Joe Murray, the creator of Rocko's Modern Life, believed that the personality of a wallaby suited Rocko after observing a zoo wallaby. Rocko first appeared in a never-released comic, where he has the name "Travis".
In the end, she becomes attracted to Rocko after he saves Heffer and Rocko teaches Sheila how to use a jackhammer.īehind the scenes Conception and early development He becomes jealous when it is implied that she is in love with Heffer and tries to impress her by doing a dangerous stunt. In Wallaby on Wheels, Rocko falls for a roller-skater girl named Sheila and tries to impress her by learning to rollerskate from Heffer. In " I See London, I See France", Rocko falls in love with a girl named Claudette, who turned out to be his wallaby pen pal from Paris, but she is more interested in Heffer. This turns out to be a joke on the mail lady's part and she actually returns Rocko's feelings.
Rocko fails to retrieve the letter and gets the impression that the mail-lady would rather go out with Heffer. In " S.W.A.K.", Rocko has been vying for the attention of the pretty kangaroo mail-lady named Alicia, that comes to his door every day he writes her a love note that he is too scared to send so Heffer does it for him instead. In subsequent episodes, Rocko bears crushes for other characters. Melba is only later mentioned by Heffer (Season 4 in "Pranksters") as an April Fool's joke, pretending to spot her in a food court and waving her over, making Rocko nervous as he states that he can't look at her because he is still in love with her.
Rocko expresses this trait in Season One, bearing a crush on the unseen character until he discovers that Melba has a serious boyfriend. In early concept sketches, Murray indicated that Rocko bears a strong crush on a character named " Melba Toast". Although she is a great help for Rocko, she does tend to get violent with him in episodes such as Closet Clown and Turkey Time, as well as Heffer, Filburt, and the Bigheads. Hutchison, a cat who wears a huge grin and is a doctor who usually helps Rocko with his problems. Although he gets along with Heffer, he does not enjoy Heffer's company in Bedfellows. He is also good friends with his dog Spunky. Rocko's best friends are Heffer Wolfe, a steer who eats a lot and was adopted and raised by a family of wolves, and Filburt, a bespectacled and nerdy turtle with neurotic Woody Allen-esque mannerisms, who often feel nauseated. He and his dog Spunky, who often eats the neighbors' salmon bushes, are a source of constant annoyance to Ed. Bev considers Rocko a very sweet neighbor. Rocko's neighbors are Ed, with whom he has a semi-rivalry, and Bev Bighead. In the television show, his other jobs include tattoo artist, plumber's assistant, and specialty phone operator (possibly a phone sex operator), a product tester at Conglom-O, a tow truck man, an underwear model, and a cartoonist for the program Wacky Delly. Rocko originally worked at Super Lot-O Comics, owned by the chairman of Conglom-O, Mr. Smitty and sold mostly Really Really Big Man comics prior to his current unemployment which is because of that store replaced by an instant-print kiosk. In the television show, in his day-to-day life, Rocko worked as a cashier at (and briefly as the boss of) a local comic book shop called Kind of a Lot O' Comics which is owned by Mr. He is also noticeably shorter than the other characters.
His fur and skin were yellow in Trash-O-Madness. His eyes are white with black pupils and he has a black nose. Rocko wears a blue shirt with purple triangles and orange shoes. In an early character profile presented to the networks, Murray described Rocko as "a young anthropomorphic Woody Allen, who has just moved away from his home into a surrealistic world."Ī Pesky Fly Interrupts Rocko’s Barbecue Rocko's Modern Life NickSplat Appearance Although personally hygienic, polite, caring and practical, Rocko has an almost pathological tendency to neglect his living space and he has anger management issues. Rocko enjoys collecting comic books and likes rainbows. Jean Prescott of The Sun Herald described Rocko as a "pudgy little wallaby" who tries to "do what's right" and is devoted to his friends Heffer and Filburt as well as his dog Spunky.Ĭommon Sense Media reviewer Andrea Graham, whose review is posted on Go.com, describes Rocko as "paranoid and obsessed with cleanliness" and that he initially perceives his neighbors to be "loud and messy." Graham describes Rocko as accepting of his neighbors' faults and seeing the positive qualities within them unfortunately, that has also led him to become a bit of a doormat in the eyes of others (no matter how many times a person wrongs him, he always forgives them, despite knowing they will wrong him again in the future).