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10	-> ''"Bad show. Jolly bad show."''
11	-->-- Malum Kranus aka Anti-Pops himself, ladies and gentlemen. Perhaps he has MediumAwareness and is actually referring to [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck these moments]]?
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13	Being half of the two frontrunners of Creator/CartoonNetwork’s cartoon renaissance, ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' managed to bring out the best... and the worst. Of course, the show can have [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck a few mistakes]] that need to be [[MemeticMutation fired]] from The Park as soon as possible.
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28	* Tropers/{{bobdrantz}}: As of its second season, ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' is taking something of a downhill turn. The episode "Appreciation Day" was bad enough with its predictable storyline and poor use of characters, but that's not even the DMOS. No, that honor goes to "My Mom". It's a poorly-written ShootTheShaggyDog story in which Mordecai and Rigby end up being supervised by Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost. Sure, the episode starts out decent enough with the main duo finding out that Muscle Man is pretty cool, despite being a JerkAss. However, Mordecai then points out that he finds Muscle Man's "My mom!" jokes are annoying and proceeds to tell a bunch of "Your mom" jokes...and it goes downhill from there. Why? Well, first of all, you'd think that this means that the episode would have Muscle Man's mother show up for one reason or another. Instead, his brother shows up (Which makes no sense) and they proceed to make Mordecai and Rigby kiss and eat a picture of Muscle Man's [[spoiler:butt]]. It makes no sense. The ending feels tacked on and forced and brings the entire episode down. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Not to mention that Muscle Man]] works best as a RunningGag character, and his voice is too aggravating to listen to for longer than five minutes.
29	* Tropers/{{GamerManDrew}}: “Temp Check” was my least favorite episode of Regular Show until “The Best Burger in the World” came along. The episode starts with Mordecai and Rigby mowing the lawn at an ultimate frisbee field. After they finish, Benson tells them to mow the lawn all over again JUST because the grass was an inch too tall. Rigby responds by justifiably complaining. Benson responds by smugly threatening to fire him. As a result of Benson’s needlessly unfair treatment of the duo, Rigby hires the episode’s main antagonist, Doug, to do all of his work at the park for him. In the end, Benson punishes Rigby with three months of toilet duty. Hey, Benson, Rigby wouldn’t have hired Doug to do all of his work at the park for him had you not been needlessly unfair to him and Mordecai in the first place!
30	* gene0129: The episode ''Jinx''. It involved Rigby being jinxed by Mordecai to where if he says anything, the latter punches him, and the only way to unjinx was to get someone to say the name three times in a row. When he gets fed up with this, he goes to Skips to get him to unjinx by writing down on a piece of paper instead out of fear that Mordecai is watching him. What does Skips do instead? He joins in on beating Rigby! Okay, seriously? I expected that kind of assholeness from Muscle-Man! Besides, Mordecai was overall a complete fucking asshole here and I'm glad he got he would get his just desserts in "Do Me a Solid", an episode that would air later.
31	* Tropers/{{heartauthor}}: My original Regular Show DMOS was "Think Positive", but then I remembered "See You There", a really bad episode that cemented my hatred for the show's other [[TheScrappy Scrappy]]: Muscle Man. The episode is about Mordecai and Rigby being the only ones who aren't invited to Hi-Five Ghost's birthday party; Muscle Man even says to their faces that they aren't invited. Mordecai and Rigby try multiple times to appease Muscle Man, even giving him their game system, but are rejected each time. The two end up sneaking into the party with the help of HFG's brother, disguised as ghosts (it's a costume party), and through a series of elaborate events, end up giving Muscle Man a heart attack. Hi-Five Ghost starts screaming at Mordecai and Rigby that they killed his best friend, and [[TearJerker/RegularShow Mordecai and Rigby are horrified by what they did]]... only for Muscle Man to wake up and reveal that the whole thing, even the party... was one big prank. And the motivation for the whole thing? Muscle Man [[BestServedCold wanted revenge]] for Mordecai and Rigby splashing soda in his face... [[DisproportionateRetribution while Mordecai was saving Rigby from choking, during which Muscle Man only sat by, cackling as he essentially]] watched Rigby die. [[BigWhat What]]? Not only is that the most petty reason for revenge this troper has ever heard, but it pretty much confirmed that Muscle Man is an UngratefulBastard that has no problem faking a serious injury just to get back at someone for [[FelonyMisdemeanor splashing soda in his face]].
32	* RemTar85: To me the biggest DMOS in the show's history is the episode "Do Me a Solid", where Mordecai asks Rigby to do him a "solid" (pretty much a favor) by accompanying him on a double date with Margaret and Eileen. To sweeten the deal, Rigby demands ten solids in return. Mordecai begrudgingly accepts, and what does Rigby do? During the double date, he uses his solids to humiliate, demean and embarrass Mordecai, all to ruin his chances with Margaret. We never find out what the final solid is, but it's something apparently so disgusting that Mordecai refuses doing it, causing one of the typical world-ending cataclysms seen almost daily in the park, requiring Mordecai to do the embarrassing, disgusting solid in front of everybody, including Margaret. To add insult to injury, the whole thing is taped, and Rigby and the others at the park (minus Benson) are still laughing over it while watching it the next day. The lowest point comes when Mordecai rightfully wants to end the friendship with Rigby, but decides that Rigby should be forgiven when Rigby casually breaks the tape of Mordecai's humiliation. So what if he broke the tape? Everybody saw it and knows what he did, breaking the tape changes nothing! This episode was the point that cemented Rigby as an irredeemable, selfish ManipulativeBastard with no good qualities who is as bad and probably worse than the villains the characters often face, and I cannot comprehend why anyone would like him after watching this episode.
33	** Supernintendo128: I 100% agree with you. I cannot stand this episode or how Rigby was acting. Why did he feel the need to ruin Mordecai's chances with Margret by humiliating him right in front of her? Or worse, why did he need to make Mordecai do that extremely embarrassing final solid right in front of everyone including Margret? But worst of all, why is Mordecai still hanging out with Rigby after he filmed the final solid, and showed it to everyone? It doesn't matter that he broke the tape, the damage has already been done. I hope you're happy, Rigby. You're extremely lucky that Mordecai is still willing to be friends with you, you little piece of crap.
34	* curiouskat: Though I have several issues with the episode "Muscle Woman", my DMOS is how [[MeanBoss Benson]] treats the situation. Mordecai and Rigby tell him that Muscle Man hasn't been doing his chores because of his recent breakup with [[DistaffCounterpart Starla]], and instead of talking to Muscle Man himself, he delegates Mordecai and Rigby to do all of Muscle Man's chores for the day. I guess that's fine and all, but then it turns out to be longer than a day when the two are trying to help Muscle Man get over his breakup, then later when they try to get Starla and Muscle Man back together. And Benson doesn't say or do anything past that first day. [[FlatWhat What.]] I don't know what kind of manager Benson is, but most employees would get a stern talking-to about abandoning their duties for an uncertain period of time without a good reason other than "I don't know, because he's sad or something". And even if he was going to make people do Muscle Man's work, why pick Mordecai and Rigby specifically if he can't trust them [[TheSlacker to do their own work]]; is it just because they're the ones who reported it? Why not split it between all of the available employees? [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Why wasn't Hi-5 helping them before suggesting that they get the two back together?]] Aren't he and Muscle Man supposed to be a team? Ugh. The contrivances here were headache-inducing, seriously. Not to mention the fact that Starla [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower damages the park extensively]] after Mordecai breaks up with her, kills one or two innocent people, and [[KarmaHoudini gets away with all of it]]. This episode isn't one of my favorites by a long shot. And I bet Benson made them [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin clean it all up afterwards...]]
35	* aster2560: While I really like Mordecai as a character he was really insufferable during certain episodes of the earlier seasons-particularly when he was bullying Rigby and he wasn’t ever called out for it. That said, the episode for my DMOS was originally gonna be “Jinxed”, but after careful consideration I chose “More Smarter” because the entire plot of the episode is basically Mordecai being a giant asshole about Rigby not having a high school diploma. Though the plot is quite awful, what really made this my DMOS is the ending where the two of them drink Rigjuice to decrease their intelligence. Before they take a drink, Mordecai promises not to make fun of Rigby about his lack of a diploma after everything was back to normal. However, after Benson yells at them to clean up the formulas they drew all over the house, Mordecai goes back on his word and tells Rigby that this all wouldn’t have happened if he just graduated high school… even though the real reason this happened was because Mordecai was acting like such a prick about it.
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39	* WhiteRoseSamurai: The episode "Slam Dunk" annoys me to no end. In it, Margaret asked Mordecai to make a webpage for her, but Muscle Man reserved the computer even though he wasn't using it and was playing basketball outside. I don't understand why he wouldn't let Mordecai use it to do something that probably wouldn't have taken 20 minutes instead of being a jerk about it.
40	* CRMartin: I am a huge Regular Show fan. I have enjoyed the show's best moments with every fiber in my body and have tolerated most (not all) of the show's slip-ups. But there is one slip-up I cannot comprehend let alone slide off my shoulders, which is in "Think Positive". The first of the episode's pros is Pops showing a more 'seasoned' side of him that I appreciate, besides his trademark CloudCuckooLander disposition; [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness him not taking too kindly to Benson's harsh treatment towards Mordecai and Rigby and taking action]] has me beginning to like him after one whole season's worth of his nonsense, and that's saying something. The second is giving the depth that Benson really needed; controlling his temper is not only taxing for him, but brings back painful memories of his upbringing which shows him to be rather timid until coaxed by his family. And I'm glad he was able to [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech call out Mordecai and Rigby during the climax]]. But that leads me to the first of the episode's cons: After noticing their boss's struggle to keep himself composed, do Mordecai and Rigby try to change themselves for the better? Of course fucking not, they do the contrary by behaving like complete assholes and taking advantage of Benson. Perhaps the real kicker is the worse of the two cases of OOCIsSeriousBusiness in this episode: while Pops does show his competence, albeit rather late at this point in the series, it's Mordecai who pissed me the fuck off. You would think that he would cut down on the antics he and Rigby get into. And speaking of Rigby, he's the first to instigate these antics, and his are usually more idiotic than the ones Mordecai instigates. Never would I think that Mordecai would drop to Rigby's brand of stupidity, but he did in this episode. Note that this is the same blue jay who usually knows his bounds and if he's overstepped them. That must be some excellent shit he sniffed or some strong booze he guzzled down (if he does drink booze, that is).
41	* Alvarocasalino: ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' is one of my favorite animated series from the recent years, but I can't stand "The Best Burger in the World" due the {{Flanderization}} suffered by Benson in this chapter: Many previous episodes showed Benson's starting to become at least semi-sympathetic towards Mordecai and Rigby (for example in "Benson Be Gone") and also showed that (very deep inside, at least) he considered them as his friends. However, in "The Best Burger in the World" he behaves like a complete {{Jerkass}} towards Mordecai and Rigby, as if he really hated them. All the previous CharacterDevelopment is thrown out the window just for a one-off gag. The [[KickTheDog awful and mean-spirited ending]] just makes the whole thing even worse, and makes it very hard to find Benson likeable after that episode.
42	** monkeyman224: I hate this episode too, but for the exact opposite reason as everyone else. I hate that Benson is supposed to look like the bad guy in this episode, despite that Mordecai and Rigby are the ones who are being total jackasses. In the beginning Benson chastises them for not completing a single job the week before, and what do they do? They give him attitude about it. ("Ugggh! Not this again Benson!") Of course Benson would be pissed off at that, I would be too if I was in that position. It really pisses my off the way Mordecai and Rigby think they can act like that and get rewarded for it. Just like BobTheHun says in his post below this one, I don't understand why fans hate Benson and Mordecai and Rigby gets all the sympathy despite that they are the ones who are in the wrong half of the time.
43	** GlassyParadise: I hate this episode as well and did not like Benson's attitude towards the duo at all because of his overall {{Jerkass}} behavior, this and other episodes such as Muscle Mentor. Especially their final job being to clean out Skips's garage which should be a duty exclusively done by Skips himself. I also believe that he cannot particularly not give them a lunch break and is suppose to grant them one, but instead he seems to be acting more like an overbearing parent than an actual boss in this episode. I disagree with BobTheHun and monkeyman224 not realizing that just because Mordecai and Rigby screw up does not give Benson the right to do what he did in this episode. Even then it is a disservice to people who enjoy Benson as he is just displayed as a jerk in this episode and doesn't ensure his credibility as a good boss. Denying some of Benson's wrong doings is completely outrageous and even if Mordecai and Rigby have some bad times it's usually illogical, such as hooking up an old arcade game no one expects a destructive video demon to pop out, and even simple things such as singing will get them fired for no reason.
44	* BobTheHun: Many moments related to Mordecai and Rigby are a DMOS, but specifically "Replaced", where they sabotage better workers to keep a job they don't deserve and get away with it. I don't see how fans see Benson as a jerk and sympathize with Mordecai and Rigby. They are clearly undeserving of there jobs and Benson is made to be a jerk for yelling at them or punishing them. Sometimes Benson does go too far but Mordecai and Rigby are {{Karma Houdini}}s (barring some exceptions). I'd post more examples but the rules only allow for one entry per person. It wouldn't be so bad if Mordecai and Rigby weren't shown to time and time again act like everything Benson says they are, or if their laziness was some InformedAttribute. But it's shown constantly to be true.
45	* fluffything: How does one utterly ruin an absolutely [[Heartwarming/RegularShow heartwrenching]] [[TearJerker/RegularShow episode]]? By pulling a rather dickish AssPull of course. Case in point, the episode "Out Of Commission". Long story short, the episode involves Mordecai and Rigby having to take their old golf-kart to the dump since its being replaced by a newer higher-tech kart. They dump soda onto the old kart and it magically springs to life. The rest of the episode centers around "Kart" wanting to do various things with the bird-n-raccoon duo before being destroyed with the final thing being to "go out in a blaze of glory". This could've (and should've) been a great touching episode paralleling what it's like to spend one's final days with those one cares about. But, then the dick-move comes in where Benson calls them and tells them that they couldn't afford the new kart and that they can bring the old kart back, causing Mordecai and Rigby to groan in frustration. Just...I'm sorry, what? Hey, writers? You just utterly belittled one of the most beautiful and touching endings of any episode I've ever seen in a series with that one scene.
46	* Savagegenius: My DMoS is in the episode "Busted Cart." After everything Mordecai and Rigby did which put Benson through hell and back, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he goes on ranting about how they can never take responsibility for anything nor take perspective on how he feels]], after which Mordecai and Rigby finally realize what they did was wrong. So what do they do next? Abandon Benson at the arcade they were at and go down the most dangerous highway in the country just to make it to a car repair dealership in time and have the cart fixed. Long story short, all of them get driven to the hospital with multiple injuries. And when Benson tells them that his car is busted, they act all excited about going on another road trip after they're treated. So not only was Benson proven correct about them the whole time, but now all of the empathy Mordecai and Rigby gained about Benson’s position was thrown completely out the window.
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51	* Tropers/CaptainTedium: Many people complained about the twist ending of "Do or Diaper" where Margaret fakes out kissing Mordecai so that he ends up having to wear a diaper for a week, but the thing about the episode that pissed me off was when Muscle Man bought the last diapers in stock in front of a mother and her crying baby, who obviously need the diapers more. Muscle Man's already an unsympathetic jerk. Last thing we need is another reason to hate that asshole!
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56	* {{FAS1997}}: As much as I love Regular Show, it even has its down occasionally. Some of the dethroning episodes are Muscle Woman, Muscle Mentor, and Access Denied, but the episode that sort of take the cake of a dethroning moment of suck in my opinion was the season 5 premiere episode "Laundry Woes." To be honest, even for a season premiere, it was so poorly written. I didn't really like Mordecai here as he was being mean to Rigby. Rigby still has his annoying self back in the first three seasons, and of course, he and Mordecai get in a fight over Margaret's sweater. Then, Mordecai kicks Rigby out. Of course, this episode turns out to be a ShaggyDogStory in the end when he doesn't return Margaret the sweater. Besides the heartwarming montage at the beginning and a few funny parts, this episode just blows. It's one of the Regular Show episodes I don't want to watch again. Seriously, that was not a good way to start season 5. But Season 5 has some better episodes, even though some are disappointing.
57	* Tropers/SuperSaiyaMan: "Wall Buddy". Or 'why the viewers should view Rigby as a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]]'. Rigby raises a stink when Mordecai correctly blames him for the mess in Rigby's half of their room and whines and tries to get out of it. This is the characterization that people hated on Rigby in Season 2, yet the episode sides with him (even having Mordecai apologize)! Instead of just manning up and cleaning the room, Rigby first hides all the trash in Mordecai's bed, the closet, and Mordecai's bureau. When he's caught, he tries to get Thomas to do it but is shot down. Then Rigby orders the Wall Buddy-an automatic room divider-to get all his trash on Mordecai's side, acts like a jackass to his so called best friend, and then forces a fight when Mordecai gets angry about how much of a baby Rigby is being and ends up trashing the house and the park. All in all, it made Rigby go from a likable lovable slacker to one of the show's Scrappies overnight.
58	** Tropers/{{LunaVeg87}}: I'd like to second that. What really annoyed me about this episode is that, like you said, we were expected to be on Rigby's side. The fact that Mordecai rightfully called him on being a lazy slob, and Rigby whined at him for not backing him up with Benson was what annoyed me the most. So, what? You should always back up your friends and clean up after their messes (literal or otherwise), even if they're wrong and they drag you down with them? I can't believe Rigby throwing that [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered bitch-fit]] was actually supposed to make [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic him look like the one who was wronged]] (especially since, as can be seen in other episodes, including some others have mentioned here, [[AllTakeAndNoGive being a bad friend to Mordecai is never a concern to him).]]
59	*** [=IAmATropist=]: Thirded. This episode completely ruined a character whom I usually find funny (Rigby).
60	* Tropers/{{Candycane14}}: The episode "The Heart of a Stuntman" had a terrible writing plot device. The main cast were making a party and celebrating a birthday of a turning ten year old human boy name Timmy. There's nothing wrong with that idea alone, for part of the plot, but then we're shown a flashback of baby Timmy's first birthday at the park, there was Muscle Man, Mordecai, Rigby...wait a minute! Mordecai and Rigby weren't at the park for that long! Just around a year or two, not a decade! And guess what?! The human kid is Benson's nephew! We saw Benson's family-twice! And we've never seen a human nephew!...of course Timmy may have just called Benson 'Uncle Benson' as a cute nickname...but what annoyed me in this episode was how everybody was like, 'We love Timmy! Timmy's Great!' and how Mordecai, Rigby and the others kept getting themselves nearly killed in a tuntman class over a character who 'although never been mentioned before, all this time, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse and will probably never be mentioned again,]] is really wonderful and very important to us, this episode!'....They gave new meaning to "jumping the shark"...[[ItMakesSenseInContext They jumped the cake.]] If they ever show that kid again, I hope they at least explain he has fast aging growth or whatever...
61	* SoulfulGinger17: "Skips' Story". I was looking forward to a deep, emotional, heart-breaking story about the origins of one of the few consistently awesome characters in this show. Instead, the writers gave a {{Retcon}} to five seasons worth of continuity... for high school. I shit you not. What's worse is that they [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking aren't even parodying high school tropes like you think they would]], choosing for a {{Narm}}-filled cliche story. TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot is an understatement here.
62	* Troper/{{Vir}}: What do you get when you combine Benson's {{Flanderization}} from "Temp Check" and "The Best Burger in the World" with Rigby's attitude in "Wall Buddy"? You get "Paint Job", which has Benson show up as a raging hothead within the first few minutes when he lambastes Mordecai and Rigby for covering the house in pizza pouches and openly insulting their intelligence. When they have to clean it off, Rigby turns the setting on the power sprayer higher despite Mordecai telling him not to, which results in Mordecai losing control of the hose and the water stripping the paint off the house. We then get yet another "Rigby is too fucking lazy to do manual labor" plot when he sees an ad on TV where the company it's for offers to paint new customers' houses for free. As it turns out, the company was a military branch that painted places invisible before destroying them via air strike. They manage to get the targeting beacon off of the roof of the now invisible house, then keep throwing it back and forth until it flies through the window of Benson's car. Then we get not one, but ''two'' cases of KickTheDog; when Benson can't open his car and get the targeting beacon because his hands are covered in popcorn butter, the air strike destroys his car, and he decides that he won't be paying Mordecai and Rigby for the next 6 months. So, that's Benson Flanderized to ungodly amounts, another conflict started by Rigby's incompetence, Mordecai getting pulled down with him once again, Muscle Man showing up at the end of the episode for the sake of comic relief, and an ending that's painful to fans of these four characters. And this was aired a week after "Gold Watch", which was a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Benson and showed that he can be a good character when handled properly, when in this episode he was not.
63	** Onionmaster: Yeah this was a really weird episode alright. Full of {{Out of Character Moment}}s and OffModel animation and seemed to have been sped up to fit the time. I was surprised to read that the authors and animators were the same as usual, as it seemed like it was licenced out to cheap animators. It almost seemed like a Season 1 episode that they forgot about (or perhaps never broadcast due to its quality) and then used as filler due to the sheer amount of episodes they had to make. There were two very funny moments though, which were when Rigby insists he can work on his own and we are compelled to believe he's changed his ways and then immediately takes a break without having done anything, and then when Rigby has to navigate the invisible house and only gets hurt by things after Mordecai tells him to watch out for them. For all its faults I enjoyed the cartoon slapstick quality of this episode, and certainly preferred it to another recycled plot.
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68	* Animeking1108: ''Lunch Break'' is yet another "Benson's A Prick" episode. Since I can only pick one dethroner, I'll pick the ending where even though Mordecai and Rigby successfully ate the sandwich before their deadline, for no reason, he decides to make them run 50 laps or else they'd be fired. Okay, if this incident were caused by Mordecai and Rigby's shenanigans, I'd understand, but here, Benson's completely at fault for the situation. He said that it was okay for everybody at the park to pick what they wanted on the menu of the sub restaurant, and he didn't even bother to check the prices.
69	* Nightfurywitch: Ever since I got HBO Max, I've been going back and rewatching Regular Show and catching up on the last two seasons I missed. And while I've been watching them, I've ran into a LOT of episode that haven't aged well. I could've put "Pie Contest" on here for how infuriatingly smug Benson is, I could've put "Meteor Moves" for portraying Mordecai as wrong for saying the friendzone doesn't exist. But for now, the one I've decided to go with is Sad Sax. Merry Christmas Mordecai was fine, while I'm not a huge fan of the Margaretcai / [=MordeCJ=] love triangle, I thought it was decently executed, it made sense why both sides were upset. However, Sad Sax I had quite a few issues with. It wasn't entirely horrible, the ending was actually pretty sweet and would've been a good conclusion to the arc. However, my issue was the title character. The Sad Sax guy was INFURIATING, and kept giving Mordecai advice that got him hurt or made him look like a jerk. It wasn't funny to see Mordecai get beaten up for trying to apologize to CJ, and the bus thing was the stupidest thing possible to make him look awful. Plus CJ overreacting to the hug between Mordecai and Margaret was irritating, the kiss I absolutely get making her upset, and even though I don't agree with her overreaction, I can understand why she freaked out at Margaret calling. But a hug? That's entirely platonic. The worst part is the fact the advice that actually got Mordecai and CJ back together came from Mordecai's MOM (in an admittedly sweet moment), but Sad Sax still has to show up at the end all smug and proud of himself! While it wasn't entirely awful, it had some rough moments that made it harder to swallow.
70	* EvilRoda: I actually liked Merry Christmas Mordecai. Why? Because the kiss happened totally by accident while Mordecai and Margaret were caught up in the moment, and, more importantly, it was followed up by the excellent episode Sad Sax, where Mordecai tries to patch things up with CJ and succeeds in a very heartwarming ending. Taken together, they might be a couple of my favorite episodes. Dumped at the Altar, on the other hand, has no such excuses. Mordecai completely screws up his relationship with that dumbass speech, spoiling a friend's wedding to boot. It ends with poor CJ leaving Mordecai, and let me tell you, he deserves it. It's like the writers are locked in a never-ending struggle over whether CJ or Margaret get with Mordecai. We already went through this, there were no loose ends! Well, alright, Margaret admitted having feelings for Mordecai still, but why not have Margaret try to resolve that herself? Oh, and to top it all off, this episode is followed by the utterly stupid Dumptown, USA. Nice job ruining everything, writers.
71	* ExistDragon29: While I think most of us can agree that the Mordecai, Margeret and CJ love triangle was awful, I think the worst of it wad the episode "1000th Party Chopper Flight" (I think that's what it's called). The first half of the episode is dumb. All it is is just Mordecai freaking out and being awkward over nothing, but things get much worse later. When Mordecai is in the helicopter with Margeret, CJ gets so upset over nothing, and gets so angry she almost kills them. I'm not joking. The episode ends with CJ running off crying over what she did. Regular Show has had a few duds over the years but nothing as bad as this.
72	* Tropers/{{Regulas314}}: I changed my entry from "Wall Buddy" to "Lunch Break". Why? Well for one, the episode is very poorly structured. Benson has absolutely no motivation or reason to torment Mordecai and Rigby here. What sort of restaurant doesn’t reveal the price of their food BEFORE you order it?! The Number 46 cost Benson $85! Benson deliberately bought this sandwich, and laughs like a MANIAC at the two out of spite. He tells them they need to finish a 10 foot long hoagie a couple hours or they’re fired! Why the hell did you buy the sandwich to begin with, Benson? You could’ve said no, you could’ve said “PICK ANOTHER SANDWICH OR YOUR FIRED!”. Why would you HUMOR this prank at all!? And to add insult to injury, he forces the two to run 50 laps to break in the new basketball court by the end of it all, just because they finished the sandwich in the nick of time… it’s crap like this that makes me happy Benson basically became a lapdog to those dome guys later on, lost any authority he had to the space dome project… because I personally? Wouldn’t tolerate a boss that does this crap. This was Benson at his absolute worst, and they don’t even give him an actual reason for this behavior.
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76	* dannylightninglightner: "Marvolo the Wizard" wasn't really a ''bad'' episode (and definitely wasn't without its very funny moments), but the episode's treatment of Pops was bad. As Pops is sometimes portrayed as a really timid and easily-frightened character, it's normally funny to see him overreact to things. But because this episode was entirely framed from his point of view, seeing him run around in a complete panic was legitimately sad to watch, especially with the jerk fairgoers taunting him. And Benson, holding the IdiotBall, doesn't actually ''explain'' to Pops what's going on; [[KickTheDog he just yells at him]], making the situation worse. Seeing Benson treat Pops like this was pretty jarring, as Pops is usually something of a MoralityPet to Benson. I agree with the observation of a particular commenter on the "Toonzone" forum discussion page for this episode; "I was just annoyed with how no one was helping Pops, who was legitimately scared and confused into stupidity here." There's also the scene in which Pops blacks out from accidentally running into a wall in a panic; when he wakes up, Skips doesn't really seem too concerned, and just tells him to slay the dragon and that this will fix everything. Pops eventually defeats the dragon, and he's overjoyed- [[TheChewToy but the episode won't allow him to celebrate his victory for very long, because immediately afterward, he's knocked out AGAIN.]] The ending scene somewhat implies that Marvolo's appearances in the episode may have been due to Pops hallucinating from getting smacked on the head. Pops has always been something of a comical yet pitiable ButtMonkey ever since the show's inception, but this episode went a little too far with it and pushed him into straight-up [[TheWoobie woobie]] territory.
77	* mysticfire: All right, I removed my earlier entry on ''Merry Christmas Mordecai'' in favor of Mordecai's behavior throughout ''Rigby's Graduation Day Special''. Overall, I think this is honestly one of the best episodes of the series, but I would be remiss if I didn't publicly register my frustration with Mordecai. I had not really been liking Mordecai ever since the ''Merry Christmas Mordecai'' fiasco, and this episode just cemented my contempt for his character in the later seasons. This episode serves as the conclusion of Rigby's two-seasons-long effort to graduate high school, and he is chosen to give the commencement address, which will be filmed for a TV show. Meanwhile, the park staff is getting ready to throw Rigby a party, and Mordecai just generally acts mopey and mouthy when the others ask him what Rigby likes. Mordecai even claims that graduating high school is the least a person can do and asks why it is so special, to which Hi Five Ghost [[LampshadeHanging registers his disbelief that he has to explain to Mordecai what an accomplishment this is for Rigby.]] Mordecai is then tasked with taking Skips' van to get a special soda for Rigby, which is out of season and thus he needs to drive out to the manufacturer. This sets up a heartwarming scene, but then Mordecai whines the whole time. Rigby is getting nervous about writing his speech and calls to ask Mordecai for help, and the latter snaps and hangs up on him. Rigby calls later to ask for help again, while Mordecai is on the way home with the surprise, and what does Mordecai do? [[spoiler: He throws the soda out the window.]] I don't care that Mordecai [[spoiler: actually did go back and get the soda]], because that is ruined for me by the fact that 1) Mordecai wasn't even in the arena during the ceremony: he instead was pouting next to the van and didn't even consider going inside until Rigby started floundering on his speech; and 2) he flatly admits to Rigby that it's hard to see him doing so well because that makes [[ItsAllAboutMe Mordecai feel worse about himself.]] On some level I can understand Mordecai's feelings, but Mordecai has not actively tried to improve his life and seems to want Rigby around so he can feel superior to someone. Rigby has spent so much time improving his life and Mordecai [[ItsAllAboutMe still made it all about him.]] I don't know why [[EasilyForgiven Rigby wasn't mad at Mordecai for at least several episodes after this,]] giving that the latter's apology didn't feel especially genuine to me. Also, aside from Rigby's brief frustration with him, [[KarmaHoudini Mordecai does not receive any appropriate calling out for his extremely selfish behavior.]]
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81	* ''Troper/{{Benthelame}}'': For me it was the GrandFinale, particularly finding out that after all the hype placed around Mordecai x Margret, Mordecai x CJ and a lot of the character development that Mordecai goes through being centered around or stemming from knowing either of these individuals, he doesn't end up with either. I'd have been happy if he decided to live life being single but instead he ends up with a character we never got to know as if the writers were just hooked on the idea that happiness equals BabiesEverAfter. I have no "Ship" and I gleefully watch as they are destroyed but poofing a random wife and random kids out for a character that spent much of the series learning about relationships from other ones ( including but not limited to don't be afraid to admit that you're jealous, Don't be a two-timing jerk, Let things go. Go big or go home and Girls don't date guys that treat their mothers badly) just seemed like a huge letdown.

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