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Sherm is the father of Rigby and Don, and the husband of Barbera.
Unlike his wife, he is very short tempered and tends to be strict and emotionally abusive towards Rigby, favoring his younger brother Don and especially his prized sedan over him.
Biography
Not much is known about Sherm, but in his first appearance alongside his wife, Barbara in "The Thanksgiving Special", he seemed mild mannered and was very happy to see Rigby.
This would change in every other appearance afterwards, as Rigby's father, Sherm is depicted as much more short tempered, grouchy, and slovenly, usually only wearing his underwear when at home even when his sons or Mordecai are over, even running out in public just wearing them. He is also shown to be more openly disappointed and frustrated with Rigby, and is stated to have constantly compared him to his younger brother, Don, due to being more successful and well liked both when they were growing up and in the present as adults. However, Rigby, unlike Don, has had more experiences involving more dangerous situations, in which he survived.
In "Lunch Break", Sherm's catches a twelve year old Mordecai and Rigby with five cereal boxes they bought in order to find an RGB2 toy, and he angrily enforces his rule that they cannot open a new cereal box before finishing the fjrst one, causing Mordecai and Rigby to have to eat almost all the cereal they bought as Sherm watches them, which lands them in the hospital due to how unhealthy it was.
"Regular Show: The Movie" shows high school Rigby returning home to open his College U letter, as it’s a college that accepts practically everyone. His parents both have blank expressions on their face and do not say anything as he excitedly opens the skinny white letter, only to find out to his dismay out he was rejected. Sherm admits they were expecting this so they found a community college across the border that will take him. Rigby runs up to his room crying after exclaiming he won’t go to college , and Sherm angrily yells he’s going to college whether he likes it or not, making Rigby yell back if he can’t go to college with Mordecai he won't go to college at all.
In "Just Friends", Sherm calls Rigby, who was about to go out with Mordecai, Margaret, and Eileen, and yells at him for forgetting about Don's Tai Kwon Do Ceremony. Rigby asks if that was tonight, to which Sherm says to not to pull the "was that tonight" excuse since HE was the one who taught him that. He yells at Rigby that if he has to be there, than he (Rigby) has to be there, too. Eileen tells Rigby to tell his dad she says hi. Rigby does this, and Sherm kindly says hi to her, along with the rest of Rigby's famil. Rigby and Eileen are later seen at the ceremony cheering on Don with the rest of Rigby's family. At one point Sherm shouts "Now there's a son I can be proud of!"
In "Rigby Goes to the Prom", Rigby needs a car to take Eileen to prom, and he is turned down by everyone he asks. Don tells Rigby he could ask their Dad for his prized car, to which Rigby refuses, but the two end up going to dinner at their parent's place in order for Rigby to ask. Barbera is happy to have her sons over for dinner, unlike Sherm, who assumes Rigby is only there because he needs something. During dinner, Rigby tries to talk about how he's about to graduate high school, and he finally asks Sherm for his car. Sherm screams at him, saying that he can't borrow his car. Rigby yells at him saying that he cares more about the car than he cares about him. Sherm sends Rigby to his room, and after he leaves he tells Don to go on about his week. Barbera sighs, and she goes up to Rigby's room (which is now a walk in closet) to consult him, even bringing tissues with her. She gives him the keys to her husband's car, telling him to not scratch it or tell Sherm that she was involved. Later that night, while Rigby and Eileen are at prom, and have left with some of Rigby's school friends to go to Look Out Point, Sherm and Barbera are in bed. Sherm is trying to fix a tiny TV and has he does this he yells at it saying why it can't be like the big TV downstairs. Barbera tells him that she believes he's implying something else (the small TV represents Rigby and the big TV represents Don), but he ignores her. Sherm then discovers that Rigby took his car. Enraged, he goes to the high school, in a tank top and his underwear, and angrily asking everyone where Rigby is. He learns where they are, and when he arrives he tells Rigby and Eileen to get in the car. As he drives, he tells Rigby that he's nothing but a screwup, and that he messes up everyone's lives, and that he'll eventually find a way to ruin Eileen's life. Sherm is not paying attention to the road as he does this, and he has veered off the road, and the car is about to fall off the cliff. Rigby tries to take the wheel, but Sherm refuses. Rigby says that even if he does end up successful he’ll always care more about the car than he cares about him. Sherm reluctantly lets Rigby take the wheel, after being pulled by eileen, and he saves them, but the car is damaged by crashing when it falls and rocks falling on it. Sherm tells Rigby he's proud of him, and that he's allowed to drive the car. Right after he says this, however the car is totaled after a huge boulder crushes it.
In "Rigby's Graduation Day Special", Rigby's parents and brother attend his high school graduation. Sherm complains about how he had to put on a suit for this, but Barbera shushes him. They all cheer for Rigby when he gives his speech, and his dad expresses that he's proud of him. As they all head to the party with everyone else, they see the park go up into space and they all appear to be very worried for Rigby.
In the finale, after the Park returns after being in space for 3 years, Rigby's parents and brother cut through the crowd and hug Rigby. Sherm looks proud of Rigby, as he points to Rigby and says something to the crowd, while Rigby looks flattered.
Appearance
Like his sons and wife, Sherm is a raccoon with brown fur with darker brown lines on it, grey fur on his under-snouts and the front of their bodies, and black circles around their eyes, and with the exception of Rigby has a tall humanoid body.
Sherm had a strong resemblance to Ned Flanders from The Simpsons in The Thanksgiving Special, due to his voice and outfit. He wore a brown cardigan over a cream shirt with dark brown pants and glasses. He has short brown hair and a thick, bushy mustache, and had a trim build.
In Lunch Break, and all of his appearances after this, Sherm's appearance has changed. He now has a fat belly, and he wears a white tank top, white underwear and socks with blue stripes. Outside of the house he has been shown wearing jeans with his white tank top, and to his chagrin had to wear a black suit for Rigby’s high school graduation, implying he doesn’t like being fully dressed. He also stopped wearing glasses, and his hair became slightly longer and shaggier while retaining his mustache.
Personality
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Skills / Hobbies
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Trivia
- His car appears to modeled after an Oldsmobile 98 from the 1960’s.
- As of "Rigby Goes to the Prom", thanks to Rigby's survival experiences on involving any dangerous situations he was in, Sherm finally acknowledges Rigby when he saved his father and Eileen from falling to a cliff, even it means had no choice to sacrifice one of their precious items to be wrecked, such as Sherm's car. It also reveals Sherm owns a 1964 Luxury Sedan and watches a tiny TV in the night.
- In Just Friends, he seems to like Eileen after she and Rigby started dating.
Gallery
"The Thanksgiving Special"
"Lunch Break"
"Regular Show: The Movie"
"Rigby Goes to the Prom"
"Rigby's Graduation Day Special"
