Death Punchies

 

Death Punchies is the fifth episode of the first season of Regular Show. Attracting 1.980 million views, it currently stands as the eighth-most viewed season one episode

Summary
Mordecai and Rigby are about to play a video game, called Dig Champs. Rigby said it looked just like the cover (which it didn't) then Mordecai said they should play it. But Rigby said they should stretch their "hammies". However, Mordecai started it anyway. Then he picked player 1 but Rigby said that he wanted to be player 1 and not player 2 because he has the "sucky" pickaxe. Mordecai said they were the same then Rigby said that HE should be player 2. He also don't want to use the "sucky" pickaxe so they play punchies to see who gets to be it. Of course, Mordecai wins, as Rigby said that he is sick and tired of punchies but Mordecai said he doesn't beat anybody at punchies. Rigby said that he does beat people at punchies but Mordecai said that he doesn't. A flashback shows that Rigby has been beaten by Muscle Man, Pops, and even Skips, who made Rigby seriously injured by damaging one of his butt cheeks (making him be called the One-cheek Wonder). Rigby overreacts and trashes Mordecai's room, and he finds an ad on a phone book for a martial arts class. Despite the class being for self-defense, all Rigby wants to use the moves for is for revenge against Mordecai, which the sensei does not appreciate. Then he saw the death punch and wanted to use it, but the sensei said he is not pure of heart. Rigby said that the sensei is not pure of heart with the "crappy" mullet. Then the sensei gets mad and turned and said when he gets to 3 of death Rigby will be toast. However,Rigby steals the death punch from the book and learns to use it at first he tried it but it said he needed a mullet then he tried it again but still couldn't do it. He looked at the picture and realized he needed cut shorts and he did it. Rigby then conquers the park with his new punch and makes the inhabitants his slaves and also getting revenge on the ones who beat him, causing Mordecai to stop him and learn another Death Kwon Do move called the Death Block. He use the Death Block against Rigby’s Death Punch. However, their fight gets them trapped inside a lava pit. Rigby will not stop fighting until he beats Mordecai at punchies. Mordecai then remembers how many times he beat Rigby in punchies. In order to save themselves, Mordecai pretends that Rigby beat him, falling onto the ground and "moaning" in pain. Rigby stops punching, but now they are being surrounded by lava and are going to die. Mordecai has two moves that can get himself and Rigby out of the lava pit, the Death Dump and Death Jump. The Death Jump is chosen and and they make it out of the lava pit. Back at the house, he lets Rigby be player 1 in the video game they were playing earlier, Dig Champs. When Rigby loses on the first round in the first few seconds, he wants to be player 2 now as he did not know the snails in the game were bad.

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby (Antagonist)
 * Pops
 * Skips
 * Muscle Man
 * High-Five Ghost
 * Benson (Non-speaking, cameo)
 * Sensei

Trivia/Goofs

 * This episode may prove that Rigby and Muscle Man worked at the park before any of the other major characters did. The supposed scene with proof is seen in the montage of everyone beating Rigby at Punchies, where Muscle Man looks like a child or a teenager.
 * The scene with Rigby trying to Death Punch Mordecai for a while features Muscle Man with normal eyes watching the fight, even though his eyes are swelled up.
 * Running Gag: Rigby keep using the death punch on peoples.
 * The scene where Rigby death punches Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost may be a reference to Porkemon or The Power Rangers, due to the backround.
 * The video game system Mordecai and Rigby use to play Dig Champs closely resembles a Sega Master System.
 * This episode features the song "You're The Best" by Joe Esposito while Rigby is learning The Death Punch. The song originally played in The Karate Kid
 * This episode is rated TV-PG-V
 * When Mordecai approaches Rigby in his cutoffs and mullet, Rigby orders High-Five Ghost and Muscle Man to carry him down. Although, they began on the roof, it ended as if they had came out the front door.
 * It's revealed that Rigby's butt cheek was damaged by Skips when he played Punchies with him.
 * It's also revealed that they used to call him "The One Cheek Wonder".
 * At a few times, Skips, Pops, Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost are not visible on the roof during the battle at the ending of the episode.
 * When the episode aired in Telemundo English, two scenes were edited:
 * The scene showing Rigby's one-cheeked butt was deleted.
 * The part where Mordecai shows The Death Dump was removed and the part when Rigby says "Better go with the Death Jump" was shortened to him just saying "The Death Jump".
 * When Sensei shouts "NOOOO!" in this episode, he sounds exactly like The Master Prank Caller after Mordecai pranks him at the end of Prank Callers.
 * This is the second time Mordecai and Rigby wear clothing, the first was in The Power where they get black tuxedos.
 * This Episode is also a loose parody of Dragon Ball Z.

Quotes
Rigby - YOU'RE NEXT, MORDECAI!

Rigby: I want to be Player 1.

Muscle Man - (When he got hit with the death punch) Oh no Bro!

Mordecai - You better not be messing up my side of the room.

Rigby - I'LL KILL YOU!

Sensei - NOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Mordecai - Wheeeo! Wheeeo! Wheeeo! Quick, doctor! Both of these buttcheeks are unrecognizable! If we want anyone to see a butt in the future then we have to do a complete butt transplant, stat!

Rigby - Stop talking!

Mordecai - That's right! We use to call you the One Cheek Wonder! Dude, I'm bringing it back!

Rigby - You better not!

Muscle Man - Is that the One Cheek Wonder?? I hope he's not trying to play punchies with butt-cheeks like that.

Rigby: We're dead!

Mordecai: You think I only stole the Death Block. Which one do you want, the Death Jump or the Death Dump?

Rigby: Hmm, better go with the Death Jump.

Sensei: Yes, sir, I have the Death Jump and the Death Dump... NNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Mordecai: You'll fail, anyway.

Rigby: Just you see. (Player 1 dies. The words GAME OVER appear on the screen) I want to be Player 2.