Mordecai

Mordecai is a 23-year-old blue jay. He is one of the protaganist of the series, first appearing in the short as a human cashier, who then morphs into the proto-Mordecai. He later makes his first official appearance in the, where he was the first to say a line. His voice is provided by the show's creator. He is actually the second person to say something overall in, but the pilot marked that Mordecai was the first to say a line on the show.

Appearance
Mordecai is a 6'3 tall blue jay. Like Rigby, he doesn't wear clothes, he plays video games, and he drinks "joe with his bro." He first appeared in. He is blue and he has white stripes on his wings and black stripes on his legs and his tail; however, when he was five or six, he didn't have any stripes on his legs and tail and he also had buck teeth. Even though he has arm-like wings, and he possibly may be human-like, he doesn't seem to be able to fly, as seen in A Bunch of Baby Ducks.

Cartoon Network Character Page Description
"Mordecai is a young blue jay with a burgeoning sense of responsibility, decency, and his own morality. But that doesn't mean he doesn't like to have a little fun every once in a while--stupid fun."

Personality
Mordecai would be best described as mild-mannered. Though a slacker and occasional troublemaker, he has shown far greater maturity and responsibility than his best friend. However, in More Smarter he acts as immature as Rigby does, where he went overboard with insulting Rigby for not having a high school diploma, and did whatever he could to prove that he was "more smarter" than Rigby. Even though almost every problem in every episode that was caused by the duo is Rigby's fault, Mordecai puts up with his laziness and immaturity, once filling out a job application for Rigby because he claimed it was "boring". Like Rigby, Mordecai normally shows a natural aversion to anything resembling work. However, he resents being labelled as a slacker, and will do whatever is necessary to not be considered as one. In Just Set Up The Chairs Mordecai wanted to prove to Benson that he and Rigby were fully capable of setting up chairs for a party without slacking off, which he proves by almost dying; and, in the episode Appreciation Day he hoped to earn an appreciation plaque to prove to Benson that he was hard-working. Also, in Caffeinated Concert Tickets, Mordecai planned to work extra hours to earn money for a Fist Pump concert. Mordecai's most obvious shortcoming is his inability to engage his love interests. Whenever he is around his crush, Margaret, he will often stutter or lose focus. He shows jealousy towards his friend Rigby, as he far more adept at talking to girls, most notably in the episode after failing to ask Margaret out on a date, Mordecai became enraged when Rigby seized the opportunity and asked her out himself; after a series of bizarre events, Mordecai unwittingly killed Rigby in his jealousy, though this was reversed by later on.

Skills/Habits
Mordecai has shown a variety of abilities and habits throughout the series:
 * Video Game Expert: Mordecai is highly skilled at video games. In Just Set Up the Chairs, Mordecai proved his gaming superiority over Rigby after discovering several vintage arcade games in a park storeroom. Later, in High Score , he and Rigby worked together to set both the world and universe records for the arcade game , although originally had negative points but eventually defeated the champion . In Rage Against the TV , Mordecai and Rigby managed to defeat a notoriously 'unbeatable' video game boss , much to the surprise of Mordecai is beaten; however, in It's Time he lost at a game to Rigby due to his frustration.
 * Punchies Master: Mordecai has proven himself very capable at with skills close to rivaling Skips. In the episode, he was shown never to have lost a game of punchies to Rigby and increased his skill by learning Death Kwon Do moves
 * Skilled Liar: In Grilled Cheese Deluxe, Mordecai showed great aptitude for lying. He competed against Rigby to prove who was the better liar, and ultimately, emerged victorious.
 * Heavy Sleeper: In many episodes it shows that Mordecai is a heavy sleeper so Rigby has to punch Mordecai awake.
 * Guitar Player: In This Is My Jam he was shown to have increased his skill at playing the guitar, unlike in to which neither Rigby or himself knew how to work the instrument
 * Enhanced Strength: At one point in the episode, Mordecai bashed through a locked door with little difficulty but badly injured his arm.
 * Speeches: Mordecai tends to persuade people when he gives talks and speeches, i.e. Don, when Mordecai persuades Rigby to confront Don and mend their relationship; Rage Against The TV , when Mordecai tells Muscle Man and co. to help with beating The Hammer; Muscle Woman , when he talks to Starla, unintentionally infatuating her; Mordecai and the Rigbys , when Mordecai tries to tell the crowd about being tricked into lip-syncing

Near-Death experiences

 * Mordecai almost dies of hypothermia and is nearly marinated and eaten by psycho hotdogs in Meat Your Maker.
 * Would have died by the antimatter in Grilled Cheese Deluxe
 * Would have been scorched by lava in Death Punchies
 * Mordecai could have been killed by Destroyer of Worlds in Just Set Up the Chairs
 * Would've been crushed by the Moon Monster in The Power
 * Could have been overrun by zombies had Muscle Man not brought his sports equipment
 * He could've gotten crushed by Giant Susan if Leon didn't cut off her high heels
 * Was pinned under cart and nearly died by the Were-Skunk in Skunked
 * Almost ran over by British Taxi in Ello Gov'nor
 * Nearly killed by Game Store Manager in But I Have A Receipt
 * Nearly crushed by Starla in Muscle Woman

Rigby


Mordecai's best friend and fellow park groundskeeper, Rigby has known Mordecai since the two were five years old. A fellow slacker and troublemaker, Rigby lacks Mordecai's maturity and common sense and is almost always the cause of the many disastrous situations the two encounter. Though extremely close, the two often argue with each other. One instance has Rigby learning Death Kwon Do as a result of always being beaten by Mordecai (or anyone for that matter) at punchies. On one occasion, Rigby managed to make Mordecai mad due to his dishonesty and ineptitude in the episode Meat Your Maker. Later, in the episode The Unicorns Have Got To Go, Rigby nearly ruined their friendship after abandoning Mordecai for a group of unicorns.

Rigby is terrified of horror films, a fact Mordecai is painfully aware of. (Rigby once had to be "walked to the bathroom every night for a week" after watching a horror movie). In the episode Ello Gov'nor, Mordecai set out to cure him of his fears. In the episode "Grave Sights", Rigby was momentarily stunned by the film, nearly causing the movie idea to fail and ruining Mordecai and Rigby's chances for a paid day off.

In Skunked, it seems that Mordecai really cares about Rigby and is sure about getting rid of his inner Were-Skunk as he also drives into a wall and is almost crushed by the golf cart just for him. Mordecai will help him any way he can and he tells Rigby the cure.

Margaret
Margaret is Mordecai's love interest; he was first shown to have a crush on her in the episode "Caffeinated Concert Tickets". However, much to Mordecai's dismay, Margaret seems completely oblivious to his feelings for her. A running gag throughout the first season is that Margaret normally has a new boyfriend in each of her appearances, usually muscular and intimidating, or with certain above-average skills. However, in the episode "Brain Eraser", she noted that Mordecai had been "working out." Despite this, Margaret sees Mordecai, as well as Rigby, as her friend, and will defend him when someone (particularly one of her boyfriends) insults or teases him. She is a fan of the musical group Fist Pump, as well as horror films such as Zombie Dinner Party.

Benson
Benson is Mordecai's boss. He considers both Mordecai and Rigby to be slackers, usually threatening them with an ulitmatum ending in the phrase "...or you're fired!", though sometimes, he is impressed with their work. In the episode Benson Be Gone, after being demoted from his position as park manager, Benson came to appreciate Mordecai and Rigby's lifestyle. Even though Benson gets angry with him and Rigby, there has never been a time where Benson's anger was solely directed at Mordecai (one partial exception in Jinx, when Benson called for Mordecai to clean up the litter they left unpicked). Benson also seems to trust Mordecai a little bit more than Rigby, recognizing his higher maturity level and (sometimes) higher work ethic.

Eileen
Mordecai knows of Eileen's crush on Rigby and even said they'd make a "cute couple" as shown in "Do Me A Solid". He also likes making fun of it by making Rigby angry.

Trivia
1. They were seen in the party in 'The Social Netjerk'.
 * Mordecai's cartoon-like long beak gives him the appearance of his kind's close relative, the crow. Some people would think he might be a cross between a jay and a crow, despite that this is not true. Several people also believe that Mordecai is a stork due to his long beak and spindly legs.
 * In the episode "Don", it was revealed that he was naked when he was younger because Rigby was and thought it was pretty cool. Whether or not they still go by this trend is unknown (due to either of them normally wearing no clothes).
 * In the episode "Don " it is hinted that he has no brothers, but doesn't confirm if he is an only child
 * In the episode First Day, Mordecai's face feathers would variate throughout the episode; in sections where the new artstyle is in place, his blue feathers cover his eyes, but in sections where the episode uses scenes from the pilot episode, his white feathers cover his eyes.
 * In the episode "Peeps" he is good at staring contests but he had to go to the hospital because his eyes couldn't blink even if he used eye drops.
 * Whenever he faces a bad guy who is stronger than him, he will always get punched in the stomach like in "Rage Against the TV" and "Really Real Wrestling".
 * Mordecai knows that music is not something that can be touched physically, as is evident in "This Is My Jam".
 * Mordecai's mouth contains teeth, which is odd since birds in real life do not have teeth. This could be because Mordecai resembles a human more than a bird (in terms of bodily shape)
 * Mordecai's voice actor is the creator of the show, J.G. Quintel.
 * In "Meat Your Maker " it is shown that Mordecai can't swim because he was in the giant plastic bag filled with sauce. He had a hard time staying up.
 * Mordecai and Rigby appeared twice in MAD:

2. Mordecai and Rigby make their second and more major appearance in 'Rio-A'.