List of Rocko's Modern Life characters
This is a list of all the major and minor characters from the animated television series Rocko's Modern Life and the comic book of the same name.
Rocko works at "Kind of a Lot O' Comics" and his hobbies include recreational jackhammering and pining for the loves of his life.
He's not too bright and will eat anything on sight including Ed Bighead's salmon bushes and a moldy slime found in Rocko's refrigerator.
Though he is normally portrayed as being jobless, he has worked as a waiter at a coffee shop, a salesman at a tree farm, a greenskeeper at a golf course, a mail carrier, a manager at a Chokey Chicken restaurant, a paper boy, and a security guard at Conglom-O-Corp. As his family name suggests, he was raised by a family of wolves who decided not to eat him as a child and adopted him as one of their own; his "birthmark" is actually their plotting lines of how to best divide him up into choice dishes.
He started out as a different character, usually seen having many jobs, such as a supermarket cashier and a clerk at the Department of Motor Vehicles before being written in the storyline as Rocko and Heffer's friend in the second season.
The general concept involving characters with large heads originated from a comic, written by Murray, named "Rizzo the Art Director.
He had an estranged relationship with his child born as Ralph, who created a show called "The Fatheads," which was loosely based on the Bigheads.
Her favorite bedroom pastime with Ed is to make him crack plates in mid-air with his tongue like clay pigeons.
Hutch's mother, Widow Hutchison, disallows the wedding between the two because of her belief that "cats and turtles don't mix" citing their status as natural enemies.
"[8][5] Martin Olson, a writer, described the decision when Nickelodeon gave the "okay" for the marriage of Filburt and Paula Hutchison as one of the most memorable moments of the production.
Olson said that the executives at first did not like the marriage idea which he came up with in his outline of "The Big Question"; linear character development did not exist in Nicktoons.
Disowned by Ed for not wanting to work for Conglom-O, the young Bighead went to Holl-o-Wood, a parody of Hollywood to become a cartoonist, eventually creating a cartoon called The Fatheads (who are both voiced by Charlie Adler), a married couple with obese heads that constantly fight and hit each other with parking meters.
By the time Rocko and his friends return to Earth in Static Cling, the character has come out as a transgender woman, still living in the desert, now named Rachel Bighead.
Olson describes Murray's voice as "a quiet, thoughtful murmur" and therefore found "Joe as his alter-ego screaming like a nut" to be humorous.
They are introduced in the first season episode "Dirty Dog", in which their boss, Mr. Ick, comes over for dinner while Rocko tries to give Spunky a bath.
Despite his official job title of "Slimy Boss" and propensity for firing executives on a whim for the most insane reasons, Dupette is a staunch environmentalist thanks to Rocko's efforts (in the episode "Zanzibar") and he also secretly enjoys performing as a clown at children's birthday parties (in the episode "Closet Clown").
He has yellow eyes, red hair and large lower teeth that protrude from his mouth and wears a spiked dog collar.
[15] Gladys the Hippo Lady is a sunglasses-wearing, spandex stretch pants sporting hippopotamus with whom Rocko would often collide in Season 1 episodes and get in her way.
Melba Toast is a mysterious female character who happens to be one of Rocko's love-interests and the next door neighbor in the television show and comic.
His superpowers include flight, magic chest hairs, nipples that allow people to see their future (by attaching them to the eyeballs), and super strength.
Dick was one of the monster truck drivers, in "Driving Mrs. Wolfe", Buff can be seen in the crowd of customers, "Dear John".
[9] Director Jeff "Swampy" Marsh says Doug Lawrence named Peaches and "never explained the udders (or many other things he thought up) to anyone.
In the episode "Commuted Sentence", it is revealed that his house is next door to Kind of a Lot o' Comics, and he still drives to work despite being so close.
In the episode "Power Trip", Rocko is temporarily appointed manager of the comic store and, after pressing "the green button" his personality changes to match Mr. Smitty's.
Mr. Smitty also made is unvoiced physical cameo appearance as in Static Cling, in which it is unknown what he does for his work right now ever since Kinds of a Lot of Comics was replaced with an instant print kiosk.
She also first appears in "Popcorn Pandemonium", ordering a huge amount of junk food at the concession stand, then getting a diet soda "to watch her girlish figure".
She is a parody of female teenagers and their tendency to gravitate towards over-dramatic rebelliousness and unusual fads or phases, such as the time she took a (revealed later to be temporary) vow of silence.
Hiram William Wolfe is George's father, Virginia's father-in-law, and the paternal grandfather of Heffer, Cindy, and Peter.
In Static Cling, as 20 years have passed, Grandpa Wolfe has since died and his ghost is floating around O-Town, although, since he is senile, he is oblivious to this fact.
Virginia Wolfe is the compassionate mother of Heffer, Cindy, and Peter with a nervous facial tic, a thick midwestern accent, and crazed driving skills.
