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Margaret Smith is a recurring character in Regular Show. She is the daughter of Frank Smith and Denise Smith, who worked as a waitress at the Coffee Shop with Eileen and was a student at the local community college for the first four seasons until she transferred colleges, got her journalism degree, and became a newswoman shortly before "Eileen Flat Screen" in Season Six.
Throughout Seasons 1-3, she served as Mordecai’s love interest, and after she started to return his feelings, they kissed and dated in Season Four, but they broke up due to Margaret having to leave town for college in "Steak Me Amadeus". In "Just Friends", they agreed to remain just friends after she has returned in Season Six, and after a love triangle involving her, Mordecai, and CJ occurred.
After the finale, according to the writers, Margaret continued her career as a newswoman, even traveling to other places around the world, though she still kept in touch with Mordecai, Eileen, and Rigby.
Margaret debuted in the Season One episode "Caffeinated Concert Tickets", and is voiced by Janie Haddad.
Appearance
Margaret is an anthropomorphic robin in her early 20s [2]. She has red and white feathers, with the lower portion of her head and the front of her body being white and her hair, arms, back, and tail feathers being red, with a brown comma shaped marking on each side of her head. She has a grey, curved beak, and long, skinny grey legs with two toes and skinny black stripes (although her legs and hips occasionally look curvier when she wears long pants). She also has long eyelashes. Similar to Mordecai she has crested hair, albeit in a slightly longer and curved style.
Margaret is considered to be very physically attractive, as her earlier appearances focus on her body and the skimpy outfits she wore, and how flustered Mordecai gets around her.
As a waitress, she wore the same uniform as Eileen; which consisted of a light tan top and skirt with a turquoise collar and lines on the sleeves. When she isn't working, her most common outfits are usually a yellow or light mint green short sleeved shirt with blue jeans.
As a news reporter, she wears a blue jacket over a white collared shirt and red necktie, and a slightly darker blue skirt. In "Local News Legends" she instead wore blue pants and a pink neck scarf.
For a complete list of Margaret’s outfits, see Margaret's Alternate Outfits.
Personality
Margaret is shown to be a kind, caring and down-to-earth robin towards her friends who rarely gets upset or angry; she is only seen to be this way in "Butt Dial", "Yes Dude Yes", "Do or Diaper" and "Picking Up Margaret".
She was shown or mentioned to have a new boyfriend in most of her appearances in Seasons 1 and 2, but in "Camping Can Be Cool" in the beginning of Season 3 she says she’s decided to not date anyone at the moment because "guys are jerks".
Margaret also values the importance of her career and studies. In various episodes, it was mentioned that she had been working hard in school, so she would get into her dream college, Milton University. Her dream comes true and she gets accepted to Milton University.
Margaret was uncertain about leaving Mordecai, as she felt for the first time she was in a relationship that could go somewhere, and showed deep sorrow when doing so. In "Steak Me Amadeus", she bursts into tears after telling Mordecai that she cannot be his girlfriend. Shortly after, she runs out of the restaurant, devastated that she has to leave him.
She is happy for Mordecai when she returns and finds that he is dating CJ, but due to having mutual unresolved issues regarding their relationship they end up kissing in front of CJ, starting a love triangle and making things awkward for her and Mordecai and their friends. Margaret at one point lies about dating Del Hanlon, both in order to prevent CJ from killing her when she became a hurricane again when she assumed Mordecai was cheating on her, and because she was tired of things being awkward with her own friends, and when she confesses this to CJ she also confesses she still have feelings for Mordecai.
After Mordecai and CJ break up she and Mordecai agree to just be friends, even after seeing a potential future of their life together, which ended up just overwhelming them.
She is shown to be passionate about her career in journalism, in which the episode Local News Legend focuses on, where she wants to host her own weekly news segment where she catches bad guys.
Development
In “The Art of Regular Show", Kat Morris describes Margaret as an idealized woman in Mordecai’s eyes, with Michele Cavin noting he’s never really dated, and right now he’s just figuring out how to get a girl he likes to notice him. Morris describes Margaret as initially just being written as an idea Mordecai wants to get with, because "she just seems so mature and together and attractive", and as the show goes on and after actually starting to hang out with her he likes her even more because he thinks she’s cool too, and the audience also gets to see her as an actual person with flaws and goals.
Biography
Margaret Smith is a female robin in her early 20s, who for the first four seasons worked as a waitress at the Coffee Shop across the street from The Park. Mordecai and Rigby would frequently visit - both to get out of working and so Mordecai can see Margaret when she’s working. She is also best friends with Eileen, who also works at the Coffee Shop.
She is the daughter of Denise and Frank Smith, the latter of whom is the pilot for the traffic helicopter for Channel 6 news, and whom Margaret is very close to, having her phone's password be "Daddy’s Girl" and her dad still calling her "Hug Bug" and acting hostile towards any boyfriend Margaret brings home, especially refusing to shake their hands. It’s also implied she got her interest in the news and journalism because of her dad's career, as in the movie when he’s covering the high school science lab explosion, Margaret is with him in the chopper and looks amazed. Photos in "Family BBQ” reveal she took karate as a kid and went to prom with an orange bird boy.
Mordecai had a huge crush on Margaret, being his fifth-known love interest. He constantly shown looking flustered when he sees her in attractive outfits, and being motivated to do things like work harder to get concert tickets he initially wasn’t interested in, buying cologne that was advertised to attract women, or lying that he had a band and sign up for open mic, just because Margaret would be there, he thought it would impress her, or because she thought it was cool. However, due to his own insecurities and lack of experience in relationships he didn’t have to courage to ask her out or make a move, and would frequently act awkward around her, as seen in "It's Time". His friends even dubbed his pattern of awkward behavior with crushes "pulling a Mordecai", with Mordecai claiming he’s not good with relationship stuff and wants to wait for the right moment for making a move. Margaret appeared to just see him as a friend, however it was teased she might be a little into him, such as in "Brain Eraser" when she asks Eileen if it looks like Mordecai has been working out.
Throughout the first two seasons, Margaret was shown to date a lot, with "Caffeinated Concert Tickets" and "Mordecai and the Rigbys" revealing at the end she has a new boyfriend, which would discourage Mordecai. She also apparently had a giant boyfriend at some point as seen in "Brain Eraser", which makes Mordecai reply "All of Margaret’s boyfriends were really lame". By "Camping Can Be Cool", she mentions she’s not seeing anyone at the moment because "guys are jerks", implying she’s taking a break from dating.
In "It’s Time", she moves out of her apartment into a new one, which is revealed in "Diary".
In Season 3, it’s revealed Margaret is taking classes at the local community college, and hopes to get her degree and quit her job at the Coffee Shop. She and Mordecai also start hanging out more (along with Rigby and Eileen), with "Camping Can Be Cool" being the start of them getting closer as friends, and it’s further implied they’re getting closer romantically. In "Butt Dial" she ends up being flattered at Mordecai's song he was singing about her when he accidentally butt dialed her, and even makes it her ringtone for him, and in "Access Denied" he gifts her a mixtape for her birthday and the two dance in an alleyway together.
In "Yes Dude Yes", she rejoices at her cousin John showing off his new prosthetic leg, which also now lets him bend down it ease, making her exclaim "Yes due, yes!". However, unbeknownst to her Mordecai, who came to the Coffee Shop to finally ask her, out sees this without context and thinks she is engaged, sending him into a depression. He ends up meeting and befriending CJ, a laid back tomboyish cloud woman, after Rigby signs him up on an online dating site, and after some time of hanging out he invited her to the movie he had planned on taking Margaret out to. The next day Mordecai goes to the Coffee Shop to confess his feelings to Margaret to get closure, but he discovers the misunderstanding after Margaret introduces him and Rigby to John, and he instead asks her out to the movie - forgetting that he invited CJ, who overheard the whole thing and turns into a literal hurricane out of betrayal and anger until Mordecai apologizes and she leaves, denying his offer to still be friends. Margaret isn’t pleased at Mordecai’s actions, but he ends up realizing that she’s jealous , which she awkwardly denies as she leaves.
"Death Bear" continues to tease them romantically, with the two at one point walking off together alone and having a moment where they sit together on the Park Zoo’s old kiddie train, and later they look as if they’re about to kiss before being interrupted by Death Bear's appearance. She’s also amazed by Mordecai's bravery in taking out Death Bear and the two embrace.
In "Bad Kiss", the two share their first kiss in Margaret's car. However, Margaret pulls away due to Mordecai’s bad breath, so he uses Rigby's time machine to ultimately undo it.
Season Four continues to show Mordecai and Margaret getting closer, with many more episodes dedicated to their relationship, along with Margaret's academic progress. "T.G.I Tuesday" reveals she is now studying even harder than before as she hopes to transfer colleges, something that scares Mordecai as Rigby tells Eileen they might never see her again. As it is her last free night, and despite the fact apparently people don’t hang out or party on Tuesdays, the three of them throw Margaret a surprise party at the Park’s ballroom. Rigby and Eileen give Mordecai all the credit, and she slow dances with him during the last scene of the episode.
Tired of Mordecai not having the guts to make a move on Margaret, in "Do or Diaper" Muscle Man bets that if Mordecai kisses Margaret by midnight that upcoming Friday he’ll wear a diaper for a whole week, but the reverse will happen if he fails the bet. Margaret accepts Mordecai’s offer for a date, but she’s only available Friday. During their date, Mordecai constantly eats breath mints and gum due to what happened the last time he kisses her, and his plans for a romantic movie fall though when Margaret insists they see the newest Buck Tooth Bob movie. He takes her to the Park lake when he only has minutes left, and his overindulgence of breath freshers end up creating an ice storm, and after she catches Muscle Man and Rigby spying on them Mordecai is forced to confess about the bet, angering Margaret, as she thought they were having a great time but he was just using her. While he’s running after her, she also confronts him over the fact that any time she feels like they’re getting close he throws her for a loop, leaving him to finally confess he gets weird around her and he took the bet because he likes her. She approaches him just as the clock is about to hit midnight, and starts to pull his face close as if to kiss him, only to pull him away at the last second to whisper in his ear "Have a nice week, diaper boy!", as payback for still using her for a bet. Mordecai has to wear a diaper for a week as punishment , but he reveals to Muscle Man and Rigby while laughing at his humiliation that he’s happy because Margaret said she was having a great time on their date, which means he still has a chance with her.
In the episode "Picking Up Margaret", Margaret has an interview with University of States first thing the next morning that she has to fly out to, but her friend Tanya cancelled on giving her a ride to the airport. Mordecai offers to take her, and after some brief hesitation due to what happened last time with the bet, Margaret happily accepts. The two end up being chased by a cell phone hating croquet enthusiast gang, made worse that Margaret got the departure time wrong and she has fifteen minutes to get to the airport. They manage to get to the gate just in time as it’s announced that boarding is closing. She thanks Mordecai for always being always there for her, something she can't say about some people she knows. Before she boards, and after he is about to say something before awkwardly instead saying good luck, she kisses him before she boards her flight, leaving Mordecai dumbfounded, then filled with joy.
Despite finally sharing their first kiss, in "Meteor Moves", Rigby tells Mordecai he’s in "the friend zone", and she kissed him as a goodbye, so he plans to kiss her and make their relationship official on their trip with Rigby and Eileen to watch a meteor shower at Lookout (aka ”Makeout" Mountain), before she assumes he’s not into her. After Mordecai gets Rigby to go to a different spot with Eileen, they sit together and talk.
Margaret mentions she’s has applied to three colleges so far but hasn’t heard back from any of them yet, and is nervous that she won’t get in and that she sounded dumb during her interviews, but Mordecai assures her she will and that she’s the smartest person he knows. It’s also revealed that Margaret is planning to major in journalism.
Mordecai is still hesitant to kiss or act romantic towards her, despite being egged on by both Rigby and his own mind, but then Margaret reveals that the one reason she doesn’t want to leave is that she would really miss him. Mordecai holds her hand and the two almost kiss before the meteor shower interrupts them. The two then get sent to the "friend zone", where they’re in separate green planes overlooked by a giant meteor man. Mordecai admits he’s flaked out at every opportunity he’s had to kiss her because he’s worried she doesn’t like him back, and he finally gets over his fears and kisses her, which she returns.
Mordecai and Margaret are a semi-official couple afterwards, with Mordecai meeting her family and her dad in "Family BBQ", where after some hostility he both wins over and gets a handshake from Frank, and the beginning of "Steak Me Amadeus" they are shown dating and kissing.
In the latter episode, Mordecai asks Margaret to officially be his girlfriend. However, while she says she feels like they could be in a relationship that could actually go somewhere, she holds up an acceptance letter to her dream college, Milton University. She sadly declines his offer, crying and running out of the restaurant leaving Mordecai heartbroken. After the events, Mordecai informs Rigby that he drove her to the airport, ending the episode.
Mordecai is depressed for a while after Margaret leaves, and after his friends manage to cheer him up again he ends up driving day and night to Margaret’s college to return a sweater she left, but he sees her with her new college friends talking about their classes, and he realizes she’s happy and has moved on, and he needs to as well, throwing the sweater in the garbage before she sees him. He would months later inadvertently reconnect with CJ after they kiss at midnight at a masquerade New Years Eve party, and after they both agree to start over as friends they eventually become a couple, with Mordecai accepting that even if he’s not fully over Margaret, which was keeping him from admitting he liked CJ, it’s ok to move on and start something new with someone else.
Margaret attends Milton University for the entirety of Season 5, and despite the belief that she wouldn’t come back, in the middle of Season Six, she does indeed come back to town to work as a newswoman at the same news station her dad works at to finish her degree, and she is moving in with Eileen. In "Merry Christmas Mordecai" Mordecai freaks out over the fact Margaret will be at Eileen’s Christmas party, fearing he will ruin things with CJ by being awkward around her and giving her the wrong idea. While him and Margaret do manage to have a normal conversation after few awkward encounters (thanks to Mordecai), while reminiscing on the good times they had, causing past emotions to rush back, Mordecai and Margaret kiss, and by the time they frantically pull away CJ has seen the whole thing and runs away crying.
While Mordecai and CJ make up in the following episode "Sad Sax", CJ still doesn’t feel comfortable around Margaret due to the Christmas kiss incident, which creates awkward scenarios for their friends in both "I See Turtles" and "1000th Chopper Flight Party". In the former episode CJ feels bad overhearing Eileen say she wishes she could’ve invited Margaret to their baby sea turtle hatching trip, but she ends up calling Margaret to get her news crew to catch the local spa abusing sea turtle for anti aging purposes.
However, in "1000th Chopper Flight Party", Mordecai is still awkward with her presence and afraid to screw up, even to the point of letting Rigby constantly mess up the party as a diversion just to keep her away from him. When he finally is declared as the lucky guest to ride Chopper 6 for its 1000th flight, he finds it hard to say no and joins. Margaret tries to talk to him, but Mordecai awkwardly resists until she scolds him for his attitude in desire for their friendship. Mordecai then lifts the tension with a joke and they finally start to have a fun chat. This however angers CJ, who misinterprets it as them rekindling their love, and she causes havoc with her storm cloud ability. Mordecai tries to save Margaret, but she calms CJ when she reveals that she is in a relationship with news anchor, Del Hanlon, which stuns Mordecai and surprises her parents.
In "Not Great Double Date", He seemed upset that Margaret appeared to have a boyfriend for herself, but still said that she seemed happy with Del and that he liked him. When she confessed that Del was not her boyfriend and that she was tired of feeling like a tourist around her friends because of the tension with CJ, he felt sad about it and was pretty interested to know that she still had feelings for him.
In "Just Friends", Rigby and Eileen go to the presentation of martial arts Don therefore Mordecai and Margaret spend a night that coincidentally has romantic moments. A chef named Daisuke shows them their future using magical sauce. It is revealed that if and when Mordecai and Margaret get together, they will get married, have children, buy their own houseboat, and die peacefully after 50 happy years. Mordecai and Margaret agree that their future looks like it will be really great, but that they are still young and should take it easy on relationships. At the end of the episode, the two agree to remain just friends, with future Margaret looking down on them and inquiring how long they can be just friends, and future Mordecai stating that "only time will tell", leaving it ambiguous if she and Mordecai will ever get together in the future.
In "Rigby's Graduation Day Special", she was very worried as she watched Mordecai and the other park workers were shot into space, even saying his name in concern.
In "A Regular Epic Final Battle", she leaves her post at work after it is reported the Park Dome has returned, and she hugs Eileen. It is revealed that she does not end up with Mordecai in the future, but she remains good friends with him. A Reddit interview with Matt Price reveals that she continues her job as a news reporter, even traveling to other parts of the world.
Relationships
Love Interests
Mordecai had a serious crush on Margaret that he was too afraid to admit throughout Seasons 1 and 2. They gradually became closer friends from season 3 to season 4 until they broke up around season 5. However, they remained friends afterward.
In "Butt Dial", she became angry after learning that Mordecai tried to remove the embarrassing voicemail he left her that admitted his feelings by hacking into her phone. Once she heard the voicemail, however, she ended up saving it as her ringtone and forgave Mordecai for taking her phone, improving their relationship.
In "Yes Dude Yes", Mordecai became upset when he thought Margaret was engaged to John, who he ended up learning was her cousin. Mordecai then asked Margaret to the movies, forgetting that he had already asked CJ. Near the end of the episode, Margaret showed signs of jealousy, primarily because Mordecai had hung out with and also asked CJ.
In "TGI Tuesday", Margaret showed some signs that she may have feelings for Mordecai. She answered excitedly when Mordecai asked if she wanted to hang out with him, immediately blushing afterwards. She was also embarrassed when she messed up her words while talking to Mordecai on the phone. Afterwards, at Margaret's party, Mordecai and Margaret slow dance, with Margaret laying her head on his chest.
In "Do or Diaper", Margaret got mad at him once again upon discovering that her "date" with Mordecai was only for a bet with Muscle Man. She forgives him after he admits that he likes her, but chooses to let him lose the bet as consequence for accepting such a dumb bet by whispering in his ear: "Have a nice week, diaper boy."
In "Picking Up Margaret", they are being chased by the Wickets. However, she ends up thanking him after they make it to the airport on time and alive. Margaret says that she can always trust him, and that he is always there for her, something she can't say about her other friends. The pair share a kiss at the episode, leaving Mordecai dumbfounded and then overjoyed.
In "Meteor Moves", Mordecai planned to kiss Margaret at Makeout Mountain. Mordecai tries to be alone with her, but Rigby and Eileen get in the way, causing Mordecai to tell Rigby to go somewhere else on the mountain with Eileen so that he can be alone with Margaret. Margaret subsequently tells Mordecai that the reason she doesn't want to leave for college is because she would miss him. Mordecai leans in to kiss her, but the meteor shower starts, causing the pair to be pulled into "The Friend Zone" because of Mordecai's hesitation. Mordecai tells the Guardian of the Friend Zone that he has wanted to kiss Margaret for a long time, and the Guardian relents and gives him another chance. Mordecai then shows his true feelings and kisses her, with the Guardian pronouncing them "out of the friend zone". Mordecai and Margaret are then shown holding hands.
In the end of "Steak Me Amadeus", Mordecai asks Margaret to be his girlfriend, but Margaret tells him that even though what they have is special and that their relationship was the first that could have lead somewhere, she has been accepted into her dream college, Milton University. She declines Mordecai's offer, leaving the restaurant crying and Mordecai heartbroken.
In the episode "Laundry Woes," Mordecai becomes fixated on returning a sweater he found on his laundry to her, despite Rigby's continuous advice to get over Margaret leaving town. When he finally arrives to Milton University, Margaret is seen with her college friends cheerfully talking about school stuff. Realizing she has moved on, Mordecai does the same and discards the sweater, ready to move on, and leaves without noticing that Margaret did look up.
In "Merry Christmas Mordecai", Margaret returns as she is invited to the sweater party, which makes Mordecai nervous since CJ is also coming to the party. They accidentally kiss in the lips from reminiscing after clearing up a misunderstanding, causing a heartbroken CJ to dash back into the car and for Mordecai and Margaret to gaze at each other in a concerned look. When Eileen tells Mordecai that Margaret will be moving in as her new roommate, he is stunned and shocked while Margaret looks on to him.
In "Sad Sax", Mordecai takes advice from the Sad Sax Guy. He invites Margaret to the park so she can talk to CJ girl-to-girl. Margaret says she's sorry about the incident but says she doesn't want to get involved with CJ. Shortly after, Mordecai and Margaret share a friendly hug. Meanwhile CJ drives past, seeing them hugging, and drives away angrily. Margaret then leaves after saying to Mordecai "Sorry Mordecai, I'm gonna go before I make things even worse."
At the end of the episode Mordecai tells CJ that Margaret means a lot to him, and how much he loved her in the past and how sad he was to see her leave. He also states that he doesn't want to lose CJ too, and that he's completely over Margaret, and they're still good friends.
In "1000th Chopper Flight Party", Mordecai is still awkward with her presence and afraid to screw up, even to the point of letting Rigby constantly mess up the Party as a diversion just to keep her away from him. When he finally is declared as the lucky guest to ride Chopper 6 for its 1000th flight, he finds it hard to say no and joins. Margaret tries to talk to him, but Mordecai awkwardly resists until she scolds him for his attitude in desire for their friendship. Mordecai then lifts the tension with a joke and they finally start to have a fun chat.
This however angers CJ, who misinterprets it as them rekindling their love, and she causes havoc with her storm cloud ability. Mordecai tries to save Margaret, but she calms CJ when she reveals that she is in a relationship with news anchor, Del Hanlon, which stuns Mordecai and surprises her parents.
In "Not Great Double Date", she reveals that she still holds feelings for Mordecai, but before she tries to talk to him, he leaves and runs after CJ.
In "Dumped at the Altar", the season 6 finale, Mordecai and CJ 'take a break' after Margaret's feelings are revealed.
In "Just Friends", Rigby and Eileen go to the presentation of martial arts to see Don compete: therefore, Mordecai and Margaret spend a night that coincidentally has romantic moments. Throughout the night, Margaret made of list of everything and upon revealing it to Mordecai, blushed and stated she liked listing. A chef named Daisuke shows them their future using magical sauce. It is revealed that if and when Mordecai and Margaret get together, they will get married, have children, and buy their own houseboat, and die peacefully after 50 happy years. Mordecai and Margaret agree that their future looks like it will be really great, but that they are still young and should take it easy on relationships. At the end of the episode, the two agree to remain just friends, with future Margaret looking down on them and inquiring how long they can be just friends, and future Mordecai stating that "only time will tell."
In Snow Tubing, she pairs-off with Mordecai when she joined Eileen and Rigby for snow tubing and got along with him only as friends.
In "Rigby's Graduation Day Special", she was very worried as she watched Mordecai and the other park workers were shot into space, even saying his name in concern.
However, in the epilogue to "A Regular Epic Final Battle", she is seen only greeting Eileen when she returns where she does not end up with Mordecai and she is not seen with the group 25 years later, although Matt Price confirmed she still keeps in touch with him.
Friends
Margaret and Eileen are best friends in the same way that Mordecai and Rigby are. She is close to Eileen and reveals she does solids for her all the time in "Do Me a Solid" including watering Margaret's flowers when she was away with her parents in the episode "Diary". Margaret and Eileen used to work together at the coffee shop until Margaret left town to attend Milton University, which was her dream school. It is unknown how their friendship was during the time that she was away, but at the end of "Merry Christmas Mordecai", we see that they are still friends, and that Margaret has become Eileen's new roommate. In the series finale, she hugs Eileen when she and park workers (expect for Pops) return from space after 3 years.
Margaret rarely interacts directly with Rigby, with one exception being "It's Time", when Rigby makes Margaret laugh and almost manages to go to a movie with her, despite it just being an attempt to make Mordecai admit his jealousy. However, it is otherwise implied that Margaret and Rigby are good friends, even though Rigby often teased and made fun of Mordecai for his attempts to get with her even though she didn't display much personality.
The first time Margaret interacts with CJ is in the episode "Yes Dude Yes". This is after Mordecai and CJ become good friends when Mordecai believes Margaret is engaged. Margaret is jealous after finding out that Mordecai and CJ had been seeing each other, and both women are angry when they find out that Mordecai invited them both to the same movie. In the end, CJ leaves after Mordecai apologizes to her and Margaret declines his offer to go to the movies.
The next time we see them is in "Survival Skills"; fighting in Mordecai's imagination.
Margaret finally meets CJ officially in "Merry Christmas Mordecai" while at Eileen's sweater party. At first, they are both pleasant towards each other until Margaret figures out that CJ and Mordecai are dating. Feeling a bit awkward, she leaves the scene. Later, when CJ is in the bathroom, Margaret tells Mordecai that she didn't expect him to wait for her and that she is happy for him. However, Mordecai and Margaret accidentally kiss in front of CJ while reminiscing about the past. This left CJ heartbroken so she ran out of the party and drove off. Margaret tells her it's not what it looks like.
Margaret shows in "Sad Sax" and in "Merry Christmas Mordecai" that she is sorry about what happened and for the trouble she caused. So she chooses to not get involved because she feels like it'll make things worse for CJ and Mordecai. She even wishes him good luck (sincerely) after CJ drives off again when she sees Mordecai hug Margaret in the park.
In "I See Turtles", Margaret is contacted by CJ through Eileen's phone for help. When noticed, Margaret immediately arrives to the beach, and reports the sea turtle abusers. After the whole incident, CJ tells Eileen that she called Margaret for help, and Eileen is filled with joy. Margaret and CJ become friends, and Eileen forces them all to share an awkward group hug.
In" 1000th Chopper Flight Party", CJ still has resentment on Margaret as briefly shown in the beginning of the episode. When CJ sees both Mordecai and Margaret board Chopper 6, laughing and having fun, she gets the wrong impression and she enrages into her storm cloud. Mordecai fails to calm CJ down, and the turbulences of the chopper keep making him give CJ wrong impressions. Margaret manages to calm CJ down by revealing that Del Hanlon of Sports TV Anchor is her boyfriend, as he comes to the party. CJ calms down and turns back to her normal form, but is now filled with remorse for nearly killing Margaret parents and worrying for nothing. CJ then leaves the party crying as Margaret, Mordecai, Eileen, and Del Hanlon watch her leave.
In "Not Great Double Date", CJ arranged a double date to atone for wrecking the party, and seemed to get along with Margaret while she didn't know Margaret wasn't really dating anyone. and she left angrily after Margaret told her the truth.
In "Local News Legend", it is shown that CJ still dislikes her when she changes the channel from her achievement airing.
Margaret did not interact very much with Pops. In "Butt Dial", she asks him where Mordecai and Rigby are. She initially found Pops weird after he referred to her cell phone as the one Mordecai and Rigby "got sucked into" (which did indeed happen).
Margaret has only ever interacted with Muscle Man once, in "Do Me a Solid". In the episode, Eileen, Margaret, and an uninvited, shirtless Muscle Man eat ice cream sandwiches at the Park house, prompting Muscle Man to exclaim "Hey ladies, watch what else I can do with my ice cream sandwich!". Margaret then disgustedly tells Mordecai from the other room that she plans on leaving soon.
Starla and Margaret interacting with each other in "The Longest Weekend", and appeared to be good friends, though Margaret doesn't have much patience for Starla's obsession with Muscle Man. She, along with Eileen, helped comfort Starla when she was upset that Muscle Man didn't call, text, or email her.
Minor Characters
- Tania (Mentioned Friend)
Tania is an unseen, unheard friend of Margaret's first mentioned in "Picking Up Margaret". Tania informs Margaret via cellphone (off-screen, no voice) that she cannot drive her to the airport. Mordecai quickly jumps in and says he will take her instead.
- Slasher (First Boyfriend)
Slasher was Margaret's first known boyfriend during the series, appearing in the episode "Caffeinated Concert Tickets". Margaret got mad at him after he made inappropriate fun of Mordecai during the concert.
- Angel (Second Boyfriend)
Angel was formerly Margaret's boyfriend, mentioned in the episode "Mordecai and the Rigbys". This was before Margaret knew Mordecai had a crush on her. She dated him for his beautiful singing voice and he even made a reserve at a lounge.
- Chad (Mock Boyfriend)
Chad, known by the nickname "Ironchest", is a burly human male invited as Margaret's dinner date in "Cruisin'". Margaret and Eileen place a bet with Mordecai and Rigby that they could not get a girl's phone number; the losers have to buy the winners dinner. Thus the girls brought along dates to make the boys jealous and intimidated.
- Del Hanlon (Cover)
Del Hanlon the Chopper 6 Weekend Sports TV Anchor. He first appeared in 1000th Chopper Flight Party. Margaret said he was her boyfriend to calm CJ down and not die at her dad's party. In "Not Great Double Date", he accepted to pretend to be Margaret's boyfriend, to cover up the lie. After he was taking it to far for his love for acting, and the Kiss Cam fell on him and Margaret, Margaret was forced to tell the truth, upsetting CJ, and them Del pretended to break up with her and playfully cut the scene.
Family
- Frank Smith (Father)
Margaret has a very close relationship with her parents, especially her father, as seen by her phone's password ("Daddy's Girl") in "Butt Dial". In "Do Me a Solid", she mentions that her father used to bring her to play mini-golf when she was a child. He currently works as a traffic reporter for the local news and flies in a helicopter called Chopper 6. He also seems to be the only human in his family. In "Family BBQ", her dad is shown to be very protective of his daughter and inherently suspicious of her boyfriends; he is very intimidating and unwelcoming.
- Denise Smith (Mother)
On the other hand, her mother, Denise, is calm and polite. Margaret shares a close resemblance with her mother, although her mother is slightly shorter and has a different hairstyle.
Margaret also spends Christmas with her parents, as shown in "The Christmas Special".
- John (Margaret's cousin)
John is Margaret's cousin. He is an orange bird, thought to be an Oriole, though this is unconfirmed. John is an amputee, but it is unknown how he lost his leg. Margaret is very close to her cousin and she was overjoyed when he got a new prosthetic leg. However, when showing off his new leg to Margaret, it appeared as if John was proposing to her (as he was kneeling and she screamed "yes dude, yes!" in response). Mordecai saw this and becomes very depressed thinking that Margaret was engaged. As a result, Mordecai joins the "Couple Corral" and goes on several dates, eventually meeting CJ before finding out the truth about John and Margaret.
Margaret-themed content
- Margaret's Boss ("House Rules")
- Margaret's Diary ("Diary")
- Quotes
Trivia
- The name Margaret means "pearl" in Greek.
- It is unknown how Margaret and Mordecai met since he seemed to already know her when she was introduced in "Caffeinated Concert Tickets".
- Margaret is the character with the most mentioned family members; over 18 family members of hers have been mentioned. They always reunite at her parents' house.
- Despite being a Robin, Margaret and her relatives all more resemble male Cardinals.
- Like Mordecai, Margaret sports a full set of teeth on her beak, but she has two "toes" instead of the standard four.
- Margaret was originally intended to not wear clothes regularly, much like Mordecai and Rigby, but it changed in development.
- The only times Margaret was shown without clothes were "Terror Tales of the Park II" as baby and an early image of Regular Show with Mordecai and Rigby playing Rock, Paper, Scissors.
- Margaret is shown to be a fan of adventure movies, as seen in the beginning of "Death Bear".
- It's implied that she may be a bully in high school.
- In "Pie Contest", it is revealed that Margaret is horrible at baking pies. Mordecai reluctantly stated that Margaret's was the worst pie he had ever eaten.
- In "TGI Tuesday", it is revealed that Margaret knows some Spanish.
- In "Not Great Double Date", it is revealed that Margaret wears a retainer at night, and is reluctant to and bad at lying.
- In "Local News Legend", Margaret is shown to have skill at undercover work, and retain her knowledge of the coffee shop's modus operandi despite having quit her job as a waitress.
- Margaret and Mordecai have kissed five times in the series:
- "Bad Kiss" (in the original timeline only)
- "Picking Up Margaret", "Meteor Moves"
- "Steak Me Amadeus"
- "Merry Christmas Mordecai".
- They almost kissed in "Death Bear" and "Do or Diaper".
- It is shown that Margaret likes the band Fist Pump.
- In "Family BBQ", it is revealed that Margaret's surname is Smith and her father is human.
- Margaret might be well-advanced in martial arts (most likely karate) since, she is seen in a picture at her father's house as a adolescent wearing a karate uniform and a black belt while holding a trophy.
- Margaret's car strongly resembles a three-door Renault Clio MK1.
- Matt Price explained why Mordecai didn't end up with Margaret or CJ:
- "We felt like the Margaret / CJ story was complete, and they were both on their own path already. We also felt like Mordecai had moved on in his life. He finally left the park to pursue art, and we thought it'd be cool if he met someone while doing that. But we love Margaret and C.J., and we're sure that they're happy without Mordecai! He was too wishy-washy with them!!"[3]
- Matt Price later added “We really wanted everyone to move on after they landed back on Earth. Margaret too. It was three years after the Dome took off, and it just seemed like she wouldn't be hanging around for Mordecai who she wasn't even dating anymore. I thought it'd be funny if she got together with Don. They both missed Mordecai and Rigby. They comforted each other in the sad times... But no-one in the writers room liked Don except me so that would never happen.” [4]
- This interview also states that Margaret advances in the news world, traveling around the world to report the news. But, she still keeps in touch with Mordecai, Eileen and Rigby, unlike Mordecai's other ex, CJ, who pretty much cut ties with all of them after the breakup.
Gallery
The gallery for Margaret can be found here.
References
- ↑ https://www.cartoonnetwork.com/shows/regularshow/characters/
- ↑ Rigby's script in Not Great Double Date
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/regularshow/comments/5oszo6/we_are_matt_price_head_writer_and_calvin_wong/dcltx8z/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/regularshow/comments/5oszo6/we_are_matt_price_head_writer_and_calvin_wong/dcmblq5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
