Mordecai and the Rigbys

"Mordecai and the Rigbys"
Regular Show episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 12
Directed by	Sean Szeles
Written by	Sean Szeles Shion Takeuchi
Story by	Shion Takeuchi J.G. Quintel
Featured music	"Party Tonight" by Sean Szeles
Production code	N/A
Original air date	November 22, 2010
Running time	11 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Paul F. Tompkins as the narrator of "How to Become a Musician"

"Mordecai and the Rigbys" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American animated television series, Regular Show and is also the season one finale. In this episode, Mordecai and Rigby's future selves come to help them practice for an open mic night. The song, "Party Tonight" written by Sean Szeles and used during the episode.

This episode received critical acclaim for its plot and the song and was eventually turned into a live-action music video produced by Cartoon Network and released to the website, and many social media websites as well when the show reached one million likes on Facebook. A "sequel" or continuation episode called, "Return of Mordecai and the Rigby's" was aired during the show fifth season on April 21, 2014.

Plot

Mordecai and Rigby order fake band T-shirts with "Mordecai and the Rigbys" printed on them. When Margaret sees Rigby wearing his shirt, she asks if he and Mordecai will perform in the coffee shop's open mic night. Hoping to impress Margaret, Mordecai talks Rigby into performing and unsuccessfully try to become expert rock musicians using Pops's old instructional records. When Rigby tries playing all of the records simultaneously, his and Mordecai's future selves appear. As they are successful rock stars ten years into the future, they help Mordecai and Rigby prepare for open mic night.

Mordecai and Rigby perform quite well at the coffee shop, much to everyone's surprise including their own. When Mordecai drops his guitar pick during the song, he notices that his and Rigby's future selves had used a previous recording to compensate for their lack of talent. Upset at this discovery, Mordecai halts the performance and confesses that he and Rigby really have no musical skills hence why they used an audio recording. Mordecai shreds his shirt in defiance of cheating to become famous causing the future rock stars to go back to their own time in a huge on-stage explosion which seems to satisfy the audience in lieu of the fake musical performance.

Margaret and Mordecai meet after the show, but to Mordecai's chagrin, she happily introduces him to her new boyfriend, a folk guitarist who performed before Mordecai and Rigby.

Reception

The episode was critically acclaimed by both fans and critics for its writing, plot and for the song, "Party Tonight". It earned a 7.8/10 on IMDb^[1] and a 7.3/10 on TV.com.

References

1. "Regular Show in Space (2009– ) : Mordecai and the Rigbys". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.