History Trivia / RockosModernLife

** Same goes for the "berry picking" gag in "Hut Sut Raw" and the love motel scene in "Road Rash"; those are absent from the Shout! DVD sets.
** That said, the aforementioned "banned" episodes are present and accounted for.

** Joe Murray originally intended for Rocko be yellow, but Nickelodeon insisted that he be recolored a beige-ish color in order [[TheMerch to appease the wishes of a toymaker]] that ultimately never produced any Rocko merchandise. The necessitated (further) alteration of the "Trash-O-Madness" pilot.

** WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}} and [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime The Ice King]] is Heffer.
*** TomKenny also lent his voice to several of the supporting cast of characters, including one of the Chameleon brothers, Really Really Big Man, and Peaches. Additionally, he also tends to be the voice behind many of the smaller characters who only make a single appearance in episodes.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Music/TheB52s were not the first choice to do the theme music. Joe Murray originally wanted AlanSilvestri to do the theme music but Nickelodeon felt that he wasn't a good composer for animation. His second choice, DannyElfman (known for doing the music for ''TheSimpsons''), was also turned down by Nickelodeon.

** WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}} and [[AdventureTime The Ice King]] is Heffer.

** (mixed with RetroactiveRecognition): [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]] is Rocko (if you can't hear it, listen for when Mr. Crocker screams. It sounds ''exactly'' like Rocko's)! Not to mention both [[Reno911 Officer Garcia]] and the Taco Bell Chihuahua.

** (mixed with RetroactiveRecognition): [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]] is Rocko (if you can't hear it, listen for when Mr. Crocker screams. It sounds ''exactly'' like Rocko's)!

* ExecutiveMeddling: The many edits done to episodes that once aired uncut (including the ban on the episode "Leap Frogs")
* HeyItsThatVoice: CharlieAdler ([[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]], and a buttload of other characters from 1990s kids' TV) is Mr. AND Mrs. Bighead.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: At least, before Creator/ShoutFactory picked up the rights.
** If you have an uncut version of "The Good, The Bad, and the Wallaby" somewhere, keep circulating that, 'cuz the part where Heffer gets sucked by the milking machine is not in the Shout Factory version.
* TalkingToHimself: CharlieAdler does the voices for both Ed, Bev, and Mr. Dupette (Mr. Bighead's boss and Rocko's boss when Rocko worked at the large comic book store, Super Lot-O-Comics).

* ExecutiveMeddling: Joe Murray originally intended for Rocko be yellow, but Nickelodeon insisted that he be recolored a beige-ish color in order [[TheMerch to appease the wishes of a toymaker]] that ultimately never produced any Rocko merchandise. The necessitated (further) alteration of the "Trash-O-Madness" pilot.

** And [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]] is Rocko (if you can't hear it, listen for when Mr. Crocker screams. It sounds ''exactly'' like Rocko's)!

** Given that CampLazlo was also created by Joe Murray... Let's see, Rocko is Lazlo in English and Swedish. ENGLISH ONLY: Filburt is Edward. Heffer is Slinkman and Lumpus.
** Spain? Rocko is [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie]].
** Mexico? Filburt is JohnnyTest, while Rocko is [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh]].
** Wait, no mention of Kevin Meaney as Widow Hutchinson? [[note]] This came about a a result of people liking how well he did voicing Aloysius on Garfield and Friends. This was not his first female role either, he played Mrs. Pig, Aloysius' mother, in Aloysius' first Garfield and Friends episode[[/note]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Music/TheB52s were not the first choice to do the theme music. Joe Murray originally wanted AlanSilvestri to do the theme music but Nickelodeon felt that he wasn't a good composer for animation. His second choice, DannyElfman (known for doing the music for ''TheSimpsons''), was also turned down by Nickelodeon.

** If you have an uncut version of "The Good, The Bad, and the Wallaby" somewhere, keep circulating that.
* TalkingToHimself: CharlieAdler does the voices for both Ed and Bev.
** Lampshaded in an episode where Spunky is being chased out of the Bigheads' yard by Ed, knocking over lawn darts that land on sunbathing Bev. Bev thinks she was just sunburned, and says, "Ed, come over here and put some sunscreen on my head. Ed? ED! WHAT? AM I TALKING TO MYSELF?!"
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Music/TheB52s were not the first choice to do the theme music. Joe Murray originally wanted AlanSilvestri to do the theme music but Nickelodeon felt that he wasn't a good composer for animation. His second choice, DannyElfman, was also turned down by Nickelodeon.

* HeyItsThatVoice: CharlieAdler ([[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]]} is Mr. AND Mrs. Bighead.
** WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}} is Heffer.

** [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Plankton]] is Filburt.
** And [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]] is Rocko!

** Wait, no mention of Kevin Meaney as Widow Hutchinson? [[note:This came about a a result of people liking how well he did voicing Aloysius on Garfield and Friends. This was not his first female role either, he played Mrs. Pig, Aloysius' mother, in Aloysius' first Garfield and Friends episode.]]

* Wait, no mention of Kevin Meaney as Widow Hutchinson? [[note: This came about a a result of people liking how well he did voicing Aloysius on GarfieldAndFriends. This was not his first female role either, he played Mrs. Pig, Aloysius' mother, in Aloysius' first Garfield and Friends episode.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The B-52's were not the first choice to do the theme music. Joe Murray originally wanted AlanSilvestri to do the theme music but Nickelodeon felt that he wasn't a good composer for animation. His second choice, DannyElfman, was also turned down by Nickelodeon.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]] is Mr. AND Mrs. Bighead.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: At least, before ShoutFactory picked up the rights.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: At least, before ShoutFactory [[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced picked up the rights.]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: At least, before ShoutFactory [[AndtheFandomRejoiced pciket up the rights.]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Seasons 1 and 2 have been taken OUT of this category, with the other two to follow.

** In "[[MusicalEpisode Zanzibar]]", {{The Grim Re|aper}}cycler is [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo]]. And [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow Captain Saladin]]... and [[Disney/TheJungleBook Shere Khan]]... and [[MightyMax Virgil]].

** In "[[MusicalEpisode Zanzibar]]", {{The Grim Re|aper}}cycler is [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo]]. And [[KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow Captain Saladin]]... and [[Disney/TheJungleBook Shere Khan]]... and [[MightyMax Virgil]].

** And [[FairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]] is Rocko!

** Spain? Rocko is [[FamilyGuy Stewie]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For the longest, but a proper Season 1 release [[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Rockos-Modern-Life-Season-1/15107 came out in June]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]] is Mr. AND Mrs. Bighead.
** WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants is Heffer.

** [[SpongebobSquarepants Plankton]] is Filburt.

** Mexico? Filburt is JohnnyTest, while Rocko is [[SouthPark Stan Marsh]].

** [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants]] is Heffer.
*** Tom Kenny also lent his voice to several of the supporting cast of characters, including one of the Chameleon brothers, Really Really Big Man, and Peaches. Additionally, he also tends to be the voice behind many of the smaller characters who only make a single appearance in episodes.