Spunky shopgirl Betty Lou Spence ( Clara Bow ) has a crush on her handsome employer, Cyrus Waltham, Jr. ( Antonio Moreno ), the new manager of and heir to the " world's largest store ".

While they are sometimes considered by film historians to be pale Silly Symphonies knock-offs, many of the Color Classics are still highly regarded today, including Somewhere in Dreamland ( 1936 ), the Academy Award nominated shorts, Educated Fish ( 1937 ) and Hunky and Spunky ( 1938, first in a subseries ), and Small Fry ( 1939 ).

There are four sets of stages in which Rocko's dog Spunky has wandered off in search of an object that catches his attention: Sand in Your Navel ( set at the beach ), Trash-O-Madness ( set at the dump ), Ice Scream ( set in O-Town itself ), and Unbalanced Load ( set in the laundromat ), and each individual stage consists of four different levels.

Spunky is different compared to most fictional dogs, who are ironically more intelligent than their masters.

" Jean Prescott of The Sun Herald described Rocko as a " pudgy little wallaby star " who tries to " do what's right " and is devoted to his friend Heffer and dog Spunky.

He and his dog Spunky, who often eats the neighbors ' salmon bushes, are a source of constant annoyance to Ed.

The Color Classics series ended in 1941 with Vitamin Hay, starring Hunky and Spunky.

Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, originally designed Spunky to be a dog more brain dead than the dog in his film My Dog Zero, complete with drooling and crossed eyes.

Rocko appears to have a loving special bond with Spunky.

Even though Rocko treats him like a brother, he does what every pet owner does: he plays with Spunky, feeds him, bathes him, and walks him.

Spunky also sleeps with Rocko in the bed.

In " Trash-O-Madness ," Spunky caused trouble by playing with a " slime " that Rocko found in the refrigerator, and then he was taken out with the rest of the trash and nearly thrown away forever.

Spunky is also well known for falling in love with a mop in " Clean Lovin '"-an episode that is popular among fans for having many innuendos.

The game takes place in a beach, where Rocko is playing with his pet Spunky.

Spunky, sarcastic, and very curious, she solves mysteries surrounding her town and other areas she visits.

He self-published a number of small press comics during the early 1990s, including the religious satire Catholic Lad, The Good Father, a story of family and sexuality, and a gay-themed parody superhero comic, Major Power and Spunky, drawn by Sean Doran, which also appeared in the anthologies Gay Comics and Buddies, and in a one-shot published by Fantagraphics ' Eros Comix imprint in 1994.

Rocko throws the frisbee, but flies very far away which Spunky goes after it.

The way they live is much different from that of Rocko and the other characters: they sit in " armscabs ", find food that Spunky has eaten, and sometimes drink by sticking straws into Spunky's veins and taking in blood like real parasites.

Rocko's goal in every level is to keep Spunky safe from danger.

In 2005, she briefly resurfaced, guest starring as " The Queen " and " Spunky Brandburn " on the Radio Repertory Company of America audio drama, Anne Manx on Amazonia, which aired on XM Satellite Radio.

Initially he shot mainly for the companies such as West Coast Productions and director Spunky.

He eventually moved into both writing and illustrating his work, before he began producing work for Caliber Comics, including Spunky Todd.

** Spunky the Flunky ( voiced by John Stocker )-Mayor Kickbark's aide.

Spunky is a fictional character in the cartoon series Rocko's Modern Life and the comic book series of the same name.

Spunky ( voiced by Carlos Alazraqui ) is Rocko's dog.

Though not explicitly stated on the show, Spunky resembles a Bull Terrier.

Spunky emits foul odors, eats trash, drinks his saliva, and rolls in and eats Ed Bighead's salmon bushes, causing Mr. Bighead to feel annoyed.

Murray later decided that the scenario could " limit the storytelling ," so he gave Spunky " a little more intelligence, but not much.

Spunky is far less intelligent than even real dogs.

Spunky is always safe in the end, thanks to Rocko's utmost care.

Spunky is also a host to two parasites named Bloaty the Tick and Squirmy the Ringworm.

Later in the episode, it was revealed that the new land was a result of Spunky gaining weight, thus stretching out his body.

Spunky is a major character in Rocko's Modern Life, and therefore has played an important role in many episodes.

In " Sand in Your Navel ," Spunky and Rocko head to the beach for a relaxing day, which soon turns into a crazy experience due to Spunky's antics.

This ' recall ' appears to make Apis look like a loose cannon, and the young assassins as independent zealots.

On 9 March 1945, during the Japanese occupation of Cambodia, young king Norodom Sihanouk proclaimed an independent Kingdom of Kampuchea, following a formal request by the Japanese.

The resulting pink film industry became the stepping stone for many young independent filmmakers.

Following artistic success and critical acclaim in the American independent film community, he achieved mainstream renown with his far-East philosophical crime film Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, shot in Jersey City and starring Forest Whitaker as a young inner-city man who has found purpose for his life by unyieldingly conforming it to the Hagakure, an 18th-century philosophy text and training manual for samurai, becoming, as directed, a terrifyingly deadly hit-man for a local mob boss to whom he may owe a debt, and who then betrays him.

The protagonists of his films are often strong, independent girls or young women.

Mindaugas had at least two wives, Morta and Morta's sister, whose name is unknown, and possibly an earlier wife ; her existence is presumed because two children – a son named Vaišvilkas and an unnamed daughter married to Svarn in 1255 – were already leading independent lives when Morta's children were still young.

As a young independent republic, Slovenia pursued economic stabilization and further political openness, while emphasizing its Western outlook and central European heritage.

The young become independent after around nine months, so the female spends most of her year in activities related to childbirth and rearing.

After leaving the CFU, Weir made his first major independent film, the short feature Homesdale ( 1971 ), an offbeat black comedy which co-starred rising young actress Kate Fitzpatrick and musician and comedian Grahame Bond, who came to fame in 1972 as the star of The Aunty Jack Show ; Weir also played a small role, but this was to be his last significant screen appearance.

To further bolster the independent prestige of the young prince, the king had him created Earl of Chester at only twelve days of age.

The Diamond Age is characterized by two intersecting, almost equally developed story lines: Nell's education through her independent work with the Primer, and the social downfall of engineer and designer of the Primer, John Percival Hackworth, who has made an illegal copy of the Primer for his own young daughter, Fiona.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic asserted that despite being born into a family of entertainers, Janet Jackson has managed to emerge a " superstar " in her own right, rivaling not only several female recording artists including Madonna and Whitney Houston, but also her brother, while " successfully her image from a strong, independent young woman to a sexy, mature adult.

* In the turmoil following the death of Antiochus IV, the governor of Media, Timarchus becomes the independent ruler of Media, opposing Lysias who is acting as regent for young king Antiochus V Eupator.

In 1921, Wyler, traveling as a Swiss citizen ( his father's status automatically conferred Swiss citizenship to his sons ), found himself and a young Czech man, Paul Kohner ( later the independent agent ), aboard the same ship en route to New York.

By now thoroughly disenchanted with the Salon, Degas joined forces with a group of young artists who were intent upon organizing an independent exhibiting society.

* Gina Gillotti-a fiercely independent young Italian American girl, who Dennis is mostly unaware he secretly has a crush on.

It may be thus seen as the beginning of Austrian history, and in 1919 there was the concrete idea aired by Heinrich Lammasch, who had been Imperial Austria's last prime minister, to give the young republic the name of " Norische Republik " or " Noric Republic ", because the ancient borders were similar to those of the new state which, at that time, did not wish to be considered the heir of the Habsburg monarchy but an independent, neutral and peaceful state.

Around this time, the earlier Universal films were usually shown on American television by independent stations ( rather than network stations ) by using announcers with strange personas, who gained legions of young fans.

Seeing no value in human life, the thinking machines – now including armies of robot soldiers and other aggressive machines, with the Titans as their commanders – dominate and enslave nearly all of humanity in the universe for 900 years, until a jihad is ignited by the independent robot Erasmus's murder of Manion Butler, the young son of Serena Butler.

François Truffaut was inspired by Little Fugitives spontaneous production style when he created The 400 Blows ( 1959 ), saying long afterwards: “ Our New Wave would never have come into being if it hadn ’ t been for the young American Morris Engel, who showed us the way to independent production with fine movie .”

His first work was Badlands ( 1973 ), an independent film starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as a young couple on a crime spree in the 1950s.

Berkshire Hills Music Academy ( BHMA ), founded in 1999 and opened in 2001, is a private post-secondary residential school providing young adults, with learning or developmental disabilities, the opportunity to live in a collegiate setting and acquire independent living skills while developing their musical potential.

During her passage in the afterlife, Barbara meets her guardian angel Boo-Boo ( Barbara's old nickname ) who is in fact the younger, beautiful and independent young woman she used to be.

Just prior to My Own Private Idaho, he filmed an acclaimed independent picture called Dogfight co-starring Lili Taylor and directed by Nancy Savoca, in which Phoenix portrayed a young U. S. Marine on the night prior to his being shipped off to Vietnam in November 1963.

Her husband's death in 1757 left Martha a rich young widow at age 25, with independent control over a dower inheritance for her lifetime, including properties and slaves, and trustee control over the inheritance of her minor children.