil does.
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Can they stop sucking their thumbs before they all begin laying eggs and growing feathers? - Description from Klasky Csupo Plot
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So when Angelica overhears Grandpa Lou's theory that thumb sucking causes buck teeth, she takes this to mean it causes "DUCK teeth", and that the Rugrats will soon become ducks. When the Rugrats play "Follow the Leader" and imitate everything Baby Dil does, they all start sucking their thumbs.