Joey, a pink-bodied, purple-headed roach with a pink right eye and yellow left eye, is the self-proclaimed leader of the roaches.

Oggy has come to realize that without the cockroaches, nothing fun or interesting ever happens in his life. Whenever he finds himself alone in his house, he will eventually begin to miss the cockroaches along with their pranks. Oggy has a Volkswagen Beetle (like Bob's) and a scooter.

It was revealed in the episode The Outsider that Oggy is terribly afraid of mice. Despite the constant mayhem caused by the cockroaches, Oggy has developed a sort of love-hate relationship with them, having lived with them for a long time.

He is a male, but sometimes acts like a female. Oggy usually spends his time either watching TV or doing housework - when not chasing the cockroaches. Since dialogue is kept to a minimum the humour is entirely visual. Despite these however, most gags are easily accessible and enjoyable for younger viewers. While traditional slapstick cartoon characters prefer dropping anvils and pianos on each other, this show sometimes uses even buses or submarines. The cartoon itself relies on slapstick humour, much like its inspirer, Tom and Jerry, only amplifying the level of extremities up a notch. Oggy usually finds creatures accompanying him to the end of the episode, such as crabs, clams, a horse, a very technologically advanced child, a puppy, and an octopus. The trio seems to enjoy making Oggy's life miserable, which involves mischief ranging from (in most cases) plundering his fridge to such awkward things like hijacking the train Oggy just boarded.

The show centers on Oggy, a content, lazy, fat blue cat, who would prefer to spend his days watching television and eating - if not for the three roaches in the household: Joey, Dee Dee and Marky (named after members of the punk group Ramones). Oggy and the Cockroaches (also known as Oggy et les Cafards in French, often shortened to Oggy) is a French animated comedy series produced by Xilam and Gaumont Film Company. This article copies information from Wikipedia's Oggy and the Cockroaches article.

Oggy the cat