Skips Strikes

Skips Strikes is the third episode of the third season of Regular Show. It premiered on October 3, 2011.

Plot
Skips, Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson (Park Strikers) are winning a game of bowling. After their opponents argue that if Skips wasn't on their team they would have lost and they comeback by saying that they can't help that Skips is awesome. Later they admire the trophy and find out their championship game is against the Magical Elements. Rigby disses them because of their lame name but Death, Gary, The Wizard, And one of the Guardians of Eternal Youth shows up and use their magic to remove his mouth but luckily a employee reminds them no magic or their banned so they stop. Death then states that they will win but Rigby says they're going to rub the trophy in their faces. Then they go out to pizza where they start bragging about being the best on the team but later say that without Skips they would suck and because of him they got the Magical Elements beat. While Skips is in the bathroom Death appears and threatens to reveal Skips' secret if he appears. Later back at the house Skips tells them he can't play at the game tomorrow so Benson suggests how to get over losing the game, so Mordecai says he's fine with forfeiting. In a momment of courageousness Rigby tells him it's their time now and all this mean is that they will just have to train harder for the championship. Later at the bowling lanes they gett Pops to replace Skips but he is terrible only knocking one pin down and Death asking what happened to Skips and revealed his and Rigby's wager. After Rigby revealed that he wagered Death he would beat him and as a reward get his soul ball but if he lost the reward was the whole teams souls and go to Skips's house to ask him to play but find a note saying he went to soul search alone. Later the Park Strikers go to the game while Skips reminices about the times they had together. In the final game they are having a bad game and when it's Pops goes up to bowl Skips returns to turn the game around and in the final shot Skips is reminded about Death letting out his secret but says his friends souls are more important than his real name and wins the game and the soul ball. In the final scene Rigby plays with his new ball and Skips explains why he changed his name.

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai


 * Rigby


 * Benson


 * Skips
 * Pops
 * Muscle Man (cameo)
 * High-Five Ghost (cameo)
 * The Dude (cameo)


 * Magical Elements (Antagonists)
 * The Wizard
 * Guardian of Eternal Youth
 * Death
 * Gary

Trivia

 * This is the second time Benson had shouted "OOOOOH!", first being Benson Be Gone.
 * This is also the second time Benson had said a catchphrase at the same time with Mordecai and Rigby, the first being Benson Be Gone.
 * It could have been similar to The Looney Tunes Show Season 1 finale, "To Bowl or Not To Bowl ", because it show the cast except Pops bowling and taking on the Opposing Team.
 * It features reccurring appearences of minor characters from the previous season: The Wizard, Death, The Leader of The Guardians of Eternal Youth and Gary.
 * Skips's real name is Walks but he changed it legally to Skips since he skips instead of walking.
 * This is the second time Mordecai's and Rigby's nicknames Murdercai and Rigbone was used,the first time was Brain Eraser.
 * This is the second time The Wizard from The Power, Death from Over The Top, The Leader of Th e Guardians of Eternal Youth and Gary from Free Cake have appeared together.
 * The bowling alley and it's look is reference to the 1998 film "The Big Lebowski". In addition, the alley attendant looks like Steve Buscemi's character Donny in the film.
 * Another reference to the movie is made when both teams say to each other, "You're out of your element."
 * Muscle Man and High Five Ghost appeared in this episode twice,but don't have any lines.
 * The original episode was to have Skips have a different secret.
 * Dude appeared as a cameo in the crowd cheering for the Park Strikers