This Is My Jam

This Is My Jam is the thirteenth episode of season two (and twenty-fifth episode overall) of Regular Show, It premiered on March 28, 2011 and generated 2.518 million views (up 769,000 from the last episode), becoming the third most-viewed episode overall, beating out The Unicorns Have Got To Go but under Rage Against the TV.

Plot
Mordecai and Rigby are cleaning the gutter of the house and Mordecai wanted the gloves because his hands were dirty, but Rigby said that he won the gloves when they were playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Then when Rigby hosed off the leaves, he found an old music tape. At first Mordecai wants to see how far he can throw it, but Rigby wants see what band it is. Mordecai rubs the dirt off and the tape says Solid Bold (band), alongside the song ("Summertime Loving, Loving In the Summer (Time)"). Rigby wants to listen to it because it was his favorite song when he was younger, or his "jam", but Mordecai says the song sucks. Rigby said that Mordecai enjoyed it too, but only back in junior high school, but Rigby still wants to listen to it so Mordecai agrees (he only listens to it just so he can take a break). But Mordecai quickly can't stand the song and Rigby likes it at first, but then he dislikes it later.

Mordecai and Rigby then go off to have lunch, but Rigby starts singing the song without him knowing it. As the day goes on, Rigby keeps singing the song, constantly annoying Mordecai. Mordecai cannot stand it anymore, so he decides that he should listen to the band called "Brain Explosion" but the song puts Rigby to sleep. Then he thinks that if they listen to the song some more, the song will eventually drain out of Rigby's head. Mordecai still can't stand the song and leaves the room quickly, leaving Rigby having to listen to the song over and over.

Eventually, when Mordecai comes back, Rigby says the song is still stuck in his head. Mordecai tries to think of another plan that Rigby should listen to loud objects, but it doesn't work. Then while Mordecai starts thinking of another plan, he hears the Summertime song and tells Rigby to stop playing the tape, but he turns around and sees him levitating from the ground, waves pouring from his mouth, as though he were possessed to sing the song. Mordecai eventually goes to Skips for help. Skips punches Rigby into a wall to see if it will get out of his head, but Rigby says that it didn't work. Skips proclaims he can do nothing in a situation like this so said that Rigby should sleep it off. While Rigby sleeps, he dreams he is being attacked by the Summertime song, but he then gets the tape literally out of his head, and then wakes up and finds out that the song is no longer in his head.

Happy that the song is no longer in his head, Rigby goes to Mordecai and shakes him awake and then, Rigby told him that he can no longer hear the song in his head. Mordecai was glad that "Summertime Loving" was out of Rigby's head and they never have to listen to it again. But the situation has actually gotten worse, as the song did leave Rigby's head, but it manifested itself into a physical form, taking the form of a music tape with arms and legs with big, red sunglasses singing the Summertime song. Mordecai thinks that if they ignore the song, it will probably get sick of them and leave. But the song doesn't go away, and goes on annoying everyone at the park, especially Benson.

Finally, Mordecai and Rigby can't take it anymore, and decide that they should write an even more cheesy, catchy, and repetitive song to get rid of it. Mordecai and Rigby ask Pops to distract it. Out in the garage, they come up with the lyrics and Skips appears with his bass. Mordecai asks Skips how he knew they were writing a song to get rid of the summertime song. Skips says he knows everything, but he was in the bathroom and overheard them talking about it. Mordecai decides to play guitar, Rigby decides to play tambourine, Skips plays bass, Pops plays keyboard and Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost play trumpet. As the gang starts playing their song (Aw, Snap), they start losing against the Summertime Lovin' song because of its catchier tune. Eventually, Benson arrives to help and shows his amazing skills as a drummer, giving the group "a beat" and more strength. Their "Aw, Snap" song outmatches the Summertime song and it blows up due to extreme pressure. As the group started celebrating victory, they learn the horrible fact that Rigby now has "Aw Snap" stuck in his head.

Characters

 * MordecaiThisismyjamcredits.png
 * Rigby
 * Benson
 * Pops
 * Skips
 * Hi Five Ghost
 * Muscle Man

Minor Characters

 * Summertime Song (antagonist)
 * Solid Bold (heard only)
 * Brain Explosion (heard only)

Trivia

 * The episode's plot is very similar to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode 'Earworm'.
 * The keyboard that Pops plays during "Aw, Snap" looks similar to The Power, and in But I Have A Receipt, Pops was using a keytar that looks like The Power.
 * This is the seventh Season Two episode where the title is said (when Rigby holds the tape saying, "This is my jam right here!"). The others to do this are Ello Gov'nor, Peeps, Dizzy, My Mom, High Score, and Party Pete.
 * In Rigby's dream, the first thing he does is say "Hello?" which echoes on for a long time. This is similar to what Mordecai did in It's Time, when he went into Father Time's invisible living room.
 * This episode is similar to Brain Eraser, where in that episode Mordecai sees Pops naked and wants to do anything to get it out of his head. In "This Is My Jam", Rigby gets an annoying song stuck inside his head and would do anything to get it out of his head.
 * In Mordecai and the Rigbys, Mordecai and Rigby are shown not to be able to play instruments, but in this episode they play them quite well; this could be due to 13 episodes passing since "Mordecai and the Rigbys". However, it was revealed that they weren't really playing them.
 * It is revealed that Mordecai and Rigby went to junior high school together.
 * When Rigby sings "Aw, Snap" at the end, his eyes are widened like they were when Mordecai saw him levitating. This happens even though he is on the ground.
 * This is the second time Rigby had to shake Mordecai awake, the first was "Ello Gov'nor".
 * Rigby's eyes widening can also be compared with Mordecai's eyes widening in Brain Eraser, while watching Planet Starlight: Chasers Excellent. It can also be compared to both of their eyes widening many times in Caffeinated Concert Tickets. The same could be said when Mordecai was confronted by Father Time in It's Time.
 * It's revealed that Benson can play the drums.
 * This is the fourth time that Benson's apartment is shown.
 * There is a minor goof in the episode. Rigby is shown falling asleep when Mordecai puts on "Brain Explosion" and the "Summertime Song" still doesn't come out of his head, even though later in the episode he takes a nap and the song comes out. This is also evident to the fact he shouts "LOVIN' IN THE SUMMERTIME!" when Mordecai wakes him up, which means he was dreaming about the song.
 * Running Gag - Rigby keeps on singing the Summertime Song, The Summertime Song ghost tape keeps on dancing and singing the song and following Mordecai and Rigby around.
 * Benson plays the drums very well, this could mean that he has been in a band.

Gallery


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