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All right, so you got these two 23-year-olds who are best friends. Regular enough. They work as groundskeepers of a public city park. Pretty normal so far. They are a giant blue jay and a raccoon named Mordecai and Rigby respectively, who work for a gumball machine named Benson and live near a giant lollipop named Pops. As you can tell, [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]]. [[Blatant Lies|Everything is regular.]] '''''Regular Show''''' is the brainchild of J.G. Quintel, who was the creative director of ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'', which should [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|explain some things]].

In an attempt to "age up" Cartoon Network, this show aired in September of 2010 and is currently{{when}} being renewed for a fourth season, which should continue through 2013. New episodes used to air on Monday nights at 8:15 (7:15 central), but as of 2012 they air at 8:00 (7:00 central) on [[Cartoon Network]]. Getting Crap Past The Radar page [[Regular Show/Radar|here.]] Also check out the Character Sheet [[Regular Show/Characters|here.]]

** "Grave Sights" manages to make references to ''[[Dead Rising]]'', ''[[Evil Dead]] 2'', and ''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''.

* [[And I Must Scream]]: Apparently, viral videos {{spoiler|have their stars trapped inside of them. They're forced to repeat their injuries and mistakes over and over again. Until our heroes come to their rescue, of course.}}.

* [[Angst Nuke]]: When Benson finally releases all his pent up anger in "Think Positive", the results are explosive.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: In the stories in the Halloween Special, this is in full effect. {{spoiler|Rigby's [[Kill'Em All|takes this to it's logical conclusion.]]}}.

** {{spoiler|Susan's heels}}.

* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: {{spoiler|The real Susan}}.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: The ducks from "A Bunch Ofof Baby Ducks".

* [[Balloonacy]]: Happens to Pops in "Just Set Up the Chairs".

* [[Balloon Belly]]: {{spoiler|Party Pete after drinking several Radicolas which gave him strange powers. After finding out Benson was going to return to the park to see what all the commotion was about (Theythey were having a party without Benson's say so), The gang had to keep giving Party Pete Radicolas so he'll burn out in order to get rid of him before Benson showed up, thus ending Mordecai and Rigby's party with a [[Pop Goes the Human|bang.]]}}.

** Susan gets one after {{spoiler|going [[One-Winged Angel]] and}} Benson gets everyone to stop working.

** The Night Owl gets one after {{spoiler|the guys make it back to the time machine and escape him. The present Night Owl gets one when they come out of the portal crashing down on his billboard and car, ruining his plan.}}.

** And the "Blonde Club".

* [[Body Horror]]: What happens when {{spoiler|you work under Susan for too long.}}.

** A good example of this trope is when Rigby {{spoiler|physically turns into a house. The slow transformation doesn't look comfortable either.}}.

* [[Bowling for Ratings]]: "Skips Strikes".

** Compared to the rest of the series, "My Mom" seems to be the most [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Regular Show]] of the bunch. Short of {{spoiler|Muscleman's brother riding his truck out of hell,}}, it's a pretty quiet day all things taken equally.

** "Ello Gov'nor" also is pretty normal, short of {{spoiler|a video rental store employee dressing up as a haunted taxi.}}.

** "Temp Check" doesn't have much weirdness, except for the temp worker being {{spoiler|a shapeshifting doppelgangerdoppelgänger}}.

** Aside from {{spoiler|Mordecai and Rigby being turned into ghosts by HighHi Five Ghost's brother}}, "See You There" is a relatively straightforward episode.

** Another comes from "A Bunch of Baby Ducks". Aside from {{spoiler|Thethe baby ducks transforming to a giant duck and destroying the duck collector after he hurt their mom}}, it seems like a normal day.

** "Karaoke Video" is probably the most normal episode of ''Regular Show'' as of Season 2. Nothing strange at all happens, unless you count the short scene where everyone appears to be fighting in some abstract void thing.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Rigby. {{spoiler|Considering he's been killed three times in the series,}}, he fits this trope perfectly.

** In "Benson Be Gone", Maellard complains to Benson about snacks disappearing from the snack bar, holes in the walls, and five hundred dollars worth of prank phone calls, which are all references to the episodes "Rigby's Body", "The Power", and "Prank Callers" respectively.

** In "Camping Can Be Cool", Mordecai and Rigby bring the Super Extra Premium Hot Dogs from "Meat Your Maker" to eat on the camping trip.

** {{spoiler|The Unicorns are back}} in "House Rules", prank calls are also referenced.

** Subtly, when payday is first shown in "High Score", Mordecai complains about how they're essentially receiving doggy bags full of change, and ask to at least get an envelope. Later, in "Temp Check", they receive their pay in an envelope.

** In "The Power", one of the things Rigby sends to the moon during the [[Cutaway Gag]] is "a bunch of baby ducks"." There's a later episode with that exact name.

** In "The Best Burger in the World", the burger truck {{spoiler|crashes into the Crash Pit from "Terror Tales of the Park".}}.

'''Mordecai''': Looks like you know how to say things that people are already aware of. }}

** Mordecai and Rigby: The double grunt, and a triumphant, simultaneous "OOOHHHHHHH!!!" or "WHOOOOOOOHHHH"<br />Their in-unison "YEEEAYUHHH!" seems to have become [[Cartoon Network]]'s new catch phrase.

* [[Character Development]]: "Benson Be Gone" has Benson come to understand Mordecai and Rigby more. And it sticks, afterwards, he's shown to be noticeably more tolerant of them and doesn't fly into a rage over them as often. In "Jinx", he actually accepts an apology from them, where before he'd not have given them the time of day.<br />Especially since earlier, Rigby sent him in a moment of [[Unstoppable Rage]], which Benson ''didn't'' take out on Rigby himself. Newer episodes also have him leading the group in "down time" activities such as game night or paying for drinks for everyone at a bar, showing he's lightened up more.

** Rigby has grown much closer to Eileen; in "Yes, Dude, Yes", he eagerly suggests going to the movies with her, while in "Do Me a Solid", he only accepted a date as a solid, and did everything possible to sabotage it.

** Benson, Skips, and even Muscle Man and High-Hi Five Ghost have had a good bit of character growth over the series as well, the group becoming kinder and more friendly with Rigby and Mordecai, making some of their early scenes a bit strange to how they are now. This is especially clear with Benson, who doesn't go into a rage as often. Recent episodes even have him doing things like organizing game nights for everyone and taking everyone out to a bar with the drinks on him, showing he's lightened up considerably.

** {{spoiler|The grilled cheese.}}.

** The celebratory hug, {{spoiler|or lack thereof}}.

** Two Words: "{{spoiler|PLAYCO ARMBOY}}.".

* [[Chess with Death]]: Arm Wrestling with Death, in Skips' case. {{spoiler|He challenged Death to restore Rigby back to life, whom Skips had killed in the first place. If he lost, Death would've claimed his immortal soul.}}.

** {{spoiler|A blinking contest with Peeps, a floating eyeball monster to get him to leave in "Peeps". If they'd lost, he'd have taken all their eyes.}}.

** Moredecai and Rigby had to babysit Death's son {{spoiler|in order to save MusclemanMuscle Man from having his soul reaped. The specific condition was to have him sleeping by 8 PM when Death and his wife got home from their anniversary date.}}.

* [[The Chew Toy]]: Rigby.

** In "Bet to Be Blonde,", a pair of "Mordecai and the Rigbys" t-shirts can be seen in Mordecai and Rigby's closet, calling back to their fake band in the episode of that name.

** In "Yes, Dude, Yes", we see Mordecai finish telling CJ about the events of "High Score".

* [[Convenient Weakness Placement]]: The Warden of the Internet is a giant video screen. The power button is right next to the {{spoiler|imprisonment beam.}}. Apparently, [[Failed a Spot Check|nobody ever noticed that before Rigby]].

* [[Converse with the Unconscious]]: In "Eggcellent", {{spoiler|Mordecai briefly talked to Rigby, who was in a coma.}}.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Skips (and maybe Pops).

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: {{spoiler|Pops}} proves to be one in "Really Real Wrestling".

** As does Techmo in "Skips vs. Technology".

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: {{spoiler|With the defeat of the Prank Master the episode ends with Mordecai, Rigby and the Prank Call Master making more crank calls.}}.

** Rigby rents a movie from "Movie Shack Hut".

** In "But I Have Aa Receipt", Mordecai and Rigby attempt to get a refund from "Comics Plus And More Etc."

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|Susan in "Benson Be Gone" falls into a pit to Hell after Utopia takes out her heels in a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}.

** Muscle Man {{spoiler|hosts a fake party, gets Mordecai and Rigby turned into ghosts, and fakes a heart attack}} after Rigby accidentally spilled soda on him. ''After almost choking to death.''

** "Over the Top". Skips isn't too pleased about Rigby beating him in arm wrestling, especially after finding out {{spoiler|he used an arm brace}}. So he forces him into a rematch, {{spoiler|yanks out the brace, then instead of leaving it there, ''smashes him through the table'', killing him. Skips realizes this though, and puts his own soul on the line to bring him back to life}}.

*** Not to mention {{spoiler|[[Mood Whiplash|egging the house Rigby]] rather harmlessly, giving Rigby enough time to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade the topic]]... JUST before the wizard drops a house-sized EGG and drenching him in egg yolk as he screams in horror.}}. "The End.".

* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: "GBF" is "Garrett Bobby Ferguson,". not "Giant Bearded Face.".

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: In "Cool Bikes", {{spoiler|Benson admits that Mordecai and Rigby are the coolest guys he knows. In any other context this would be sweet, but the viewer knows that Benson just unknowingly secured them a guilty verdict.}}.

* [[Dreamworks Face]]: Mordecai [https://web.archive.org/web/20120623001101/http://www.formspring.me/calwwong/q/266487508932506651 strikes one] in "Cruisin'".

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|Utopia performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in "Benson Be Gone" to take out Susan and Wedgie Ninja's sacrifice in "Go Viral" to save Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops from the Warden of the Internet, destroying her in the process.}}.

* [[Ear Worm]]: In-Universe example: in "This Is My Jam", Rigby gets "Summertime Loving, Loving in the Summer (Time)" stuck in his head, to the point that the song sings itself whenever he opens his mouth. Not singing it, but playing on its own. Eventually the song manifests itself into a physical form and starts driving everyone nuts.<br />And then the gang decides to come up with an even catchier song to rid of it... "Aw snap! Aw snap! Come to our macaroni party then we'll take a nap!"

** When you tie in rock paper scissors 100 times, it summons a black hole that apparently leads to a monster's dimension. The glimpse of the monster is…disconcertingis… disconcerting.

** Father Time from "It's Time" is one. He is a being made entirely of clocks who lives at the end of time, and was actually a rather nice guy {{spoiler|and was willing to let Mordecai off with a warning and press the [[Reset Button]] for him.}}.

** Actually, the "Book of Park Records" could qualify too, as it gave a Necronomicon vibe when they touched it, and can alter reality (at least within the park).

** {{spoiler|SUSAN. The worst part is how normal she seems before turning her head 180 degrees and going [[One-Winged Angel]].}}.

** The eye creature in "Peeps" grows several extra eyeballs, {{spoiler|which Rigby then scorches with a laser pointer.}}.

** {{spoiler|The last of which BURSTS INTO FLAME.}}.

** In a subtler example from the same episode, {{spoiler|Mordecai loses the ability to blink and his eyes become so irritated that the eyedrops he uses evaporate before even touching them.}}.

* [[Fake Brit]]: Future Mordecai and Future Rigby, in "Mordecai and the Rigbys". {{spoiler|They [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping|lose the accents]] right before the two of them are destroyed by Present Mordecai.}}.

** [[The Captain]]: Benson.

** [[The Big Guy]]/[[The Smart Guy]]: Skips.

** [[The Chick]]: Pops.

** [[Those Two Guys]]: Muscle Man and HighHi Five Ghost.

* [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]]: "More Smarter.". Be sure to look at Rigby's crossword.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: GBF is {{spoiler|Garret Bobby Ferguson, not Giant Bearded Face.}}<br. />Though {{spoiler|[[Don't Explain the Joke|he's a giant bearded face as well]].}}.

* [[Furry Confusion]]: Subverted in "A Bunch of Baby Ducks.". The titular ducks seem to be non-anthropomorphic at first, but quickly pick up humanlike behaviors (like karate chopping) from Rigby, and their mother speaks English.

** Played straight in "Skunked,", with Mordecai and Rigby picking up roadkill in the park and even PLAYING A BINGO GAME USING THE DEAD ANIMALS, though technically it was created by Benson to motivate them to work; they can't stop working until they get Bingo.

** Rigby's homemade Rig-Juice, which can ''lower intelligence''.

** And the unicorns from "The Unicorns Have Got to Go,", who trap Rigby in a circle of their hindquarters and repeatedly fart directly in his face.

* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: In "Cool Bikes", {{spoiler|Mordecai and Rigby spend most of the episode trying to convince Benson that they're cool. When he finally does admit that they're the coolest guys he knows, it's most definitely a bad thing, since [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|they're on trial for being so cool that it threatens to destroy the universe, and Benson's admission is literally a death sentence for them]].}}.

* [[The Grim Reaper]]: In "Over Thethe Top" and "Skips Strikes".

** Mordecai has a flashback of doing this to Rigby in "Death Punchies.".

** Mordecai does this to GBF. But since said champ is basically a head with arms and legs, the champ reacts with "my chin!" (though "chin" is "penis" in Japanese)...

** Subverted and played straight in "Rage Against the TV". In Mordecai and Rigby's video game, the duo are punching one of the games' bosses in the junk. As in the miscellaneous things he is carrying. {{spoiler|Later, Skips gives one to The Hammer with a chair.}}.

** Skips perform one on a zombie. {{spoiler|It doesn't work}}.

* [[Halloween Episode]]: Season three3 features a 22 minute Halloween episode, with three creepy stories.

** There's a second one in the works for seasonSeason 4.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: In "Benson Be Gone", {{spoiler|Leon barrel-rolls Mr. Maelard's limousine and knocks off Susan's heels, sending Susan back to hell and the limo careening into a wall where it explodes.}}.

** In "Go Viral", {{spoiler|Wedgie Ninja stays behind to stop the Warden of the Internet, allowing the other viral videos to go free. He keeps it up until she explodes, killing himself in the process.}}.

** In "Appreciation Day", {{spoiler|Rigby manages to get the cover of the Book of Park Records back to Mordecai, but he gets eaten for his trouble.}}.

* [[Hipster]]: In "Cool Bikes", Mordecai and Rigby dress in this style to be cool. The stack of Brain Explosion records they swear upon in court is even a [[Call Back]] to Mordecai's own infamous hipster moment in "This Is My Jam".

* [[Hobos]]: Leon.

** Also, in "Over the Top", Death is a dead ringer for Lemmy from the band "''Motorhead"'', right down to the accent and the two large moles on his left cheek.

* [[Horrible Camping Trip]]: "Camping Can Be Cool.".

'''Benson''': WHO GIVES ABOUT MORALE??? }}

** Mordecai says this in "It's Time" {{spoiler|right before accidentally killing Rigby}}.

* [[Improbably Cool Car]]: Pops' "Carmenita" is already a cool old car, but it has special gears {{spoiler|that allow it to fly and have bat wings, among other things.}}.

* [[Initiation Ceremony]]: There's one to become an official member of the Blonds. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, it's the [[Acid Pool|horrific kind.]] }}.

** In the episode "It's Time", Rigby/Margaret is CANON.<br />The [[Word of God|writer]] implied that Rigby was going out with Margaret pretty much just to get under Mordecai's skin, but the point still stands.

** There's also "I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise" from Future Mordecai in the episode "Mordecai and the Rigbys" when the regular Mordecai asks if he ends up with Margaret in the future. Mordecai throws it back at him {{spoiler|in his [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] speech when he breaks up the band.}}.

** In "The Best Burger in the World", {{spoiler|Benson makes Mordecai and Rigby work on all their extra jobs that they slacked off on. Despite there being a time limit to get said burgers. So he gives them the most work, and honestly expects them to not try to get burgers. Finally at the end of the episode, he eats both which they bought as punishment.}}. Uh Benson... you could have had them gotten the burgers before and then have them do the work. Instead of being a jerkass...

* [[Karmic Transformation]]: Egg a wizard's house, be cursed to turn INTO a house. {{spoiler|Poor Rigby learned this the hard way in the Halloween special.}}.

* [[Kill'Em All]]: According to Benson, {{spoiler|the only way to get rid of unicorns.}}.

* [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]: {{spoiler|Rigby made Pops follow him out the room so Mordecai and Margaret can have a moment alone near the end of "Butt Dial".}}.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Compared to "''2 Inin Thethe AM PM"'', which involves LSD-laced candy and contains foul language.

'''Pops''': My taxi is not a coward! }}

* [[Locked in a Freezer]]: Complete with {{spoiler|Mordecai almost dying.}}.

* [[Losing Your Head]]: Happened to {{spoiler|Dave, Benson's stick hockey apprentice}} and he even spoke briefly before passing.

** There's a [[Hard Work Montage]] to the tune of Loverboy's "Working Forfor Thethe Weekend" while trying to save up enough money to go to a concert.

** There's also Mordecai's, Rigby's, and Benson's slack off sequence, all done to the tune of an instrumental song based off of Boston's "More than a Feeling".

* [[The Most Dangerous Video Game]]: "''Destroyer of Worlds"''.

* [[Moral Myopia]]: In "Under Thethe Hood", Rigby is painting Park Avenue’s tv room:

{{quote|'''Park Avenue:''' ''No, no no, don’t. [[What the Hell, Hero?|What’s the matter with you?]]''<br />

'''Rigby:''' ''You painted all over our whole park.''<br />

'''Park Avenue:''' ''Yes, but its different, you know? It’s what I do! [[Because I'm Good At It|My stuff is good, you’re only making a mess!]]'' }}

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Skips, when he gets involved in the current trouble of the episode, usually knows exactly what's going on and explains it further and how to solve it. {{spoiler|Being a few thousand years old may have something to do with this.}}.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Rigby is usually the one who causes the crazy bleedly-blah to happen in the show. By this point, it should be obvious that Rigby ruins everything he touches, though he does make up for it by fixing most of the mistakes and problems he creates such as {{spoiler|giving up the chocolate cake to save Skips' life and using mustard to defeat cannibal hotdogs.}}. Examples include...

** {{spoiler|sending Skips to the moon, which almost got him and the rest of the cast killed by a giant monster}} in "The Power.".

** {{spoiler|letting the Destroyer of Worlds loose}} (despite Skips and Mordecai's warnings) in "Just Set Up Thethe Chairs".

** {{spoiler|signing the contract that almost made them lose their concert tickets, though it technically wasn't his fault since he couldn't even read it,}}, in "Caffeinated Concert Tickets.".

** {{spoiler|interrupting Skips' spirit dance}} in "Free Cake.".

** {{spoiler|nearly making Mordecai freeze to death}} in "Meat your Maker.".

** {{spoiler|breaking the audit machine nearly getting the park deleted}} in "Don".

** {{spoiler|alluding a bodybuilder without his body that his own body was still available}} in "Rigby's Body".

** Mordecai kicks off his share of weird events as well, though it's usually due to pettiness instead of outright idiocy. In both "Death Punchies" and "It's Time", it's his pride that goes before the fall. {{spoiler|Rigby's, that is.}}.

** Benson gets one in "Peeps", when he keeps improving his security system to stop Mordecai and Rigby from slacking off (justified though) and ultimately {{spoiler|doesn't read the fine print and invites an [[Eldritch Abomination]] to spy on the park's workers for the rest of their natural lives. Ironically, the very thing he tried to stop them from doing is what got rid of it.}}.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Pops' character in ''Realm of Darthon'' is a cyborg cowboy armed with an electronic keyboard that fires lasers. (Yesyes, you read that right).) Skips plays a pirate samurai.<br />[[Freeze-Frame Bonus|If one pauses during Mordecai's anti-''Darthon'' rant]], this seems to be the case for every class: Surfer with a Gun, She-Cop, Space [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Colon/Clown]], Tank-Tread Wizard, Vampire Archer, Dancing Ghost, Scorpion Lawyer...

'''Rigby''': Oh, yeah, that ''one'' time! }}

** The solid worth ten solids that Rigby made Mordecai do. All we know is that all who witnessed it were shocked and repulsed, and it involved Mordecai squatting down and making car sounds. {{spoiler|Fan speculation says that it was either him laying an egg or LITERALLY "doing a solid" (taking a dump)}}.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: As of "The Night Owl", {{spoiler|Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and High-Hi Five Ghost have aged another 2200 years, having been frozen with liquid nitrogen, unfrozen in the year 4224, and then time-traveled back into the past.}}. Potentially subverted if the show followed the other group from the end on.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in [[Sarcasm Mode]], when Mordecai and Rigby comment on the graphics and how the title screen looks just like the box.

* [[Parental Bonus]]: The use of music from [[The Eighties]]. Now what kid from today would know of "Working Forfor Thethe Weekend" before watching "Caffeinated Concert Tickets"?

'''Muscle Man''': Oh. (beat) Don't turn on the lights. }}

** It's the semi-disturbing zipper sounds right before Muscle Man's quip that really drive the joke home.

* [[Pilot]]: "First Day" is the [[Pilot]] with some added bits, a montage at the begining and a scene before they go down for breakfast, to make it a [[Whole-Episode Flashback]].

** {{spoiler|[[Evil Plan]]: Muscle Man's costume party was simply a [[Evil Is Petty|ploy]] to get back at Mordecai and Rigby for spilling soda on his face.}}.

* [[Pokémon-Speak]]: The giant coffee bean can only say his name. And his name is ''Coffee.''. Possibly lampshaded by the fact that his translator is Japanese.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: That seems to be the theme in "Eggcellent". {{spoiler|Even when Rigby was in a coma, possibly never to wake up and even may die, Mordecai still keep his promise to get that hat for him. Then the other Groundkeepers came around for Mordecai when he couldn't do it alone and helped him practiced to win the hat. When Mordecai won the hat, he put it on his friend's head, which woke him up! It wasn't just because of the hat, it was also because of Mordecai's loyal Friendship for Rigby!}}!

Who's the master prank caller NOW ya jerk?! }}

* [[Pro Wrestling Episode]]: "Really Real Wrestling".

* [[Puzzle Boss]]: {{spoiler|The Hammer. His weakness is furniture.}}.

** High-Hi Five Ghost doesn't talk very much, only having two lines in his first 5 or so appearances. However, he spoke more in "Muscle Woman" than in all of his previous appearances combined.

** Justified in that {{spoiler|he was jinxed}}.

** In "But I Have a Receipt", Mordecai and Rigby {{spoiler|try to return ''The Realm of Darthon''}} but they didn't read the fine print. {{spoiler|They already opened the game.}}.

** {{spoiler|The "special entertainment"}} and {{spoiler|Jimmy.}}.

* [[Resistance Is Futile]]: Parodied in "Skips VSvs. Technology".

'''Muscle Man:''' [[Misfit Mobilization Moment|Let us try, bro.]] }}

** Rigby gives one in "Skips Strikes,", much to the awe of his teammates. {{spoiler|Of course, he had bet their souls on the game and couldn't afford to have them giving up}}...}}

* [[Rule of Three]]: You can break a jinx by getting someone to say your name three times. Well, you can do it yourself with a mirror but {{spoiler|it summons a werewolf-like monster from inside.}}.

** Mordecai usually wins at Punchies (except when he threw the game in "Death Punchies"), Rigby usually wins at rock-paper-scissors. (Althoughalthough he lost twice in "A Bunch of Baby Ducks").

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Chad and Jeremy do this at the end of "Replaced".

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Muscle Man's "myMY momMOM" jokes.

** In "Fortune Cookie", {{spoiler|Benson has such bad luck that he loses the park to a sorcerer who then immediately grows over fifty feet tall and begins to literally ''suck up the entire park'' into his fanny pack.}}. Yeah...

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: In the entire first season, not much is known about Margaret, except she's nice and has a good set of lady pecs. Justified in that Mordecai himself can't seem to get past his shyness and learn more about her besides how attracted he is to her. (Notenote that he's always ''completely'' surprised about her boyfriends and entertainment preferences.).

** Margaret has been shown to be pretty shallow too. In "Brain Eraser", she becomes more attracted to him, believing he's been "working out" after he ignores her in a brainless stupor.

** In "Yes Dude Yes", {{spoiler|she only shows interest in Mordecai when she thought he was seeing CJ... how much more Shallow can you get?}}?

* [[Shopping Montage]]: "Cool Bikes".

** The Head — Rigby.

** The Muscle — Skips.

** The Quirk — Pops.

** The Pretty One — Mordecai (Hehe's got quite a few fangirls).

** The Smart One — Benson.

** The Wild One(s) — Muscle Man and HighHi Five Ghost.

* [[Skewed Priorities]]: '' Dude, you kill the Destroyer of Worlds! I'm gonna go get the chairs! ''

* [[Slice of Life]]: The show is basically about the lives of two best friends who are groundskeepers.<br />Simultaneously a [[Work Com]], as they live where they work. Every episode so far has had something to do with their job, although it's usually not what Mordecai and Rigby are interested in.

'''Benson:''' I am calling the cops. }}

* [[Smelly Skunk]]: A [[Jerkass]] one tries to turn Rigby into a skunk. Well... sort of, he's a Wereskunk whose spray transfers his curse in addition to smelling terrible. {{spoiler|He's cured along with Rigby in the end, but it's implied he died in the process.}}.

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: A bar brawl back by an excitable old man singing a karaoke version of ''"Footloose''".

* [[Space Whale Aesop]]: Eat healthy or your body will quit on you {{spoiler|as in your body will rip your soul out and run away. Also happens if you exercise too much.}}.

* [[Starts with Their Funeral]]: "Over Thethe Top" begins with {{spoiler|Rigby's death}}.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: In "Really Real Wrestling,", one of the wrestlers Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops fight is a wrestler who's dressed in a fireman's hat and can breathe fire. He's called the Fire Fighter.

** In the Halloween epepisode, the final story has Muscle Man {{spoiler|flayed alive without any skin left. He really was a Muscle Man}}.

'''Muscle Man''': I wasn't gonna say that! Why does everyone always think I'm gonna say "my mom"? }}

* [[Take That]]: DudetimeDude Time Cologne from "The Unicorns Have Got to Go" is a pretty clear parody of the advertising for AXE body spray. It's probably not a coincidence that it attracts [[Jerkass]] unicorns instead of hot ladies.

'''Skips:''' ''"Wanna check again?"'' }}

** Rigby, to the point of going [[Drunk with Power]] {{spoiler|until Mordecai does it too}}.

** Arguably Benson in his [[Day in The Limelight]] episode "Benson Be Gone", especially when he {{spoiler|takes a limo and tries to run down the [[One-Winged Angel]] version of Susan. Leon takes his place at the last minute, but still!}}!

*** {{spoiler|Benson takes another level in badass in "Stick Hockey", where the titular game is apparently an underground bloodsport complete with rampant death, burning pits, and lots of spikes.}}.

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Rigby in "Do meMe a Solid".

** Benson goes up quite a level in dickishness during "The Best Burger Inin Thethe World". Even {{spoiler|eating the burgers Mordecai and Rigby bought.}}.

* [[True Companions]]: There are moments when the group seems to be close to or evolving into this. While they don't always get along, they are shown to really care for one another at certain moments, such as Benson {{spoiler|facing off against Susan to save them all and nearly making a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to do so (Utopia took his place, but its clear)}} and the climax of "This Is My Jam", when Skips and the others come to help {{spoiler|defeat the living [[Ear Worm]]}} without even being asked.

** Also, Skips in "Over the Top", to the point where he even {{spoiler|accidentally kills Rigby while arm wrestling}}.

* [[Unusual User Interface]]: In "Skips vs. Technology", Techmo literally plugs himself into the house computer with a USB cable.

* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Mordecai and Rigby. No matter how mundane their assigned task, no matter how minor their everyday, humdrum problem... they somehow find a way to transform it into a beautifully strange epic adventure.

* [[Wham! Line]]: In "House Rules", {{spoiler|Whenwhen Future Mordecai tells his present self "...You know what else you're gonna miss? That guy (Rigby). Enjoy him, while you got him. You know what I'm saying?"}}

** Two in "Eggscellent"; : {{spoiler|Whenwhen Rigby falls into an allergy induced coma, Benson says that this should teach the others to not slack off their jobs and do something stupid. Mordecai decks him for this and tells him that the rest of the workers are just friends with him because he's their boss}}.

** Mordecai didn't remember ordering fake band t-shirts in "Mordecai &and Thethe Rigbys,", either.

** Father Time gives one to Mordecai after {{spoiler|Mordecai kills Rigby by thowing him into the time stream.}}.

** Mordecai himself gives one to Skips after Skips {{spoiler|kills Rigby in a bought of rage.}}.

** Benson gets ''another one'' in "Eggcelent" after {{spoiler|he claims that Rigby being put into a life threatening coma is his own fault. Mordecai actually ''punches'' him and tells him that the only reason anybody puts up with him is because he signs their paychecks.}}.

* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: "First Day".

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: After losing at Punchies one too many times, Rigby forces everyone to be his slave by learning [[Megaton Punch|Death Punch]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|Of Death]] and owning everyone with it. ''All because he wanted to win against Mordecai for once.''.

** [[Invoked Trope]] in the episode "My Mom", when Mordecai tries to convince Muscle Man that he should be saying "your mom" instead, and then he and Rigby then give several "your mom" jokes as examples.