Benson

Benson is a main character in Regular Show. He is a gumball machine, as well as the Park manager. As manager, he is the boss of every park worker.

Appearance
Benson is a gumball machine with pinkish purple/red gumballs enclosed by a glass dome and sunken eyes. The

gumballs may act as facial hair for Benson, as noted by storyboarder Benton Connor. It is also worth noting that the dispenser slot sits in a rather phallic position. The turn switch on his chest is shaped like a heart symbol, hinting that's probably where his heart is.

Personality
Benson is easily the most short-tempered character of all. Whenever he is greatly upset (usually in the form Mordecai and Rigby's slacking off), Benson loses his temper, turning varying shades of red. Aside from this, Benson is usually calm, and in fact, enjoys being social, even with his two most least liked people. Whenever Benson is in a good mood (which happens often after the episode Benson Be Gone), Benson rewards his employees with time off, usually in the form of nightly entertainment or dining out.

Cartoon Network Character Page Description
"Because Pops is so out of touch with the outside world, and with reality, he relies on Benson to run the park. He's Mordecai and Rigby's boss and he's always on their case."

Talents/Habits

 * Short Temper: Benson is characterized by his extreme mood swings.
 * Determined: Benson is very single-minded, which only poses as a detriment for himself. (ex. in Peeps, Fortune Cookie, etc.).
 * Drummer: Benson has a mysterious past where he was formerly a very skilled drummer (This Is My Jam).
 * Stick Hockey Expert: Benson has a mysterious past where he was formerly a very skilled stick hockey player (Stick Hockey).

Benson-Themed Content

 * Benson's Apartment (A lot of episodes)
 * Benson's Coffee Mug (Fortune Cookie)
 * Benson's Drums (This Is My Jam
 * Benson's Family (Think Positive)
 * Benson's House Rules (House Rules)
 * Benson's Office (Appreciation Day)

Quotes
At times, Benson would speak normally and seriously but when things don't go as they should or when Mordecai and Rigby mess up, he yells very loudly and threateningly. Whenever he screams his words are capitalized, followed by multiple explanation marks (probably four times or more).
 * "No, you don't! You're not getting that chair! But here's what you do get. You get to flip that cart back over, you're throwing that chair away, and then you're cleaning up this whole MESS! Pops, you're coming with me. And you two idiots, if this isn't cleaned up when I get back, YOU'RE FIRED!" (in the Pilot and "First Day")
 * "THE $40 YOU TWO CONNED OUT OF ME WITH THAT STUPID KEYBOARD CRAP! I know you still got it! Now, give it back. NOW CLEAN UP THIS MESS OR YOU'RE FIRED!" (in "The Power")
 * "Okay. Here's the key to the cake and the snack bar. I guess I'll see you at eight. BUT IF YOU MORONS ARE LYING TO ME, YOU'LL BE ON DISH DUTY FOR THE NEXT MONTH!" (in "Free Cake")
 * "I can't believe you two idiots let those unicorns in here. You two morons have better get this mess cleaned up, or you'll wish it was YOU DRIVING THAT CART! And you! Quit spraying that colonge. It's not gonna get you any ladies." (in "The Unicorns Have Got To Go")
 * If you say your mom, you're fired! (in Don)
 * "No, you won't! YOU BE NICE TO YOUR BROTHER OR YOU'RE FIRED!" (in "Don")
 * "What?! GO GIVE HIM SOME SUGAR!" (in "Don")
 * "You morons, get back here and help me pick up my gumballs!" (Caffeinated Concert Tickets )
 * "YOOOOOUUU! YOU IDIOTS ! That's the last time I entrust you with something important, LIKE THE CHAIRS! But you are going to be cleaning up this mess, and you can start by sweeping up the SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT!" (in "Just Set Up The Chairs")
 * "GOOD LUCK MAKING YOUR PRANK CALLS NOW!" (in "Prank Callers")
 * "I'll take care of this." (in "Prank Callers")
 * "I'll take that." (in "Appreciation Day")
 * "I don't know what's been going on here or why you two jokers have my book, so you better clean this mess starting now OR YOU'RE BOTH FIRED!" (in "Appreciation Day")
 * "ALRIGHT! Whatever, just MAKE IT HAPPEN!" (in Peeps)
 * "What did you guys do, what is this mess, I can't even take a shower around here without you screwing things u-" (in "Brain Eraser")
 * "HEY, SUSAN, YOU'RE FIRED!" (in "Benson Be Gone")
 * "Why are you guys yelling 'hummus'?" (in "Party Pete")
 * "Holy CRAP!" (in "Mordecai and the Rigbys")
 * "Seven dollars! We almost died for SEVEN DOLLARS?!" (in "But I Have a Receipt")
 * "I DON'T FEEL LIKE RAKING NOW! OKAY?" (in "Benson Be Gone")
 * "Actually sir, my name is Benson." (in "Dizzy")
 * "No more chances. I'm sending you to the nursery to pick-up another lemon tree. If you screw-up again, I'll have Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost supervise the next job. And the next job. And the next. GET IT?!" (in "My Mom")
 * " If those two aren't here, they're fired." (in "Karaoke Video")
 * "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY SANDWICH?! This is your sandwich, huh? Then how come it says 'Benson' on the bag?! STOP LYING! NO, HE DIDN'T BUY IT! Now get off your lazy butts, and GO GET ME ANOTHER GRILLED CHEESE DELUXE!" (in "Grilled Cheese Deluxe")
 * "GET BACK TO WORK!" (in "Mordecai and Rigby: Ringtoneers")
 * "I'm the only one around here who hires and fires. So if you really don't wanna do your job, I'd be glad to accommodate you. Otherwise, you're on toilet duty for the next THREE MONTHS!!! UNBELIEVABLE!" (In "Temp Check")
 * "What are you two doing?!" (in "Do Me A Solid")
 * "Oh wait, is that the sound of somebody who wants to get fired? ...That's what I thought!" (In "Temp Check")
 * "STOP SINGING OR YOU'RE FIRED!" (in "Grave Sights")
 * "DOES THAT ONE GET IT?! BECAUSE SOMETIMES I WONDER!" (in "Really Real Wrestling")
 * "I knew it! I had a sick feeling so I came to check on you, and I KNEW IT! NO, YOU GUYS ARE FIRED; THAT'S IT! NO, I TOLD YOU GUYS, BUT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN! This is your last warning." (in "Really Real Wrestling")
 * "Skips! Skips! I am your boss! And as your boss, I order you to arm wrestle me." (in "Over The Top")
 * "I thought about what you guys said earlier and so I came to give you the checks you wanted. But now that I'm covered in brain goo, I realize my mistake! You wanna waste your lives playing video games, then fine!! I RESPECT YOUR DECISION!! JUST DON"T DO IT ON MY TIME EVER AGAIN!!!" (in "High Score")
 * "What I'm not going anywhere till" (in "Jinx")
 * "Mordecai, Rigby! You two are in so much trouble!" (in "Jinx ")
 * "I don't want it hear it, I wanted that trash picked up hours ago. ...Well, all right..." (in"Jinx ")
 * "HEY, MORDECAI! LET'S HUSTLE!" (in "Over The Top ")
 * "I don't care! Find someone to take care of these ducks right now and get back to work OR YOU'RE FIRED!" (in "A Bunch of Baby Ducks")
 * "We already went over this, Pops. You pay taxes with money, not lollipops." (in "Don")
 * "I always knew those guys were special." (in "The Night Owl")
 * "Mordecai, Rigby, get downstairs right now and clean up the mess you made, or I'm going to fire..." *caveman language* (in "More Smarter")
 * "If you don't stop goofing off and clean up this graffiti now, I'M GONNA TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!!!" (in "More Smarter")
 * "Better get started or it's coming out of your paycheck." (in "More Smarter")
 * "We're dead." (in "Dizzy"; and said by Mordecai in "Party Pete")
 * "What are you doing here? There's no way you got a bingo that fast." (in "Skunked")
 * "No! No! I don't wanna hear it! Hey, I don't know what was on that tape or why those guys were after it, but I'm gonna get to the bottom of this! YOU'VE RUINED KARAOKE NIGHT!!!" (in "Karaoke Video")
 * "I CAN HEAR MUSIC COMING FROM THE HOUSE!" (Party Pete)
 * "Okay, next on the agenda, losing and how to deal with it because we're gonna lose." (in "Skips Strikes")
 * "Don't say it like that." (in "Stick Hockey", earlier said by Mordecai and Rigby)
 * "And then I'll be all like GET BACK TO WORK!!!" (in Cool Bikes)
 * "Look, I don't care how much fun you think you're having, you were supposed to de-gum the park today and now I find you held up in here twiddling some sticks!"( in Stick Hockey)
 * "I'LL FINISH IT!" (in "Stick Hockey")
 * "It doesn't work that way! If you can't agree to live by all the house rules, THEN YOU CAN'T LIVE IN THIS HOUSE!!!" (in House Rules)
 * "Both of you better tell me what's going on right now or... oh, my stomach. Oh, my mouth, my mouth is on fire! How did I even get here? You what?!" ( in Weekend at Benson's)
 * "Come with me." ( in Weekend at Benson's)
 * "That's it! You guys are so unbelievably fire..." (in Weekend at Benson's)
 * "Uh, get back to work." ( in Weekend at Benson's)
 * "Bottoms up, fellas." ( in Weekend at Benson's)
 * "Over?! NOTHING'S OVER! YOU SWITCHED MY FORTUNE! Do you have ANY idea what I went through?!" (in Fortune Cookie)
 * " I can't believe you can't put in a single light bulb." (in Weekend at Benson's)
 * "Oom? What does that even mean?" (in Think Positive)
 * "Did you lose the colonel again, try under your hat." (in Think Positive)
 * "Pass the salt." (in Think Positive)
 * "YOU LAZY NO GOOD SLACKERS DRIVE ME NUTS!!!! CAN'T YOU JUST LISTEN TO ME ONCE IN YOUR WORTHLESS LIVES?!?! 'CAUSE IF YOU DID, YOU'D SEE THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TEACH YOU SOME SIMPLE RESPONSIBILITY, SOME PRIDE IN DOING A JOB WELL DONE!!!! BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW A JOB WELL DONE IF YOU PAID SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR YOU, AND EVEN THEN YOU'D SCREW IT ALL UP ON THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN FOLLOW THE SIMPLIEST OF INSTRUCTIONS, WORRYING MORE ABOUT LOOKING COOL THAN DOING YOUR JOB!!!!" (in Think Positive)
 * "Oom, oom, oom..." (in Think Postivive)
 * "Yeah, it really looks like you're eating up a storm there. Come on, let's go." (in Eggscellent)
 * "Yeah right, I don't have time to be put in a hospital. NOW GO TELL HIM IT'S A FAKE OR YOU'RE BOTH FIRED!!!" (in Big Winner)
 * "Mordecai and Rigby think they can just skip out on work to go eat burgers? Well, they've got another thing coming!" (The Best Burger in the World)
 * "Mordecai and Rigby, you can get out BECAUSE YOU'RE FIRED!!! Yeah, and a lot of good that did you! NOW GET LOST!!! YOU'RE FIRED, REMEMBER?!?! LEAVE, NOW!!! NOW, NOW, NOW!!! LEAVE, NOW!!!" (in Replaced)
 * "Yeah, I'm sure you won't. But you know what? Don't worry about it fellas. Everybody makes mistakes, and then those people end up having to pay for those mistakes." (in Replaced)
 * "No, no, I need to get a camera before I tell you. Because I wanna take a picture of your faces right when I tell you. I really don't want to forget the look on your faces when I tell you." (in Replaced)

Trivia

 * Benson is spoofed in one episode of TV show, MAD.
 * In "Rage Against the TV", it's revealed that he lives in an apartment and not at the park with the others.
 * Benson's apartment number is 1635.
 * Even though Benson has anger issues, he has been shown to have a sense of humor.
 * Benson is first seen as a boring, regular manager, but then would be extremely loud and bad-tempered if ever angry.
 * In both "Dizzy" and "Benson Be Gone", Mr. Maellard says Benson's name as "Beanbag", "Bean Teen", "Beanton", "Beenson" and "Bean Bucket".
 * He is a skilled drummer, as seen in the episode "This Is My Jam". He says his ways of drumming are a "funny story", but was interrupted by Rigby before he could say anymore.
 * In "Brain Eraser", Benson's towel fell off, revealing an open hatch (which is his possible "junkmail"); this may be his equivalent of being naked.
 * On a side note, previously in Latin America, when Benson's towel falls off, that part is cut.
 * Benson might be a cat person; in "Rage Against the TV" a picture with cats on it can be seen in his apartment. Also in "Prank Callers", the same picture of cats appears behind Benson when he is sitting in his chair.
 * In "Grilled Cheese Deluxe", Benson can be seen looking at other gumball machines on the computer, a hidden innuendo that suggests that Benson was possibly looking for a date.
 * The name Benson was taken from J.G Quintel's student film The Naive Man from Lolliland" because the Lolliland Man's driver is named Benson, later used for the gumball machine manager in the series.
 * He fired Mordecai and Rigby in "Really Real Wrestling", but after Pops explained everything, he rehired them. This is the first time that Benson actually keeps to his threats, despite it being taken back after Pops explains the truth.
 * After the events of Benson Be Gone, he had loosened up slightly - while he still gets angry if Mordecai and Rigby mess up, he is more willing to accept their apologies, and has even taken them on nights out.
 * He seems much nicer in "Over The Top", due to the fact that Mordecai and Rigby don't play as the main protagonists and are not causing any chaos.
 * In "Karaoke Video", it was revealed the Benson turns red visibly at night.
 * Benson's anger is usually directed at Mordecai & Rigby. However, there have been times where he has gotten angry only at Rigby; in fact, there hasn't been a time where he was only angry with Mordecai. He has gotten angry at Muscle Man at one occasion, and has to of yet been angered by Skips or High Five Ghost (though his anger may have been directed to both Muscle Man and High Five Ghost when Benson got angry with Muscle Man).
 * In a deleted scene from "Mordecai and the Rigbys", it was revealed that Benson once had a girlfriend named Veronica, but she left him for a business man. Due to him being a hippie, it was also implied that he was in a band; however, this has to as of yet become canon (official). The fact that he plays the drums very well (This is My Jam ) supports the band idea.
 * In "Skunked" Benson assigns Mordecai and Rigby with a "Roadkill Bingo" card, something the Were-Skunk says is disturbing.
 * In "Peeps" he's faint stomached because when Peeps uses his extra eye to rub his big eye Benson nearly pukes.
 * There have currently been four occurrences when Benson's gumballs came out of his hatch, twice in season one, and twice in season three. The first instance was in "Caffeinated Concert Tickets" when he dropped his gumballs after almost crashing into a speeding lawn mower. The second instance is in "The Unicorns Have Got To Go" when the unicorn punks took two gumballs from Benson while he was tied up to a door. The third and fourth was in "In the House", where he vomited up his gumballs and when he was flushed down the toilet.
 * It is revealed in "Stick Hockey" that Benson once had hair and that he is good at stick hockey and he also has spent most of his life playing it.
 * Benson's family taught him that yelling is key.
 * Benson had never fade his face from red to normal on-screen, but we never see him fade from red to normal, Even we see him fade to red in Prank Callers, Appreciation Day, Karaoke Video, and Think Positive, Unlike the episode My Mom, and Replaced. We finally get to see him fade from red to normal
 * Benson was the most angered in Think Positive, the second time he was angered the most was in Jinx when Rigby threw garbage at him so he can say Rigby's name three times.
 * Benson's stick hockey nickname is "Death Dragon."
 * In "Weekend At Benson's", it's shown that he has a crush on his neighbor Audrey. At the end, he gets her number, which may lead to her being his girlfriend. Audrey is seen again in "Fortune Cookie" where the janitor accidentally sucks Benson's robe off while the two are in the hall, leaving him nude infront of Audrey. Audrey didn't have a speaking line in "Fortune Cookie", though.
 * In Think Positive, when he was a child, he used to be the quiet one in his family, until his father told him that yelling is the key to get anything he want in life.
 * Benson has anger issues.
 * His gumballs could be his facial hair.
 * He has many talents.
 * He knew how to break the tie in First Day, which is possibly due to him breaking a tie when he was young, or he could have had employees before Mordecai and Rigby who had to break a tie.
 * Benson has fired employees six times in the series so far: in Don, he fired Muscle Man, in Benson Be Gone, he fired Susan, in Really Real Wrestling, he fired Mordecai and Rigby, in Under the Hood, he fired Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost, in Weekend at Benson's, he fired Mordecai and Rigby again, and in Replaced, he fired Mordecai and Rigby for the third time.

Gallery
The gallery for Benson can be viewed here.

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