Weekend at Benson's

Weekend at Benson's is the name of the twelfth episode of season three (and fifty-second episode overall) of Regular Show.

Plot
Mordecai and Rigby are changing a light bulb for a lamppost, a task that they are having difficulty with. Benson begrudgingly steps in to do it himself, in an obvious rush. The duo try to ask Benson what the rush is about, but get into an argument about who is annoying him, which causes Benson to fall off a ladder and lose consciousness. Wanting to avoid being fired, the duo place shades on Benson (to conceal his closed eyes) and drive him back to his apartment, hoping he won't remember anything that happened. They tape him around his waist to the cart after having previously fallen out, and the duo manage to pull off a conversation with Muscle Man, moving Benson's arms in respective gestures.

Right before they reach his home, Audrey, Benson's neighbor, comes out and asks Benson to come party with her. At first, the duo refuses to go, leaving Audrey disappointed, but Mordecai feels bad and tells Rigby that they will go to the party, and when Benson wakes up, he will think that he partied too hard, and won't suspect Rigby and Mordecai. They go to the party and they still manage to conceal the fact that Benson is unconscious.

During the party, Audrey's ex-boyfriend, Chuck, walks up and ridicules Benson by poking him. Mordecai uses Benson's hand to slap Chuck's drink, and make it spill all over his face. Angered by this, he reveals himself as "the Iron Stomach" (hence the "FE" on his shirt from the periodic table) and challenges Benson to a hot sauce eating contest. Benson's unconsciousness allows him to easily win against Chuck, who admits defeat. However, Chuck offers Benson a victory drink called the "Mississippi Queen," which looks particularly disgusting, made from things like leftover food. Right at that moment, Benson wakes up, and Rigby and Mordecai rush him into the bathroom.

Benson at first becomes outraged at Mordecai and Rigby, almost firing them, but then less so once he finds out that Audrey is cheering him on. As a result, Benson agrees to drink the Mississippi Queen, on the condition that Mordecai and Rigby drink it too, or be fired. Surprisingly, the drink was not spicy at all, but instead caused wild hallucinations with the drink's eponymous theme playing. The next morning, the three wake up on the ground in front of the house. Mordecai and Rigby would have been fired, had it not been for the "call me" note from Audrey taped to Benson.

Characters

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Benson
 * Audrey
 * Chuck (antagonist)

Minor Characters

 * Muscle Man
 * Dude (cameo)
 * Starla (mentioned)
 * The Bus Driver (cameo)
 * Sandles Girl
 * Margaret (cameo)
 * Eileen (cameo)

Trivia

 * On Benton Connor's formspring, he said this episode is going to be more like Ernest Goes to Camp than it is like Weekend At Bernie's. He also confirmed that he and Hilary Flordio are the storyboarders of this episode.
 * Although in Weekend at Bernie's, Bernie (Benson) dies and the two other guys (Mordecai and Rigby) want to party at his house. They put sunglasses on him and tape him to the seat car, and move his hands as if he were actually doing it.
 * Pops, Skips and Hi Five Ghost didn't appear in this episode.
 * This is the first episode where Benson made a threat to fire Mordecai and Rigby in Season Three. Also, this is the second time Benson fires Mordecai and Rigby (again, technically), the first time was in Really Real Wrestling.
 * Margaret and Eileen appear in this episode, but didn't have any lines.
 * Audrey's phone number is 555-0155.
 * Audrey also appears in Fortune Cookie.
 * Her phone number is the same number that's on the card in the episode A Bunch of Baby Ducks.
 * Chuck's shirt reads F.E., the chemical symbol for iron, hence him being "the Iron Stomach". Although technically, the chemical symbol is written as "Fe," from the Latin word for iron, ferrum. It is number 26 on the periodic table of elements.
 * One of the girls that help Party Pete from Party Pete appears in this episode during Benson's and Chuck's food challenge.
 * This title is a reference to the 1980s movie, Weekend at Bernie's. The plot element of Benson being unconscious is also a reference to the movie.
 * Starla is mentioned in this episode as she and Muscle Man are still dating. She seems to like jazz music as she was pumped up about going to the smooth jazz music.
 * Benson seems to be good with girls as he helped Muscle Man with his date.
 * The flame-headed taxi driver seemed to strongly resemble Ghost Rider from the Marvel series.
 * This is the second time that anybody in Regular Show has been knocked out. The first time being in Dizzy.
 * This is the second time that the Red Title screen has been seen.
 * Running Gag: Mordecai and Rigby keep on putting hot stuff in Benson's mouth.
 * At some points during the eating contest when Modecai and Rigby are putting hot stuff in Benson's mouth, you can see the animated J.G. Quintel from 2 in the AM PM in the background as part of the audience.
 * The song played during the guys' hallucination is Mississippi Queen by Mountain.

Gallery


The gallery for Weekend at Benson's can be viewed here.