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. 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.
• Joey (born June 15, 1991^[4]) is a purple-pink body, purple-blue head roach with a pink and yellow eyes (pink right eye and yellow left eye, originally red), is the leader of the roaches. Even though he's the smallest roach in the group, most of the time he's the brains behind the operations, but is sometimes forced to go solo, because his companions 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); he is the tallest 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 the other cockroaches, 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. 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.
• Jack is the cousin of Oggy. 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.
• Monica is Oggy's twin sister and Jack's love-interest. In one episode 'Don't Rock The Cradle', they seem to have a child together. She visits Oggy's house every now and then. She is well known for being very active and likes to take on physical challenges such as sky diving and bungee jumping. She's always seen skating around on her inline skates. Out of all the main characters, she has the least number of appearances; even fewer than Bob. Monica has rarely appeared onscreen with the cockroaches or Bob. There is a glitch in the Hindi version owing to Oggy and Monica's relationship. In some episodes, Monica is introduced as Oggy's childhood friend, while in some she is his sister. After Season 2, she's only appeared in two other episodes, them being 'Deep Trouble' a Season 3 episode, where she's wearing a magenta skirt and shoes instead of her rollerskates. This also marks her first appearance without them since her latest appearance in Season 2 'Don't Rock The Cradle'. This also marks her first appearance without her baby in a later episode who, as mentioned before, also originated from that episode. The second and latest appearance after Season 2 was the Season 4 finale 'Oggy Is Getting Married', where she makes a brief appearance at Oggy and Olivia's wedding as she sits next to Bob. It is unknown but it is eaiser to assume she split up with Jack, as their child has never been seen again, that they've never been seen together or have been talking since Season 2 and that during that same episode, Jack is staring/ogling at his new partner.
• 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.
• Lady K is the new female in the show and the roaches' new love interest. She's the roach from Olivia's house.
• Oggy's Grandma is a very rarely seen character only appearing in three episodes; 'Granny's Day' Season 1, Season 3's 'Oggy's Grandma', where she appears to be very strict with Oggy's mannerisms and 'Deep Trouble' beside Monica, as they support Oggy and Jack. In Granny's Day and Oggy's Grandma, she attacks the Cockroaches, and is actually attacked by them in Oggy's Grandma, one time being her head flattened by the lid of Oggy's toilet. She also gets frequent, short lasting bursts of energy from coffee, which aids her in defeating the Cockroaches. In Granny's Day, she captures Joey and Marky, but feels sympathy for them, when Dee Dee cries on a picture of them with Joey and Marky crossed out. She is the least seen member of Oggy's family except for Oggy's parents, who where seen in a picture in Oggy's Grandma, but look completely in their first character appearance in the Season 4 episode 'Lightning Visit'. Oggy's Grandma is the only female character to ever appear on the show to intentionally want to kill/defeat the cockroaches.

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.