dr. paula hutchison turtle, or hutch for short, is a feline character on "rocko's modern life". originally a dentist, hutch has also been a cashier, surgeon, veterinarian, obstetrician, and pharmacist. she jokingly admits she left her job as a dentist because she was "getting tired of looking down in the mouth!" and as a surgeon when she admits she "just couldn't cut it!" she has a large smile and very upbeat outlook on life. she has a hook for her right hand which does not hinder her normal activity in any way. her hook was also used to defeat the giant mutant tooth. hutch took a liking to filburt and has encouraged him to do various things he's afraid of and eventually married him. hutch's mother, the widow hutchison, disallows the wedding between the two because of her belief that "cats and turtles don't mix" citing their status as natural enemies. while both filburt and hutch's families fight each other, it turns out that hutch's father colonel frank hutchison, who was thought to be dead, is actually a turtle, meaning that widow hutchison did not want her daughter to marry filburt because she was trying to protect her.