The eleventh episode of the fourth season of Rocko's Modern Life.
Dumbells
Heffer and Filburt's obsession with Ding Dong Ditch gets Rocko in trouble.
Rug Birds
Filburt drags Rocko along on a trip to snatch a wig from a rare bird.
"Dumbbells" provides examples of:
- Courtroom Episode: The series' second.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Gladys the Hippo Lady.
- Ding-Dong-Ditch Distraction: Heffer and Filburt go on a ding-dong-ditch spree and rope Rocko into it. Rocko knocks on the door of Gladys the Hippo Lady, but can't go through with it and apologizes. Gladys, however, is tickled by the idea and goes on a pranking spree of her own.
- Here We Go Again!: The episode ends with Heffer and Filburt getting the judge from the trial hooked on prank-calling.
- I Am Not Weasel:Fran: Behind me, the trial of the century is about to begin and the whole world wants to know: What the heck is Rocko? Is he some kind of poodle, a schnoz, or what?
Kangaroo: I think he's a rabbit.
Frog: A rabbit!
"Spuinky": You're asking me?- The court judge thinks he's a dancing bear.
- Identical Stranger: During the montage of people saying what animal they think Rocko is during the second news report about Rocko being arrested, one of the interviewees resembles Spunky, answering in an adult male voice, "You're asking me?" A close look reveals that the dog dish actually reads "SPUINKY", not Spunky.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: When Heffer and Filburt go on the lam, they both don Groucho glasses in an attempt to be inconspicuous as they break for Buenos Tardos. When they get interviewed after Rocko's arrest, Heffer says in his normal voice "Me llamo Francois!" and Filburt adds, "And I don't speak English!"
- Prank Call: The new prank Heffer and Filburt take up after their Ding-Dong-Ditch pranking spree, even roping the judge into it.
- Serious Business: The act of ding-dong ditching is enough for Rocko and Gladys to get sent to court for it.
- Shout-Out: The Episode Title Card is one to The Three Stooges.
- We Interrupt This Program: After the montage of Rocko and Glady's ding-dong-ditch spree, it fades to the exercise show Bunmaster, just for the sake of showing it get interrupted by an O-Town special report (as always) about the ding-dong-ditch craze.
"Rug Birds" provides examples of:
- An Aesop: Don't assume people won't love you for who you really are.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After setting a trap that uses Rocko as the bait just so he can get a chance to steal the American Balding Eagle's wig, Filburt gets his shell shattered to pieces at the end of the episode.
- Was It Really Worth It?: The eagle hands Rocko his wig, which he gives to Filbert, who doesn't want it anymore. Presumably he gives up snatching bird hairs altogether.
- With Friends Like These...: Filburt endangers Rocko's life just for the opportunity to get the centerpiece for his wig collection.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Rocko tells the American Balding Eagle looks better without his wig, that he shouldn't be ashamed of his baldness, and that the ladies really dig a bald man.
