History WesternANimation / RegularShow

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Creator/CartoonNetwork's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay thanks to getting rid of its classic cartoon line-up, ending its first wave of original animated programming (the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons''), and airing live-action programming (most notably with the ''Creator/CNReal'' block). The series became widely praised for the numerous features that set it apart from other series at the time, like its downbeat, realistic characters mixed with the absurd stuff that happens or the edginess of its dialogue (with the characters actually ''swearing''). GrowingTheBeard set in as the series extensively developed its principal cast members, eventually moving focus away from MonsterOfTheWeek styled escapades into problems aimed at an older audience, like relationship woes and finding your place in life. The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a television movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Creator/CartoonNetwork's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay thanks to getting rid of its classic cartoon line-up, ending its first wave of original animated programming (the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons''), and airing live-action programming (most notably with the ''Creator/CNReal'' block). The series became widely praised for the numerous features that set it apart from other series at the time, like it's downbeat, realistic characters mixed with the absurd stuff that happens or the edginess of it's dialogue (with the characters actually ''swearing''). GrowingTheBeard set in as the series extensively developed it's principle cast members, eventually moving focus away from MonsterOfTheWeek styled escapades into problems aimed at an older audience, like relationship woes and finding your place in life. The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a television movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Creator/CartoonNetwork's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay thanks to getting rid of its classic cartoon line-up, ending its first wave of original animated programming (the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons''), and airing live-action programming (most notably with the ''Creator/CNReal'' block). The series became widely praised for the numerous features that set it apart from other series at the time, like it's downbeat, realistic characters mixed with the absurd stuff that happens or the edginess of it's dialogue (with the characters actually ''swearing''). Extensive GrowingTheBeard eventually set in as the series extensively developed it's principle cast members, eventually moving focus away from MonsterOfTheWeek styled escapades into problems aimed at an older audience, like relationship woes and finding your place in life. The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a television movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Creator/CartoonNetwork's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay thanks to getting rid of its classic cartoon line-up, ending its first wave of original animated programming (the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons''), and airing live-action programming (most notably with the ''Creator/CNReal'' block). The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a television movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, which premiered on Creator/HBOMax in July 2020 (it was originally going to air in 2018 on TBS, but the lead-in show, an animated series created by Louis CK, was canceled following Louis CK's career getting torpedoed for sexual misconduct[[note]]around the same time that Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey made the news for committing sexual misconduct[[/note]] and TBS decided to scrap its planned animated line-up and just air ''Final Space'' on its own while ''Close Enough'' was shelved until HBO Max was announced).

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Creator/CartoonNetwork's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay thanks to getting rid of its classic cartoon line-up, ending its first wave of original animated programming (the "Cartoon Cartoons"), and airing live-action programming. The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a television movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit due to its ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''-esque spin on absurdist humor, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Creator/CartoonNetwork's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay. The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a television movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

However, this wasn't to be the end of the series, at least as far as comics are concerned. Creator/KaboomComics started publishing [[ComicBook/RegularShow monthly comics]] in 2013, with the run ending in 2016 at 40 issues. At the same time, graphic novels were released yearly from 2014 to 2017. Near the end of 2017, the comic book universes of ''Regular Show'' and ''ComicBook/AdventureTime'' combined for the six-issue ''ComicBook/{{Adventure Time x Regular Show}}'' {{crossover}} miniseries. Finally, in 2018, another six-issue miniseries comic entitled ''ComicBook/RegularShow25YearsLater'' was released, focusing on the Park Crew as depicted in the show's WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, which premiered on Creator/HBOMax in July 2020.

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, set to premiere on Creator/HBOMax in July 2020.

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, set to premiere on Creator/HBOMax in July 2020[[note]]it was originally going to air on TBS in 2018, but when Louis CK's career got torpedoed due to admission of sexual misconduct, the cartoon he was planning to do as a lead-in was canceled, leaving ''Close Enough'' to get shelved too. The good news is that ''Final Space'' -- which was also going to premiere alongside ''Close Enough'' and Louis CK's cartoon -- ended up airing on TBS and Cartoon Network and got good to average reviews[[/note]].

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, set to premiere on Creator/HBOMax in Spring 2020[[note]]it was originally going to air on TBS in 2018, but when Louis CK's career got torpedoed due to admission of sexual misconduct, the cartoon he was planning to do as a lead-in was canceled, leaving ''Close Enough'' to get shelved too. The good news is that ''Final Space'' -- which was also going to premiere alongside ''Close Enough'' and Louis CK's cartoon -- ended up airing on TBS and Cartoon Network and got good to average reviews[[/note]].

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, set to premiere on Creator/HBOMax in Spring 2020. And as a final aside, some of the main characters' designs in ''Regular Show'' come from J.G. Quintel's previous animated student films. Mordecai and Benson were featured in a MushroomSamba in ''WebAnimation/TwoInTheAMPM'' and Pops as a lollipop ambassador in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsUyio0IKEk The Naive Man From Lolliland.]]'' They're both well worth checking out, but definitely not for kids, ''[[NotSafeForWork especially]]'' the former.

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, set to premiere on Creator/HBOMax in Spring 2020. And as a final aside, some of the main characters' designs in ''Regular Show'' come from J.G. Quintel's previous animated student films. Mordecai and Benson were featured in a MushroomSamba in ''WebAnimation/TwoInTheAMPM'' and Pops as a lollipop ambassador in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra6yWZQYm5I&feature=fvw The Naive Man From Lolliland.]]'' They're both well worth checking out, but definitely not for kids, ''[[NotSafeForWork especially]]'' the former.

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit due to its ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''-esque spin on absurdist humor, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Creator/CartoonNetwork's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay. The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a 2015 TV movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

So, you got these two 23-year-olds who are best friends. Alright. They work as groundskeepers at a public city park. Pretty normal so far. They are a giant blue jay and a raccoon named Mordecai and Rigby, respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson, and their fellow employees are an immortal yeti named Skips, an overweight, green-skinned guy named Muscle Man, a ghost with a hand on the top of his head named High-Five Ghost, and a man with a giant head named Pops, while nearly causing the end of the world on a daily basis thanks to various impossible and strange events arising from normal, mundane tasks. Like playing RockPaperScissors and summoning an inter-dimensional monster after getting one hundred ties in a row. So yeah, it's a [[TitleDrop regular show]]. Now about that solid...

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 Mordecai and Rigby respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson, and their fellow employees are an immortal yeti named Skips, an overweight, green-skinned guy named Muscle Man, a ghost with a hand on the top of his head named High-Five Ghost, and a man with a giant head named Pops, while nearly causing the end of the world on a daily basis thanks to various impossible and strange events arising from normal, mundane tasks.

For example, the pilot episode has the main characters eating cereal, playing RockPaperScissors to decide who gets an old chair, summoning an inter-dimensional monster after getting one hundred ties in a row, and then [[StatusQuoIsGod having everything turn back to normal]]. And this was on Mordecai and Rigby's first day at work, no less.

Just as a note, some of the main characters' designs come from J.G. Quintel's previous animated student films. Mordecai and Benson were featured in a MushroomSamba in ''WebAnimation/TwoInTheAMPM'' and Pops as a lollipop ambassador in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra6yWZQYm5I&feature=fvw The Naive Man From Lolliland.]]'' They're both well worth checking out, but definitely not for kids, ''[[NotSafeForWork especially]]'' the former.

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit due to its ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''-esque spin on absurdist humor, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Cartoon Network's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay. The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a 2015 TV movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, set to premiere on Creator/HBOMax in Spring 2020 (it originally was going to air in 2017 on TBS as part of an animation block, but when Louis CK, who had an animated sitcom of his own, was outed for sexual misconduct, plans for the animation block fell through as CK's sitcom was going to be the lead-in, though ''Final Space'' ended up airing on the network).

After the show wrapped up, Quintel went on to create ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at an older audience, set to premiere on Creator/HBOMax in Spring 2020.

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 Mordecai and Rigby respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson. Their co-workers are an immortal yeti named Skips, an overweight, green-skinned guy named Muscle Man, a ghost with a hand on the top of his head named High-Five Ghost, and a man with a giant head named Pops, while nearly causing the end of the world on a daily basis thanks to various impossible and strange events arising from normal, mundane tasks.

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 Mordecai and Rigby respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson, an immortal yeti named Skips, a fat, green-skinned guy named Muscle Man, a ghost with a hand on the top of his head named High-Five Ghost, and a man with a giant head named Pops, while nearly causing the end of the world on a daily basis thanks to various impossible and strange events arising from normal, mundane tasks.

Since the show wrapped up, Quintel has been making a new show called ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at a much older audience, set for air... [[DevelopmentHell eventually]] on Creator/{{TBS}}. Or Creator/AdultSwim. No one is really sure.

Since the show wrapped up, Quintel has been making a new show called ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at a much older audience, set for air... [[DevelopmentHell eventually]] on Creator/{{TBS}}' brand-new original animation block.

Since the show wrapped up, Quintel has been making a new show ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at a much older audience, set for air... [[DevelopmentHell eventually]] on Creator/{{TBS}}' brand-new original animation block.

Wait, you want me do you a solid and [[DescribeTopicHere describe Regular Show here]]?

Alright, but you owe me one later. 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 Mordecai and Rigby respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson, an immortal yeti named Skips, a fat, green-skinned guy named Muscle Man, a ghost with a hand on the top of his head named High-Five Ghost, and a man with a giant head named Pops, while nearly causing the end of the world on a daily basis thanks to various impossible and strange events arising from normal, mundane tasks. ''Regular Show'' is the brainchild of J.G. Quintel, who was the creative director of ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', which should [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs explain just about everything]].

Just as a note, some of the main characters' designs come from J.G. Quintel's previous animated student films. Mordecai and Benson were featured in a MushroomSamba in ''WebAnimation/TwoInTheAMPM'' and Pops as a lollipop ambassador in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra6yWZQYm5I&feature=fvw The Naive Man From Lolliland.]]'' They're both well worth checking out, but definitely not for kids, '''''[[NotSafeForWork especially]]''''' the former.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[MadLibsCatchPhrase You know who else visits TV Tropes?]][[note]]Back row: [[SeenItAll Skips]], [[TheQuietOne High Five Ghost]], [[CloudCuckoolander Pops]]. Front row: [[ThePrankster Muscle Man]], [[TheConscience Mordecai]], [[RascallyRaccoon Rigby]]. Center: [[HairTriggerTemper Benson]]. Missing: [[SixthRanger Thomas]], [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and a lot of other people]]. Oh, and [[BrickJoke MY MOM!]][[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[MadLibsCatchPhrase You know who else visits TV Tropes?]][[note]]Back row: [[SeenItAll Skips]], [[TheQuietOne High Five Ghost]], [[CloudCuckoolander Pops]]. Front row: [[ThePrankster Muscle Man]], [[TheConscience Mordecai]], [[RascallyRaccoon Rigby]]. Center: [[HairTriggerTemper Benson]]. Missing: [[SixthRanger Thomas]], [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and a lot of other people]]. Not pictured: [[BrickJoke MY MOM!]][[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[MadLibsCatchPhrase You know who else visits TV Tropes?]][[note]]Back row: [[SeenItAll Skips]], [[TheQuietOne High Five Ghost]], [[CloudCuckoolander Pops]]. Front row: [[ThePrankster Muscle Man]], [[TheConscience Mordecai]], [[RascallyRaccoon Rigby]]. Center: [[HairTriggerTemper Benson]]. Missing: [[SixthRanger Thomas]], [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and a lot of other people]]. Also, [[BrickJoke MY MOM!]][[/note]]]]

Premiering September 6, 2010, the show quickly became a hit due to its ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''-esqe spin on absurdist humor, with both it and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' considered as the start of Cartoon Network's renaissance age after years of NetworkDecay. The series ended on January 16, 2017, after 261 episodes and [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie a 2015 TV movie]], making it the first of the network's big [[TheNewTens 2010s]] hits to wrap up.

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Alright, but you owe me one later. 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 Mordecai and Rigby respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson, an immortal yeti named Skips, a fat, green-skinned guy named Muscle Man, a ghost with a hand on the top of his head named High-Five Ghost, and a man with a giant head named Pops, while nearly causing the end of the world on a daily basis thanks to various impossible and strange events arising from normal, mundane tasks. As you can tell, [[BlatantLies everything is regular and nothing exciting ever happens.]] ''Regular Show'' is the brainchild of J.G. Quintel, who was the creative director of ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', which should [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs explain just about everything]].

Hey, do me a solid and [[DescribeTopicHere describe Regular Show here]]?

Alright, but you owe me a solid. 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 Mordecai and Rigby respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson, an immortal yeti named Skips, a fat, green-skinned guy named Muscle Man, a ghost with a hand on the top of his head named High-Five Ghost, and a man with a giant head named Pops, while nearly causing the end of the world on a daily basis thanks to various impossible and strange events arising from normal, mundane tasks. As you can tell, [[BlatantLies everything is regular and nothing exciting ever happens.]] ''Regular Show'' is the brainchild of J.G. Quintel, who was the creative director of ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', which should [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs explain just about everything]].

For example, the Pilot episode has the main characters eating cereal, playing RockPaperScissors to win a chair, summoning an inter-dimensional monster after getting one hundred ties in a row, and then [[StatusQuoIsGod having everything turn back to normal]]. And this was on Mordecai and Rigby's first day at work, no less.

However, this wasn't to be the end of the series, at least as far as the comic book series was concerned. Creator/KaboomComics started publishing ''ComicBook/RegularShow'' [[ComicBook/RegularShow monthly comics]] in 2013, with the run ending in 2016 at 40 issues. At the same time, graphic novels were released yearly from 2014 to 2017. Near the end of 2017, the comic book universes of ''Regular Show'' and ''ComicBook/AdventureTime'' combined for the six-issue ''ComicBook/{{Adventure Time x Regular Show}}'' {{crossover}} miniseries. And 2018, another six-issue miniseries comic entitled ''ComicBook/RegularShow25YearsLater'' was released, focusing on the Park Crew as depicted in the show's WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.

Since the show wrapped up, Quintel has been making a new show ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Regular Show'' but aimed at a much older audience, set for air...[[DevelopmentHell eventually]] on Creator/{{TBS}}' brand-new original animation block.

However, this wasn't to be the end of the series, at least as far as the comic book series was concerned. Creator/KaboomComics started publishing ''ComicBook/RegularShow'' monthly comics in 2013, with the run ending in 2016 at 40 issues. At the same time, graphic novels were released yearly from 2014 to 2017. Near the end of 2017, the comic book universes of ''Regular Show'' and ''ComicBook/AdventureTime'' combined for the six-issue ''ComicBook/{{Adventure Time x Regular Show}}'' {{crossover}} miniseries. And 2018, another six-issue miniseries comic entitled ''ComicBook/RegularShow25YearsLater'' was released, focusing on the Park Crew as depicted in the show's WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.