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Regular Show season 2

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The second season of the American animated television series Regular Show, created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of the show's main characters originated from his animated shorts 2 in the AM PM and The Naïve Man from Lolliland. Following its first season's success, Regular Show was renewed for a second season in 2009, ahead of its premiere. The season ran from November 29, 2010, to August 1, 2011, and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios.

Regular Show
Season 2
Starring
No. of episodes28
Release
Original networkCartoon Network
Original releaseNovember 29, 2010 (2010-11-29) –
August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

Regular Show's second season was storyboarded and written by Quintel, Sean Szeles, Shion Takeuchi, Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, Paul Scarlata, Kat Morris, Mike Roth, John Infantino, Minty Lewis, Henry Yu, and Dennis Messmer. For this season, the writers were Quintel, Roth, Infantino, Michele Cavin, and Matt Price, who is also the story editor.

Development

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Concept

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Two 23-year-old friends,[1] a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby, are employed as groundskeepers at a park and spend their days trying to slack off and entertain themselves by any means. This is much to the chagrin of their boss Benson and their coworker Skips, but the delight of Pops. Their other coworkers, Muscle Man (an overweight green man) and Hi-Five Ghost (a ghost with a hand extending from the top of his head) serve as their rivals.

Production

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Many of the characters are loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: The Naive Man From Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed artists to create pilots with no notes to be optioned as a show possibly. After The Cartoonstitute was scrapped, and Cartoon Network executives approved the greenlight for Regular Show, production officially began on August 14, 2009.[2] After being green-lit, Quintel recruited several indie comic book artists to compose the show's staff, as their style matched close to what he desired for the series. The season was storyboarded and written by Quintel, Sean Szeles, Shion Takeuchi, Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, Paul Scarlata, Kat Morris, Mike Roth, John Infantino, Minty Lewis, Henry Yu, and Dennis Messmer. For this season, the writers were Quintel, Roth, Infantino, Michele Cavin, and Matt Price, who is also the story editor while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios.

The second season of Regular Show was produced between August 2010 to November 2010. It utilizes double entendres and mild language; Quintel stated that, although the network wanted to step up from the more child-oriented fare, some restrictions came with this switch. [citation needed]

Episodes

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See also: List of Regular Show episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleAnimation direction byWritten and storyboarded byOriginal air date [3]Prod.
code [4]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
131"Ello Gov'nor"Robert AlvarezSean Szeles and Shion TakeuchiNovember 29, 2010 (2010-11-29)1004–0142.07[5]

Rigby gets traumatized and becomes fearful after watching a scary movie about a stalking British taxi that haunts him. With little choice, he asks Mordecai and Pops for help to get over his fears.

Guest voice: Paul F. Tompkins as the Movie Shack Hut employee
142"It's Time"Robert AlvarezBenton Connor and Calvin WongJanuary 3, 2011 (2011-01-03)1004–015N/A

Mordecai grows angrily jealous when Rigby impresses Margaret for a date to see the movie Zombie Dinner Party. Desperate, he took all the clocks into the microwave and cooked them. In the process of the fight, Rigby gets killed, and Mordecai is introduced to Father Time, who takes him back to the beginning of the episode to fix what he did wrong.

Guest voice: Alan Sklar as Father Time
153"Appreciation Day"Robert AlvarezKat Morris and Paul ScarlataJanuary 10, 2011 (2011-01-10)1004–0131.72[6]
By trying to change Benson’s opinion of them, Mordecai and Rigby accidentally create a lot of work for themselves.
164"Peeps"Robert AlvarezBenton Connor and Calvin WongJanuary 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)1004–019N/A

Benson purchases a surveillance system to keep Mordecai and Rigby from constantly slacking off.

Guest voice: Richard McGonagle as Peeps
175"Dizzy"Robert AlvarezSean Szeles and Shion TakeuchiJanuary 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)1004–0182.10[7]

Pops has to prepare a speech at The Park to unveil the new park statue. Mordecai and Rigby try to help by making him go dizzy, but they have to go into his head to restore his confidence.

Guest voice: David Ogden Stiers as Mr. Maellard
186"My Mom"Robert AlvarezKat MorrisJanuary 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)1004–0171.83[8]

Mordecai and Rigby fail to do another task, so Benson has Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost supervise them. Mordecai and Rigby hate having to put up with Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost, especially Muscle Man's "My Mom" jokes.

Song: "Nothin' but a Good Time" by Poison

Guest voices: Steven Blum as John and Tiny Lister as Bobby
197"High Score"Lindsey PollardSean SzelesFebruary 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)1004–024N/A

Mordecai and Rigby try to earn respect by beating the world record on an arcade game until a giant floating head, named GBF (Garret Bobby Ferguson), who is the record-holder, gets involved too.

Song: "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids on the Block
208"Rage Against the TV"Robert AlvarezJ. G. Quintel, Mike Roth, and John InfantinoFebruary 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)1004–0201.85[9]

After their TV crashes, Mordecai and Rigby try looking for another TV to beat a difficult boss on a video game. Still, the boss soon becomes real by combining electronics, forcing the group to work together and defeat him by using the furniture.

Guest voice: Roger Craig Smith as Jimmy
219"Party Pete"Robert AlvarezBenton Connor and Calvin WongFebruary 21, 2011 (2011-02-21)1004–0251.72[10]

When Benson takes the night off, Mordecai and Rigby decide to throw a party with the help of a hard-partying celebrity named Party Pete. Still, Party Pete takes the idea too far after an antique soda drink.

Guest voice: Jeff Bennett as Party Pete
2210"Brain Eraser"Robert AlvarezKat MorrisFebruary 25, 2011 (2011-02-25)1004–0210.91[11]

When Mordecai accidentally sees Pops naked, Rigby and Skips try to help him forget about it by going into his memory and erasing it through a Japanese anime movie-style.

Guest voice: Roger Craig Smith as the Movie Shack Hut employee
2311"Benson Be Gone"Robert AlvarezJohn InfantinoFebruary 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)1004–0161.87[12]

A new park manager replaces Benson after he gets demoted to a groundskeeper with Mordecai and Rigby, but this new manager is revealed to be a demon. Worse, it causes everyone to look like her. Now it is up to Benson to save the day.

Guest voices: Steven Blum as Leon and April Stewart as Susan
2412"But I Have a Receipt"Robert AlvarezKat Morris and Minty LewisMarch 7, 2011 (2011-03-07)1004–0281.75[13]

Mordecai and Rigby try to get a refund on their role-playing game after realizing how bad it is, but the manager refuses to let this happen. This causes both sides to go to war to see who is right about the case, which prevails in a simulation of all in the board game.

Guest voice: Roger Craig Smith as the game store manager
2513"This Is My Jam"Robert AlvarezSean SzelesMarch 28, 2011 (2011-03-28)1004–0271.52[14]

Rigby struggles to get a repetitive song out of his head, which quickly turns into a problem for the whole group when it comes alive with a body of a 90s live cassette tape, which devolves into a battle of the bands.

Song: "Summertime Loving, Loving in the Summer (Time)" by Sean Szeles
2614"Muscle Woman"Robert AlvarezBenton Connor and Calvin WongApril 4, 2011 (2011-04-04)1004–0291.42[15]

Muscle Man becomes depressed when his girlfriend, Starla, breaks up with him, which causes Mordecai and Rigby to do his work. The duo have to find a way to bring Muscle Man and Starla back together.

Guest voice: Courtenay Taylor as Starla
2715"Temp Check"Brian SheesleyBenton Connor and Calvin WongApril 11, 2011 (2011-04-11)1004–0311.69[16]

Rigby hires a temp to do his work at the park but soon learns of his devious ways when he begins to steal Rigby's identity. When it reaches boiling point, the group are stuck dealing with two Rigbys which they must put an end to by identifying the true faker.

Guest voice: Roger Craig Smith as Doug
2816"Jinx"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleySean Szeles and Henry YuApril 18, 2011 (2011-04-18)1004–0321.70[17]

Rigby falls victim to being jinxed by Mordecai and tries to remove it from himself but fails each time. Until Muscle Man tells Rigby to do it in a mirror which unleashes a demon, raising the stakes and forcing Mordecai to unjinx Rigby.

Guest voice: Roger Craig Smith as Ybgir
2917"See You There"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyJ. G. QuintelApril 25, 2011 (2011-04-25)1004–0221.74[18]

Mordecai and Rigby try to get to Muscle Man's surprise birthday party for Hi-Five Ghost but soon learn the truth about it after various attempts.

Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as Low-Five Ghost and Tiny Lister as Bobby
3018"Do Me a Solid"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyKat Morris and Minty LewisMay 2, 2011 (2011-05-02)1004–0302.04[19]
Mordecai asks Rigby to go on a date with Eileen to double date with Mordecai and Margaret. Rigby agrees in exchange for Mordecai owing him ten favors, which he uses during the date to spoil Mordecai's moves towards Margaret, but it becomes deadly at the last favor.
3119"Grave Sights"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyBenton Connor and Calvin WongMay 9, 2011 (2011-05-09)1004–0351.93[20]

Mordecai and Rigby accidentally wake the dead during a movie night in the park's cemetery and must protect the audience who believe they are watching "Zombie Apocalypse" in 3D.

Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as the Movie Shack Hut employee and Jeff Bennett as the zombies and the zombie hunter
3220"Really Real Wrestling"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleySean SzelesMay 16, 2011 (2011-05-16)1004–0342.16[21]

After accidentally injuring Pops, Mordecai and Rigby sneak out of the house to go to a wrestling event they were initially going to attend with him. To their surprise, they find out that he has snuck out and is mistaken for a wrestler at the event.

Guest voices: Lee Reherman as Four-Armageddon and Robin Atkin Downes as Huge Head
3321"Over the Top"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyBenton Connor and Calvin WongMay 23, 2011 (2011-05-23)1004–0361.96[22]

Skips cannot figure out how Rigby can beat him at arm wrestling and soon discovers the truth and unbelievably kills him. He has to beat the undead presence of Death in an arm-wrestling match to save Rigby's life.

Song: "Dies Irae" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Guest voice: Julian Holloway as Death
3422"The Night Owl"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyKat Morris and Minty LewisMay 30, 2011 (2011-05-30)1004–0332.11[23]

Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost enter a competition to win a car, but the host of the contest plans to keep them in it forever. The four have to try to escape before being iced into the future past year 4224.

Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as The Night Owl, Nick, and Museum Voice
3523"A Bunch of Baby Ducks"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyKat Morris and Minty LewisJune 6, 2011 (2011-06-06)1004–0372.33[24]
Baby ducks become attached to Rigby, and start imitating his behavior.
3624"More Smarter"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyBenton Connor and Calvin WongJune 13, 2011 (2011-06-13)1004–0392.19[25]
Rigby purchases a drink online that increases a person's intelligence to prove to Mordecai that he is more intelligent than him. Still, they both became too smart for their good.
3725"First Day"Robert AlvarezJ. G. QuintelJuly 11, 2011 (2011-07-11)1004–0402.63[26]

On their first day working at the park, Mordecai and Rigby compete against each other over Pops' old chair by playing rock-paper-scissors, but it is revealed to be an evil game when they tie 100 times in a row, spawning a portal-absorbing monster intent on eating the sofa.

Song: "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins

Guest voice: Roger L. Jackson as the portal-absorbing monster

Note: This episode is an extended version of the show's pilot episode, which was redone for this season.
3826"Go Viral"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyBenton Connor and Calvin WongJuly 18, 2011 (2011-07-18)1004–0262.01[27]

Mordecai and Rigby compete against Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost to see who can make a viral video with the most views. Still, the duo eventually finds a strange place ruled by an evil computer warden.

Song: "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar

Guest voice: Mitzi McCall as the Warden of the Internet
3927"Skunked"Robert Alvarez and Brian SheesleyJ. G. Quintel and Sean SzelesJuly 25, 2011 (2011-07-25)1004–0232.14[28]

Rigby starts transforming into a skunk after being sprayed by a mythical creature called the Were-Skunk and tries to return to normal before it is too late, but the Were-Skunk is determined to keep this from happening.

Guest voice: Paul F. Tompkins as the Were-Skunk
4028"Karaoke Video"Robert AlvarezSean Szeles and Dennis MessnerAugust 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)1004–0382.26[29]

Mordecai and Rigby have to find and destroy a video of them insulting their friends while drunk and caught up in the excitement of singing karaoke, but it proves to be very difficult when the group gets involved as well, and the manager is ignorant of their protest by playing the tape.

Songs: "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister and "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins

Guest voice: Richard McGonagle as Carrey O'Key

Home media

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Warner Home Video released multiple DVDs, consisting of region 1 formats. Slack Pack, The Best DVD in the World *At this Moment in Time, Party Pack, Fright Pack, Mordecai & Margaret Pack and Rigby Pack were created for Region 1 markets containing episodes from the second season.

Full season release

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The Complete First & Second Seasons was released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 16, 2013.

Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons
Set details[30][31] Special features[30][31]
  • 40 episodes
  • 2-disc set (Blu-ray)
    3-disc set (DVD)
  • 1.78:1 aspect ratio
  • Subtitles: English
  • English (Dolby Stereo)
  • Episode commentaries
  • Deleted scenes
  • The Naive Man from Lolliland student short
  • CG Test for Hodgepodge Monster
  • Hot Topic interview
  • Pops character reading by Sam Marin
  • Original drawings of the main characters
  • Original Post-it used to pitch Regular Show
  • Unaired "Regular Show" pilot
  • Sam Marin singing Blitzkrieg Bop
  • J. G. pitches "The Power"
  • Animatic for the unaired pilot
  • Animatic for "The Power"
  • Pencil test drawings
  • Comic-Con 2010 teaser trailer
  • Party Tonight music video
  • Original Regular Show commercials
Release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Region A Region B
July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16)[30] N/A The Complete First Season: October 2, 2013 (2013-10-02)[32]
The Complete Second Season: November 6, 2013 (2013-11-06)[33] 		July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16)[31] November 6, 2013 (2013-11-06)[34]

References

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