History Radar / RockosModernLife

* Throughout the series, the main characters' favorite fast food chain is called [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk3j7pPlIE1qc9pwoo1_500.png "Chokey Chicken"]][[note]]A reference to male masturbation[[/note]] -- until midway through season four, when the censors finally caught on. It was changed to "Chewy Chicken" although [[http://nickanimation.tumblr.com/post/163227105655/your-favorite-wallaby-is-back-in-action-check-out a concept art for "Static Cling"]] shows it's back to being called "Chokey Chicken" again.

* "Who Gives a Buck?"
** The title is a reference to the phrase "Who Gives a Fuck?"
** At one point Heffer is shown getting a nosebleed complete with lots of blood, as mentioned above it's very rare for TV-Y rated shows to show blood onscreen.

** Ed and Bev join Rachel at the end of the episode, with Bev holding up a green freezy-pop and saying it looks like Ed in the morning. Ed slyly says "[[IResembleThatRemark I resemble that comment]]", in case viewers mistook it as more innocent at first.

* In "The Good, the Bad, and the Wallaby", a farmer puts a milking machine on Heffer, and he receives very sexual pleasure out of it. At the climax, he gets stars in his eyes and he falls backwards. In the original version, he had hearts in his eyes, but Nickelodeon didn't allow it. In fact, they had no real problem with the scene itself. They just made the suggestion of using stars instead of hearts. In a later scene near the end of the episode, Heffer hugs the milk machine and says he'll miss it. The overall scenes were later cut in America for reruns and are unfortunately not on the DVD.

* "Road Rashed" has Rocko and Heffer going on a road trip, and eventually find themselves at a NoTellMotel (named ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin No Tell Motel]]'', no less) to spend the night. When Rocko requests a room for the night, the clerk asks "The whole night?" then whistles in amazement. The next shot shows the outside of the hotel, with Heffer dreaming about Sheila, and the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sounds of bed springs rocking]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWplbcjU4q4 Rocko angrily calls his name in annoyance]].[[note]] This is implied to be masturbation, but given Heffer's tendency to sleep walk, speculation leads that he might have been [[BlackComedyRape setting up on Rocko]]. [[/note]] The clerk also states they had had a "premature departure" (slang for premature ejaculation), and is also quite clearly stereotypically Asian. Quite tellingly, this scene was actually ''censored'' in reruns.

* On one of the DVD sets' during the "How to Draw" feature for Filburt, Joe Murray states that Filburt wears glasses because "[[ADateWithRosiePalms He touched himself too much when he was younger]]."

* "Road Rashed" has Rocko and Heffer going on a road trip, and eventually find themselves at a NoTellMotel (named ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin No Tell Motel]]'', no less) to spend the night. When Rocko requests a room for the night, the clerk asks "The whole night?" then whistles in amazement. The next shot shows the outside of the hotel, with Heffer dreaming about Sheila, and the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sounds of bed springs rocking]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWplbcjU4q4 Rocko angrily calls his name in annoyance]].[[note]] This is implied to be ADateWithRosiePalms, but given Heffer's tendency to sleep walk, speculation leads that he might have been [[BlackComedyRape setting up on Rocko]]. [[/note]] The clerk also states they had had a "premature departure" (slang for premature ejaculation), and is also quite clearly stereotypically Asian. Quite tellingly, this scene was actually ''censored'' in reruns.

* There was also the recurring joke of Heffer's stepbrother, Peter, being AmbiguouslyGay-- like his introduction in "Who's for Dinner?", where he is seen going to cheerleader practice dressed in a female cheerleader's outfit, and his father screams while his mother says, "We were afraid to tell you." Then in "An Elk for Heffer", where Heffer is chosen to go through his manhood rite of passage, Heffer asks his dad, George, why Peter can't do it. Peter sarcastically replies, "Oh, yeah, like I'm really gonna do it," then adds, "I'm going out." George suspiciously says, "Where are you going?" Cut to Peter in a tutu and ballet tights, grumbling, "Here we go again: judge, judge, judge."

** In once scene, Rocko is seen picking berries from a bush and then accidentally grabs a bear's ''berries'', causing the best to run in pain with his hands on his crotch. Sadly, this was one of many innuendos that only made it past the radar the first time around. The reruns in America have the scene cut just as Rocko is about to pick the berries from the bush, but a lot of overseas airings (some of which from countries where the censorship is a lot tighter than what America dishes out -- i.e., the UK and Australia have the scene uncut.[[note]] Just look at how they edit ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for a glimpse at what they find offensive. Some of it is in compliance with what America would find offensive for kids shows on TV; others go by their own rules and beliefs. [[/note]])
** Filburt goes to a lake to get some water when he sees a bunch of fish about ready to kiss. It then cuts to Filburt looking very embarrassed. A few minutes later, Filburt returns to the group and tells them not to drink the water since the "fish are dating" in it.

** Spunky is watching something on a laptop with lust only to reveal he was looking at mops. In the original show, [[Animal Sweet on Object he LOVED mops]].

** Spunky is watching something on a laptop with lust only to reveal he was looking at mops.

Despite being on Nickelodeon, a kids’ network[[note]]though it should be noted that early 1990s Nickelodeon had the kind of edgy kids' programming that most other networks wouldn't allow, whether it's the gross and chaotic ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' or the scary, low-budget ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' or shows like ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' or ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' that dealt with teen issues, such as puberty, crushes, parent issues, and friendship[[/note]], ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' had a virtual laundry list of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "adult" jokes and innuendo that, for the most part, got by without the censors intervening]]. This show did a better, subtler job of getting away with these kind of jokes than its contemporaries at the time (''including'' Creator/JohnKricfalusi's ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', although that had a bigger emphasis on shock value) and is a forerunner (along with ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'') to how most works from [[UsefulNotes/TheMillenniumAgeOfAnimation the late 1990s to the present]] (''especially'' late 2000s/early 2010s Creator/CartoonNetwork shows) get away with dubious content.

** The hippo lady asks Rocko to help apply lotion. He agrees but the lotion makes the hippo slippery and he winds up in MarshmallowHell. It's taken UpToEleven because he is literally stuck between the Hippo's breasts. She angrily throws him into the water and when he climbs out he has [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything a buoy in his shorts]].