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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: The show's intro sums it up ''perfectly.'' [[SubvertedKidsShow Maybe even a little bit]] ''[[UpToEleven too]]'' [[SubvertedKidsShow perfectly...]]


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* [[KangaroosRepresentAustralia Wallabies Represent Australia]]
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* HeightAngst: [[CaptainObvious Of the short variety.]]

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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
* SeriesMascot




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* WhiteMaleLead
* YMMV/TheWoobie
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* TookALevelInJerkAss: In the episode "Power Trip", where he becomes a BadBoss to Filburt. Luckily, he has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when Really Really Big Man gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech, and apologizes to Filburt.

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* TookALevelInJerkAss: TookALevelInJerkass: In the episode "Power Trip", where he becomes a BadBoss to Filburt. Luckily, he has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when Really Really Big Man gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech, and apologizes to Filburt.
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* ComicallySerious: At times.


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* GrumpyBear
* HairTriggerTemper


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!!Wild Pig
* CatchPhrase: "I'm a Wild Pig".
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* ShoutOut: To Creator/WoodyAllen...except without the whole {{Lolicon}} thing.

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* ShoutOut: To Creator/WoodyAllen...except without Creator/WoodyAllen (just the whole {{Lolicon}} thing.neurotic, possibly Jewish nerd angle, not the "dating/marrying underaged Asian girls" angle).



* DemotedToExtra: He's literally been through this at his place of work. When we first see him in Conglomo, he has enough clout to hire and fire Rocko. Later on, he's reporting directly to Mr. Dupette, who is now his boss. And even later on, in ''"Teed Off"'', he's described as the guy who "checks the bottlecaps on all of the bottles," being bossed around by one of the generic lizard workers!

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* DemotedToExtra: He's literally been through this at his place of work.In-universe. When we first see him in Conglomo, he has enough clout to hire and fire Rocko. Later on, he's reporting directly to Mr. Dupette, who is now his boss. And even later on, in ''"Teed Off"'', he's described as the guy who "checks the bottlecaps on all of the bottles," being bossed around by one of the generic lizard workers!



* IWasQuiteALooker: As seen in a {{Flashback}} from when she and Ed were first married some 30 years back.

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* IWasQuiteALooker: As seen in a {{Flashback}} from when she and Ed were first married some 30 years back. back ("Old Fogie Froggy")



* MrsRobinson

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* MrsRobinsonMrsRobinson: To Rocko on the infamous BannedEpisode "Leap Frogs"



* {{Catchphrase}}: "Kay?"

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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Kay?""Kay?" (often with the sound of her neck straining)



* HospitalHottie

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* HospitalHottieHospitalHottie: Even though she doesn't always work in the hospital

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* UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent

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* UsefulNotes/AustralianAccentUsefulNotes/AustralianAccent: Despite his voice actor not being Australian.



* BabiesEverAfter: In another case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, Heffer seems to have fathered one of Filburt's kids.

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* BabiesEverAfter: In yet another case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, Heffer seems to have fathered one of Filburt's kids.



** In spite of being such a slacker, he holds down several jobs throughout the series (paperboy, mailman, server in the Chameleon Bros.' coffee shop).

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** In spite of being such a slacker, he holds down several jobs throughout the series (paperboy, mailman, Christmas tree salesman, security guard[[note]]even though he went mad with power[[/note]], server in the Chameleon Bros.' coffee shop).



* RaisedByWolves: Literally. The family ''did'' intend to eat him (his father even referred to him as "Steak"), but they grew to love him.

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* RaisedByWolves: Literally. The family ''did'' intend to eat him (his father even referred to him as "Steak"), "Steak" and passed off marking off the cuts of beef on his body as a "birthmark"), but they grew to love him.


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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the early episodes like "Canned" and "Rocko's Happy Sack," Filburt was a generic character who wasn't established to be Rocko's friend. In "Canned," he was the customer who kept saying, "Turn the page, wash your hands..." and in "Rocko's Happy Sack," he was a cashier who almost charged Rocko's $150 for his groceries.
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* DependingOnTheWriter/ MultipleChoicePast: He either grew up in O-Town or emigrated there from Australia as an adult.

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* DependingOnTheWriter/ MultipleChoicePast: He either grew up in O-Town or emigrated there from Australia as an adult. The latter is said to be the true backstory of Rocko's life, but the former does crop up from time to time, causing a ContinuitySnarl.



* OneOfUs: [[invoked]] Works at a comic book store, and loves it there (despite his terrible boss).

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* OneOfUs: [[invoked]] Works Worked at a comic book store, stores (Super-Lot-O-Comics, headed by Mr. Dupette before he moved to Conglomo and loves Kind-Of-A-Lot-O-Comics, headed by Mr. Smitty), and loved it there (despite his putting up with two terrible boss).bosses).
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* AustralianAccent

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* AustralianAccentUsefulNotes/AustralianAccent

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->Voiced by: TomKenny

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->Voiced by: TomKenny
Creator/TomKenny



* {{Expy}}: Of {{Superman}}
* MostCommonSuperpower: His ''Nipples of the Future''. I wish I was kidding, too.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Works as a secretary by the name of "Lois" when he isn't out being a superhero.

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* {{Expy}}: Of {{Superman}}
ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
* MostCommonSuperpower: His TopHeavyGuy: With ''Nipples of the Future''. I wish I was kidding, too.
Future''.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Works as a secretary by the name of "Lois" (furthering the Expy connection) when he isn't out being a superhero.



* TheFaceless: The only part of Melba that we get to see is her legs
* GirlNextDoor: Literally
* LoveInterest: Rocko has a huge crush on her
** LovingAShadow: Rocko doesn't really know her very well, but to him, she's absolutely perfect

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* TheFaceless: The only part of Melba that we get to see is her legs
legs.
* GirlNextDoor: Literally
Literally.
* LoveInterest: Rocko has a huge crush on her
her.
** LovingAShadow: Rocko doesn't really know her very well, but to him, she's absolutely perfectperfect.



* ShallowLoveInterest: Rocko doesn't know much about her beyond that she's beautiful

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* ShallowLoveInterest: Rocko doesn't know much about her beyond that she's beautifulbeautiful.



* AllDogsArePurebreds: Can trace his lineage all the way back to the Stone Age, and he appears to be a bull terrier.
* CanineCompanion: To Rocko. DependingOnTheWriter, he either grew up with Rocko, or was found by him as an adult
* CargoShip: InUniverse, he falls in love with a mop, and when "she" gets stolen by an {{Expy}} of Sigmund Freud, Spunky finds love again...with a hydrant

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* AllDogsArePurebreds: AllDogsArePurebred: Can trace his lineage all the way back to the Stone Age, and he appears to be a bull terrier.
terrier.
* CanineCompanion: To Rocko. DependingOnTheWriter, he either grew up with Rocko, or was found by him as an adult
adult.
* CargoShip: InUniverse, he falls in love with a mop, and when "she" gets stolen by an {{Expy}} of Sigmund Freud, Spunky finds love again... with a hydranthydrant.



* DogsAreDumb: Perhaps the TropeCodifier

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* DogsAreDumb: Perhaps the TropeCodifierTropeCodifier.



* DoorstopBaby: One episode showed Spunky as a young puppy left in a basket on Rocko's doorstep shortly after he started renting the house in O-Town.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Puppies]]

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* DoorstopBaby: One episode showed Spunky as a young puppy left in a basket on Rocko's doorstep shortly after he started renting the house in O-Town. \n* [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Puppies]]
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* DysfunctionalFamily: His adoptive family is...''interesting'', to say the least. His biological family isn't as bad, but it's implied that Heffer's biological father didn't want him, his real mom was killed and made into a car seat in Illinois, and his stepmom is a sweet cow who's married to a JerkAss.

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* DysfunctionalFamily: His adoptive family is...''interesting'', ''interesting'' (George is kind of a jerk, Virginia is a StepfordSmiler, Cindy is the typical melodramatic teenage daughter, Peter is a high school dropout who may or may not be a homosexual, and Grandpa Wolfe is prejudiced against wallabies and beavers), to say the least. His biological family isn't as bad, but it's implied that Heffer's biological father didn't want him, his real mom was killed and made into a car seat in Illinois, and his stepmom is a sweet cow who's married to a JerkAss.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Tries to seduce Rocko in the BannedEpisode "Leap Frogs".
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* EverythingsBetterWithPuppies

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* EverythingsBetterWithPuppies[[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Puppies]]
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!!Spunky
* AllDogsArePurebreds: Can trace his lineage all the way back to the Stone Age, and he appears to be a bull terrier.
* CanineCompanion: To Rocko. DependingOnTheWriter, he either grew up with Rocko, or was found by him as an adult
* CargoShip: InUniverse, he falls in love with a mop, and when "she" gets stolen by an {{Expy}} of Sigmund Freud, Spunky finds love again...with a hydrant
* TheDitz
* DogsAreDumb: Perhaps the TropeCodifier
* DogsLoveFireHydrants
* DoorstopBaby: One episode showed Spunky as a young puppy left in a basket on Rocko's doorstep shortly after he started renting the house in O-Town.
* EverythingsBetterWithPuppies
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!!Melba Toast
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Doesn't seem to notice that Rocko exists, and is in a relationship with a man named David.
* TheFaceless: The only part of Melba that we get to see is her legs
* GirlNextDoor: Literally
* LoveInterest: Rocko has a huge crush on her
** LovingAShadow: Rocko doesn't really know her very well, but to him, she's absolutely perfect
* PunnyName
* ShallowLoveInterest: Rocko doesn't know much about her beyond that she's beautiful
* ShesGotLegs
* TheVoiceless
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!!Rocko!!Rocko [[spoiler: Rama]]
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Rocko\'s last name is unofficial.


!!Rocko [[spoiler: Rama]]

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!!Rocko [[spoiler: Rama]]!!Rocko
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* ShoutOut: To WoodyAllen...except without the whole {{Lolicon}} thing.

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* ShoutOut: To WoodyAllen...Creator/WoodyAllen...except without the whole {{Lolicon}} thing.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: He either grew up in O-Town or emigrated there from Australia as an adult.

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* DependingOnTheWriter: DependingOnTheWriter/ MultipleChoicePast: He either grew up in O-Town or emigrated there from Australia as an adult.

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*BabiesEverAfter: In another case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, Heffer seems to have fathered one of Filburt's kids.



* MostCommonSuperpower: His ''Nipples of the Future''. I wish I was kidding, too.

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* MostCommonSuperpower: *MostCommonSuperpower: His ''Nipples of the Future''. I wish I was kidding, too.
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*MostCommonSuperpower: His ''Nipples of the Future''. I wish I was kidding, too.
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* TookALeveInJerkAss: In the episode "Power Trip", where he becomes a BadBoss to Filburt. Luckily, he has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when Really Really Big Man gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech, and apologizes to Filburt.

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* TookALeveInJerkAss: TookALevelInJerkAss: In the episode "Power Trip", where he becomes a BadBoss to Filburt. Luckily, he has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when Really Really Big Man gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech, and apologizes to Filburt.
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* TookALeveInJerkAss: In the episode "Power Trip", where he becomes a BadBoss to Filburt. Luckily, he has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when Really Really Big Man gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech, and apologizes to Filburt.
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** In spite of being such a slacker, he holds down several jobs throughout the series (paperboy, mailman, server in the Chameleon Bros.' coffee shop).
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* HiddenDepths: He's actually skilled at Roller Skating in "Wallaby on Wheels".
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: WordOfGod says that the reason he wears glasses is because he "touched himself too much" when he was a kid.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: He either grew up in O-Town or emigrated there as an adult.

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* DependingOnTheWriter: He either grew up in O-Town or emigrated there from Australia as an adult.
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* DirtyOldWoman: Has some shades of this. She's notably quite perverted for a married woman, is shown to call sex phone lines ''in the very first episode'', and at one point attempts to seduce Rocko.
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->Voiced by: CarlosAlazraqui

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->Voiced by: CarlosAlazraqui
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