Death Punchies

Death Punchies is the fourth episode of the first season of Regular Show. Attracting 1.980 million views, it currently stands as the eighth-most viewed season one episode..

Summary
Mordecai and Rigby are about to play a video game, called Dig Champs. Rigby said it looked just like the cover (which in reality it didn't) then Mordecai said they should play it; but, Rigby said "We should strecth first, we don't wanna pull our hammies, ya know what I'm saying?". However, Mordecai started it anyway, picking Player 1 but Rigby said that he wanted to be player 1 and not player 2 because he has the "sucky" pickaxe. Mordecai said they were the same then Rigby said that HE should be player 2. He also don't want to use the "sucky" pickaxe so they play punchies to see who gets to be it; of course, Mordecai wins, as Rigby said that he is sick and tired of punchies but Mordecai said he doesn't beat anybody at punchies. Rigby said that he does beat people at punchies but Mordecai said that he doesn't. A flashback shows that Rigby has been beaten up by Muscle Man, Pops, and even Skips, who made Rigby seriously injured by damaging one of his butt cheeks (making him be called the One-cheek Wonder). Rigby overreacts and trashes Mordecai's room, and he finds an ad on a phone book for a martial arts class. Despite the class being for self-defense, all Rigby wants to use the moves for is for revenge against Mordecai, which the Sensei does not appreciate; then, he saw the death punch and wanted to use it, but the sensei said he is not pure of heart. Rigby said that the sensei is not pure of heart with the "crappy" mullet so the sensei gets mad and turned and said when he gets to 3 of death Rigby will be toast; however, Rigby steals the death punch from the book and learns to use it at first he tried it but it said he needed a mullet then he tried it again but still couldn't do it. He looked at the picture and realized he needed cut shorts and he did it. Rigby then conquers the park with his new punch and makes the inhabitants his slaves and also getting revenge on the ones who beat him, causing Mordecai to stop him and learn another Death Kwon Do move called the Death Block. He use the Death Block against Rigby’s Death Punch; unfortunately, their fight gets them trapped inside a lava pit due to the crumbling earth. Rigby will not stop fighting until he beats Mordecai at punchies. Mordecai then remembers how many times he beat Rigby in punchies. In order to save themselves, Mordecai pretends that Rigby beat him, falling onto the ground and "moaning" in pain. Rigby stops punching, but now they are being surrounded by lava and are going to die. Mordecai has two moves that can get himself and Rigby out of the lava pit: the Death Dump and the Death Jump, the latter is chosen and they make it out of the lava pit. Back at the house, he lets Rigby be player 1 in the video game they were playing earlier, Dig Champs. When Rigby loses on the first round in the first few seconds, he wants to be player 2 now as he did not know the snails in the game were bad.

Character Appearances

 * Mordecai
 * Rigby (Antagonist)
 * Pops
 * Skips
 * Muscle Man
 * High-Five Ghost
 * Benson (Non-speaking, cameo)

Minor Characters

 * Sensei

Trivia/Goofs

 * The scene with Rigby trying to Death Punch Mordecai for a while features Muscle Man with normal eyes watching the fight, even though his eyes are swollen.
 * This is one of several episodes were the park is destroyed.
 * Running Gag: Rigby continues to use the death punch on random people.
 * The video game system Mordecai and Rigby use to play Dig Champs resembles a Sega Master System.
 * This episode features the song "You're The Best" by Joe Esposito while Rigby is learning The Death Punch. The song originally played in The Karate Kid.
 * This episode is rated TV-PG-V.
 * When Mordecai approaches Rigby in his cutoffs and mullet, Rigby orders High-Five Ghost and Muscle Man to carry him down. Although, they began on the roof, it ended as if they had came out the front door.
 * It's revealed that Rigby's butt cheek was damaged by Skips when he played Punchies with him and they used to call him "The One Cheek Wonder".
 * At a few times, Skips, Pops, Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost are not visible on the roof during the battle at the ending of the episode.
 * When the episode aired in Telemundo English, two scenes were edited:
 * The scene showing Rigby's one-cheeked butt was deleted.
 * The part where Mordecai shows The Death Dump was removed and the part when Rigby says "Better go with the Death Jump" was shortened to him just saying "The Death Jump".
 * When Sensei shouts "NOOOO!" in this episode, he sounds exactly like The Master Prank Caller after Mordecai pranks him at the end of Prank Callers as they share the same voice actor.
 * This is the second time Mordecai and Rigby wear clothing, the first was in The Power when they wore black tuxedos.
 * This is the first time Benson has absolutely no dialogue in the entire episode.
 * This the first time Rigby is an antagonist.
 * The student that appears in the Death Kwon Do school when talking to Sensei doesn't move in relation with the floor. It appears as if the student is sliding as the point of view shifts.
 * When Rigby looks in the Death Kwon Do handbook everything has "Of Death" at the end of it, even The Death Punch. When it next shows The Death Punch sheet it just says "The Death Punch" instead of "The Death Punch Of Death". From then on none of the sheets have "Of Death" at the end of it.
 * Pops' feather fan was not present when Skips was massaging Rigby's foot, but suddenly appears when the point of view shifts to Pops.
 * In the UK, The scene where Rigby Says "My pepperonis are roasting down here!" Is Changed To: "My chest hairs are roasting down here!"