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* CruelToBeKind: Rigby acts like a {{Jerkass}} while riding with Mordecai, but only because he doesn't want to see Mordecai go back into a funk falling for Margaret again.



* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: The episode begins with a montage of Mordecai being depressed after Marageret leaves, and the Park Crew doing their best to, and succeeding in, getting him over it.

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: The episode begins with a montage of Mordecai being depressed after Marageret Margaret leaves, and the Park Crew doing their best to, and succeeding in, getting him over it.


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* HypocriticalHumor: Muscle Man claims to like his things clean, just as he's wiping grease on his bare chest.


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* MickeyMousing: Somber music plays as Mordecai is driving to Margaret's college, then abruptly stops when he falls asleep and careens off the road.
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* CueTheFallingObject. While Mordecai is struggling for control over the car with Margaret's sweater he eventually crashes into a statue. Later he asks Rigby if he thinks Muscle Man will notice the dents, to which he replies he doesn't notice a difference. The statue promptly falls over and crushes the roof.

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* CueTheFallingObject. CueTheFallingObject: While Mordecai is struggling for control over the car with Margaret's sweater he eventually crashes into a statue. Later he asks Rigby if he thinks Muscle Man will notice the dents, to which he replies he doesn't notice a difference. The statue promptly falls over and crushes the roof.



* StockFootage: Of "[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep37SteakMeAmadeus Steak Me Amadeus]]".

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* StockFootage: Of PreviouslyOn: The episode starts with the ending of "[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep37SteakMeAmadeus Steak Me Amadeus]]".
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* ContinuityNod:
** During the GoodTimesMontage at the beginning, Rigby is seen holding a [[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep03SkipsStrikes soul ball]].
** Mordecai still has a [[Recap/RegularShowS01Ep12MordecaiAndTheRigbys Mordecai and the Rigbys shirt]].
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* HeroicBSOD: Mordecai begins this episode in this state after Margaret leaves him.

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* HeroicBSOD: Mordecai begins this episode in this state after Margaret leaves him.him, the staff do help him recover from it by doing some fun activities to help him get over it.
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* DownerBeginning: Following the events of the previous episode, Mordecai is shown to be wallowing in pity after losing Margaret.

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* DownerBeginning: Following the events of the previous episode, [[DespairEventHorizon Mordecai is shown to be wallowing in pity after losing Margaret.Margaret]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Margaret's sweater. She left it here for me to find. I have to give it back to her."]]


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* InstantlyProvenWrong: After Mordecai tricks Rigby into driving with him to Margaret’s college to return her sweater, Rigby throws her sweater out the window and says they’ll have to go back home now because it’s never coming back. Cut to them getting pulled over by a cop, who had picked the sweater up off the road and returns it to them.
-->'''Cop:''' You boys should really be more careful. I've seen too many good clothes lost on this highway, and this is one quality sweater.
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* GetOut: Mordecai kicks Rigby out of Muscle Man's car after the latter tries to help him, before calling him a "sad, sack chump".
-->'''Rigby:''' I ''am'' your friend. You would realize that, if you weren't such a sad sack CHUMP!
-->'''Mordecai:''' That's it!
-->''(Mordecai stops the car and shoves Rigby out of the car with his legs as he drives away.)''
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* CueTheFallingObject. While Mordecai is struggling for control over the car with Margaret's sweater he eventually crashes into a statue. Later he asks Rugby if he thinks Muscle Man will notice the dents, to which he replies he doesn't notice a difference. The statue promptly falls over and crushes the roof.

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* CueTheFallingObject. While Mordecai is struggling for control over the car with Margaret's sweater he eventually crashes into a statue. Later he asks Rugby Rigby if he thinks Muscle Man will notice the dents, to which he replies he doesn't notice a difference. The statue promptly falls over and crushes the roof.
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* StockFootage: Of ''[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep37SteakMeAmadeus Steak Me Amadeus]]''.

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* StockFootage: Of ''[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep37SteakMeAmadeus "[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep37SteakMeAmadeus Steak Me Amadeus]]''.Amadeus]]".
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* AloneAmongtheCouples: Mordecai. When he's reading a book to take his mind off being dumped, Mordecai sees that everyone has someone they're in love with. Unable to stand it, he leaves the scene after throwing down the book and giving up.

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* AloneAmongtheCouples: AloneAmongTheCouples: Mordecai. When he's reading a book to take his mind off being dumped, Mordecai sees that everyone has someone they're in love with. Unable to stand it, he leaves the scene after throwing down the book and giving up.
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* AloneAmongtheCouples: Mordecai. When he's reading a book to take his mind off being dumped, Mordecai sees that everyone has someone they're in love with. Unable to stand it, he leaves the scene after throwing down the book and giving up.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Mordecai has the chance to return Margaret's sweater, and thus restart their relationship, but doesn't go through with it.

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Mordecai has the chance to return Margaret's sweater, and thus restart their relationship, but doesn't go through with it.it.
* TheWorldMocksYourLoss: As if it wasn't bad enough that Mordecai had been unceremoniously dumped by Margaret, when Mordecai tries to take his mind off of her by reading a book, and in that same spot, everyone seems to have somebody that loves them. Mordecai decides to leave the scene rather than stick around, feeling like it's being rubbed in that he'd been dumped.

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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Mordecai fails to understand why Rigby is so hellbent on stopping him from seeing Margaret again. Rigby even sort of [[LampshadeHanging points this out]].
-->'''Rigby:''' I ''am'' your friend. You would realize that, if you weren't such a sad sack CHUMP!


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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Mordecai fails to understand why Rigby is so hellbent on stopping him from seeing Margaret again. Rigby even [[LampshadeHanging points this out]].
-->'''Rigby:''' I ''am'' your friend. You would realize that, if you weren't such a sad sack CHUMP!
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* CueTheFallingObject. While Mordecai is struggling for control over the car with Margaret's sweater he eventually crashes into a statue. Later he asks Rugby if he thinks Muscle Man will notice the dents, to which he replies he doesn't notice a difference. The statue promptly falls over and crushes the roof.
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* DownerBeginning

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* DownerBeginningDownerBeginning: Following the events of the previous episode, Mordecai is shown to be wallowing in pity after losing Margaret.

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--> Rigby: I ''am'' your friend. You would realize that, if you weren't such a sad sack CHUMP!

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--> Rigby: -->'''Rigby:''' I ''am'' your friend. You would realize that, if you weren't such a sad sack CHUMP!



* TookALevelInKindness: In an odd twist, Rigby is being kinder than usual by ''not'' being kind, as he spends the episode doing his best to shake Mordecai off his obsession before he hurts himself further. And he completely forgives Mordecai for kicking him out of the car after he sees his efforts worked out in the end.

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* TookALevelInKindness: In an odd twist, Rigby is being kinder than usual by ''not'' being kind, as he spends the episode doing his best to shake Mordecai off his obsession before he hurts himself further. And he completely forgives Mordecai for kicking him out of the car after he sees his efforts worked out in the end.end.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Mordecai has the chance to return Margaret's sweater, and thus restart their relationship, but doesn't go through with it.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: It is true that Rigby is doing his best in every way possible to make sure that Mordecai doesn't meet up with Margaret, however he's doing it ''for unselfish reasons''; if Mordecai succeeded in meeting up with Margaret, it would only make him just as miserable as he was in the start of the episode. Also, Rigby's doing it to protect Mordecai from relapsing into depression.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: It is true that Rigby is doing his best in every way possible to make sure that Mordecai doesn't meet up with Margaret, however he's doing it ''for unselfish reasons''; if Mordecai succeeded in meeting up with Margaret, it would only make him just as miserable as he was in the start of the episode. Also, Rigby's doing it to protect Mordecai from relapsing into depression. Rigby is also correct in saying that Mordecai did not have to erase Margaret's entire existence from his head, but Mordecai's obsession with Margaret was just plain ridiculous and only serving to hurt him.
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Mordecai fails to understand why Rigby is so hellbent on stopping him from seeing Margaret again. Rigby even sort of [[LampshadeHanging points this out]].
--> Rigby: I ''am'' your friend. You would realize that, if you weren't such a sad sack CHUMP!


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* JerkassHasAPoint: It is true that Rigby is doing his best in every way possible to make sure that Mordecai doesn't meet up with Margaret, however he's doing it ''for unselfish reasons''; if Mordecai succeeded in meeting up with Margaret, it would only make him just as miserable as he was in the start of the episode. Also, Rigby's doing it to protect Mordecai from relapsing into depression.
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Downer Beginning


* CallBack: During the DownerEnding montage, Mordecai sees the back of someone he thinks is Margaret but is actually a human woman with hair similar to hers. He made the same mistake with the same woman in ''Access Denied''.

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* CallBack: During the DownerEnding DownerBeginning montage, Mordecai sees the back of someone he thinks is Margaret but is actually a human woman with hair similar to hers. He made the same mistake with the same woman in ''Access Denied''.
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: The episode begins with a montage of Mordecai being depressed after Marageret leaves, and the Park Crew doing their best to, and succeeding in, getting him over it.
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* CallBack: During the DownerEnding montage, Mordecai sees the back of someone he thinks is Margaret but is actually a human woman with hair similar to hers. He made the same mistake with the same woman in ''Access Denied''.
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* TookALevelInKindness: In an odd twist, Rigby is being kinder than usual by ''not'' being kind, as he spends the episode doing his best to shake Mordecai off his obsession before he hurts himself further. And he completely forgives his Mordecai for kicking him out of the car after he sees his efforts worked out in the end.

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* TookALevelInKindness: In an odd twist, Rigby is being kinder than usual by ''not'' being kind, as he spends the episode doing his best to shake Mordecai off his obsession before he hurts himself further. And he completely forgives his Mordecai for kicking him out of the car after he sees his efforts worked out in the end.

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* TheCorrupter: The sweater comes to life and attempts to pull Mordecai back into his depression by lying about how Margaret would leave college for him if he returned it to her. Not being a {{Jerkass}}, Mordecai realizes that would be stupid, since it would mean giving up on the dream she worked super hard for.



* StockFootage: Of ''[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep37SteakMeAmadeus Steak Me Amadeus]]''.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's left unclear whether the sweater ''actually'' came to life and tried to corrupt Mordecai or it was an hallucination born from his obsession and lack of sleep. On one hand only he saw it happen, but he didn't move the sweater from the back seat to the front.
* StockFootage: Of ''[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep37SteakMeAmadeus Steak Me Amadeus]]''.Amadeus]]''.
* TemptingFate: The ending.
-->'''Mordecai:''' You think Muscle Man will be angry I messed up his car?
-->'''Rigby:''' Nah, it doesn't look much different from usual. *A statue ''immediately'' falls on top of Muscle Man's car, wrecking it*
* TookALevelInKindness: In an odd twist, Rigby is being kinder than usual by ''not'' being kind, as he spends the episode doing his best to shake Mordecai off his obsession before he hurts himself further. And he completely forgives his Mordecai for kicking him out of the car after he sees his efforts worked out in the end.
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Mordecai and a reluctant Rigby go on a road trip to return one of Margaret's sweaters after she leaves for college.

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Following the events of "Steak Me Amadeus," Mordecai tries to recover from the depression caused by Margaret dumping him for college life -- and a reluctant Rigby discovers that Mordecai has a hard time letting go when he finds her sweater and goes on a road trip to return one of Margaret's sweaters after she leaves for college.
give it back to her.
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* DownerBeginning.

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* DownerBeginning.DownerBeginning

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Mordecai and a reluctant Rigby go on a road trip to return one of Margaret's sweaters after she leaves for college.

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->Written and storyboarded by Hilary Florido and Madeline Queripel.

Mordecai and a reluctant Rigby go on a road trip to return one of Margaret's sweaters after she leaves for college.college.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Mordecai's feathers are treated as hair, with him growing a beard and shaving it off.
* BeardOfSorrow: Mordecai grows one after losing Margaret.
* DownerBeginning.
* HeroicBSOD: Mordecai begins this episode in this state after Margaret leaves him.
* StockFootage: Of ''[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep37SteakMeAmadeus Steak Me Amadeus]]''.
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Mordecai and a reluctant Rigby go on a road trip to return one of Margaret's sweaters after she leaves for college.

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