"Caffeinated Concert Tickets" is the third episode in season one of Regular Show. It first aired on September 20, 2010.
Synopsis
Mordecai & Rigby make a deal with a Coffee Bean to help them stay awake to work major overtime to pay for concert tickets.
Plot
Mordecai and Rigby are watching TV at The Coffee Shop, and learn that a Fist Pump concert is showing at Slammers live. Despite Fist Pump targeting younger people, Rigby wants to go because he has been a fan of Fist Pump since third grade. Mordecai isn't interested, but as soon as he finds out that Margaret is going as well he is determined to get tickets.
The duo ask Benson for overtime hours so they can afford the concert. Benson agrees after being encouraged by Skips and Pops. Drinking huge amounts of coffee helps them finish their work, but when they try to buy tickets they are told that only VIP tickets are left, which are a lot more expensive.
Mordecai and Rigby convince Benson to give them more jobs, but the only task left that they can do is to mow the lawn. With no coffee left and no energy, the duo almost fall asleep. However, a Coffee Bean and his translator appear, who are willing to supply them with unlimited amounts of coffee in exchange for something else. With the aid of the coffee they finish the lawn mowing and buy the VIP tickets. The translator and giant coffee bean are angry that the duo only bought two tickets, arguing that they should have been bought tickets as part of the agreement. They then trick Mordecai and Rigby into drinking chamomile tea, which knocks them unconscious.
The bean and his translator steal the tickets and Fist Pump gear and flee to Slammers on the golf cart. Mordecai and Rigby chase them on the lawn mower and attempt to reclaim their tickets. The bean and his translator attempt to stop Mordecai and Rigby, even going far as to swing a chainsaw at them, which they fortunately dodge; however, the chainsaw slashes the lawn mower's handle in half, and the lawn mower begins to move erratically, eventually crashing in the theatre entrance along with the golf cart. Enraged, Mordecai and Rigby confront the bean and the translator and forcefully take back their tickets.
After entering the concert and taking their seats, Mordecai spots Margaret in the crowd, but is dismayed to find out about her new boyfriend, Slasher. Exhausted from the effects of the caffeine and the scuffle outside, he and Rigby fall asleep just as the Fist Pump concert begins.
Characters
- Mordecai
- Rigby
- Coffee Bean
- Translator
- Margaret
- Fist Pump
- Benson
- Skips
- Pops
- Muscle Man
- Hi Five Ghost
- Slasher
- Llama Guy
- Ticket Booth Worker
Locations
- Park
- Coffee Shop
- Slammers
Videos
Trivia
- This is the first appearance of Margaret.
Episode Connections
- Mordecai and Rigby would later get the chance to see Fist Pump again. (TV: Stuck in an Elevator)
- The Coffee Bean and his translator made a reappearance at a Dodgeball Tournament. (TV: Dodge This)
Pop Culture References
- This episode features the song "Working for the Weekend" by Loverboy, the first of many licensed songs to be used in the series.
- The rock song that Mordecai and Rigby are fist-banging to at the beginning of the episode is similar to the song, "Hold the Line," by TOTO.
Production Notes
- This episode received 1.715 million views.
Goofs
- Skips and the cart briefly disappear when Rigby begs Benson to give him and Mordecai overtime.
- When Skips starts talking about the concert, Rigby is missing his tail. In the next shot, it reappears.
- The people in the crowd at the venue disappear and reappear after close-up shots of Mordecai, Rigby and Margaret.
- When Benson throws the keys to Rigby, the garage door is seen to be open, but when Benson drives off in the cart, the garage door is locked.
- It is unknown how Mordecai got the coffee pot as he was not holding it whilst he and Rigby were looking for more jobs. It later disappears when the Coffee Bean and Translator arrive.
- During the 'Working for the Weekend' montage, there are levers which Mordecai uses to operate the lawnmower. They disappear when the Coffee Bean and the Translator are on the mower.
- The doorknob on Mordecai and Rigby's bedroom door changes in various forms.
- The drawer next to Mordecai's bed disappears when Rigby wakes up.
- Hi Five Ghost is credited, though he does not have a speaking role in this episode.
- At one point in this episode, Rigby shouts in Mordecai's voice when he says "Oh, jeez!"
- Skips and Slasher aren't credited, although they both spoke in the episode.
- "Dude" in the credits could be Slasher, however.
Alternate Versions
UK
- In the opening commercial, the world "pants" is replaced with "jeans".
- Mordecai's line: "You're lucky I care about lady pecs" is cut.
- The shot of the coffee bean squirting coffee from his nipples into Mordecai and Rigby's mouths is cut.
- Benson calling Mordecai and Rigby "morons" is changed to him calling them "idiots".
- "Aw crap!" is changed to "Aw crud!"