<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "A Rugrats Chanukah" </Td> <Td> Next → "Vacation" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Rugrats episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "Mother's Day", also known as the "Rugrats Mother's Day Special" or "Rugrats Mother's Day", is the second episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series Rugrats and the show's 67th episode overall . Released as a Mother's Day special, it revolves around the holiday from the perspective of a group of babies--Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, and Phil and Lil Deville . Tommy, Phil, and Lil attempt to find the perfect mother for Chuckie (who is raised only by his father Chaz) while sharing their favorite memories about their moms . At the end of the episode, Chuckie's mother is revealed to have died of a terminal illness . It concludes with Chuckie and Chaz looking through a box of her belongings, including a poem she had written for her son . Meanwhile, Didi Pickles tries to plan the perfect Mother's Day with her mom Minka, while Betty DeVille helps Stu Pickles with his invention to help mothers . </P> <P> Norton Virgien and Toni Vian directed the episode from a script by Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Susan Hood, and Ed Resto . Series co-creator Paul Germain had pitched two potential storylines to explain the absence of Chuckie's mother, but Nickelodeon executives rejected his proposed ideas that the mother was either divorced from Chaz or had died . Before "Mother's Day" premiered, only minor references to Chuckie's mother had been made . Germain left the show in 1993, and several new writers replaced him . The concept was later revised and approved as a Mother's Day special . Germain said that he was disappointed at being unable to cover the topic during his time on the series . </P>

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