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* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Subverted, but he does tend to snap a LOT when he's in a bad mood.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Subverted, but he does tend to snap a LOT when he's in a bad mood.
* [[The Hero]]: Sometimes [[The Smart Guy]].
* [[The Hero]]: Sometimes [[The Smart Guy]].
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: According to the show's intro, at least.
* [[I Am Not Weasel]]: He's not a beaver, he's a wallaby.
* [[I Am Not Weasel]]: He's not a beaver, he's a wallaby.
* [[The Kirk]]
* [[The Kirk]]
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* [[The McCoy]]
* [[The McCoy]]
* [[Raised by Wolves]]: Literally.
* [[Raised by Wolves]]: Literally.
* [[Simpleton Voice]]: Courtesy of [[Tom Kenny]], who ironically did '''not''' voice Patrick in [[Spongebob Squarepants|the show's successor]].
* [[Simpleton Voice]]: Courtesy of [[Tom Kenny]], who ironically did '''not''' voice Patrick in [[SpongeBob SquarePants|the show's successor]].
* [[The Slacker]]
* [[The Slacker]]
* [[Straw Loser]]
* [[Straw Loser]]
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* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]
* [[Babies Ever After]]
* [[Babies Ever After]]
* [[Born Unlucky]]: Heavily implied in "Fortune Cookie", in which he somehow manages to open an entire '''mountain''' of fortune cookies and find out that '''every single one''' of the fortunes inside said cookies is "BAD LUCK AND EXTREME MISFORTUNE WILL INFEST YOUR PATHETIC SOUL FOR ALL ETERNITY".
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'm nauseous"
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'm nauseous."
* [[Coming of Age]]: In the episode "Born to Spawn", Filburt is angsting about becoming an adult as he is forced to go to Kerplopitgoes Island (his birthplace) for a [[Rite of Passage]]. {{spoiler|Which turns out to be a theme party in honor of [[The Seventies]], where all the nerdy turtles become temporarily cool.}}
* [[Coming of Age]]: In the episode "Born to Spawn", Filburt is angsting about becoming an adult as he is forced to go to Kerplopitgoes Island (his birthplace) for a [[Rite of Passage]]. {{spoiler|Which turns out to be a theme party in honor of [[The Seventies]], where all the nerdy turtles become temporarily cool.}}
* [[Happily Married]]: To Dr. Hutchison.
* [[Happily Married]]: To Dr. Hutchison.
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: [[Word of God]] says he used to be handsome and athletic, but a case of unrequited love sent him into a downward spiral, which entailed a stay at a mental institution and culminated in his present [[Nerd]] status.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: [[Word of God]] says he used to be handsome and athletic, but a case of unrequited love sent him into a downward spiral, which entailed a stay at a mental institution and culminated in his present [[Nerd]] status.
* [[Large Ham]]: Quite frequently (especially whenever he gets angry), courtesy of [[Doug Lawrence]].
* [[Manchild]]: Although he thankfully [[Downplayed Trope|isn't quite as much of one as Heffer]]...[[Toxic Friend Influence|usually]], at least.
* [[Mistaken for Aliens]]: In the 'diary' episode, Heffer and Rocko find out that Filburt is an alien bend on taking over the world, but naturally it was just a misunderstanding from his novel called "Filburt's Secret Journal." {{spoiler|or WAS IT?}}
* [[Mistaken for Aliens]]: In the 'diary' episode, Heffer and Rocko find out that Filburt is an alien bend on taking over the world, but naturally it was just a misunderstanding from his novel called "Filburt's Secret Journal." {{spoiler|or WAS IT?}}
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Which get [[Lamarck Was Right|passed onto his sons]].
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Which get [[Lamarck Was Right|passed onto his sons]].
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|No Woody Allens Were Harmed]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|No Woody Allens Were Harmed]]
* [[Removable Shell]]: Occasionally
* [[Removable Shell]]: Occasionally.
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: His sugar trip in "Sugar-Frosted Frights" and his fight with Heffer in "Put Out To Pasture".
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Woody Allen]]...except without the whole [[Lolicon]] thing.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Woody Allen]]...except without the whole [[Lolicon]] thing.
* [[Sickly Neurotic Geek]]
* [[Sickly Neurotic Geek]]
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* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I hate my life"
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I hate my life."
* [[Cranky Neighbor]]
* [[Cranky Neighbor]]
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Especially when he gleefully sings about how much he hates environmentalism in "Zanzibar"...and, of course, attempts to literally '''wipe Rocko off of the face of the Earth''' in "Wacky Delly".
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: His imprisoning (and eating) of insects, as seen in "Rocko's Happy Vermin".
* [[Foil]]: To Rocko.
* [[Foil]]: To Rocko.
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: Largely due to how much his Conglom-O job has utterly worn him out.
* [[Henpecked Husband]]
* [[Henpecked Husband]]
* [[I Have No Son]]
* [[I Have No Son]]
* [[Irony]]: He seems to have a rather small brain in that extremely big head of his.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: His reconciliation with his son Ralph earns him this.
** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: His reconciliation with his son Ralph earns him this.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Bighead", reflecting both his literal head size and [[Small Name, Big Ego|the size of his ego]].


'''Bev Bighead''':
'''Bev Bighead''':
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* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: As seen in a [[Flash Back]] from when she and Ed were first married some 30 years back.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: As seen in a [[Flash Back]] from when she and Ed were first married some 30 years back.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Mrs. Robinson]]
* [[Mrs. Robinson]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: She certainly does '''try''' to be one of these for Rocko in "Leap Frogs", but her attempt [[Understatement|fails miserably]].
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: She certainly does '''try''' to be one of these for Rocko in "Leap Frogs", but her attempt [[Understatement|fails miserably]].

Revision as of 23:17, 14 August 2020


Rocko

Heffer

Filburt:

Mr. Cheese: I AM THE CHEESE! I AM THE BEST CHARACTER ON THIS SHOW! I AM BETTER THAN BOTH THE SALAMI AND THE BALONEY COMBINED!

Ed Bighead:

Bev Bighead:

Dr. Hutchison:

Gladys The Hippo Lady:

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