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Rocko's Modern Life is an American animated television series whose four seasons aired from 1993 to 1996. The show was based around the surreal, parodistic adventures of an anthropomorphic wallaby named Rocko, and his life in the city of O-Town, located on the border of Michigan and Canada. The series was created by Joe Murray. One of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons, it was the fourth series released in the Nicktoons group, and the first to be introduced since the original three were introduced in August 1991. The program was produced by Joe Murray Animation, and occasionally by Games Productions. This work is copyrighted. ...
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Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California) is an animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life. ...
Carlos Alazraqui is a comedian and voice actor. ...
Tom Kenny Thomas Tom James Kenny (born on July 13, 1962 in East Syracuse, New York) is a voice actor who is perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of the title character, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and...
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1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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Ancient aboriginal rock painting of a wallaby in Kakadu National Park in Northern Australia. ...
Rockos Modern Life was an animated series whose four seasons aired from 1993 to 1996. ...
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Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area Ranked 11th - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 491 miles (790 km) - % water 41. ...
Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California) is an animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life. ...
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The show was renowned by many as one of Nickelodeon's freshest, most offbeat offerings, as well as being laden with suggestive double entendres, innuendo, and social commentary. For this reason, it has become a prominent cult classic. It is also credited for being the precursor to SpongeBob SquarePants, which was created by director Stephen Hillenburg. The show has been credited as being the second Nicktoon to be popular among adults (the first being Ren & Stimpy). It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Profanity. ...
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Major Characters
Rocko (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is a wallaby who immigrated to the United States from Australia. He is a sensible, moral, and somewhat timid character who enjoys the simple pleasures in life, such as doing his laundry or feeding his dog, Spunky. He is neat, compassionate, and self-conscious. Image File history File links Rockospunky. ...
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Rocko Rocko James Wallabee or just Rocko was a fictional character from Rockos Modern Life. ...
Rockos Modern Life was an animated series whose four seasons aired from 1993 to 1996. ...
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Rocko usually works at "Kind of a Lot o' Comics" (but once worked at Conglom-O where Ed Bighead attempted to make him quit.) and his hobbies include recreational jackhammering and pining for the love of his life, Melba Toast. Due to Rocko's benevolence and non-confrontational personality, he is often taken advantage of by the other characters. Rocko would prefer to live a quiet life, but his reckless friends often throw him into turbulent situations. A portable jackhammer being used to break up a roadsurface in roadworks. ...
His most common catchphrase is "_____ Day is a very dangerous day", even once saying "Open Mike night is a very dangerous night". He is often mistaken for a Kangaroo, and occasionally a Beaver and a weasel.
Heffer Wolfe (voiced by Tom Kenny): Rocko's best friend, a happy-go-lucky and not-too-bright steer whom he met in high school. Heffer loves to eat and party. His favorite food is "Pasture Puffies." Though he is normally portrayed as being jobless, he has worked in a number of professions including a waiter at a coffee shop, a salesman at a tree farm, a greenskeeper at a golf course, a mail carrier, a cashier at a Chokey Chicken restaurant, and a security guard at Conglom-O-Corp, which caused him to go insane in a reference to The Shining. Strangely, as his last name suggests, he was raised by a family of wolves who decided not to eat him as a child; his "birthmark" is actually their plotting lines of how to best divide him up into choice dishes. He is often called a "Big fat cow", a term he objects to by saying "steer." (possibly intended as innuendo, steers are castrated male cattle). Heffer Wolfe was a fictional character from Rockos Modern Life. ...
Tom Kenny Thomas Tom James Kenny (born on July 13, 1962 in East Syracuse, New York) is a voice actor who is perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of the title character, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and...
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His catchphrase, which can be heard in the series' opening credits, is "That was a hoot!" A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...
Filburt (voiced by Doug "Mr." Lawrence): Philbert Robert Norbert Wilbert Turtle III, also briefly known as Filburt Shellbach, is Rocko's other best friend, a neurotic turtle wearing Woody Allen-style glasses. He started out as a background character and became a main character in the second season. Filburt is a main/supporting character of Rockos Modern Life. ...
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He lives in a trailer and earns his money by collecting cans "here and there", and has a penchant for "sauce". Filburt has an extremely weak stomach and even the slightest wrong movements can give him nausea. He turned 21 in the second season. Trailer has the following definitions: Trailer is an unpowered vehicle pulled by one with an engine A movie trailer or theatrical trailer is an advertisement for an upcoming cinematic feature Teaser trailer are truncated movie trailers used to generate hype on big-budget movies. ...
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He eventually started a family with Doctor Hutchison, a bubbly cat with a hook for a hand. One of their children turned out to bear a strong resemblance to Heffer, thanks to his having sat on their egg during the incubation period.
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Spunky (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui): Rocko's dog; he looks similar to a whippet. He willingly eats almost anything he sees (this has repeatedly gotten him and Rocko in trouble). Spunky is a character from Nickelodeons Rockos Modern Life. ...
Ed Bighead (voiced by Charles Adler): A grumpy old toad who is Rocko's neighbor. He is aggressive towards Rocko and most people. Ed works at the large corporation Conglom-O. His position with the company is usually in middle management, but it can be anything from assembly-line worker to an executive role, depending on the needs of the episode: according to his nameplate at Conglom-O, his job title is "Toad". Ed seems to have very bad luck wherever he goes and thus is very cynical. His catchphrase is "I hate my life." Charles Charlie Adler (born February 20, 1957 in Brooklyn) is an American voice actor. ...
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Bev Bighead (voiced by Charles Adler): Ed's wife, a boisterous redhead who enjoys flirting with other men and speaks with a very gravelly voice. Unlike her husband, she actually enjoys the company of Rocko, Heffer and Filbert. Her favorite bedroom pastime with Ed is to make him crack plates in mid-air with his tongue like clay pigeons. In many ways her character is not unlike Mrs. Roeper of Three's Company. She also sleeps on sharp objects. Charles Charlie Adler (born February 20, 1957 in Brooklyn) is an American voice actor. ...
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Doctor Paula Hutchison (voiced by Linda Wallem): A cat with a hook for a hand. Hutchison has managed an amazing variety of professions (she appears to have a different occupation each episode she's in, with doctor being the most common: other characters point this out every time as a running gag). She eventually married Filbert after a two-part episode, in which we learned that cats and turtles do not normally get along. Her catchphrase is her saying "'kay?" while turning her head at an odd angle. Her mother, the "Widow" Hutchinson, was married to a turtle, Paula's dad. Widow Hutchinson has a love/hate relationship with her husband and likes to believe he's dead, though he is not, by constantly dressing in mourning clothes. She has both hands replaced with hooks while her husband doesn't, which explains why Paula has only one hook. Doctor Paula Hutchison, Hutch for short and known to fans and to others around her, is a supporting character in Rockos Modern Life. ...
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Minor Characters The Wolfe Family: Heffer's adopted family, all of whom are blue-furred wolves. George is the temperamental father; Virginia the compassionate mother with a nervous facial tic and crazed driving skills; Hiram is the grandfather (on George's side of the family); Heffer's siblings are his laid-back brother Peter, known for his girly habits such as cheerleading and ballet and reactionary sister Cindy. Originally the family intended to fatten Heffer up and eat him, but Virginia's maternal instincts kicked in and she and George raised him as one of their own. Hiram, commonly referred to as simply Grandpa, hates wallabies but thinks Rocko is a beaver.
Gilbert, Shelbert, Norbert, and Missy: The four children of Filbert and Dr. Hutchinson, who all came from the same egg. Gilbert and Shelbert look exactly like Filbert while Missy is a miniature version of Hutchinson. Norbert, on the other hand, has Filburt's eyes but oddly resembles Heffer (most likely because Heffer had sat on the egg for a while before it hatched). He also believes that Rocko is his mother and constantly follows him around. For most of the series, the four are featured only as babies; however, they do appear once as teenagers in the episode "Future Schlock."
Ralph Bighead (voiced by Joe Murray): The son of Ed and Bev Bighead, Ralph fell out of favor with his father when he turned down a position at Conglom-O to pursue a career as a cartoonist. Ralph is the creator of The Fatheads, a cartoon-within-a-cartoon frequently watched by Rocko and friends. Ralph and Ed have since resolved their differences, thanks to Rocko's intervention. Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California) is an animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life. ...
Earl: A vicious scientific experimental dog who resembles a bulldog with punk rocker hair, Earl was originally just the local pest until Bev Bighead adopted him. He has since become the Bigheads' pet, much to Ed's horror. For information about many breeds of the bulldog type, see Bulldog breeds. ...
Chame and Leon aka The Chameleon Brothers (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui and Tom Kenny): Two chameleons who, like their species, adapt very well to many situations — usually to make a quick buck. They run a variety of businesses throughout the show. Both have pseudo-Swedish accents. They have resemblance to Dave and Pingpong from Camp Lazlo. They are perhaps the most frequent characters to take advantage of Rocko. Carlos Alazraqui is a comedian and voice actor. ...
Tom Kenny Thomas Tom James Kenny (born on July 13, 1962 in East Syracuse, New York) is a voice actor who is perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of the title character, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and...
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Camp Lazlo is an Emmy nominated, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. ...
Really Really Big Man: an insectoid superhero who lives in O-Town. He is very big and depicted as a kind of Editorial cartoon. He is also Rocko's hero. Besides being, well, really, really big, his superpowers include magic chesthairs and nipples that allow people to see their future. His alter-ego is a female office worker named "Lois Lame" (a parody of Lois Lane), and in this guise Really Really Big Man briefly worked at Kind of a Lot 'o Comics. A superhero in the Nickelodeon cartoon Rockos Modern Life, he has superhuman abilities such as his future seeing nipples. ...
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Mr. Dupette (voiced by Charles Adler): Originally Rocko's employer at "Mega Lot-O Comics," Mr. Dupette is the chairman of Conglom-O, Mr. Dupette is a gecko or lizard who picks his nose and even has a personal assistant to pick his nose for him sometimes. His official job title (on his office door) is "Slimy Boss". Despite his predilection for firing employees on a whim, Dupette is a softie at heart. He is pro-environment (thanks to Rocko) and secretly enjoys performing as a clown at birthday parties. Charles Charlie Adler (born February 20, 1957 in Brooklyn) is an American voice actor. ...
Mr. Smitty: Rocko's boss at Kind of a Lot o' Comics, a purple toad with obvious hairplugs who is always seen smoking a cigar and seems to either fire Rocko or make his job a living hell in almost every episode he appears in. His tyrannical nature and short temper are apparently the result of "the green button" on his office chair. He is the only character in the series that Rocko openly dislikes.
Melba Toast: She's the "girl next door", and apparently very, very beautiful, even though the most the audience sees of her is either an arm or her legs. Rocko goes to pieces whenever he sees her. In one episode, she was shown to have a boyfriend, thereby sending any chances Rocko had right down the drain.
Bloaty the Tick and Squirmy the Ringworm: Two parasites who live on and in Spunky. Sometimes, entire episodes revolve around their Odd Couple-like relationship. The are also reminiscent of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton. See Odd Couple (disambiguation) for other works with the same title Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau, stars of film adaption Tony Randall & Jack Klugman, stars of TV adaption The Odd Couple was a hit 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series, as well as...
Peaches: A pink-skinned entity clad in black robes, the ironically named Peaches is in charge of "Heck" (which he claims to appear infernal "for the tourists"). By taking off his hood, he reveals a head disturbingly resembling cow udders. Despite his menacing appearance given his authority, Peaches has an "average joe" tone and likes playing with a paddleball. He has attempted to lure Heffer into "Heck" several times but has repeatedly failed to do so. Due to his failures, he was punished by being forced to star in his own cartoon show: Peaches' Modern Life.
The Hopping Hessian and Gordon The Talking Leg: The Hessian is a parody of the Headless Horseman, a one-legged ghost from the Revolutionary War who lurks beyond the old Foto-Hut. Gordon, on the other hand, is a talking leg with a face on the foot who portrays his lost limb. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ...
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Flecko: a fly with a glass eye who lives near Rocko's house. Dance fly male Empis tesselata The flesh fly, Sarcophaga carnaria Close-up of the head of a blow-fly. ...
Gladys Hippo: A sunglasses-wearing hippopotamus with whom Rocko, Ed, or one of the other main characters would often collide in a compromising situation. She would utter her catchphrase, a Katherine Hepburn-like "How dare you!" at this juncture.
Places and Locations Many of the locations in Rocko's modern life have the letter "O".
O-Town is the town in which Rocko lives.
Conglom-O Corporation is a trading company.
Chokey Chicken/ Chewy Chicken
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Kind of a Lot O' Comics is a comic book store. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...
SuperLot-O-Comics is a large comic book Store.
Scratch & Sniff Cafe
Flambe la Flab is a health spa.
Chameleon Bros. Video
Buff-Pooch is a heath spa and weight loss clinic for dogs.
Uncle Gib Hootson's Cattle Ranch (The Lazy I Ranch)
Cultural references and innuendo The program is well known for its frequent pop culture references and its subtle and sometimes controversial references to adult subject matter. Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...
Innuendo to sexual activity is prevalent in the episode Clean Lovin', in which Spunky falls in love with a mop. Such innuendo caused problems on a few occasions, resulting in censorship of the episodes after their original airing. One such episode, Leap Frogs, in which Bev Bighead tries to seduce Rocko, was removed from the replay schedule entirely[1] The show also contained several references to masturbation. The restaurant Chokey Chicken (which has a giant choking chicken as a mascot) is a reference to the term "choking the chicken," a slang term for masturbation. Another episode, "Gutter Balls", has Rocko and friends playing a board game with paddles and a monkey with a bare backside in the middle, i.e. "Spank the Monkey", another masturbation slang term. The Good, The Bad, and The Wallaby originally featured a scene in which Heffer is hooked up to automatic milking machine. It is implied that he orgasms. Later in the episode Heffer can be seen "breaking up" with the milking machine. Both scenes were cut in reruns. In "Cabin Fever", Rocko, Heffer, and Bev are playing strip poker; In Skid Marks, an eye doctor cups Rocko's eyeballs and asks, "cough, please." In "Hut Sut Raw" Rocko and his friends go camping and Rocko looks for food. He stumbles upon a berry bush and while picking them he accidentally grabs a bear's testicles, causing the bear to flee in pain while grabbing its crotch. In one episode, near the end, some of the characters are discussing things they secretly like but are ashamed to admit (i.e.: a teddy bear). Rocko says that he likes rainbows, which causes the other characters to go silent and give him scornful looks (This was a reference to possible homosexuality, although it was never addressed again in the show). In an episode where Rocko and Spunky are at a grocery store, he is harassed by a security guard. At the end of the episode, while he is complaining about everything that happened to the grocer after he misses the sale by one second, he describes the security guard as "Gestapo." In the episode, " Carnival Knowledge ", in which Heffer and Rocko visit a carnival, they go to ride a ferris wheel. While riding, Heffer tells the operator to " Crank it up ". It then shows the operator reading a magazing called " Playslug" (a reference to Playboy magazine), showing a big breasted slug on the cover. He then speeds up the ride, while still reading. This was not cut out of the show and can be seen whenever the episode is aired. Look up Innuendo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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In an episode in which Rocko is looking for a means to make money, Heffer suggests that they start a club "like that Diarrhetics guy" alluding to L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics (could also be a reference to Repo Man, in which several characters are interested in a book called 'Diuretix'). The show also has many references to classic movies, such as Citizen Kane and The Wizard of Oz. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (13 March 1911 – 24 January 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was an American pulp fiction[1][2] and science fiction [3] author and founder of Scientology and Dianetics. ...
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Cast and crew -
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- Carlos Alazraqui as Rocko James Wallabee/Spunky/Leon/Granny Rocko
- Tom Kenny as Heffer Wolfe/Chuck/Mr. Bighead/Mr. Smitty/Really Really Big Man/Peaches/Various males
- Mr. Lawrence as Philbert Robert Norbert Wilbert Turtle III/Peter Wolf
- Linda Wallem as Dr. Hutchison/Mrs. Virginia Wolf/Grandma Wolf/Cindy Wolf/Tammy the Pig/Various females
- Charlie Adler as Ed Bighead/Gladys/Mr. George Wolf/Grandpa Wolf/Bev Bighead/Mr. Dupette/Various males
- Joe Murray as Ralph Bighead
- Kevin Meaney as Mother Hutchison (appeared in two episodes)
- Nancy Cartwright as Mrs. Fathead/Philbert's mother
Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California) is an animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life. ...
Andy Houts (June 23, 1965 - February 26, 1997) was a cartoon actor and character actor for U.S. television from 1993 to 1996. ...
Stephen Hillenburg (born August 21, 1961, in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA) is an American animator and cartoonist, and the creator of the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. ...
Derek Drymon (born 1965 in Jefferson, New Jersey, USA) has worked on numerous Nickelodeon cartoon productions of the 1990s and 2000s, the most popular show being Spongebob Squarepants. ...
Doug Lawrence (born Douglas Osowski) or simply Mr. ...
Rockos Modern Life is an American animated television series whose four seasons aired from 1993 to 1996. ...
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Mark OHare created the comic strip Citizen Dog, but is well-known for his work on TV shows such as Rockos Modern Life, Dexters Laboratory, and SpongeBob SquarePants. ...
Sherm Cohen (rumored to have been born February 12th 1961 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an artist for cartoons. ...
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Tom Kenny Thomas Tom James Kenny (born on July 13, 1962 in East Syracuse, New York) is a voice actor who is perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of the title character, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and...
Doug Lawrence (born Douglas Osowski) or simply Mr. ...
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Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California) is an animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life. ...
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Trivia - Heffer first appeared (with the MTV logo branded on his butt) in a 1989 MTV station ID that Murray animated. [citation needed]
- The episode "Leap Frogs" was eventually banned due to sexual innuendo (Bev Bighead tries to seduce Rocko) during the show's rerun cycle on Nick, replaced with "Wallaby on Wheels". It is, however, sometimes shown on Nicktoons TV.
- When "Wallaby on Wheels" replaced "Leap Frogs," Nickelodeon stopped airing "Heff in a Handbasket", an episode where Heffer appears on the game show "Triple 6", attempting to win 666 points. The episode, ostensibly pulled due to its Satanic overtones, has been seen on Nicktoons TV reruns, and was shown on June 6, 2006 (6-6-06).
- One of the more well-known things about the show was that The B-52's did the opening theme song for seasons two and onward.
- The creator of the series, Murray, has since created a new 2005 show, Camp Lazlo, featuring several Rocko alumni, producer Mark O'Hare, voice actors Tom Kenny, Carlos Alazraqui & Mr. Lawrence, and writer Martin Olson, the father of singer Olivia Olson.
- Aside from Joe Murray's original cast of characters, director-writers Doug "Mr." Lawrence and Stephen Hillenburg, and writer Martin Olson created several new recurring characters. Olson contributed six characters, including Bloaty & Squirmy, the parasites on Rocko's dog Spunky, and Ralph Bighead, a cartoonist-within-a-cartoon who (in "I Have No Son") created a surreal show called "The Fatheads."
- Mr. Lawrence and Martin Olson convinced Joe Murray to voice "Ralph Bighead," a cartoonist character through which Murray satirized himself.
- Rocko made his first computer appearance on the Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker CD Rom Game. He also has a platformer/puzzle game available for the SNES entitled Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day.
- Rocko's original color was golden yellow. This was changed to avoid a copyright problem involving a pre-existing golden yellow kangaroo that was the mascot for an Australian company. [citation needed]
- Some episode lists mistakenly pair "Heff in a Handbasket" with "Floundering Fathers," and "Turkey Time" with "Wallaby on Wheels." [citation needed]
- Marvel Comics published a comic book based on Rocko's Modern Life. The comic lasted seven issues.
- Many alumni of the show have moved on to other acclaimed shows: Steven Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants, assisted by Derek Drymon, while Dan Povenmire directs Family Guy, Povenmire and Swampy Marsh created the Disney series Phineas and Ferb, assisted by writer Martin Olson, and Carlos Alazraqui plays Deputy Garcia in the acclaimed Comedy Central series Reno 911!.
- In "Rinse and Spit," Philbert begins singing about how he would like to be a chimney sweep, "leaping from rooftop to rooftop," in a spoof of Monty Python's "Lumberjack" sketch. Another Python spoof occurs in "Ed Good, Rocko Bad," where Mr. Bighead is being weighed on a scale with a chicken, reminiscent to the witch-hunting scene with the duck.
- In "Carnival Knowledge" the word "Hell" can be clearly seen on a sign that says "Elevator to Hell" even though in the later episodes like "Heff in a Handbasket," it would be referred to as "heck".
- Much like Doug's "Banging on the Trash Can" song, "R-E-C-Y-C-L-E" from episode "Zanzibar" has entered pop culture.
- In the episode Junk Junkies, when after Rocko sold the "G.I. Jimbo" to an action figure freak, when he went away, you can still see G.I. Jimbo sitting on the table after it was sold.
- Lazlo, the main character in Camp Lazlo, appears as a female in one episode of Rocko's Modern Life.
- Both Carlos Alazraqui (Rocko) and Tom Kenny (Heffer) lent their voice talent to do Spyro the Dragon's voice on separate occasions.
- In the episode "Popcorn Pandemonium," when Rocko and Heffer run out of the theater, the theater number is 666
- In the episode Pranksters, when the rocket that Heffer launched on himself goes inside the Earth, you can see a depiction of Hell.
- Long before the current fad of making fun of Scientology, Rocko's Modern Life made fun of it in the episode "Junk Junkies." In the episode, Rocko and Heffer are coming up with ideas to earn money. Heffer suggests "Maybe we can start a club, like that Diarrhetics guy." Diarrhetics obviously poking fun at the book Dianetics
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