Karaoke Video

Karaoke Video is the name of the twenty-eighth episode of the second season of Regular Show (the 14th episode overall), also the finale of the second season.



Summary
Mordecai and Rigby spend a night at the Carrey O' Keys 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 a tape 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 dancehall 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 & 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 Mordedcai 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, the barman catches the two in the act and Rigby stressfully 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 barman'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
 * High-Five Ghost
 * Carey O'Key (Antagonist)
 * Carl (Semi-Antagonist)

Trivia

 * Karaoke is a musical activity, originated from Japan and invented by Daisuke Inoue, where a song is selected but the lyrics are edited out so the singer must sing the lyrics as the song plays.
 * 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 1980's 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.