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Recap / Regular Show, S02E24: "More Smarter"

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After Mordecai teases Rigby for not having a high-school diploma, Rigby decides to drink a chemical that's supposed to make him smarter.


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  • Does This Remind You of Anything?: The Brain Max's effects are eerily similar to that of drugs when not used properly.
  • Genius Serum: Brain Max can increase the intellect of whoever drinks it. However, going above the recommended dosage and drinking too much can make the drinker so smart that everyone looks and sounds like unintelligible Neanderthals to them. Mordecai and Rigby are able to reverse the effects by drinking Rigby’s "Rig Juice", at the cost of losing all memories of what happened after drinking the Brain Max.
  • G-Rated Drug: The Brain Max is all but stated to be one.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Mordecai and Rigby spend too much time trying to prove that they are smarter than each other and writing down too many formulas, they see the park as a 'smart universe' world where everyone seems dumb.
  • Smart People Know Latin: One side effect of Mordecai and Rigby becoming so smart is that everyone around them sounds stupid to them. On the flip-side, to Benson, Pops and Skips, Mordecai and Rigby only talk in Latin.
    Mordecai: Quārum hī vitiō moriānis?!
    Rigby: Moriānis?! Moriānis vestris incipi(v)it rem tōtam!
    Mordecai: Et herem facĕre debēre īre stultum!
  • Through the Eyes of Madness: Mordecai and Rigby make themselves progressively smarter until they see everyone around them as unintelligible neanderthals. On the opposite end, the others see them arguing in Gratuitous Latin.

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