Scrubbin' Down Under is episode 12b of Season 3 of Rocko's Modern Life. but in "Series" production order, its the second segment of episode 10 of Season 3.
Rocko becomes a celebrity thanks to a little bit of spinach stuck in his teeth.
Plot[]
At kind of a Lot-O-Comics, a patron asks Rocko if he has another copy of the Funnytime Funnies comic book since he sneezed all over the one he was reading. As Rocko offers the patron a spare issue of the comic, Mr. Smitty orders Rocko into his office. As the wallaby enter his boss's office, Mr. Smitty offers him a pink slip, in which a comic-book-society-service-with-a-smile award is being received by the winning employee and that he is to receive the award at the annual banquet on Saturday night.
On Saturday night, Rocko takes a bath, brushes his teeth, and gets dressed. As he is about to drive to the awards banquet, Heffer tags along and wears one of the salmon from Ed's salmon bushes smeared with car oil as a black necktie in order to look nice at the banquet.
At the Moronic Hall, Rocko starts to become nervous of going on stage to get his award. The nominees for the award are Cosmo Walrus, Joan Crawlfish, Veronica Puverman, and Rocko. When Rocko becomes the winner of the award, he goes on stage to receive his award and tells the joke Heffer mentioned to him earlier. While telling the joke, he flashes his smile, oblivious to the spinach stuck to his teeth, which everyone laughs at. When he returns to his table, still oblivious as to why everyone is laughing, Heffer shows Rocko's reflection through the bowl and Rocko soon finds that the spinach caught in his teeth is the reason everyone was laughing. Mortified, he covers his face with the bowl and walks away.
At home, a frustrated Rocko attempts to brush his teeth, trying to efface the spinach out of his teeth. But the spinach remains, prompting him to use dental floss as he continues to struggle. When the news of his spinach tooth is heard on the news, a furious Rocko attempts to get rid of the spinach with a jackhammer and winds up in the hospital for his impulsive tactic.
While he rests on the hospital bed in a full body cast, the spinach in his teeth grows in size and sucks him into another dimension. Rocko then comes across Clean Gene, the hygiene Genie, who shows Rocko a grainy old educational film entitled "Say Hi to Hygiene!", which features a kid named Jimmy who failed at a good social life due to his poor hygiene. After the movie, Clean Gene checks inside Rocko's mouth to find the spinach stuck between his teeth and uses a running blade to drill his teeth.
Rocko then wakes up minutes later to find that the spinach is now completely out of his teeth. But the surgeon shows him a picture of his X-Ray, which shows that his brain is dirty, and reveals himself to be Clean Gene in disguise, trying to operate on his head to wash it. Horrified, Rocko runs away in fear with Clean Gene chasing after him, begging him to come back.
Characters Present[]
- Rocko
- Heffer
- Mr. Smitty
- The Newscaster
- Clean Gene
- Dr. Bendova (Mentioned)
Trivia[]
- One of the attendees resembles Bullwinkle J. Moose from The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, while another resembles Woody Woodpecker.
- Clean Gene has a heavy gay lisp.
- Rocko's lack of a last name is parodied.
- Although this episode and "An Elk for Heffer" aired on February 11, 1996, you can actually see "Copyright 1995 Viacom". This means that the episode was produced in 1995.
- This episode shares the same end music from "Bye, Bye Birdie".
- This is the tenth season 3 episode in production order.
Cultural References[]
- When Rocko is showering, he is singing "Gonna was these days right out of my hair" to the tune of I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair from South Pacific.
Quotes[]
- Rocko: Pew! Heff, when was the last time you took a bath?
- Heffer: (sniffs himself) I dunno.
- Heffer: What smells like fish?
- Rocko: Your tie.
- Rocko: I'm not a comedian. I just have a funny accent.
- Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, our nominees for the Service with a Smile Award are... Cosmo Walrus, Joan Crawfish, Veronica Puberman, and Rocko... no last name given.
- Heffer: The Joke, Tell The Joke.
- Newscaster: (sadly) Bad stuff happened everywhere today. (happier) But on the lighter side, at the Comic Book Award banquet, a small wallaby with a big dental problem! (laughs) So remember, kids, brush after every meal! (laughs like a maniac)
- Loudspeaker: Dr. Bendova to admitting. Dr. Bendova to admitting.
- Clean Gene: LIGHTS! Pay attention now, you unsanitary low cockroach!
- Film narrator: Poor Jimmy. He'd have more friends if he bathed once in a while. Tsk tsk. Bad Jimmy.
- Rocko: What about getting my teeth cleaned?
- Genie: Listen, stinkblossom, you got other parts that need cleaning first.
- Genie: Oh, look, buried treasure!
- Pirate: Arrgh, you not be swabbing this treasure!
- Genie: Now this is gonna hurt you a lot more than it's gonna hurt me. Open wide!
- Orderly: Well, that operation was a success. Unfortunately, this x-ray of your head turned up a new problem. (revealing himself as the genie) Your mind. It's filthy! (unmasking himself) We must go back in and clean it!
- Rocko: DAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
- Genie: You are lucky, dirty head dome! We have a special this week... on BRAINWASHES!
- Rocko: DAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
- Genie: Come back, my little poo biscuit! (comes back and looks at the camera) Shoopy?