Over the Top

"Over the Top" is the 19th episode of the second season of Regular Show, airing May 23, 2011. On its premiere, it attracted 1.957 million views worldwide.

Plot
It all starts with a flashback when Benson is complimenting how Skips is the strongest at McHooligan's as almost all of them fight him and lose and that is whenhe Rigby asks for a challenge. Rigby beats him using a prank called the PlayCo Armboy, which only Mordecai knows about so far, leaving Skips furious; he demands a rematch and loses again. The next day Pops comforts Skips telling him he just had a bad day, then Skips thanks him and goes off to face Rigby. After Rigby refuses to wrestle he breaks Mordecai and Rigby's game system. Later in his house, Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson walk in and Benson tells Skips he has to pay for their game system which Skips says he will after he faces Rigby which he does but still loses; later, they are all going back to McHooligan's expect Skips when High Five Ghost "calls shotgun." Mordecai then realizes he forgot his drink ticket and walks into his room when he finds Skips looking through Rigby's stuff which makes the former tell the latter that Rigby was just pranking him with a device called the "PlayCo Armboy." Skips looks it up on the internet and finds out Rigby's secret. When they are all at McHooligan's, Skips enters, challenges Rigby, and reveals the PlayCo Armboy; then, Skips arm wrestles Rigby without the PlayCo Armboy and and smashes him agianst the table. Now, Skips is looking at Rigby's dead body back at the hospital when Death enters and they arm wrestle with a ghost being the referee; Skips gets to keep Rigby if he won, but be taken instead if he lost. The table starts floating up in the air and spinning wildly. As Skips is about to lose, he uses the PlayCo Armboy and beats Death. Once Death leaves, Rigby wakes up and insists on pranking the others while Skips replies he had too much pranks for the day and they leave the hospital.

Characters

 * Skips (Antagonist in flashback)
 * Mordecai
 * Rigby (Dead for most of the episode, not counting the flashback)Skips_in_over_the_top.jpg
 * Muscle Man
 * High-Five Ghost
 * Benson
 * Pops
 * Death (Antagonist)
 * Ghost Referee
 * Doctor

Trivia/Goofs

 * Though usually a supporting character/protagonist, this is the first time Skips has done something antagonistic.
 * Coincidentally, Sylvester Stallone starred in a 1987 action drama film called Over the Top, even involving a climax of arm wrestling.
 * Death once said "Your soul is mine" to Skips, which is a homage to Shang Tsung's line from Mortal Kombat.
 * This episode is one of the few times Skips is seen walking: after he destroys the punching bag in his house, he is seen walking out the door instead of skipping. He is once again seen walking in the same episode, when he goes to sit down to arm wrestle Rigby for the last time.
 * J.G. Quintel has said this is his favorite episode of the series; however, some complained that this and "But I Have a Receipt" were too short.
 * In the part where Rigby needs to dodge bottles from a video game, Mordecai shouts "Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right," the first 8 actions in the Konami Code.
 * Guitar Dude, the rhythm game Mordecai and Rigby play, might be a reference to Guitar Hero, a famous rhythm game series; however, it did not involve dodging thrown bottles like Guitar Dude did.
 * This is the third time Rigby dies (but is brought back to life at the end); the first death was in It's Time and the second Appreciation Day.
 * This is one of the times a supporting character is an antagonist.
 * This is the first time Skips said Rigby's name since Rigby's Body.
 * First instance of High-Five Ghost saying Skips' name.
 * Also, this is the first time High-Five has said a main character's name besides Muscle Man's.
 * There are two antagonists in this episode: Skips and Death.
 * Playco is a parody of Tyco.
 * This is the first episode Rigby truly dies (but gets revivied).
 * High-Five Ghost is shown to have teeth in this episode, even though in Just Set Up The Chairs and My Mom he is shown smiling widely and has no teeth.
 * Skips and Death have probably met since he said, "Well well well. If it ain't ol' Skips!" and also since Skips has eternal youth so he wasn't taking in by Death when he was supposed to die.
 * For some strange reason Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost weren`t at the hospital to see Rigby, who had died.
 * Arm Wrestling is the fourth "evil" game; the first game was Rock, Paper, Scissors, the second game was Jinx (game), and the third game was Do Me A Solid (game).
 * This is the second time Muscle Man screams in shock because something didn't please him; the first was See You There.
 * Goof: Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost are not seen at the table when Skips killed Rigby.