- “You see, I'm a traveller by nature. I did that whole barnyard thing for a while but I couldn't really get into it. Hi, how are you? Nope! The open road, that's more my style. Yep, just give me a pack on my back and point me where the wind blows”
- ―Rocky introducing himself [src]
Rocky Rhode Island Red, or Rhodes for short, is one of the main characters of Chicken Run. He is the Rhode Island Red, who is a flying American rooster and the helper of all hens. He is Ginger's boyfriend turned husband.
Appearance[]
Chicken Run[]
He is an extremely handsome rooster, who manages to make many hens swoon for him. He has the american flag as a scarf, a big, droopy comb, similar to Fowler's, but a more brilliant red, has brown feathers on his body, yellow feathers from the neck up, and tail feathers that are blue and green, that are longer than those on the hens, rather like Fowler's.
Personality[]
Rocky loves fame, respect, recognition, attention, and adulation, which was always handed to him. He has a charm that attracts many to him, an intelligent wit, and a flair for showmanship, making him highly attractive. Rocky also tends to sugercoat the harshness of reality, as he believes it will shatter people's wills, and tends to be rather lazy. At first, he was obnoxious, cowardly, mean, two-faced, and lied if it meant he could evade life in the circus, suggesting he wasn't treated well there, such as claiming he could actually fly. He also was willing to abandon the hens at first. When he met ginger, he disliked her, getting her name wrong, quite a few times in a row, because she was the first hen he could possibly of met, who possessed a 'show, don't tell,' attitude toward him. Because she actually placed realistic expectations on him, he was secretly fascinated, and became attached to her over time, admiring her confidence. Due to her stern, hard to get character, Rocky went to great lengths to impress her, and protect her, and despite almost abandoning the flock, he returned, and ultimately saved the entire flock. He also endangered himself, by entering the pie machine, just to save her, as ginger's noble, brave, heroic, and kind nature had rubbed off on him. He speaks with an american accent, and claims to be American, though Bunty doubted he actually came from America.
Biography[]
Chicken Run[]
Rocky is first seen crash landing into Tweedy's Farm in Yorkshire and breaks his left wing. He is then taken in and tended to by the farm's chickens, who believe that he can fly, due to the circus poster of him that their leader Ginger found. Ginger, who wants escape the farm alongside the other chickens due to the cruelty of the owners Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, who kill any hens that stop laying eggs. Soon afterwards, a member of the circus arrives at the farm to look for him. Not wanting to go back to the circus, Rocky makes a deal with Ginger to teach the chickens to fly in exchange for them hiding him from the circus worker. Rocky ends up having to share a bunk with the farm's rooster Fowler, who is distrustful of him.
The next day, Rocky gives the chickens lessons on how to fly. Later, Ginger is taken by Mr. Tweedy to test out the farm's new pie machine. Upon learning about this from the other chickens, Rocky goes to save Ginger and ends up sabotaging the machine. That night, Ginger thanks Rocky for saving her. Fowler also gains respect for Rocky and let's him have the bunk all to himself and gives him one of his RAF medals.
On the day of the chickens intended escape, Ginger goes to get Rocky, only to find him gone and sees that he has left behind the medal and the missing bottom half of the poster and learns that Rocky cannot fly at all and had in fact been fired from a cannon.
Meanwhile, Rocky is seen on a tricycle before spotting a billboard advertising "Mrs. Tweedy's Chicken Pies". This causes Rocky to have a change of heart and returns to Tweedy's Farm to help the chickens. He arrives in time to see Ginger about to be killed by Mrs. Tweedy. Rocky uses the tricycle to cycle over the farm's fence and knocks down Mrs. Tweedy before helping Ginger put up a ramp to help the chickens' plane (piloted by Fowler) take off. The duo then use a string of fairy lights hanging from the plane to get onboard. However, Mrs. Tweedy also uses the fairy lights to pursue them. Rocky lowers Ginger down to cut the string with scissors. However, Ginger ends up dropping the scissors and it then appears that Mrs. Tweedy decapitated her, much to Rocky's horror. However it is then revealed that Ginger had ducked and had tricked Mrs. Tweedy into severing the string, resulting in Mrs. Tweedy falling back to earth. Rocky and Ginger then share a kiss as the plane flies away from the farm.
Sometime later, Rocky, Ginger and the other chickens, along with two rats named Nick and Fetcher, have taken residence on an island which they have named Chikin Sanctuary, which is eventually also populated by the hens' chicks.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget[]
Rocky is set to appear in the upcoming sequel which will be on Netflix in 2023. In this film, Rocky and Ginger become parents to a daughter named Molly.
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Trivia[]
- His name is a pun on the name of the ice cream flavor rocky road.
- Rocky is played by Mel Gibson who voiced John Smith in the Disney film Pocahontas.
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