For more information on the individual stories told within this episode, visit any of the following: "Fear Planet", "King-Sized Candy Bars" or "Alien Roommate"
"Terror Tales of the Park VI" is the nineteenth episode of Season Eight (and two hundred and thirty-sixth overall) of Regular Show. it aired on October 27, 2016.
Synopsis
The guys gather in the house on the Dome and tell scary Halloween stories, with an extra terrifying, science fiction twist.
Plot
The park crew are having a Halloween party, along with Chance Sureshot, Toothpick Sally and Recap Robot. Chance Sureshot informs the park crew that the dome is on autopilot so they can party without worrying. After Recap Robot introduces his Fearometer he installed for the day, Skips decides to tell a story called Fear Planet.
After Skips finishes his story, Recap tells Rigby that he gained two fears (meaning that his Fearometer is currently at negative 2 fears). Before Recap leaves, Eileen tells a story she thinks he will have a hard time turning his back on. After Eileen concludes her story, Recap states that he doesn't have any blood and that his Fearometer is stuck at two. After the crew hear a crash, they head up to the control tower and discover that the dome is off-course. Turns out, the dome is heading towards a black hole.
Sometime later, the gang are freaking out over the black hole. After Recap Robot explains what spaghettification is, the process when someone is sucked into a black hole, Rigby decides to tell a story about a lousy roomate. After Rigby finishes his story, Sureshot states that he is unable to steer away from the black hole. After the dome is sucked into the hole, the crew enter the process of spaghettification, where everyone except for Pops (who is giant meatball) turn into strands of spaghetti. After Neil deGrasse Tyson introduces himself to the crew, he eats them, and later breaks the fourth wall by wishing the audience a "Happy Halloween". The special ends with the restaurant being swirled away into a black hole.
Characters
- Mordecai
- Rigby
- Benson
- Pops
- Skips
- Muscle Man
- Hi-Five Ghost
- Eileen
- Chance Sureshot
- Toothpick Sally
- Recap Robot
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
Stories Only
- Sharks
- Flying Disc Freestylers
- Amusement Park Mascots
- Vampires
- Pregnant Spider
- Sea Monkey Alien
- Victorian Alien
- Shannon Acidbutt
- Carter and Briggs (cameos on TV)
Trivia
- This episode marks the sixth and final installment in Regular Show's "Terror Tales of the Park" yearly specials.
- This episode takes place before the events of "Space Escape", but the characters are eaten at the end, making it non-canon.
- "Fear Planet" reveals some of the characters' worst fears:
- Benson's worst fear is sharks.
- Skips' worst fear is flying disc freestylers.
- Pops' worst fear is the dark.
- Mordecai is the only one whose worst fears were not seen, as he had his eyes closed.
- Chance, Sally, and Recap are also wearing costumes is this episode:
- Chance is a bottle of cool ranch.
- Sally is the famed painting by Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa.
- Recap is wearing a leather jacket.
Episode Connections
- Rigby's fear of amusement park mascots is brought up again, which was previously revealed in "Temp Check."
Pop Culture References
- In "Alien Roommate", Shannon's appearance and acid blood are a reference to the Xenomorph in the movie Alien.
- In "Fear Planet" Benson has a fear of Sharks in chomping off both of his arms could be a similar reference to Jaws.
- In addition to that, Muscle Man is seen in a walker resembling the power loader from the same film
- This was previously referenced in the Season Three episode "Big Winner".
- In addition to that, Muscle Man is seen in a walker resembling the power loader from the same film
- At the end of episode, when the restaurant is sucked into the black hole, the music you hear is a reference to the famous theme from The Twilight Zone.
- This is the only Halloween special on Regular Show where all of the stories are references to different horror films; Fear Planet is a reference to Event Horizon, King Sized Candy Bars is a reference to Planet of the Vampires, and Alien Roommate is a reference to the Alien franchise.
- The costumes the park crew wear are from characters who appeared in different medias:
- Mordecai and Rigby both dressed as Shōtarō Kaneda and Tetsuo Shima from Akira.
- Benson is dressed as Abe from Primer.
- Interestingly enough, Benson's costume is also the suit he wore in his scary story "Unfinished Business" from "Terror Tales of the Park IV".
- Pops is dressed as Joel Robinson from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
- Skips is most likely dressed as Mary, the three breasted mutant prostitute from Total Recall, or possibly Eccentrica Gallumbits from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (to which Mary was a reference).
- Muscle Man is dressed as Zed from Zardoz.
- Hi-Five Ghost is dressed as E.T. from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, including E.T.'s famed healing power within his fingertip.
- Eileen is dressed as Samus Aran from the Metroid game series, in a papier-mâché model of Samus's recognizable orange-and-red suit of armor, and the gun on the left hand.
- The costumes that the park crew wear in Eileen's story also represent characters who appeared in different media:
- Mordecai is dressed as Han Solo from Star Wars.
- Rigby and Eileen are dressed as Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay from Star Trek Voyager.
- Skips is dressed as John Nada from They Live.
- Muscle Man is dressed as Dr. Zaius from Planet of the Apes.
- When Mordecai, Eileen, and Rigby get dressed to fight the Vampires, they put on the hats, coat, gloves, and in Eileen's case crossbow of fictional vampire hunter Van Helsing.
Production Notes
- The episode was made available on The Cartoon Network app on October 15, 2016.
- This marks the first episode where a guest star plays himself in the show. In this case, it was Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
- This is also the first time a real-world celebrity appeared in the show. However, because the episode was non-canon, it does not confirm the existence of real-world celebrities in the Regular Show universe.
Goofs
- Before Eileen tells her story, her mouth is missing for a second.
- In "King-Sized Candy Bars", when Eileen is grabbing the crossbow, she has Mordecai's fingers. And after she has the crossbow, her gloves are gone and they come back when the vampires enters the weapon room.
- In "Alien Roommate", before Eileen entered the mini dome, Eileen isn't wearing her eyeglasses.
- Also, when Mordecai complains about Shannon, one of his eyes appear slightly open.
- Additionally, during the set up scene, after Hi-Five Ghost and Pops finish fluffing the pillows on the couch, when the camera pans away the pillows disappear.