 They are introduced in the first-season episode "Dirty Dog", in which their boss, Mr Ick, comes over for dinner while Rocko tries to give Spunky a bath.This episode suggests that more than one parasite is living on Spunky, proven in future episodes by huge crowds of insects and even an old-west style town on Spunky's body.One of Bloaty and Squirmy's more well known sayings is "Up, work, home, TV, bed!