Rocko

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**Rocko James Wallabee**
Rocko's Modern Life character

Age	18
Gender	Male
Species	Wallaby
Job	Cashier at Kind of a Lot o' Comics Various others
First appearance	No Pain, No Gain
Voice actor	Carlos Alazraqui

Rocko, a wallaby, is the eponymous character of the cartoon Rocko's Modern Life.

1 Description
2 Careers
3 Neighbors
4 Friends
5 Running gags

[edit] Description

Rocko lives in O-Town. Raised in Australia, Rocko later emigrated to the United States. He wears a blue shirt with purple triangles on it and orange shoes. He is known for being a loyal friend, not venturing outside his comfort zone, and his trademark line when a situation is not going well: "* day is a very dangerous day". For example, When Earl tries to get Rocko's garbage in one episode, Rocko then says "Garbage day is a very dangerous day." He has a mother, father, and a sister. Joe Murray, the creator of the show, created a narcoleptic older sister character named Magdalane and an episode about her, but chose to never air the episode and never use the character [1].

Rocko is quite intelligent, and it is implied that he is educated; part of the show's opening theme displays his head being opened and a large book labelled "Knowledge" being crammed inside. Although personally hygenic, Rocko has an almost pathological tendency to neglect his living space; several episodes, such as "Unbalanced Load," involve Rocko attempting to rectify severe messes or lapses in maintenance.

Rocko as a model in "Seat to Stardom." Rocko is wearing briefs in front of an audience.

[edit] Careers

In his day-to-day life, Rocko works at a local comic book shop called Kind of a Lot o' Comics which is owned by Mr. Smitty and usually sells the Really Really Big Man comics. Rocko originally worked at Mego Lot-O Comics, owned by chairman of Conglom-O, Mr. Dupette, Ed Bighead's boss. His other jobs include tattoo artist, plumbers assistant and specialty phone operator (possibly a phone sex operator, as he says "oh baby, oh baby, oh baby," and the sign behind him says "BE Hot", "Be NAUGHTY", "Be Courteous". These are all the jobs he has had: cashier at Kind-of-a-lot-o-comics, boss of Kind-of-a-lot-o-comics, cashier at Super-lot-o-comics, tattoo artist, plumber's assistant, specialty phone operator, product tester at Conglom-o, tow truck man, underwear model, Cartoonist.

[edit] Neighbors

Rocko's neighbors are Ed, with whom he has a semi-rivalry, and Bev Bighead. Although Bev considers Rocko a very sweet neighbor, he and his dog Spunky, who often eats the neighbors' salmon bushes, are a source of constant annoyance to Ed.

[edit] Friends

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 turtle with neurotic Woody Allen-esque mannerisms, who often feels nauseated.

[edit] Running gags

There are two running gags involving Rocko. One in particular is that the women he is in love with usually have noticably large boy friends that either punch, crush,or beat up Rocko. The other gag is that his full name has not been revealed throughout the show's running.