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The Power

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This article is about the episode. For the keyboard of the same name, click here.

The Power is the first episode of Regular Show's first season. It first aired on September 6, 2010 and was written & storyboarded by JG Quintel.

Synopsis

Mordecai and Rigby find a mysterious keyboard that allows them to do anything they want, including accidentally sending Skips to the moon.

Plot

Mordecai and Rigby are both messing around in their room, wrestling with a doll named "Beef Burrito". While doing this, they accidentally bust a huge hole in their wall. Panicking, they quickly realize that the only solution to the fix the hole is by convincing Benson to give them a raise. Rigby suggests they "hambone" to convince him, but Mordecai is adamant that they're not doing that, despite Rigby's claims that "hamboning will save your life some day". Rigby then has an other idea, and shows Mordecai a magical keyboard which he stole from a wizard who was relieving himself in a bush. Mordecai is unsure that the keyboard will have any effect on Benson, until Rigby plays a tune and convinces him otherwise. Prompted by Rigby to name the keyboard, Mordecai calls it "The Power".

In the Park, Mordecai and Rigby practice a dance routine to brainwash Benson, when Pops arrives. Rigby suggests that they should test The Power out on Pops, given his naivety and the likelihood of not yelling at them. Mordecai obliges and they brainwash Pops, who offers them two butterscotch ripple lollipops instead of regular money. Realizing that The Power works, they run off to find Benson and get their raises. Elsewhere, Benson is frustrated, taking tools out of the shed, when Mordecai and Rigby get his attention. They perform their dance routine and nervously attempt to brainwash Benson. It works, and Benson gives them $20 each. Mordecai is excited to now fix the hole, but Rigby explains that with The Power, they can do everything they've ever wanted to do.

Mordecai and Rigby use The Power to do various crazy things, from creating a bouncy castle from thin air and turning it into a rocket, to gaining the ability to fly. After they make a landing, they bump into Skips. He confronts them about the flying, and they retaliate by using The Power to brainwash him. Mordecai sings to send Skips back to his room, but Rigby mishears and sings to send him to the moon. Skips suddenly vanishes and Rigby is confronted by Mordecai, who realizes that it's up to them to rescue Skips. Benson and Pops arrive on the scene and question the whereabouts of Skips, which Mordecai willingly tells them. They agree to assist Mordecai and Rigby in their rescue mission, as much as Benson doesn't believe it. Using The Power, Mordecai and Rigby sing to send the group to the moon while sat in a golf cart.

Arriving on the moon, the cart tips over and Benson notices that its surface is covered in "junk". Rigby confesses that back on Earth, he sent a bunch of stuff to the moon out of boredom, including a bunch of baby ducks, a broken soda machine, and a giant monster who is chasing after Skips. Rigby and Benson head off to save Skips while Mordecai and Pops stay behind to flip the cart back over. The monster is now holding Skips in his fist, ready to eat him. Rigby attempts to make the monster disappear with The Power but while doing so, its batteries die. Rigby then remembers his earlier discussion with Mordecai about how "hamboning will save your life some day" and runs towards the monster and hambones on its ankle. With the monster distracted, Skips breaks free from its fist and grabs Rigby to return to the cart. The monster starts chasing after them, getting closer each second. With the batteries dead, Skips finds an other solution to charge The Power back up by ripping some wires out of the cart's dashboard and plugging them into it. The group use The Power to return home, moments before they would have been crushed by the now-stranded monster.

After returning home, Mordecai and Rigby accidentally cause part of the drywall in their room to collapse, leaving only the drywall around the hole they made earlier. As a punishment for sending Skips to the moon, Benson takes The Power from Rigby. Skips destroys the keyboard, and Benson demands the $40 he gave them back. Mordecai and Rigby comply, and Benson tells them to clean up the mess in their room or he'll fire them both. After Benson, Pops, and Skips leave the room, Rigby hopes that Benson didn't notice the remaining hole in the wall. Mordecai then covers the hole with a poster, claiming that Benson won't be able to notice it now. Mordecai and Rigby high-five, and the episode ends.

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Production Notes

  • This episode aired as the series premiere.
  • This episode received 2.10 million views nationwide.
  • This is JG Quintel's favorite episode of the show.[3]

Worldbuilding

  • Mordecai and Rigby's age is revealed to be 23 years old.

Episode Connections

  • The first minute of this episode reused as the opening scene of the final segment of the series. [4]
  • The Power would later be repaired as part of the Hyperduck fusion[5] and ultimately makes its final appearance in the series finale.[4]
  • The Wizard who Rigby stole The Power from would later go on to become a party of the Magical Elements bowling and dodgeball team.[6][7]

Pop Culture References

Expanded Media

Goofs

  • The TV is turned off when Rigby jumps on the doll.
  • After Rigby drinks a can of soda, it disappears in the next shot, along with its spilled contents.
  • The notes on the "The Power keyboard" changes shape, size and number across various scenes.
    • Alongside that, the engraved words on the keyboard, "The Power" disappear in various scenes.
  • The keyboard disappears in some shots when Mordecai and Rigby are using The Power on their coworkers.
  • Mordecai and Rigby have watches on their wrists when they say, "Don't look at our crotches whilst we synchronize these watches!", despite them not being shown throughout the rest of the episode.
  • Mordecai and Rigby's sweaters disappear after sending Skips to the moon.
  • Whilst Rigby is sending stuff to the moon, the cart has headlights.
  • When the group disappears from the cart, the cart is missing a fourth pole which holds the roof.
  • Mordecai and Rigby disappear when Benson, Pops and Skips exit their bedroom.
  • The hole changes positions multiple times throughout the episode.

Deleted Scenes

For a more detailed description of the deleted scenes for this episode, click here.

  • Instead of Rigby stealing the keyboard from a wizard, he was originally set to reveal that he won it as a prize for sending 1,000 box tops to a cereal company.
    • The way in which Rigby obtains the box tops was also set to be shown as a flashback with Rigby begging Pops for his box tops while hamboning on him. Pops would scream and cry that he can have them.
  • Mordecai was set to ask Rigby if The Power had a record function, leading to a gag where the whole conversation was repeated by the keyboard's recorder.
  • Pops was originally given more dialogue when giving Mordecai and Rigby their lollipops, telling them that it's their money and that they're free to spend it on whatever they want.
  • Originally, the montage would result in Mordecai and Rigby eating tacos on a giant keyboard, then magically transforming into tacos, with Mordecai taking a bite out of Rigby.
  • Mordecai was set to use The Power to convince Benson of its magical abilities, by making a cup float. The cup then slowly transforms into Skips, but Mordecai reverses it.
  • Instead of Skips pulling wires out of the cart's dashboard, it was originally written that Mordecai would find some batteries in the cart's glove compartment.
  • When the group return to Earth, they originally landed in front of Pops' house, rather than in Mordecai and Rigby's room.

Alternate Versions

USA

On Cartoon Network USA reruns, streaming services and the Season 1 and 2 DVD & Blu-Ray, the following lines are changed:

  • "How in the H are we gonna fix this S?" is changed to "How in the heck are we gonna fix this stuff?"
  • "But he's gonna be pissed!" is changed to "But he's gonna be ticked!"

UK

  • "How in the H are we gonna fix this S?" was changed to "How in the H are we gonna fix this hole?"
  • "But he's gonna be pissed!" was changed to "But he's gonna be miffed!
  • "The forty dollars you two conned out of me with that stupid keyboard crap!" was changed to "The forty dollars you two conned out of me with that stupid keyboard crud!"
  • Mordecai and Rigby calling each other "holes" was cut.
  • "Don't look at our crotches while we synchronize our watches!" was cut.
  • "You drill-bit!" was cut.
  • The scene following a wizard urinating in a bush was shortened, cutting out his heavy breathing and the sound of his zipper opening.
    • In addition to this, the sound of urination was lowered.
  • The moment during the montage where the screen flashes is slowed down.

Official Releases

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References

  1. ↑ http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ja4RJJem36k/TK5y67ndyLI/AAAAAAAAAkY/b7Z3y_fo6SA/s1600/C003S001_547.jpg
  2. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/09/08/monday-cable-ratings-boise-st-vs-va-tech-dominates-the-closer-rizzoli-isles-get-bigger-much-more/62631/
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gGc1OsJsW8&ab_channel=CartoonNetwork
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Regular Epic Final Battle
  5. ↑ A Bunch of Full Grown Geese
  6. ↑ Skips Strikes
  7. ↑ Dodge This

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