This is a transcript of the originally pitched storyboard for "The Power".
(In Mordecai and Rigby's room, a wrestling match is playing on the TV. Pan over to Rigby, who is standing on top of a dresser)
Rigby: Alright, Beef Burrito. I'm gonna give you one more chance to take back what you said about my mom!
(It's revealed that Rigby is yelling at a small doll on the floor)
Rigby: I'll kill you!
(Rigby pats his elbow and jumps onto his trampoline, body-slamming the doll. He then elbows the doll multiple times, and body slams it once more. He picks up the doll and moves its arm, making it punch him in the face. Rigby groans. Behind him, Mordecai is standing on his bed, calling to him)
Mordecai: Tag up! Tag up!
(Still groaning, Rigby walks over to Mordecai and slaps his hand. Rigby chugs a can of soda as Mordecai pulls the doll away. He then slams the soda can onto the ground and lets out a ferocious roar. Mordecai sets the doll up next to his bed and walks back to the dresser, where he climbs on top of it. Rigby joins him and turns to the doll)
Rigby: What?
(The doll is shown once again sitting silently)
Rigby: Oh, you want us to put the hurt on you?
(The doll is still just sat silently. Mordecai picks up Rigby, curled into a ball)
Rigby: I think he wants me to put the hurt on him.
Mordecai: I think he wants you to put the hurt on him.
Rigby: You think he wants me to put the hurt on him?
Mordecai: Yes, I do!
(Rigby screams, then Mordecai screams. They both scream in unison. Mordecai throws Rigby down onto the trampoline, launching him across the room and into the wall, landing in a trash can. The impact leaves a large hole in the wall. Rigby groans, then stands up with the trash can on his head and walks over to Mordecai. He throws the trash can away)
Rigby: Yeah-yuh! Did you see how awesome it was when I hit the trampoline?
Mordecai: (laughs) Yeah, I did! But it wasn't as awesome as when you punched that hole in the wall.
(Mordecai and Rigby both laugh, but suddenly stop as they look over to the hole and see a piece of drywall fall down. They scream. Rigby opens the bedroom door to check if anyone is nearby
Mordecai: Not good, not good.
(Rigby slams the door shut. Mordecai is sat on his bed next to the hole, with Rigby standing opposite him)
Mordecai: I can't believe I listened to you! I knew I should've gone out to do some work, but no, "Let's wrestle this stupid doll, it'll be fun!"
Rigby: But it was fun.
Mordecai: Well, yeah, but now there's a big hole in the wall! Dude, we're 23 years old, we shouldn't be busting holes in walls. We're gonna get fired for this!
Rigby: (inhales) Ooh...What do you think we should do?
Mordecai: I don't know man. We can't fix it, and we definitely can't pay for it, 'cause we don't have any money! Well, unless you have some money.
Rigby: No, I spent my whole paycheck on that trampoline. Besides, I don't even know how much it'd cost to fix a hole like this. Probably a ton.
Mordecai: Exactly. Which leaves us with only one possible solution: We convince Benson to give us raises so we can afford to pay somebody else to fix it.
Rigby: Dude... you are a genius! Of course, raises!
Mordecai: Okay, dude, here's what we do...
Rigby: Let me stop you there, because I already know what you're going to say...hamboning.
Mordecai: What?
Rigby: Yeah, dude, hamboning! It's a very effective negotiation technique. You could fight off a fifty-foot monster if you hambone the [---] out of it. We just go up to Benson and we'll be all like, "We both want raises!"
(Rigby slaps his body repeatedly whilst walking towards Mordecai. He then starts slapping Mordecai's chest)
Mordecai: No, man! Stop it!
(Mordecai pushes Rigby away from him)
Mordecai: We have to be serious about this. We just need to ask him for a raise and explain all of the things that we do around here to deserve a raise.
Rigby: No, no, no, that's not gonna work! What are you, 65?
(Rigby imitates an old man)
Rigby: Excuse me, sir, can I have a raise?
(Rigby speaks normally)
Rigby: Come on! I'm telling you, dude. Hamboning...
(Mordecai crosses his arms)
Mordecai: No...
Rigby: Hamboning will save your life some day. It'll be all like, "What? You trying to mug me?"
(Rigby starts slapping his body again and attempts to do it to Mordecai too. Mordecai slaps him away)
Mordecai: No! We're not doing that, okay? Okay?
Rigby: Fine...
(Mordecai and Rigby sigh and ponder. Rigby suddenly gasps and runs off to a pile of dirty clothes)
Rigby: Yes!
Mordecai: What?
(Rigby searches through the pile)
Mordecai: What are you doing?
(Rigby comes up to Mordecai with a red keyboard)
Rigby: (snickers) Are you ready for raises?
(He brings the keyboard in front of him)
Rigby: Boop-boop-bweep-bwoop-beep-bweeb-boop-boop!
Mordecai: Whoa, how'd you get that?
Rigby: I sent the cereal company like a thousand box tops, and they sent me this.
Mordecai: Cool...but how'd you get so many box tops?
Rigby: I have my methods...
(Flashback. Pops enters the kitchen through the back door)
Pops: I noticed we were low on cereal so I took the automobile around to the grocers and purchased some!
(Rigby comes in and starts slapping Pops repeatedly)
Rigby: Hey, can I have your box tops, Pops?
(Pops falls on the ground)
Pops: Agh, take them! Take them all!
(The flashback ends)
Rigby: (snickers)
Mordecai: I don't know, dude. How's that gonna get us raises?
Rigby: Aw, come on, man! Look! Before you say no...
(Rigby sets keyboard on the floor)
Rigby: Just come check this out.
(Rigby plays a small tune on the keyboard)
Mordecai: Aw-ha-ha-ha, does it have a record function?
Rigby: Let me answer that question by pressing a button.
(Rigby presses a button and the keyboard plays back the tune which Rigby played, followed by a voice recording)
Mordecai (keyboard): Aw-ha-ha-ha...Dude, does it have a record function?
Rigby (keyboard): Let me answer that question by pressing a button.
(Mordecai is amazed. He strokes the keyboard)
Mordecai: This is the answer to all our problems. Have you named her yet?
Rigby: Actually, I thought you could do the honors.
Mordecai: Really?
(Rigby nods)
Mordecai: You know, I've always wanted to date a girl named "The Power".
Rigby: The Power?
Mordecai: Mm-hmm.
Rigby: I like it.
(The words "The Power" magically appear at the top of the keyboard)
Mordecai & Rigby: Whoa...
(Later, by the Park fountain)
Mordecai: Alright, this time with feeling.
Rigby: Yeah, yeah!
Mordecai: He's not gonna give us raises unless we look like we really deserve raises.
Rigby: Ready?
Mordecai: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Rigby: Okay.
(Rigby presses a button on The Power)
Mordecai & Rigby: Five, six, seven, eight!
(Music plays on The Power. Mordecai and Rigby shuffle forwards, spin around and clap, then point forwards)
Mordecai & Rigby: Give us a raise, loser!
(The duo laugh)
Rigby: Hey, it's Pops.
(Pops is seen walking towards them)
Pops: (laughs) Hello!
Mordecai: Hey Pops, what's up?
Pops: Rigby, Mordecai! Is that the sound of music I hear? (laughs)
(Mordecai and Rigby turn around and whisper to each other)
Rigby: Dude, let's use The Power on Pops.
Mordecai: I don't know, Pops is kinda weird.
(They both look over at Pops. He laughs strangely as a butterfly approaches his face)
Rigby: Exactly, at least we can test it out on him, and he won't get [---] at us if it doesn't work.
Mordecai: Okay, but let's not call him a loser.
Rigby: Why not?
Mordecai: He's sensitive. I don't want him to cry, I just want him to give us a raise.
Rigby: Okay, let's do it.
(The duo turn to Pops)
Rigby: Hey Pops! Check it.
(Rigby presses a button on The Power)
Mordecai & Rigby: Five, six, seven, eight!
(Music plays on The Power. Mordecai and Rigby shuffle forwards towards Pops, spin around and clap, then point at him)
Mordecai & Rigby: Give us a raise, Pops!
(Mordecai and Rigby dance and sit with their backs next to each other)
Pops: (laughs) Good show, jolly good show! A pay increase, yes, yes of course. Just let me get my billfold.
(Pops pulls out his wallet)
Pops: Ah, here we are...Butterscotch Ripple!
(Pops takes two lollipops out of his wallet)
Pops: Now spend it on whatever you wish. This is your money. If you want bubble gum and comic books, which is probably what you want, then I say go get some bubblegum and comic books!
(Pops hands the lollipops to Mordecai and Rigby. They just stare at them. Pops shakes them, signalling them to take them. They take one each)
Pops: Ta-ta!
(Pops walks off)
Mordecai: Dude, I think that just worked.
Rigby: Yeah, I know.
Mordecai: I mean, if Pops wasn't so weird, he might have given us actual money.
Rigby: Totally.
(Mordecai and Rigby run off, leaving The Power behind. Rigby runs back and grabs The Power, walking back towards Mordecai. Later, Benson comes out of a shed holding gardening tools. He is startled as he hears Mordecai and Rigby shouting towards him)
Mordecai & Rigby: Hey, Benson!
(Rigby presses a button on The Power)
Mordecai & Rigby: Five, six, seven, eight!
(Music plays on The Power. Mordecai and Rigby shuffle forwards towards Benson)
Benson: What are you doing?
(Mordecai and Rigby spin around and clap, then point at him)
Mordecai & Rigby: Give us a raise, loser!
(They point at him until the music ends, then back away slowly)
Benson: You know, you guys have been working harder. I think you deserve a raise. We can negotiate your new rates later in the week, but for now, how's twenty bucks sound?
(Benson passes two $20 bills to Mordecai and Rigby. They take them as Benson gets into a golf cart)
Benson: Keep up the good work.
(Benson drives away)
Rigby: Do you realize what this means?
Mordecai: We can fix the hole?
Rigby: No, we can do everything we ever wanted!
(A montage begins showing Mordecai and Rigby doing "everything they ever wanted to do" with The Power. They create a bouncy castle out of thin air, bounce around in it, then turn it into a rocket as it blasts into the sky. In the void, Mordecai is given a fanny pack, he points at it laughing as they float off screen. A giant keyboard slides into screen, which Mordecai and Rigby slide down, eating tacos. They then transform into tacos. Mordecai takes a bit out of Rigby. They both laugh. The montage ends with Mordecai and Rigby flying and landing in the Park, they laugh whilst looking up at each other then bump into Skips)
Mordecai & Rigby: Heheh, hey Skips.
Skips: Why were you floating in the sky? You two are supposed to be working.
(Rigby whispers to Mordecai)
Rigby: Dude, get to The Power.
(Mordecai and Rigby back away towards The Power)
Mordecai: Sure, Skips. We were just gonna get back to work.
Rigby: And by back to work, we mean not back to work! (laughs)
(Rigby presses a button on The Power)
Mordecai & Rigby: Five, six, seven, eight!
(Mordecai and Rigby point at Skips)
Mordecai & Rigby: Using The Power in your face!
(They shuffle towards Skips and point behind them)
Mordecai & Rigby: Just get lost, you waste of space!
(They shuffle back to their previous positions and point at their crotches)
Mordecai & Rigby: Don't look at our crotches while we synchronize our watches!
(Mordecai and Rigby are now wearing watches, they press buttons on them)
Mordecai & Rigby: Boop-boop bweep, boo-boo-boo, boo-bweep-bee-boo, bee-bee-beep, bee-bee-beep, synchronized!
(The duo pull out a red sweater each and put them on. They keep one arm inside the sweater and the other through a sleeve, then start punching their other arm through the shirt)
Mordecai & Rigby: Go away, Skips, it's time for you to go away!
Mordecai: It's time for you to go to your room!
Rigby: Yeah, Skips, it's time for you to go to the moon
(Skips disappears. Mordecai and Rigby are no longer wearing their sweaters)
Mordecai: (gasps) Where'd he go?
Rigby: Um...
Mordecai: Did you just send Skips to the moon?
Rigby: Isn't that what you said?
Mordecai: No, room! I sent him to his room, not the moon, you idiot!
(They look over to see Benson and Pops exiting the house)
Mordecai: Uh, okay. Benson and Pops can help us.
Rigby: No, we can't tell anyone! We're gonna get fired!
Mordecai: This isn't a hole in the wall, it's Skips!
(Benson and Pops approach the duo)
Benson: Hey, have you two seen Skips?
Rigby: No.
Mordecai: Yes.
(Rigby punches Mordecai, who punches him back harder. Rigby groans in pain)
Benson: What did you do?
Mordecai: We accidentally sent Skips to the Moon with this keyboard and now we have to get him back.
(Benson laughs)
Pops: Ooh, I love the Moon.
Benson: Come on, where's Skips?
Mordecai: Ugh! Rigby, sent him to the moon!
(Mordecai passes Benson a little cup)
Mordecai: Look, hold this.
(Mordecai starts playing on The Power to sing a song)
Mordecai: Float little cup, float little cup, float little cup, flo-oat!
(The cup starts floating)
Mordecai: Then turn into something cool!
(The cup starts to transform into Skips)
Mordecai: But just enough to convince Benson and Pops that we really did send Skips to the moon...
(Benson and Pops stand in shock)
Benson: What do we have to do?
(Later, Rigby is waiting in the cart with The Power, while Mordecai, Benson and Pops come out of the House and join him)
Rigby: Come on, let's go! Jeez! Take forever.
Mordecai: Sorry, Pops had to go to the bathroom.
Benson: So, what do we do?
Mordecai: Don't worry, we got it.
(Mordecai and Rigby start playing The Power whilst singing)
Mordecai & Rigby: Take us to the Moon! Take us to the Moon! Whoa! Won't you take us to the Moon?
(Nothing happens)
Benson: Haha...very fu—
(The cart suddenly vanishes. The group are seen flying through space in the cart screaming. They suddenly appear on the moon with the cart landing sideways and sliding through the rocks. They fall out of the cart and start coughing. Benson gets up)
Benson: What is all this junk?
(Benson looks around to see a crashed rocket, a carousel, three baby ducks following their mother, a broken soda machine, roller skates and a bouncy castle)
Benson: I thought you sent him to the moon, not the dump.
Rigby: Um, don't get mad at me guys, but, uh - I kinda sent a bunch of stuff to the moon while you guys were grabbing stuff in the house.
Mordecai: What?
Rigby: I was bored!
(Flashback to Rigby sitting in the cart playing The Power)
Rigby: A bunch of little ducks, send 'em to the moon. Soda machine that doesn't work, send 'em to the moon! Guy to fix the machine who will show up between noon and 5pm, send him to the moon!
(Back on the moon, Mordecai is furious)
Mordecai: You idiot! What else did you send?
(A loud roar is heard, as they turn to see a giant hodgepodge monster with aspects of Mordecai, Rigby and their Beef Burrito doll. It is chasing Skips)
Pops: Look, it's Skips! There he is!
(Benson backs away)
Benson: What is that?
Mordecai: Rigby, you guys go get Skips!
(Rigby runs off with Benson towards the monster, holding The Power)
Rigby: Okay, okay!
(Mordecai tries to push the cart off its side)
Mordecai: We'll pick you up! Come on, Pops. Help me.
Rigby: Let's go, let's go!
(The monster roars as it holds Skips in its right hand. Rigby slams The Power on the ground and hesitates. The monster roars again)
Benson: Come on, come on!
Rigby: Gimme a break, I have to come up with the words, you know!
(Rigby briefly figures out a tune)
Rigby: Okay, yeah that's good. Okay, I got it!
(Rigby starts playing on The Power, but its sound begins to fade)
Rigby: G-g-g-go away big monster go-go...no, no, no, no, no!
Benson: What?
(Rigby tries to play The Power, but it's unresponsive)
Rigby: (gasps) Dude, I think the batteries just died.
Benson: What!? How are we supposed to get back!?
(The monster gets closer and roars. Benson freezes. Mordecai and Pops get the cart upright)
Mordecai: Dude, hurry up!
Rigby: The batteries died!
Mordecai: What!?
(Rigby tries to think of a solution, then has a flashback to earlier in the episode...)
Rigby: Hamboning could suppress a fifty-foot monster! Yeah, hamboning will save your life some day. It'll be all like, "What? You trying to mug me?"
(The flashbacks cuts to Rigby slapping Pops for his box tops)
Pops: Take it! Take it all!
(Rigby's flashback ends)
Rigby: I know what to do.
(Rigby passes The Power to Benson)
Rigby: Hold this.
(Rigby runs towards the monster)
Rigby: No!!
(Just as the monster is about to eat Skips)
Mordecai: Oh [---]. Rigby, you idiot. Not that hamboning [---] again!
(The monster is distracted as Rigby starts slapping his ankle repeatedly. Skips manages to squeeze out of the monster's hand and lands on the ground. He skips towards Rigby and grabs him, just missing the monster's fist punching against the ground. The monster looks back as Rigby and Skips head back to the cart)
Rigby: Woo! (laughs)
(Rigby and Skips get into the cart, with Skips hanging on at the back. The monster chases after them)
Mordecai: Dude, I found some batteries in the glove compartment!
(Skips looks back at the monster, who is right behind them)
Benson: Hurry up! Hurry up!
(Rigby puts the new batteries in The Power)
Rigby: Got it!
(Rigby plays The Power and sings with Mordecai)
Mordecai & Rigby: Take us home, take us home, take us all back home!
(The group vanishes, leaving the cart behind to get smashed by the monster. Once again, they fly through space screaming, then suddenly appear outside Pops' house in the Park. Rigby stands up holding The Power)
Rigby: (laughs) We did it! Yeah!
(Benson grabs The Power from Rigby)
Rigby: Hey, that's mine!
Benson: Nope, you sent him to the moon so the least you can do is give him your keyboard! Right, Skips?
(Benson passes Skips The Power)
Skips: Right.
(Skips smashes The Power with his knee)
Benson: And let's have it...
Rigby: What?
(Benson turns red)
Benson: The forty dollars you two conned out of me with that stupid keyboard [---]! I know you've still got it. Now give it back.
(Rigby sighs as the duo willingly give Benson their $20 bills back)
Benson: Now clean up this mess or you're fired!
(Benson turns back to normal as he, Skips and Pops walk back into the house)
Benson: Can you believe this [---]?
Skips: No.
Benson: It's crazy...
(The front door slams shut. Mordecai and Rigby are sat on the ground, looking up)
Rigby: Aw, dude, this sucks. We never even got to fix the hole in the wall...
Mordecai: Yeah...oh hey, I know! What if we just put a poster over the hole?
Rigby: Dude, you are a genius!
Mordecai: (laughs)
(Mordecai and Rigby high-five)
(End of The Power)