List of Oggy and the Cockroaches characters

The following is a list of characters that appear in Oggy and the Cockroaches.

Characters

• Oggy is a cat, he has light blue body, green eyes, grey tummy and white feet. Oggy usually spends his time either watching TV or doing housework - when not chasing the cockroaches. Despite the constant mayhem caused by the cockroaches, Oggy has developed a sort of love–hate relationship with them, having lived with them for a long time. Whenever he finds himself alone in his house, he will eventually begin to miss the cockroaches along with their pranks (as seen in the episode Priceless Roaches). Oggy's house appears bigger on the inside, mainly featured in the roller coaster-like staircase scenes. Oggy has come to realize that without the cockroaches, nothing fun or interesting ever happens in his life. According to executive producer Marc du Pontavice and France Info, the character of Oggy was named after punk rock musician Iggy Pop^[1] and the rock album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.^[2][3] In early episodes, Oggy, like his predecessor Tom in Tom and Jerry, was the main punching bag in the series. However, in more recent episodes, Oggy has been portrayed as heroic, often triumphing over the cockroaches despite the beatings he takes from them and Bob. Notable other accomplishments include winning the Formula 1, placing first in a marathon, and ultimately winning over his girlfriend Olivia.
• The Cockroaches are the three cockroach brothers who antagonize other characters, mainly Oggy and Jack, consists of:
  • Joey (born 15 June 1991)^[4] is a purple-pink body, purple-blue head roach with a pink eye and yellow eye (pink right eye and yellow left eye, originally red), and the older brother. Even though he's the smallest roach in the group, most of the time he's the most intelligent, always being the brain in the plans, but is sometimes forced to go solo, because his brothers often think his plans are stupid. He loves money, but his efforts always fall short, usually ending with him getting swatted or beaten up.
  • Marky is a suave heartbreaking, silvery-grey body, green head roach with pink eyes (originally red, but returned in the ending of the episode Teleportation where he is stuck in the ice cubes); he is the tallest and middle brother of the three roaches and often doesn't really care about what the two others are doing. While he originally used to love causing mischief just like his brothers, he has grown to be more laid-back in later episodes, though he still enjoys hanging out with Joey and Dee Dee and causing general mayhem like he has always done. His hobbies are dating puppets and reading books. He also has bad breath, as revealed in the episode 'It's A Small World' Season 1.
  • Dee Dee is the ever-hungry cockroach and youngest of the three. He has a blue body, orange head and green eyes. His appetite sometimes reaches insane proportions, often resulting in the consumption of larger animals or other things that would otherwise be inedible (such as hyenas in one case and, due to the effects of a poisonous mushroom in another case, an insect. Other instances include the fish on the wallpaper Oggy's Clone and a clownfish Scuba Diving). He is known to like opera. Sometimes it is shown that his feet are so foul-smelling, the juice they produce is toxic and melt objects like the Xenomorphs from the Alien franchise when they have acid for blood.
• Jack is Oggy's cousin. He has a green body, yellow eyes, light orange stummy and white feet, in the show. He is Oggy's cousin and the complete opposite of Oggy. Jack is short-tempered, violent, arrogant - a perfect target for the roaches to annoy. He often finds himself building huge machinery, such as roach-catching contraptions, most of the time resulting in them backfiring. He is also very interested in chemistry (that is, the more explosive parts of it). Jack often sleeps over at Oggy's house. At times, he bullies Oggy. Jack seems to be the strongest character in the show. He likes to show off, challenge the roaches and date girls – mainly Oggy's sister Monica. He is sometimes seen trying to propose to Monica, but the cockroaches' pranks always make him stop short. In one episode, they seem to have a baby together and ask Oggy to babysit their child. Jack also has a morbid fear of heights, as shown in several episodes like 'The Lighthouse Keeper' Season 3. However, in 'The Rise & The Fall' Season 1 it is Oggy who has a fear of heights instead of Jack.
• Bob is a fierce brown bulldog and Oggy's neighbour. He has severe anger management issues. A running gag in the show has Oggy or Jack doing something that accidentally crushes Bob or shaves his fur or destroys his house, with Bob then pummeling Oggy or Jack off-screen. He does not always pummel Oggy, as seen in Baby Boum and Police Academy. He has some sort of friendship with Jack, as notably seen in Olivia. He is known to like boxing.
• Olivia is a white cat and Oggy's new neighbour and new love interest. She loves nature, even Oggy's enemies Joey, Marky and Dee Dee, leading to Oggy acting nice to them every time she's around. She always breaks down when someone hurts any part of nature. She also cares a lot about her looks; in the episode Olivia's Pimple when she sees a pimple on her face, she refuses to leave her house. In the series last episode 'Oggy Is Getting Married Featuring Olivia', Olivia and Oggy get married after a trip to Venice.

References

1. "Interview with Marc du Pontavice" (in French). Retrieved 2014-01-14.
2. "Article on Oggy and the Cockroaches" (in French). Retrieved 2014-08-10.
3. "La Dépêche interview" (in French). Retrieved 2014-09-19.
4. "Let's Party, Guys!". Retrieved 2015-12-20.