60 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.