| Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling | |
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| Based on | Rocko's Modern Life by Joe Murray |
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| Directed by | Joe Murray Cosmo Segurson |
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| Composer | Pat Irwin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Executive producer | Joe Murray[1] |
| Producer | Lizbeth Velasco |
| Editor | Kevin Sukho Lee |
| Running time | 46 minutes |
| Production company | Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | August 9, 2019 |
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Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (titled onscreen as Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling: The Rocko Special) is a 2019 American animated comedy streaming television special based on, as well as a continuation of Joe Murray's Nickelodeon series Rocko's Modern Life. It was originally slated to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2018 as a television special, but went unaired; in May 2019, Nickelodeon sold the distribution rights of the special to Netflix, which released the film on August 9, 2019, airing 23 years after the original series finale.
After being stuck in space for 20 years, Rocko and his friends return to a late-2010s era O-Town with modern amenities such as constantly updating touchscreen phones, radioactive energy drinks, food trucks and coffee shops on every corner. Rocko, who does not share Heffer and Filburt's enthusiasm for the 21st century, attempts to get his favorite television show The Fatheads back on the air, since it is the last remnant of his past; to do so, he goes on a quest to find the show's creator. The film is dedicated to the show's previous creative director Stephen Hillenburg, who died in 2018.
- ^ Balach, Katelyn; Robertson, Sydney (June 22, 2017). "NICKELODEON'S BRAND-NEW TV SPECIAL ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE: STATIC CLING REUNITES ORIGINAL VOICE CAST TO REPRISE ROLES". Nickelodeon Press. Viacom International, Inc. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.