Eileen

Eileen Roberts is a minor character on Regular Show. Eileen is a shy, intelligent, and timid mole. She works at The Coffee Shop with Margaret, better known as her co-worker and one of her really good friends, likely her best friend. She also has a big crush on Rigby. Eileen first debuted in "Brain Eraser". She is voiced by Minty Lewis, who is also a storyboard artist for the show.

Development
The character of Eileen was pitched and created by then-new storyboard artist Minty Lewis. While Lewis was pitching jokes and lines for the character, Regular Show creator J.G. Quintel thought her natural voice was perfect for the character: "...Minty’s voice, just her natural voice, was so perfect for that character! She [wrote] one of the very early episodes with Eileen in it and she had some really funny jokes in the way she pitched it. [It was] just the way her voice sounded – she [had] to be that character! We even tried an actor, but it just wasn’t playing funny. [So] we were like, OK, let’s see if Minty wants to do it. She said yes and it really worked out. It’s a great character and [Minty’s voice] totally fits that character’s personality." In another interview, Quintel further elaborates: "Oh, that's [Lewis' voice] so awkward. But, that was just her voice, that's just how [pitching Eileen's quotes] she did it. We were like, 'You wanna be Eileen? You gotta be Eileen.'"

Lewis describes getting to be able to voice the character as "pretty crazy".

Appearance
As said above, Eileen is a short mole with tan fur. Eileen looks surprisingly human. Her eyes are small and squinted. She has red glasses and wears the same uniform as Margaret. She has a small light brown tail and brown hair tied into a side ponytail. In "Brain Eraser", her ponytail was on the right side, in "Do Me a Solid", her ponytail was moved to the left side. In "Brain Eraser", she didn't have white in her glasses, as seen down below, but in Do Me a Solid, she did.

In the older episodes, her attire when she wasn't working was a pink shirt with ruffles around the neck and shoulders and a blue skirt.

Then she started to wear hoodies, (probably because the weather was colder at the time). One hoodie she has is a light burgundy color which is usually accompanied with green shorts. This was first seen in "Camping Can Be Cool". The other is a light purple and she usually wears blue jeans or a blue denim skirt with it; first seen in "TGI Tuesday".

She only had pupils for eyes like she did in "Brain Eraser" except her glasses were pointed down like reading glasses and she wore a purple shirt with a green oval in the middle with a small green skirt. In "First Day," Eileen also appears very different than usual.

Also, she rarely wears shoes; especially in the older episodes but lately in season 5 she has been wearing shoes more when she is not at work. Especially her red ones.

Rigby
Rigby has been Eileen's crush ever since "Do Me a Solid". At first, Rigby didn't feel the same way and saw her as a pest. However, as the series progresses, it seems as though Rigby is getting used to hanging around Eileen. J.G. Quintel has noted this as an example of Rigby's growth as a character.

"Camping Can Be Cool" was probably the first time they had real relations. At first, Rigby as usual doesn't warm up to the idea that the girls are going to be camping with them but it starts with Mordecai and Rigby misplacing the matches and them arguing for a bit for something to spark. Seeing that they needed a fire Eileen quickly starts one the old fashion way. Rigby compliments her by saying "Yeah, that was kinda cool" and Eileen blushes in response. Rigby being unsure of himself, creates a distraction by throwing the package of hot dogs at her and that little moment is cast aside. After having fun throughout the day in the forest, later that night, they are seen playing video games on a log while Margaret and Mordecai are looking at the constellations. When Eileen hears that Mordecai mispronounced one, she corrects him, and Rigby compliments her again, causing both of them to laugh. Much later, when they are running away from the Stag-Man, Eileen throws a rock in Margaret's car window so they could have a means of escape. Afterwards when Stag-Man sedated, Rigby compliments her one more time when they are driving home saying, "And you totally busted Margaret's window open with a rock".

In "Diary", while Rigby was revealing all of his secrets to escape Margaret's diary guardian, he mentions that he thinks that "Eileen looks hot without her glasses on." It is found out the next day that Eileen was at Margaret's apartment, watering her plants, and heard him. She shows up to work without her glasses on (catching Rigby by surprise), but ultimately ends up running into a table.

In "In the House", when Rigby is turned into a house by the wizard, a picture of Eileen can be seen on the mantlepiece in the living room.

"One Pull Up" has a lot of interaction between Eileen and Rigby and possibly hints Rigby may like Eileen back. In this episode, Eileen helps Rigby pass the last physical task for his annual fitness test which requires him to do one pull up to keep his job at the park. In the end of the episode, Eileen and Rigby hug marking their first hug, but it winds up crushing her bones in the process. Eileen also takes off her glasses again in this episode.

Even though "TGI Tuesday" was focused on Mordecai and Margaret, at the end of the episode, Rigby and Eileen are seen dancing with each during the slow dance (even though, they weren't dancing close like one would in a slow dance)

In "Meteor Moves", although he is much more tolerant of her annoying lectures on astronomy, he is really annoyed by her constant babbling, while he is trying to see if Mordecai will kiss Margaret.

In "Family BBQ", he and Eileen were seen playing cards together, hinting very friendly gestures.

In "Tants", Rigby tells the Tants Co. founder that she worked really hard to make replica Tants, causing Eileen to smile his way, and Rigby to smile back. All in all, this episode shows that even though she has a huge crush on Rigby, when it comes to things she has a passion in, in this case sewing, she's doesn't play and takes things really seriously; even at the expense of punching Rigby in the arm for cutting crooked.

In "Return of Mordecai and the Rigbys", Eileen shows her inner "fan-girl" when her pupils grew wide as she watches Rigby rub his face with a glass of cold water. While probably still in her mind drift, she speaks in a deeper tone, asking him "you feel better now". On the other side of the spectrum, when all seems lost for the Mordecai and the Rigbys, Eileen is able to motivate Rigby that he could bring the band back together. The fact that they could sit down and have a conversation where he isn't disgusted and/or annoyed by her shows that their relationship has grown a little in this point of the series.

In "Video 101", Eileen's crush on Rigby kind of gets in the way of her making a music video and results in her giving up her control of being the boss of her project. However, she bounces back when she sees the horrible job Mordecai and Rigby did editing the video. On a side note, Eileen and Rigby share a high five...almost, she winds up missing his hand and falling to the ground.

By the time that Mordecai is dating CJ, Mordecai bails on having "bro time" with Rigby. As a result, in the episode "Play Date", Rigby is shown to be visiting Eileen's house. Even though the duo were just watching a movie on her computer, the fact that he was hanging out with Eileen and not where we would expect (ex. Muscle Man's trailer) shows a connection (like in "Return of Mordecai and the Rigbys") slowly building between the two.

Margaret
Eileen was Margaret's best friend at the Coffee Shop, when both of them use to work there. The two would get along well, and were always seen together (whenever Eileen was present). The length of their friendship is uncertain but there seems to be enough to develop a level of trust between the two. For example, in "Diary" Margaret asks Eileen to water her plants while she was away, and even lets her have the spare bedroom until she gets back (even though she forgets and asks Mordecai later). In most cases they usually get along, but there are moments when Eileen's random statements leave her wondering 'Huh?' like in "Meteor Moves" when Eileen follows up Rigby and Mordecai's creative rap with an un-catchy factual rap or in "Do Me a Solid" when she demonstrates a little fact about Sea Turtles at the golf course.

Now that Margaret is in Milton University, whether they still keep in contact with each other and have maintained their friendship is unknown.

Mordecai
Eileen seems to be good friends with Mordecai and when they hang out, it's usually with Margaret and Rigby. Like in "Camping Can Be Cool" he invited her and Margaret to go camping and they both encourage Margaret that camping can be fun. As well in "Death Bear" where he tackled Death Bear into a wall to save her. Also in "TGI Tuesday" Eileen and Rigby hint that Mordecai planned the whole party for Margaret; sort of helping Mordecai out with impressing Margaret in a way. However, Mordecai was a little annoyed with her constant babbling about astronomy in "Meteor Moves", as well as the fact that she was in between Margaret and Mordecai, when Mordecai was planning to kiss Margaret. He is also peeved when Eileen follows up Rigby and his creative rap with an un-catchy factual rap.

Muscle Man
Eileen has interacted with Muscle Man once in "Do Me a Solid" when Eileen, Margaret, and uninvited Muscle Man were having ice cream sandwiches at the house. Later in the series in "One Pull Up," she said "Muscle Man was in here earlier...", hinting that he comes to the coffee shop often. In "TGI Tuesday," Muscle Man says "hello ladies...and Eileen", and he helps her, Mordecai, and Rigby invite people to Margaret's surprise party at the "Parkside de Lux." After that, their next encounter was in "Portable Toilet", where Eileen and CJ catch Muscle Man relaxing in a portable toliet when they were looking for Mordecai and Rigby trapped in another one. Muscle Man recognizes her immediately (but not CJ) and is embarrassed.

Tuck Packerd
Tuck Packerd was pretending to be Eileen's boyfriend to make Rigby jealous in the episode "Cruisin'." Whether they knew each other in the past or he was just a random person Margaret knew to pretend to be her boyfriend is unknown.

Starla
Both Eileen and Starla seem to be friends as seen in "The Longest Weekend" with how the two of them were shown to interact with one another, however how good of friends or how long they have know each other is unknown.

CJ
In "Portable Toilet", Eileen is shown to have become friends with CJ already. When Mordecai and Rigby go missing, she calms CJ down and they both go to rescue the two together. They both share a passion for testing out military equipment and from the episodes "Yes Dude Yes" and "Camping Can Be Cool" they both enjoy playing video games too (even though they haven't been shown playing video games together).

In "Video 101", despite how much Mordecai and Rigby take over Eileen's music video project, CJ still tries to hint at her that she could make it her own way; showing that she is being supportive of Eileen's opinions.

Major Appearances

 * "Do Me a Solid"
 * "Camping Can Be Cool"
 * "Cruisin'"
 * "Access Denied"
 * "Death Bear"
 * "Terror Tales of the Park II"
 * "One Pull Up"
 * "TGI Tuesday"
 * "The Longest Weekend"
 * "Meteor Moves"
 * "Tants"
 * "Portable Toilet"
 * "Return of Mordecai and the Rigbys"
 * "Video 101"

Minor or Mentioned
Overall: 36 Appearances
 * "Brain Eraser"
 * "A Bunch of Baby Ducks"
 * "Skunked"
 * "Terror Tales of the Park" (as a picture in "In the House")
 * "Slam Dunk" (mentioned)
 * "Weekend at Benson's" (Non-speaking cameo)
 * "Butt Dial" (cameo)
 * "Gut Model" (mentioned)
 * "Replaced" (voice only)
 * "Yes Dude Yes" (mentioned)
 * "Diary" (cameo)
 * "Bad Kiss"
 * "Pie Contest" (Non-speaking cameo)
 * "Bald Spot"
 * "Ace Balthazar Lives"
 * "Carter and Briggs" (Non-speaking cameo)
 * "Family BBQ"
 * "Laundry Woes" (Non-speaking cameo)
 * "Terror Tales of the Park III" (Non-speaking cameo)
 * "New Year's Kiss"
 * "Play Date" (cameo)
 * "Paint Job"

Eileen-Themed Content

 * /Quotes/

Trivia

 * In "Camping Can Be Cool" it is revealed that she's good at camping because of a phase she was going through, where she got lost in the woods a lot.
 * She is allergic to duck dander, as revealed in "A Bunch of Baby Ducks."
 * Eileen usually walks barefoot.
 * However, in "Access Denied" she wore red shoes. She wore those same red shoes again "Tants" and "Portable Toilet." She also wore white shoes in "TGI Tuesday" and in "Play Date".
 * So far, 98% of the time, she is bare foot is when she wears her coffee uniform (other times would be when she went camping, when they went to the meteor shower, and when she was in her plaided shirt in Video 101). When she is seen wearing more outfits other than her uniform (around season 5), she starts to wear shoes more.
 * More casual outfits (like the hoodie) would be accompanied by her white shoes
 * When wearing more dressier attire (like her pink shirt with the white lace around the neck and her black dress) she would have her red ones on.
 * In "Brain Eraser" her glasses were clear inside and she had black frames but afterwards, the insides were changed to white and she the black frames were replaced with red ones. Look above for an image of Eileen in her debut.
 * In "TGI Tuesday" she is seen dancing in both "free style" and ballet. Also in "Video 101", she takes it a step farther and choreographs her own music video.
 * In "Tants" it is shown that she can sew pretty well as she helps make Mordecai and Rigby replacement pairs of tants. It is also mentioned in "New Year's Kiss" when Rigby asks her what her New Year's Resolution is when she states "...I'd like to work on my craft log more..."
 * Eileen attends college, as seen in "Video 101."
 * She has also never failed a class, as mentioned in "Video 101."
 * Eileen's last name was revealed to be Roberts in "Video 101", writing her signature on a test she took.
 * In "Video 101", it shows that Eileen can drive and that she owns a car.
 * Eileen doesn't have a television in her house, mentioned in the episode "Play Date".

Gallery


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