Under the Hood

Under the Hood is the name of the eleventh episode of season three (and fifty-first episode overall) of Regular Show. It premiered on December 12, 2011, receiving 2.324 million views.

Plot
It begins with Benson ordering Mordecai and Rigby to clean graffiti off the wall. Muscle Man is then accused of the vandalism by the "orange paint" all over him (which is really wing sauce). Mordecai and Rigby call Benson and blame it on Muscle Man, despite his objections. Benson then fires Muscle Man, but Hi Five Ghost sacrifices his own job as well to stay with Muscle Man. Later, Mordecai and Rigby spot the real vandal, hastily covering over the duo's recent paint job, but they are unable to catch him.

They quickly run to Benson and describe the man to him, but Benson thinks they are lying because they feel bad. Mordecai and Rigby then go see Skips (who's also eating some chicken wings) and he explains that the graffiti artist is Park Avenue, a young graffiti artist who strikes without warning and vanishes with the wind, and Mordecai and Rigby are left helpless and decide they must catch the artist themselves. When Skips asks where is Muscle Man, Rigby says that Muscle Man went to live his dream---as a comedian. Muscle Man tells a "my mom" joke on stage, but instantly gets kicked off.

Meanwhile, Mordecai and Rigby begin hunting down Park Avenue, but Park Avenue keeps on disappearing when they try to catch him. Soon, the entire park is covered in Park's graffiti, and they meet up with Muscle Man who is trying to sell HFG's scooter for money. Mordecai and Rigby don't take it and Muscle Man begins to walk away when Mordecai asks him for the spray paint. They then use the spray paint to create a diversion, by painting themselves orange and blending in with the wall they re-painted earlier (they painted this wall orange like themselves to attract Park Avenue). Their plan works, as Park Avenue comes up to re-paint it. At that moment, Mordecai and Rigby reveal their camoflauged positions and attack Park Avenue. And when Mordecai removes his hoodie, they are both shocked to find that Park Avenue is a walking can of spray paint. Stunned by this, PA escapes by creating a portal theat he uses to travel to a place filled with his graffiti. Mordecai and Rigby chase him, and are soon attacked by PA's graffiti monsters. When the duo escapes, they are in a supposedly empty white room. They soon start crashing into a bunch of stuff, and Rigby angrily sprays the area around him with the paint, to reveal a TV and Futton, as well as a bunch of other furniture. as they continue to do this, Park Avenue comes up, criticizing them for painting his house, and making it into a mess. Mordecai demand that he comes back to the surface, and admits that he is responsible for the graffiti, and to stop painting the park. At first, he says no, but quickly changes his mind when Rigby starts painting the walls once more.

After Park Avenue comes back to the surface, and explains that he did the graffiti, and tells why he did it, Benson tells him that he is going to call the police for what Park Avenue did. PA then tries to escape, but gets stuck mid-way through the portal (mostly because it wasn't big enough). Benson then gives the keys back to Muscle Man and HFG, and tells Mordecai and Rigby that they need to clean up ALL the graffiti. As Benson walks away, Mordecai asks Rigby if he wants to get some chicken wings at Wing Kingdom, the same place Muscle Man had gotten his wings earlier in the episode.

Characters

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby
 * Muscle Man
 * Hi Five Ghost
 * Skips
 * Benson
 * Pops (cameo)

Minor Characters

 * Park Avenue (antagonist)
 * Graffiti Monsters (semi-antagonists)

Trivia

 * The area inside the portal looks like the picture for the title screen in the opening of Regular Show, as all other dimensions do.
 * This is the second time Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost are fired. The first time was in Don when Muscle Man made a "my mom" joke.
 * This is the second episode with invisible furniture. The first was in It's Time.
 * This is the first time that minor characters did not laugh at Muscle Man's "my mom" joke (probably because it wasn't funny).
 * Pops can be seen in the background of the graffiti montage.
 * When Mordecai and Rigby are going inside the portal, they're covered in orange head to tail. But when they come out, their colors reappear and the orange is gone.
 * At the end, Mordecai agrees to eat hot wings with Rigby. This is the second time Mordecai would be eating another bird. The first instance was in Dizzy, when he was shown eating a drumstick at the reception.
 * This is the first time the Coffee Shop has been shown with Muscle Man in it, and the first time that either Margaret or Eileen have not been seen/referenced in connection with the Coffee Shop.
 * This is the final episode of 2011.
 * When Benson asks Muscle Man if he did the graffiti, there is a building behind Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson but when the can of spray paint falls out of Muscle Man's pocket, there is no building.
 * This is the only episode (so far) to have a title that starts with the letter U.
 * Mordecai and Rigby covered in orange to trick Park Avenue is similar to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, in the Looney Tunes Show's episode, The Jailbird and Jailbunny, when they cover themselves in blonde so that everyone could know that they look different.
 * Pops is spray painted to look like an aquarium.
 * This is the second time Muscle Man calls Mordecai and Rigby clowns. The first was Go Viral.
 * This is the first time Muscle Man says Hi Five Ghost's full name.


 * Goof: When Bat-Zipper comes to life, its hands disappear.
 * Goof: When Mordecai and Rigby first see Park Avenue, he sprays the side of the building with orange paint, but when Mordecai and Rigby watch him run off, the paint on the building's side is gone.


 * Goof: Park Avenue's voice suddenly changes when he goes in his house from when he said "it ends now."

Gallery
{C The gallery for Under the Hood can be viewed here.