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Filburt Shellbach is a character in Nickelodeon's animated series Rocko's Modern Life, the Netflix animated special Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling and the comic book series of the same name. He is an anthropomorphic turtle who is often pessimistic. In the Australian website of the television show, his name is sometimes spelled as Filbert and sometimes as Filburt. In the comic book, his name is spelled Filbert. On the show's creator Joe Murray's website and in the episodes "Born to Spawn" and "Uniform Behavior", his name is spelled as Filburt. In the episodes "Born to Spawn" and "Fortune Cookie", he is referred to as Mr. Filburt Turtle. However, in the episode "High Five of Doom" Rocko and Heffer read in Filburt's diary that his full name is Filburt Shellbach, which was officially considered his real name. Mr. Lawrence provided Filburt's voice.

Development
Joe Murray, the creator of the show intended for Filburt to be a secondary character used to "add texture" to Rocko and Heffer Wolfe. Mr. Lawrence, functioning as a director on the show sculpted Filburt into a main character befriending Rocko and Heffer. Writer Martin Olson described the decision when Nickelodeon gave the green light for the marriage of Filburt and Paula Hutchison as one of the most memorable moments of the production. Martin said that the executives at first did not like the idea: linear character development did not exist in Nicktoons. Joe convinced the executives to allow for the marriage to occur. ==Character==
Character
Filburt, described on the Nickelodeon Australia website as "nerdy" and "neurotic" His birthplace is Kerplopitgoes Island (named after the Galápagos Islands). On his 21st birthday, he is required to go back to the island for a period of time. ==References==
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