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* CaptainErsatz: One of the characters that is summoned at a battle is called Rapide the Gemhog, totally not based on any [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog game character that runs fast]] ([[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot or a marsupial who breaks boxes]]. Considering he's French too, he is likewise not based on [[VideoGame/{{Rayman}} a certain limbless character either]]). Likewise, [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Large the Dogbutt]] is of course not based on any fishing cat.

** The jets Tonare sends to Mordecai, Rigby and Eileen are based on Platform/Nintendo64 controllers, as well as fly around similar to [[VideoGame/StarFox Arwings]].

'''Rigby:''' I have [[VideoGame/{{Shinobi}} saved all my ninja brothers]], and I've [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog collected all the emeralds to see the true ending]]. I have [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening wakened the fish from its slumber]], and I have [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue captured all one-hundred and fifty-one monsters]]. I have even used the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Maximum Glove]] to control a car. It was bad.

** The jets Tonare sends to Mordecai, Rigby and Eileen are based on UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 controllers, as well as fly around similar to [[VideoGame/StarFox Arwings]].

'''Rigby:''' I have [[VideoGame/{{Shinobi}} saved all my ninja brothers]], and I've [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog collected all the emeralds to see the true ending]]. I have [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening wakened the fish from its slumber]], and I have [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue captured all one-hundred and fifty-one monsters]]. I have even used the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Maximum Glove]] to control a car. It was bad.

** One of the products mentioned and stuck on the head of the Minotaur Girl is based off the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy. When doing a mission that involves seeing nothing but red, Rigby calls it the worst.

** The console the triplet brothers were trying to sell is based on the UsefulNotes/{{OUYA}}.

** The "Supernatural Romance Novel" arc is one toward ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', only with the VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle being displayed as book companies.

!! Has the following tropes:

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* TheNineties: A four-part arc from issues #9-12 revolved around Rigby getting obsessed with his old stuff he collected as a teen, culminating in him being possessed by a spirit of the decade that was trapped within Pogs of all things.

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[[folder: Hydration]]

[[folder: Noir Means Noir, Buddy]]

[[folder: A Clash of Consoles]]

-->'''Eileen''': Riiiiigby! Oh and Mordecai. Hope you're both okay!
-->'''Mordecai''': ''(Annoyed)'' Gee thanks.

--> '''Minotaur Girl''': [[VideoGame/BadDudes Are you man enough to Minotaur with me, muscles!]]

--> '''Mordecai''': I have [[VideoGame/{{Pitfall}} swung over crocodiles]] and [[VideoGame/PacMan eaten all the ghosts in a row]]. I have been to both a [[VideoGame/AlexKidd world of miracles]] and a [[VideoGame/FantasyZone zone of fantasy]]. I have [[VideoGame/SuperMetroid escaped an exploding planet]], and I have also defeated the [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger monster at the end of time]].
--> '''Rigby''': I have [[VideoGame/{{Shinobi}} saved all my ninja brothers]], and I've [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog collected all the emeralds to see the true ending]]. I have [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening wakened the fish from its slumber]], and I have [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue captured all one-hundred and fifty-one monsters]]. I have even used the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Maximum Glove]] to control a car. It was bad.
* TakeThat:

--> '''Rigby''': There'll be no dank memes on my watch!

--> '''Rigby''': Maybe someone will quickly be declared the winners?
--> '''Mordecai''': No real winners in war, Rigby. Only losers...
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* BalefulPolymorph: Tauny, a were-minotaur in Rigby's troop, is stuck in beast form because of the experimental VR glasses on her head keeping her from seeing the normal moon to change back. Luckily, Eileen uses her know-how to get the glasses removed.

* ''The Meatening'' (2018): Mordecai and Rigby get into an card game called the Meatening where Rigby seems to be a natural at it. He enters into the championship and starts to get a swelled head from his victories which puts his friendship with Mordecai at risk

* ''The Meatening'' (2018)
* ''Comic Conned'' (2018)

* RealityEnsues:
** Rigby keeps kicking in doors while trying to find out where Mordecai, Fives, and CJ are. Though by the third door, he admits his foot is getting sore from doing so. Considering he isn't wearing footwear, it's not surprising.
** After defeating Van Jance, the duo orders the driver of the truck they're on to turn around. He claims he can't... because they're on a highway and he has to wait for the next exit to do so.

* DoingInTheWizard: "Spring-Equinot" story had the duo cleaning a rock structure which Mordecai claims is a spot where druids come to battle ice demons to usher in spring. However, it turns out it's just a bunch of [=LARPers=] who hang around the area at that point, much to Mordecai's bewilderment.

** One of the films Mordecai and Rigby watch in the same story arc above is "''[[WesternAnimation/RockADoodle Rock-A-Poodle]]''".

** The Ice Cuzzos that Rigby summons are a combination of the Franchise/SuperMarioBros and the [[VideoGame/IceClimber Ice Climbers]].

* TimePolice: One that Skips runs into named Ted keeps posing as a sunglasses salesman and keeps trying to get Skips to wear some (though until the third issue, doesn't explain ''why'' he should). Eventually, he reveals they showcase possibilities on how Mordecai and Rigby keep dropping the soda and pop rocks into the geyser and aids him in trying to stop the time loops.

* IdenticalStranger: When Mordecai is signed up for the Not-S army, he notices the woman who takes in registrations looks like a human version of CJ. Expectedly, he reacts in shock.

* YouCantFightFate: No matter what Skips and Ted do, they can't seem to keep Mordecai and Rigby from dropping pop rocks and soda into the geyser no matter how implausible it might seem. For example, they take them away from the duo and throw them aside only for an passing eagle to catch it, fly over the geyser and drop them into it. Skips tries to prevent the duo from buying them and instead buys them some water and apples, only for the duo to trade them with some nearby hippies who had gotten pop rocks and soda by mistake. [[spoiler: Eventually, it turns out they're not the cause at all - the Destruction Lord awakening was and it was just bound to wake up sooner or later, as evident when Skips get the duo away from the park and the Destruction Lord still wakes up without their involvement. Them dropping the pop rocks and soda into the geyser is just odd timing.]]

* YouCantFightFate: No matter what Skips and Ted do, they can't seem to keep Mordecai and Rigby from dropping pop rocks and soda into the geyser no matter how implausibly it might seem. For example, they take them away from the duo and throw them aside only for an passing eagle to catch it, fly over the geyser and drop them into it. Skips tries to prevent the duo from buying them and instead buys them some water and apples, only for the duo to trade them with some nearby hippies who had gotten pop rocks and soda by mistake. [[spoiler: Eventually, it turns out they're not the cause at all - the Destruction Lord awakening was and it was just bound to wake up sooner or later, as evident when Skips get the duo away from the park and the Destruction Lord still wakes up without their involvement. Them dropping the pop rocks and soda into the geyser is just odd timing.]]

* WorthlessYellowRocks: The big bad's main goal is to get into Pops' secret stash and rob him, thinking his lollipops will make him rich after a bad stock investment tanked him. However, once he's stopped, Mr. Maellard tell him his son's stash is pretty much useless outside of Lolliland.