Rigby

Rigby is a 23 year-old raccoon. He is one of the two main characters of the series (the other being his best friend Mordecai). He debuted in the original Pilot episode (where he was the second to speak on the show in general) working as a groundskeeper of the park. He is voiced by William Salyers. According to Cartoon Network's official page for Regular Show, "Rigby has all the fearlessness and shamelessness that come with complete immaturity. He's like an out-of-control teenager, with no boundaries whatsoever.

Appearance
Rigby appears as a raccoon with short, brown and spiky hair. He has black rings around his eyes just like a real raccoon usually would. He also has a tail with six stripes on it. In the episode Don, it showed that when Rigby was a six year old he had a single front tooth. He is 3'1.5",making him 1/2 as tall as Mordecai (6'3"). Rigby once played punchies with Skips which resulted in a damaged butt cheek that required surgery.

Personality
Rigby is best described as a "wild teenager", even though he is well past adolescence. He becomes frustrated, frightened, confused, or sad all too easily, making his behavior very predictable. Rigby is also very arrogant, impatient, and immature at all times, giving him the personality of a child. In this way, he is a character foil of Mordecai, who demonstrates far more responsibility and temperance than him (in most conditions).

Skills & Abilities
Rigby appears to be very fast, acrobatic and sneaky. He is a lot faster than Mordecai, because he can run on all fours when in a hurry, as he managed to outrun him. However, Rigby isn't very strong as he is always beaten by Mordecai in a game called "Punchies", demonstrated in Death Punchies. He had lost to Mordecai, Muscle Man, Pops, & Skips (who sent him to the hospital with a left fractured butt cheek) in the game. He is, although, good at Rock, Paper, Scissors as he beats Mordecai almost every time at it. He later manages to get revenge on almost everyone (and also some random bystanders) by mastering "The Death Punch" from the art of Death Kwon Do. Mordecai was able to escape Rigby's revenge. He seems to have gotten a little bit stronger in "Meat Your Maker," in which he carries Mordecai's body when he was unconscious due to Rigby having breaking the thermostat in the meat locker. Rigby also demonstrated quick-thinking in that episode, by spraying the hotdogs with yellow mustard after he realized that the evil hot dogs enjoyed the taste. Rigby is afraid of R-rated movies as seen in "Ello Gov'nor" but is fine in "Grave Sights". Due to his somewhat immature nature, Rigby is prone to overly dramatic reactions to the simplest of events. Often, these reactions are characterized by his "Shark Face" expression, in which he raises both arms above his head, and turns his nose upwards, causing his eyes to appear to move to either side of his head, somewhat resembling a shark; and his signature "STOP TALKING!!!" or "SHUT UP!!!" whenever somebody tries to correct or lecture him. Between him and Mordecai, he is the more laid back one, and he often tries to skip work and disobeys Benson's orders. Rigby never finished high school as revealed in "More Smarter". Also, in Just Set Up The Chairs Mordecai told us that Rigby didn't finish 3rd grade when he said, "How are you going to fix that with your third grade education." when Rigby was trying to turn on the game Destroyer Of Worlds.

Skills
Rigby has shown a variety of abilities/habits throughout the series:


 * Rock, Paper, Scissors Master: Rigby is extremely adept at this game. Ever since the pilot episode, always having beaten Mordecai until the bluejay beat him in A Bunch of Baby Ducks. He had won the longest-ever game at 101 games.
 * Enhanced Speed: Him being a raccoon, Rigby is most likely the fastest of the group, seeing how he can outrun others. He has used his speed in various situations, such as retrieving The Cover to The Book of Park Records and momentarily escaping from the jaws of Snowballs in Appreciation Day.
 * Light Sleeper: In many episodes it shows that Rigby is a light sleeper. In the episode, Ello Gov'nor, he saw the entire movie without falling asleep even when forced to watch it without feeling drowsy; Mordecai was deep asleep while Rigby was awoken at night in Really Real Wrestling. This could be the fact that Rigby is nocturnal (like all raccoons).
 * Vocalists: In This Is My Jam, Rigby can sing clearly and appropriately. However, in "Karaoke Video", he sings off-tune with Mordecai probably because they were both "crazy" at the time.
 * Sharp Claws: He has sharp claws and he used them in Ello Gov'nor to attack the young employee who he thought was a haunted British taxi.
 * Light-hearted: Rigby is gets frightened much more easily than Mordecai, particularly during horror movies. In Ello Gov'nor, it was mentioned that Rigby once had to be walked to the bathroom every night for a week, yet rented another horror movie in spite of this, incurring a string of hallucinations throughout the rest of the episode.

Mordecai
Rigby and Mordecai have been best friends since they were 5 years old, (ex. Don ), and went to Junior High School together. They are constantly getting into trouble together. However, they have been known to fight once in a while (ex. Death Punchies, The Unicorns Have Got to Go, Do Me A Solid, More Smarter ), eventually making up in the end, often because they would otherwise perish or allow others to. They slack off until they see Benson or Skips coming, but tend to do work together to prove that they are hard working (ex. Appreciation Day). The duo also have lots in common such as snacking on food like chocolate cake, playing video games, and bowling (ex. Brain Eraser, But I Have A Receipt). They both refer each other as "dude", and, though slightly less commonly, "bro" and share the same catchphrase, "hmm-hmm". He sometimes teases Mordecai about his crush on Margaret. Sometimes he will get punched by Mordecai if he does something wrong or stupid like trying to make Mordecai look like a fool.

However, Mordecai can be guilty of causing hardship for Rigby due to his egotistical ways, even though Rigby can bring it upon himself. Rigby can be egocentric towards Mordecai, in "The Unicorns Have Got To Go", he betrayed Mordecai when he ganged up with the unicorns. In "Meat Your Maker " he got himself and Mordecai trapped in the meat locker and broke the thermostat.The cold temperature would then cause Mordecai to go unconscious. In many episodes (Ex. Brain Eraser, But I Have A Receipt ) Rigby assists Mordecai in getting rid of a problem, usually trying multiple things before he finally gets Mordecai's problem solved. Rigby relies on Mordecai for help when he creates a situation; the majority of the time Mordecai with the help of Skips, saves the park. Despite conflicts, they still share a strong friendship, which is the basis for resolving many conflicts in-show.

In some episodes it shows Rigby really cares about Mordecai. In "Meat Your Maker" when Rigby broke the thermostat in the meat locker, Mordecai passed out and Rigby thought that he "died" and he sounded like he was about to cry over his "death." In "Just Set Up The Chairs" when Mordecai went to the shed to get the rest of the chairs, the Destroyer of Worlds nearly killed him. Rigby, expressing a deep sense of worry for his best friend, hastily defeated the gigantic video game monster.

Pops
Pops is a gullible and odd character. He is the son of Mr. Maellard, who runs the park. Mordecai, Rigby, or others impress him, he expresses via his signature saying, "Good show, jolly good show!" which is a stereotypical British catchphrase. Pops is very fond of Rigby, although both Mordecai and Rigby consider Pops to be an oddball, usually taking advantage of him via his naive and gentle nature. However, they do have respect for Pops, as they helped him get over his fear of giving speeches, as shown in Dizzy. He once got angry at Pops in the episode Really Real Wrestling, but his anger did not last very long.

Skips
Rigby appears to have great respect for Skips, because Skips fixes most of their trouble, as explained in Free Cake. Skips, in turn, has less respect and trust for Rigby, knowing it is always Rigby's shennanigans that cause most of the problems that occur in the park.

Benson
Rigby, among the duo, is shown more animosity and hate from Benson. In fact, Benson has always either shown hatred toward the duo or Rigby alone, but never toward Mordecai alone. Rigby's irresponsible and lazy nature is what usually drives Benson's hatred toward the duo.

Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost
Rigby dislikes both Muscle Man and High Five Ghost. However, in "My Mom", he witnessed Muscle Man being friends with other people, and he started to consider him having some decency. After hanging with him, he started to warm up to his odd sense of humor, but this later dissolved after Muscle Man and his brother pranked both Rigby and Mordecai, leading them to hate him once again.

Margaret
Rigby is platonically fond of Margaret, and does not consider himself to be attracted to her. This is probably due to his immature attitude. He did have a date with her in the episode "It's Time", but it was only to taunt Mordecai and make him jealous. Rigby also enjoys making Mordecai look like a fool around Margaret so that she won't like him back (ex. Do Me A Solid). He could also just be teasing Mordecai in this fashion since they're friends and he gets a laugh out of seeing him squirm under pressure around Margaret.

Eileen
Eileen has a crush on Rigby, as seen in Do Me A Solid, and Mordecai says they would make a cute couple, even though Rigby dislikes Eileen. Though in Skunked after he angrily grabbed her by the shoulders, held her in the air and shouted at her for laughing at his 'life' against his will; he was mortified at what he did and personally apologized to her, And when he attacked the latter he apologized both times but somewhat tried to shrug it off. Also, in Camping Can Be Cool, Rigby seems to express friendship when he complimented her for breaking Margaret's car window in order to get in, and when they were playing video games. Also, it shows that Rigby has feelings for Eileen.

Don
Rigby's younger brother who was introduced in the episode Don. It was revealed that Rigby is extremely jealous of his brother in many aspects: Don's attitude, how all of Rigby's friends liked him (even a little more than Rigby), as shown in his flashback where it's Rigby's sixth birthday and all of his friends paid more attention to Don rather than Rigby. However, Don confessed that he never meant to cause Rigby any grief, and that he admired his older brother greatly. (Everyone assumes that Don is the elder brother, due to his build and great height.) At the end of the episode, Don and Rigby rekindle their brotherly bond and Rigby finally gives Don some sugar (a hug).

Trivia

 * As shown in "Death Punchies" people used to call him "The One Cheek Wonder" due to seriously damaging one of his butt cheeks during a game of punchies against Skips.
 * Rigby has been known to act immature, which is shown in "Death Punchies", "The Unicorns Have Got to Go", and "Don."
 * Rigby is the only main character to die in season 2.
 * In the episode "Don" it's revealed that he and Mordecai have known each other ever since they were little kids, and in " This Is My Jam ", it is revealed they went to Junior High together.
 * In "Ello Gov'nor," Rigby isn't able to watch horror movies, due to them causing him nightmares. At one point, he even had to be walked to the bathroom for a week, according to Mordecai.
 * Also in "Grilled Cheese Deluxe", his favorite funny internet video is an ostrich kicking a man in the groin.
 * Like most raccoons, he runs on all fours. However, he usually walks upright like everyone else on the show.
 * In "It's Time," it's shown that he is good at making puns.
 * In "My Mom" it's revealed that Rigby thinks Muscle Man and High Five Ghost are turds.
 * Throughout the series Rigby is shown to be disturbingly weak, judging from the episodes where Mordecai punches or hurts Rigby leading to him hitting the ground or moaning in pain, although it could be that Mordecai is actually very strong.
 * Rigby has an alter ego, Fists, in his dreams that acts as a separate personality of Rigby as a "tough guy."
 * Rigby is the only main character to have died, as seen in It's Time, but since Father Time gave Mordecai a do-over, and hands of time are turned, he technically didn't die at all. He also died in "Over The Top", but was revived by Skips when he cheated Death at an arm wrestling match.
 * On some websites it's said that Rigby broke Mordecai's left arm in a biking accident when they were both seven. However, this was disproved by Benton Conner.
 * In "A Bunch of Baby Ducks" it's revealed that he sucks at football (though this may have been Mordecai's attempt at insulting him).
 * Don took place at Rigby's 6th birthday party, so the flashback may have took place in 1994. It is unknown if he is older or younger than Mordecai as their birthdays haven't been revealed.
 * In "Meat your Maker" he nearly killed Mordecai by breaking the thermostat in the meat locker, and almost caused Mordecai to die of hypothermia.
 * Rigby was the first character to speak in the sereis (not counting The Pilot).
 * The majority of the problematic situations that have taken place in the show were caused by Rigby. Those were either by accident or by selfish needs that he feels he has to fulfill.
 * Sometimes, he has to wake Mordecai by shaking him since Mordecai is a heavy sleeper. In contrast, Rigby is a light sleeper, and is usually prone to nightmares.
 * In two episodes he has been seen crying. First, was in "Death Punchies" and the second time was in 'Rigby's Body".
 * In the episode "More Smarter", it's revealed that Rigby dropped out of high school. Apparently, it's possible that he also dropped out of elementary and middle school since he doesn't know the difference between a square and a rectangle.
 * Due to his immature antics, he gets into more trouble with Benson than he does with Mordecai.
 * Unlike Mordecai, who placed an appearance before the show's pilot (2 in the AM PM), Rigby was never seen outside of the Regular Show before it started.
 * In "Don" it's revealed that Rigby walked around naked when he was five, which resulted in Mordecai and Don doing the same because they thought it was cool. This may be the reason why neither of them wear clothes as of now.
 * In "Free Cake" Mordecai tells Rigby to stop digging in the trash, but it's raccoons' nature to do that.
 * Rigby's tail is always shown to have six brown stripes on it.
 * In In the House, he is dressed as a thief, which is fitting since raccoons are thieves by nature.
 * Despite being an adult, the fact Rigby is half the average height of characters in the show, and is immensely dwarfed by his younger brother in height, he might have some sort of growth problem.
 * It was hinted in House Rules that Rigby won't be around in the future. This could mean he dies or he and Mordecai became distant and never see each other.
 * Goof: Although Mordecai and Rigby went to Junior High together, Rigby only has a 3rd grade education.

Near Death Experiences

 * Rigby almost got sucked in by the chair-eating monster in the Pilot/First Day.
 * Rigby would've blown up if Mordecai hadn't thrown Benson's grilled cheese into the Anti-Matter generator in Grilled Cheese Deluxe.
 * The hot dogs almost marinated and ate Rigby and company in Meat Your Maker if he hadn't found out hot dogs love mustard.
 * He was beaten up badly by The Hammer in "Rage Against the TV".
 * He could have gotten killed by overwhelming enemies if he didn't summon allies to help him in "But I Have a Receipt. In the same episode, Mordecai could have thrown a sword into Rigby's stomach had he not told him to look out.
 * He could have become one of the demons in "Jinx".
 * He would have died if Mordecai didn't do the solid in "Do Me A Solid".
 * If Muscle Man hadn't brought sports stuff in "Grave Sights," the zombies would have killed everyone.
 * He might have been badly hurt if Pops didn't get his back better in "Really Real Wrestling".
 * In "Rigby's Body," his body got hit by the golf cart. He wasn't in his body at the time, but when he did get back in it, he felt the pain and had to go the hospital. He managed to survive.
 * He could have gotten killed by the Duck Collector if the Baby Ducks didn't turn into a giant in A Bunch of Baby Ducks.
 * He almost got crushed by the Moon Monster in The Power.
 * Almost got his soul taken by Death in Skips Strikes.
 * He almost died by lava if Mordecai wouldn't have let him win in Death Punchies
 * Almost got zapped and killed by the Destroyer of Worlds in Just Set Up the Chairs.
 * Could have been killed by the car crash in Cruisin.

Deaths

 * It's Time - Pushed off a microwave by Mordecai in space and disintegrated.
 * Appreciation Day - Eaten by Snowballs the Ice Monster.
 * Over The Top - Body-slammed into a table (First time we see him as a corpse) by Skips.
 * In The House - Rigby drowns in raw eggs as a house (Though this was in a story told by a "Fake" Rigby so it might not be canon)

Gallery


The gallery for Rigby can be viewed here.