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Synopsis
Rocko is a wallaby who has emigrated to America from Australia. He lives in O-Town and tries to get through life but, of course, comes across a multitude of dilemmas and misadventures he must get through. Other characters include Rocko's best friend, Heffer, a steer who has been raised by wolves, Filbert, a paranoid hypochondriac turtle, Rocko's faithful (but none-too-bright) dog Spunky, and Ed Bighead who detests Rocko and hates having him for a next door neighbor. On this show, Rocko has such adventures as trying to adapt to a new vacuum cleaner, having Heffer move in temporarily after his parents kick him out, and going to a movie theater.
Cast & Crew
Carlos Alazraqui
Rocko (voice)
Tom Kenny
Heffer (voice)
Mr. Lawrence
Filburt (voice)
Charlie Adler
Ed Bighead / Bev Bighead (voice)
Joe Murray
Producer
Trivia about Rocko's Modern Life
thumb|Many episodes are based on mundane tasks mixed with satire and absurdity.
Maestri describes some stories as originating from "real life" and some originating from "thin air." Murray stated that each episode of Rocko's Modern Life stemmed from the personal experiences of himself and/or one or more of the directors or writers, including the season-two episode "I Have No Son", based on Murray's frustrations with Nickelodeon and his father's past disapproval of his aspiration to become an artist.
At the start of its production, Murray received significant creative freedom from the network, and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, a storyboard writer who went on to co-create Phineas and Ferb, says that writers of Rocko's Modern Life targeted both children and adults.
thumb|A selection of scenes from the first season's episodes highlights typical situations in the series where Rocko tries to complete mundane tasks, only for them to spiral into absurd outcomes.
A 1993 Houston Chronicle article described the series' setting as having a "reality that is 'squashed and stretched' into a twisted version of real life." Linda Simensky said that she asked the creators of Rocko's Modern Life about why the women in the series were drawn to be "top-heavy," the creators told her that they believed that drawing women "the traditional way" was easier.
Simensky described the creators as "talented guys" who formed "a boy's club" and added that "we pushed them to be funny, but a lot of their women are stereotypical." Throughout its production, Nickelodeon pushed Murray to use a strong female character on Rocko, eventually creating Dr.
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