The Cockroaches

The **Cockroaches** are the overall titular main villains of the series. They can be protagonists or antagonists toward Marie (Mostly Joey)

## History

Dee Dee's characteristic is to eat all the time while Marky is a charmer and Joey is the planner in the cockroach trio. Together, their main characteristics are to steal food or some things from Oggy. At times, the trio mix nasty mixtures in food such as sweat of a sock, chilli juice, garlics, vinegar and also underwear. Some good epitome of these nasty mixtures are The Patient and Now You See Me, Now You Don't! With Marie, Joey is the one who annoys her most, reading her secrets and teasing her with her crushes (Mostly With Joseph or Thomas)

## Members

**Dee Dee** is orange and light blue chubby cockroach, He is named after the bassist of the punk rock group The Ramones, Dee Dee Ramone. Dee Dee is a cockroach who is always hungry and eats everything. He acts a bit childish and immature. He is also the most sensitive as he is seen crying over food, the loss of his brothers and even his failed attempts to appear in an opera show with Jack in one episode . His appetite sometimes reaches insane levels, often leading to the consumption of larger animals or other things (such as hyenas in one case and the effects of a poisonous mushroom in another). another case is insects. He even tried to eat elephants, Oggy, Jack and a wild boar). He is usually the bravest of the group as he has even handled larger animals such as penguins for eggs, octopuses for arms, and a herd of elephants so he can eat one of them. - but his efforts are often wasted when he is beaten. Sometimes, Dee Dee gets tired of Joey's controlling antics and will side with Marky when he feels Joey is being unfair or too assertive.

**Marky** is the lean green and grey one. He is named after the drummer of the punk rock band, The Ramones, Marky Ramone. Marky is tactful and is often seen as lazy, often not caring what the other two cockroaches are doing. Although he initially enjoys causing mischief just like the other cockroaches, he becomes more relaxed in later episodes, though he still enjoys hanging out with Joey and Dee Dee and continues to cause general mayhem as he often does. At times, he got tired of Joey's controlling antics and sided with Dee Dee when he felt Joey was too assertive. He is sometimes depicted as clumsy and even dizzy, possibly a symptom of soda addiction as seen in the episode Baby Doll, although he is shown to be talented in many areas, including robbery, play mandolin/ukulele and drawing in the following seasons

He’s a hopeless romantic and his hobbies include dating puppets and reading books (although it’s never shown in the series). He also has bad breath, as revealed in the episode It's a Small Worldand Itsy-Bitsy Oggy (how he can stand his own bad breath is debatable, as he couldn't stand the smell of gas in French Fries.)

**Joey** is the purple, pink and small. He is the self-proclaimed leader of the cockroach trio. He is named after the singer of the punk rock group *The Ramones*, Joey Ramone. Online profiles mention that if Joey was capable of talking, he would deliver an inspirational speech discussing the destiny of victimized cockroaches. He is the brains of all the usual pranks and tricks, but Marky and Dee Dee often think his plans are stupid, resulting them both getting beaten by Oggy. He is noted to hope to sometime gain absolute control over Oggy's residence for the civilization of cockroaches and not just himself. He grows annoyed when his leadership is objected to. Despite this, Joey is frequently portrayed as "the brains" of the trio and is shown to regularly formulate new strategies. However, Joey can experience moments of foolishness, and can be said that he is "clever but not wise". This is arguably best shown in "Fly to the Sun" when he was incredibly slow to realize it was life-threatening that Oggy's house was approaching the sun. He is stated to think in black-and-white terms.

Joey is the most mischievous member of the roaches. He always pulls impractical jokes and pranks on Oggy with Marky and Dee Dee. On occasions, he has even attempted to send Dee Dee and/or Marky to action in his place, e.g., "Mission Oggy" and "Crackdown on the Fridge". And He also Tends to act like an “Annoying Younger Sibling” Toward Marie, However nobody Annoys her but him.

He is shown to be money-grabbing; in his efforts to acquire cash, Joey has stolen a pharaoh's sarcophagus, tried to abduct a baby, attempted to steal a celebrity's diamond, etc.

Joey has a temperamental personality and acts like a Big Brother Bully (thought they aren’t related) Marky and Dee Dee in later episodes, yet he sees nothing wrong with this. Despite this characteristic, he actually cares about them. In "Sacrificial Special", he grew angry at Oggy after he had suggested Bob sacrifice Marky. He was clearly happy to see that Dee Dee was fine aftera projection of Oggy grasped him ("The Cockroaches' Awakening"). There are numerous other examples as well. Joey also picked up an interest in association football, called "soccer" in some countries; in "Penalty Shot" and "Soccer Fever". He gets airsick in "Oggy's 1001 Nights".In Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation, he is friendlier to Oggy but still has his mischievous personality. And Often Befriend more Marie than usually.

## Gallery

JoeyMarkyDee DeeThe Roach Boys TogetherJoey’s Human version 🔥Marky’s human versionDee Dee’s Human Version (eating nachos!)