First Day

''For the original pilot made for Cartoonstitute, click here. This page is about the season two episode.'' First Day is the twenty-fifth episode of the second season of Regular Show, an updated and extended version of the pilot episode. In this episode, Mordecai and Rigby get their job, and get into a fight over an old chair. It attracted 2.634 million viewers at its premiere, dethroning Rage Against the TV as the most-viewed episode of season two, and overall.

Plot
Mordecai and Rigby find a newspaper ad posted by Benson to get two groundskeepers. Mordecai and Rigby answer the advertisement to Pops, who gives them the job. They get their bedroom (which is empty at the time), and drink two cases of soda. They bring in a pile of old clothes, a blanket, a pillow, and an alarm clock. When they wake up the next morning, they act like how Doug acted when he got a job as a temp. (Mordecai and Rigby were very grateful.) When they realize there's one clean spoon left for cereal, they play punchies for it. And due to Rigby's lack of muscle, Mordecai wins the bowl of cereal and the spoon. Benson and Pops come in, carrying an old sofa, and Mordecai and Rigby follow them outside to claim the chair. Pops says that they are leaving the chair where the men whisk it away to Magic Trash City, but Benson simply says they are throwing it away. Benson drives away, leaving Mordecai and Rigby skeptical about the explanation. However, both find it uncomfortable, which explains why Benson explained that they were throwing it out. Mordecai and Rigby play Rock, Paper, Scissors for the couch. After tying for the one hundredth time, a black hole enters with a monster inside who begins to eat the chair. Mordecai and Rigby run for cover at the doorstep, but Rigby runs back when he sees the chair moving closer to the hole. Mordecai goes after Rigby, leaving Pops after both. Pops clings onto a lightpost while Mordecai clings onto Rigby who clings onto the chair. Pop's grip on the lightpost is released, but they are caught by Skips as they slid to their death. Skips tells everybody to pass on the message of holding on, but when Mordecai says it he sees that Rigby has his head inside the hole! Benson drives the cart slowly, pulling Rigby out, but it hits the garage. Benson tells the two to end the tie, and Mordecai tells Rigby his move and despite Rigby's doubts, they throw one final time.

Afterward, the black hole is gone and the park is a mess. Mordecai asks Rigby if he won, but Rigby replies that he probably failed to hold onto the chair, but it is still remaining, one side horribly burnt. Benson screams at the two to flip the cart over, throw out the chair, and clean up the entire mess or they were fired. Benson, Pops, and Skips leave leaving the two. They play a game of rock, paper, scissors for who to drive the car, ending the episode.

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Benson
 * Pops
 * Skips
 * Muscle Man
 * High-Five Ghost
 * Margaret (Cameo)
 * Monster (Antagonist)

Differences from the original

 * Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost appear earlier in the episode, and Muscle Man says a "my mom" joke and he, Pops, and High-Five Ghost laugh.
 * Margaret is seen working out, running. Her partner, Eileen however, is gone. It's possible that she didn't have a job at The Coffee Shop at this time.
 * Added an intro scene that showed Mordecai and Rigby arriving on a bus.
 * In the intro scene, Pops gave Mordecai and Rigby a butter scotch ripple lolipop.
 * In the end of the pilot, Mordecai asks Rigby to play rock-paper-scissors for who to drive the cart. In this episode, Rigby asks Mordecai.
 * Mordecai and Rigby sketch out before they play.
 * Mordecai and Rigby are shown in their rooms at the beginning.
 * Mordecai and Rigby are shown waking up.
 * Rigby tells Pops he should throw the chair out at one point, and Pops says he was.
 * Mordecai comments that the chair looks awesome.
 * There is an added ending where Mordecai and Rigby say they won't ever screw the job up again.
 * Mordecai asks Rigby how are they playing Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Trivia

 * This episode is a remake of the show's original pilot episode.
 * In the pilot Rigby states "Those rooms aren't cool, there's nothing in them. I had to sleep on the floor last night." ﻿meaning that they had seperate rooms in the pilot but they share a room in the show.
 * In the episode it's said that Benson was originally supposed to be the "immortal" one but Skips took that role but here he tells Mordecai and Rigby that "You have to break the tie!" a scene that should have been cut in order to keep the show canon.
 * When Mordecai and Rigby end the tie, Rigby throws paper to Mordecai's rock, implying that Rigby could have won the longest-ever game of rock, paper, scissors.
 * This episode marks the fact that the first person on the show to say something is Mordecai: "Uggghhh..."
 * Also, Skips asks Benson "What do we dooooo?", meaning he didn't know, even though he states "I know everything".
 * 6 clips are added to this episode.
 * Muscle Man told a "my mom" joke in this episode; he hasn't told one since Muscle Woman.
 * Pops thinks Muscle Man's "my mom" jokes are funny in this episode.
 * This episode is now the most viewed of all time; over 2.6 million people watched its premiere
 * It plays "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins, the Theme from the 1980 comedy golf movie, Caddyshack
 * This is the first licensed-music episode since High Score.
 * In this episode, the video game console is already in the house before Mordecai and Rigby are hired. In previous episodes, it is implied that they bought the system themselves.