![]() ![]() In its report card on the 2018-2019 TV season, GLAAD specifically pointed out Steven Universe (creator Rebecca Sugar debuted a same-sex wedding on the Cartoon Network series). The story line marks a strong push for more trans visibility in G-rated entertainment, which continues to grow its inclusion of LGBTQ characters. “It felt natural, because it was not only about change, about somebody finding who they are and making that courageous choice to go through that change.” “When I started writing, I really started latching onto the idea of change and how society has changed and what’s gone on in the last 20 years and the development of our characters and how they would react to change,” says Murray, who returns to voice Rachel after voicing the original character for years on the show. Thus, Rocko goes on a search to save his show and finds Rachel, now working out of a mobile Fatheads-inspired ice cream truck (as shown in EW’s awesome sneak-peek below!). Bighead lost touch with their child, who went off on a mission of self-discovery. One thing Rocko can’t deal with is the loss of his favorite show, The Fatheads, which Rachel created. The trio try to adapt to this new world of smartphones, food trucks, and print kiosks. Now they’re back on earth in the events of Static Cling, but everything is different. The wallaby and his buddies Heffer and Filburt have been floating around in space since the original series finale. Bighead, was known as Ralph in the ’90s cartoon and Rocko needs to find her. In the 45-minute continuation of his original series, Murray is no longer operating with restrictions and is instead inserting a prominent trans story arc for the Bighead family through the character of Rachel, EW has revealed. With Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling, a new TV special coming to Netflix this Friday, times have changed. ![]() “We were still playing by the rules, so to speak, and still trying to interject those situations ,” he told EW over the phone. Series creator Joe Murray confirms this was meant as an allegory for a gay person’s coming-out experience at a time when TV shows couldn’t just come out right and say it. Bighead desperately trying to hide his secret identity as a clown from a town that hates these red-nosed jesters. In July 1996, Nickelodeon aired an episode of Rocko’s Modern Life called “ Closet Clown,” featuring a story of Mr. ![]()
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