History YMMV / Regularshow

* ContestedSequel: Season 3 has just as many fans as it does detractors. While the season is host to some of the most beloved episodes of the show, including "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep01StickHockey Stick Hockey]]", "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep04TerrorTalesOfThePark Terror Tales of the Park]]", "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep12WeekendAtBensons Weekend at Benson's]]", "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep17Eggscellent Eggscellent]]", and "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep26BustedCart Busted Cart]]", there are also just as many episodes that fans take umbrage with, including "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep10Cruisin Cruisin']]", "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep21TheBestBurgerInTheWorld The Best Burger in the World]]", "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep22Replaced Replaced]]", "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep23TrashBoat Trash Boat]]", and "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep29MuscleMentor Muscle Mentor]]". The fact that the show's RomanticPlotTumor got its roots [[FranchiseOriginalSin planted]] in Season 3 with "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep25YesDudeYes Yes Dude Yes]]" only adds to how overall contested the season is amongst the fanbase, with people struggling to agree on whether it's overall good or bad.

* MemeticBadass: In [[HypotheticalFightDebate powerscaling circles]], Mordecai and Rigby. It's been frequently joked that they can beat ''anyone'', as long as the fight follows the beats of an average ''Regular Show'' episode (they get help from [[SeenItAll Skips]] and [[FriendOnTheBlackMarket Muscle Man]], Benson threatens to fire them, etc.).

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Muscle Man, while a BaseBreakingCharacter in the show's home country, is a fan-favorite in Spain. Or at least he was during his original voice actor's run.

** ''[[Recap/RegularShowS02Ep15TempCheck Temp Check]]'': Doug "The Doppelganger" Shablowski is a shapeshifting ConArtist known for stealing the identities of people all across the country. Hired as a temp by Rigby, Doug wins over the other workers at the park with a friendly, hardworking attitude. While doing Rigby's work for him, Doug slowly mimics Rigby's appearance right in front of the others' eyes, eventually tricking the other workers into thinking he is Rigby and taking his paycheck for himself. When confronted, Doug proves to be an expert in mimicking Rigby when put through a series of tests to determine who's the imposter. After being exposed and arrested, [[GracefulLoser Doug accepts defeat with dignity]], and gives Rigby advice about being grateful for what he has.

** Mordecai was originally well-liked by fans for being the OnlySaneMan within the park, and far less prone to making dumb decisions compared to [[TheMillstone Rigby]]. Over time however, many people began to notice flaws with Mordecai that made him seem worse over time, particularly his desperation for being with Margaret and/or CJ despite his flagrant irresponsibility and inability to go steady with anyone, and his self-pitying attitude whenever he screws up his own chances. It's not helped by the fact that he tends to sideline Rigby in favor of trying to get with Margaret or CJ, making him come across as UnintentionallyUnsympathetic at times. These factors, along with Mordecai's static character development in contrast to the other main characters, made many fans perceive him as a MemeticLoser who cares more about trying to get a girlfriend than he does trying to help his friends.
** Rigby, by contrast, went from being a BaseBreakingCharacter to a fan favorite, thanks to him not just getting serious CharacterDevelopment that [[TookALevelInKindness did away with his nastier traits]] but also being in a stable and loving relationship with Eileen, as it lacked the melodrama and constant back-and-forth of Mordecai's love life.

** Muscle Man was also detested by many fans, due to his tendency to make ToiletHumour jokes and for being a very gross and overweight person that tended to antagonize other characters for mean-spirited fun. Later on though, many people began to notice how incredibly loyal and competent Muscle Man actually is to his friends and co-workers, and how most of his pranks were relatively harmless and pretty creative overall. His FunPersonified behavior also got some legitimate laughs out of people, making Muscle Man a more rounded-out character that people tend to enjoy now.

*** CJ's trust issues, unfortunately, continue when she freaks out seeing Mordecai and Margaret together in the Chopper 5 in "1000th Chopper Flight Party" and again assumes the worst, this time neatly getting the two of them and Margaret's parents killed, although she is remorseful when she finds out Margaret has a boyfriend.

*** It ends in "Dumped at the Altar," with Mordecai hijacking Muscle Man's wedding reception to make a speech on how he doesn't know if he has a solemate, and before he seemingly is about to presumably dump CJ, she cuts him off again, upset at Mordecai thinking he doesn't have a solemate and that he didn't point in her direction when asking the audience if one of them is his solemate, and the two deciding to break up.

** The evil animatronic band from "Fuzzy Dice" bear similarities to the evil animatronic characters in the video game ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', which was released two years after "Fuzzy Dice" originally aired.

*** In Mordecai's case, he is either a relatable OnlySaneMan who makes believable mistakes for someone his age or he is UnintentionallyUnsympathetic due to how terribly he deals with his love life, whether with Margaret or CJ.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: More sex jokes, frequent lethal use of weapons and mild profanities ("crap", "sucks", "blows," even "pissed"[[note]]though "pissed" has since been retired[[/note]]) than you can shake a yardstick at. Justified, as ''Regular Show'' is based on two short films J.G. Quintel made in animation school called "2 in the AM-PM" and "The Naive Man from Lolliland." While "The Naive Man from Lolliland" is safe for family viewing (the one use of the word "hell" wouldn't faze most viewers), "2 in the AM-PM" isn't -- at least by Cartoon Network's already selective standards.

* GeniusBonus: The Dudetime Cologne attracts unicorns. In medieval times, it was believed that a virgin's purity would attract unicorns. Therefore, guys who use Dudetime are virgins (and so is Mordecai).

*** However, the one episode that is widely agreed to be Mordecai's worst moment since "It's Time" is the Season 6 finale "Dumped at the Altar". While opinions on [[RomanticPlotTumor his romance arc being the prominent focus in later seasons]] have been divisive, the very moment where he hijacks Muscle Man and Starla's wedding to make an incredibly awkward speech about himself and his love woes, and attempting to dump CJ in front of everyone in attendance, have unanimously soured fans on his character. [[WhatTheHellHero He's even been called out on it in-universe by his friends.]]

*** However, the one episode that is widely agreed to be Mordecai's worst moment since "It's Time" is the Season 6 finale "Dumped at the Altar". While opinions on [[RomanticPlotTumor his romance arc being the prominent focus in later seasons]] have been divisive, the very moment where he hijacks Muscle Man and Starla's wedding to make an incredibly awkward speech about himself and his love life, and attempting to dump CJ in front of everyone in attendance, have unanimously soured fans on his character. [[WhatTheHellHero He's even been called out on it in-universe by his friends.]]

** Mordecai's LoveTriangle with CJ and Margaret and his failed attempts to be together with any of them is supposed to come across as something tragic, and make viewers empathize with him. However, Mordecai’s inability to choose between the two, on top of being MasterOfTheMixedMessage, and hijacking his friend’s wedding to make a speech about solemates and attempts to dump CJ in front of everyone, just makes him come across as a shallow, pathetic, and irresponsible person who is ignorant to how his erratic actions hurt others.

** [[GalacticConqueror Klorgbane.]] He is established as a powerful and callous villain with a personal connection to one of the heroes, as in killing Skips' girlfriend Mona. Unfortunately he only ever appears in two episodes, the later of which is a flashback, and Pops never gets a rematch with him when Mordecai and Rigby knock him back into space. He probably would've been a much more suitable secondary antagonist in season 8 than Internet/Streaming, who is a [[GenericDoomsdayVillain very generic destroyer character with no relation to the heroes.]]

** "Video Game Wizard" features a knockoff of Music/{{Rush}}'s "Subdivisions" on the car-ride to the tournament.
** "Steak Me Amadeus" has one for Music/{{Lynyrd Skynyrd}}'s "Tuesday's Gone" after [[spoiler:Mordecai gets dumped.]]

* {{Misblamed}}: Cartoon Network got a ''slew'' of hate ('''especially''' from theorist Youtubers) when ''Regular Show'' was announced to be ending by its eight season, coming off as them cancelling the show due to their focus on ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 the PPG 2016 Reboot]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' (which in itself is a controversial topic). This is ''not'' the case, as J.G. Quintel always intended for the series to have a finite story that he would end on his own terms, similar to what [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Alex Hirsch]] did.

* RealismInducedHorror: Regular Show is usually steeped in a lot of surreal conflicts. But the episode "That's My Television" tells the tale of [=RGB2=], an actor bullied into a contract by corrupt executives that view him more as a cash cow and not a living being or his own person. His life is so terrible he actually ''begs'' Mordecai and Rigby to help him escape the studio. From the perspective of TV fans, it's terrifying to discover behind the scenes cruelty; especially from the entertainment industry which is DEFINITELY no stranger to this sort of abusive treatment. [[spoiler:The reveal that [=RGB2=] is a withered old man trapped in a costume, while surreal and outlandish, makes this all the more horrifying.]]

*** It ends in "Dumped at the Altar," with Mordecai hijacking Muscle Man's wedding reception to make a speech on how he doesn’t know if he has a solemate, and before he seemingly is about to presumably dump CJ, she cuts him off again, once again thinking Mordecai loves Margaret and the two deciding to break up.

** Margaret is either a likable, well written supporting character with good romantic chemistry with Mordecai or an annoying, bland plot device for Mordecai. After Season 5, this sentiment managed to die down a bit, only to come back on later seasons, especially one the love triangle between her, Mordecai, and CJ started, as some blame her for ruining their relationship and admitting later she still had feelings for Mordecai, when she broke up with and didn’t even keep in touch with him after she left nor considered having a long distance relationship.
** CJ is also considerably divisive, depending on one's stance in the love triangle. Many prefer her as Mordecai's love interest over Margaret and an overall character due to her laid back, witty, and tomboyish personality, and having a lot in common with Mordecai (the Seer of the Universe even admitted she preferred CJ), although some dislike her for her anger and trust issues with Margaret and her overreacting in "Sad Sax" and "1000th Chopper Flight Party" from seeing her and Mordecai together and immediately assuming the worst, in the latter episode she even went full hurricane again and almost killed Mordecai, Margaret, and Margaret's parents, which some defend by the fact Mordecai has previously technically (unintentionally) cheated on her twice with Margaret, so she has some right to be worried/untrusting.

** Stef acts as one purely for her role in [[spoiler:being Mordecai's ultimate love interest despite only being introduced in the last episode.]]

** Mordecai's LoveTriangle with CJ and Margaret and his failed attempts to be together with any of them is supposed to come across as something tragic, and make viewers empathize with him. However, Mordecai’s inability to choose between the two, on top of being MasterOfTheMixedMessage just makes him come across as a shallow, pathetic, and irresponsible person who is ignorant to how his erratic actions hurt others.

*** Five seasons later, ''Rigby'' punches Benson in "One Space Day at a Time" after the latter blames him for the Park Dome getting launched into space and then gets pushed by him in frustration. Opinions on both characters aside, it can be seen as satisfying for Rigby to dole out some measure of retribution after being yelled at for so long.[[note]]Though not without reason [[Jerkass considering his past actions.]][[/note]]

** Mordercai straight up ''punching'' Benson in the face in "Eggscellent" is very satisfying to his haters, especially since he just made a very insensitive remark towards a comatose Rigby.

*** Was Mordecai, at least on some level, sticking by Rigby because at least until later on in the show, Rigby made him look better by comparison? Both Mordecai and Rigby were lazy and irresponsible [[ManChild man children]], who never finished school and wound up working dead end jobs at the local park, that they can barely even hold down. But at the same time, few would argue that Rigby wasn't the worst of the two for much of the series. And Mordecai does seem rather reluctant to give Rigby credit when he actually ''was'' being a good worker and friend in "Lift With Your Back" and when Rigby does make genuine strides in bettering himself late into the series, Mordecai is too wrapped up in his own personal issues to be happy for him. Some may even think he's envious that his "loser" friends actually improving his life.

* NarmCharm: Arguably, the ''entire show'' runs on narm charm. It's a WorldOfHam populated by odd, silly characters, to a soundtrack of deliberately cheesy 80's synth-pop. That doesn't make it any less charming.

** Mordecai in some of his dealings with Rigby is presented as this. Rigby has been an outright {{Jerkass}} to Mordecai just because he won't immediately indulge in Rigby's selfish whims such as in "Do Me a Solid" and "Wall Buddy", and even situations where Rigby should be sympathetic are ruined by being so petty and spiteful that his suffering is arguably deserved. Yet in these situations, Mordecai has to wind up to apologizing to Rigby despite being InnocentlyInsensitive at ''worst''. The same can be said of anytime when he tries to point Rigby's own flaws such as in "Lift With Your Back" where Mordecai sheepishly agrees with the other workers about Rigby's ability as a worker. Despite saying without any malice whatsoever, Rigby still treats it as a betrayal of the highest caliber.