Pops

Pops Maellard is a main character of Regular Show. Pops is a rich, thin humanoid lolipop whose father owns the park as well as the house, in which Pops shares with Mordecai and Rigby. He is a billionaire that was locked up and protected for all or most of his childhood, which is why he takes such childlike delight in everything he sees and does. He made his debut in JG Quintel's 2005 short film "The Naive Man from Lolliland as an unnamed immigrant from Lolliland. Later, he made a small cameo in the next short "2 in the AM PM." He then made an official appearance in The Pilot.

Appearance
Pops is, simply put, lollipop-shaped (standing at 6'0" without his hat). His body and limbs are all very stick-like while his head is abnormally large. He always wears a gentlemanly suit-and-slacks, an always buttoned up dark vest as well as a top hat. Pops also sports a white curved (almost handlebar) moustache. Aside from his facial hair, Pops is entirely bald (and has been for quite a while, as seen in Prank Callers).

Personality
Pops is in a perpetually optimistic mood, to a childish extent. Most of the time, he can best be described as bubbly and effervescent. However, Pops isn't one to be jolly when disrespected; when this happens, Pops does the unusual (Dizzy, etc.) Whenever he is not acting childishly, Pops acts like a gentleman, always addressing others politely, with one sole exception in (Think Positive), where he serves as the main antagonist for the first (and possibly only) time. Pops also posses the most pleasant voice out of all the characters, his language style is very unique where he will go to larger extents to scientifically or vividly discribe an object that would normally be said in a few words.

Pops' childish mood makes him very gullible. Although anyone can take advantage of this, most people (especially park workers) still respect Pops as a friend.

He is also known to take an interest in little things such as butterflies. An example of this is when, in The Power, he laughs when a butterfly flies near him, and in Think Positive, he is trying to catch butterflies in a jar. Pops is also know to love his cars, who he polishs and waxs in nearly every episode.

Pops seems to be laugh very easily because in Jinxed he is laughing at his water wave reflection.

Skills/Habits

 * Immaturity - Pops has been sheltered and protected all of his childhood, which is why he takes such childish delight in almost everything he hears or sees.
 * Keyboard Player - As seen in This Is My Jam and Mordecai and the Rigby, Pops is able to play the keyboard very well. He is also said to play his harpsichord at night, but he might have stopped this because Benson made a rule against this.
 * Butterflies - Pops most likely has an interest for butterflies, as seen in Think Positive.
 * Skilled artist - As seen in Think Positive, Pops can draw very well.
 * Good Wrestler - In Really Real Wrestling, Pops is a very good wrestler. This is because he used to wrestle in his high school or college days.
 * Fanciness - As shown in Fancy Restaurant, Pops is an expert in the art of being fancy and has even published a book on the subject, titled Fanciness Theory and Practical Application.
 * Singing - Pops can sing fairly well in Karaoke Video when he sang Footloose.
 * Easily Scared - Just like Benson said "He can't stand scary stories" seen in Terror Tales of the Park II
 * Good Baker - In Pie Contest, Pops is a very good baker. His pie was the only one Mordecai and Rigby actually liked. He has won 10 blue ribbons for his pies.

Mordecai
Mordecai, along with Rigby, seem to be real good friends with Pops. Whenever they are seen together, the two seem to get along and have no problems. Pops is also easily amused with the two's contests, like punchies and rock-paper-scissors.

Rigby
Though despite Rigbys wild nature, The two seem to get along very well. Like letting Rigby borrow his phone. Or his old timey radio.

Benson
Though they seem to have trouble with each other, there is still respect between the two of them; As seen in "Think Positive". In the same episode, Pops made Benson control his anger with Mordecai and Rigby, or else he'd lose his job a second time. Benson reluctantly tried to keep it in, and he never yelled once until Pops changed his mind.

Muscle Man
Pops helps Muscle Man to be fancy in "Fancy Restaurant".

Mrs. Maellard
Mrs. Maellard is Pops' mom.

Pops-Themed Content

 * Pops's Taxi (Ello Gov'nor)
 * Pops's Harpsichord (About two episodes)
 * Pops's House (Just about every episode)
 * Pops's Ironing Board (Prank Callers)
 * Pops's Outfit
 * Pops's Junk (Creepy Doll)
 * Pops's Keyboard (This Is My Jam)
 * Pops's Phonograph (A few episodes)
 * Pops's Poetry Outfits (Rap It Up)
 * Pops's Portraits (Majority of episodes)
 * Pop's Telephone (Prank Callers)

Quotes

 * See Pops/Quotes

Trivia

 * Pops owns three cars, his Checker Taxi cab from Ello Gov'nor, his flying Mini Cooper from Really Real Wrestling, and Carmenita from Cruisin'.
 * He also made an appearance in 2 in the AM PM when the two clerks are fighting, the proto-Mordecai becomes proto-Pops.
 * He is the only recurring character who has not been an antagonist to Mordecai and Rigby before. Margaret and Eileen were rivals with them in Cruisin', Skips tried to stop the two from having fun in The Power, Benson, Muscle Man, and Hi Five Ghost are regular antagonists to them.
 * Pops' appearance bears a striking resemblance to a human, even though he is a lollipop.
 * An explanation for Pops to use lollipops instead of money is that he is from Lolliland, where it is possible that lollipops were used as a form of currency. (For instance, a butterscotch ripple equates to $100.) However, his father does not seem to share this confusion, so it may just be due to his brain problems and sheltered life, although his father probably knows that lollipops are only used as money in Lolliland. In the short film The Naive Man from Lolliland, Pops is beaten by resturant employees becuase he left his bill paid in lollypops.
 * Pops' favorite thing to read is Moustaches Monthly.
 * Pops is seen naked three times.
 * In Dizzy, his last name is revealed to be "Maellard".
 * In This Is My Jam, it revealed that he can dance and play music because he said that he is not going to use his "best dance moves" and he can play the keyboard.
 * He can also play the piano/keyboard in This Is My Jam.
 * In "Jinx," it's shown that he likes to look at his reflection in the water fountain.
 * Along with Mordecai and Rigby, Pops appears in all of the season one episodes (if one counts the painting of him in Grilled Cheese Deluxe).
 * In Prank Callers, Pops has no mustache in the 1980s, but he has one while he was in high school as shown in "Really Real Wrestling".
 * Pops has studied the theroy of fanciness, where he has written many volumes of books on the topic.
 * He was born in 1900s.
 * Pops became a protagonist for the first time in Creepy Doll.
 * Pops became an antagonist for the first time in Think Positive.
 * It is shown that Pops likes to play with military figurines, and is a talented drawer in "Think Positive".
 * In Skips vs. Technology, Pops is shown as a child with brown hair in the year 1910.
 * He was almost killed by Mordecai's bed falling on him due to a prank by Muscle Man in Prankless.
 * If you look carefully, in almost every single episode there is a a picture of Pops in the background.
 * It was confirmed in Terror Tales of The Park that Pops had a doll named Percy, but he got rid of him because Mordecai and Rigby told him it wasn't cool.
 * Pops is the second oldest in the park gang, the first being Skips

Gallery


The gallery for Pops can be viewed here.