No Pain, No Gain / Who Gives a Buck

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Rocko's Modern Life, Season one (1993) List of Rocko's Modern Life episodes
Episodes: No Pain, No Gain / Who Gives a Buck Leap Frogs / Bedfellows Jet Scream / Dirty Dog Keeping Up With the Bigheads / Skid Marks Power Trip / To Heck and Back The Good, The Bad, and The Wallaby / Trash-O-Madness Spitballs / Popcorn Pandemonium A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic / Canned Carnival Knowledge / Sand in Your Navel Cabin Fever / Rinse & Spit Rocko's Happy Sack / Flu-In-U-Enza Who's For Dinner / Love Spanked Clean Lovin' / Unbalanced Load

No Pain, No Gain/Who Gives a Buck was the first episode of Rocko's Modern Life. Also note that the "S" in "Gives" is seen as a dollar sign($) when watching the show but not when listed.

1 No Pain, No Gain
2 Who Gives a Buck

[edit] No Pain, No Gain

“No Pain, No Gain”
Rocko's Modern Life episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1a
Written by	Vince Calandra, Timothy Berglund, Jeff Myers, and Kevin O'Brien
Directed by	Timothy Berglund
Production no.	007a
Original airdate	September 18, 1993
Episode chronology
← Previous	Next →
–	"Leap Frogs / Bedfellows"
List of Rocko's Modern Life episodes

[edit] Plot

In this story, Rocko and Heffer decide that they need to lose weight, so they join Chuck and Leon's exercise clinic. Throughout the episode they try a variety of exercises, all of which end in disaster due to Heffer's extreme size. When the owners of the club force Heffer to leave because of the damages he caused, Rocko willingly leaves the club with him. The episode ends by showing Rocko and Heffer exercising and eating at the same time.

[edit] Additional Opening Credits

Storyboard: Jeff Myers and Kevin O'Brien

[edit] Notes, Goofs, and Trivia

This episode marks the first appearances of Rocko, Heffer, Spunky, Chuck and Leon and Bev Bighead.
Heffer first appeared (with the MTV logo branded on his butt, no less) in a 1989 MTV station ID that Murray animated.

[edit] Quotes

Rocko: I'm feeling the burn.

Heffer: Yeah, you should blow on it the cheese is hot.

Hillbilly: Now we're going to make you squeal, piggy! (picks up a pig and tickles it)
TV Instructor: Hey, fatso, get up! I'm not doing this for my health!
Banjo Boy: Looks like one of those silly, exercising city boys sneaking up our river.
Heffer: The more I eat the more weight I get to lose.

[edit] Who Gives a Buck

“Who Gives a Buck”
Rocko's Modern Life episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1b
Written by	Martin Olson, Roger Chiasson, Don Spencer, and Conrad Vernon
Directed by	Roger Chiasson, and Don Spencer
Production no.	007b
Original airdate	September 18, 1993
Episode chronology
← Previous	Next →
–	"Leap Frogs / Bedfellows"
List of Rocko's Modern Life episodes

[edit] Plot

In this story, Rocko notices that all of his possessions are falling apart and decaying, including Spunky's dish, which is melted. He receives a credit card and Heffer encourages him to spend it on stuff at the mall, including a new bowl for Spunky. Because Rocko doesn't have the money to pay for all of his new stuff after using his credit card, they are all deported back to the mall. Heffer comes and brings Spunky's new dish back, which he paid for with his Scottish organ donor credit card (Heffer having sold one of his stomachs to be used as a set of bagpipes).

[edit] Additional Opening Credits

Storyboard: Conrad Vernon

[edit] Notes, Goofs, and Trivia

The episode title "Who Gives a Buck", is a reference to the phrase, "Who gives a fuck?".
When Spunky sees the fire hydrant after Heffer gives it to him The Leak Elite is misspelled as The Leak Elike.