List of Rocko's Modern Life Episodes
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The following is an episode list for the Nickelodeon animated television series Rocko's Modern Life. The series began on September 18, 1993, and ended on November 24, 1996, totalling 52 episodes. A typical, half-hour episode of Rocko's Modern Life featured two twelve-minute stories with a commercial break in between. Occasionally, one story would be told over the half-hour time slot as Part I and Part II.
The Rocko's Modern Life team produced all of the episodes except for one in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States. Series creator Joe Murray produced the pilot episode, "Trash-O-Madness", at his studio in Saratoga, California; Murray animated half of the episode, and the production occurred entirely in the United States, with animation in Saratoga and processing in San Francisco.
On August 11, 2016, Nickelodeon announced that it had greenlit a one-hour TV special entitled Static Cling, with Joe Murray serving as executive producer, scheduled to premiere in 2018.
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[edit] Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Pilot | 1992 | |||
| 1 | 13 | September 18, 1993 | December 5, 1993 | |
| 2 | 13 | September 25, 1994 | March 12, 1995 | |
| 3 | 13 | October 22, 1995 | April 21, 1996 | |
| 4 | 13 | July 8, 1996 | November 24, 1996 | |
| TV Special | 2018 | |||
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Pilot (1992)
| Title | Original air date | ||||||
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| "Trash-O-Madness" | 1992 | ||||||
| Rocko scrambles to gather up his trash and put it out, since he's missed garbage day for the past few months due to a garbage man strike. Not to make things any easier, the local mad dog, Earl, is on the loose, and he seems intent on destroying both Chinese food trash and Rocko. Murray produced the pilot episode at Joe Murray Studio in Saratoga, California, United States. | |||||||
[edit] Season 1 (1993)
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Story by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 1a | "No Pain, No Gain" | Timothy Berglund | Vince Calandra | Jeff Myers & Kevin O'Brien | September 18, 1993 | 007a |
| Rocko and Heffer Wolfe join an exclusive exercise clinic, where they keep losing points for their actions by the Chameleon brothers, Chuck and Leon.
Special guest star: Richard Simmons as the Aerobics Instructor | |||||||
| 1b | 1b | "Who Gives a Buck" | Roger Chiasson & Don Spencer | Martin Olson | Conrad Vernon | September 18, 1993 | 007b |
| When Rocko receives a new credit card, Heffer urges Rocko to go on a shopping spree. | |||||||
| 2a | 2a | "Leap Frogs" | Doug Lawrence | Vince Calandra | Robert McNally-Scull | September 19, 1993 | 006a |
| When Bev Bighead feels unloved by her husband Ed, she invites Rocko over to do chores and tries to seduce him. Note: Due to adult content, Nickelodeon banned "Leap Frogs" after its second airing. When the series moved to Nicktoons TV, Nicktoons reinstated the short. | |||||||
| 2b | 2b | "Bedfellows" | Stephen Hillenburg | Nick Jennings & George Maestri | Jeff "Swampy" Marsh | September 19, 1993 | 006b |
| Heffer moves in with Rocko after his parents rent Heffer's room out to vermin to make money after Heffer's dad gets laid off from his job. | |||||||
| 3a | 3a | "Jet Scream" | Stephen Hillenburg | Vince Calandra | Mark O'Hare | September 26, 1993 | 008a |
| Heffer, who is afraid of flying, heads to the O-Town Airport with Rocko to board an aircraft flying to Las Vegas, Nevada. Note: Murray described "Jet Scream" as one of his favorite episodes because he often traveled between Los Angeles, New York, South Korea, and other places during the production of the first season of Rocko's Modern Life. | |||||||
| 3b | 3b | "Dirty Dog" | Doug Lawrence | Martin Olson | Dan Povenmire | September 26, 1993 | 008b |
| Spunky needs to be bathed. The first appearance of Bloaty and Squirmy. | |||||||
| 4a | 4a | "Keeping Up with the Bigheads" | Stephen Hillenburg | Vince Calandra | Mark O'Hare & Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh | October 3, 1993 | 009a |
| After Ed Bighead tries to get Rocko's house condemned, Rocko and Heffer go on a remodeling spree. | |||||||
| 4b | 4b | "Skid Marks" | Doug Lawrence | Martin Olson | Robert McNally-Scull | October 3, 1993 | 009b |
| Rocko's car is impounded, so he goes to the DMV to straighten things out. | |||||||
| 5a | 5a | "Power Trip" | Stephen Hillenburg | George Maestri | Mark O'Hare | October 10, 1993 | 011a |
| Mr. Smitty, Rocko's tyrannical boss, places Rocko in charge while he leaves town. | |||||||
| 5b | 5b | "To Heck and Back" | Biff Lawrence | Martin Olson | Simon Scull | October 10, 1993 | 011b |
| After Heffer has a near-death experience, he tries to mend his gluttonous ways. | |||||||
| 6a | 6a | "The Good, the Bad, and the Wallaby" | Jeff "Swampy" Marsh | George Maestri | Dan Povenmire | October 17, 1993 | 010a |
| Heffer and Rocko spend some time on a farm, prompting Heffer to go native. | |||||||
| 6b | 6b | "Trash-O-Madness [2]" | Joe Murray & Timothy Berglund | Joe Murray | Joe Murray & Jeff Myers | October 17, 1993 | 010b |
| Rocko encounters difficulties on trash day. | |||||||
| 7a | 7a | "Spitballs" | Timothy Berglund | Vince Calandra | Jeff Myers | October 31, 1993 | 012a |
| After losing Rocko's prized baseball, Rocko and Heffer go to a local baseball game in hopes of catching a new one. | |||||||
| 7b | 7b | "Popcorn Pandemonium" | Jeff "Swampy" Marsh | Martin Olson | Dan Povenmire | October 31, 1993 | 012b |
| Rocko and Heffer are off to the local movie theater complex. | |||||||
| 8a | 8a | "A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic" | Stephen Hillenburg | Joe Murray, Nick Jennings, & George Maestri | Jeff "Swampy Marsh | October 31, 1993 | 002a |
| After watching an infomercial, Rocko buys a vacuum cleaner that is more than he bargained for. | |||||||
| 8b | 8b | "Canned" | Doug Lawrence | Joe Murray, Nick Jennings, & George Maestri | Robert McNally-Scull | October 31, 1993 | 002b |
| Rocko loses his job at the mega-comic store. After a variety of jobs, he finally decides to work at the local comic store. | |||||||
| 9a | 9a | "Carnival Knowledge" | Timothy Berglund | Vince Calandra | Jeff Myers | November 7, 1993 | 001a |
| Heffer and Rocko attend a carnival full of hazardous rides and shady carnival games. | |||||||
| 9b | 9b | "Sand in Your Navel" | Roger Chiasson | Joe Murray | Doug Lawrence | November 7, 1993 | 001b |
| Rocko and Spunky try to spend a nice day at the beach. | |||||||
| 10a | 10a | "Cabin Fever" | Stephen Hillenburg | George Maestri, Mark O'Hare, Stephen Hillenburg, & Joe Murray | Mark O'Hare | November 14, 1993 | 013a |
| Rocko and Heffer end up sharing a camping cabin with the Bigheads. | |||||||
| 10b | 10b | "Rinse & Spit" | Doug Lawrence | Vince Calandra, Joe Murray, George Maestri, & Martin Olson | Robert McNally-Scull | November 14, 1993 | 013b |
| Filburt recruits Rocko to help him pass his dentists exam. | |||||||
| 11a | 11a | "Rocko's Happy Sack" | Timothy Berglund | Ron Hauge & Joe Murray | Kevin O'Brien | November 21, 1993 | 003a |
| Being broke and hungry, a 99% sale sounds like the cure for Rocko. | |||||||
| 11b | 11b | "Flu-In-U-Enza" | Roger Chiasson | Joe Murray & Nichole Poinski | Ray Johnson & Don Spencer | November 21, 1993 | 003b |
| Rocko has tickets to the big wrestling match, but he suddenly falls ill. | |||||||
| 12a | 12a | "Who's for Dinner?" | Doug Lawrence | Vince Calandra & Ron Hauge | Dan Povenmire | November 28, 1993 | 004a |
| Rocko, who is unaware of Heffer's family life, is invited over to dinner at Heffer's house. Note: One of Murray's favorite episodes is "Who's for Dinner?" because Murray enjoyed the premise and the development of the concept of adoption. Murray partially based Heffer on an adopted friend and used his friend's emotions to sculpt Heffer's role and actions. | |||||||
| 12b | 12b | "Love Spanked" | Stephen Hillenburg | Joe Murray | Mark D. Ervin & Joe D. Suggs | November 28, 1993 | 004b |
| Heffer plays the cupid, arranging a number of blind dates. | |||||||
| 13a | 13a | "Clean Lovin" | Roger Chiasson | Vince Calandra, Ron Hauge, Nick Jennings, George Maestri, & Joe Murray | Conrad Vernon | December 5, 1993 | 005a |
| Spunky has an unnatural attraction to a mop. Note: On the production of this episode, Murray wrote the "Spunky falls in love with a mop" idea for his original series pitch; the focus groups adored the idea. When Murray created the episode, he believed that the creation was "more challenging than I thought. It sounded funny though." | |||||||
| 13b | 13b | "Unbalanced Load" | Timothy Berglund | Vince Calandra & Joe Murray | Jeff Myers | December 5, 1993 | 005b |
| When his clothes start to spontaneously move of their own power, Rocko decides it's time to do laundry. | |||||||
[edit] Season 2 (1994–95)
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[edit] Season 3 (1995–96)
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[edit] Season 4 (1996)
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[edit] TV Special (2018)
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