Demographically Inappropriate Humour / Rocko's Modern Life

Rocko's Modern Life could give the likes of Animaniacs a run for its money in terms of Demographically Inappropriate Humour.

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• As shown in the page image, the fast-food restaurant is named "Chokey Chicken" which is a reference to the masturbation slang-term "Choking the Chicken". Eventually the censors caught on, and it was renamed to "Chewy Chicken" in season 4.
• "Canned" involves Rocko looking for a new job. One scene has him take a job at a phone sex hotline, and then Mrs. Bighead calls the hotline. When they recognize each other's voices, they both promptly hang up.
• "Leap Frogs" was an episode all about Mrs. Bighead attempting to seduce Rocko because Mr. Bighead wasn't giving her any attention. We even get a scene where Bev tries to get Rocko to zip up her dress; he fails, and ends up tearing the dress off of her, while she giggles flirtatiously. Naturally, this episode was banned from Nickelodeon after airing several times.
  • It has since been added to Paramount+ uncut.
• "Hut Sut Raw" contains a scene where Rocko is picking berries, then accidentally grabs a bear's testicles. The bear runs away, holding his crotch in pain. This scene no longer airs in reruns (at least not in the USA), and is excluded from streaming and DVD(except for the complete series release in Germany).
• "Clean Lovin'" involves Spunky falling in love with a mop. At one point, Rocko looks for him and eventually hears squeaking noises coming from the supply closet, and sees Spunky smiling with the mop, and you can see what is possibly semen below him. And what is Rocko's reaction?
  Rocko: What were you doing in there?! No, don't tell me! It's sick, it's wrong! Do you know what I've mopped up with that thing?!
• "Carnival Knowledge" in particular is full of these kinds of jokes, starting with the episode's title, which is a Pun on "carnal knowledge".
  • When Heffer asks to make the merry-go-round faster, Slippy Slug can be seen reading a “Playslug” magazine.
  • One of the rides is a literal Elevator to Hell. And yes, this scene averts Gosh Dang It to Heck!.
• In "Bedfellows", Heffer throws a nudist party in Rocko's backyard. When Rocko finds out, he angrily marches into his backyard... when one of the nudists forcibly tears off his clothes. Ed Bighead sees it and points it out to Bev, who gets excited and eagerly watches them with binoculars, then tells Ed to grab the telescope out of the closet. After Rocko kicks them out, Bev invites them into her yard. Then Ed finds out:
  Rocko (watching from his bedroom window): It's Mrs. Bighead! And-and the nudists!
  Ed: Bev! What are all these freaks doing here?!
  Bev: Oh, shut up Ed, and get your trousers off, because we're gonna boogie 'til the sun comes up!
• "Sand in Your Navel" has the scene where Gladys the Hippo Lady asks Rocko to apply sun butter on her back. He tries, but he ends up slipping and falling into her cleavage.
• "The Good The Bad and the Wallaby" has a scene where Heffer gets hooked up to a milking machine and he's shown to enjoy it in what's basically a G-rated analogy to masturbation. Nick eventually caught on and the scene was removed in reruns a few years later(though it is intact on DVD and streaming).
• In "Road Rash" Rocko and Heffer are shown spending the night at the No Tell Motel, both are able to get one due to "premature departure"(a term for when a prostitute rents a room but leaves early due to the John being finished sooner then expected)and when the owner asks how long Heff and Rocko will need the room and they say it's just for tonight the owner replies by saying "all night" and loudly wolf-whistles. That scene only aired once in the U.S. before it got removed and it's not on DVD or streaming(though it is included on the complete series release in Germany as a hidden Easter egg).
• In "Tickled Pinky" at the Jackhammer competition there is a sign that says "Jack all you want"(with Jack being a slang term for masturbation).

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