Appreciation Day

 Appreciation Day is the third episode of season two. When it originally aired, it recieved 2.132 million views. Its production code was 203.

Plot
It is appreciation day at The Park and everybody, (except Mordecai and Rigby) get appreciation plaques. Disappointed that they didn't get plaques, Mordecai and Rigby decide to try and do hard work, more often than not messing up in front of Benson. Late at night in Benson's office, they sneak inside, find the book of park records and change their terrible records into unrealistic, outstanding records. Before Rigby can write the ending, Benson comes in the office and they are forced to hide under the desk. The next morning, the things that Mordecai wrote start becoming real. Later in the episode, an unexpected blizzard occurs and Skips breaks his right leg. Mordecai and Rigby help him into the cart just as a block of snow turns into Snowballs the Ice Monster, explaining Rigby's unfinished ending. The monster starts breathing fire on the trees and Mordecai realizes that if everything in the book has come true, all they have to do is erase it. The monster then finds the book and rips all of the pages out. Rigby catches the pages and brings them to Mordecai. Mordecai writes the ending, but it won't work without the cover. Mordecai gets the cover and the pages are put back together Mordecai writes that the monster will go away and everything will go back to normal. Mordecai and Rigby are knocked unconscious. When they both wake up and find everything back to normal. Benson takes the book away and tells them to clean up the mess or they will be fired. Rigby said that they did everything they told them to do. Benson drives away in disbelief. Rigby adds "What? still no apperication plaques?"

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Benson
 * Skips
 * Pops
 * High-Five Ghost (first appearance since Rigby's Body)
 * Muscle Man
 * Snowballs the Ice Monster (Antagonist)

Trivia/Goofs

 * This is the first time High Five Ghost appears in an episode since Rigby's Body.
 * This is the second time Rigby dies, the first time being "It's Time".
 * Benson's true dislike of Mordecai and Rigby is shown in the book, where he calls them "a general waste of time, energy in space".
 * There may be more groundskeepers besides the main characters and Mr. Maellard, as Benson is shown saying "The next person getting an appreciaton plaque is..." indicating someone got one before Skips.
 * This book apparently is able to alter reality and it could also possibly be some sort of god.