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In an attempt to "age up" Cartoon Network, this show aired in September of 2010 and is currently 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 (Creator)|Cartoon Network]]. Getting Crap Past The Radar page [[Regular Show (Animation)/Radar|here.]] Also check out the Character Sheet [[Regular Show (Animation)/Characters|here.]]

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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Benson doesn't appear in a handful of episodes.

* [[Absurdly High Stakes Game]]: "Skips Strikes" has {{spoiler|Rigby making a bet with Death: If Death's Team wins he'll get the team's(which is everyone working at the park except Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost) souls and if Rigby's Team wins he gets... a bowling ball filled with souls.}} Mordecai and Benson aren't happy about this in the slightest.

* [[Gasshole]]: Gloken Bear from "Go Viral".

** 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.

* [[George Jetson Job Security]]: Although as demonstrated in "Replaced", no one would be stupid enough to actually replace Mordecai and Rigby.

* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: "Give us a raise, loser!"

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

* [[How We Got Here]]: "Over the Top" begins with the [[Starts With Their Funeral|death of Rigby]].

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:

{{quote| '''Benson''': Rule #47: NO YELLING!}}

* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: Downed power lines can animate ''snow'', apparently.

* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: In "Trash Boat", Rigby decides to change his name to two completely random words. He looks over at the overflowing trash can, then at the painting of a sailboat on the wall, and hence the title of the episode.

* [[Literal Minded]]: Inverted by Pops.

{{quote| '''Mordecai''': That taxi's yellow!<br />

* [[Megaton Punch]]: The Death Punch [[Department of Redundancy Department|of Death]].

* [[Mirror Monster]]: {{spoiler|Ybgir}}, from the episode "Jinx".

* [[Monster of the Week]]: Every other week at least, usually summoned or created inadvertently. Most are [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]] to boot.

* [[Montage]]: The show likes to use them often:

* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Skips' main method of fixing things is to hit it with a hammer. To be more specific, he carries a hammer that he's able to use as a universal tool to fix almost anything, regardless of how big or small it is, including computers.

* [[Petting Zoo People]]: Mordecai is the most obvious example, but Margaret and several background characters also qualify.

* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: Mordecai is bright blue. Margaret, his love interest, is bright red, which isn't exactly ''pink'' per se, but close enough.

* [[The Plan]]: Of all people, Muscle Man surprisingly shows up with more than one of these

** {{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.}}

* [[Playful Otter]]: Doug, the temp. Until it turns out that he's {{spoiler|a [[Doppelganger]]}}.

* [[Power Fist]]: The "Fists of Justice", in the episode of the same name.

* [[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!}}

* [[Reactive Continuous Scream]]: Mordecai walking in on Pops in "Brain Eraser".

* [[Read the Fine Print]]:

** In "Peeps", Benson asks for the most powerful security system Peeps will offer and is told to sign a binding contract. He's so angry he doesn't read it first and ends up summoning Peeps himself (a flying eye monster). Peeps later reveals the contract states he can watch them till the day they die.

** 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.}}

** The Destroyer of Worlds.

** {{spoiler|The mirror monster Rigby summoned in "Jinx" was banished back into the mirror at the end.}}

* [[Seen It All]]: Skips response to the insanity in any given episode usually amounts to "I've seen this before..."

** He's probably seen a lot, considering he's {{spoiler|immortal}}.

** 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"

* [[Shower of Angst]]: Muscle Man in "Muscle Woman", after Starla dumped him.

* [[Similar Squad]]: Chad and Jeremy for Mordecai and Rigby in "Replaced".

* [[A Simple Plan]]: Every episode.

** Rigby also has two Fist Pump toy guns that control figurative arm guns that fist pump.

* [[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.

** Two in "Eggscellent"; {{spoiler|When 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}}.

* [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]: Lots of episodes. "Appreciation Day" is a particularly strong example.

** 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.}}

** Mordecai gets this from Skips in "Video Game Wizard" when he jeopardize his friendship with Rigby to win the Maximum Glove.

* [[Widget Series]]

* [[A Winner Is You]]: "Rage Against the TV".

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Muscle Man's seemingly innocent "My Mom!" catchphrase is actually a setup to prank anyone who tries to correct him and tell him the joke is normally ended with "Your Mom!". The prank involves calling his brother, who drives his truck out of the ''pits of hell'', and making the prank victim apologize and kiss a picture of their mom... which is really just a picture of Muscle Man's ass. If they don't take the bait, he gets to annoy them.}}

* [[X Meets Y]]: Like ''[[Beavis and Butthead (Animation)|Beavis and Butthead]]'' meets ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' [[This Is Your Premise On Drugs|on acid]], only [[Lighter and Softer]]. [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|But not]] [[Parental Bonus|by much.]]

* [[Your Head Asplode]]: {{spoiler|GBF explodes when he loses at Broken Bonez. Benson's [[Rant-Inducing Slight]] in that episode is triggered solely by being covered in brain goo.}}

* [[Your Mom]]: Mordecai and Rigby prank Pops by asking him to stay on hold for a call from Joe Mama. Of course, this being Pops, he stays on hold willingly.