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Rocko's Modern Life :: Zanzibar! / Fatal Contraption (03x13)

Episode Information

Title:

Zanzibar! / Fatal Contraption

Episode #:

03x13

Production Number:

039

Original Airdate:

Sunday April 21st, 1996

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Episode Crew
Director:	Jeff Marsh (1) Jeff Myers (1) Timothy Berglund Dan Povenmire
Writer:	Jeff Marsh (1) Dan Povenmire Tim Hill Joe Murray (1) Timothy Berglund Jeff Myers (1)

Episode Summary

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Zanzibar!:
O-Town is the location for a giant Earth Day tribute in the form of a musical.

Fatal Contraption:
Rocko buys a food processor that just can't do its job right, so he returns it. The machine attempts to wreak havoc on Rocko, now with a vengeance.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Alisa Wilson	voiced	Singer #1	Recurring (third appearance)
•Jennifer Lynn Hughes	voiced	Singer #2	Recurring (first appearance)
•Mr. Lawrence	voiced	Peter Wolfe	Recurring (5th appearance)
•James Bailey (1)	voiced	Singer #3

Episode Notes

Zanzibar won the 1996 Environmental Media Award (USA) in the Animated Children's category.

There are no spoken lines of dialogue in Fatal Contraption.

This episode premiered on Earth Day.

Some of the rocks in the background during the desert scenes spell put words. One of them is JOE. This is the first name of the creator of the show, Joe Murray.

Episode Quotes

Security Guard: And do ya have an appointment?
Rocko: Uh, this was, sort of, a...spur-of-the-moment, spontaneous thing.
Security Guard: Uh-huh, and how d'ya all know the words?
(pause)
Heffer: Hoh, boy . . . he's gotcha there, Rock.
Rocko: I don't know the words!
Crowd: (singing) He doesn't know the words . . .
Rocko: SHUT UP!

City Hall Song
Singers: You can't fight city hall, you can't fight corporate America, they are big and we are small, you can't fight city hall.

Chorus to Recycling Song
Singers: R-E-C-Y-C-L-E recycle, C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E conserve, don't you P-O-L-L-U-T-E pollute the river, sky, or sea or else you're gonna get what you deserve.

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