History WesternANimation / RegularShow

** [[spoiler: The Unicorns are back]] in "House Rules".

* TheOtherDarrin: High Five Ghost was voiced by JeffBennett in two episodes, but his other three voiced appearances all have Quintel as his voice actor.

** High-Five Ghost doesn't talk very much, only having two lines in about 5 appearances. In "Rigby's Body" he finally says a whole sentence ("What are you?") in a voice so [[TheWoobie Woobie-ish]] that it solidified him as a lot of fans' [[EnsembleDarkhorse favorite character]]. However, he spoke more in "Muscle Woman" than in all of his previous appearances combined.

** Played straight in Skunked, with Mordecai and Rigby picking up roadkill in the park and even PLAYING A BINGO GAME USING THE DEAD ANIMALS, though technically it was created by Benson to motivate them to work; they can't stop working until they get Bingo.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Skips is mostly like this when he's in charge, Benson ''COULD''and ''WOULD'' be this if Mordecai and Rigby quit slacking off and control his (justifiable) HairTriggerTemper.

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Lots of episodes. ''Appreciation Day'' is a particularly strong example.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Naked Pops]].

* WordSaladTitle: An in-show anime called Planet Chaser Starlight Excellent.

** The Wizard from the Halloween Special [[spoiler:turns Rigby into a house and brutally murders the entire cast]] just because Rigby egged his house.

* AltumVidetur[=/=]SmartPeopleKnowLatin: In "More Smarter", Benson and company hear Mordecai and Rigby arguing in Latin.

-->I'M! NO! GOVN'A!

* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Mordecai and Rigby in "More Smarter".

*** [[spoiler: Benson takes another level in badass in "Stick Hockey", where the titular game is apparently an underground bloodsport complete with rampant death, burning pits, and lots of spikes.]]
** [[spoiler: Pops]] in "Really Real Wrestling".

** [[spoiler: Skips]] quits the park bowling team and [[spoiler: leaves his job altogether because he didn't want his friends to know that his name used to be "Walks" until he changed it due to the fact that he was tired of being asked "Why are you called Walks when you always skip?"]]

* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: GBF explodes when he loses at Broken Bonez. Benson's RantInducingSlight in that episode is triggered solely by being covered in brain goo.]]

** This is a common joke Muscle Man uses. Invoked in "My Mom" when Mordecai tries to convince Muscle Man that he should be saying "your mom" instead of "my mom". He and Rigby then give several "your mom" jokes as examples.
* ZombieApocalypse: The premise of ''Zombacalypse'', the movie our duo borrow, and the[[spoiler: localized mass resurrection of the graveyard that occurs soon after.]]

All right, so you got these two 23-year-olds who are best friends. Regular enough. They work as groundskeepers of a public city park. Pretty normal so far. They are a giant blue jay and a raccoon named [[AwesomeMcCoolname Mordecai and Rigby]] respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson and live near a giant lollipop named Pops. As you can tell, NothingExcitingEverHappensHere. [[BlatantLies Everything is regular.]] ''Regular Show'' is the brainchild of J.G. Quintel, who was the creative director of ''TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', which should [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs explain some things]].

Regular Show airs Monday nights at 8:15 on CartoonNetwork. Getting Crap Past The Radar page [[Radar/RegularShow here.]] Also check out the Character Sheet [[Characters/RegularShow here.]]

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: "Skips Strikes" has [[spoiler: Rigby making a bet with Death: If Death's Team wins he'll get the team's(which is everyone working at the park except Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost) souls and if Rigby's Team wins he gets... a bowling ball filled with souls.]] Mordeicai and Benson aren't happy about this in the slightest.
** "Over the Top" has [[spoiler: Skips arm wrestling Death for Rigby's soul.]]

* DrunkOnMalts: Every time there's a bunch of soda cans around, they mean beer.

* AltumVidetur / SmartPeopleKnowLatin: In "More Smarter", Benson and company hear Mordecai and Rigby arguing in Latin.

** TheHero / TheLancer: Mordecai and Rigby.

** TheBigGuy / TheSmartGuy: Skips

-->'''Skips:''' You fools! Destroyer of Worlds will kill us all!

* GoneHorriblyRight: In "Cool Bikes", Mordecai and Rigby spend most of the episode trying to convince Benson that they're cool. When he finally does admit that they're the coolest guys he knows, it's most definitely a bad thing, since [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext they're on trial for being so cool that it threatens to destroy the universe, and Benson's admission is literally a death sentence for them.]]

* AltumVidetur: In "More Smarter", Benson and company hear Mordecai and Rigby arguing in Latin.

** One of the ''{{Halloween}}'' theme in "Creepy Doll".

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Muscle Man's costume party was simply a [[EvilIsPetty ploy]] to get back at Mordecai and Rigby for spilling soda on his face.]]

* LockedInAFreezer: Complete with [[spoiler: Mordecai almost dying.]]

* NeverSayDie: Averted hard in "It's Time".
-->'''Father Time:''' You've wasted my time, your time, and you really wasted the time of that guy you killed. [[OurHeroIsDead He's dead.]]
** Averted tenfold in "Over the Top", which actually opens with [[spoiler:a doctor closing the eyes and pulling a sheet over a deceased Rigby]]. This particular episode is rather blunt concerning mortality, especially for a 'kid's show'.
** "Stick Hockey" has [[spoiler: Benson's student (also a gumball machine) get decapitated, and Benson catching the head, which talks to him before dying.]]

* RoomFullOfCrazy: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in "More Smarter" when Rigby and Mordecai cover the house in writing, but they're not really crazy, they're just far too smart for the others to understand them.

* HorribleCampingTrip: ''Camping Can Be Cool''.

** "Over The Top" has [[spoiler: Skips arm wrestling Death for Rigby's soul.]]

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Anyone can become A Death-Kwon-Do master; just wear a mullet and disturbingly short cut-offs.

** Dig Champs is clearly a parody to DigDug.
** In "Grave Sights", Zombocalypse 3D stars Ash from EvilDead and ArmyOfDarkness.
** Garrett Bobby Ferguson from "High Score" is pretty much Pac-Man champion Billy Mitchell... as a giant head.

* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Mordecai and Rigby in ''More Smarter''.