Brilliant Century Duck Crisis Special

"Brilliant Century Duck Crisis Special" is the twenty-fourth episode of season six (and one-hundred and seventy seventh episode overall) of Regular Show. It aired on April 9, 2015.

Synopsis
The guys want to get rid of a very large bird in the park.

Plot
This section is currently under construction.

Beginning: The beginning shows the gang in an "anime-themed" opening.

The episode begins with Mordecai and Rigby watching Carter and Briggs, until it gets interrupted by a PlayCo commercial, advertising their latest Carter and Briggs action figures. Mordecai and Rigby have the figures in their hands and they express how cheaply made they are and how they weren't worth the 15$. They demonstrate their bad quality by attempting to play with them. Some parts break off and land in Benson's food (which was nearby), before he yells at them for ruining his meal. Pops comes running into the house, crying, and talks about a prehistoric creature who attacked him outside. Mordecai and Rigby think it's a dinosaur; however, Benson tells them it's not and rounds up everyone to investigate.

The whole gang is hiding in a bush observing the creature. Skips identifies it as a Cassowary, a dangerous and aggressive bird. Benson tells Mordecai and Rigby that it's their responsibility, and to get rid of it or they're fired. After unsuccessfully attempting to chase it away, Mordecai and Rigby call the Baby Ducks. Once the ducks arrive, a limo arrives, revealing the owner of PlayCo and his assistant. The Baby Ducks react negatively to them, explaining how they kept pressuring them to sign a contract to give their likenesses for a new action figure representing them. The owner butts in, and asks Mordecai and Rigby to sign as well (since they are part of the Hyperduck form).

They refuse, stating that they aren't sell-outs, before the assistant opens up a case revealing $100 dollars. Mordecai and Rigby still stand their ground, and the owner seems to understand their hesitation, offering to show them the prototypes of the toys they want to sell. Mordecai and Rigby investigate the toys, noticing the terrible qualitiy. After refusing again, Benson bursts out of the house, commanding Mordecai and Rigby to sign, thinking that it will benefit them greatly, even if they become sell-outs. Mordecai and Rigby are furious and continue to refuse, with the approval of the whole gang except for Benson. The owner becomes angry and blackmails them. After being turned down yet again, the owner calls in two more limos, with the Full-Grown Geese making a return. They taunt the Ducks, before combining into a Mega-Goose, collaborating with the Cassowary. Shortly after, the Ducks and Mordecai and Rigby combine, before the whole gang joins in. The two opponents begin fighting, before Andy (the Ducks' long lost brother) joins in.

During a fierce battle, despite the gang's trying their best not to sign the contract, the combination Geese and Playco Boss are too powerful for them. Carter and Briggs also join in, but are too weak. Apparently, while the Geese proclaim the Ducks a "villain," the gang witness the contract and insist that the ducks are heroes while the geese are the villains. This causes the Geese to change sides and destroy the owner for tricking them.

Despite the devastation they have brought about, the park members are oblivious to the fact that Earth is in ruins. Carter and Briggs are finally freed from their Playco contract, The Ducks and The Geese are now allies, and Andy has a date in Europa. The owner and his assistant are revealed to be alive, and as a last resort ask the gang if they would rather do a video game, to which they agree without hesitation.

Credits: The ending sequence shows most of the cast in their adventures.

Main Characters

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Baby Ducks
 * Benson
 * Pops
 * Skips
 * Muscle Man
 * Hi Five Ghost
 * Carter and Briggs
 * Andy
 * Playco Businessmen (antagonists until the end)
 * Geese (semi-antagonists until the end)
 * Cassowary (semi-antagonist)

Minor Characters

 * Astronauts (cameo)
 * Mother Duck (non-speaking cameo)

Songs

 * "Daybreak on a Rose~Petal" by Mutato Muzika and Owen Dennis.

Trivia

 * This episode is a half-hour special.

Episode Connections

 * The Baby Duck Fusion being hit into the moon may be a reference to the episode, "The Power" where Rigby used The Power to send baby ducks to the moon by singing "A bunch of baby ducks, send them to the moon".
 * The astronauts from "Grilled Cheese Deluxe" make a third appearance.
 * The same Geese from "A Bunch of Full Grown Geese" make an appearance after their supposed death.

Cultural References

 * The entire episode is filled with references to mecha animes and tokusatsu.
 * Benson's suit sequence was an obvious homage to Domone Kasshu's suit sequence in G Gundam.
 * The main character's mecha that appeared out of different geological places was similar to how in several tokusatsu shows such as Voltron/GoLionForce and Super Sentai/Power Rangers.
 * The Carter & Briggs formation being a police mecha is possibly in reference to the Delta Squad Megazord from Power Rangers SPD (originally the Dekaranger Robo from Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger)
 * The entire opening sequence is a parody of the opening of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * The title of the episode itself is a parody of Evangelion's Japanese name, Shin Seiki Evangerion, literally "Gospel of a New Century".
 * The suits everyone was wearing strongly resemble the Plugsuits from Evangelion.
 * For a brief moment in the opening, an image flashes that strongly resembles the transmutation circle used on Edward and Alphonse's mother in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise.
 * More transmutation circles can be seen coming out of Andy's eyes when he hooks his brain up to the Hyperduck.
 * The aforementioned transmutation circles from Andy's eyes could also be a reference to the Mangekyō Sharingan from Naruto, a technique that also creates similar patterns in the both of the user's eyes.
 * The "Galaxy sword" being bigger then the galaxy is a reference to Gurren Lagann's "Giga Drill".
 * Also, the scene where the Mega Geese and Hyperduck form together to create "Hyperduck - Kingbreaker White Lightning" is an obvious reference to the end of Gurren Lagann where all the members "Team Dai-Gurren" formed together with "Gurren Lagann" to create "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann" to defeat the Anti-Spiral.
 * Pops Robot Head blows up and flings a handlebar U shaped mustache onto the Mega Duck's face, is reference to Turn ∀ Gundam.
 * The scene where Mega-Goose punches Hyperduck across the face is a reference to the scene where GaoGaiGar punches Zonder in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar in the same fashion.
 * The opening narration could be reference to opening narration of the Pokémon anime series, such as when Pops is smelling a rose and James from Pokémon is also seen sniffing a rose in various episodes. In the same scene, Skips can be seen doing a pose similar to that of Kars from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, with both characters being muscular and near-immortal in some way.
 * The fusion with Andy may be a reference to Digimon, as the pose in which the Mega Duck is in is similar to official art of similar, robot humanoid Digimon. Said sequence could also be compared to a Digivolution.
 * When the Geese combined with the Moon, their design bared a great resemblance to Unicron and Galvatron from the Transformers franchise.
 * Mordecai's line "There's no such thing as a bad video game!" at the end may be a reference to Regular Show's first ever released game "Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land" and the game's bad ratings.
 * The episode also pokes fun at the actual CN toy line and the Regular Show figures that were released which also had limited articulation.

Errors

 * When Mordecai said the Playco toys can't stand up on their own, after the scene when the fake leg flies into Benson's bisque, the Carter and Brigs toys are standing up on their feet.

Gallery


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