Dumped at the Altar

"Dumped at the Altar"
Season 6, Episode 28
Production code:	631
Premiere date:	June 25, 2015
Credits
Written &storyboarded by:	Minty Lewis & Ryan Pequin
Episode guide
Previous	Lunch Break
Next	Dumptown USA (season 7)

Dumped at the Altar is the twenty-eighth and final episode of season six (and one-hundred and eighty first episode overall) of Regular Show. It aired on June 25, 2015, during the first ever "Regular Show Bomb".

Synopsis

The gang helps Muscle Man get married, but problems arise that involve Mordecai and CJ.

Plot

At the start of the episode, Mordecai and Rigby are drinking some sodas at sundown. Rigby asks how things are with CJ now that Margaret admitted that she still has feelings for Mordecai, and he replies that it is weird and awkward since she has been talking to friends from outta town and they haven't talked much. Then CJ calls and Rigby tells him to not be afraid of his feelings, and Mordecai hits him. She asks him if it is all right and he responds with a voice tone that shows what he is going through. Rigby asks Mordecai if it will be fine and Mordecai keeps replying yes.

As the Park workers prepare, Muscle Man becomes anxious, destroying an ice sculpture. Skips soon brings out a copy, telling him that his behavior was expected. Benson soothes the emotional Muscle Man before he can harm the next sculpture.

Later Mordecai and Rigby are shown setting up the chairs, and Mordecai gets a call from Margaret who says she is preparing Starla for the wedding. She tries to apologize for the double date but an awkward Mordecai just continues saying it is ok, and hangs up only to see Rigby stacking the chairs into a pyramid.

After the wedding is set up, Mordecai and Rigby stand at the entrance to greet the guests, and Margaret shows up. Mordecai greets her and tries to compliment her look, but instead compliments her shoes, disappointing Rigby. She then asks to be ushered, but Mordecai instead sends her to find a spot upon seeing CJ arrive. Ironically, when he greets CJ, he does compliment her look and ushers her to her seat in confidence, where she states that she has been thinking too, and is interrupted as Mordecai gets an urgent call from Benson through a walkie-talkie.

Mordecai rushes to the scene to find a frantic Muscle Man troubled about not finding a letter from Muscle Dad to wish him well. He rips a curtain bar off of a window, using it to ransack the rest of the room, and Benson reminds him that "Married and Broke" does not cover damage costs (referring to the TV show featured the episode "Married and Broke"). To not delay the wedding, Rigby and Mordecai are sent out to find the letter in Muscle Man's trailer, with High-fives telling them they can't leave the trailer without it. As they look around Muscle Man's mess, Rigby talks to Mordecai about his relationship issues. Mordecai keeps insisting it is ok and Rigby, to justify himself, reluctantly reveals he and Eileen have been a couple for a long time and didn't tell to not shove it down his thoat, shocking him. But Mordecai still says it is ok and Rigby gives up saying that he was happy during his time with Eileen and that he deserves to be happy to. He also says he won't tell him anymore things, and that he knows him, and he has to follow his gut for once. Mordecai says relationships are always complicated, but Rigby reveals how easy his relationship is with Eileen, and that it doesn't have to be that complicated.

After that, Mordecai gets a phone call from Hi Five Ghost who asks him to hurry as Muscle Man and his soon-to-be bride are shown at the altar, saying their vows, and they find the letter in their hurry. Muscle Man breaks down in cold sweat and says that he can't go through with the marriage if he is not met with the guidance of his father, causing the whole audience to gasp theatrically, and Mordecai and Rigby then swing in with the awaited letter just in time. Muscle Man opens it to read it aloud, but hands it to Mordecai, begging him to read it exclaiming: "I feel too much!" As Mordecai reads it, he is impacted since it also says for him to trust his gut, and he realises that it was the same gut that said he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Margaret and the same that gets butterflies everytime CJ laughs. So before letting Muscle Man continue, he gives a speech saying be has been wrong for a while, and that he now doesn't know if there is someone as perfect for him. He tries to tell CJ something. But CJ stands up and says that she already knows what he is gonna say, and that he doesn't know who his soul mate is. She gives back the bracelet from Real Date, and runs away crying, hurt at the fact that he didn't even point in her direction. Muscle Man is miffed by Mordecai's intrusion on his special day, and asks if he could finish, to which Mordecai repiles yes. He turns to Starla and says "I do", then ceremoniously stepping on a glass.

At the reception, the aforementioned friers start cooking. The wedding party has started. The guests dance, and Muscle Man spins his shirt over his head, throwing it. Benson catches it and yelps ecstatically. A Turducken (turkey/duck/chicken hybrid) is flung out by grease from a Fry Guy 2000. Unfortunately, it crushes Benson's car; to which Benson rushes outside, horrified. Behind him, Rigby steps out with two sodas and sees Mordecai conversing with CJ. They hug each other, and she rides away on her bike, as Mordecai kicks a stone in frustration. He approaches Rigby and says that he and CJ are taking a break and Rigby asks him that when he told him to follow his gut, if it really said for him to dump his girlfriend at the altar. He replies that he is not good at those things and to quit rubbing in the fact that he has a girlfriend and he does not. Then they both take the sodas and head back to the reception as Benson mourns his (once again) wrecked car.

Characters

Main Characters

• Mordecai
• Rigby
• Muscle Man
• Hi Five Ghost
• Benson
• Pops
• Skips
• Starla
• Margaret
• CJ
• Eileen

Minor Characters

• Thomas
• Mr. Maellard
• Hi Five Ghost's Father
• Low Five Ghost
• John Sorrenstein
• Muscle Man's Mom
• Herb
• Rose
• Peggy
• Tina
• Death
• Death's Wife
• Celia
• Johnny Crasher
• Quips
• Monica
• Reggie
• Bobby
• Scottie
• Johnny Skydiver
• Chaz McAllister
• Dr. Henry
• Kyle Garrity
• Married and Broke Casting Director
• Timmy (boy)
• Timmy
• Muscle Dad (flashback)

Trivia

• This episode is the season 6 finale and finally deals with Mordecai's relationship issues.
• It is revealed that Rigby and Eileen have been secretly dating for several months.
• This is the first marriage of a major character in the series.
• Mordecai's ringtone is from the short, Mordecai and Rigby: Ringtoneers.
• Thomas can be spotted at the wedding, disguising as an elderly man.
• At the end of his wedding ceremony, Muscle Man steps on a glass, a reference to a Jewish wedding custom
• Rigby mentioned making Mordecai's ringtone "about 3 years ago". However, the ringtone was introduced in 2011, meaning it was made 4 years ago.
• The rock instrumental played during the dance bares similarity to "I Love Rock n' Roll" by Joan Jet

Episode connection

• Mordecai and Rigby setting up the chairs is similar to how they did it in "Just Set Up the Chairs".
• When Muscle Man destroys the curtains, the game show which paid for his wedding is mentioned from the episode "Married and Broke."
• CJ gives back the charm bracelet Mordecai gave her from "Real Date".
• The marriage ceremony took place at the Parkside Lux from "TGI Tuesday," "New Years Kiss,"and "Party Horse"

Errors

• At one point when Muscle Man is destroying the curtains, Rigby's mouth is missing.

Gallery

The gallery for "Dumped at the Altar" can be found here.