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JessieLoverRxE wrote: CharismaKid16 wrote: JessieLoverRxE wrote: Otakugamer27 wrote: You know in what I actually had doubt's, was that Timmy has been celebrating his bday for 10 years in the park, and in his 1st bday.... Mordecai and Rigby were present, but wait, they've barely started working in the park, how can they...?? Does this episode like take place in the future It's a cartoon. Things don't always have to make sense.

And a storyrboard artist confirmed they're still 23. I remember when the whole 'ten years' thing used to bother me. At first, it kind of threw me off track (and even kept me from fully enjoying the episode), but then I came to realize that the concept of time is used very loosely in Regular Show. For example, looking back on A Skips in Time and Skips' Story, Skips's timeline wasn't exactly as cohesive as it should have been. According to A Skips in Time, he knew the Guardians of Eternal Youth since his years of stormchasing, whereas in Skips' Story, he only met the Guardians in high school. If anything, I think plot holes just add to the show's slacker charm and irregularity. Though it can be a little bothersome at times, I just tell myself that Mordecai or Rigby must have written that specific episode. XD  Yeah. It was the same with me, pretty much. xD

I think a lot of people were bugged by that at first. But Owen Dennis did leave a comforting post about it on Tumblr. Also, if you look at pretty much any other cartoon; The characters pretty much NEVER grow older. No matter how many birthdays have past.

Just look at The Simpsons for example.

The so called 'plot holes' are also everywhere you look. They usually shouldn't matter that much. Exactly. I think cartoons are allowed to have a little creative leeway as long as the overall plot of an episode is understandable and entertaining. South Park is another good example of how characters never seem to age. (The show's been going on for eighteen years, now, and I think the characters might only be two or three years older than they were when the show first started.) That doesn't mean I don't enjoy the purpose behind the show itself. Just because the kids haven't aged much doesn't mean the show has lost its satirical aspect. It's the same way for Regular Show. I'd much rather the characters never age than become something they aren't just for the sake of realism. It wouldn't exactly be a cartoon anymore if that happened.

I also find plot holes to be just as amusing as the story itself in some cases. Skips's non cohesive timeline makes me want to believe that there really is more to his backstory than what we have already seen. It could just be a mistake, of course, but pretending that it's so much more than that makes for an interesting perspective. Sorry if I sound really philosophical right now, (I'm not even sure how I can get so philosophical about something as simple as cartoons) but I feel that cartoons don't have to be perfect to be enjoyable. If Regular Show made perfect sense all the time, it wouldn't be 'regular' anymore and would probably lose some of its slacker charm. Plot holes only matter if somebody sees them as an important aspect of the show. If you don't give it a second glance, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Thank you for agreeing with me on this. :)