| Otto Rocket | |
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 Lead character | |
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Gender |
Male |
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Ethnicity |
Anglo-Polynesian |
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Hair |
Auburn, dreadlocked |
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Physique |
Fit, compact |
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Default outfit |
Olive head band; wraparound sunglasses; yellow v neck; maroon corduroy walk shorts; white basketball shoes |
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Stand |
Holley W'ave |
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Swimwear |
Blue and green board shorts |
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Riding stance |
Regular |
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Family |
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Oswald "Otto" Rocket is the lead character on Rocket Power, and is voiced in English by Joseph Ashton. Otto is a 11 Years Old boy living in Ocean Shores with Otto’s older sister, Reggie, and their widowed father, Raymundo. Otto’s a skilled, prodigious, and highly competitive athlete who has won numerous competitions in snowboarding, skateboarding, and surfing. Otto’s also very handy with a bicycle, with rollerblades, and is captain of the youth league street hockey team Otto’s shares With Reggie, Otto’s best friend, Twister, and the newcomer, Sam, and immortalizes themselves with The Zine.
Background[]
The given name Otto’s derived the old Germanic language meaning Wealth.
Otto lives with his father Raymundo and equally wealthy stepmother Noelani. Otto and Reggie lost their biological mother Danni when Otto was very young. It is estimated that if Otto was born about a decade before the first season's time frame. The then young couple had Reggie after one year of being together. Reggie would have been around four, and Otto being three when and the last known memory, though faded, of Danni took place. According to Otto Hangs Eleven, she was nowhere to been seen. Perhaps she was the one taking those pictures found in the episode.
Appearance[]
Otto is very tan and wears auburn-colored hair arranged high and tight in dreadlocks, kept in place with a headband, and wrap-around glasses. Otto favors a pale Yellow T Shirt (attributing his voice actor Joseph Ashton's passion for soccer), burgundy corduroy walk shorts, and white basketball shoes with thick soles.
Personality[]
Otto is assertive, tough, confident, brave, yet very naïve. Otto has a habit of thinking of himself before others, and brags about himself all the time. Otto inherited Raymundo's personality. Otto is unaware of when he hurts somebody, such as Violet Stimpleton and her flowers. Otto does not rule out opportunities to sell out and step on other people In Otto’s attempts to rise to the top. Reggie Rocket eventually makes Otto understand, but not without frustration. This results her siding with Sam while Otto sides with Twister Rodriguez. Other times Otto has had to learn the hard way. Otto does eventually learn from his mistakes and rights his wrongs. An example of this was when he rightfully gives Twister the 1st place street luge trophy since he cheated in the original race. Another instance of his selflessness was single handedly repairing Sam's lucky skateboard after accidentally breaking it. Despite his ego and abrasiveness getting the best of him most of the time, Otto is still quick to set things right and look out for his friends and family.
Otto & Girls[]
Otto prioritizes sports and his possible sports career, attracting fans that he occasionally speaks to. A very brief clip from the episode "Total Luger" shows Otto receiving attention from a couple of young girls around Otto’s age at the Shore Shack the night after the Street Luge race. Otto most likely greeted those girls because he was simply high off of Otto’s ego after his big win.
In the episode The Return of Clio, Otto and Twister's cousin, Clio, shared a gaze underwater after a few days of tension between the two of them. However, the potential character development between them was abandoned after this episode.
Basis Of Character[]
Arlene Klasky has stated in an interview that Otto Wasn’t based on any particular modern sports figure or other person, while Surfer Magazine staff member and Rocket Power's Technical Consultant Gabe Sullivan seems to have paid homage to a surfer from the 1980s in Orange County named Wally Fox - in his youth had curly hair and frequently wore headbands with sunglasses. Wally Fox has since passed away.
Otherwise, Otto Rocket has been established by fans noted similarities with Jackie Cooper's role from Our Gang / Little Rascals. Or simply put Otto is the archetype of an egotistical power obsessed overachiever that is a very helpful friend to others should he ever actually calm down.
The Dogtown Connection[]
The unique pattern of the red helmet with white stripes that Otto wears appears to be based on a helmet line developed by Kanoa Surf with the help of Jay Adams in 1978. Called the "Kanoa® FlyAway®" and offered in a multitude of colors, they were one of the first safety helmets designed and marketed specifically for skateboarders.
(For more on Dogtown, Jay Adams, and the rest of the Z-boys check out Z-boys.com)
HooZoo[]
- Species: Human.
- Known Aliases: Rocket Boy, Ottoman, O-man, Otto-matic.
- Known Blood Relatives: Reggie Rocket (Sister), Raymundo Rocket (Father), Danielle Rocket (Biological Mother; Deceased), Tito Makani (Step Cousin Once Removed) Keoni Makani (Step Cousin Once Removed) Noelani Makani (Stepmother).
- Citizenship: Ocean Shores, California, USA.
- Known Confidants: Twister Rodriguez, Sam Dullard, Reggie Rocket.
- Known Rivals: Lars Rodriguez, Theodore McGill.
- Paraphernalia: Sunglasses worn all waking hours, day and night; headband; hair in dreadlocks.
- Historical facts: Co-winner with Reggie of the New Zealand Junior Waikikamukau Games.
- Little known secrets: Sleeps with a teddy bear named "Mr. Timothy Tidwell."
- Voice actor: Joseph Ashton.
Trivia[]
- Otto's voice actor, Joseph Ashton, has also voiced the character Iggy from the Nicktoons show Hey Arnold!.
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