110 Fun Facts About Regular Show

What kind of animal is Mordecai in Regular Show?

A blue jay. Mordecai dropped out of art school before taking the park job, but the finale's epilogue shows him quitting at last and becoming a successful artist.

What kind of object is Benson, Regular Show's park manager?

A gumball machine. Quintel wanted an authority figure to yell at the guys, and has joked that as the boss of everybody, Benson "represents the machine".

Skips, the immortal park worker, is what kind of creature?

A yeti. Quintel wanted a guru the others could turn to when they were in trouble, and picked the creature because "yetis are always funny and great to draw".

What does Benson constantly threaten to do to Mordecai and Rigby on Regular Show?

Fire them. "Clean up this mess or you're fired!" is his running gag, but he almost never goes through with it, and under the temper he cares about the pair.

Which job do Regular Show's 23-year-old slackers Mordecai and Rigby hold?

Groundskeepers. It is a minimum-wage job they mostly dodge, and the slacking is what starts the trouble, from time travel to a monster let loose from an arcade game.

Who voices Skips in Regular Show?

Mark Hamill. Luke Skywalker himself played Skips for all eight seasons and the movie, and in 2024 he confirmed he was coming back for the revival.

Which Regular Show character is Muscle Man's best friend and loyal sidekick?

Hi-Five Ghost. The hand sticking out of his head has a job: Quintel says he "doesn't say a whole lot" but is "always around for the supportive high five".

In Regular Show, what does Pops exclaim whenever something delights him?

"Jolly good show!" It is also the last line of the whole series: after the finale's epilogue, Pops's voice says it one more time from the afterlife.

Regular Show creator J. G. Quintel voices which two characters?

Mordecai and Hi-Five Ghost. Quintel says Mordecai embodies what he was like in college, so he simply used his own speaking voice, which "felt like the right fit".

Eileen, the coffee-shop waitress with a crush on Rigby, is what kind of animal?

A mole. Rigby finds Eileen annoying at first, but he comes around: by the finale's epilogue the two are married with two daughters.

Who is Muscle Man's girlfriend, and later his wife, on Regular Show?

Starla. In her first episode she falls for Mordecai instead, and it takes Muscle Man finally telling her how he feels to win her back.

Before he turns to erasing time, the villain of Regular Show: The Movie holds which high school job?

Volleyball coach. Mr. Ross never forgave Rigby for costing his team the state championship, and he builds a time machine partly to go back and win it.

What is the title of Regular Show's 2026 revival series?

Regular Show: The Lost Tapes. Its first episode finds Pops in the afterlife, where the tape holding his memories of the park breaks and he sets out to put things right.

What is the real name of Regular Show's Muscle Man?

Mitch Sorrenstein. He reveals it in "Muscle Woman", and the nickname isn't ironic either: in his youth he really was a muscular bodybuilder, before he let himself go.

Which episode won Regular Show a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program?

Eggscellent. The plot came from life: Quintel once took on a restaurant's giant omelet challenge to win a hat and failed, much as Rigby does before Mordecai steps in for him.

Which half-hour episode opened Regular Show's fourth season by bringing its old villains back from the dead?

Exit 9B. Garrett Bobby Ferguson's son brainwashes the crew and seizes the park to avenge his father, and the episode also introduces Thomas the intern.

Which childhood favorite did Regular Show creator J. G. Quintel fondly call "the slacker game"?

ToeJam & Earl. Quintel and his brother burned through Sega games as kids, and he says the game-addicted Mordecai and Rigby are "my brother and I, and all of our friends".

Regular Show's Skips skips everywhere he goes in honor of whom?

Mona, his late girlfriend. Back when he was still called Walks, the two skipped everywhere together, until she died during his fight with the bully Klorgbane.

In Regular Show, what is Thomas the intern eventually revealed to be?

An undercover Russian spy. He is really Nikolai, raised by the KGB and sent to steal the whole park for Russia; even the "mom" he brought to Thanksgiving was a robot.

Who voices Anti-Pops, the evil twin out to erase the universe in Regular Show's final season?

Robert Englund. Freddy Krueger himself voices the villain, whom Pops finally beats not with a punch but with a hug, before flying them both into the sun.

Which real-life gamer inspired Regular Show's villain Garrett Bobby Ferguson?

Billy Mitchell. The Donkey Kong champion sued Cartoon Network over the cheating giant head, but a judge threw the case out, noting that he, unlike the character, is a human being.

A British college roommate introduced J. G. Quintel to which comedy that shaped Regular Show's humor?

The Mighty Boosh. The roommate also showed him The IT Crowd and The League of Gentlemen, and Quintel says British comedy "just kind of became a part of what I thought was funny".

What is the title of Regular Show's very first episode?

The Power. Named after a magic keyboard, it comes back in the series finale: when time resets, Mordecai and Rigby relive this first episode, then use the keyboard to rejoin the fight.

What do teenage Mordecai and Rigby accidentally unleash in Regular Show: The Movie?

A Time-nado. Their botched high school time machine spawns a tornado that can travel through time; their science teacher takes the blame, is arrested and later turns it into a weapon.

What was Regular Show's eighth and final season called?

Regular Show in Space. Season seven ends with the park's dome blasting off with the crew inside, and they spend three years away before landing back on Earth in the finale.

Which Star Trek: The Next Generation actor voices Thomas, Death's 300-year-old demon son, in Regular Show?

Michael Dorn. Worf plays a demon who is only pretending to be a baby: Thomas can talk perfectly well, but his father, Death, has no idea.

Who voices the God of Basketball in the Regular Show episode "Slam Dunk"?

Carl Weathers. Rocky's Apollo Creed plays the deity, who gives up on training Mordecai and Rigby and simply zaps them with talent, then does the same for their opponent.

Which comic-book publisher launched the Regular Show comic series?

Boom! Studios. Its comics outlasted the TV finale: later in 2017 the publisher sent Adventure Time's Finn and Jake crash-landing in the park for a crossover miniseries.

For which console was the game Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land released?

Nintendo 3DS. Quintel helped shape the game, in which Mordecai and Rigby are sucked into their TV and must play their way out, powered up by mullets.

J. G. Quintel first pitched Regular Show to which Cartoon Network shorts program?

Cartoonstitute. Artists pitched shorts to Craig McCracken and Rob Renzetti, and Quintel built his from student-film characters; the showcase was scrapped, but his pilot became a series.

Which of J. G. Quintel's CalArts student films won at the 2005 Nicktoons Film Festival?

The Naïve Man from Lolliland. Its top-hatted ambassador became Pops, and the series finale knocks Pops back into this very short mid-fight.

Regular Show was written and storyboarded in Burbank, but in which country was it animated?

South Korea. The Burbank crew shipped each finished storyboard and its designs to Saerom Animation in Seoul, the kind of cost-saving outsourcing The Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants also rely on.

Margaret, Mordecai's longtime crush on Regular Show, is what kind of bird?

A robin. Mordecai pines for Margaret for three seasons and dates her in the fourth, but when he asks to make it official, she reveals a university has accepted her and she is leaving town.

Which band did Regular Show's Benson drum for in his youth?

Hair to the Throne. His own employees refuse to believe he played the band's legendary drum solo, so when the band plays the park he takes the stage and performs it himself.

In Regular Show, what does Pops keep in his wallet, believing it is real money?

Butterscotch lollipops. His scatterbrained ways may be Mordecai and Rigby's fault: sent back to 1982 in "Prank Callers", they accidentally hit a younger Pops with a golf cart.

Which secret of Rigby's nearly ends his friendship with Mordecai in Regular Show: The Movie?

Forging Mordecai's college rejection letter. Rigby was the one College University turned down; afraid of being left behind, he faked a rejection for Mordecai, who had actually got in.

Which comic actor voices Mr. Ross, the vengeful villain of Regular Show: The Movie?

Jason Mantzoukas. His villain is undone by an apology: once the teenage Rigby says sorry to him, the feud ends and the evil future Ross never comes to be.

Instead of a movie, what did Cartoon Network first offer Regular Show creator J. G. Quintel?

A forty-minute special episode. Quintel said that didn't "sound very fun" and asked to try making a movie instead; two and a half years later, it was finished.

Which David Bowie song plays in Regular Show's series finale?

"Heroes". It plays over the closing montage, which follows the park crew through the 25 years after they come home, up to a reunion beside a statue of Pops.

On Regular Show, the park crew play Death's team for their souls in which sport?

Bowling. In "Skips Strikes", Skips is the team's best player, so Death blackmails him into sitting out with a secret from his past, and only the bet on his friends' souls brings him back.

In the flash-forward that ends Regular Show, whom does Mordecai marry?

A bat. She is a fellow artist he bumps into at an art show, and she has no name on screen: head writer Matt Price only called her Stef later, in a Reddit Q&A.

What must Regular Show's Skips do every birthday to keep his immortality?

Perform a ritual dance. In "Free Cake", Mordecai and Rigby throw him a surprise party just to get some cake and botch the ritual, putting his eternal life on the line.

Before Regular Show, J. G. Quintel worked on which animal-cast Cartoon Network series?

Camp Lazlo. It came from Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, and Quintel says the look of those shows crept into his own: "the round eyes, the Muppet-looking characters".

Which rapper and actor voices Alpha-Dog, leader of the CrewCrew, in Regular Show's "Rap It Up"?

Donald Glover. His crew, which also features Tyler, the Creator and MC Lyte, mocks Pops as a loser, but Pops wins their rap battle by reciting poetry instead of insults.

How did Regular Show's Muscle Man win the trailer he lives in?

A hot dog eating contest. In "Trailer Trashed", the health inspector who condemns the trailer turns out to be the contest's sore runner-up, still trying to claim the prize.

After Regular Show ended, J. G. Quintel created which animated series?

Close Enough. TBS ordered it in 2017, then it sat unaired for three years; when HBO Max finally picked it up, Quintel tweeted, "What year is it??"

In January 2026, Mordecai became a playable outfit, with Rigby as his sidekick, in which video game?

Fortnite. Epic announced the crossover with a trailer of the pair doing their "Ooohh!" across the game's map, and Skips joined Mordecai as a second outfit.

Told to "age it up" from Cartoon Network's usual fare, Regular Show carried which TV rating?

TV-PG. Quintel says the network wanted the show aged up from "the TV-Y7 stuff we'd been doing", so the crew pushed each joke as far as it would go, then toned down whatever drew notes.

In Regular Show's "This Is My Jam", the song stuck in Rigby's head comes to life as a giant what?

Cassette tape. Storyboard artist Sean Szeles wrote the earworm, "Summertime Loving, Loving in the Summer (Time)", and Quintel says the whole crew got it stuck in their heads while recording it.

Which real name of Pops, the universe's chosen one, does Regular Show's finale reveal?

Mega Kranus. Pops learns only in the final season that Mr. Maellard found him as a baby while on an expedition and adopted him, keeping him safe until he could meet his destiny.

What does Rigby sleep on in the bedroom he shares with Mordecai in Regular Show?

A trampoline. In "California King" he wins a king-size bed and throws the trampoline out, then regrets it almost at once and sets off to get it back.

Which actress voices CJ, Mordecai's storm-cloud girlfriend, in Regular Show?

Linda Cardellini's CJ befriends Mordecai while he wrongly believes his crush is engaged. When he drops CJ the moment he learns the truth, she swells into a raging storm cloud inside the coffee shop.

Which two-word punchline ends Muscle Man's signature jokes on Regular Show?

"My mom!" caps a setup of "You know who else…?", so Muscle Man's botched yo-mama joke lands on his own mother. Of everyone he works with, only his best friend enjoys it.

Which new name does Rigby take in a season three episode of Regular Show?

Trash Boat: Rigby copies a famous frontman's name change and gets mocked all over the park. Then the frontman travels back in time to kill him, because the silly new name has stolen his fame.

What does Rigby secretly work to earn during Regular Show's seventh season?

His high school diploma: Rigby went back to finish school and hid it from Eileen, cancelling so many dates that she grew suspicious. He finally graduated in the season finale.

What is the name of Rigby's taller, more popular younger brother on Regular Show?

Don towers over Rigby and charms everyone at the park, which is exactly why Rigby can't stand him. Yet the accountant was only ever copying his big brother, because he thought everything Rigby did was cool.

Who voices Thomas, the park intern, in Regular Show?

Sam Marin does triple duty as Benson, Pops and Muscle Man, while Stiers voices park owner Mr. Maellard.

How did Regular Show's artists draw each episode's storyboards?

By hand on paper: every episode began as pencil sketches on Post-it notes. Quintel found paper more organic than a screen, and liked that viewers could tell which artist had drawn what.

In Regular Show's pilot, which game do Mordecai and Rigby play to decide who gets Pops's old chair?

Rock paper scissors: the pair tie 100 times in a row, which summons a monster bent on swallowing the chair. The short was later remade as the season two episode "First Day".

Which martial art does Rigby steal a move from to beat Mordecai at Punchies in Regular Show?

Death Kwon Do: Rigby steals its instructions for a knockout punch to win a game he always loses, but the plan backfires when Mordecai finds out and learns the block that counters it.

In Regular Show's very first episode, which magical object do Mordecai and Rigby use to send Skips to the Moon?

A keyboard that can do whatever its user wants first wins the pair raises from their boss, until a careless Rigby uses it to blast Skips off the planet.

Pendleton Ward, a classmate of Regular Show creator J. G. Quintel, went on to create which Cartoon Network hit?

Adventure Time came from Pendleton Ward, while a third classmate, Thurop Van Orman, created The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, on which Quintel was creative director.

In Regular Show's "Over the Top", Skips must beat Death at which challenge to bring Rigby back to life?

Arm wrestling is also what starts the trouble: Skips kills Rigby in a rage on discovering how Rigby had been beating him at it.

Which holiday does Muscle Man reveal that he celebrates in one of Regular Show's Christmas episodes?

Hanukkah is Muscle Man's holiday because he is Jewish, a detail the show slips into one of its Christmas episodes.

Which actor, the voice of the old man in Pixar's Up, plays Santa Claus in Regular Show's "The Christmas Special"?

Ed Asner was a natural choice, having already played Santa Claus in several films before Regular Show cast him.

Which Rocky Horror Picture Show star voices the leader of the vengeful sausages in Regular Show's "Meat Your Maker"?

Tim Curry's casting is a visual gag: he leads a pack of talking frankfurters decades after playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

In Regular Show's "Rap It Up", what does Pops plan to recite to win a rap battle against the CrewCrew?

Poetry is Pops's idea of rapping, which worries Mordecai and Rigby, yet with their support he beats the cruel rappers who had insulted him.

In Regular Show, the long-awaited kiss between Mordecai and Margaret is cut short by what, sending him back in time?

His bad breath so embarrasses Mordecai that he and Rigby travel back in time to redo the kiss, closing the show's third season.

In Regular Show's finale, Pops ends his battle with Anti-Pops by hugging him and flying them both into what?

The Sun kills both brothers and saves the universe, after Pops decides that kindness, not fighting, is the way to beat his twin.

With Eileen as his trainer, what must Rigby manage in order to pass the park's fitness test in Regular Show?

One pull-up is all Rigby needs to keep his job, but Eileen's training works too well and he ends up too strong and heavy to cope.

Which animals, found in a park fountain, imitate Rigby and can merge into one giant hero in Regular Show?

Baby ducks grow so attached to Rigby that they copy his behavior, and the four later return in giant form to battle a gang of aggressive geese.

Which product does Mordecai use to impress Margaret, only to attract a gang of delinquent unicorns in Regular Show?

Cologne sold with false advertising draws the unicorns, who cause such trouble that the crew lures them into a drag race, a challenge unicorns never refuse.

Which title is shared by Regular Show's yearly Halloween specials?

Terror Tales of the Park became a tradition from the third season on, each special framing a handful of short horror stories told by the crew.

Rigby, the hyperactive half of Regular Show's slacker pair, is what kind of animal?

A raccoon drawn hula-hooping was J. G. Quintel's starting point: he liked the doodle and built a far less responsible sidekick around it.

Which unusual skin color does Regular Show's Muscle Man share with the woman he later marries?

Green skin and a similar build make the two look alike, and their very public displays of affection regularly disgust the people around them.

Thomas, the intern who joins the park crew in Regular Show's fourth season, is what kind of animal?

A goat on an unpaid internship, Thomas is often scolded by his coworkers and usually asks whether he really has to join their surreal escapades.

Before working at the park, which subject did Regular Show's Mordecai study without ever graduating?

Art studies ended early for Mordecai because of his poor portrait skills, yet the finale shows him creating again and opening a successful exhibition.

Which elderly businessman, who adopted Pops as an infant, owns the park where Regular Show is set?

Mr. Maellard keeps getting his park manager's name wrong, a running gag that eases only once Benson rescues him from a demon.

Despite centuries of experience, Regular Show's Skips turns out to be hopeless with what?

Computers defeat Skips after Mordecai and Rigby jam a printer and crash the system while printing a card to thank him.

Mark Mothersbaugh, who composed Regular Show's original music, was a founding member of which new wave band?

Devo co-founder Mothersbaugh came aboard after Quintel sent him the pilot's animatic along with a request to join the show's crew.

Which actor voices Rigby, Mordecai's slacker best friend since childhood, in the animated series Regular Show?

William Salyers also turns up in smaller parts, such as one of the living objects that threaten to erase Mordecai and Rigby over a voicemail.

Which tabletop game did Regular Show's Benson once play competitively, later facing his old nemesis Chong?

Stick hockey pits Benson against Chong, who cuts off the heads of losing opponents and had beheaded Benson's apprentice ten years earlier.

Which arcade villain escapes into reality and rampages through the park in Regular Show's "Just Set Up the Chairs"?

Destroyer of Worlds, a digital devil head, breaks loose after Rigby tampers with a faulty arcade cabinet the pair find while hunting for chairs.

Which band, Rigby's favorite, do he and Mordecai work overtime to see in Regular Show's "Caffeinated Concert Tickets"?

Fist Pump tickets end up stolen by a giant coffee bean that had helped the pair stay awake, and after winning them back the two sleep through the whole concert.

In Regular Show's Emmy-winning episode, Rigby takes on a giant food challenge hoping to win which prize?

A trucker hat is the reward, but an allergic reaction puts Rigby in a coma, leaving Mordecai to finish the challenge for him.

In Regular Show, Mordecai, Rigby and two coworkers hunt for which obsolete device to watch a rare director's cut?

A LaserDisc player, the last one left, sits in a secret room with giant protectors whose heads resemble outdated gadgets, and the four friends are named the Disc Masters.

Which Community star voices DVD, the vengeful son of Archie the librarian, in Regular Show's "Format Wars II"?

Joel McHale was later joined by two Community co-stars: Gillian Jacobs and Yvette Nicole Brown voice Blu-ray and the Seer in the final season.

To keep Regular Show's dialogue sounding natural, how did the main voice cast record their lines?

Together as a group rather than in solo sessions, the cast served Quintel's aim of a cartoon that adults would find easy to listen to.

Which arcade prize, won for Pops's birthday in Regular Show, turns out to hide uncut diamonds inside?

Fuzzy dice costing a million tickets hide diamonds coveted by the Capicola Gang, a trio of crooked animatronic animals, and a car chase to the harbor follows.

In Regular Show, what exactly are the "tants" that Pops gives Mordecai and Rigby as a present?

Pants that double as tables leave the pair faking gratitude, and when they wreck the gift they scramble to repair it rather than hurt Pops's feelings.

Which challenge does Pops attempt to prove he is one of the guys in Regular Show's "Guy's Night"?

Milk chugging sends Pops somewhere stranger than a stomach ache: he ends up in a bizarre place full of weird white creatures.

In an early Regular Show episode, a jealous Mordecai destroys every clock in the house using which appliance?

The microwave stunt, meant to stop Rigby's date with Margaret, gets Rigby killed in the scuffle before Mordecai is given the chance to start the day over.

Which fake item do Mordecai and Rigby use to prank Muscle Man on his birthday in Regular Show?

A lottery ticket made as a birthday joke backfires when Muscle Man takes his fake win all too seriously, leaving the pranksters full of regret.

Which Seinfeld actor voices the Guardian of the Friend Zone, a talking asteroid, in Regular Show's "Meteor Moves"?

Wayne Knight, Seinfeld's Newman, plays an asteroid who traps Mordecai and Margaret after Mordecai wastes chance after chance to kiss her.

On which arcade game do Mordecai and Rigby beat Garrett Bobby Ferguson's universal record in Regular Show?

Broken Bonez costs the giant floating head his title, and he flies into such a rage at losing that his head explodes.

In the epilogue of Regular Show's finale, Hi-Five Ghost and his wife Celia tour the globe as what?

A DJ duo is the happy ending for a ghost who once waited four years for a postcard from Celia, the human girl he had befriended at a cafe.

A lying competition lands Mordecai and Rigby in trouble with a pair of which professionals in Regular Show?

Astronauts are the people the pair try to impress while seeing who can lie better, all on an errand to replace the grilled cheese sandwich they ate by mistake.

In Regular Show's "Country Club", what do wealthy neighbors turn the park crew's stolen belongings into?

Toilets are the fate of anything the wealthy club members steal, so Mordecai and Rigby race to recover the park's golf cart before it joins them.

After ruining the park owner's limousine, Mordecai and Rigby enter which event to win a replacement in Regular Show?

A demolition derby offers a new White Stallion limousine as its prize, after the pair make a mess of the original over lunch inside it.

After his breakup with CJ, Mordecai vanishes to which city of jilted men in Regular Show's seventh season?

Dumptown is home to men living a trashy, aimless life after a breakup, and Rigby has to find Mordecai there before his friend loses his job.

What is the name of the pet pig that Benson gets in the seventh season of Regular Show?

Applesauce is no ordinary pet: his real name is Leroy, and he once had a partner in crime before choosing a quiet life with Benson.

In Regular Show's "Ello Gov'nor", Rigby is traumatized by a vintage British horror film about a possessed what?

A taxi with a mind of its own leaves Rigby traumatized and fearful long after he and Mordecai finish watching.

Looney Labs released a Regular Show-themed edition of which card game, known for rules that change mid-play?

Fluxx suits the show's chaos, since its rules and winning conditions shift with the cards played; it was the very first game from Looney Labs.

Which rival park, run by Benson's nemesis Gene, wages prank wars on the heroes' park in Regular Show?

East Pines twice tries to wreck the park with pranks, and both times it is Muscle Man, the crew's own prankster, who thwarts the attack.

Before he became immortal, Regular Show's Skips went by which name?

Walks was the name he still used as a student, when Klorgbane, the bully who became his main rival, was a schoolmate.

Margaret, long a coffee-shop waitress, returns to town in Regular Show's sixth season in which new job?

News reporter is a change no one notices at first, and Margaret later auditions to host a weekly segment with an investigative piece.

Which animals is Eileen especially fond of, a quirk that Regular Show returns to in several episodes?

Sea turtles draw Eileen and her friends to a beach hatching, where they stumble on a resort using the animals in its spas to keep wealthy guests young.

What job does Low-Five Ghost, the older brother of Hi-Five Ghost, hold in Regular Show?

Police officer is an ironic job for him, since he once served a prison sentence until his brother and Muscle Man bailed him out.

Regular Show's Mordecai and Rigby make a cameo in "Pizza Eve", an episode of which other Cartoon Network series?

Uncle Grandpa shares an origin with Regular Show: both began as pilots for the same shorts project before becoming series of their own.

Which Regular Show writer and storyboard artist also provides the voice of Eileen?

Minty Lewis was one of several crew members given roles, and Eileen grew from a recurring part into a main character by the final season.