The third season of the American animated television seriesRegular Show, created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of the show's main characters originated from his animated shorts 2 in the AM PM and The Naïve Man from Lolliland. Following its second season's success, Regular Show was renewed for a third season on November 16, 2010, ahead of its second-season premiere. The season ran from September 19, 2011, to September 3, 2012, and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios.
Regular Show's third season was storyboarded and written by Quintel, Sean Szeles, Kat Morris, Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, Ben Adams, Andres Salaff, John Infantino, Toby Jones, Hilary Florido, Mike Roth, and Madeline Queripel. For this season, the writers were Quintel, Roth, Infantino, Michele Cavin, and Matt Price, who is also the story editor.
Development
Concept
Two 23-year-old friends,[1] a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby, are employed as groundskeepers at a park and spend their days trying to slack off and entertain themselves by any means. This is much to the chagrin of their boss Benson and their coworker Skips, but the delight of Pops. Their other coworkers, Muscle Man (an overweight green man) and Hi-Five Ghost (a ghost with a hand extending from the top of his head) serve as their rivals.
Production
Many of the characters are loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: The Naive Man From Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed artists to create pilots with no notes to be optioned as a show possibly. After The Cartoonstitute was scrapped, and Cartoon Network executives approved the greenlight for Regular Show, production officially began on August 14, 2009.[2] After being green-lit, Quintel recruited several indie comic book artists to compose the show's staff, as their style matched close to what he desired for the series. The season was storyboarded and written by Quintel, Sean Szeles, Kat Morris, Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, Ben Adams, Andres Salaff, John Infantino, Toby Jones, Hilary Florido, Mike Roth, and Madeline Queripel. For this season, the writers were Quintel, Roth, Infantino, Michele Cavin, and Matt Price, who is also the story editor while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios.
The third season of Regular Show was produced between November 2010 and August 2011. It utilizes double entendres and mild language; Quintel stated that, although the network wanted to step up from the more child-oriented fare, some restrictions came with this switch.
Mordecai dyes his hair blonde and joins a group of blonde-haired men after losing a bet to Rigby, but this also breaks their friendship. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as the blonde men
Skips is forced to quit the bowling team that he, Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson are on when a secret of his is threatened to be revealed by a rival bowling team but has to return when a deadly bet comes on.
The group tell each other scary stories. • "Creepy Doll" – Pops finds an old doll from his youth that ends up coming to life and turning very scary. • "Death Metal Crash Pit" – Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost want to crash an old RV into the park's giant sinkhole but quickly find out that ghosts of a heavy metal band haunt the RV. • "In the House" – Rigby is turned into a house after he throws eggs at a wizard's house, and the wizard soon kills the others.
Mordecai and Rigby take Margaret and Eileen camping in a restricted area of a forest, in which they quickly run into trouble for trespassing after encountering a Stag-Man. Guest voices: Robert Englund as the Stag-Man
Mordecai and Rigby play a two-on-two match of basketball against Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost to earn rights to use the computer so Mordecai can create a website for Margaret. The Basketball King helps them by giving them powers after realizing how poor their skills were. Song: "Hey Man Nice Shot" by Filter Guest voices: Carl Weathers as the Basketball King
Mordecai and Rigby try to get Benson to admit that they are cool to regain their cart privileges. However, problems arise when the duo are put on trial by a galactic court when they become "too cool".
Protesting against Benson's rules for the house, Mordecai and Rigby stumble upon an anarchist society after trying to find a place that is not governed by rules. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as No Rules Man
Pops enters a rap battle against a group of cruel rappers that he plans to win by reciting poetry, which makes Mordecai and Rigby nervous due to Pops' unusual concept of "rapping." Guest voices: Donald Glover as Alpha Dog, MC Lyte as Demel-ishun, and Tyler, The Creator as Blitz Comet and Big Trouble
After getting Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost fired for false accusations of spraying graffiti at the park, Mordecai and Rigby have to catch the real perpetrator to prove their innocence. Guest voices: Troy Baker as Park Avenue
Mordecai and Rigby help Benson impress his neighbor Audrey at her party, but her ex-boyfriend Chuck gets in the way of that. Song: "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain Guest voices: Courtenay Taylor as Audrey and Roger Craig Smith as Chuck
Rigby swaps fortune cookie fortunes with Benson in hopes of improving his luck, and it works, but Benson's luck goes so bad, it ruins his life. Guest voices: James Hong as the Chinese restaurant waiter and the warlock
Skips hopes to fix a computer error caused by Mordecai and Rigby but cannot due to his lack of modern technology knowledge. He gets help from his friend, Techmo, but they soon learn that the virus is stronger than they think. Song: "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys Guest voices: Steven Blum as Techmo and the Doom-Ma-Geddon virus
Mordecai attempts to retrieve Margaret's phone to delete an embarrassing singing voicemail he accidentally recorded. Guest voices: Rich Fulcher as the Phone Guardians
Rigby falls into a coma due to his egg allergies after he eats a massive omelette in a food challenge to win a commemorative trucker hat, leaving Mordecai to complete the challenge and win the hat. Song: "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler This episode won a Primetime Emmy Award in the Short-format Animation category.
Feeling under-appreciated by his co-workers, Muscle Man quits his job to work as a gut model. Guest voices: Paul F. Tompkins as Filbert and Andrew Daly as Mulligan
Mordecai and Rigby use holograms to fool Benson into thinking they are working so they can eat the best burger in the world. Song: "Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes
Mordecai and Rigby have to fight to get their jobs back when they are fired by Benson and replaced by Jeremy (an ostrich) and Chad (a possum). Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as Jeremy and Chad
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"Trash Boat"
Robert Alvarez
Benton Connor and Hilary Florido
April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23)
1009-066
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Inspired by the frontman of a famous rock band, Rigby changes his name to Trash Boat. However, the name causes him to garner negative attention and he now has to change his name back.
Dejected after he thinks he has witnessed Margaret becoming engaged, Mordecai befriends a girl named C.J. Still, things go wrong when he is caught in the middle over a movie and misunderstandings. Guest voices: Linda Cardellini as C.J.
Mordecai and Rigby break the cart and have to take a road trip with Benson to the dealership before the warranty expires or Benson will be fired by Mr. Maellard.
Mordecai and Rigby have to babysit Death's son Thomas so he can spare Muscle Man's life. Guest voices: Michael Dorn as Thomas and Elle Newlands as Death's wife.
When Rigby is signed up for a humiliating mentorship program coached by Muscle Man, he has to prove that he can finish a job to avoid being fired by Benson.
When Muscle Man's father dies, Mordecai and Rigby accompany him on a road trip to spread his father's trucker hat ashes at the Trucker Hall of Fame. However, Muscle Man soon discovers a startling secret about his father. Guest voices: Fred Tatasciore as Mr. Sorrenstein, Muscle Man's father
Mordecai and Rigby spend the day with the cart that they bring to life as they are instructed to take it to the dump due to Benson getting a high-tech replacement, but it wants to do certain things beforehand.
Mordecai and Rigby help Muscle Man learn about etiquette in order to impress Starla and her parents at a fancy restaurant. Song: "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi Guest voices: Courtenay Taylor as Starla
Mordecai and Rigby have to find and return an overdue VHS tape so they will not permanently lose their membership at the Movie Shack Hut. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as the Movie Shack Hut employee and Armin Shimerman as Buttonwillow McButtonwillow
Muscle Man vows to never prank again after accidentally injuring Pops with one of his pranks directed towards Mordecai. Because of this, the rival park resumes a prank war against them. Guest voices: Kurtwood Smith as Gene
Mordecai and Rigby have to pick up donuts for the morning meeting. When they get incredibly sugary donuts, and Pops eats them, it is up to them and Skips to solve the problem.
Mordecai and Margaret finally share a kiss, but it is cut short due to Mordecai's bad breath. Extremely embarrassed, he and Rigby go back in time to fix things.
Home media
Warner Home Video released multiple DVDs, consisting of Region 1 formats. The Best DVD in the World *At this Moment in Time, Party Pack, Fright Pack, Mordecai & Margaret Pack, Rigby Pack, and Mordecai Pack were created for Region 1 markets containing episodes from the third season.
Full season release
The full season set was released on DVD on June 17, 2014.
