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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. It is revealed in the episode "Skid Marks" that Rocko lives at 1172 Boogie Road. 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 Productions and Nickelodeon Studios, and occasionally by Games Productions.
The show is laden with suggestive double entendres, innuendo, and social commentary. It has become a prominent cult classic. There are three separate versions of the ''Rocko's Modern Life'' theme song (the new version performed by the B-52's), as well as a "remaster" of the first theme which added a high-pitched chorus line to the "Rocko's Modern Liiiiiifffe!" line, and the third was the same theme, but only instrumental.

Contents

Episodes

Places and locations

List of places in the television show

List of places in the comic book

Characters

Main voice cast

Cast and crew

Comic book series

DVD Collection

References

External links

Episodes

Places and locations

Many of the locations in the television show ''Rocko's Modern Life'' have the letter "O" for example O-Town and Conglom-O. When asked about the use of "O" in his show Murray said,

List of places in the television show

★ 'Chameleon Bros. Video' is an artsy video shop run by the Chameleon Brothers.

★ 'Chokey/Chewy Chicken' is a favorite restaurant/hang-out place for Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt. Through the first part of the fourth season it was called 'Chokey Chicken.' However, it had to be changed to 'Chewy Chicken' because 'Chokey Chicken' was a clear reference to "choking the chicken," a slang term for masturbation.

★ 'Conglom-O Corporation' is the biggest company in town, it even runs City Hall. It is run by Mr. Dupette, who has very peculiar ways to see if the employees are fit to work there. It doesn't seem to have a specific purpose or product - it's just a giant company that manufactures every product. Conglom-O's slogan is always shown beneath its name. The slogan is "We own you," revealing in a later musical episode that they own everything in O-Town. When Ed Bighead was shown to work at Conglom-O in 1961, the slogan stated "We Will Own You" (alluding to the future of mega-corporations). The illustration that appears with the logo and on top of the official Conglom-O Corp. skyscraper is a martini glass with the earth in place of an olive.

★ 'Buff-Pooch' is a health spa and weight loss clinic for dogs.

★ 'Flambe le Flab' is a health spa.

★ 'Heck' is where "bad people" go when they die. Run by Peaches, it is where Heffer is doomed to eternal suffering. The TVs in Heck don't have remotes.

★ 'Holl-o-Wood' is a town that resembles Hollywood.

★ 'Kerplop-it-goes Island' Filburt's birthplace(named after the Galápagos Islands).

★ 'Kind of a Lot O' Comics' is a comic book store where Rocko works.

★ 'The Lazy I Ranch' is Uncle Gib Hootsen's ranch.

★ 'O-Town' is the town in which Rocko lives. Presumably, it is located somewhere in Ohio or somewhere in the Midwest.

★ 'Paris' is in an episode where Rocko met his "pen pal"

★ 'Scratch & Sniff Cafe'

★ 'SuperLot-O-Comics' is a large comic book store.

List of places in the comic book

★ 'Bet Your Life Race-Ways' - A horse racetrack featured in Issue #4's first story, "Remote Controlled"

★ 'Cafe Low-Cal' - A health food restaurant featured in Issue #3's story, "Eat This! It's Good for You!"

★ 'Club Seals' - A nightclub and concert hall featured in Issue #4's second story, "Beaten by a Club."

★ 'The Grease Pit' - A fast food restaurant featured in Issue #4's first story, "Remote Controlled"

★ 'Hardening of the Arteries Eatery' - A fast food restaurant featured in Issue #3's story, "Eat This! It's Good for You!"

★ 'Humongo Comicon' - Rocko works as a comic book dealer at the 1994 convention in Issue #7's first story, "Conned Again"

★ 'O-Town' is the town in which Rocko lives. Presumably, it is located somewhere in Ohio or somewhere in the Midwest.

★ 'Pet Paradise Pet Supplies' - A pet supply store that Rocko arrives at in Issue #6's second story, "Lice on the Loose"

★ 'St. Nick O'Time Hospital' - A hospital appearing in Issue #1's first story, "Dental Hijinks."

Characters

Main articles: Characters in Rocko's Modern Life

Main voice cast

'Characters'	'Image'	'Voice actor'
Rocko		Carlos Alazraqui
Heffer Wolfe		Tom Kenny
Filburt		Mr. Lawrence
Spunky		Carlos Alazraqui
Ed Bighead		Charlie Adler
Bev Bighead		Charlie Adler

Cast and crew

★ 'Cast'
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★ Carlos Alazraqui as Rocko/Spunky/Leon/Granny Rocko
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★ Tom Kenny as Heffer Wolfe/Chuck/Mr. Smitty/Really Really Big Man/Peaches/Various males
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★ Mr. Lawrence as Filburt/Peter Wolf
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★ Linda Wallem as Dr. Hutchison/Mrs. Virginia Wolf/Grandma Wolf/Cindy Wolf/Tammy the Pig/Various females
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★ Charlie Adler as Ed Bighead/Gladys/Mr. George Wolf/Grandpa Wolf/Bev Bighead/Mr. Dupette/Mr. and Mrs. Fathead/Various males
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★ Joe Murray as Ralph Bighead
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★ Kevin Meaney as Mother Hutchison (appeared in two episodes)

★ Some of the voice actors in Rocko's Modern Life currently do voices for other popular Nickelodeon shows. On ''Spongebob Squarepants'', Tom Kenny (voice of Heffer on Rocko's Modern Life) does the voices of SpongeBob, Gary the Snail, Patchy the Pirate, and others, while Doug "Mr." Lawrence (voice of Filburt on Rocko's Modern Life) does the voices of Plankton, Larry the Lobster and others. On ''Fairly OddParents'', Carlos Alazraqui (voice of Rocko) does the voice of Mr. Denzel Crocker

★ In 2005, voice actors Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, and Mr. Lawrence, and writer Martin Olson, reunited with creator Joe Murray for the Cartoon Network show, Camp Lazlo.

★ 'Crew'
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★ Joe Murray: Creator, Executive Producer
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★ Andy Houts: Project Coordinator
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★ Stephen Hillenburg: Producer, Storyboard Director, Writer
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★ Derek Drymon: Storyboard Artist, Writer
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★ Mr. Lawrence: Storyboard Director, Writer
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★ Dan Povenmire: Storyboard Director, Writer
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★ Jeff "Swampy" Marsh: Storyboard Director, Writer
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★ Timothy Berglund (aka Timothy Björklund): Storyboard Director, Writer
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★ Martin Olson: Writer
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★ George Maestri: Writer
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★ Vince Calandra: Writer
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★ Tim Hill: Story Editor (Last Season)
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★ Mark O'Hare: Storyboard Artist
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★ Robert Hughes: Animation Director
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★ Antoine Guilbaud: Storyboard Artist
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★ Sherm Cohen: Storyboard Artist, Storyboard Director
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★ Tom Yasumi: Animation Timer

Comic book series

Marvel Comics produced a seven-issue comic book series based on the television series.
The comics contain stories not seen in the television show. In addition, some television show characters and places are absent from the comic book series, while some original places and characters appear in the comics.
John "Lewie" Lewandowski wrote all of the stories except for one; the second story of Issue #4 was written by Joey Cavalieri.
Tom DeFalco served as Editor-in-Chief for the project, and Martin Olson, a writer on the series, served as Consulting Story Editor.
Rocko, the main character, was in a previously-created and never-released comic book. In the comic, he has the name "Travis" [1].

DVD Collection

Fans have requested that Nickelodeon produce a DVD collection of the Rocko series for years. Nickelodeon has not produced any DVD collection of Rocko, even though they have released DVDs of series such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' ^[1] or ''Invader Zim''. According to TVShowsOnDVD.com, it is in the top 40 most requested unreleased shows.^[2] The show remains without an official DVD release.

References

1. http://shop.nickjr.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=1330971&cp=1029141
2. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showinfo.cfm?showID=3587

External links

★ Rocko at Nickelodeon Australia website

★ Rocko at Nicktoons UK

★ ''Rocko's Modern Life'' at the Big Cartoon DataBase

★ ''Rocko's Modern Life FAQ - Includes interviews with "Rocko" creator, and production staff

★ Rocko's Modern Life: A Byte-Sized Online Safety Guide