Muscle Woman

Muscle Woman is the twenty-sixth episode of Regular Show that originally aired on April 4, 2011, receiving a low 1.422 million views, dethroning Brain Eraser as the lowest viewed episode of both season 2 and also of all time.

Plot
Mordecai and Rigby are seen trimming some hedges and begin complaining about the work and how slow it is going. They look over at Muscle Man who barely cuts off a small piece of the hedge. He begins to cry, which make Mordecai and Rigby ask if he is in fact crying. Muscle Man retorts, saying that he is not crying and that "Crying is for ladies, like you! I don't cry!"

The scene then cuts to Muscle Man crying naked in his shower. Mordecai and Rigby knock on his door, complaining that he has been there for hours. They once again ask Muscle man if he is crying, which he gives another excuse for. They ask what is wrong with him. Their question is answered by High-Five Ghost, who tells them that his girlfriend, Starla, just dumped him. Rigby is surprised by the fact he had a girlfriend. Mordecai says that he can talk about if he wants, much to the anger of Muscle Man, who does not talk about his feelings with anyone. They decide to leave him alone, and go to Benson for help.

Benson realizes that Muscle Man has been dumped and can't do his job because he is "sad or something." To make up for the missing work, Mordecai and Rigby are given Muscle Man's jobs. They complain and try to get out of work by saying they are sad also. Benson tells them to take it up with Human Resources. They ask who the person is. The person is Benson and he tells them to get back to work. A montage plays of Mordecai and Rigby doing all the work, while Benson narrates, which includes pulling out all the rotting stumps from the picnic area while looking out for hornets' nests, getting rid of a person who thinks they are a knight, and finally cleaning up the park's rock garden. It is there where they realize that Muscle Man does a lot of work, and decide to get him back into his job...after they re-clean the garden after casting footsteps in the sand.

They find Muscle Man eating Muscle Maker 3000 in the kitchen and tell him he needs to snap out of it and get back to work. Muscle Man says he can not because he is stuffing his face. Mordecai and Rigby tell him that he needs to move on and stop being upset. He at first says he is not upset, but then begins to cry. They decide to help him by finding him a new lady.

At the grocery store, Mordecai and Rigby tell Muscle Man that there are a lot of women that he can date. Muscle Man is unsure, but goes along with it and tries to ask a lady out. He stops midway and beings to cry, tearing his shirt and revealing a tattoo of "Starla". He yells that his heart belongs to another. The scene cuts to him being in the shower again, crying. Mordecai and Rigby knock again, but Rigby believes that they can't help him. Once again, High-Five Ghost appears and tells them that they can fix it by getting Starla and Muscle Man back together.

Mordecai, Rigby, and High Five Ghost head to the Two Peaks mall and head to a store called Icy Hot Jewelry & Apparel. They head in and find Starla, who is an almost exact copy of Muscle Man, but a female and different hair. Mordecai gives her a speech on why she should get back together with Muscle Man, but it makes her like Mordecai. The group heads outside and decide that Mordecai should go out with her so that he can break up with her and force her back with Muscle Man. Mordecai goes to ask her out, with much fear and hesitation.

After a terrible montage of dates, which include going to the beach and seeing a baseball game, Mordecai and Starla are at the Cafe that Margaret works at. Mordecai, after being forced to kiss Starla, breaks up with her and leaves the restaurant. He heads outside where Rigby is waiting. Rigby asks if she is okay, which Mordecai believes is true. An explosion occurs behind them, with Starla as the cause. They begin to run away and board their golf cart, but Starla catches them. They are chased all the way to the park, destroying a lot of areas, including Muscle Man's trailer, which he is still crying in. Muscle Man goes out after figuring out it was Starla.

The two make it to the house, and barricade the door, knowing that this will probably be the end. Starla breaks through, and looks rather scary. Muscle Man enters, saying that he can not stand to see her like this. Muscle Man is about to go, but Mordecai tells him that she is right there, and to tell her everything. Muscle Man begins to tell her how much he finds her attractive and that she is just like him, tries to act tough, but is very emotional on the inside. Starla quickly runs to him after the rage in her eyes fade away, and they being to make out... much to the dismay and downright disgust of Mordecai and Rigby. Muscle Man and Starla (his Muscle Woman) head off into the sunset. Mordecai and Rigby are left in the destroyed park, while Rigby says, "This was the most disturbing day of my life." Mordecai regrets for not preferring to stay on Muscle Man's jobs.

Character Appearances

 * Rigby
 * Mordecai
 * Benson
 * Muscle Man
 * High-Five Ghost

Minor Characters

 * Taco'Clock Worker
 * Knight
 * Newsman
 * Starla (Antagonist except to Muscle Man)

Trivia/Goofs

 * Muscle Man is shown to have black chest hair and "Starla" tattooed on his chest, but it is not shown on other occasions he takes off his shirt.
 * When Muscle Man shouts "STARLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" in the store, it sounds almost exactly like Sensei in Death Punchies when he shouted "NOOOOO!" due to the same voice actor.
 * It is revealed that Muscle Man's real name is Mitch Sorenstein.
 * This the first episode where High-Five Ghost has a primary speaking appearance.
 * Margaret and Eileen are completely absent in the Coffee Shop scene with Mordecai and Starla.
 * The Taco'Clock Worker makes a cameo appearance in this episode. (He was previously seen in My Mom.)
 * It is revealed that the city that they live in has a Mall called Two Peaks. This parodies the Twin Pines Mall in Back to the Future. The time on the sign of 1:16 also matches the time on the sign featured in Back to the Future.
 * Pops and Skips don't appear in this episode, which only happened before in "Grilled Cheese Deluxe" and "High Score".
 * Muscle Man is seen naked for the first time.
 * The scene where Mordecai and Rigby drive off from Starla parodies Jurassic Park when Starla bumps into the golf cart like the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Rigby saying, :"Must go faster!" similar to the character of Ian Malcolm.
 * This is the first episode to be interrupted by a commercial break during its initial airing to lead instantly to the premiere of "The Problem Solverz", the next episode, "Temp Check", also had a commercial break.
 * Muscle Man has two Pink Floyd posters in his trailer: Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here
 * This is the first time Mordecai goes on a date and his first kiss.
 * According to Calvin Wong, Starla is voiced by Courtenay Taylor, who does voices in many video games.
 * On the episode's airing on May 3 2011 it did not air on a commercial break instead it was in one piece.
 * Muscle Man screaming "STARLAAAAAAAA!" in the store could be a reference to the movie "A Streetcar Named Desire" when Stanley Kowalski, voiced by Marlon Brando said the famous quote "STELLAAAAAAAA!"
 * This is the second time there was a female antagonist. The first time was Susan in "Benson Be Gone".
 * Running Gags include Starla trying to kiss Mordecai and Muscle Man crying in his shower.
 * When Mordecai and Starla were at Taco'Clock, you can see that Mordecai's tail doesn't have black stripes on it like it usually does.
 * When Mordecai and Rigby have to do High-Five Ghost and Muscle Man's chores High-Five Ghost doesn't help them even though he isn't hurt.

Quotes
High-Five Ghost: (answering Mordecai and Rigby about Muscle Man) "His girlfriend, Starla, dumped him last night."

High-Five Ghost: "There is one way. We got to get him back together with Staaaarlaa."

Muscle Man: "I can't do it! This heart beats for another! STARLAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Rigby: OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! She likes you! She likes you!

Mordecai - Dude, shut up!

Starla - I know him. I dumped that loser.

Mordecai - As much I want to vomit right now those two were made for each other.

Rigby - This is the most disturbing day of my life.

Mordecai - Yeah maybe we should've done Muscle Man's chores.

Mordecai and Rigby - ohhhh SICK!