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* TheUnfairSex: Bev’s relationship with Ed and her “affair” with Rocko is depicted as this. Bev tries to cheat on Ed with Rocko in the episode because she feels unloved by him. Despite Bev’s attempts at adultery and the fact that she constantly harassed Rocko, Ed is the one who is deemed the one in the wrong sue to failing to satisfying his wife and he is the one who apologizes and make the grand romantic gesture to Bev

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* TheUnfairSex: Bev’s relationship with Ed and her “affair” with Rocko is depicted as this. Bev tries to cheat on Ed with Rocko in the episode because she feels unloved by him. Despite Bev’s attempts at adultery and the fact that she constantly harassed Rocko, Ed is the one who is deemed the one in the wrong sue due to failing to satisfying his wife and he is the one who apologizes and make the grand romantic gesture to Bev
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* InformedWrongness: Ed is deemed the one in the wrong for what happens in the episode as his wife constantly tried to seduce Rocko and get him to have an affair with her because Bev felt neglected by Ed s and stated that she had needs. All Ed did though was get ready for bed, fall asleep without getting intimate with Bev, and resisting the effects of many Cupid arrows.
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* InformedWrongness: Ed is deemed the one in the wrong for what happens in the episode as his wife constantly tried to seduce Rocko and get him to have an affair with her because Bev felt neglected by Ed s and stated that she had needs. All Ed did though was get ready for bed, fall asleep without getting intimate with Bev, and resisting the effects of many Cupid arrows.
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* CluelessAesop: The moral this episode segment attempts to teach is “do not commit adultery”. However the episode fails to properly convey why adultery is bad and how it negatively affects marriages due to the target audience being young children. This is shown through Bev getting away with her behavior, the episode deeming her husband as the one at fault despite being the victim, and Rocko completely rejecting all of Bev’s advances.
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* KarmaHoudini: Bev gets away with harassing Rocko and being unfaithful to Ed in the episode


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* TheUnfairSex: Bev’s relationship with Ed and her “affair” with Rocko is depicted as this. Bev tries to cheat on Ed with Rocko in the episode because she feels unloved by him. Despite Bev’s attempts at adultery and the fact that she constantly harassed Rocko, Ed is the one who is deemed the one in the wrong sue to failing to satisfying his wife and he is the one who apologizes and make the grand romantic gesture to Bev
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Bev gets her eyes caught in the VCR and turned into a toad smoothie in her seduction attempts toward Rocko.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Rocko may have been justifiably repulsed by Bev's behavior, but even he is appalled when her own husband outright insults her appearance to her face.
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When George Wolffe gets laid off from his job, the rest of the Wolffe family sell Heffer's room to some vermin in order to make ends meet, prompting Heffer to stay with Rocko...and Rocko to put up with Heffer's slovenly lifestyle.

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When George Wolffe Wolfe gets laid off from his job, the rest of the Wolffe Wolfe family sell Heffer's room to some vermin in order to make ends meet, prompting Heffer to stay with Rocko...and Rocko to put up with Heffer's slovenly lifestyle.



* ToiletHumor: Literally. Rocko finds the toilet giving off fumes and a ''roar'' when he dares to try and lift the lid. He screams in horror when he finds out Heffer had forgotten to flush.

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* ToiletHumor: ToiletHumour: Literally. Rocko finds the toilet giving off fumes and a ''roar'' when he dares to try and lift the lid. He screams in horror when he finds out Heffer had forgotten to flush.
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* VomitDiscretionShot: After spinning on the ceiling fan (her hair got attached to it), Bev gets dizzy and throws up on Rocko as the screen goes black.

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* IAteWhat: Rocko enjoys the dinner Heffer made for them, until he makes the mistake of asking Heffer what was in it.



* ToiletHumor: Literally, as Rocko finds out to his horror that Heffer forgot to flush the toilet after using it.

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* ToiletHumor: Literally, as Literally. Rocko finds out to his horror that Heffer forgot to flush the toilet after using it.giving off fumes and a ''roar'' when he dares to try and lift the lid. He screams in horror when he finds out Heffer had forgotten to flush.
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* ToiletHumor: Literally, as Rocko finds out to his horror that Heffer forgot to flush the toilet after using it.
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* LoudSleeperGag: While at Rocko's house, Heffer starts snoring loudly, so Rocko tries to shut him up by putting a fishbowl on his nose and zapping him in the rear with a cattle prod.
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Rocko, Heffer and the nudists aren't drawn with any junk. Maybe it's for the better.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Bev gets her eyes caught in the VCR and turned into a toad smoothie in her seduction attempts toward Rocko.

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* SceneryCensor: At the nudists' party in Rocko's backyard, a naked woman is shown from the back. She is standing next to a bullseye, and when she turns around, a pair of arrows that get fired cover her breasts and crotch. Another comes in the form of a male character sunbathing...and [[ExaggeratedTrope a red Buick randomly falling from the sky to cover him up just as he turns over]].



* SceneryCensor: At the nudists' party in Rocko's backyard, a naked woman is shown from the back. She is standing next to a bullseye, and when she turns around, a pair of arrows that get fired cover her breasts and crotch. Another comes in the form of a male character sunbathing...and [[ExaggeratedTrope a red Buick randomly falling from the sky to cover him up just as he turns over]].
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'''Original air date:''' 10/31/1993

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* BrainBleach: After accidentally seeing Bev nude, Rocko literally zips up his own eyeballs.



* DirtyOldWoman: The plot of this episode involves Bev trying to seduce Rocko.

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* DirtyOldWoman: The plot of this episode involves Bev trying to seduce the younger Rocko.


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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Downplayed. Obviously, Bev never outright forces herself onto Rocko, but she intimidates him into visiting her house when he's otherwise reluctant, plans to drug him with an aphrodisiac, tricks him into seeing her nude, and forcibly kisses him to make her husband jealous. This is not only played for laughs at Rocko's expense, but Rocko still considers Bev a lovely woman after all of it.


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* OperationJealousy: Once Ed walks through the door, Bev drops the facade and kisses Rocko just to taunt her husband further.
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* TummyCushion: Spunky sleeps on Heffer's stomach while he's sleeping on Rocko's bed.

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* TummyCushion: Spunky sleeps on Heffer's stomach while he's sleeping on Rocko's bed.bed.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: While he stays at Rocko's house, Heffer trashes it, then becomes a nudist and throws a party where he invites other nudists. Rocko rightfully tells him off near the end of the episode for this. Appropriately enough, this is one of the episodes featured on the VHS tape named for this trope.
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** To translate, the main ingredients (not counting the banana shavings and gym socks) are: animal innards (haggis, beetle bladders, head cheese), food additives (reconstituted corn sweat, monosodium glutamate or MSG, vegetable cartilage), ingredients found in fertilizers (saltpeter, pot ash, sulfur), and the two main ingredients in beer (barley and hops).
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* BannedEpisode: Because of the sexual undertones of this episode, "Leap Frogs" was banned from reruns in America (overseas Nickelodeon channels have aired this uncut) and replaced with the season three episode "Wallaby on Wheels"[[note]]which also had a banned episode: "Heff in a Handbasket", which was banned for its references to selling souls and other demonic content that offended more religious-minded viewers[[/note]]. While Netflix and the series DVD sets have shown this episode, Nicktoons TV did air it for a while, only to pull it again.
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* IKissYourHand: While scolding Ed for disrespecting his wife, Rocko gets caught up in the moment and kisses Bev's hand before hastily leaving.
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*BannedEpisode: Because of the sexual undertones of this episode, "Leap Frogs" was banned from reruns in America (overseas Nickelodeon channels have aired this uncut) and replaced with the season three episode "Wallaby on Wheels"[[note]]which also had a banned episode: "Heff in a Handbasket", which was banned for its references to selling souls and other demonic content that offended more religious-minded viewers[[/note]]. While Netflix and the series DVD sets have shown this episode, Nicktoons TV did air it for a while, only to pull it again.

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Bev Bighead feels left behind by her husband Ed, and invites Rocko over to help her with housework and tries to seduce him.

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Bev Bighead Bighead, wife of grouchy neighbor, Ed Bighead, feels left behind by her husband Ed, lonely and invites unloved. While Ed is at work, Bev calls upon Rocko over to help her with housework and tries do some chores around the house in an attempt to seduce him.



Heffer moves in with Rocko after his parents rent his room to vermin.

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Heffer moves in with Rocko after When George Wolffe gets laid off from his parents rent his job, the rest of the Wolffe family sell Heffer's room to vermin.
some vermin in order to make ends meet, prompting Heffer to stay with Rocko...and Rocko to put up with Heffer's slovenly lifestyle.



* AdoptedToTheHouse: When Heffer's parents rent his bedroom out to vermin after George gets laid off, Heffer decides to live with Rocko.

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* AdoptedToTheHouse: When Heffer's parents rent his bedroom out to vermin after George gets laid off, Heffer decides to live with Rocko.Rocko (though he tells Rocko he's only staying for a few days, then leaving to find another place).



-->'''Heffer:''' There's pickled banana shavings, gym socks, canned haggis, beetle bladder, real processed head cheese, salt peter, reconstituted corn sweat, the finest barley and hops. (the meal comes alive and tries to get away; Heffer stabs it) Hmmm, now where was I? Pot ash, sulfur, mono sodium glutamate, and vegetable cartilage as a binding agent.

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-->'''Heffer:''' There's pickled banana shavings, gym socks, canned haggis, beetle bladder, real processed head cheese, salt peter, saltpeter, reconstituted corn sweat, the finest barley and hops. (the meal comes alive and tries to get away; Heffer stabs it) Hmmm, now where was I? Pot ash, sulfur, mono sodium monosodium glutamate, and vegetable cartilage as a binding agent.



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*ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The couch suddenly comes to life and leaves when he sees that Heffer is going to sleep on him ("Now, listen here, tanker tush! You can park your cheeks in someone else's face, 'cuz I deserve better than this! Sayonara, butterball!")
* SceneryCensor: At the nudists' party in Rocko's backyard, a naked woman is shown from the back. She is standing next to a bullseye, and when she turns around, a pair of arrows that get fired cover her breasts and crotch. Another comes in the form of a male character sunbathing...and [[ExaggeratedTrope a red Buick randomly falling from the sky to cover him up just as he turns over]].



* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Rocko sees Heffer as this when Heffer stays at his house. Heffer snores loudy, fouls up the bathroom into a near condemned biohazard, throws parties without Rocko's consent, plays up the volume way too loud when he is in the mood for musical appreciation, gives Rocko's furniture to charity, and eventually becomes a nudist and invites other nudists to Rocko's house. Ironically, Heffer does leave when he admits to Rocko that he's too difficult to live with.

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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Rocko sees Heffer as this when Heffer stays at his house. Heffer snores loudy, fouls up the bathroom into a near condemned near-condemned biohazard, throws parties without Rocko's consent, plays up the volume way too loud when he is in the mood for musical appreciation, gives Rocko's furniture to charity, and eventually becomes a nudist and invites other nudists to Rocko's house. Ironically, Heffer does leave when he admits to Rocko that he's too difficult to live with.

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* ScreamDiscretionShot: When Rocko opens the toilet, only to find that Heffer didn't flush after he used it, a view outside Rocko's bathroom door is shown as Rocko screams.



* ScreamDiscretionShot: When Rocko opens the toilet, only to find that Heffer didn't flush after he used it, a view outside Rocko's bathroom door is shown as Rocko screams.
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* GrossUpCloseUp: A few are used in the scene where Rocko finds out that Heffer trashed his bathroom, including ones of Heffer's used deodorant stick and toothbrush.
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* TrashOfTheTitans: When Heffer lives with Rocko, he fouls up the bathroom into a near condemned biohazard. Rocko is horrified when he sees the state of the bathroom, and the toilet lid gives off noxious fumes...and a lion's roar when Rocko dares to try and lift it. Cue a horrified scream.

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* TrashOfTheTitans: When Heffer lives with Rocko, he fouls up the bathroom into a near condemned biohazard. He leaves his dirty underwear on the towel rack in place of a towel, mangles the soap bar and toothpaste bottle, and doesn't flush the toilet after using it. Rocko is horrified when he sees the state of the bathroom, and the toilet lid gives off noxious fumes...and a lion's roar when Rocko dares to try and lift it. Cue a horrified scream.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Bev asking Rocko to compliment her eyes. She has her very large eyeballs pressed against Rocko's face and even asks him to feel them; basically, it's a not-too-subtle VisualPun on having a woman flash her breasts.
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The sixth episode of the first season of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.

'''Leap Frogs'''

Bev Bighead feels left behind by her husband Ed, and invites Rocko over to help her with housework and tries to seduce him.

'''Bedfellows'''

Heffer moves in with Rocko after his parents rent his room to vermin.

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!! "Leap Frogs" provides examples of:
* BaitAndSwitchComment: This line from Ed to Rocko when he catches Bev paying him for the chores he did while wearing a bathrobe:
-->'''Ed:''' You saw my wife in her bathrobe?!...Isn't it awful?
* CupidsArrow: A Pig Cupid shoots Ed with many arrows in the hope that it will get Ed to fall in love with Bev. It unfortunately doesn't work, and the Pig Cupid is exhausted by morning, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere qutting afterwards]].
* DirtyOldWoman: The plot of this episode involves Bev trying to seduce Rocko.
* EyeScream: When her VCR malfunctions, Bev looks inside to see what's the problem, and gets her eyes caught in the reels.
* GRatedSex: At the end of this episode, Ed and Bev break plates with their tongues in what's implied to be a very bizarre form of foreplay.
* IrisOut: This episode ends with one that closes out on the Pig Cupid's butt when it forms the shape of a heart.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Rocko says this when Ed sees Bev paying him for his chores and kissing him. When he tries to explain what was really going on, he stutters and literally falls to pieces.
* RewindGag: When Bev gets her eyes caught in her VCR, Rocko presses the Eject button on the remote, and Bev's eyes pop out of her face. Rocko then presses the Rewind button and Bev's eyes reel back in.

!! "Bedfellows" provides examples of:
* AdoptedToTheHouse: When Heffer's parents rent his bedroom out to vermin after George gets laid off, Heffer decides to live with Rocko.
* AnimationBump: Rocko stuffs an empty glass fishbowl over Heffer's face to drown out his loud snoring. When Heffer snores with the fishbowl on, he moves in a very smooth and fluid manner.
* BankruptcyBarrel: A variant; when a nudist strips Rocko of his clothes, Rocko covers up his nudity by wearing a trashcan.
* BindleStick: This episode's title card depicts Heffer holding one while laying in Rocko's bed.
* DirtyOldWoman: Bev Bighead. When she finds out from Ed that there's a party of nudists in Rocko's backyard, she eagerly watches it, and even asks Ed to get the telescope out of the hall closet so she can get a better look. At the end of the episode, Bev invites the nudists to her house for another party.
* LongList: Heffer rattles off every ingredient in the meal he cooked for Rocko.
-->'''Heffer:''' There's pickled banana shavings, gym socks, canned haggis, beetle bladder, real processed head cheese, salt peter, reconstituted corn sweat, the finest barley and hops. (the meal comes alive and tries to get away; Heffer stabs it) Hmmm, now where was I? Pot ash, sulfur, mono sodium glutamate, and vegetable cartilage as a binding agent.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: After living with Rocko for several days, Heffer decides to become a nudist and throw a party in Rocko's backyard, where he invites other nudists. When Bev finds out about this party from Ed, she asks him to get the telescope out of the hall closet so that she can get a better look, and at the end of the episode, she invites the nudists to her house for another party.
* SceneryCensor: At the nudists' party in Rocko's backyard, a naked woman is shown from the back. She is standing next to a bullseye, and when she turns around, a pair of arrows that get fired cover her breasts and crotch.
* ScreamDiscretionShot: When Rocko opens the toilet, only to find that Heffer didn't flush after he used it, a view outside Rocko's bathroom door is shown as Rocko screams.
* StuffBlowingUp: Heffer shows Rocko the dessert he made: "Heffer Soufflé... ala Flambé." When Heffer puts a lit match to the soufflé, it [[AshFace explodes in Rocko's face]].
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Rocko sees Heffer as this when Heffer stays at his house. Heffer snores loudy, fouls up the bathroom into a near condemned biohazard, throws parties without Rocko's consent, plays up the volume way too loud when he is in the mood for musical appreciation, gives Rocko's furniture to charity, and eventually becomes a nudist and invites other nudists to Rocko's house. Ironically, Heffer does leave when he admits to Rocko that he's too difficult to live with.
* TrashOfTheTitans: When Heffer lives with Rocko, he fouls up the bathroom into a near condemned biohazard. Rocko is horrified when he sees the state of the bathroom, and the toilet lid gives off noxious fumes...and a lion's roar when Rocko dares to try and lift it. Cue a horrified scream.
* TummyCushion: Spunky sleeps on Heffer's stomach while he's sleeping on Rocko's bed.

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