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"Fortune Cookie" is the thirteenth episode of Regular Show's Season Three (and fifty-third episode overall) of Regular Show. It first aired on January 23, 2012.
Synopsis[]
After Rigby steals his fortune at a Chinese restaurant, Benson falls victim to a streak of bad luck.
Plot[]
The park workers are dining at a Chinese Restaurant that Benson picked at random so he can celebrate his good luck. Conversely, Rigby is less enthusiastic at his loss of stuff that caused Benson's good fortune. After a copious meal, fortune cookies are handed out to the guys. Rigby, getting a fortune showing even more bad luck, decides (despite Mordecai's protests) to swap his fortune with that of Benson's, which comprises of a long good luck streak, when Benson isn't looking. As the day progresses, Rigby starts his short-lived luck streak while Benson begins his string of bad luck.
Mordecai is upset, even frustrated at how Rigby is getting all of that good luck, constantly reminding him of his stolen luck, but Rigby shrugs it off as him just being jealous of his luck. Mordecai orders Rigby to switch back fortunes with Benson but Rigby refuses and even goes to extreme lengths to keep his good-luck streak by stating that he hid the fortune from Benson. Mordecai decides to tell Benson, after finding out his phone number had been disconnected and after some searching around the park, he then finds that Benson had resorted to card playing in Skips' garage to try and re-kindle his luck. Unfortunately, Benson gambles away the Park to a warlock ('the guy with the fanny pack'), who opened his fanny pack to collect his winnings.
Right when The Park on the brink of being taken away, Mordecai finds Rigby on the phone having an interview for "Video Game Monthly" and tells him to switch the fortunes because Benson's luck is getting so bad it's going to destroy the park. Rigby decides enough is enough and swaps fortunes with Benson, restoring the park. Next, Rigby's interview is canceled and we learn that Muscle Man will be on the cover of Video Game Monthly. It was revealed at the end of the episode that earlier in the restaurant, Muscle Man switched his fortune cookie with Rigby's, thus giving Rigby the bad fortune that he eventually gave to Benson. The fortune Muscle Man received said that Muscle Man was to be on the cover of Video Game Monthly.
Characters[]
- Benson
- Rigby
- Mordecai
- Muscle Man
- Hi Five Ghost
- Skips
- Pops
- Warlock
- Audrey (non-speaking role)
- Dante
- Waiter
- Waitresses
- Bus Driver
- The Janitor
- Thugs
Locations[]
- Park
- Good Luck Restaurant
- Benson's Apartment
- Arcade
Trivia[]
Episode Connections[]
- During Benson's bad luck montage, he's shown using a 'World's Greatest Boss' mug, which then leaks coffee into his lap. In the following season, he is later gifted a 'World's Best Boss' mug by the park employees[1].
Pop Culture References[]
- The videogame Rigby is playing, Super Donkey Bros. is a clear reference to the video games Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong.
- The design of the character, the warlock, is a clear reference to the character David Lopan from the 1986 film Big Trouble in Little China.
Production Notes[]
- This episode received 1.864 million views worldwide.
Goofs[]
- Benson mentions "accounting" lost his paycheck. However the accounting department is never seen or mentioned in other episodes. Additionally, Benson is seen in an earlier episode, High Score, personally delivering everyone's paychecks.
- During the first scene where Benson holds the menu, the menu has three columns and doesn't have anything written on it, But when he gives it to the waiter it has five columns and has five written circles on it, and when the waiter writes on it, the circles switch places.
- After it cuts to the table’s dishes being empty and everyone being full, Rigby is shown with a distended belly and groaning with everyone, but after it cuts to the wide shot of the table Rigby is no longer full, and then clarifies he never got his food.
- During one scene in Skips' house, his stomach is white.
- Benson could not have thrown the park in as a deal as it's Mr. Maellard's park.
- When Muscle Man drives past Mordecai running to the house, his cart has 2 rows of seats. In the next shot, it has only 1 row. When he freaks out from the warlock and jumps out of the cart, it has 2 rows again.
- Benson is shown with butt cheeks after his robe is sucked off. His butt cheeks are never seen in other episodes, even though he is always naked.
Official Releases[]
- On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the episode was paired with "Weekend at Benson's" under "Volume Three". It was released digitally on January 16, 2012 for the price of $2.99 in HD, or $1.99 in SD.
- This episode is available as part of the following DVD sets: