Fortune Cookie

''This article is about the episode. For the food, see here.''

Fortune Cookie is the thirteenth episode of season three (and fifty-third episode overall) of Regular Show.

Plot
All the park workers gather at a Chinese restaurant that Benson picked out of random in celebration of his good luck. Rigby, however, is less enthusiastic at his loss of stuff that caused Benson's good mood. After a copious meal (one that Rigby hardly participated in), fortune cookies are handed out. Rigby, getting a fortune showing even more bad luck, decides to swap his fortune with that of Benson's, which shows him getting good luck.

As the day progresses, Rigby is getting impossibly lucky at Rock, Paper, Scissors, random pizza/cash drops, even beating games that he is terrible at (without even touching the game itself). Meanwhile, Benson is getting impossibly unlucky, enduring uncountable bee stings and beatings, all leading up to him losing his car, paycheck, and apartment.

Mordecai is upset, even frustrated at how Rigby is cheating, constantly reminding him of his stolen luck. Mordecai decides to tell Benson, who has crawled back to card playing to try and re-kindle his luck. Unfortunately, Benson gambled away the Park to a warlock ('the guy with the fanny pack'), who opened his fanny pack to collect his winnings.

Right when the Park is on the brink of being taken away, Mordecai finds Rigby and telling him to switch the fortune because Benson's luck is getting so bad it's going to destroy the park. Rigby decides enough is enough and forcibly swaps fortunes with Benson, restoring both person's luck to their original places. It was revealed at the end that, earlier in the restaurant, Muscle Man switched his fortune cookie with Rigby's, thus giving Rigby the bad fortune that he would give to Benson.

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby (Antagonist)
 * Benson
 * Skips
 * Warlock (Antagonist)

Minor characters

 * Audrey (cameo)
 * Dante (Gaming Monthly man)
 * Waiter
 * The Waitresses
 * The Bus Driver
 * The Janitor
 * Thugs
 * Muscle Man (Antagonist at the end)
 * Hi Five Ghost (Antagonist at the end)
 * Pops

Trivia

 * Audrey appears in this episode, which is the first time a minor character appears in two episodes back-to-back.
 * Multiple "bad luck symbols" are showed in this episode:
 * Crossing a black cat
 * Walking under a ladder
 * Stepping on a crack
 * Breaking a mirror
 * Strangely, these all happened to Benson in less than 10 seconds, in reference to his "fortune".
 * This is the second time Benson is naked, the first is Brain Eraser.
 * This is the second time that Benson was extremely mad at just Rigby and not Mordecai, the first time was Temp Check.
 * This is the second time Mordecai mentions that Rigby is really bad at video games, the first was Temp Check.
 * This is the second time Muscle Man is shown playing video games, the first time was in My Mom.
 * This is the third time Mordecai drives the cart without his privileges, the first was Cruisin', and the second was Weekend at Benson's.
 * Goof: When everyone finishes their food, Rigby is seen looking full but says he hasn't gotten his food yet.
 * This is the second time Rigby mentions that Mordecai is jealous, the first time was It's Time, at the fortune episode Rigby is the secondary antagonist in this episode
 * When Rigby says he is going to dry off, the fortune cookies are on the table, but when he comes back he mentions how happy he is they arrived.
 * At the end of the episode during the back story, the fortune cookies are not there when Rigby goes to dry off, but in the beginning they were.
 * In the credits, High Five Ghost's name is spelled as "Hi Five Ghost"
 * In the credits, High Five Ghost's name is spelled as "Hi Five Ghost"

Gallery


The gallery for Fortune Cookie can be viewed here.