Rex Pester A truckload of babies and a pet horse lost in the woods. Our hearts go out to their grief-stricken parents.
Tied for 6th most-quoted character in The Rugrats Movie (1998): in 6 of its 47 quotes
Most scenes with: Didi Pickles (2), Betty DeVille (2), Chas Finster (2)
Pickles! Now look what you done! Are you out of your mind?! Get off!
More lines from Rex Pester
2 quotes Rex Pester Rex Pester AND I NEVER WON AN EMMY!!!
Scenes with Rex Pester
3 scenes Rex [Reporter Rex Pester displays photos as he talks]
Young Tammy, Baby Dale, the twins Bill and Jill, Little Chunky, and poor sweet Amelia all vanished without a trace. I'm Rex Pester, and I'll be back with more Big Action News!
Reporter
[Cut to the Pickles' house, which is jam-packed with police cars and news trucks. Stu, Didi and the other parents rush out the door. The reporters and cameramen gang up at Stu and Didi, grilling them with questions]
There he is!
Reporter #1
Mr. Pickles, is it true you shipped your own children to Tokyo in a wooden box?
Reporter #2
Is it true a dingo ate your baby?
Reporter #3
Mr. Pickles, how many pecks of pickled peppers did you pick?
Rex Pester [A helicopter lands in the yard and the crowd scatters. News reporter Rex Pester and his camera man rush up over towards Stu and Didi, shoving the other reporters en route. We see Rex through his camera] [first words]
Childhood, a time of innocence, a time of joy. A time of unspeakable, unrelenting tragedy. Mrs. Pickles, tell us how it feels to know you may never see your children again.
Rex Pester I'm so sorry. Forgive me. [back to Didi] Please tell us how it feels to know you may never see your children again.
[glares. She charges at at Rex. Lou and Stu hold her back]
All right! That's it! Let me at him! All right! Come one! Come on!
Charlotte Pickles
[Cut to the interior of Charlotte and Drew's car. Charlotte is on the phone with Jonathan. The car stops at Stu and Didi's house where they see the commotion]
Hold on, Jonathan. There's an alarming crowd at my in-law's indicating either a yard sale or a family tragedy. Let me get back to you.
Rex Pester [They get out of the car, when Rex hounds them]
Mr. Pickles, how does it feel knowing your brother lost your only daughter?
Drew Pickles
[Furiously yells]
He what?!
Rex Pester Share your pain.
Drew Pickles
[his face boils red. He angrily lunges at Stu and violently fights him]
YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
YOU'RE BREAKING MY ARM!!
Drew Pickles
ONLY 'CAUSE I CAN'T REACH YOUR NECK!!!
Rex Pester [The other adults try to break up the fight] [goes back to the camera]
And there you have it. 2 sour Pickles and: [displays the pictures of the babies, one by one, while incorrectly saying their names] young Tammy, baby Dale, the twins Bill and Jill, little Chunky, and poor Amelia, all vanished without a trace. [caption "Rex Pester, Big Action News"] I'm Rex Pester, and I'll be back with more "Big Action News"!
[rushes in]
Mr. Swenson on Saton said he saw Angelica and Spike run through his garden and head north on I-99!
Charlotte Pickles
My baby!
Let's go!
Lou Pickles
[The parents and reporters rush to their vehicles. Lou breaks open the front door dressed in his military uniform] [saluting]
Private First Class Pickles reporting for duty!
[Stu shrugs uncertainly at his father's appearance]
Just get in! Come on!
[Lou climbed in the car before they drive off]
Rex Pester [Cut to Rex Pester's helicopter. A pilot is flying the chopper while Rex is both reporting and taping with the camera]
A truckload of babies and their pet horse lost in the woods. Our hearts go out to their grief-stricken parents... [Stu's Dactar crashes into the chopper; Stu screams in panic] Look out, Pickles! Now look what you've done! [Stu groans. He fights the pilot over the controls] Are you out of your mind?! Get out! [pushes Stu and Dactar away from the chopper, but breaks the controls off accidentally
Rex Pester [crying]
And I never won an Emmy!
[The chopper crash-lands in the forest]
Oops. [drops the chopper's handlebars before continues flying haphazardly] I'm coming, Tommy. I'm coming, Dil. [a couple of screws come loose] Oh! Ah!
Angelica Pickles
[Meanwhile, back on the bridge, the Rugrats are still trying to rescue Angelica, who lost her coat] [still carrying Cynthia as she's climbing back on the bridge]
Ugh! Hurry up, babies!
Angelica Pickles
Don't let them take Cynthia!
I don't think they're going to take anyone. Look!
Babies
[The monkeys leave in fear]
Yay!
Yeah! Go home, monkeys!
Angelica Pickles
Hooray! Dumb-dumb monkeys!
Babies
[The wolf appears at the foot of the bridge and slowly goes towards the babies]
Oh!
Babies
[The wolf gets closer, growling viciously]
Aah!
Dil Pickles
Yuckies!
Babies
[Spike then appears from nowhere and fights the wolf]
Yay!
Yay, Spike!
Dil Pickles
[bouncing on the seat]
Spike, Spike!
[Spike and the wolf are fighting too close to the edge of the bridge]
Oh, no, Spike! Spike!
You gotta get outta there, Spikey!
Angelica Pickles
Yo, dumb wolf! [angrily blows raspberries at the wolf]
Babies
[The wolf starts to go toward Angelica. As he was about to bite her, Spike bites his tail and drags him down, while they both slowly go through a hole in the bridge] [alarmed]
Spike!
Dil Pickles
[Both Spike and the wolf fall into the river] [now sad]
Spike?
Angelica Pickles
[All the babies cry]
Dumb dog! Why'd you have to go and... [sobs]
[Cut to Stu and Dactar]
Whoa! [suddenly spots the babies on the bridge] Deed, I found them! They're over by the ranger station! I'm going IIIIIIIIINNNN!!!!!! [Dactar crashes for the last time, into the ranger's station. The babies gasped. The ranger's station collapsed to the ground. Now feeling all woozy, he gets up on his feet, "wearing" Dactar's remnants, and walks towards the bridge] Ahh!
Babies
[gasped]
The lizard!
Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
Babies
Ohh!
[pulls up his diaper and speaks to the "Lizard"]
Please, Mr. Lizard, we wish we could go...No. [looks at the babies, who are still sad] We wish we had our doggie back.
Ahhh. [busts through the bridge, still wearing Dactar]
[We see Spike, alive, licking Stu, who lies on one of the bridge's support arms below]
He's alive!
Thank you, Mr. Lizard!
[Tires screech and headlights shine. The other grown-ups run towards the babies. Then, their parents pick up their own babies and embraces them] [tears of joy]
My babies! My babies! Oh Dil! My darling! [kisses them both]
Daddy's here. Oh, Chuckie!
Charlotte Pickles
Angelica, sweetheart, everything's going to be okay!
Angelica Pickles
Oh, mommy, oh, daddy!
Lou Pickles
[The monkeys look on in bewilderment. Charlotte's phone rings. Instead of answering it, she tosses it into the water] [pull Stu up with a rope]
You've got the Pickle spirit, son. Maybe not the brain, but the spirit.
Oh, Stu, you did it! You found our boys.
[Stu picks up Tommy and Dil. Tommy drops his watch; Stu picks it up, still in perfect shape] [smiles]
Yeah, I guess I did.
Igor
[Igor and Serge arrive in a police car to recover their monkeys]
My little furry comrades!
Serge
Splendid monkeys, come to papa. Who's your daddy?
Female Reporter
[We look through the viewfinder of a reporter's video recorder]
Babies and monkeys, both lost. Now both found.
Rex Pester [last words; now injured, shoves the female reporter out of sight]
This is my story, pal! I'm Rex Pester. Stay tuned. [the monkeys gang up on Rex and fight him. Camera cuts to static] Aah! No, not my toupee! No!
Charlotte Pickles
Hey, Rex, time for your close up!
[Dil drinks his bottle, then shares it with Tommy] [apologizes to Drew]
I'm sorry about all this Drew.
Drew Pickles
[forgives Stu]
It's all right, little brother. For a nincompoop, you're not half bad.
[Everyone walks away from the bridge and talks amongst themselves. Margaret pulls the Reptar Wagon]
Remember there was Swamptar?
Drew Pickles
Oh yeah, I remember that. Got mud all over...
[Fade back to the Okey-Dokie Jones sequence, where the Rugrats enter the temple] [voice over]
And that was our big adventure. The Monkeys founded their daddies, and we all gots to go home and have fried baloney sandwiches. But not Dil, 'cause he gots no teeth. [Dil, wearing a viking helmet, rides on Chuckie's back. They climb and grab the icon as before, but this time, Dil got ahold of it] But if you think thing went back to the way they was before, you're wrong, 'cause now, thanks to Baby Dil, they was even better! [chuckles]
Babies
[After Dil grabs the icon, they all start to topple. Before they hit the ground, we go back to reality, in the kitchen with a banana split. After they fall, Dil slides to the stove with the split; when he hit the stove, the split remain intact] [cheering]
Yay!
[last lines]
Way to go, Dilly!
[Freeze frame, then fade out] [Fade to closing credits, when stills of the movie's scenes flash in the background while the credits are seen in the foreground. Credits from "Directed By" to "Additional Music Material By" are flshed on and off, with one background per credit. From "Production Manager" on, credits scroll, with different lettering and fonts, while the background changes. During the credits, portions of "Take Me There", "Wild Ride" and "I Throw My Toys Around" can be heard]
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