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1	-> Written and storyboarded by Calvin Wong and Minty Lewis
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3	Skips tells Mordecai and Rigby the story of how he became immortal.
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5	!!Tropes
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7	* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Gary and the Guardians of Eternal Youth make up the Student Goverment.
8	* DoomedByCanon: Desdemona.
9	* DownerEnding: Lampshaded by Mordecai. Skips' origin story ends with Desdemona dead and Klorgbane set up to return in a hundred years.
10	* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Well, everyone who's immortal, that is.
11	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: A half-hour episode focusing on Skips' past and considered more dramatic and action-packed than comedic.
12	* FriendshipTrinket: The locket Walks/Skips gives Desdemona.
13	* HiddenDepths: When trying to schedule a fight with Klorgbane, he turns out to only be available during the dance because he is surprisingly involved in a lot of extra curriculum.
14	* HighSchool: The story follows Skips/Walks, his girlfriend Desdemona, the Guardians of Eternal Youth, Gary, and Klorgbane when they were high school students.
15	* HighSchoolDance: The climax takes place during prom.
16	* TheLostLenore: Desdemona becomes this for Skips.
17	* OriginsEpisode: For Skips.
18	* ProperLady: Desdemona seems to be one in that she disapproves of Walks' fighting.
19	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Klorgbane gets Desdemona killed, Walks gets the Fists of Justice and proceeds to ''beat the hell out of him'', ending by ''punching him into orbit.''
20	* TeenDrama: The atmosphere shows shades of this.
21	* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Desdemona.
22	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The Guardians of Eternal Youth warn Walks that if he's immortal he will see everyone he loves grow old and die. Walks says that he already lost the one woman he ever loved and ever will love.

Context Recap / RegularShowS05E22SkipsStory