The BEST episodes of Rocko's Modern Life season 1
Every episode of Rocko's Modern Life season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Rocko's Modern Life season 1!
Rocko is a wallaby who has emigrated to America from Australia. He lives in O-Town and tries to get through life but, of course, comes across a multitude of dilemmas and misadventures he must get through. Other characters include Rocko's best friend, Heffer, a steer who has been raised by wolves, Filbert, a paranoid hypochondriac turtle, Rocko's faithful (but none-too-bright) dog Spunky, and Ed Bighead who detests Rocko and hates having him for a next door neighbor. On this show, Rocko has such adventures as trying to adapt to a new vacuum cleaner, having Heffer move in temporarily after his parents kick him out, and going to a movie theater.
#1 - Rocko's Happy Sack
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/21/1993
Rocko tries to make it to the local supermarket in time for a massive 99%-off sale.
#2 - Unbalanced Load
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/5/1993
Rocko decides that it's finally time to take a trip to the ol' laundromat (since some of his clothes are beginning to actually get up and walk around the room!)
#3 - Flu-In-U-Enza
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/21/1993
Rocko becomes sick with the flu, and if he doesn't get better soon, he'll miss the chance to go to the big WWWWF wrestling show.
#4 - Popcorn Pandemonium
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/24/1993
Rocko would love to be able to go to a drive-in movie, but it looks like he'll have to settle for the huge matinee complex at the mall. He and Heffer go there, and experience first-hand the ""modern movie-going experience"".
#5 - Who's for Dinner?
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/28/1993
Heffer invites Rocko over to his parents' house for dinner. There, Rocko sees just how dysfunctional a family can be. After Rocko tells Heffer that he is actually adopted, he sadly runs away to find his biological family.
#6 - Canned
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/31/1993
Rocko gets fired from his job at a huge Comic Book emporium, and subsequently sets out to seek other avenues of employment. He eventually lands a job at Conglom-O, where Ed Bighead is eager to place him in a dangerous occupation - as a product tester.
#7 - Clean Lovin'
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/5/1993
Spunky becomes romantically smitten with an old rag mop, despite Rocko's constant attempts to dissolve the unhealthy ""romance"".
#8 - Love Spanked
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/28/1993
Rocko tries to get over his crush on his beautiful next-door-neighbor, Melba. Heffer tries to help by setting Rocko up with an assortment of dates (via personals ads), but each and every one of them ends in disaster.
#9 - Sand in Your Navel
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/7/1993
Rocko and Spunky take a trip to the beach, in order to avoid a day of brutal heat.
#10 - Rinse and Spit
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/14/1993
Filburt cons Rocko into being his patient for a big dentristry exam he has to take.
#12 - A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/31/1993
Rocko orders a brand new vaccuum cleaner, but when activated, the device goes out of control and starts sucking up everything in sight.
#13 - Power Trip
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/1993
Rocko is appointed temporary boss of the Comic Book Store, while the real boss, Mr. Smitty, is away. Rocko soon goes mad with power, and takes his aggravation out on his only employee - hapless Filburt.
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#15 - To Heck and Back
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/10/1993
One day, while dining at the local fast-food joint, Heffer accidentally chokes on a chicken ribcage. During his lapse of consciousness thereafter, Heffer has a ""near-death experience.""
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#16 - Carnival Knowledge
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/7/1993
Rocko and Heffer go to the local carnival, and Rocko is intent on winning something. But it's not as easy as he thinks, because these O-Town carnival games are actually rigged.
#17 - Skid Marks
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/3/1993
When Rocko gets pulled over by the police because his gas cap is missing, his car gets into the pound and he has to go through driving school all over again, where Rocko is repeatedly warned not to have ""the fat guy"" as an instructor.
#18 - Keeping Up With the Bigheads
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/1993
Ed Bighead wants to dispose of Rocko, so he tips off a home inspector of Rocko's messiness, so Rocko must cean up before the inspector comes.
#20 - Bedfellows
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1993
When Heffer is forced out of his parents' house, he decides to come and live with Rocko. Eventually, though, the two roommates' very different lifestyles start to conflict with each other.
#21 - Trash-O-Madness
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/17/1993
Rocko scrambles to gather up his trash and put it out, since he's missed garbage day for the past few months. Not to make things any easier, the local mad dog, Earl, is on the loose - and he seems intent on destroying both Rocko's trash AND Rocko.
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#22 - Spitballs
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/24/1993
Rocko and Heffer go to a baseball game, in hopes of catching a foul ball.
#23 - Cabin Fever
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/14/1993
Through a coincidence, Rocko, Heffer, and Mr. & Mrs. Bighead wind up sharing a cabin together on a winter vacation.
#24 - The Good, the Bad, and the Wallaby
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/17/1993
Rocko and Heffer visit a dude ranch, and while there, Heffer starts to fall in with a crowd of bad cattle.
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