Gut Model


 * This article is about the episode. For the occupation, see here.

Gut Model is the eighteenth episode of season three (of season three and fifty-eighth episode overall) of Regular Show.

Synopsis
Muscle Man quits his job as a groundskeeper to work as a gut model.

Plot
The episode starts with Muscle Man saying that it is the day that 5 years ago, he started to work at the park and he is having a celebration at Fry it Up in honor of this accomplishment. However, everyone coincidentally has plans that same day (Mordecai and Rigby planning on hanging out with Margaret and Eileen, Skips, Pops, and Benson going lawn bowling, and Hi Five Ghost going to see his brother Low Five Ghost graduate from the police academy, with no choice) so Muscle Man goes by himself to Fry it Up, angrily uninviting everyone.

At Fry it Up, a miserable Muscle Man orders some food, while two nearby agents from Mommy Monthly go over to Muscle Man and tell him that he could be a gut model for their magazine because he looks exactly like a pregnant woman. Muscle Man isn't sure at first, but then he remembers that everyone at the park didn't go to Fry it Up with him and was still feeling resentful towards them, so he then reconsiders. The next day, Muscle Man tells all of the groundskeepers that he is quitting his job at the park to become a gut model. Surprised by this, Muscle Man sees that everyone is happy for him instead of begging for him not to leave, causing Muscle Man to be unsure and hesitant.

Muscle Man then says to Filbert & Mulligan that he will take the job and he starts immediately after agreeing. However, Filbert & Mulligan, only call Muscle Man by his real name, Mitch and do not like how he's acting on the job by joking around and giving high fives. So they tell him to stop doing it and they also say that Muscle Man should make himself known in the Gut Model industry by debuting at the park.

During the debut at the park, Muscle Man, tries talking to Benson, Mordecai, Rigby (Seeing if the two friends were about to play a prank on him) and Hi Five Ghost, about what he's going to do, to see if they would show any signs of them not wanting him to leave, but with no success, causing Muscle Man to become frustrated at everyone being happy for him, rather than being sorry for him leaving. To make matters worse, after Muscle Man had signed the contract, he realises that he would become a Gut Model for life and as a result, he takes off his Gut Model shirt and turns the party into complete chaos.

During the out-of-control rampage, he accidentally forms the Grease Monster, a very destructive fry-greased monster, by throwing random objects into the deep fryers. Almost getting attacked by the monster, Hi Five Ghost saves Muscle Man by morphing into a shield and Muscle Man then starts venting out his anger over the thought that the groundskeepers are not his friends and wouldn't care if he left. The reason why everybody was happy for him is because that they didn't want to get in the way of his new job life, to which Muscle Man admits that he in fact, never wanted to be a gut model, as he just wanted to hear the workers say that they needed him, because they didn't go with him to Fry it Up.

They all say that they do need him and that it wouldn't be the same without him, even his best friend Hi Five Ghost, who says that them not going, was simply bad timing. Muscle Man sees the monster attack his friends, so he exits Hi Five's shield form and throws himself into the grease monster. Afterwards, Muscle Man, covered in hardened, hot grease, believes that he saved everyone but Mordecai explains he just gave them time to get to safety, as firefighters had arrived to put an end to the monster, by spraying breadcrumbs. Filbert and Mulligan, then tear up the contract, meaning that Muscle Man, will continue working at the park, to which they all have some laughs, but Muscle Man has difficulty doing so, as it hurts for him to smile, due to the hard grease.

Main Characters

 * Muscle Man
 * Hi Five Ghost
 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Skips
 * Benson
 * Pops

Minor Characters

 * Filbert &amp; Mulligan (semi-antagonists)
 * Grease Monster (antagonist)
 * Low Five Ghost (mentioned)
 * Margaret (mentioned)
 * Eileen (mentioned)

Trivia

 * This is the first time Muscle Man is the main protagonist in the episode since Death Metal Crash Pit from Terror Tales of the Park.
 * This is the second time Muscle Man's obesity has been referred to as a "gut." The first was Go Viral, with Melon Gut.
 * Due to Hall of Game Awards airing, it pushed this episode's airdate back to March.
 * This is the first time Muscle Man has been referred to by his real name "Mitch" since Terror Tales of the Park, and the first time his last name, Sorrenstein, was mentioned since Muscle Woman.
 * Hi Five Ghost speaks more lines in this episode than any other episode (so far).
 * This episode reveals Hi Five Ghost's ability to act as a shield.
 * This is the second time Muscle Man leaves the park to get a different job. The first was Under the Hood.
 * This is the first time Muscle Man calls Skips, Pops, and Benson losers.
 * This is the second time Pops is called a loser. The first was Rap It Up.
 * This is the second time Muscle Man calls Hi Five Ghost a loser. The first was Jinx.
 * This is the first episode that Benson doesn't turn red and never gets very angry since Skips Strikes.
 * This is the second time Hi Five Ghost stated Muscle Man is his best friend. The first was See You There.
 * This is the fourth time that Mordecai, Rigby, Margaret, and Eileen have done something together. The first was Do Me a Solid, the second was Camping Can Be Cool and the third was Butt Dial.
 * This is one of the few episodes where Hi Five Ghost gets a major role in the episode.
 * Hi Five Ghost is shown to be a true friend for how he helped Muscle Man and what he would be like without Muscle Man.
 * When Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost talk before Muscle Man gets on stage, the intro of Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison plays in the background.
 * When Muscle Man goes on a rampage at the party, he yells "It's my party and I'll fry if I want to!" This is an allusion to the Lesley Gore hit, It's My Party.

Goofs

 * The shirt that Muscle Man wears in the party have a space between the "n" and the "t" in the word "Monthly" that make it sounds "Mommy Mon thly."
 * Muscle Man gets fry near the end by the Grease Monster, why someone of the park employees calls a ambulance for him?

Gallery


The gallery for Gut Model can be found here.