History Trivia / RockosModernLife

** In the original English dub, Rocko is voiced by Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, a grown man. However, in the European Portuguese dub, he is voiced by a woman.

** In the original English dub, Rocko is voiced by Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, a grown man. However, in the European Portuguese dub, he is voiced by a woman named Cláudia Cadima.

** Creator/TomKenny voiced a few incidental/one-off female characters. It would be obvious because they'd sound very much like a higher-toned WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants. And SpecialGuest Kevin Meaney voiced Widow Hutchinson in "The Big Question"/"The Big Answer".

** "Jet Scream": This episode didn't have any problems when it aired back in the 1990s, but when it reran on Nicktoons TV in the 2000s, it became one of many television shows that had to be banned and/or censored for sensitive material following the aerial attacks that occurred in New York, and Arlington, Virginia in September 2001 (in this case, it's because of scenes mocking airport security, Heffer being scared of flying, and the airplane nearly flying into a building). When the show aired on ''The 90s Are All That'' (the retro Nickelodeon block), the episode returned uncut and uncensored.

* ExecutiveMeddling:
** The many edits done to episodes that once aired uncut (including the ban on the episode "Leap Frogs.")
** WordOfGod stated that the entire reason "Ralph" left the show after "Wacky Delly" was because he was on his self-discovery journey that ended with him realizing he's transgender and goes to get his sex change operation to become "Rachel". Nickelodeon wouldn't allow the show to have a trans character (whether or not she was positively portrayed), so they just wrote Ralph off the show as quitting after the ''Wacky Delly'' fiasco.

* TalkingToHimself: The show had so many characters, but only five main cast members: Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, Creator/TomKenny, Doug Lawrence, Creator/CharlieAdler, and Linda Wallem.
** Creator/CharlieAdler does the voices for Ed, Bev, and Mr. Dupette (Mr. Bighead's boss at Conglom-O and Rocko's boss when Rocko worked at the large comic book store, Super Lot-O-Comics). {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one episode where Bev calls for her husband and snarks "What, am I talking to myself here??"
** Then there is Creator/TomKenny voicing both Heffer and Peaches in "To Heck and Back" and "Heff in a Handbasket."

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: At least, before Creator/ShoutFactory picked up the rights; even the aforementioned "banned" episodes ("Leap Frogs," "Jet Scream," and "Heff in a Handbasket") are present and accounted for. That said the only way to get "Hut Sut Raw", "The Good, The Bad, and the Wallaby", "Road Rashed", and "Wacky Delly" uncut is through the German dvd set.

* BannedEpisode: Despite the myriad of [[{{demographically inappropriate humour}} adult jokes that slipped through the cracks]]--[[SubvertedTrope some of which did end up getting edited in reruns]], ''Rocko's Modern Life'' only banned three episodes for content:

** In Fall 1994, Hardee's released a set of eight race cars based on this series, ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} (1991)'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', with each franchise having two characters. The toys based on this series depicted Rocko on the Suck-O-Matic vacuum cleaner (from "A Sucker For the Suck-O-Matic") and Spunky on a dog dish.
** In Summer 1997, Dairy Queen released a set of four Nicktoons beach toys, which were based on this series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} (1991)'', ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'', and ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''. The ''Rocko's Modern Life'' toy was a ring toss game.

* FakeNationality: Carloz Alazraqui is Argentinean [[note]]from Argentina, a South American country.[[/note]] and British, and voices an Australian character.

* KidsMealToy: In Summer 1997, Dairy Queen released a set of four Nicktoons beach toys, which were based on this series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} (1991)'', ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'', and ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''. The ''Rocko's Modern Life'' toy was a ring toss game.

* ThrowItIn: Ad-libbing was highly encouraged. The actors even recorded on a folly stage [[EnforcedMethodActing to make their performances feel more theatrical]]. A rather famous one is Tom Kenny as Crappy Jack rambling about Davy Jones's locker, then mentioning "Micky Dolenz's locker, too... all Music/TheMonkees had lockers!"

** On Netflix, the episode containing "Carnival Knowledge" and "Sand in Your Navel" was the first episode when really it's the episode containing "A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic" and "Canned" (though the first produced episode was the episode containing "No Pain, No Gain" and "Who Gives a Buck?").

* AdoredByTheNetwork: In the early-mid 2000's you couldn't go a single day on Nicktoons without seeing this show at least 5 or 6 times a day. But after the 2009 rebrand, it aired only during the wee-hours in the morning before being removed entirely in 2011.
** The adoration returned but this time on Creator/NickRewind, where it has aired since September 5, 2011, the same day it left Nicktoons, where it's one of the most frequently aired shows, often starting off the block airing 3-4 times.
* BadExportForYou: Inverted; the American [=DVDs=] edit "Hut Sut Raw", "The Good, The Bad, and the Wallaby", "Road Rashed", and "Wacky Delly" (the last of which wasn't even edited in reruns until Nicktoons TV aired it), but the German [=DVDs=] present all episodes uncensored -- except "Road Rashed", which instead had its infamous hotel scene relegated to an Easter Egg.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Tom Kenny would go on to play Dog on ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', but ''really'' became famous as WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants.

* BannedEpisode: Despite the myriad of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes that slipped through the cracks]]--[[SubvertedTrope some of which did end up getting edited in reruns]], ''Rocko's Modern Life'' only banned three episodes for content:

* CreatorBreakdown: Shortly after the first season aired, creator Joe Murray's first wife committed suicide. Murray had only planned to do one season, but when given the option, decided to do the other three, and for sometime blamed himself for not being there for her as a result. "Wacky Deli" is partially inspired by his failed efforts to get out of his contract with Nickelodeon so that he could have some time to grieve. The result was his complete lack of involvement in the fourth and final season, after which he took some time away from the animation industry to get his personal life back together.

** All but season 2 were broadcast out of order during the show's initial run on Nickelodeon; although in most cases the show was aired in the correct order during reruns, the DVD releases of seasons 1, 3, and 4 place the episodes out of order again (since they are presented in original broadcast order, instead of chronological order).

** All but season 2 were broadcasted out of order during the show's initial run on Nickelodeon; although in most cases the show was aired in the correct order during reruns, the DVD releases of seasons 1, 3, and 4 place the episodes out of order again (since they are presented in original broadcast order, instead of chronological order).

* BigNameFan: According to Creator/MrLawrence, when he was working with Creator/ScarlettJohansson on ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', she gushed to him that she was a huge ''Rocko'' fans and had an honest-to-goodness {{fangirl}} moment when he dipped into Filbert's voice.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: At least, before Creator/ShoutFactory picked up the rights; even the aforementioned "banned" episodes ("Leap Frogs," "Jet Scream," and "Heff in a Handbasket") are present and accounted for.

** WordOfGod stated that the entire reason "Ralph" [[PutOnALongBus left and never came back]] was because she was transitioning into Rachel. Nickelodeon wouldn't allow the show to have a trans character, so in response they decided that it'd be better for Ralph to disappear than to be censored even more.

** In "Who's For Dinner?", the fact that Heffer's family are wolves is supposed to be a big revelation. But that episode originally aired after "Bedfellows", where they play a semi-major role.
** On Netflix, the episode containing "Carnival Knowledge" and "Sand in Your Navel" was the first episode when really it's the episode containing "A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic" and "Canned."

** On Creator/NickRewind, it is given a TV-G rating for some reason.

* BigNameFan: According to Creator/MrLawrence, when he was working with Creator/ScarlettJohanson on ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', she gushed to him that she was a huge ''Rocko'' fans and had an honest-to-goodness {{fangirl}} moment when he dipped into Filbert's voice.

* BigNameFan: According to Creator/MrLawrence, when he was working with Creator/ScarletJohanson on ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', she gushed to him that she was a huge ''Rocko'' fans and had an honest-to-goodness {{fangirl}} moment when he dipped into Filbert's voice.