Just Set Up the Chairs is the second episode of Regular Show's first season. It first aired on September 13, 2010, and was written & storyboarded by Sean Szeles and Shion Takeuchi.
Synopsis
Mordecai and Rigby get distracted while setting up chairs for a kids birthday party and unleash a monster that terrorizes the entire park.
Plot
In preparation for a kid's birthday party at the park, Benson assigns everyone jobs. He plans to pick up the kids, while Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost pick up the special entertainment, Skips sets up the bouncy castle and Mordecai and Rigby set up the chairs. Pops is disappointed that he's not asked to help, so he flies away with his birthday balloons. Mordecai and Rigby complain about getting stuck with such a mediocre task, leading to Benson calling them slackers. Determined to prove him wrong, Mordecai requests that if they can complete their job successfully, then next time someone else should take this job. Benson agrees to his terms.
Setting up the chairs, Rigby quickly gets fed up with the job, but Mordecai convinces him to continue. Meanwhile, Benson is picking up the kids and is stuck in traffic. He attempts to wish a happy birthday to the birthday boy, but he gets it thrown back in his face. Back at the park, Rigby is messing around and causing problems for Mordecai by knocking down the chairs. Mordecai reminds him that if they complete this job, they won't have to do it again. Rigby suddenly gains inspiration as he realizes that next time they could be picking up the special entertainment. Elsewhere, Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost are picking up the special entertainment, who appear to be an anthropomorphic pony and an intoxicated clown.
Back at the park, Mordecai discovers that thirteen chairs are missing, and goes off to search for the rest. Rigby begrudgingly joins him, but tries to convince him that the job isn't worth doing. Mordecai breaks into a nearby shed in search of the chairs, but instead discovers a secret arcade with various retro games. Rigby wants to play the games, and despite Mordecai attempting to stop him, he proceeds to do so, but just mashes the buttons instead of playing the games properly. This annoys Mordecai, who decides to take a quick break and beat Rigby in each game. Defeated, Rigby notices another game hidden in the corner, with a sign that reads "OUT OF ORDER". Wanting to play the game, Rigby attempts to fix it by bashing his fist against the machine. Mordecai attempts to help him and finds a note warning them not to connect two wires. Rigby ignores the note and connects them, spawning a giant 8-bit demon called the Destroyer of Worlds.
The Destroyer goes on to wreak havoc across the park, setting it ablaze. Mordecai and Rigby go to find Skips for help, who ridicules them for releasing the demon. He requests that Mordecai and Rigby distract it while he works on an idea to stop it, leading the duo to be chased across the park. Meanwhile, Benson arrives with the kids who are instantly terrorized by the Destroyer, and soon witness the demise of the special entertainment, who are killed by the Destroyer. Skips then arrives in a golf cart with various arcade machines tied onto it. With Mordecai and Rigby onboard, he drives off and accidentally hits Pops, who is still flying with his balloons, and asks him to take the wheel. With Mordecai, Rigby and Skips ready at their stations, they spawn a giant hodgepodge monster called the Lemon Chef, which they can control with their arcade machines.
While the two 8-bit creatures battle it out, Skips is knocked off the cart and falls down, meaning that it's now up to Mordecai and Rigby to destroy the Destroyer. Mordecai then discovers the location of the remaining thirteen chairs and runs to get them, determined to prove Benson wrong about him and Rigby being slackers, leaving Rigby to face the Destroyer alone. Through the power of button-mashing, Rigby defeats the Destroyer and Mordecai manages to set up the chairs. The two celebrate, but are quickly interrupted by Benson who is furious about the damage caused to the park. He tells them that he can't even trust them to set up the chairs, and orders them to clean up the mess in the park, starting with the ashes of the special entertainment. They agree to do so, but decide among themselves to take a break first.
Characters
- Mordecai
- Rigby
- Skips
- Destroyer of Worlds
- Lemon Chef
- Pops
- Benson
- Muscle Man
- Hi-Five Ghost
- Special Entertainment
- Birthday Party Kids
- Jimmy
Locations
- Park
- Arcade Shed
- Luxury Apartments
- Motorway
Videos
Trivia
- This episode's airdate coincides with creator J.G. Quintel's 28th birthday.
Production Notes
- This episode received 1.903 million views nationwide.
Episode Connections
- The Destroyer of Worlds would later be resurrected by Garrett Bobby Ferguson, Jr. [1]
- Benson would later reference the events of this episode when yelling at Mordecai and Rigby after bottling up his anger. [2]
- Rigby would once again pretend to use chairs as weapons while setting up for Muscle Man's wedding. [3]
- Mordecai and Rigby returned to the shed with the video games at the Park Reunion. [4] [5]
Pop Culture References
- The Destroyer of Worlds turning into a cherry, to be eaten by Lemon Chef, is a reference to "Pac-Man."
Expanded Media
- Elements from this episode were later adapted into a games on the Cartoon Network website, with "Destroy the Destroyer!"
- This game was also made available on mobile devices through "Just a Regular Arcade".
Goofs
- The text "School Bus" on the school bus disappear in a few shots.
- A lamppost is shown behind Benson as he shouts to Pops, but is not present elsewhere in the episode.
- When Mordecai and Rigby are at the birthday tent, there are are refreshments and balloons tied with strings that disappear in various scenes.
- The windows on the birthday tent change continuously.
- At "Luxury Apartments", Muscle Man is first shown to be standing at the right of Hi Five Ghost, but in following shots, he's to the left.
- When the clown arrives, the door is open but is closed when Muscle Man tells his "My Mom" joke.
- When Mordecai busts the door open, he lands on wooden floorboards but when Rigby lies down on the ground, it changes to tiles.
- The playground equipment disappears after Skips leaves.
- When Mordecai sees the extra set of chairs, there are nine in total, but when Mordecai is taking cover from the "Destroyer of Worlds", there are seven chairs.
- To add to this, thirteen chairs in total were needed to make up fifty.
Alternate Versions
UK
- "Benson's gonna drop his balls when he sees how good we set up these chairs!" was changed to "Benson's gonna drop his gumballs when he sees how good we set up these chairs!"
- Following Rigby's latter line, Mordecai's laugh is briefly shortened.
- "We're screwed" was cut.
- The scene of Mordecai, Rigby and Skips driving in the golf cart was zoomed in.
Australia
- "Benson's gonna drop his balls when he sees how good we set up these chairs!" was changed to "Benson's gonna drop his gumballs when he sees how good we set up these chairs!"
Official Releases
- On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the episode was paired with "The Power" under "Volume One". It was released digitally on September 13, 2010 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
- CG Test for Hodgepodge Monster
- Slack Pack
- Regular Show and Friends
- Season One (Region 2)
- The Complete First and Second Seasons
External Links
- Regular Show: Production Errors - Just Set Up The Chairs
- Regular Show: UK Edits: Just Set Up the Chairs