Ello Gov'nor

"Ello Gov'nor" is the thirteenth episode of Regular Show it aired on November 29, 2010. It is also the first episode of the second season, as well as the fifth-most viewed season two episode at 2.067 million viewers wolrldwide.

Summary
Rigby rents a movie at Movie Shack-Hut. On the way out, he bumps into the employee for the store outside. Rigby makes fun of his "outfit" (he is dressed as the empire state building, complete with a gorilla hanging from the top "antenna"). As Rigby walks away, the employee shouts "It's a costume! They make me wear it!"

Back at the park, it's movie night for Mordecai and Rigby. Mordecai gets the popcorn and Rigby got the movie he rented. Mordecai thought that they were going to watch a movie Shy Guy (which looks like a love movie) but Rigby told him that he has seen the movie a lot of times and he that he got something even better, showing Mordecai the movie he rented called Ello Gov'nor. Rigby said that it's a horror movie starring a taxi possessed by the driver's soul seeking revenge on the gang members responsible for murdering him, which Mordecai refuses to watch and reminds Rigby that the last time they watched a horror movie, he had to walk him to the bathroom for a week. Rigby is still not held back, saying that it's black-and-white, and old and cheesy ("It'll be hilarious!"). Mordecai finally gives in and turns on the movie, to which Rigby quickly grows fearful from the first encounter with the possessed taxi. When the movie ends, Mordecai is asleep, proclaiming the movie is likely cheesy, while Rigby is still in grave terror.

In their room Mordecai is sleeping and Rigby is moving around and trying to sleep. Rigby gets up and goes to the window, and sees the British taxi. He calls Mordecai but he is still asleep and when Rigby turns around, he sees the taxi directly at the window. Rigby goes to Mordecai telling him to wake up while shaking him but it isn't working; then, Mordecai's eyes light up and the British taxi comes out of Mordecai. Rigby wakes up screaming, and Mordecai is bothered by Rigby's shrieks, telling him to dream about being a tough guy so Rigby went back to sleep and dreams he is a tough guy called "Rigerson" about to punch a man in an alley when the British taxi comes in and hits Rigby. He wake up shrieking again and Mordecai gets frustrated, retreating to watching Ello Gov'nor repeatedly until Rigby conquered his fear. He holds Rigby up to the TV for several days, telling him to "look at it the British taxi." By the end, they are both worn out, and Rigby finally escapes Mordecai's grasp, and throws the tape of the movie at the wall, destroying it; later, Mordecai takes Rigby to Benson's cricket game to try to desensitize him to British people, but they all don't stop greeting him with "Ello, gov'nor" until the British taxi appears yet again, causing Rigby to flee back home in a panic. Mordecai explains Rigby's fear to Pops and Skips, to which Pops points out he owns a British taxi of his own...

Mordecai, Rigby and Pops are at Pops' barn. Rigby asks Mordecai what's in the barn, and Mordecai tells him that it is something that will help get rid of his fear; soon, Pops unlock the barn and show them his taxi (which turn out to be a regular taxi) then Mordecai told Pops that he thought that he had a British taxi but Pops said that he thought Mordecai said a "brownish" taxi but he said that taxi is yellow and Pops said that his taxi is no coward then Mordecai said "never mind". Mordecai asks Rigby if he is ready but Rigby is still scared but Mordecai said that it's not even a British taxi but Rigby said a taxi is a taxi. Mordecai said that it's going to be fine but Rigby said that he had to go to the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Rigby is washing his hands and went to dry them with toilet paper and saw tire marks, then he ran out of the bathroom and the phone rings, he picks it up and the caller sounds like the British taxi and Rigby threw the phone and saw the fax machine that said 'Ello Gov'nor. Rigby ran and went in the back seat of the taxi and told Pops to drive and he did. Mordecai asks what's wrong then Rigby said that the taxi is following him and Mordecai said that he is just seeing things but Rigby said that it WAS the British taxi and it was real then Mordecai sarcastically says it came out of the movie Rigby said "I DON'T KNOW MAYBE!" Mordecai said that he is safe now and said to try to calm down while Pops drives them around for a little bit.

The scene we see is Pops is driving straight and Mordecai is asleep and Rigby asks him where they were going then Pops said that he always drives deep into the woods to clear his mind; then, Rigby sees the trees making scary faces and the British taxi. To make matters worse, the car stops because they ran out of gas so Rigby starts to get scared and calls Mordecai to wake up screaming (and Rigby screamed too) and said what is it then he said that they ran out of gas and the British taxi is coming for him and ducks into the taxi floor. Mordecai and Pops get out of the taxi and start to push when suddenly Rigby sees the British taxi coming and runs out of the taxi. Mordecai and Pops realize the taxi was real and they start to run and the taxi got destroyed by the British Taxi that almost got Pops but Mordecai pulls him away and then they run to help Rigby. The British taxi was close to Rigby and he ran faster and the taxi surrounds him and made Rigby lean to a tree and Pops and Mordecai came but the taxi open both of the doors and knock them both unconscious. Rigby ran into a tree and just when the taxi is about to kill him, he starts beating it up and demanded that the british taxi leaves him alone, then he woke up because Mordecai told him that he hit his head and started going psycho and Rigby told him that he got over his fear by beating up the taxi but it was actually the employee guy WEARING a British taxi costume and said he wanted the movie back. Rigby says he is broke so Pops pays for the movie with a lollipop and Mordecai and Rigby drag Pops away.

In bed, Rigby thanks Mordecai for helping him facing his fears and went to sleep dreaming that he is a tough guy driving the British taxi.

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Fists (In Rigby's dream)
 * Benson
 * Skips
 * Pops
 * The Movie Shack Hut Employee as The British Taxi (Antagonist)
 * The Bully (Antagonist in Rigby's dream)

Trivia/Goofs

 * Rigby's fear of the British taxi (or any vehicle for that matter) could reference at how animals (i.e. raccoons) are often ran over by vehicles, causing roadkill.
 * The movie can be compared to the movie Child's Play, where a murderer dies and turns into a doll (equivalent to taxi) and tries to get revenge on the guy who shot him.
 * The sounds and motion of the guy standing up from being disguised as a taxi car is a parody on the Transformers franchise of robots turning into vehicles or other modes.
 * After Rigby had destroyed the taxi car, after waking up, it is unscratched, and neither is the guy after standing up from his disguise.
 * It's also revealed that one time Rigby watched a horror movie that was so scary to him, he forced Mordecai to walk him to the bathroom for a week.
 * This is the third time we see Benson wearing clothes.
 * It shows that Rigby has sharp claws and teeth like normal raccoons.
 * It is the second time we see Skips wearing a shirt.
 * One of the students in the film bares a mild resemblance to Brenna Braha from the web-comic Penny Arcade.
 * The British Taxi is a parody of Stephen King's Christine and the Nightmare Herbie from Herbie Rides Again.
 * When Rigby sees the British Taxi when they drive past it, it is likely a reference to a scene in Stephen King's It.
 * The phrase "Ello Gov'nor" is said 16 times (excluding the British cricketers and the fax.)
 * In Rigby's first dream as Fists, The Bully later attempting to kill him is leaning against a lamp post. In the next cut, when there's a closeup of him as Fists walks past, he is leaning against the wall.
 * In the part when the student notices the tire mark on his notebook is a reference of the 2010 remake of Nightmare On Elm Street, where instead of tire marks, it's Freddy Krueger's claw.
 * This is the fourth time Pops pays someone with lollipops. The first was in Naive Man from Lolliland (but this is not canon), the second was The Power and the third was in Don to pay the taxes, which was the first time it returned to him as a problem.
 * It shows that Mordecai is a heavy sleeper.
 * On the title screen from the movie Ello Gov'nor, it says that the movie was created in 1982 (in Roman numerals). 1982 has also been mentioned in many other episodes, because 1982 is the year that J.G. Quintel was born in.
 * If you look closely at the tape of "Ello Gov'nor", it is rated R for Restricted. This is also the rating of many other horror movies such as "Child's Play" and "Friday the 13th".
 * Rigby later pulls "Look at it!" on Mordecai in Brain Eraser just like Mordecai in this episode.
 * This episode shows that Mordecai will go to extreme lengths to make Rigby face his fears such as shove his face into the TV and make him get into a taxi with him and Pops and drive into a forest.
 * Running gag - Rigby keeps on seeing the british taxi, Rigby keep on whininng or complaining.
 * When Moredcai forces Rigby to watch the movie again, he tells him to "LOOK AT IT!" multiple times. This is a possible reference to an episode of Spongebob Squarepants where Patrick holds up spongebob in front of a crowd of movie goers and tells them to look at him, as a result of his bad breath.
 * The movie said the taxi was going to kill the murderers who killed its driver. However, it appeared to kill random people.

Quotes
Movie Shack Guy: MOVIES, RENT YOUR MOVIES!

Rigby : Nice outfit.

Movie Shack Guy: It's a costume! They make me wear it!

Tough Guy: You walked down the wrong alley, Rigerson.

Fists: The name's FISTS!

Taxi: 'Ello Gov'nor

Mordecai: No dude, not another horror movie! Last time I had to walk you to the bathroom every night for a week!

Benson: Yeah I am trying new things, so what?

Fists: (in voiceover)They say this city is pretty tough, but I'm tougher.

Benson: It's cricket, what do think?

Mordecai: Dude, chill out! Your screming like a friggin' maniac!

Pops: A British taxi, oh! I thought you said a brownish taxi.

Mordecai: But that taxi is yellow.

Pops: Yellow? My taxi is no coward I guarantee you that!

Mordecai: Never mind.

Rigby: I'M NO GOV'NAH!

The Bristish Taxi: Ello Gov'nor!

Employee Guy: I need a better job.

Rigby: Let me go!

Mordecai: Look at it! Look at it! (turns to night) Look at it! Look at it! (morning) Look... at... it, you look at it you.look.. at.. it. (sleepily)

Rigby: GET OFF ME!

Rigby: Who cares a taxi is a taxi!

Mordecai: HOLY CRAP IT'S REAL!

Mordecai: RUN POPS!

Rigby: I'm a tough guy. I'm a tough guy.