Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24163511-20140421075332

Tl;Dr: Alcohol and thread making=poor decisions. To revise a poorly worded drunken rant on the episode, Do Me A Solid, I will, below, provide a full analysis of Rigby's character in this episode and its impact on the dynamic of their relationships in the future of the series.

The episodic instances of antagonistic tendencies is a theme wide spread amongst most of the characters of Regular Show. These moments are not only necessary but a quintessential part of what makes Regular Show unique and a tad more mature than its contemporaries. Translated in English: they can be mean-spirited to each other, and often do, especially in the earlier seasons. This demonstrates a great deal of character growth and direction in many cases.

In Rigby's case, any amateur arm-chair psychologist could tell you he felt both threatened by Margaret and jaded by Mordecai's decision to put his emphasis on their (mordo and marg) relationship while ignoring his friendship with Rigby. Clearly, in accordance with Rigby's immature personality traits, he's going to act like a brat in an attempt to keep his friend to himself. This meant antagonizing Mordecai in any way possible to disrupt his time with Margaret. Having Eileen, a girl he clearly felt annoyed by, pester him all the while only acted as fuel to the flames of his revenge.

That being said and in support of that argument, nothing about Mordecai's actions were at all unreasonable in the slightest in THIS episode. His actions and attempts to see to fruition, a budding relationship with Margaret, were in his best interests and didn't seem at all indicative of a waning interest in Rigby or even a slight ignorance of him. This demonstrates a clear dividing line on where Mordecai and Rigby were at in their social developments. Mordecai wanted to expand his social circle and include new people in his life. At this time, Rigby's only friend was Mordecai, he wanted to keep it that way and he saw Margaret and Eileen as potential threats to that. Only later will he accept them gradually and then completely in their circle of friends. Another instance of this would be when he attempted to get Mordecai to admit he was jealous of his ability to pick up Margaret to see a movie, in that case Mordecai could be seen as more in the moral wrong but nonetheless, this clearly shows that Rigby is unwilling to let Mordecai go without some major disruptions.

After a series of immature acts to disrupt the night and make Mordecai look the fool, he was down to only one more "solid" and realized nothing he had done really culminated in anything other than making Mordecai angry. So he attempts a last ditch try to permanently damage his relationship with Margaret, making him perform an incredibly embarrassing act in front of her (presumably defecating on the floor). The end game being that she will never respect him again, and/or Mordecai will be too embarrassed to face her again. However, neither of these pan out and the only thing left in its wake is a very hurt Mordecai. Thus, in repentance and recognition of his folly, Rigby destroys the tape of the incident, indicating a "lesson learned" moment symbolic of his loosening of Mordecai whom he has had a very tight grip on.

It's amazing how developmental this episode really is, and its future impact on personalities and relationships, the ending shows that Rigby is now "more" willing to let Mordecai strive after Margaret, and even if he doesn't like it, he's willing to accept it and will eventually accept her and Eileen as close friends. 