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[[caption-width-right:350:"We're gonna rub those trophies in your face, right after we rub these bowling bags in your face."[[note]]originally, it was "rub these bowling balls in your face," but that was too Creator/AdultSwim for a show that airs as the final cartoon of the day on most days on daytime Cartoon Network[[/note]]]]

->Written by Benton Connor & Calvin Wong

The park workers form a bowling team called the "Park Strikers". All of their victories were thanks to Skips. They are competing in the championships and are going against the "Magical Elements", consisting of Death, Gary, one of the "Guardians of Eternal Youth", and the wizard that owns "The Power" keyboard.
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!!"Skips Strikes" contains examples of:
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Rigby making a bet with Death. If Death's Team wins he'll get his team's souls and if Rigby's Team wins he gets... a bowling ball filled with souls. Mordecai, Benson, and Pops aren't happy about this in the slightest.
* AchillesInHisTent: Skips leaves the team temporarily.
* {{Blackmail}}: Death threatens to tell Skips' friends his real name if he doesn't sit the game out.
* BowlingForRatings: The episode involves a bowling tournament that ends with the park crew facing off against Death's team.
* BrokenWinLossStreak: The Magical Elements had been champions for hundreds of years until Skips broke their streak.
* ContinuityNod: Mordecai and Rigby use their bowling names, "Murdercai" and "Rigbone", from "[[Recap/RegularShowS02Ep10BrainEraser Brain Eraser]]".
* CheatersNeverProsper: When Skips shows up to compete, the Magical Elements start using their magic powers to cheat. But even then, they still lose.
* ChessWithDeath: See AbsurdlyHighStakesGame.
* CrutchCharacter: Skips is this for the Park Strikers. To the point where another team and even the Park Strikers themselves admit it and flat out admit defeat once Skips tells them he's quitting the team. Luckily, they all pull their weight after Skips rejoins in the climactic game and win as a result.
* DownToTheLastPlay: Skips just needs to get a strike to win while the other team gets ready to sabotage him. Despite their efforts to stop the ball, the Magical Elements lose and the Park Striker wins.
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Rigby reveals to the Park Strikers that he bet their souls on Death's soul ball, even happy-go-lucky Pops is shown to be angry with Rigby.
* JerkassBall: Rigby bets the workers' souls on Death's soul ball just because it looked interesting. [[LaserGuidedKarma He gets punched (thrice) for his troubles]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Rigby gets punched by Mordecai [[RuleOfThree three times]] for betting everyone's souls on Death's soul ball.
* MeaningfulRename: Skips reveals he changed his name from "Walks" to "Skips" because he got tired of people asking why he skips when his name is "Walks". [[spoiler:"[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep33Diary Diary]]" reveals this was a cover however.]]
* RousingSpeech: Rigby gives this to Mordecai and Benson to not give up and they can still win after Skips quits the team. We later find out the real reason he gave the speech was he bet his teams' soul for a bowling ball filled with souls without their knowledge.
* RuleOfThree: Mordecai punches Rigby three times for betting everyone's souls for a soul ball.
* SadTimesMontage: While the gang drives to the bowling alley knowing they can't win without Skips, and at the same time when Skips reminisces about the time he had with his friends when they were bowling.
* SuddenNameChange: In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Death is called "Skull" in this episode, possibly as {{Bowdlerization}}. Since he keeps being named Death in the other episodes' dubs, it makes it sound more like a derogarory nickname they gave him.
* UndyingLoyalty: Skips reaffirms this as his motive for playing in the tournament despite Death blackmailing him, which he lampshades:
-->'''Skips:''' My friends' souls are more important than my secret. You wanna tell 'em my real name isn't "Skips"? [[BullyingADragon Go ahead.]]
* VillainTeamUp: The Park Strikers are going against a team consisting of Death, Gary, The leader of the Guardian of Youth, and the Wizard that owns "[[Recap/RegularShowS01Ep01ThePower The Power]]".
* WhatTheHellHero: Mordecai gives this to Rigby when they find out he bet their souls:
-->'''Mordecai:''' You bet our souls for a ball?!
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