mr. smitty is rocko's boss at kind of a lot o' comics. he is a purple toad with obvious hair plugs and is always seen smoking a cigar. he seems to either fire rocko or make his job difficult in almost every episode he appears in, and is even rude to his customers. in the episode "commuted sentence", it is revealed that his house is next door to kind of a lot o' comics, and he still drives to work despite being so close. the only thing mr. smitty truly cares about is his car, which got towed by rocko for a parking violation. this forces him to head to the impound lot to try and get it back. the director there had no patience for mr. smitty's tyrannical nature and forced him to rethink his behavior. rocko often refers to mr. smitty as "a smoldering old toad", and is the only character in the series that rocko openly dislikes. his tyrannical, aggressive nature and short temper are apparently the result of "the green button" on his office chair. in the episode "power trip", rocko is temporarily appointed manager of the comic store and, after pressing "the green button" his personality changes to match mr. smitty's.