Mordecai

Mordecai is a 23-year-old blue jay. He is one of the main protaganists of the series, first appearing in a short as a human cashier, who then morphs into a proto-Mordecai character. He later makes his first official appearance in the pilot episode, where he was the first to say a line. His voice is provided by the show's creator, J.G. Quintel. He is actually the third person to say something overall in, but the pilot marked that Mordecai was the first to say a line on the show.

According to Cartoon Network's official page for Regular Show, ''Mordecai is a young blue jay with a burgeoning sense of responsibility, decency, and his own mortality. But that doesn't mean he doesn't like to have a little fun every once in a while--stupid fun.''

Appearance
Mordecai is a 6' 3 '' tall blue jay. Like Rigby, he lacks clothing, plays video games, and he drinks copious amounts of coffee and soda/beer. He is blue with a white chest and sports a black beak, with black stripes on his tail feathers and his fingers, as well as two white stripes on his wings (or more appropritately, arms). However, when he was five/six, he didn't have any stripes on his fingers or tail feathers and had buck teeth sprouting from his beak. Even though he is a bird and has wings (resembles more like a human than a bird in terms of shape), Mordecai cannot fly himself as seen in A Bunch of Baby Ducks.

Personality
Mordecai would be best described as mild-mannered. Though a slacker and occasional troublemaker, he has shown far greater maturity and responsibility than his best friend. Out of the duo, Mordecai displays far more patience and responsibility than Rigby. Even though almost every problem in every episode that was caused by the duo is Rigby's fault, Mordecai puts up with his laziness and immaturity, once filling out a job application for Rigby because he claimed it was "boring". Mordecai tends to be more sociable and friendly than Rigby, and has much more managable relationships with others. Although Mordecai naturally despises work, he strives to keep a good reputation, once almost losing his life to avoid being labeled as a slacker, and vouching for extra work to pay for concert tickets. Mordecai's most obvious shortcoming is his inability to engage his love interests. Whenever he is around his crush, Margaret, he will often stutter or lose focus.

Education
It was revealed in Camping Can be Cool that both Mordecai and Margaret went to an art school/college. He uses his high school diploma to his advantage in More Smarter, suggesting that the duo are not high school dropout-stoners, as speculated by some fans of the series.

Tropes
Mordecai has shown a variety of abilities and habits throughout the series.

Video Game Expert
Mordecai is highly skilled at video games. In Just Set Up the Chairs, Mordecai proved his gaming superiority over Rigby after discovering several vintage arcade games in a park storeroom. Later, in High Score, he and Rigby worked together to set both the world and universe records for the arcade game, although at one point he had negative points, but eventually defeated the champion. In Rage Against the TV, Mordecai and Rigby managed to defeat a notoriously 'unbeatable' video game boss , much to the surprise of Mordecai is beaten; however, in It's Time he lost at a game to Rigby due to his frustration.

Punchies Master
Mordecai has proven himself very capable at with skills close to rivaling Skips. In the episode, he was shown never to have lost a game of punchies to Rigby and increased his skill by learning Death Kwon Do moves. However, he let Rigby win one game due to jealousy.

Skilled Liar
In Grilled Cheese Deluxe, Mordecai showed great aptitude for lying. He competed against Rigby to prove who was the better liar, and ultimately, emerged victorious.

Heavy Sleeper
In many episodes, it shows that Mordecai is a heavy sleeper so Rigby has to punch Mordecai awake.

Guitar Player
In This Is My Jam, he was shown to have increased his skill at playing the guitar, unlike in to which neither Rigby or himself knew how to work the instrument.

Enhanced Strength
At one point in the episode, Mordecai bashed through a locked door with little difficulty but badly injured his arm.

Speeches
Mordecai tends to persuade people when he gives talks and speeches, ex. Don, when Mordecai persuades Rigby to confront Don and mend their relationship, Rage Against The TV , when Mordecai tells Muscle Man and co. to help with beating The Hammer, Muscle Woman , when he talks to Starla, unintentionally infatuating her, and Mordecai and the Rigbys when Mordecai tries to tell the crowd about being tricked into lip-syncing.

Near-Death Experiences
In nearly every episode, Mordecai (and Rigby) has a near-death experience.
 * Mordecai almost dies of hypothermia and is nearly marinated and eaten by psycho hotdogs in Meat Your Maker.
 * Would have died by the antimatter in Grilled Cheese Deluxe.
 * Would have been scorched by lava in Death Punchies.
 * Mordecai could have been killed by Destroyer of Worlds in Just Set Up the Chairs.
 * Would've been crushed by the Moon Monster in The Power.
 * Could have been overrun by zombies had Muscle Man not brought his sports equipment.
 * He could've gotten crushed by Giant Susan if Leon didn't cut off her high heels.
 * Was pinned under cart and nearly died by the Were-Skunk in Skunked.
 * Almost ran over by British Taxi in Ello Gov'nor.
 * Nearly killed by Game Store Manager in But I Have A Receipt.
 * Nearly crushed by Starla in Muscle Woman.
 * Could have gotten killed by beast Rigby if he never changed back to his normal self.
 * Almost got beaten to death by Chong in Stick Hockey.
 * Almost got blasted in Bet to Be Blonde.
 * Almost lost his soul to Death in Skips Strikes.
 * Almost died in Just A Regular Game.

Rigby
Mordecai's best friend and fellow park groundskeeper, Rigby has known Mordecai since the two were five/six years old (possibly earlier). A fellow slacker and troublemaker, Rigby lacks Mordecai's maturity and common sense and is almost always the cause of the many disastrous situations the two encounter. Though extremely close, the two often argue with each other in many instances. On one occasion, Rigby managed to make Mordecai mad due to his dishonesty and ineptitude in the episode Meat Your Maker. Later, in the episode The Unicorns Have Got To Go, Rigby nearly ruined their friendship after abandoning Mordecai for a group of unicorns.

Rigby is terrified of horror films, a fact Mordecai is painfully aware of. (Rigby once had to be "walked to the bathroom every night for a week" after watching a horror movie), in the episode Ello Gov'nor.



Mordecai set out to cure Rigby of his fears. In the episode "Grave Sights", Rigby was momentarily stunned by the film, nearly causing the movie idea to fail and ruining Mordecai and Rigby's chances for a paid day off.

In Skunked, it seems that Mordecai really cares about Rigby and is sure about getting rid of his inner Were-Skunk as he also drives into a wall and is almost crushed by the golf cart just for him. Mordecai will help him any way he can and he tells Rigby the cure.

Margaret
Margaret is Mordecai's love interest. He was first shown to have a crush on her in the episode Caffeinated Concert Tickets. However, much to Mordecai's dismay, Margaret seems completely oblivious to his feelings for her. A running gag throughout the first season is that Margaret normally has a new boyfriend in each of her appearances, usually muscular and intimidating, or with certain above-average skills. However, in the episode Brain Eraser, she noted that Mordecai had been "working out." Despite this, Margaret sees Mordecai, as well as Rigby, as her friend, and will defend him when someone (particularly one of her boyfriends) insults or teases him. She is a fan of the musical group Fist Pump, as well as horror films such as Zombie Dinner Party. The closest Mordecai has gotten to Margaret so far is in High Score, when Mordecai and Rigby score a world record high score in Broken Bonez, along the way earning a hug from Margaret. In Camping Can Be Cool, Margaret thanks Mordecai for taking her camping for her first time. In Slam Dunk she calls Mordecai hot, showing an increase in tension between the two romantically.

Benson
Benson is Mordecai's boss. He considers both Mordecai and Rigby to be slackers, usually threatening them with an ulitmatum ending in the phrase "...or you're fired!", though sometimes, he is impressed with their work. In the episode Benson Be Gone, after being demoted from his position as park manager, Benson came to appreciate Mordecai and Rigby's lifestyle. Even though Benson gets angry with him and Rigby, there has never been a time where Benson's anger was solely directed at Mordecai (one partial exception in Jinx, when Benson called for Mordecai to clean up the litter they left unpicked). Benson also seems to trust Mordecai a little bit more than Rigby, recognizing his higher maturity level and (sometimes) higher work ethic.

Eileen
Mordecai knows of Eileen's crush on Rigby and even said they'd make a "cute couple" as shown in Do Me A Solid. He also likes making fun of it by making Rigby angry. In the episode Do Me A Solid, Mordecai tries to use Eileens crush on Rigby to get Margret to go on a double date with the four of them.

Skips
Mordecai respects Skips due to Skips' ability to remedy almost any problem Mordecai and Rigby cause. In Free Cake, Mordecai is the one to suggest throw Skips his first birthday party, and goes as far as to sacrafice the chocolate cake the duo longed for in exchange for keeping Skips alive. In Jinx, Skips and Mordecai agree to team up against Rigby when he is jinxed, suggesting friendship between the two.