Real Date

"Real Date" is the thirty-seventh and final episode of season five (and one hundred and fifty-third) of Regular Show. It aired on August 14, 2014.

Synopsis
Mordecai and CJ want to go on a romantic date.

Plot
Mordecai, Rigby, CJ, and Eileen are playing Mineropoly (a mining-themed version of Monopoly) as part of their game night. After an unfavorable turn for CJ, Benson comes in with an armful of mail and demands that Mordecai and Rigby get rid of it or they're fired. One package is Rigby's order from Trophy Discounters, and the rest are letters from "Couple Corral", the dating website that set up Mordecai and CJ. Rigby and Eileen wonder why Mordecai is still subscribed to Couple Corral since he's no longer single, and CJ says she deleted her profile. Mordecai says he just forgot and proceeds to delete his Couple Corral profile from his phone.

Eileen asks how long Mordecai and CJ have been together, and CJ says they've been "hanging out" for a month. Rigby and Eileen are disappointed that they haven't been on a real date. Mordecai and CJ realize they're right. Mordecai goes to make a reservation at a nice restaurant, and CJ goes to buy a new dress, making a date for Saturday at 7:00 (and leaving Rigby and Eileen alone).

On Saturday afternoon, Mordecai shows Rigby a charm bracelet that he plans to give to CJ on their date. Each charm on the bracelet represents each activity he and CJ did together on the day they met. Rigby is impressed by the gift, calling it "the kind of thing that pros get their girlfriends". As Mordecai wonders how to give the gift to CJ, Benson comes in with an armful of junk mail, angry that Mordecai and Rigby haven't gotten rid of it yet. Mordecai says they threw it out, but he realizes that it's new junk mail, all from Couple Corral. Mordecai asks Benson for advice on how to give a romantic gift to a girl. Benson suggests having a waiter serve a gift box instead of dessert. Mordecai likes the idea and calls the restaurant.

Meanwhile, at the coffee shop, Eileen serves coffee to CJ, who's nervous about the upcoming date and wants it to be amazing. CJ thinks about getting Mordecai a special dessert. When she mentions that Mordecai likes waffles and chocolate, Eileen mentions a new pastry shop that specializes in chocolate-covered waffle cakes.

That night, Mordecai and CJ enjoy their date at the Bistro en le Parc. A waitress tells Mordecai he has a phone call at the front desk. Mordecai excuses himself to talk on the phone with Matchmaker McIntyre, the manager of Couple Corral. McIntyre, having noticed that Mordecai deleted his Couple Corral profile, tries to get Mordecai to rejoin. Mordecai says no and hangs up, and McIntyre appears in person behind him. McIntyre tries to get Mordecai to break up with CJ, but Mordecai says he's happy with CJ. McIntyre shows him photos of CJ with different hairstyles and says "How do you expect her to be committed to you when she can't even commit to a hairstyle?" Mordecai shoves McIntyre away and walks off in anger.

At the table, CJ calls the pastry shop L'Wafflerie to see if the waffle cake she ordered is ready and quickly puts her phone away when Mordecai returns. He asks her if she was ever approached by McIntyre after she deleted her Couple Corral profile and CJ, confused by the question, answers no. After a delicious dinner, Mordecai suggests dessert and calls over the waiter holding the gift box. When CJ gets a call from L'Wafflerie, she suggests they skip dessert and hastily excuses herself to go to the bathroom. Outside, McIntyre honks his car horn and asks Mordecai if he wants to meet a girl who doesn't have to go to the bathroom, angering Mordecai even more.

As Mordecai and CJ leave the restaurant, Mordecai secretly calls Rigby to tell him the dessert plan failed. He instructs Rigby to pick up the bracelet and bring it to the town square. He returns to CJ and suggests they cut over to Main Street. But CJ wants to stay on the block they're on since L'Wafflerie is right across the street. Suddenly, Mordecai challenges CJ to a race to the square. In a panic, CJ calls Eileen and tells her to pick up the waffle cake and bring it to the square.

After beating Mordecai in their foot race, CJ says they should make a wish in the fountain. Mordecai secretly waves for Rigby to come over and wishes for a cute girlfriend who likes him back. As his coin falls into the fountain, McIntyre's blimp flies over and he tells Mordecai to dump CJ. Mordecai tells CJ they should get out of here and guides her away from the fountain, causing Rigby to lose sight of him. As Rigby grumbles, Eileen walks up with the waffle cake. They discover that they're each doing a favor for Mordecai and CJ and come up with a plan.

Next to the Koffee Kiosk, Mordecai and CJ both excuse themselves to call Rigby and Eileen, who tells them to come to the pier by the waterfront. When they get there, they find a romantic table setting with their presents on the table. They both realize this was why the other was acting weird all night and laugh, while Rigby and Eileen watch from a hiding spot.

CJ says this is the most romantic date she's ever been on, and she and Mordecai move in for a kiss. All of a sudden, something crashes into the pier, and McIntyre's submarine rises out of the water. McIntyre climbs out of the hatch and tells Mordecai he has one last chance to break up with CJ. Finally fed up, Mordecai asks why he's trying to break them up when Couple Corral set them up in the first place. McIntyre says he's gone bankrupt because Couple Corral's subscribers, now in happy relationships, have all unsubscribed. CJ suggests McIntyre sells his stuff, but he refuses and takes out a bazooka. When he fires a missile at CJ, Mordecai pushes her out of the way. The explosion sends Mordecai flying onto the nearby beach.

When McIntyre asks CJ to rejoin Couple Corral, CJ gets enraged and turns into a massive storm cloud. Screaming at McIntyre to leave them alone, she strikes the pier with lightning, causing McIntyre's car to fall onto a gas tank. The bull horns-shaped hood ornament flies into McIntyre's blimp, and the blimp crashes onto McIntyre's submarine, killing him.

On the beach, a devastated CJ cries over Mordecai's seemingly dead body. When her tears splash on his face, he regains consciousness. His gift to CJ had shielded him from the missile's blast. As a result of the blast, the bracelet's various charms became welded into a crude-looking heart. CJ puts the bracelet on and says she loves it; Mordecai responds "I thought that you would." She thinks her gift for Mordecai got destroyed, but Mordecai says it's okay because his wish came true. They share a kiss as the sun rises.

Elsewhere, Eileen gives the recovered waffle cake to Rigby. Upon sampling the cake, Rigby says he loves it, and Eileen responds "I thought that you would."

Characters

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * CJ
 * Eileen
 * Benson
 * Matchmaker McIntyre (antagonist)

Trivia

 * After the events of "Fancy Restaurant", the Bistro en le Parc is under new management as shown on the restaurant's sign.
 * The charms (that represents some of the things Mordecai and CJ did when they first met in "Yes Dude Yes")  on the charm bracelet that Mordecai is planning to give to CJ are: a shopping cart, a laser gun, a cloud butt, a rollerskate, a video game controller, a grilled cheese sandwich, a go-kart, an alligator, and an air hockey mallet.
 * The rock polisher that Eileen wanted to show to Rigby in "Skips in the Saddle" appears when CJ called Eileen to help her on her date.
 * CJ has a smartphone in this episode. While Mordecai's smartphone is black, her phone is white.
 * This is the final episode of Season 5, as well as the last episode of 2014. Season 6 will premire in January of 2015.

Gallery


The gallery of "Real Date" can be found here.