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"Mordecai and the Rigbys" is the twelfth and final episode of Regular Show's first season. It first aired on November 22, 2010.
Synopsis[]
Mordecai and Rigby must perform at an Open Mic Night at the coffee shop after Mordecai lies to Margaret about him and Rigby forming a band.
Plot[]
Mordecai and Rigby order a box of “fake” band t-shirts after the night pictured, which leads to Mordecai convincing Margaret that the band is real the next day at the coffee shop. The band is called Mordecai and the Rigbys. The band name was going to be Mustache Cash Stash but Rigby changed it at the last minute before ordering the shirts. Margaret then hands them a flier for the open mic night at the Coffee Shop where she works and tells the two they should play at it because she saw the shirt. Wanting to impress Margaret and so she doesn't think they have a "stupid fake band", Mordecai tells her that he and Rigby will play at the show.
Realizing that they don’t know how to play, Mordecai and Rigby go to Pops for help, only to learn that he and everyone else from the park are also going to be attending the open-mic night. Pops gives Mordecai and Rigby three records for his Victor talking machine to help them learn to play in time, but they are extremely outdated, and less than helpful. To speed things up, Mordecai and Rigby try playing all three records at once. But when a drink is spilled, however, this causes the record players to react with one another, resulting in Mordecai and Rigby's future selves who appear (where it turns out they are both very successful musicians).
The future selves teach Mordecai and Rigby the lyrics, the moves, and the looks, but never how to play. Future Mordecai and Future Rigby hand them both guitar picks and tell them that they will be great, though. Sure enough, when they get on stage, they perform amazingly, impressing even Benson. Halfway through the performance, though, Mordecai realizes that their equipment is not plugged in, and their “performance” is being played from a tape. He stops Rigby and the performance, and gives a talk about how lip-syncing is “not cool”. The future versions told how lip syncing made them rich and famous, but Mordecai angrily told them that lip-syncing is lame and how he and Rigby don't want to be liars in the future and then rips his shirt in two.
That action causes the future versions of themselves, to disappear forever into oblivion. Unfortunately, though Margaret is still impressed with Mordecai, she asks if he has "met her new boyfriend" Angel, one of the earlier performers who mostly sings instead of talking. After this, Rigby tells Mordecai he "should have kept lip-syncing."
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Trivia[]
Initial Broadcast & Reception[]
- The episode premiered on Cartoon Network on November 22, 2010 at 8.15pm as part of the channel's Monday Nights block, following the premiere of Adventure Time's "Power Animal" and preceding the premiere of MAD's "Da Grinchy Code / Duck".
- This episode received 2.028 million views domestically in the United States.
- This episode received a nomination for "Outstanding Short-format Animated Program" at the 63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
- The award ultimately went to Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa.
Continuity[]
- The band "Mordecai and the Rigbys" would reunite later on in the show, extended with the rest of the Park Crew.[1]
- The events of this episode are briefly revisited whilst Mordecai and Rigby chase a past version of Mordecai through time.[2]
Pop Culture References[]
- The plot of this episode is resemblant to the lip-syncing controversy surrounding Milli Vanilli.
- Future Mordecai's line "Our Future's So Bright, We Gotta Wear Shades" is a reference to the song "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades." The song is later heard in "Regular Show: The Movie".
Music[]
- "Party Tonight" - performed by JG Quintel as Mordecai, with lyrics by Sean Szeles
Goofs[]
- There is a poster for the Daily Special when shows Mordecai the band t-shirts. The poster disappears after Rigby tells Mordecai that he changed the name of the shirts.
- Rigby is seen wearing his band t-shirt when he goes to find Pops, but when Pops says: "Everyone knows about it, we will all be there!", he is missing his shirt.
- There are no cords connected to the record player until Rigby knocks over a can of soda. They later disappear when Future Mordecai and Rigby are summoned.
- Mordecai and Rigby's guitars disappear when Mordecai passes a t-shirt to Margaret. When Future Mordecai and Rigby arrive at the Coffee Shop, the guitars return.
- The amplifiers disappear in various scenes.
- There is only one microphone when Mordecai and Rigby get onstage. However, when Mordecai starts singing, there is a second microphone.
- Muscle Man is not listed in the credits, despite having a speaking role in the episode.
- The flyer for Open Mic Night says "Coffee House" instead of "Coffee Shop".
Alternate Versions[]
UK[]
- Benson saying "Holy crap!" was changed to "Holy crud!"
Official Releases[]
- On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the episode was paired with "Rigby's Body" under "Volume One". It was released digitally on November 22, 2010 for the price of $2.99 in HD, or $1.99 in SD.
- This episode is also available as part of the following home media releases:
- Slack Pack
- The Complete First and Second Seasons
- The Complete Series
Special Features:- Commentary with JG Quintel & Sean Szeles
- "Party Tonight" music video