Otto Rocket is the lead character on Rocket Power. Voiced in English by Joseph Ashton, Otto is an 10-year-old boy living in Ocean Shores with his older sister Reggie and widowed father Raymundo. He is a skilled, prodigious, and highly competitive athlete who has won numerous competitions in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding; He's also very handy with a bicycle, with rollerblades, and is captain of the local youth league street hockey team that he shares with Reggie, his best friend, Twister and the newcomer Sam, a.k.a. "The Squid." The given name Otto is derived the old Germanic language meaning "wealth."
Background[]
Some parts of a deep backstory can be surmised about Otto from the observable facts: he would have been born about a decade before the series timeframe started to Raymundo and Danni about a year or so after the young couple had Reggie. Danni passed away probably before Otto turned three, as from the small snippet of Otto's third birthday party in "Otto Hangs Eleven", Danni was nowhere to be seen, or she might have been the one taking the pictures.
Appearance[]
Otto is very tan and of what may be slightly less than average height for his age. He wears his auburn-colored hair arranged high and tight in dreadlocks, kept in place with a headband, and wrap-around sunglasses worn all waking hours of the day and night. Otto favors a pale yellow v-neck T-shirt (which some have interpreted as actually being a soccer jersey, a possible homage to voice-actor Ashton's passion for soccer), burgundy corduroy walk shorts, and white basketball shoes with thick soles.
Basis of character[]
Arlene Klasky has stated in an interview that Otto was not based on any particular modern sports figure or other person, though a few fans have noted similarities between Otto and Jackie Cooper's eponymous character from Hal Roach's Our Gang/Little Rascals series. Another fan thinks that an Orange County surfer from the late 1980s named Wally Fox - who had curly hair and frequently wore a headband and shades - could have been an influence. Giving added weight to the latter theory is that Surfer Magazine staff member and RP tech consultant "Curious Gabe" Sullivan might have known of Wally in passing.
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| Rocket Power | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Otto Rocket • Reggie Rocket • Twister Rodriguez • Sam Dullard • Raymundo Rocket • Tito Makani • Lars Rodriguez • Eddie Valentine • Oliver Van Rossum • Officer Shirley • Trish • Sherry • Clio Rodriguez • MacKenzie Benders • Conroy Blanc • Violet and Merv Stimpleton • Doug Dullard • Noelani Makani • Lt. Tice Ryan | |
| Media | Episodes (Seasons: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Video releases • Soundtrack | |
| Video games | Gettin' Air • Team Rocket Rescue • Extreme Arcade Games • Zero Gravity Zone • Dream Scheme • Beach Bandits | |