Skips Strikes

Skips Strikes is the third season three episode (and forty-third episode overall) of Regular Show. It premiered on October 3, 2011, receiving 2.079 million views.

The transcript of this episode can be viewed here.

Plot
Skips, Mordecai , Rigby , and Benson (Park Strikers) are playing a winning game of bowling at Stardust Lanes. After their opponents argue that if Skips wasn't on their team they would have lost and they comeback by saying that they can't help that Skips is awesome. Later they admire the trophy and find out their championship game is against the Magical Elements (Death, Gary, The Wizard, and one of the Guardians of Eternal Youth). Death states that they will win, something highly doubted among the Park Strikers.

Then they go out to pizza where they start bragging about being the best on the team, but later say that without Skips they would suck and because of him they got the Magical Elements beat. While Skips is in the bathroom Death appears and threatens to reveal Skips' secret if he appears.

Later back at the house Skips tells them he can't play at the game tomorrow so Benson suggests how to get over losing the game, so Mordecai says he's fine with forfeiting. In a momment of courageousness Rigby tells him it's their time now and all this mean is that they will just have to train harder for the championship. Later at the bowling lanes they gett Pops to replace Skips but he is terrible by only knocking one pin down, and Death asking what happened to Skips and revealed his and Rigby's wager. After Rigby revealed that he wagered Death he would beat him and as a reward get his soul ball but if he lost the reward was the whole teams souls and go to Skips's house to ask him to play but find a note saying he went to soul search alone.

Later the Park Strikers go to the game while Skips reminices about the times they had together. In the final game they are having a bad game and when it's Pops goes up to bowl Skips returns to turn the game around and in the final shot Skips is reminded about Death letting out his secret but says his friends souls are more important than his real name and wins the game and the soul ball. In the final scene Rigby plays with his new ball and Skips explains why he changed his name.

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai


 * Rigby


 * Benson


 * Skips
 * Pops
 * Muscle Man (cameo)
 * High-Five Ghost (cameo)

Minor Characters

 * The Dude (cameo)
 * Muscular Redneck (cameo)
 * Cheezer's Cashier (cameo)


 * Magical Elements (Antagonists)
 * The Wizard
 * Guardian of Eternal Youth
 * Death
 * Gary

Trivia

 * This is the second time Benson had shouted "OOOOOH!", first being Benson Be Gone.
 * This is also the second time Benson had said a catchphrase at the same time with Mordecai and Rigby, the first being Benson Be Gone.
 * It is similar to The Looney Tunes Show Season 1 episode, "To Bowl or Not to Bowl ", because it shows the cast except Pops bowling and taking on the Opposing Team. Coincidentally, a player (Porky) drops out of the team like Skips did.
 * This is the second time Mordecai's and Rigby's nicknames Murdercai and Rigbone were used, the first time was Brain Eraser.


 * The bowling alley and it's look is reference to the 1998 film "The Big Lebowski". In addition, the alley attendant looks like Steve Buscemi's character Donny in the film.
 * Another reference to the movie is made when both teams say to each other, "You're out of your element."


 * Muscle Man and High Five Ghost appeared in this episode twice, but don't have any lines.


 * The original episode was to have Skips have a different secret, which was him being friends with the Magical Elements.
 * If you look closely, the Cheezer's Cashier appears in the background at the bowling alley.
 * This is the first time Gary is an antagonist.
 * This is the second time Death is seen since Over The Top.
 * This is the second time The Wizard is seen since The Power.
 * One of the Guardians of Eternal Youth were seen in this episode since Free Cake and Brain Eraser.
 * This episode might be part of Skips' Past Episode. The other being Skips vs. Technology.
 * When Skips is burning his bowling memories, he gets out an album "Bowling Memories" we can apreciate the photo "First ever meeting of the park strikers" Skips is shown as if he was levitating with the two legs upside , its maybe becouse he walks if like he was skipping things.
 * Here is seen that Muscle Man is with a bag of chips, they maybe resemble the bag of Doritos "Black Pepper Jack".

Gallery


The gallery for Skips Strikes can be viewed here