Oggy is the main protagonist and one of the titular characters of the series who is "the constant victim of the cockroaches".
Characteristics[]
Personality[]
Oggy's defining trait is arguably his laziness, enjoying watching television, eating, and in a couple of instances, listening to music. As usual, Oggy chases the cockroaches around the house when they keep getting on his nerves. According to online descriptions, he is fond of the ideal home, game shows, listening to polka records, and eating chips in the bath. He is also mentioned to fantasize about attaining a self-cleaning oven and a 12-gear vacuum on "The Wheel of Fortune". He also displays a love for gardening and board games.
Despite his lazy nature, Oggy is a diplomatic and easy-natured cat. He often displays kindness toward animals and often takes care of them; He was hesitant and could not kill an octopus in one episode. In spite of appearing to have a calm demeanor, Oggy will retaliate without hesitation when provoked (predominantly by the Cockroaches). In some episodes, while attempting to hit the Cockroaches with a swatter, Oggy hits a large amount of food with his swatter; thus, Oggy can also make a mess and waste food. Oggy is a great cook and baker as he makes appealing and delicious food in some episodes (good examples of this can be a cake and a chicken). He is often seen taking food out of his red oven (located in the dining room/kitchen) with the help of gloves.
In several episodes, Oggy has been shown to have five main phobias: hydrophobia (fear of water); musophobia (fear of rats/mice); trypanophobia (fear of needles); acrophobia (fear of heights); and aviophobia/aerophobia (fear of flying). However, his fears are not consistent; one of the examples is in Water Sports, where he was seen to not be afraid of water. In season four, Oggy becomes a more outdoor and playful cat; he is seen outside of his house on his lawn for most episodes of season four. According to executive producer Marc du Pontavice and France Info, Oggy was named after punk rock musician Iggy Pop and the rock album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. In early episodes, Oggy, like his Tom and Jerry counterpart was the main punching bag in the series.
In sports and competitions[]
Oggy usually wins in many numbered sports, except in The Bathtub Race. He won in Formula 1, Run, Olivia, Run!, To Serve and Protect, Shift that Chariot Oggy!, Mister Cat, From Mumbai with Love, and many more, except in The Bathtub Race as Dee Dee won the said race. In Winner Takes All and its remaster, Oggy claims that he won Jack in the chess match after Joey stole the pawn and disturbed their sleep. However, after a fight between the brothers, Oggy concluded that he didn't win after he saw the cockroaches with the pawn.
Appearance[]
Oggy is a light blue cat with a slightly chubby body and a squeaking red jellybean-like nose that can be removed. He also has a pink tongue, a gray belly with a squiggly belly button, whiskers that start on four yellow circles in the cheeks, and black pointy ears. This is paired with white gloves and white feet which resemble the shape of a teddy bear.
He also has an oblong-shaped tail, and whenever his gloves are removed, his hands are barely blue. In Little Tom Oggy, he can use his nose as a light source in dark places. In Jealousy, Fame & Glory, " Showtime!, and Olivia, he could not feel anything when surprised. Oggy always wields a red flyswatter, but in some episodes, it's tinted grey, yellow, or green.
In Artsy Oggy, he wore a black barrette for painting.
In Oggy Oggy, his design is now different as he was a kitten. He still has his red jellybean-like nose, but his eyes are now black-dotted.
Weaknesses[]
- Bob beating him.
- Cockroaches tricking him.
- Short breath (only in some episodes such as Invincible or Dee Dee Capone).
Vehicles[]
Oggy owns an orange Volkswagen Beetle, dated to years 1960 to 1970, that is mostly used in Season 4, but it can be seen in some episodes of Season 3. The car was originally Bob's, but apparently, Bob owns a different car as seen in Grease-Monkey Oggy and To Serve and Protect. He is seen on other vehicles such as a Vespa Scooter in Hit the Road Oggy!, Saturday Black Fever, The Joker Joked, and Control Freak. and a 1960 looking coupe seen in The Hiccup.
He also owns a 2004 Purple Toyota Hiace with a front end of a Hyundai Starex which was seen in the episode The Pumpkin that Pretended to be a Ferrari.
Relationships[]
Jack[]
Jack is Oggy's neighbor who helps Oggy by attacking the cockroaches. He is very adventurous and brave, however, he can also be powerful, villainous, and dominating, which often brings Oggy into trouble. Many have speculated Jack is Oggy's cousin, but this is never directly stated, or even implied in canon as Jack was in a romantic relationship with Monica, Oggy's twin sister. He is more of a friend and a roommate of Oggy than he is a neighbor, as he is seen living in Oggy's House in some of the episodes (mostly in the first two seasons).
Olivia[]
Olivia is Oggy's neighbor and his recurring love interest. She is a white cat with a little pink spot on her belly. She also appreciates nature. Oggy likes her very much but is often seen as nervous when around her. Oggy could not swat the cockroaches with his swatter in the presence of Olivia as seen in some episodes (Like Oggy Goes Green!). Eventually, they grow comfortable around each other. Oggy later marries her. Every time Olivia kisses him, he becomes extremely shy, often melting, fainting, and staying still.
Cockroaches[]
Oggy holds an intense grudge against Dee Dee, Marky, and Joey, which goes back to even when he was a baby (revealed in the episode It's a Small World or Itsy-Bitsy Oggy). Throughout the course of the series, Oggy has chased the insect trio innumerable times. While he loses and becomes a victim of the cockroaches in a few episodes, he can become victorious and defeat them, especially in later seasons. Occasionally, Oggy is forced to work together with them, especially when Jack is played out as the antagonist, as seen from episodes in The Dictator, General Jack, Life's a Beach, and Oggy's Beach Club. He also teams up with them against Bob (High-Rise Nightmare and (Un)Happy Camper!) Oggy sometimes displays sympathy towards the Cockroaches. In Oggy and the Babies, or Oggy and the Kittens, he pleads to Jack to spare their lives, and in Lost in Space, Space Journey, he decides to rescue the Cockroaches from suffocating in space, despite being a constant nuisance to him. Basically, Oggy has a peculiar love/hate relationship with the cockroaches, he has also learned that without them, his life would be very boring. This is proved in episodes So Lonely or Alone at Last, where he gets rid of the cockroaches, but later, he regrets this and becomes miserable due to the cockroaches being gone.
Joey[]
Oggy and Joey are usually enemies. Sometimes, they form a villainous friendship when they both end up in trouble. Episodes like Virtual Voyage, Cyber-Oggy, Mission to Earth, Welcome to Mars, and Journey to the Center of the Earth show them having to work together to save themselves. In Ugly, Dirty and Good, when Joey and his brain regresses back to the mental age of a child, Oggy takes him under his care and is literally distraught when they go back to being enemies after he recovers. Glimmers of their positive relationship still stand; in For Real!, they hug after turning back into their usual selves, and in Inspector Dee Dee, he was very happy to give back Oggy's swatter after it was stolen by an octopus. Oggy and Joey's relationship is the most prominently shown and the most positive one out of the three Cockroaches.
Dee Dee[]
Dee Dee has the least friendly relationship with Oggy, in Little Tom Oggy, when Oggy could not remember how to get home, Dee Dee decided to work with Oggy to find a place to sleep until they found their way home.
Marky[]
Most of the time, he does not cause as much trouble as the other two members of the cockroach trio, however, Marky made Oggy furious in two episodes; in Jealousy, because of constantly attracting Oggy's ex-girlfriend, and in Baby Doll he does not want to lend Oggy’s doll because he fell in love with it. In the episode Oggy and the Magic Flute, Marky gets hypnotized after Oggy plays a magic flute, which makes Marky a friend of Oggy. In episode Inspector Dee Dee, after all of the furniture from Oggy's house was stolen by an octopus, Oggy pretends to chase Marky with his swatter, he also pretends to watch the (imaginary) television, while giving (imaginary) food to him.
Piya[]
Piya was given to Oggy by her parents. Oggy loves her as if she was his own daughter.
Bob[]
Oggy's next-door neighbor with anger management issues. He is an enemy of Oggy in many episodes; every time Oggy destroys something that Bob owns, Bob almost always physically assaults Oggy. On occasion, Bob will treat Oggy more like a friend. In To Serve and Protect, Bob acts more friendly, and even respects Oggy once he thinks that he could make a good police officer. In Steamed Out!, Bob hangs out with Oggy and Jack and tries to help them lose weight. He is the main antagonist in Boxing Fever, High-Rise Nightmare, and (Un)Happy Camper!.
Behind the scenes[]
- As confirmed by Marc du Pontavice, Oggy is named after punk rock musician Iggy Pop[1], who also did the Space Goofs theme song, Monster Men, and the rock album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.[2][3]
- As confirmed through a YouTube video, Oggy's age as of 2018 is 20 years, which corresponds to the number of years since the show initially aired in 1997 and 1998.