edward "ed" bighead is a middle-aged cane toad, and the husband of bev bighead, he is the main antagonist of the show. he lives next door to rocko, whom he vehemently despises and sees him and his friends as the bane of his existence. in the television show, mr. bighead is grouchy and crass towards most people. ed works at the large corporation conglom-o. his position with the company is usually in middle management, but it can be any position from assembly-line worker to an executive role, depending on the needs of the episode: according to his nameplate at conglom-o, his job title is "toad". as seen in the episode "sailing the 7 zzzs", he is a sleepwalker and has the habit of turning into a pirate while sleepwalking and views ordinary people and things as their pirate equivalents; he believed rocko was an enemy pirate and proceeded to launch various household objects, such as toasters and bowling balls (cannonballs), at rocko's house (an enemy pirate ship) from a dryer (a cannon). in the comic book, mr. bighead works for a similar company headed by donald frump, an elephant that serves as a parody of donald trump. ed seems to have very bad luck wherever he goes and thus is very cynical. his catchphrase is "i hate my life."