Runaway Reptar is a television special of the animated television series and part of Season 6 of Rugrats. Notably the first hour-length episode of any Nicktoon, it was originally released as a direct-to-video special on August 3, 1999, before airing on Nickelodeon on November 27th of the same year. The plot follows the babies watching a Reptar movie and getting sucked into it. "Runaway Reptar" was written by Ali Marie Matheson and Jon Cooksey based on an idea by Scott Gray and directed by John Holmquist and Jim Duffy.