The 13 Best 'Rocko's Modern Life' Episodes, Ranked

• Original Release Date: April 21st, 1996
• IMDB Rating: 7.7/10

"Zanzibar" is a fun musical episode that's about a musical recycling campaign. A major effort is placed into cleaning up the dump, but unfortunately the pollution problem still remains thanks to a company called Conglomo. A fun and funny little episode that's a nice throwback.

• Original Release Date: November 20th, 1993
• IMDB Rating: 7.9/10

Pretty sure we've all been able to relate to this episode at some point or another. Rocko is on a tight budget and there's a sale going on at the local grocery store. A 99 cent sale at that. Rocko tries to make it in time, but not exactly without obstacles.

• Original Release Date: November 20th, 1993
• IMDB Rating: 7.9/10

Another life problem that we've all had at one point—the flu, and it always seems to happen at the worst times—like when we have somewhere important go. In this episode, Rocko happens to get sick right before a big WWWWF wrestling show that he's supposed to attend, and he's in a rush to get better in time for the event. Totally relatable.

• Original Release Date: October 30th, 1993
• IMDB Rating: 8.1/10

1990s Nickelodeon was and still is so relatable. In "Canned," Rocko loses his gig at a comic book store, and goes on the hunt for employment. He eventually does get a job at Conglom-O, but as a product tester, which is probably not the best idea.

• Original Release Date: November 30th, 1994
• IMDB Rating: 7.7/10

First of all, who doesn't love a good Christmas episode? Second of all—it would be nice if we could say that the holidays are a peaceful time for everybody, but the reality is—sometimes there's a person (or persons for that matter) that want to start some drama, and that's exactly what happens in "Rocko's Modern Christmas." Rocko invites his new neighbors, The Elves, over for X-Mas, and things are going well until Ed Bighead spreads a rumor about The Elves, which causes them to not show up.

• Original Release Date: November 5th, 1994
• IMDB Rating: 8/10

Y'all ever had your car towed? It sucks. And it costs a lot of money to get out. Well, that's what "Commuted Sentence" is all about. Rocko gets his car towed, and in the meantime he has to use public transportation to get work—which comes with its own set of obstacles. We feel you Rocko. We feel you.

• Original Release Date: October 29th, 1995
• IMDB Rating: 8.2/10

A Halloween special? Cool. A haunting Halloween special where somebody goes missing and is presumed to be dead? Sign us up.

• Original Release Date: February 5th, 1995
• IMDB Rating: 8.2/10

Oh this one will definitely have you laughing—the jokes and witty puns are one of those things you know you shouldn't be laughing at, but do so anyway. This episode is all about a senior citizen's cruise, and it's one of the show's best.

• Original Release Date: October 24th, 1993
• IMDB Rating: 8.4/10

What Rocko wants to do is go to a drive-in movie theater. What he ends up getting is regular old movie at the mall. Not that the traditional theater experience (some of which are inside malls) aren't bad, but the drive-in is a whole different ball game. So we can kind of understand the frustration from Rocko.

• Original Release Date: March 12th, 1995
• IMDB Rating: 7.6/10

There's an important lesson to be learned in "Eyes Capades"—it doesn't matter how good you are at something, if you don't get your eyes checked you will be hindered.

• Original Release Date: January 29th, 1995
• IMDB Rating: 7.9/10

Argh! Don't you just hate picture day? And what makes the event even worse is when your hair starts doing everything it's not supposed to do. Rocko experiences this exact situation in "Hair Licked" when he has to get his picture taken for the O-Town newspaper.

• Original Release Date: October 24th, 1993
• IMDB Rating: 7.6/10

As entertaining as this episode is, there's an element of shame that seemed to be missing. There's no way your laundry should be so backed up that your clothes literally get up and start walking. No way. Shameful.

• Original Release Date:  February 12, 1995
• IMDB Rating: 7.9/10

It just occurred to us that Rocko might have had a slight hoarding problem, but at the same time, we totally understand not wanting to part ways with your stuff. It's your stuff (we might be slight hoarders too).