Rocko
Titular anthropomorphic wallaby character in the cartoon Rocko's Modern Life
Rocko Rama is the titular main protagonist of the animated television series Rocko's Modern Life, the Netflix special Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, and several comic book series of the same name. Carlos Alazraqui provided the voice of Rocko.
Conception and development
Rocko first appeared in a never-released comic, where he is named "Travis". Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, believed that the personality of a wallaby suited Rocko after observing a zoo wallaby "minding his own business" while elephants and monkeys "screamed for attention". After the event, Murray said that "It kind of clicked. Rocko would be at the center of the hurricane of everything swirling around him. He'd be like the everyman who's affected by the dramatic personalities around him." Murray wanted to get his comic into syndication. Afterwards Murray made substantial changes to Rocko. Murray added that the personality of a wallaby mirrored Rocko's humbleness and his tendency to keep his frustrations to himself instead of publicly complaining about them.
In the original pilot for Rocko's Modern Life, the animators colored Rocko yellow instead of light beige.
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