Rage Against the TV

Rage Against the TV, is the twentieth episode of Regular Show, and the eighth episode of the second season. Cartoon Network aired it on February 14, 2011. It currently stands as the second most-viewed season two episode at 2.587 million views, and the second most-viewed episode overall, beating This is My Jam and just behind First Day.

Summary
Mordecai and Rigby are playing a new video game where a heroic duo have to stop a dastardly gang. They get to the point where they try to defeat a boss they couldn't beat before, and this day, they miraculously do. They reach the boss level, and confront the game's boss, "the Hammer", who is powerful enough to get rid of 1 of Mordecai and Rigby's lives with a single punch. As it looks hopeless, they find out the Hammer's 1 weakness: getting hit with furniture. But, when they almost defeat the Hammer, the TV's screen suddenly turns black for an unknown reason, and it won't show the game without Mordecai banging on it.

Realizing they need another TV to play the game, they try to go to Skips for help, but he doesn't have a TV, and tells them to go to Pops; however, Pops doesn't have a TV either, but thinks an old-fashioned radio is a suitable replacement. They decide to get help from Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost by using their TV, and by describing what the Hammer looks like, they agree to help, but only to see Mordecai and Rigby win against the Hammer; unfortunately, they break it when they forget to unplug the cable plug and Muscle Man drops it, causing it to break. Now with Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost tagging along, they go to their last hope for a TV: Benson's place. Unfortunately, Benson won't let them use his TV.

The group sees a commercial about a TV store handing out cheap (or free) TVs (TV Store Warehouse); however, nearly all of the TVs are expensive, and the only TV that is cheap is a small TV that has no color & sound, much to their dismay. Still, this is the only way to play the game on a TV, so they take it as a payment for Muscle Man helping the employee. Yet the TV is difficult to wire in the game console, so they must use parts from every other machine and also get Skips's help, and they manage to get the game to appear on the TV. It causes a blackout through the whole city, and the TV machine and everything plugged into it comes to life and creates a blue holographic body around it, forming the Hammer.

The Hammer starts beating up everybody, even killing the employee who gave them the small TV, walking in on the fight with another TV; but then, Mordecai (with a black eye) remembers The Hammer's one weakness: being hit with furniture, so he told everyone to throw a piece of furniture at The Hammer, and his face turns back to the game, where Mordecai and Rigby get their characters to beat The Hammer with furniture and they manage to win the game. This causes the power to be restored throughout the city. The group are celebrating their victory when Benson comes with his TV to watch his shows, but when he sees the house becoming a wreck and everybody looking injured, he silently leaves and closes the door behind them, looking rather disturbed. When he leaves, everybody goes back to celebration mode, and give each a big high-five.

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Benson
 * Skips
 * Pops
 * Muscle Man
 * High-Five Ghost

Minor Characters

 * Karate Duo (Heroes)
 * Triple Thugs
 * Big Pink Monster
 * The Hammer (Antagonist)
 * Jimmy

Trivia

 * This episode was originally called "Race Against the TV".
 * Benson lives in an apartment and Muscle Man and High-Five live in their own trailer, so Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops are the only ones who live at the house.
 * It was revealed in this episode that Benson's apartment number is 1635.
 * This episode aired on Valentine's Day, even though it was kind of an action episode.
 * After Mordecai, Rigby, Pops, Skips, Muscle Man, and High Five Ghost beat The Hammer, Mordecai and Rigby have to beat him in the game; when they do, the screen of the tv is back in color.
 * The game that Mordecai and Rigby are playing has a style similiar to Battletoads, Double Dragon,, Streets of Rage, and 'Final Fight.
 * The name of the episode is a reference to the rap metal band Rage Against the Machine.
 * This is one of the rare time we see Pops violent; the first time was "Dizzy", when he yelled at Mordecai and Rigby that he doesn't want to leave Dizzy World.
 * When playing the game, Mordecai is the man with the blue pants as Rigby is the man with the red pants; this is known when Mordecai yells that Rigby is cornered and reacts by swinging a piece of furniture.
 * This is the second time Mordecai and Rigby release a video game character; the first was "Just Set Up the Chairs".
 * The video game console is similar to a Sega Master System and the controllers are similar to NES controllers.
 * On the HD feed, this episode on its original run was rated TV-PG-V, but after it reran, and premiered on the SD feed, it was TV-PG.
 * Running Gags: Mordecai and Rigby keep on trying to find a new TV, Muscle Man doubting that Mordecai and Rigby would ever defeat the Hammer.
 * This is the second time that Benson's apartment is shown.