Brain Eraser

Brain Eraser is the tenth episode of season two (and twenty-second episode overall) of ''Regular Show. ''It originally aired on February 25, 2011 and only attracted 1.551 million views, making it the least watched episode before being dethroned by Muscle Woman, bumping it down to the second-least watched episode so far.

Synopsis
Mordecai must get the memory of seeing Pops naked out of his head.

Plot
Mordecai and Rigby are playing a video game and Rigby finds Pops's Moustaches Monthly. The pair play "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to deliver Pops his magazine and Mordecai loses. Mordecai "walks in" on Pops and sees him nude (in the buff). An awkward moment ensues and Mordecai runs out of the room. Mordecai tells Rigby about his encounter with Pops. Rigby decides that Mordecai needs to play Strong Johns to relieve him of his stress. He plays it, and it works for a while, but Pops' head pops onto the characters. So Rigby takes Mordecai to see Margaret; but, Mordecai hallucinates again. Finally, Rigby and Mordecai go to a video store and make a purchase for a copy of Good Cop, Sad Cop. Rigby talks to The Movie Shack Hut Employee and Rigby sees an opportunity to cure Mordecai of his bad memory.

Eventually, Rigby forces Mordecai to watch Planet Chasers: Starlight Excellent and the video erases Mordecai's memories and thoughts. Rigby attempts to have fun with Mordecai by going bowling and throwing bologna on Muscle Man's car, but it does not work, as Mordecai is too zoned out because of the tape. Rigby turns to Skips for help so they watch the video, encasing them in the same place as Mordecai. The trio then search around in Mordecai's memories and find the Naked Pops Memory. They began chasing The Naked Pops Memory, but Mordecai remembers his "bad" memory happening fast and the pace reflects on The Naked Pops Memory's actions.

Mordecai starts remembering things to hinder The Naked Pops Memory's path, but it has no effect. Mordecai decides to drive off a steep cliff and cover the Naked Pops Memory once and for all. Mordecai then wishes for something to break his fall and the trio meets the video store clerk. He tells them the way out and Mordecai, Rigby, and Skips are back into reality. While Mordecai is celebrating his memory's displacement, Benson walks into the living room, fussing. While Benson is castigating everybody, his body towel slips off, revealing his "junk mail."

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Benson
 * Skips
 * Pops
 * Muscle Man (cameo)
 * Margaret
 * Eileen

Minor Characters

 * Naked Pops Memory (does not speak, antagonist)
 * Brainearasercredits.png Movie Shack Hut Employee

Appears in "Film Memory"

 * Coffee Bean
 * Jimmy
 * The Guardians of Eternal Youth
 * Future Mordecai and Future Rigby
 * The Translator

Trivia

 * This is the first appearance of Eileen, though as a bit character and with a slightly different appearance.
 * This is one of three episodes Benson's gumball hatch is open.
 * This is the second appearance of the video game Strong Johns.
 * The line "We have to watch the tape" references The Ring.
 * Goof: The Movie Store Employee is still able to talk and move with his pupils not enlarged like Mordecai while watching Planet Chasers: Starlight Excellent, but when Mordecai watches the tape, he doesn't speak or move. He was still able to be at different places like the arcade or bowling alley.
 * This is the third time (second officially) that Mordecai loses to Rigby in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, first being "Pilot" and the second being "Rage Against the TV".
 * Goof: When Rigby looked at the Planet Chasers: Starlight Excellent tape for the first time, he didn't get affected although his eyes felt pain, but the second time, his mind was sucked into the tape.
 * This is the 3rd time Pops is seen naked; the first time was "Peeps", and the second was "Dizzy", but this is the 1st time Pops is seen completely naked.
 * It's revealed that in bowling, Mordecai and Rigby's team-name and nicknames are Rigbone and Murdercai.
 * When Rigby tries to make Mordecai watch the video "Planet Chasers: Starlight Excellent", it is similar to Ello Gov'nor when Mordecai made Rigby watch the video; Rigby even says the quote, "Look at it!"
 * When Rigby and Skips get sucked into the TV, the background they see inside it resembles the show's intro background; however, it is just one of the many episodes where that background is used.
 * The strips of "film memory", evidenced by the strands of film, that come out of Mordecai's eyes appear to be images from every season 1 episode, save for the episodes Grilled Cheese Deluxe, Don, and Rigby's Body.
 * In the shots before Mordecai, Rigby, and Skips entered the door marked "Mordecai's Memories" there were several other doors with other people's names, probably referring to other people that have watched the anime video.
 * The Movie Shack Hut employee is in Mordecai's memories as a young man, even though Mordecai saw him as his present self.
 * When Mordecai and Rigby are playing Strong Johns, Rigby's John's health was getting really low, and Mordecai's John's health got some damage, but when the naked Pops showed up, Mordecai's John's health strangely got a little up with little damage.
 * J.G. Quintel had doubts that this episode wasn't going to make it past CN censors.
 * This episode premiered without promos to it after the Hall of Game Awards and later shown promos for its "premiere" on usual Mondays.
 * This is the first (and so far only) Regular Show episode to air on a Friday.
 * When Mordecai is brain erased, five strips of "film memory" come out of his eyes; but, when Rigby and Skips are brain erased, only four strips of "film memory" each come out of their eyes.
 * Pops doesn't speak in this episode but screams in embarrassment and mutters "Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh" with Mordecai and laughs as the naked memory.
 * This is one of the few episodes that Benson doesn't turn angrily red.
 * Running Gag: Mordecai keeps on seeing Pops naked.
 * This is the second time Pops doesn't speak; the first was It's Time.
 * This is the fourth time Muscle Man isn't with Hi Five Ghost; the first was Mordecai and the Rigbys, the second was It's Time, and the third is Dizzy.
 * The song played during the Planet Chasers: Starlight Excellent sequences is a repeating of "Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go", which are the numbers 1 to 5 in Japanese, respectively.
 * Pops' butt is uncensored and the creators escaped from showing his naked male parts.
 * If you look closely at the Mordecai/Rigby scenes, in the cafe, you can see Margaret laughing and Mordecai punching Rigby which is seen in It`s Time. This is obviously a large part of Mordecai's memory because as we established Margaret means a lot to him.
 * Goof: Skips accidently says the name of the video wrong because instead of Planet Chasers: Starlight Excellent, he says Planet Starlight Chasers Excellence.
 * This is one of the first time Skips doesn't know what to do: when he was asked how do we get back, he just shrugged.
 * Goof: When Naked Pops jumps off the cliff, it shows him going almost completely down. In the time Mordecai, Rigby, and Skips drove back, went forward, and jumped off, Pops would have already landed but they jumped off and he was almost right under them.
 * In this episode, Eileen only has pupils for eyes; yet, in later episodes, she has normal eyes.
 * In Cartoon Network Latin America (including Brazil), the episode was censored, censoring Pops' butt with a track.

Gallery


The gallery for Brain Eraser can be viewed here.

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