Just Set Up the Chairs

Just Set Up the Chairs is the second episode of season one of Regular Show. When it first aired, it was watched by 1.903 million viewers worldwide.

Synopsis
Mordecai and Rigby are determined to prove to Benson that they are not slackers by setting up chairs for a child's birthday party.

Plot
The park has a birthday party scheduled, and everyone has jobs to do. Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost are in charge of picking up the special entertainment, Skips must inflate the the bouncy castle, and Benson needs to pick up the children. All that is left is for Mordecai and Rigby to set up the chairs for the party, as Benson cannot trust them with something important. In order to prove that they are reliable, the duo agree to finish the boring job of setting up the chairs without slacking off in exchange for not setting up the chairs next time.

Once they start, Mordecai wants to finish the job and Rigby wants to slack off, causing conflict, but Mordecai talks Rigby into continuing by reminding him that next time they might be picking up the special entertainment. They run out of chairs with several still left to set up, meaing that they have to knock down the storage room door to find more. This room is filled with old arcade games, which they play instead of finishing their work. Mordecai wins them all as Rigby just mashes buttons.

After trying all the games at the front of the room, they see one at the back behind a tarp that is marked out of order. A note inside the machine reads, "In the name of all that is holy, don't connect the red wire to the blue wire. Thank you." Rigby does it anyway, unleashing a demon known as the Destroyer of Worlds who begins creating chaos and destroying the park, even killing the special entertainment and attacking the children.

With help from Skips - who is angry that Mordecai and Rigby ignored his note - the duo form a giant arcade graphics robot designed to fight the Destroyer of Worlds in which each of them are controlling one body part. However, Skips is knocked out, and Mordecai goes off to set up the rest of the chairs, leaving Rigby to control the robot all by himself. In order to save Mordecai, Rigby's excessive button mashing is powerful enough to destroy the Destroyer of Worlds and save the day.

Mordecai then congratulates Rigby on a job well done, even praising his button mashing abilities. Rigby is glad he has proved his skills, but the moment ends quickly as a furious Benson comes out and confronts the two. They have, however, managed to set up the chairs.

Benson angrily them that's the last time that he assigned them to something important such as the chairs. They are thrilled that they don't have to set up the chairs next time, but they are given a new assignment: sweeping up the ashes of the special entertainment. The two agree to get to it, but they decide that they were gonna take a break first.

Character Appearances

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

Minor Characters

 * Special Entertainment
 * Destroyer of Worlds (antagonist)
 * Lemon Chef (hero)

Trivia

 * Though this was the second episode aired, it was actually the fourth produced, as shown by the production code (104).


 * This episode confirms Pops' birthday, which is the day "The Power" took place, September 6.


 * The arcade games Mordecai and Rigby play are mildly similar to Namco games like Pac-Man, Galaga, and Rally-X.


 * When the screen fades at the end, it makes the same sound Jumpman (now named Mario) makes when he jumps in Donkey Kong for the Nintendo 64 console.


 * The music played when Mordecai and Rigby release the Destroyer of Worlds is similar to the music played in Super Contra when you are facing a boss.


 * The Destroyer of Worlds turns into a cherry, and the Lemon Chef eats it, which is similar to what Pac-Man does in Pac-Man.

Goofs

 * ¨The Special Entertainment are seen with a lock on their door, but when the horse opens the door for Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost, locks are heard unlocking, but the lock disappears.
 * When Rigby tries to play arcade games, the game Lemonade Stand has two buttons in the back and one in the front. Later, it has one in the back and two in the front.

Gallery


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