Rocko's Modern Life

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Rocko's Modern Life is the story of a wallaby, born and raised in the sunburned land Down Under, Australia. A few years ago, he left the comfort of his native continent and came to live in the United States (because of a bully named Dingo). Since then, he's managed to pick up an assortment of oddball, but well-meaning, friends including a gluttonous Heffer Wolfe (actually a Steer who was adopted by a family of wolves), a faithful pet pooch named Spunky, and a paranoid hypochondriac turtle named Filbert with a personal philosophy. "Turn the page, wash your hands, turn the page, wash your hands."

Other characters that frequently appeared on the show are The Bigheads (Rocko's irritable next-door neighbors), Dr. Paula Hutchison (an always smiling doctor-of-all-trades and love interest of Filbert), and two slippery characters known as The Chameleon Brothers (Chame and Leon). These folks live in a bizarre district known as O-Town, which is actually under the industrial monopoly of a huge corporation called Conglom-O (their slogan is 'We Own You'). Stephen Hillenberg still found success after Rocko, when he created SpongeBob SquarePants in 1999.

Most of the episodes revolve around Rocko trying to cope with the absurdities and difficulties in modern life and living in a place like O-Town, you can bet there are plenty of those!

Main Characters''Rocko: A very "modern" wallaby from Australia who wears a blue shirt with purple triangles. His best friend is Heffer, and his pet dog is named Spunky.

Heffer: A very friendly yellow steer who has green spiked hair and wears blue suspenders with red pants. He loves EATING!

Filburt: All cartoons have a brainiac. In Rocko's Modern Life, it's Filburt. He's a turtle with funky glasses and green pants.

Spunky: A black-spotted, dumb dog. Rocko loves Spunky, so Spunky's life isn't so bad. Loves eating the Bighead's hedges, garbage and bathes in his own spit.

Ed Bighead: Wears a white suit with black tie. Rocko's neighbor and married to Bev Bighead. Works at the Conglom-O which rules the town. He is a strict guy. I sure know I would NOT want to live next to him.

Bev Bighead: Orange hair, green lips, green skinned, just like her husband, Ed. Wears: Pearls like Lisa Simpson's, and a blue and pink shirt. Unlike Ed, she loves Rocko and is very flirtatious.

Scheduled Times: Rocko's Modern Life is airing reruns on Nickelodeon's new channel, Nicktoons TV, at 3:00 P.M. and 3:30 P.M. on weekdays , at 12:00P.M. & 12:30 on Saturday and 6:00 P.M on Sundays.moreless
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  • Tom Kenny

    Heffer Wolfe, Mr. Smitty, Really Really Big Man, Peaches, Chuck Chameleon, Bloaty Tick, The Newscaster, Various males

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    Carlos Alazraqui

    Rocko, Spunky, Leon Chameleon, Squirmy Ringworm, Various males

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    Linda Wallem

    Dr. Paula Hutchison, Virginia Wolfe, Cindy Wolfe, Tammy Pig, Various females

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  • "I'm nauseous, I'm nauseous!!

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    By imverybasic, Dec 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    I can't say that I don' only miss this show, but I absolutely love this show. It definitely deserves the term "classic." Rocko's Modern Life is basically a guilty pleasure of mine since I used to watch this show in my early childhood as well. It's so realistic on how they write about a character who has the life like any other existing person on the planet. Living on your own, paying for bills, having your own responsibility, etc... All throughout this series that has a realistic feel, the writers take advantage of their ability and make use on what ideas that are already given, to still make it seem cartoony like any typical animation series. This is overall a very cute, fun, silly and heartwarming show but the reason why I gave it a 9.1 and not a 10 is because there are of course a few flaws and episodes that aren't exactly my taste, but still very tasteful overall.moreless

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  • This show is a really great show. The adult jokes are really funny, and it's just so awesome that they can get away with it!

    8.0
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    By Unicorn_Turtle, Dec 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    Rocko is definitely my favorite character. He's just so cute and sweet! He has one FUNKY Hawaiian t shirt on, he's really friendly and I lust love his voice. Also, his name is Rocko, Rocko rocks! He likes rainbows, and he's a guy. I just gotta admire that. But he's not gay just cause' he likes rainbows and has a shirt with purple triangles. I think it's adorable that he likes rainbows! But it's just so disappointing that all the bad stuff happens to him, I mean he doesn't deserve it. He never did anything wrong- this is just like how on a Futurama episode, Fry was trying to bring his dog Seymour back to life, but the dog never did come back to life. That's just annoying the audience, cause' I'm pretty sure everybody wanted the dog to come back to life, just like how all the Rocko fans probably get annoyed that bad stuff happens to him. And Melba should date him. I feel so sad when Melba rejects him. Poor thing! Anybody would be lucky to even be his acquaintance. He's a great guy.
    Okay, this review about Rocko's Modern Life has turned into a review about Rocko -_-
    My second favorite is Filburt, I like the fact he has glasses. I'm just a sucker for glasses.
    His dog Spunky is pretty cool I guess, pretty FUNKY name!
    I just wish there were more episodes than just 52, this show is just great!moreless

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  • This show is perfect! Literally I can not name single flaw. The jokes are funny, cleverand said at the right time, the charachters are colorful and bright. I remember as a kid having a huge crush on Rocko lol. His personality was definitly the best!moreless

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    By sympatheticrtic, Nov 22, 2011 Report Abuse
    Rocko's modern life was definitly one of the best shows of the 90s. This was a time when shows were so good on television, you could not decide which one to watch. I always chose Nick though because of mainly Dough and Rocko. The music was great, the characthers were HILARIOUS and now I notice the the show was cleverly written to hide some adult jokes in as well. The show was EXTREMELY watchable and it is defintily a show to watch if youw want to get a great laugh, or understand the meaning of friendship, people, or life in general.

    I HIGHLY reccomend Rocko, Doug, and Angry Beavers! Hands down the best shows on Nickelodeon!moreless

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  • Definately one of the better Nicktoon shows from the 90s.

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    By Slinkgirl95, Nov 03, 2011 Report Abuse
    Growing up with all those other Nicktoons like Rugrats and Ahhh!!! Real Monsters, this was definately one of the better shows during the 90s. However, I was only a small child around back then but I grew up with these shows in the early 2000s. I always thought it was too weird of a cartoon as a kid but when I heard that Joe Murray, who created Camp Lazlo which I was obsessed with, was the genius behind this show, Iwatched it during the mornings during the holidays back in 2007 and 2008 and 2009and I thought it was just great. Great cartoon with a great cast of voice actors and very good animation for a 90s cartoon.
    Rocko is a wallaby from Australia with an Australian accent, voiced by the ever-clever Carlos Alazraqui, the mastermind behind Lazlo from Camp Lazlo. Spunky is Rocko's pet dog who I think is pretty funny. His best friend is Heffer, an over-weight steere who loves eating and is a bit of a doofus at times, voiced by Tom Kenny, the genius behind SpongeBob. Their other friend is Filburt, this weird turtle who is a bit of a nerd if I remember correctly, voiced by Doug Lawrence. Then you have the Bigheads, two married frogs or toads, voiced by the ever awesomeCharlie Alder. Ed dislikes Rocko while Bev can be a bit of a flirter at times. Then you have a ton of other weird but funny characters in the show with actors that I like.
    The animation is really good for a show done by traditional cel, the animation style they used back then. The backgrounds look really bizzare. You get qite a few of those old classic traditional cel or camera flickers or whatever you wanna name it that appear here and there which I've come to love. Animation nowadays isn't all that good but looking back on old shows seems better than watching the newer shows today.
    The episodes are really weird but have some good plots, for example, I really liked the episode where Heffer is trying to get Rocko to get over his crush on his neighbour and the one where Spunky falls in love with a mop. That's some good old classic cartoon romance there. I never see hearts in character's eyes or their hearts coming out of their bodies in all these new shows nowadays but Rocko's Modern Life did a great job with it. Some of the episodes can get really crazy like the weirdest things happening, for example, Rocko and Heffer go to some mall and end up parking in space. The episodes are always filled with cartoony gags like character's eyes shooting out of their faces or splatting against walls. The episodes are also filled with some adult jokes or adult humour, for example, in the episode where Rocko goes to the beach, he gets stuck between some hippo's b**bs. I was like, "Oh, my god. You never get that today." They do have some references to hell in some episodes, like the episode "To Heck and Back".On a fewoccasions, there was blood in episodes, like Heffer getting a nose bleed from high altitude.
    Overall, this was one of the better Nicktoon shows from the 90s. I enjoy(ed) it more than Ren and Stimpy which was just.... kinda creepy. If you like weird shows then you'll love Rocko's Modern Life. By weird, weird as in it has random scenes, bizzare animation and enjoyable characters. Without Rocko's Modern life, I guess there would have been no Camp Lazlo...moreless

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  • A perfect 90s Nicktoon

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    By fsaenz0125, Oct 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    Rocko's Modern Life is the story of a wallaby, born and raised in the sunburned land Down Under, Australia. A few years ago, he left the comfort of his native continent and came to live in the United States (because of a bully named Dingo). Since then, he's managed to pick up an assortment of oddball, but well-meaning, friends including a gluttonous Heffer Wolfe (actually a Steer who was adopted by a family of wolves), a faithful pet pooch named Spunky, and a paranoid hypochondriac turtle named Filbert with a personal philosophy. "Turn the page, wash your hands, turn the page, wash your hands." I think Rocko's Modern Times is the best show on Nick during the 90s. I think all the characters are likeable. The best characters for me are Rocko and Heffer. Most of the episodes are enjoyable. I only hate like 3 episodes in this show. I liked that there are some of the crew that used to work on this show before SpongeBob. The voice acting were great. Overall, this show is amazing and I'm glad I get to record some of the episodes that were recently aired on TeenNick. 10/10moreless

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