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* InstrumentOfMurder: The Urge has a double-necked guitar that fires lasers from the headstock when played. At the end, other time traveling musicians show up with similar instruments, starting with guitars of guitar-adjacent ones, then becoming exaggerated when percussion and wind players show up. Also, one has maracas that double as grenades, which are powerful enough to take them all out.

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* AnAesop: Don't change your name to the first things you can think of.



* EscalatingWar: While he didn't kill Rigby as planned, The Urge claims to have gotten his fame back now that he undid the name change. Shortly after, time traveling rock star to time traveling rock star arrive with the same goal, leading to this.

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* EscalatingWar: While he didn't kill Rigby as planned, The Urge claims to have gotten his fame back now that he undid the name change. Shortly after, time traveling time-traveling rock star to time traveling time-traveling rock star stars arrive with the same goal, leading to this.



* GainaxEnding: Even for this show the ending is weird. Basically, it ends on an EscalatingWar between the time traveling rock stars ending when a maraca grenade kills everyone except Mordecai and Rigby.
* JerkassBall: Rigby's co-workers hold this big time, with Mordecai making fun of his new name before he tells them, because it's ''that'' funny. However, he and Benson take it a step further as they treat Rigby as a stranger because of the new name, with Benson being even less tolerant to "Trash Boat's" slacking than "Rigby's".
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Urge gets a taste of his medicine for trying to kill Rigby and ignoring simply helping Rigby change his name back, when another musician comes back in time to kill him.

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* GainaxEnding: Even for this show the ending is weird. Basically, it ends on an EscalatingWar between the time traveling time-traveling rock stars ending when a maraca Maraca grenade kills everyone except Mordecai and Rigby.
* JerkassBall: Rigby's co-workers hold this big time, with Mordecai making fun of his new name before he tells them, them because it's ''that'' funny. However, he and Benson take it a step further as they treat Rigby as a stranger because of the new name, with Benson being even less tolerant to of "Trash Boat's" slacking than "Rigby's".
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Urge tries to kill Rigby instead of simply helping the latter change his name back. He gets a taste of his own medicine for trying to kill Rigby and ignoring simply helping Rigby change his name back, when another musician comes back in time to kill him.



* PetTheDog: Mordecai using his 50 bucks that were originally going to be used for when he and Margaret go on a date to change Trash Boat's name back to Rigby.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After "Trash Boat's" name was changed back to Rigby, The Urge is at first overjoyed. But then another musician arrived, claiming vengeance against him for ruining his career by changing his name. The clerk in charge of the name changing reacts by simply shutting her doors.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Urge loses his fame because Rigby gained stardom sometime after changing his name. He tries changing his own, but didn't work as he hoped, so he moves to Plan B: going back in time to the present to kill Rigby. By the end though, he discovers Rigby changed his name back, canceling his plan.

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* PetTheDog: Mordecai using his uses the 50 bucks that were originally going to be used for when he and Margaret go on a date to change Trash Boat's name back to Rigby.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After "Trash Boat's" name was changed back to Rigby, The Urge is at first overjoyed. But then another musician arrived, claiming vengeance against him for ruining his career by changing his name. The clerk in charge of the name changing name-changing reacts by simply shutting her doors.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Urge loses his fame because Rigby gained stardom sometime after changing his name. He tries changing his own, own but didn't work as he hoped, so he moves to Plan B: going back in time to the present to kill Rigby. By the end though, he discovers Rigby changed his name back, canceling his plan.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In order to change his name back, Rigby (or "Trash Boat") needs 50 dollars, so he asks Benson for any other work to get more money.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In order to change his name back, Rigby [[LazyBum Rigby]] (or "Trash Boat") needs 50 dollars, so he asks Benson for any other work to get more money.
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* FormerlyFit: The Urge in the present is [[IWasQuiteALookee slim, handsome and well-fit]]. When The Urge from the future comes to kill Rigby/Trash Boat, he is [[FatBastard morbidly obese]] and balding.

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* FormerlyFit: The Urge in the present is [[IWasQuiteALookee [[IWasQuiteALooker slim, handsome and well-fit]]. When The Urge from the future comes to kill Rigby/Trash Boat, he is [[FatBastard morbidly obese]] and balding.
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* FormelyFit: The Urge in the present is [[IWasQuiteALookee slim, handsome and well-fit]]. When The Urge from the future comes to kill Rigby/Trash Boat, he is [[FatBastard morbidly obese]] and balding.

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* FormelyFit: FormerlyFit: The Urge in the present is [[IWasQuiteALookee slim, handsome and well-fit]]. When The Urge from the future comes to kill Rigby/Trash Boat, he is [[FatBastard morbidly obese]] and balding.
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* FormelyFit: The Urge in the present is [[IWasQuiteALookee slim, handsome and well-fit]]. When The Urge from the future comes to kill Rigby/Trash Boat, he is [[FatBastard morbidly obese]] and balding.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Thanks to the Urge Rigby was able to get changed back, as him trying to kill Rigby convinced Mordecai, who earlier turned down helping his friend, to gave him the money he needed in order to change his name.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Thanks to the Urge The Urge, Rigby was able to get his name changed back, as him his trying to kill Rigby convinced Mordecai, who earlier turned down helping his friend, to gave give him the money he needed in order to change his name.
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* ChekhovsGunman: At the beginning of the episode, what convinces Rigby to change his name is the leader of a famous rock band named The Urge stating he changed it to that himself during a televised interview. The climax of the episode involves his future self going back in time trying to kill Rigby for ruining his life and career simply for his name being SoBadItsGood so laughably bad that it became famous - or rather infamous - enough to knock him completely off his perch.

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* ChekhovsGunman: At the beginning of the episode, what convinces Rigby to change his name is the leader of a famous rock band named The Urge stating he changed it to that himself during a televised interview. The climax of the episode involves his future self going back in time trying to kill Rigby for ruining his life and career simply for his name being SoBadItsGood so laughably bad that it became famous - or rather infamous - enough to knock him completely off his perch.
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* ChekhovsGunman: At the beginning of the episode, what convinces Rigby to change his name is the leader of a famous rock band named The Urge stating he changed it to that himself during a televised interview. The climax of the episode involves his future self going back in time trying to kill Rigby for ruining his life and career simply for his name being [[SoBadItsGood so laughably bad that it became famous - or rather infamous -]] enough to knock him completely off his perch.

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* ChekhovsGunman: At the beginning of the episode, what convinces Rigby to change his name is the leader of a famous rock band named The Urge stating he changed it to that himself during a televised interview. The climax of the episode involves his future self going back in time trying to kill Rigby for ruining his life and career simply for his name being [[SoBadItsGood SoBadItsGood so laughably bad that it became famous - or rather infamous -]] - enough to knock him completely off his perch.
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* Chekhov'sGunman: At the beginning of the episode, what convinces Rigby to change his name is the leader of a famous rockband named The Urge stating he changed it to that himself during a televised interview. The climax of the episode involves his future self going back in time trying to kill Rigby for ruining his life and career simply for his name being so laughably bad that it became famous - or rather infamous - enough to knock him completely off his perch.

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* Chekhov'sGunman: ChekhovsGunman: At the beginning of the episode, what convinces Rigby to change his name is the leader of a famous rockband rock band named The Urge stating he changed it to that himself during a televised interview. The climax of the episode involves his future self going back in time trying to kill Rigby for ruining his life and career simply for his name being [[SoBadItsGood so laughably bad that it became famous - or rather infamous - -]] enough to knock him completely off his perch.
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* Chekhov'sGunman: At the beginning of the episode, what convinces Rigby to change his name is the leader of a famous rockband named The Urge stating he changed it to that himself during a televised interview. The climax of the episode involves his future self going back in time trying to kill Rigby for ruining his life and career simply for his name being so laughably bad that it became famous - or rather infamous - enough to knock him completely off his perch.
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome doesn’t apply here since it’s naturally expected.


* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Rigby changes his name, [[AwesomeMcCoolname thinking it would be cool]]. However, the name he chose was [[AtrociousAlias stupid, and everybody mocks him accordingly because of it]].
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Cry Cute now dewicked


* CryCute: After trying to get new jobs, only to fail everytime because people keep laughing at each place he tries to apply to, Rigby rushes to an alley to sob.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Urge loses his fame because Rigby gained stardom sometime after changing his name. He tries changing his own, but did work as he hoped, so he moves to Plan B: going back in time to the present to kill Rigby. By the end though, he discovers Rigby changed his name back, canceling his plan.

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Urge loses his fame because Rigby gained stardom sometime after changing his name. He tries changing his own, but did didn't work as he hoped, so he moves to Plan B: going back in time to the present to kill Rigby. By the end though, he discovers Rigby changed his name back, canceling his plan.

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* AnAesop: Don't change your name to the first things you see.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Rigby decides to name himself "Trash Boat", only for everyone to find the name ridiculous.

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* AnAesop: Don't change your name to the first things you see.
can think of.
* AnalogyBackfire: When Rigby is upset about his name change, Skips tries to comfort him by telling that things were tough when ''he'' changed his name, but no one cared after a couple of years. But then, he realized that ''he'' didn't change his "Trash Boat".
* ApatheticClerk: The lady at the front desk in charge of changing people's names. She is quite indifferent towards Rigby's predicament, and stiffly tells him that he needs to give her fifty dollars or she cannot change his name back.
* CryCute: After trying to get new jobs, only to fail everytime because people keep laughing at each place he tries to apply to, Rigby rushes to an alley to sob.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Rigby decides to name himself "Trash Boat", only for everyone to find the name ridiculous.ridiculous.
* EmbarrassingLastName: Besides the name of which the premise is revolved around, one gag shows a man wanting to change his name back to "Chad" than the one he has now: Mr. '''Buttcheeks'''.



* JerkassBall: Ribgy's co-workers hold this big time, with Mordecai making fun of his new name before he tells them, because it's ''that'' funny. However, he and Benson takes it a step further as they treat Rigby as a stranger because of the new name, with Benson being even less tolerant to "Trash Boat's" slacking than "Rigby's".

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* JerkassBall: Ribgy's Rigby's co-workers hold this big time, with Mordecai making fun of his new name before he tells them, because it's ''that'' funny. However, he and Benson takes take it a step further as they treat Rigby as a stranger because of the new name, with Benson being even less tolerant to "Trash Boat's" slacking than "Rigby's".


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In order to change his name back, Rigby (or "Trash Boat") needs 50 dollars, so he asks Benson for any other work to get more money.
-->'''"Trash Boat":''' Look, is there any extra work around that I can do?\\
'''Benson:''' (''surprised'') Whoa-ho! Extra work? You really ''are'' a new man, Trash Boat!


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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After "Trash Boat's" name was changed back to Rigby, The Urge is at first overjoyed. But then another musician arrived, claiming vengeance against him for ruining his career by changing his name. The clerk in charge of the name changing reacts by simply shutting her doors.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Don't change your name to the first things you see.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: AnAesop: Don't change your name to the first things you see.see.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Rigby decides to name himself "Trash Boat", only for everyone to find the name ridiculous.



* JerkassBall: Ribgy's co-workers hold this big time, with Mordecai making fun of his new name before he tells them, because it's ''that'' funny. However, he and Benson takes it a step further as they treat Rigby as a stranger because of the new name, with Benson being even less tolerant to "Trash Boat's" slacking than "Rigby's".



* TookALevelInJerkass: Ribgy's co-workers aren't much better, with Mordecai making fun of his new name before he tells them, because it's ''that'' funny. However, he and Benson takes it a step further as they treat Rigby as a stranger because of the new name, with Benson being even less tolerant to "Trash Boat's" slacking than "Rigby's".

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* EscalatingWar: Each of the time travelling rock stars in the final scene.
* GainaxEnding: Even for this show the ending is weird. Basically, it ends on an EscalatingWar between the time travelling rock stars ending when a maraca grenade kills everyone except Mordecai and Rigby.

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* EscalatingWar: Each of While he didn't kill Rigby as planned, The Urge claims to have gotten his fame back now that he undid the name change. Shortly after, time travelling traveling rock stars in star to time traveling rock star arrive with the final scene.
same goal, leading to this.
* GainaxEnding: Even for this show the ending is weird. Basically, it ends on an EscalatingWar between the time travelling traveling rock stars ending when a maraca grenade kills everyone except Mordecai and Rigby.



* LineOfSightName: Rigby sees a trash can and a painting of a boat and emerges with the AtrociousAlias that'll torment him for the rest of the episode.

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* LineOfSightName: Rigby sees a trash can and a painting of a boat and emerges with the AtrociousAlias "Trash Boat" that'll torment him for the rest of the episode.



* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Urge went back in time to the present to kill Rigby so that he can stop him from changing his name to "Trash Boat", despite the fact that he had already done it.

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Urge went loses his fame because Rigby gained stardom sometime after changing his name. He tries changing his own, but did work as he hoped, so he moves to Plan B: going back in time to the present to kill Rigby. By the end though, he discovers Rigby so that he can stop him from changing changed his name to "Trash Boat", despite the fact that he had already done it.back, canceling his plan.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Rigby changed his name thinking it would be cool. However, the name he chose was stupid, and everybody mocks him accordingly because of it.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Rigby changed changes his name name, [[AwesomeMcCoolname thinking it would be cool. cool]]. However, the name he chose was [[AtrociousAlias stupid, and everybody mocks him accordingly because of it.it]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: Ribgy's co-workers aren't much better, with Mordecai making fun of his new name before he tells them, because it's ''that'' funny. However, he and Benson takes it a step further as they treat Rigby as a stranger because of the new name, with Benson being even less tolerant to "Trash Boat's" slacking than "Rigby's".

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* LaserGuidedKarma: The Urge gets taste of his medicine for trying to kill Rigby and ignoring simply helping Rigby change his name back, when another musician comes back in time to kill him.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: The Urge gets a taste of his medicine for trying to kill Rigby and ignoring simply helping Rigby change his name back, when another musician comes back in time to kill him.



* RealityEnsues: Rigby changed his name thinking it would be cool. However the name he chose was stupid, and everybody mocks him accordingly because of it.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Rigby changed his name thinking it would be cool. However, the name he chose was stupid, and everybody mocks him accordingly because of it.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: The Urge gets taste of his medicine for trying to kill Rigby and ignoring simply helping Rigby change his name back, when another musician comes back in time to kill him.


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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Thanks to the Urge Rigby was able to get changed back, as him trying to kill Rigby convinced Mordecai, who earlier turned down helping his friend, to gave him the money he needed in order to change his name.
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* PetTheDog: Mordecai using his 50 bucks that were originally going to be used for when he and Margaret go on a date to change Trash Boat's name back to Rigby.
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* GainaxEnding: Even for this show the ending is weird. Basically, it ends on an EscalatingWar between the time travelling rock stars ending when a maraca grenade kills everyone except Mordecai and Rigby.
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* EscalatingWar: Each of the time travelling rock stars in the final scene.
* LineOfSightName: Rigby sees a trash can and a painting of a boat and emerges with the AtrociousAlias that'll torment him for the rest of the episode.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Don't change your name to the first things you see.


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* RealityEnsues: Rigby changed his name thinking it would be cool. However the name he chose was stupid, and everybody mocks him accordingly because of it.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't try to change your name, or else you'll steal a famous rock star's fame and his future self will try to kill you because of your new name.
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Rigby legally changed his name to "Trash Boat" which caused his own friends to laugh at him. Even worse, he has become the whole town's laughingstock for it.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Urge went back in time to the present to kill Rigby so that he can stop him from changing his name to "Trash Boat", despite the fact that he had already done it.
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