This is a list of all the major and minor characters from the animated television series ''

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'' and the comic book of the same name. Joe Murray, creator of the series, said that he matched personalities of his characters to various animals, forming a "social

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."Q & A with Joe Murray
, ''

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Overview

Main

Rocko

:Voiced by:

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Rocko Rama is a

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who emigrated from

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to the

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. He is the main

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of the show. He is a sensible,

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, and somewhat timid character who enjoys the simple pleasures in life. He is neat, compassionate, and self-conscious. Rocko wears a blue shirt with purple triangles, shoes, and no pants. Rocko works at "Kind of a Lot O' Comics" and his hobbies include recreational

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ing and pining for the loves of his life. Due to Rocko's benevolence and non-confrontational personality, his kindness is often taken for weakness. He is often taken advantage of by the other characters. Rocko would prefer to live a quiet life, but his reckless friends often throw him into turbulent situations. His catchphrase is " particular occasion like garbage or laundryday is a very dangerous day." and even once saying "Open mic night is a very dangerous night." He is often mistaken for a weasel, a kangaroo, a platypus, a beaver, or even a dog. The name "Rocko" is

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because the writers could not think of a surname that they liked.Lisa Trainor interviews George Maestri, the story writer for Rocko's Modern Life
" ''The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ'' He is 20 years old.
, ''The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ''

Spunky

:Voiced by: Carlos Alazraqui Spunky is Rocko's pet bull terrier. He has a very high-pitched bark and wags his tail a lot. He's not too bright and will eat anything on sight including Ed Bighead's

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bushes and a moldy slime found in Rocko's refrigerator. He often drools into his water bowl and drinks it, only to drool into it again. He is Rocko's only regular pet and Rocko loves him dearly. Rocko will go to great lengths to protect Spunky if he is in danger or about to do something that is bad. Spunky is best remembered for falling in love with a mop in the episode "Clean Lovin'", much to Rocko's dismay, Spunky was noted to have used his front paws as hands as he tries to protect the mop. Spunky is also the home of two parasites, Bloaty and Squirmy.

Heffer Wolfe

:Voiced by:

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Heffer Wolfe is Rocko's best friend, a happy-go-lucky and not-too-bright

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whom he met in

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. His appearance is basically just a big, round, yellow bullock who wears red dungarees. He has two horns and a green tuft of hair on the top of his head. Heffer is an absolute glutton who loves to eat and

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. His favorite food is Pasture Puffies. Though he is normally portrayed as being jobless, he has worked as a

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at a coffee shop, a

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man at a tree farm, a

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at a

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course, a

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, a manager at a Chokey Chicken restaurant, a paper boy, and a

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at Conglom-O-Corp. As his

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suggests, he was raised by a family of

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who decided not to eat him as a child and adopted him as one of their own; his "birthmark" is actually their plotting lines of how to best divide him up into choice dishes. He is often called a "Big fat cow," a term he objects to by saying "steer." His

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, which can be heard at the end of the series' opening theme, is "That was a hoot!" He is 22 years old.

Filburt

:Voiced by: Mr. Lawrence (speaking voice) and Tom Kenny (singing voice) Filburt Shellbach"Born to Spawn," ''

'' is Rocko's best friend, a neurotic,

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. He started out as a different character, usually seen having many jobs, such as a supermarket cashier and a clerk at the Department of Motor Vehicles before being written in the storyline as Rocko and Heffer's friend in the second season. He lives in a trailer and earns his money by collecting cans "here and there" and has a penchant for "

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". Filburt has an extremely weak stomach and even the slightest wrong movements can give him

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. He tried to be a dentist, but he failed in his final exam when he turned one of Rocko's teeth into a Giant Mutant Tooth. He turned 21 in the episode "Born to Spawn" where he is called to his home island of Kerplopitgoes in order to become an adult. At one point, he also had a

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style singing voice that he nearly became a star with. He eventually started a family with Dr. Hutchison, a bubbly

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with a hook for a hand. One of their children turned out to bear a strong resemblance to Heffer, thanks to his having sat on their egg during the incubation period. Among Filburt's

s are "Oh, fish sticks!", "Oh, boy.", "I'm nauseous...I'm nauseous..." and "Turn the page, wash your hands. Turn the page, wash your hands. And then you turn the page, and then you wash your hands."

Ed Bighead

:Voiced by:

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Ed Bighead is an

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middle-aged

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and the husband of

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. He is also the main

antagonist An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the main enemy or rival of the protagonist and is often depicted as a villain.Joe Murray said that he based the Bigheads on a group of neighbours who lived next door to Murray during his childhood. Murray described the neighbours as "grumpy and pissed about everything." Joe Murray hated his neighors. The general concept involving characters with large heads originated from a comic, written by Murray, named "Rizzo the Art Director." This character is also green due to Joe Murray's dislike and disassociation for the color. Ed Bighead lives next door to Rocko, who he despises and sees him and his friends as the bane of his existence. In the television show, Ed is grumpy and crass towards most people. He works at the large corporation Conglom-O, where has he worked since 1961. His position with the company is usually in

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, but it can be almost every position from assembly-line worker to an executive role depending on the needs of the episode. According to his nameplate at Conglom-O, his job title is "Toad". As seen in the episode "Sailing the Seven Zzz's", he is a sleepwalker and has the habit of turning into a pirate while

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and views people and things as their pirate equivalents, he believed Rocko was an enemy pirate and proceeded to launch various household objects such as toasters and bowling balls at Rocko's house from a dryer. In the comic book, Ed works for a similar company headed by Donald Frump, an

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that serves as a parody of

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. Ed seems to have bad luck wherever he goes and thus is very cynical. His catchphrase is "I hate my life." He had an estranged relationship with his child born as Ralph, who created a show called "The Fatheads," which was loosely based on the Bigheads. Ralph also becomes a cartoonist instead of following Ed's footsteps at Conglom-O, which caused Ed to deny he had a "son". Ralph eventually came out as transgender under the name Rachel in '' Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling'' and although Ed wasn't accepting at first, he later accepted the transition.

Bev Bighead

:Voiced by: Charlie Adler Bev Bighead is a female character of the series. She is a

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-esque raspy-voiced cane toad and Ed's wife. Bev assumes authority in the Bighead household. Unlike her husband, she enjoys the company of Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt. She is a party animal who enjoys cooking and sunbathing nude. There is evidence that she sees Rocko as more than a neighbor and wants to have an affair with him and she has tried to seduce Rocko on more than one occasion, resulting in Rocko seeing her naked numerous times. She also is a possible

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—she sleeps on sharp objects and has been impaled in the back with a lawn dart by Rocko, but was unaffected by it. At one point, she took over Ed's job at Conglom-O for a week when Ed took a leave of absence due to a

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and ran the company very well. Her favorite bedroom pastime with Ed is to make him crack plates in mid-air with his tongue like clay pigeons. Bev is also an incredibly compassionate toad, having taken Earl the vicious dog in when she forces him into a submissive posture for digging out their yard, she falls in love with him and likewise, which is strange for Earl. Earl and Ed then vie against one another for Bev's attention and approval, which Ed ultimately loses due to his underhandedness. Fortunately, Earl is gone in subsequent episodes and his adoption is for the most part retconned through the rest of the series.

Recurring

Dr. Paula Hutchison Shellbach

:Voiced by: Linda Wallem Dr. Paula Hutchison Shellbach, or Hutch for short, is a yellow

that works as

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, Hutch has also been a

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, and

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. She jokingly admits she left her job as a dentist because she was "Getting tired of looking down in the mouth!" and as a surgeon when she admits she "Just couldn't cut it!" She has very big teeth when she grins and very upbeat outlook on life. She has a hook for her right hand which does not hinder her normal activity in any way. Her hook was also used to defeat the Giant Mutant Tooth. Hutch took a liking to Filburt and has encouraged him to do various things he's afraid of and eventually married him. Hutch's mother, Widow Hutchison, disallows the wedding between the two because of her belief that "cats and turtles don't mix" citing their status as natural enemies. While both Filburt and Hutch's families fight each other, it turns out that Hutch's father Colonel Frank Hutchison, who was thought to be dead, is actually a turtle, meaning that Widow Hutchison did not want her daughter to marry Filburt because she was trying to protect her. Hutch's catchphrase is "'kay?", said while tilting her head. In "Sailing the Seven Zzz's", Rocko did this in the same fashion. She was the prom queen of O-Town High School. Hutch also seems to have a number of odd quirks, including the fact that she claimed to keep a

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heart under her pillow. The team created Dr. Hutchison after Murray attended a press conference for networks to market new seasons of television shows to the press. A reporter asked Murray why the show did not have any "positive female role models." Murray responded by stating that he had no positive role models, that people do not use cartoon characters as role models, and that television shows should not teach lessons. After the conference some Nickelodeon executives told the reporter that they had plans to place female role models in the television show and asked Murray to place an unused character, Magdalane, as a female role model. Murray refused to use Magdalane. A female executive from Nickelodeon later requested "a professional woman, someone with a good hook." The executive intended for the "good hook" to be a personality trait that attracts viewers; Murray instead gave the doctor a literal hook. Murray and the directors "grew to love her."Character Museum
." '' Joe Murray Studio''. Retrieved on August 25, 2009.

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, a writer, described the decision when Nickelodeon gave the "okay" for the marriage of Filburt and Paula Hutchison as one of the most memorable moments of the production. Olson said that the executives at first did not like the marriage idea which he came up with in his outline of "The Big Question"; linear character development did not exist in

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. Murray convinced the executives to allow for the marriage to occur.Lisa (Kiczuk) Trainor interviews Martin Olson, writer for Rocko's Modern Life
, ''The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ''

Rachel Bighead

:Voiced by: Joe Murray Ed and Bev's

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. During the original series, their child was named Ralph Bighead. Disowned by Ed for not wanting to work for Conglom-O, the young Bighead went to Holl-o-Wood, a parody of

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to become a

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, eventually creating a cartoon called ''The Fatheads'' (who are both voiced by

), a married couple with obese heads that constantly fight and hit each other with parking meters. ''The Fatheads'' were based loosely on Ed and Bev. Rocko and his friends are fans of the show. By the time Rocko and his friends return to Earth in ''Static Cling'', the character has come out as a

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woman, still living in the desert, now named Rachel Bighead. Creator Joe Murray provides the voice of the character as both Ralph and Rachel. Writer

created Ralph and based the character's personality on Joe Murray's personality, Olson also used the character to satirize Murray's experiences with Nickelodeon.Lisa (Kiczuk) Trainor interviews Martin Olson, writer for Rocko's Modern Life
, ''The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ'' When Murray created the first episode with Ralph, the directors and artists, enamored with the story, became involved in the production. Olson asked Murray to voice Ralph. On his website Murray wrote, "I don't consider myself a voice actor, but this one I did." According to Olson, Doug Lawrence persuaded Murray into yelling "Never never never never!" as the character's voice. Olson found this humorous as, according to him, Murray "Never ever screamed." Olson describes Murray's voice as "a quiet, thoughtful murmur" and therefore found "Joe as his alter-ego screaming like a nut" to be humorous.

Bloaty the Tick and Squirmy the Ringworm

:Voiced by: Tom Kenny (Bloaty), Carlos Alazraqui (Squirmy) Bloaty the

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and Squirmy the

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are two parasites who live on and in Spunky. Certain episodes and both stories in Issue 6 of the

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, "Special Disgusting Parasite Issue!", revolve around their

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-like relationship. They are introduced in the first season episode "Dirty Dog", in which their boss, Mr. Ick, comes over for dinner while Rocko tries to give Spunky a bath. This episode suggests that more than one parasite is living on Spunky, proven in future episodes by huge crowds of insects and even an old-west style town on Spunky's body. One of Bloaty and Squirmy's more well known sayings is "Up, work, home, TV, bed!". In the first story of Issue 6 of the comic, "Bug Out!", the two hop between various pets, trying to find the perfect host. In the second story, "Lice on the Loose", the two again find Spunky, prompting Rocko to take Spunky to a pet store, Bloaty and Squirmy interact with local parasites at the store. Writer

created Bloaty and Squirmy. Olson loved Murray's character designs of Bloaty and Squirmy, and said that he and the crew "had tons of fun recording and singing my nutty "Bloaty and Squirmy Theme Song" (a parody of the theme song from The Patty Duke Show).

Chuck and Leon Chameleon

:Voiced by: Tom Kenny (Chuck), Carlos Alazraqui (Leon) Chuck and Leon Chameleon are

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who speak in a

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n accent and have snooty attitudes. They became a

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, having several odd jobs such as being gym owners, running a client agency for clients who need help to break bad habits, running a hair salon and owning a

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. Most if not all of these establishments are by their own admissions very exclusive. They say that they once worked for a

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in the fictional country Balzak before immigrating to America with their socks on their feet. Both brothers appear in the second story of Issue #1 once. They never speak and are never identified by their names.

Conglomo Lizards

:Voiced by: Tom Kenny, Carlos Alazraqui, Doug Lawrence, and Charlie Adler The Conglomo Lizards are lizards that work where Ed Bighead works, Conglom-O. They appear quite often.

Mr. Dupette

:Voiced by: Charlie Adler Mr. Dupette is a yellow

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that is the CEO of Conglom-O, the megacorporation whose motto is "We Own You". Prior to this, he is the manager at Super Lot-O Comics in the episode "Canned", where he fires Rocko. It is unknown precisely when or how he became the CEO of Conglom-O. Some episodes showing flashbacks to Conglom-O's early years, such as when Rachel Bighead turned down her father's offer of a job at the company, remain consistent with Dupette's original appearance in "Canned", while others depict him as being with Conglom-O during events set well before the events of Canned. He also served as the main antagonist of Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling. Dupette is almost always shown picking his nose, although sometimes he has a personal assistant pick his nose for him (most of the time, his right-hand man, Mr. Noway). Despite his official job title of "Slimy Boss" and propensity for firing executives on a whim for the most insane reasons, Dupette is a staunch

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thanks to Rocko's efforts (in the episode "Zanzibar") and he also secretly enjoys performing as a clown at children's birthday parties (in the episode "Closet Clown"). He is also a golf pro and, as his original job suggests, a big comic book fan. In the comic book, Dupette appears in the second story of Volume #1 and is never identified by name. In the comic, Donald Frump serves as Mr. Bighead's boss."Who Invited You?", ''

'' Volume 1, Issue 2. ''

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Earl Bighead

:Voiced by: Carlos Alazraqui Earl is a large purple

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. He has yellow eyes, red hair and large lower teeth that protrude from his mouth and wears a spiked dog collar. He was initially homeless and is occasionally locked up at Dr. HP Marten's Institute for Questionable Experiments due to his viciousness. Earl enjoys mauling Rocko, Ed Bighead, the fly man and basically anything else that is alive. He was adopted by Bev in the second season after his " fairy dogmother" frees him from Martens' lab. Ed hates him and he hates Ed, but is loving towards Bev. Despite appearing in the opening for the show, after the first season, Earl appeared seldom.March 12, 2010
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Gladys the Hippo Lady

: Voiced by: Charlie Adler Gladys the Hippo Lady is a sunglasses-wearing, spandex stretch pants sporting

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with whom Rocko would often collide in Season 1 episodes and get in her way. She would utter her catchphrase, "How dare you!" at this juncture, which is always in a deep, manly voice, in total contrast to her unnerving high-pitched voice. In the episode, "Dumbells", she drags Rocko on a " ding-dong ditch" frenzy after catching Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt trying to pull the prank on her and finds it hilarious. In her first episode on the beach, she briefly apologized to Rocko when she asked him to help her apply sunscreen. Gladys appears in the comic book "This Is A Test!", the second story of Issue #1, and "Remote Controlled", the first story of Issue #4. Gladys appears in the background in "This Is A Test!" In "Remote Controlled", an unidentified passerby bumps into her, causing Gladys to yell her trademark phrase at the man.

Melba Toast

Melba Toast is a mysterious female character who happens to be one of Rocko's love-interests and the next door neighbor in the television show and comic. Rocko falls head over heels for her but never sees her. Melba's face is never seen in the television show, nor in the comic. In the comic Melba is portrayed as a famous and high-class

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for beauty products for the hands and feet.

Garbage Strike Rats

:Voiced by: Carlos Alazraqui and Tom Kenny The Garbage Strike Rats are obese

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who formerly were employed as sanitation workers, but are currently striking. They first appear in the episode "Popcorn Pandemonium" in a trailer for the film "Garbage Strike: The Musical". They have made various cameo appearances throughout the series. They even appear in the pilot episode, "Trash-O-Madness", as garbage men. One of them, Tyrone, takes on the role of "the Big Fairy of Bigland" in Rocko's dream in "Short Story".

Really Really Big Man

:Voiced by: Tom Kenny Really Really Big Man, also known as Big Man or RRBM for short, is an extremely large and strong possibly humanoid

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. In most episodes that revolve around him, he shows incredible but uncontrollable strength. His superpowers include flight, magic chest hairs, nipples that allow people to see their future (by attaching them to the eyeballs), and super strength. His alter-ego is a cross-gender office worker named "Lois Lame" (a parody of Lois Lane from ''

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''). His catchphrase is "Gaze into my nipples of the future!".

Slippy the Slug

:Voiced by:

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(first voice), Carlos Alazraqui (second voice) In the television show, Slippy the

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manages the city

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. Before that, he ran a dangerous carnival sponsored by the sewage treatment center called the Carnival O' Knowledge. After the episode "Carnival Knowledge" Slippy rarely appeared. Murray said that Slippy did not become fleshed out to his liking.September 22, 2008
" ''Joe Murray Studio''. September 22, 2008. In the television show he made occasional appearances after Season 1. Slippy appears in the second story of Issue #1 and the first story of Issue #7; in Issue #7 he operates a "Slippy the Slug's Sales for Suckers" booth at the Humongo Comicon.

Ambulance Beavers

:Voiced by: Tom Kenny The Ambulance Beavers are a

. They are two

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who appear when a character is seriously injured. However, instead of taking the character who is hurt off on a stretcher, they take the inanimate object the character was injured on. An example is when Rocko crashes his bumper car at the carnival, the Ambulance Beavers take away the car instead of Rocko. When Rocko's appendix was hurting him, he fell off his jackhammer and they took the jackhammer instead of Rocko. In the same episode, they took Heffer, after they were told to (and they actually got it right), for emergency hippo-suction (liposuction) after he rushed to the hospital with Rocko in tow. Their catchphrase is saying "Hup!" repeatedly, while carrying a stretcher, loading the object on, and driving off to the hospital.

William "Buddy" Gecko

:Voiced by: Tom Kenny (speaking voice), Les Brown, Jr. (singing voice) William "Buddy" Gecko is Filburt's musical gecko idol. He sings "Come Crawl with Me" with Filburt in "The Lounge Singer". He makes various cameos throughout the series. He is very kind to Filburt, he provided him with a pair of record phones to help him feel less stage fright. "Come Crawl with Me" is a parody of the

song " Come Fly with Me".

Crazy Aunt Gretchen

:Voiced by: Linda Wallem Crazy Aunt Gretchen is Filburt's crazy grumpy aunt who never came out of her tank, so as an adult, she has her arms and legs sticking out of it and water sloshing on everyone she passes. She appears in "Sugar Frosted Frights", where it's revealed that she babysat young Filburt and told him all kinds of horror stories about Halloween, contributing to his fear of Halloween. Crazy Aunt Gretchen hates Halloween. She then later attended Filburt and Dr. Hutchison's wedding in "The Big Answer". She gets electrocuted by an O-Phone in ''Static Cling''.

Filburt and Dr. Hutchison's children

:Voiced by: Doug Lawrence, Tom Kenny, Carlos Alazraqui, and Linda Wallem Gilbert, Shelbert, Norbert and Missy are the 4 children of Filburt and Dr. Hutchison, who all came from the same egg in the fourth season. Gilbert and Shelbert look exactly like Filburt while Missy is a miniature version of Dr. Hutchinson. Norbert, on the other hand oddly resembles Heffer since he sat on the egg for Filburt. He also believes that Rocko is his father and constantly follows him around. For most of the series, the four are featured as babies, they appear once as teenagers in the episode "Future Schlock".

Flecko

:Voiced by: Tom Kenny Flecko is a

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, who appears in the episodes "Day of the Flecko", in which he is a prolonged nuisance to Rocko as the latter tries to get to sleep, "Fly Burgers", in which he sues Rocko after feigning serious injury and "Rocko's Happy Vermin" where he saves the rest of his bug friends. He has a glass eye that always falls out. He is the creation of

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