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"Go Viral" is the twenty-sixth episode of Regular Show's second season (and thirty-eighth episode overall). It first aired on July 18, 2011.
Synopsis[]
Pops is accidentally sent to the computer world during a video for a two-on-two competition between Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost.
Plot[]
Mordecai is arguing with Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost about the computer sign-up schedule, but the latter pair still have five minutes that they want to spend watching viral videos. Mordecai and Rigby sit and wait while the other two watch Old Man Horseshoes, Wedgie Ninja, Road Hog, Glockenbear and others. Mordecai and Rigby make a bet with Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost to see who can create the most popular viral video; when they fail to come up with something good by themselves, they try making a video of Pops jumping on a trampoline.
By dropping a refrigerator on the trampoline they send Pops even higher than they had hoped - so high, in fact, that he ends up porting into another dimension. Mordecai and Rigby must follow Pops into the other world to save him. This new world turns out to be the internet. Here, subjects of viral videos are trapped inside screens and forced to relive their videos on loop for all eternity.
Mordecai and Rigby see Pops talk with the Warden of the Internet, an old woman who lives inside a screen of her own. She makes Pops stand in front of her laser video transporter and locks him in a screen.
Mordecai and Rigby ask the Warden who she is and what she did to Pops, she introduces herself, tells them that she did her job and that Pops made a mistake when trying to make a viral video, Mordecai asks her what that has to do and the Warden declares that the internet must be a serious place to writing research papers and maybe for keeping in touch with relatives once in a while, she thinks viral videos are silly and a disease, so they should be avoided. Mordecai and Rigby tell the old woman that it's not fair and that they were only making videos to entertain people, but the Warden declares that everyone she locked up should be punished and forced to relive their stupidity forever.
Rigby tells the Warden that she's insane and Mordecai declares that it's not even Pops' fault and that he was just doing them a favor, he asks Pops if it's true and Pops answers Mordecai and Rigby that he doesn't like websites, upon hearing their names, the Warden says that Mordecai and Rigby should be in Pops' video and she has to lock them up, but then Rigby turns her off and all the people in the videos stop, Rigby goes for Pops and Mordecai informs the people that they will help them out, Rigby helps Pops get off the screen but they accidentally turn on the Warden, seeing what is happening she goes after them, Mordecai, Rigby and Pops flee through the videos while they gather people and manage to lose the Warden.
Led by Mordecai and Rigby, almost all of the viral video characters manage to escape back into the real world. However, the Warden grabs Pops' ankle, and Mordecai and Rigby struggle to help him. Wedgie Ninja suddenly appears and gives the Warden a major wedgie, stalling her while Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops escape. Wedgie Ninja sacrifices himself, the Warden landing on top of him, resulting in both of their deaths. Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops then save Road Hog, Old Man Horse Shoes, etc. from the internet.
When everyone from the internet get back to The Park, where Muscle Man and Fives are waiting, they find Rigby has caught everything on tape. Mordecai and Rigby upload it to the internet, and it gets 2,000,000 views, winning the bet and getting the $20 from Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost.
Characters[]
- Mordecai
- Rigby
- Pops
- Muscle Man
- Hi Five Ghost
- Warden of the Internet
- Wedgie Ninja
- Glockenbear
- Muscular Redneck
- Old Man Horseshoes
- Road Hog
Locations[]
- Park
- The Internet
Video[]
Trivia[]
Pop Culture References[]
This episode has many references to internet web pages and memes:
- The web page WooHoo! is a pun of the web page Yahoo!, and the fact it's a web page to watch free online videos is a parody of YouTube.
- The video where Rigby tries to scare Muscle Man popping up from a wastebasket disguised as a gorilla is a reference to the YouTube video Never Scare a Black Guy.
- The Wedgie Ninja is a parody of the Afro Ninja.
- When Mordecai and Rigby enter the internet and look the monitors around, you can see some viral videos which are references to real-life YouTube memes. Some of them are:
- The Rage Guy (FFFFFUUUUUUUU-).
- Antoine Dodson from the video Bed Intruder.
- The Nyan Cat.
- Mark Krump from the video Rainbow Road.
- The Dramatic Chipmunk.
- Chris Crocker from the video Leave Britney Alone.
- Gary Brolsma, who stars the well-known video Numa Numa Guy.
- David DeVore Jr. from the video David After the Dentist.
- One of the monitors has a video of a monkey playing with a frog with a love heart shown above him. This could be a reference to the viral video Monkey Rapes Frog.
- During the scene where the viral videos escape from the monitors, a character that resembles a banana can be seen. This could be a reference to the Dancing Banana from the popular YouTube video Peanut Butter Jelly Time. A character resembling British Singer Rick Astley can also be seen
- The Warden of the Internet mentions that internet should be used for writing research papers. This may be a reference to the web search pages Wikipedia and Taringa.
- Also, she says that internet can be used for keeping in touch with relatives once in a while, which may be a reference to Facebook.
Goofs[]
- Wedgie Ninja's viral video sentenced him into the warden's prison with 78,000 views. However Muscle Man made a video with over 500,000 views and was able to maintain his freedom.
Official Releases[]
- On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the episode was paired with "First Day" under "Volume Three". It was released digitally on July 11, 2011 for the price of $2.99 in HD, or $1.99 in SD.
- This episode is available as part of the following DVD sets:
- The Complete First and Second Seasons
- Special Features:
- Commentary
- The Complete First and Second Seasons