Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing

Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing is an unaired pilot episode of RugRats. It was completed around in 1990, but the entire episode has never been aired on television. But, it was released on VHS and DVD on August 7, 2001, and around early 2011, a scene of the episode was aired on TeenNick as a part of a promo.

Characters

 * Tommy Pickles (debut)
 * Lou Pickles (debut)
 * Phil DeVille (debut)
 * Lil DeVille (debut)
 * Stu Pickles (debut, cameo)
 * Didi Pickles (debut, cameo)
 * Betty DeVille (debut, cameo) stereotype!
 * Howard DeVille (debut, cameo) stereotype!
 * Spike (debut)
 * Sharlene (debut, cameo)

Synopsis
After watching his grandfather enter the bathroom, Tommy Pickles is determined to find out what the white thing inside is.


 * - Rugrats Wiki

Trivia

 * Tommy is voiced by Tami Holbrook instead of E.G. Daily.
 * Chuckie Finster and Angelica Pickles are the only central characters before The Rugrats Movie that were not mentioned nor seen in the episode.
 * The voice actresses E.G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, and Cheryl Chase did not provide a voice in this episode.
 * Phil, Lil, and Didi are the only characters that have the same designs.
 * The scene where Spike and Tommy are watching TV was used as a promo for both Nickelodeon and TeenNick and was also seen in a flashback in the episode, All Growed Up.
 * The logo is different from the regular logo in this episode.
 * This episode was actually not seen by the public until about 11-12 years later when it was released on VHS and DVD as a bonus feature.
 * Tommy is seen wearing his regular blue shirt in the beginning of the episode, but after the scene cuts to him in the playpen with Phil and Lil, he is wearing an orange shirt, which is probably referencing Nickelodeon's trademark color.
 * In the credits, Stu and Lou Pickles have different names. The credits say that Stu was named after Lou and Lou's name is Stu Pickles Sr.
 * Though it is never seen in the series, Phil mentions his family having a dog.