Mordecai



Mordecai is a 23 year-old blue jay who was born in 1987. He is the main protagonist of the series. He made his debut in the short film 2 in the AM PM as an animated version of J.G Quintel his voice actor then morphs into the proto-Mordecai, later making his first official appearance in the pilot episode. He is voiced by J.G. Quintel.

Appearance
Mordecai appears to be a common blue jay, and very tall. Like Rigby, he does not wear clothes. His color scheme is blue and white with two white stripes on each wing, and two black stripes on his fingers and tail feathers (however, in the episode Don, during a flashback to when Mordecai was six, he lacked the black stripes). Unlike most actual birds, Mordecai has teeth; Benton Connor, a storyboarder, jokingly refers to them as "beak dentata". In the aforementioned flashback, Mordecai was shown to have buck-teeth.He also is not shown to fly.

Personality and Character Traits
Mordecai would be best described as mild-mannered. Though a slacker and occasional troublemaker, he has shown far greater maturity and responsibility than his friend Rigby.

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 the episode 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 the episode, Caffinated Concert Tickets, Mordecai asked Benson for extra hours to earn money for a Fist Pump concert. Usually though, Mordecai simply complains about the task at hand.

Alongside laziness, Mordecai's most obvious shortcoming is his inability to engage his love interests. Whenever he is around his current 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 It's Time. 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.

Skills & Abilities
Mordecai has shown a variety of abilities throughout the series:


 * Video game expert - Mordecai is usually highly skilled at video games. In the episode Just Set Up the Chairs, Mordecai proved his gaming superiority over Rigby after discovering several vintage arcade games in a park storeroom. Later, in the episode High Score, he and Rigby worked together to set both the world and universe records for the arcade game "Broken Bonez ", although originally very bad (Rigby: "I didn't know it was possible to get negative points."), eventually defeating the champion Garrett Bobby Ferguson. Finally, in the episode Rage Against the TV, Mordecai and Rigby managed to defeat "The Hammer", a notoriously "unbeatable" video game boss, much to the surprise of Muscle Man.


 * "Punchies" master - Mordecai has proven himself very capable at "punchies", with skills close to rivaling Skips. In the episode Death Punchies, he was shown never to have lost a game to Rigby (until throwing a game to save their lives) and increased his skill by learning the "death block", among other Death Kwon Do techniques.


 * Skilled liar - In the episode Grilled Cheese Deluxe, Mordecai showed great attitude for lying. He competed against Rigby to prove who was the better liar, and ultimately, emerged victorious.
 * Heavy sleeper - It's shows that Mordecai is a heavy sleeper in the episode "Ello Gov'nor" ,"This is My Jam" and "Really Real Wreastling" he is waken when Rigby shakes him.
 * Non Blinker - In the episode "Peeps" Mordecai can go long hours without blinking and he beats Peeps in a blinking conset. But Mordecai had to go the hospital when his eyes wouldnt blink even with eyedrop.
 * Guitar Player - In the episode "This is My Jam" he played guitar better than he was in "Mordecai and the Rigbys".
 * Enhanced Strength (Possibly) - At one point, in "Just Set Up The Chairs" Mordecai bashed through a door with little difficulty and badly hurt his arm. This could've because of cartoon physics, however.

Rigby
Mordecai's best friend and fellow park groundskeeper, Rigby has known Mordecai since the two were at least six 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. 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. In addition, as previously mentioned, Mordecai accidently killed Rigby out of jealousy in the episode It's Time, though his death was quickly undone by the powers of Father Time.

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.

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 series 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".

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, though occasionally, 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 slacker lifestyle.

Eileen
Mordecai knows of Eileen's crush on Rigby and even said they make a "cute couple" as shown in "Do Me A Solid".