presented Rocky's flight abilities as similar to those of Superman (hovering in mid-air, ascending in altitude, carrying objects, etc.); one example is Rocky flying from Minnesota to Washington, D.C. under his own power in the second season's "Greenpernt Oogle" storyline. Occasionally, Rocky would rely on Bullwinkle's strength (via an acrobatic maneuver) to provide him with an extra boost in flight speed, as shown in his attempt to reach the hovering Mount Flatten in the second season's "Upsidaisium" storyline. According to the series, Rocky learned his aerial skills at the Cedar Yorpantz Flying School (a play on the idiomatic expression "seat of your pants"). Voice Voice actress June Foray was the voice of Rocky, as well as the voice of Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick and other female characters. Foray continued to voice the character in modern media depictions of Rocky and Bullwinkle including the 2000 film until her retirement in 2014. As Rocky returns in the 2018 Amazon Video series The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, where Tara Strong took over as the voice of Rocky. Other Appearances The Rocky character made an appearance in Gary Larson's The Far Side comic strip, causing Larson to comment, "I've discovered an interesting phenomenon. Once you've drawn Rocky the Flying Squirrel, you can never draw him again. In the final version, I must have drawn and erased that miserable little rodent fifty times, and he ultimately ended up looking like Rocky the Flying Hamster." In 2014, Rocky and Bullwinkle appeared in a GEICO television commercial where the GEICO Gecko is looking at the Rocky Mountains with them, and trying to explain what they were named after. During a broadcast of an Atlanta Braves baseball game in the late 1990s, a real squirrel scampered onto the field and caused a delay in play. During the delay, the squirrel was featured on camera with a superimposed graphic identifying him as "Rocket J. Squirrel". His position was listed (tongue firmly in cheek) as "Shortstop". Comics Rocky and his Friends (1960) (Dell) Bullwinkle (1962) (Gold Key) Rocky and His Fiendish Friends (1962) (Gold Key) Bullwinkle Mother Moose Nursery Pomes (1962) (Dell) Bullwinkle and Rocky (1970) (Charlton) Bullwinkle and Rocky (1987) (Star Comics) Bullwinkle and Rocky Marvel Moosterworks (1992) (Marvel) Rocky and Bullwinkle (2014) (IDW) Video Games The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (1992) Rocky and Bullwinkle (2008) References External Links Hokey Smoke! Rocky and Bullwinkle TV