Skips vs. Technology

Skips vs. Technology is the name of the fifteenth season three episode (and fifty-fifth episode overall) of Regular Show.

The transcript of this episode can be viewed here.

Plot
Skips has, for quite a while, been helping with physical tasks at the Park grounds before it even became a park (it was a battlefield for the Revolutionary War back in the 1700's). However, when confronted with techical problems, Skips is at a loss of words. In an attempt to prove himself in front of Mordecai and Rigby that he can fix anything, Skips ends up creating more problems on the computer then there was before.

Skips decides to learn a thing or two about computing, when he bumps into Techmo (originally called Samson, was one of the soldiers that fought in the Revolutionary War that Skips helped recover). After roughly 200 years, Techmo has landed a job as a computer expert (or otherwise known as a technomancer), and is willing to help Skips learn about computing.

After being called to the House to fix the computer problems, Techmo goes to work, only to find out the computer has been infected with a powerful virus called Doom-Ma-Geddon. With Techmo possessed by the virus a little afterwords, Skips has no choice but to do what he does best, and physically fixes the computer by driving a sledgehammer into it.Then Techmo comes back to normal and the show ends there.

Characters

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Skips
 * Techmo
 * Doom Ma Geddon (Antagonist)

Minor Characters

 * Store Employees
 * Mr. Maellard (in a flashback)
 * Mr. Maellard's Wife (in a flashback)
 * City Mayor (in a flashback)
 * Benson (cameo)
 * Pops (cameo) (child and present)
 * Muscle Man
 * High-Five Ghost
 * Margaret (mentioned)
 * Gazebo Inspector (cameo)

Trivia/Goofs

 * Doom-Ma-Geddon is a portmanteau for "doom" and "armageddon".
 * Fittingly, both are words that define destruction.
 * Doomageddon was also the name of a character from League of Super Evil.
 * With the Guardians of Eternal Youths' gift, Skips was able to live for quite a while (roughly 200 years ago at most) and still remains youthful.
 * The same sledgehammer (almost) Were-Rigby used in Skunked is used by Skips.
 * Errors 219 and 220 are two very real (and frustrating) computational problems/glitches that often happen, hence their reference.
 * This is the second time "Technomancer" was mentioned. The first time was But I Have A Receipt.
 * This is the first time we see Pops parents in their youth.
 * This is also the first time we see Pops as a child.
 * Pops was born somewhere between the late 1800's or early 1900's which would make him at or a little over 101 years old.
 * Skips has been around for more than 219 years.
 * In this episode, you can see a reference of a old promo of Apple.
 * If you listen closely the blonde guy with the ponytail sounded like Benson.
 * The car that Techmo drives is a DeLorean, which gained its notoriety from being the time machine in the "Back to the Future" series. Also, Techmo's Car mentions "Johnny English Reborn" where his fingerprint approval is in a spy's car in the movie.
 * The song that is played during the car drive is a techno version of "Yankee Doodle".
 * This is fitting because Skips and Techmo met during the American Revolutionary War era.
 * The section of the lyrics played is "Yankee Doodle went to town/ Riding on a pony".
 * At the beginning and end of the episode, "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys is played.
 * When Doomageddon posses Techmo. A line from the film Ghostbusters is said, There is no more Techmo only Doomageddon. Is almost identical to what the lady said in the bedroom, There is no more Dana, only Zoul.
 * During the scene where Doom-Ma-Geddon captures Techmo, he says, "Resistance is dumb!" This is a parody of the original saying, "Resistance is Futile!" popular in the Star Trek series, and the Mortal Kombat series.
 * This is the second time "Haiku" was mentioned. The first time was Skips Strikes.
 * Coincendally Skips was the main protagonist in both episodes.
 * The Computer Help Zone Employees almost resemble the Young Gamers from High Score.
 * Goof: When Skips finishes Techmo's arm they both disapear. Later, when Mordecai and Rigby talk about fixing the Computer they disappear again. Calvin Wong said on his Fourmspring that he will try to fix this problem.
 * This is the second time that Margaret is mentioned. The first time was Rap It Up.
 * It realved that when Pops was a child he use to have brown hair.
 * This is the third time Mordecai, Rigby and Skips defeat a virtual antagonist. The first was Just Set Up The Chairs. The second was Rage Against the TV.

Gallery


The gallery for Skips vs. Technology can be viewed here.