The show was given a TV-Y rating when the TV ratings were introduced in 1997.
The writers wanted a banana to fly by the screen, but an executive wanted it to be a slice of cheese because he thought cheese was funnier. Real Life Writes the Plot: The conflict between Filbert and Heffer over the cheese in the season 3 episode "Wacky Delly" was inspired by a similar conflict between the crew for the season 1 episode "A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic".Real-Life Relative: The daytime talk show host Nosey is voiced by Tom Kenny's wife, Jill Talley.Playing Against Type: In the Japanese dub, the titular protagonist is voiced by Koichi Tochika, who is normally known for voicing either Hot-Blooded badasses (like Junpei Todoroki) or the resident Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy (like Neji Hyuga), compared with the mild-mannered, timid Rocko.The final episode was actually the second-to-last to air, only because the actual second-to-last episode was the Thanksgiving special, "Turkey Time," which was withheld so it could air on Thanksgiving proper.All seasons but 2 were broadcast out of order during the show's initial run on Nickelodeon although in most cases the show was aired in production order during reruns, the DVD releases of seasons 1, 3 and 4 kept the original broadcast sequence.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".But that episode originally aired after "Bedfellows" note the one where Heffer moves in with Rocko after his dad announces that he's been laid off and the family sold Heffer's room to make ends meet, where they play a semi-major role. In "Who's For Dinner?", the fact that Heffer's family are wolves is supposed to be a big revelation.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. Keep Circulating the Tapes: At least, before Shout! Factory picked up the rights even the aforementioned "banned" episodes ("Leap Frogs," "Jet Scream," and "Heff in a Handbasket") are present and accounted for.and British, and voices an Australian character. Fake Nationality: Carloz Alazraqui is Argentinean note from Argentina, a South American country.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.
The many edits done to episodes that once aired uncut (including the ban on the episode "Leap Frogs.").This is why he's devolves into awkward mumbling whenever he's expected to by the other characters. Development Gag: Joe Murray's only condition for doing the Musical Episode "Zanzibar" was that Rocko wouldn't sing, as he felt it was wrong for the character.He eventually recorded a tape, but he left his name off it so that Joe Murray could remain impartial. Lawrence had only done the voice while pitching jokes, but the writers liked it and suggested he audition. They had been having difficulty casting an actor. Lawrence was both one of the show's writers and Filburt. A retroactive case with Joe Murray voicing Rachel (née Ralph) Bighead as of Static Cling, where she comes out as a trans woman.Linda Wallem has voiced some small boy characters on the show, most notably Rocko's sentient appendix Pinky.And Special Guest Kevin Meaney voiced Widow Hutchinson in "The Big Question"/"The Big Answer". It would be obvious because they'd sound very much like a higher-toned Spongebob Squarepants. Tom Kenny voiced a few incidental/one-off female characters.On the other hand, this is regularly averted in foreign dubs, when both characters are voiced by women. Adler's voice for Gladys the Hippo Lady (before she gets mad and yells, "How DARE you!") would later be used as the voice of Cow on Cow and Chicken. Charlie Adler as Bev Bighead and Gladys the Hippo Lady.