Karaoke Video

Karaoke Video is the name of the twenty-eighth and final season two episode (and fortieth episode overall) of Regular Show.

Summary
Mordecai and Rigby spend a night at the Carrey O' Key's karaoke bar singing, "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister, but in the process accidentally mock Benson, Pops and Skips. Their speech is taped without their knowing and they are given a copy while the bar keeps one of the tapes as a promo, and Mordecai and Rigby go with them and attempt to destroy the master tape before Benson, Skips and Pops see the promo. The others see the cover of the tape and decide to go to the bar for a karaoke night. The two try to ask (or grab if they are rejected) the man for the tape back, but they end up banned from Carrey O' Keys, the barman saying that he could play the tape whenever he felt like it. Later, when they try to talk to Benson about it, he interrupts them saying that they are on their own, paying for food and beverages (his only payment being for the songs). Muscle Man begins to protest, but then he realizes he has his gravy pouch, a pouch strapped to his stomach filled with gravy and consumed through a straw. They talk to Benson again, and they are able to say that they're not sure about the karaoke night, Rigby adding that karaoke was lame and proposing a night for bowling. They propose more ideas like dance hall and pool but Benson says that he already reserved a table at Carrey O' Keys, and that attendance was now mandatory lest they be fired.

At the bar, Pops is amazed at the song list and wants to sing them all, but Benson tells him he can sing only one, while Skips wants to sing something with a Spanish guitar, Muscle Man rooting for his old-school proposition. Benson is still waiting for Mordecai and Rigby, and would be willing to fire them if they didn't show up. The revelation unfolds that the two are hiding in the air ducts. Rigby sees the table of workers and asks Mordecai to hurry it up, the latter finding the room with the tape in it. Carl tells the barman that only one singer was signed up that night, much to his anger so the barman says that they must play Mordecai and Rigby's promo or nothing would anticipate more singers. The bar plays the promo, much to Benson and the workers' amusement. Mordecai hangs from the duct but realizes that they are playing the promo so he drops down to a hard landing; despite his warning for Rigby, he drops onto him too. Benson is shocked when Mordecai begins making fun of him on the tape, but it is quickly cut to static before Mordecai finishes his criticism. The barman apologizes for technical difficulties, and decides to start the singing with Pops. While Pops begins to sing "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins, Carrey'O'Key catches the two in the act and Rigby tries to push out the tape. As Mordecai unsuccessfully tries to fend off Carl, Rigby gets the tape but quickly loses it to Carl who picks it up, but is grappled by Mordecai, who later gets grabbed by Carrey. Rigby punches the tape out of Carl's hand, and it slides out of the room.

Mordecai runs with the tape, but is taken down by Carl. They roll where Pops is singing, and Mordecai punches Carl, causing the tape to fly from his hands once more and land on the table where Skips takes it, but he is punched by Carl, angering him to go after him. He punches Carl into a table, which causes everyone to fight with each other. Muscle Man even rips off his shirt, takes a swig from his gravy pouch, and jumps onto someone. A montage of the people fighting over the tape undergoes while Pops sings (his lyrics, or him, sometimes appearing during then) even punching someone running towards him still singing. Muscle Man's gravy pouch is ripped open by someone, causing gravy to briefly pour from his nose and mouth. Mordecai tries to reach the tape between various pairs of legs; however, Carl beats him to it, and Mordecai and Rigby try to grab it from him.

He throws it into Benson's grasp and is punched by the barman for the tape; understandably, Benson angrily breaks the tape over the Carrey'O'Key's face just as Pops finishes his song. Multiple ambulances are outside as Mordecai and Rigby apologize to the rest but Benson yells at them, despite not knowing what was in the tape and why they were after it, that they've ruined karaoke night and he, Skips, Pops, Muscle Man, and High-Five Ghost drive off without them. Mordecai calls that that was the cause of their apology, but he ends the episode saying to Rigby "Man, karaoke sucks."

Character Appearances

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

Minor Characters

 * Carey O'Key (Antagonist)
 * Carl (Semi-Antagonist)

Trivia/Goofs

 * Many people from the Fist Pump concert in Caffeinated Concert Tickets appear at Carrey O'Key's.
 * This is the finale of the Second Season.
 * This is the first episode with licensed music since First Day with "I'm All Right" by Kenny Loggins.
 * This is the only episode where Benson does not turn red in a full-out rage. In the end of the episode, he turns rather in a shade of fuchsia pink.
 * Muscle Man is punched in his gravy pouch, causing gravy to pour from his mouth and nose, but afterward when he begins to shriek, the gravy amount on his mouth shrinks (it can be visually seen)..
 * This is the second episode in which a character sings a song. Mordecai and Rigby sang "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister and Pops sings the song "Footloose" from the 1984 musical-drama film of the same name. It should be noted that both songs were used as part of "Weird Al" Yankovic's polka melody "Hooked on Polkas".
 * This is the third time that Benson supports entertainment for the park employees. The first was But I Have A Receipt and the second was Over The Top.
 * The only people Mordecai and Rigby didn't make fun of were Muscle Man and High Five Ghost, though they could have because they stopped watching after they found out they made fun of them.
 * This is the fourth time High Five Ghost is seen angry, first was in "This is My Jam" when he is shown visibly irritated at the Ghost Tape, the second was in See You There when High Five pushed Low Five Ghost and when he yells "You killed my friend!" when Muscle Man pretended to have a heart attack, and the third was in "The Night Owl" when he fights Mordecai, Rigby, and Muscle Man.
 * When Skips chases the security guard for punching him, he is seen running instead of skipping for the first time.
 * This is the third time Muscle Man shrieks the first was See You There, and the second was Over The Top.
 * This is the 2nd time a Kenny Loggins song has been used on Regular Show.
 * This is the first time the show announces the duo as "Rigby and Mordecai". Every other episode has Mordecai's name said before Rigby's.
 * The bar that Mordecai and Rigby is named "Carrey O'Key's", which is pronounced much like "karaoke"
 * It is shown that Benson was hit in the face when they showed him injured; but, his glass head did not crack.
 * Pops sings the song "Footloose" from the 1980s musical of the same name.
 * The song Mordecai and Rigby sing is "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister.
 * When Benson did donuts in the golf cart at the end, it is the fastest any golf cart has been donuted so far.
 * If one looks closely in the scene where Skips gets punched, he is seen running after the puncher, not skipping. He is also seen in Over the Top, but he walks.
 * The song list at the karaoke bar must have at least 351 song selections, since the song that Mordecai and Rigby choose is "Song #351".
 * A commonly used attribute of cartoons and movies in general is the exploitation of empty air ducts, such as when Mordecai and Rigby use the air ducts to find the promo tape without being caught entering the bar
 * It is revealed that Muscle Man has a gravy pouch in this episode.
 * This is the first episode that Benson is injured. It is revealed that he has a cast on his wrist because he smashed the tape against Carrey's face, he has a bruised eye, a broken nose, and a few bruises on his head.
 * When Rigby breaks the tape, it makes a reference to Do Me a Solid, when he did the same thing with the tape that had Mordecai's embarrassing solid. Also, Muscle Man said he'd seen Rigby break a video tape before.
 * Goof: At the very end of the episode, Benson says "...you ruined karaoke night!" However he is not in the golf cart. In the next scene, they do the signature golf cart spin and take off.
 * Goof: When Muscle Man rips his shirt while people were fighting, the TV behind him has the lyrics change to early.

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