Earl Bighead is a antagonistic character of Rocko's Modern Life. He was initially a homeless dog, and was experimented on at Dr. HP Marten's Institute for Questionable Experiments due to his viciousness, but is freed by his "fairy dogmother" from there. He belongs to the Bigheads as of "Frog's Best Friend".
Appearance[]
Earl is a very large, mean-looking, purple bulldog. He has yellow eyes, red hair and large lower teeth that protrude from his mouth and wears a spiked dog collar.
Personality[]
Earl enjoys harassing Spunky, mauling Rocko, Heffer, Filburt, Ed, Dan the Fly Man, and basically anything else that is alive. Bev Bighead found him digging up her flower garden and when she yelled at him for destroying it, for the first time in his life Earl regretted his misbehavior. As soon as they befriended each other he was adopted by Bev, however, Earl has a mutual feeling of hatred towards Ed, but is loving towards Bev as she loves him and takes care of him. Deep down Earl is lonely, and all he really wants is a loving family and a permanent home.
Behind the scenes[]
Voice[]
Earl's speaking voiced by Carlos Alazraqui.
Trivia[]
- Besides appearing in several episodes, Earl appears in the series' theme song chasing Rocko and Spunky with Heffer following close behind, and is crushed at the end by a television.
- A dog similar to his concept art appearance appears in the MTV "Man & Cows" bumper. In it, a cow very similar to Heffer also appears. The dog has yellow eyes and the color of fur that Earl has, and is also viscous. His design was likely changed due to having an uncanny resemblance to Sharky the Shark-Dog from Fox Kids' Eek! the Cat.
- Earl can be seen as the opposite of Spunky, whereas Spunky is dimwitted, but loyal and nice to Rocko and most other people he comes across, Earl is cunning and smart, but also mean and will attack anyone aside from Bev.
- Earl is one of the many characters not to appear or be mentioned in any of the episodes after Zanibar!, not even in Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling.