History Characters / RockosModernLife

%%* ThoseTwoGuys

* BewareTheNiceOnes: If you manage to wear him down to his last nerve, you may find that underneath his naive politeness and mild manners is a bit of manic violence, and he may do something very '''not nice''' to you if you don't get off his back. He has completely destroyed a motorcycle because of bagpipe music once.

* BlueIsHeroic: He wears a blue shirt with purple triangles.

* JerkassBall: In the episode "Power Trip", where he becomes a BadBoss to Filburt, all because he pushed a button his boss told him not to press. Luckily, he has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment after Really Really Big Man gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech, and apologizes to Filburt.

* LovableCoward: While Rocko is far from tough, he's also the nicest character on the show.

* NiceGuy: It's pretty rare for him to get angry. In fact, he doesn't show any hostility towards his neighbor Mr. Bighead even though he clearly doesn't like Rocko and constantly tries to make him miserable, if not worse.

* OnlySaneMan: He's usually the only character without any quirks or eccentricities.

* RageBreakingPoint: Occasionally, whenever he's at his wits' end. One of best-known examples would be in "Rocko's Happy Sack", where he completely snaps after going through a HumiliationConga while participating in a 99%-off bargain sale only to run out of time at the last second and get charged $150 instead of $1.50 as the sale intended, threatening to "do something not nice" to the cashier (Filburt).

** He later causes what is essentially a race riot between the Turtles and the Cats at the wedding ceremony [[WhatAnIdiot by riling up the racial tensions between them]].

* LethalChef: Suberted and combined with IAteWhat. On the one occasion he's shown cooking, the food he makes is actually quite delicious. Just don't ask what's in it.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Rachel has purple hair, unlike her redheaded mother and bald father.

* SuddenlyVoiced: For a brief gag in "Dumbbells". ("You're asking me?")

* UnreliableNarrator: They tell a story of when they used to live in the country of Ballzack, and how the made the (rancid) coffee they use now in their new cafe. They tell it to try and indite pity to Rocko, and then tell another story to another customer about their equally bad cheesecake.

* IrrationalHatred: No reason is ever given for his ridiculously intense hatred of Rocko.

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* FunnyForeigner: Subverted. His only trait that qualifies for this is probably his accent, especially when he says "crikey" or "me" instead of "my".
* HairTriggerTemper: Subverted, but he does tend to snap a LOT when he's in a bad mood.

* TheHero: Sometimes TheSmartGuy.

** In "Unbalanced Load", Rocko does this on top of a rogue washing machine.

** “NEVER!!!”
** In ''Wacky Delly'', when her studio shut down, she stood up on her car and yelled, ''"YOUUUU CRETINS!! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ART IS!!! I'LL SHOOOOOW YOUUUUUU!!!"''

%%* NoIndoorVoice: “NEVER!!!”
* OldFriendNewGender: When Rocko meets her again twenty years later, she's transitioned into a woman.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: She can never live down ''Wacky Delly'', even after she sculpted the world's largest still-life.

* SpringtimeForHitler: When Rachel tries to sabotage ''Wacky Delly'', it grows in popularity. But when she's inspired to finally try hard in making it great, it's immediately canned.

* TransTribulations: ''Static Cling'' reveals that she's a trans woman, and her subplot deals in part with her father's refusal to accept her new identity. However, the other characters accept her quite quickly, and even Mr. Bighead's issue with her transition is less the fact that she's trans and more the fact that she's different at ''all''.

* YesMan: Is surrounded by them when at the studio, being quite annoyed by this.

* TheCynic: And how!

* NoIndoorVoice: “NEVER!!!”

* {{Transgender}}: She's come out as a woman in the 20-something years between the show and the film.

* HeelFaceTurn: In ''[[TheMovie Static Cling]]'', Ed finally sees the error of his ways and in the end he is eventually on better terms with Rocko and accepts Rachel. He also becomes a better person as he gives Rocko a heartfelt speech about change is a part of life and should be embraced and Rocko accepts and the two of them have finally become true friends and no longer frenemies.

* HartmanHips: Virginia's body shape is the same as Heffer's.

* KangarooPouchRide: On top of a rogue washing machine.

* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Close -- a wallaby rather than a kangaroo (though he's often mistaken for one), but he's still one of the signature forms of Australian wildlife.