Regular Show (season 3)

Regular Show (season 3)
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Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	40
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Original release	September 19, 2011 – September 3, 2012

The third season of Emmy winning American animated television series Regular Show originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Many of the characters are loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: The Naïve Man From Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes to possibly be optioned as a show. After being green-lit, Quintel recruited several indie comic book artists to compose the staff of the show, as their style matched close to what he desired for the series. Regular Show was picked up by Cartoon Network, who decided to create a twelve-episode first season.

Regular Show was renewed for a third season on November 16, 2010.^[1] The first episode of Regular Show's third season is "Stick Hockey", ending with the season finale "Bad Kiss". The season was storyboarded and written by Sean Szeles, Kat Morris, Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, J.G. Quintel, Ben Adams, Andres Salaff, John Infantino, Toby Jones, Hilary Florido, Mike Roth, and Madeline Queripel while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The show is rated TV-PG for suggestive humor/language and occasionally TV-PG-V for mild to moderate violence, including comic slapstick, scenes of peril, and non-fatal use of firearms, explosives, and weapons.

Development

Concept

Two 23-year-old friends,^[2] a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby, are employed as groundskeepers at a park and spend their days trying to slack off and entertain themselves by any means. This is much to the chagrin of their boss Benson and their coworker, Skips, but to the delight of Pops. Their other coworkers, Muscle Man (an overweight green man) and High Five Ghost (a ghost with a hand extending from the top of his head), serve as rivals to Mordecai and Rigby. Mordecai usually goes to a coffee shop because he has a crush on Margaret. The show usually revolves around Mordecai and Rigby's attempts to avoid work and enjoy themselves. However, they often, at times, have to pay for their irresponsible actions, as they always get into more trouble than they thought. This typically results in Mordecai and Rigby going through bizarre and surrealistic misadventures, many of which nearly kill them or others around them.

Production

Many of the characters are loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: The Naive Man From Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM.^[3] Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes to possibly be optioned as a show. After being Season 3, Quintel recruited several indie comic book artists to compose the staff of the show, as their style matched close to what he desired for the series. The season was storyboarded and written by Sean Szeles, Kat Morris, Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, J.G. Quintel, Ben Adams, Andres Salaff, John Infantino, Toby Jones, Hilary Florido, Mike Roth, and Madeline Queripel, while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The show is rated TV-PG and occasionally TV-PG-V. Despite not airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up, it is considered more of a traditional adult's animated comedy than a children's cartoon.

The third season of Regular Show was produced over November 2010 – July 2011 with heavy use of double entendres and mild language Quintel stated that, although the network wanted to step up from the more child-oriented fare, there were some restrictions that came along with this switch.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written and storyboarded by	Original air date [4]	Prod. code [5]	U.S. viewers (millions)
41	1	"Stick Hockey"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	September 19, 2011	1009-041	2.00[6]
Mordecai and Rigby set out to find their stick hockey game after Benson gives it to a thrift shop, insisting it was for the better, but the duo want it back, which soon leads to a deadly contest that Benson must beat in order to get all three back.
42	2	"Bet to Be Blonde"	Benton Connor and Calvin Wong	September 26, 2011	N/A	1.99[7]
Mordecai dyes his hair blonde and joins a group of blonde-haired men after losing a bet to a dishonest Rigby, but this also breaks their friendship. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as the blonde men
43	3	"Skips Strikes"	Benton Connor and Calvin Wong	October 3, 2011	1009-046	2.08[8]
Skips is forced to quit the bowling team that he, Mordecai, Rigby and Benson are on when a secret of his is threatened to be revealed by a rival bowling team, but must return when a deadly bet comes on.
44-45	4-5	"Terror Tales of the Park"	J. G. Quintel, Ben Adams, Andres Salaff, Sean Szeles, and Kat Morris	October 10, 2011	1009-044 1009-045	1.97[9]
The group tell each other scary stories.  • "Creepy Doll" – Pops finds an old doll from his youth that ends up coming to life and turning very scary.  • "Death Metal Crash Pit" – Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost want to crash an old RV into the park's giant sinkhole, but quickly find out that the RV is haunted by ghosts of a heavy metal band.  • "In the House" – Rigby is turned into a house after he throws eggs at a wizard's house and the others are soon killed by the wizard.
46	6	"Camping Can Be Cool"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	October 17, 2011	1009-048	2.05[10]
Mordecai and Rigby take Margaret and Eileen camping in a restricted area of a forest, in which they quickly run into trouble for trespassing after encountering a Stag-Man. Guest voices: Robert Englund as the Stag-Man
47	7	"Slam Dunk"	Andres Salaff and Ben Adams	October 24, 2011	N/A	2.08[11]
Mordecai and Rigby play a two-on-two match of basketball against Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost in order to earn rights to use the computer so Mordecai can create a website for Margaret. The Basketball King helps them by giving them powers after realizing how poor their skills of were. Guest voices: Carl Weathers as the Basketball King
48	8	"Cool Bikes"	Benton Connor and Calvin Wong	November 7, 2011	N/A	1.83[12]
Mordecai and Rigby try to get Benson to admit that they are cool in order to gain their cart privileges back. However problems arise when the duo becomes "too cool". At the same time Benson tries to refute it in the trial but backs down when Mordecai and Rigby were in danger and must escape a cool court planet.
49	9	"House Rules"	John Infantino and Andres Salaff	November 14, 2011	1009-052	2.30[13]
Protesting against Benson's rules for the house, Mordecai and Rigby stumble upon an anarchist society after trying to find a place that is not governed by rules. Unfortunately, they were forced to use Benson's rules to get out of the society and return to the park with some pages missing. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as No Rules Man
50	10	"Rap It Up"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	November 21, 2011	N/A	2.14[14]
Pops enters a rap battle against a group of cruel rappers that he plans to win by reciting poetry, which makes Mordecai and Rigby nervous, due to Pops unusual concept of "rapping". Guest voices: Donald Glover as Alpha Dog, MC Lyte as Demel-ishun, and Tyler, The Creator as Blitz Comet and Big Trouble
51	11	"Cruisin'"	Benton Connor and Calvin Wong	November 28, 2011	N/A	2.17[15]
Mordecai and Rigby must obtain a girl's number by cruising in order to avoid losing a bet and paying for a fancy dinner with Margaret and Eileen, but soon regret their decision in which they get tangled up with the wrong gang.
52	12	"Under the Hood"	Andres Salaff and Toby Jones	December 12, 2011	1009-053	2.32[16]
After getting Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost fired for false accusations of spraying graffiti at the park, Mordecai and Rigby must catch the real "vandal" in order to get their friends' jobs back. Guest voices: Troy Baker as Park Avenue
53	13	"Weekend at Benson's"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	January 16, 2012	N/A	1.99[17]
After accidentally knocking Benson out, Mordecai and Rigby take him to a party at his neighbor Audrey's apartment that he had planned to go to. Unfortunately, Audrey's ex-boyfriend Chuck force them into a chili eating contest. Guest voices: Courtenay Taylor as Audrey and Roger Craig Smith as Chuck
54	14	"Fortune Cookie"	Benton Connor, Hilary Florido, and Calvin Wong	January 23, 2012	N/A	1.86[18]
After Rigby switches his fortune from a fortune cookie, Benson falls victim to a streak of bad luck which soon leads to destruction. Rigby is forced to take responsibility after seeing the trouble, switching the fortune messages at almost the last minute before being swept away by the warlock. Guest voices: James Hong as the Chinese restaurant waiter and the warlock
55	15	"Think Positive"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	January 30, 2012	1009-058	2.48[19]
Pops commands Benson to stop yelling at Mordecai and Rigby or else he will be fired but Benson's bottled anger leads him to self destruction instead.
56	16	"Skips vs. Technology"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	February 6, 2012	1009-060	2.39[20]
Skips hopes to fix a computer error caused by Mordecai and Rigby, but cannot due to his lack of knowledge with modern technology. He gets help from his cyborg friend Techmo, but they soon learn that this virus is stronger than they think. Guest voices: Steven Blum as Techmo and the Doom-Ma-Geddon virus
57	17	"Butt Dial"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	February 13, 2012	N/A	2.45[21]
Mordecai attempts to retrieve Margaret's phone to delete an embarrassing singing voicemail he accidentally recorded, but the duo have to face the Keepers of the Voicemail, who threatens to kill them for hacking into Margaret's phone. Guest voices: Rich Fulcher as the Keepers of the Voicemail
58	18	"Eggscellent"	J. G. Quintel	February 27, 2012	1009-057	2.32[22]
Mordecai must win a trucker hat for Rigby after realizing Rigby is allergic to omelettes in a food challenge, but this challenge proves to be tougher than he thought. His friends helps him complete the challenge by dealing with restaurant thugs while Mordecai finishes the challenge.
59	19	"Gut Model"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	March 5, 2012	N/A	2.18[23]
Feeling under-appreciated by his co-workers, Muscle Man quits his job as a groundskeeper to work as a gut model, but he grows angry and created a monster due to his co-workers failing to reveal how they truly feel about him. Guest voices: Paul F. Tompkins as Filbert and Andrew Daly as Mulligan
60	20	"Video Game Wizards"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	March 26, 2012	1009-065	2.08[24]
Mordecai enlists Skips' help for a video game competition, creating an upset and envious Rigby, testing their friendship between three people.
61	21	"Big Winner"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	April 2, 2012	1009-076	2.38[25]
Mordecai and Rigby prank Muscle Man with a fake winning lottery ticket, but quickly become fearful after finding out that Muscle Man does not take pranks involving money lightly.
62	22	"The Best Burger in the World"	Andres Salaff	April 9, 2012	N/A	2.46[26]
Benson keeps Mordecai and Rigby away from eating the best burger in the world unless they finish their work first, so they used the holograms to fool Benson, but the holograms come to life and also want the burgers too.
63	23	"Replaced"	J. G. Quintel, Mike Roth, and John Infantino	April 16, 2012	1009-043	2.30[27]
In order to save their jobs, Mordecai and Rigby attempt to sabotage a duo that Benson is considered hiring over cleaning the boats. After various attempts, the pizza party is bound to be the last straw. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as Chad and Jeremy
64	24	"Trash Boat"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	April 23, 2012	N/A	N/A
Inspired by a famous rock musician, Rigby changes his name to Trash Boat. However, the name causes him embarrassment from his friends and begs 50 dollars to change his name back. Because of Rigby's popular name which became public, the future rock star hunts "Trash Boat" and tries to kill him in order to get his fame back.
65	25	"Fists of Justice"	Andres Salaff	April 30, 2012	1009-067	2.25[28]
Mordecai and Rigby accidentally injure Skips on the harpsichord. Because of Skips broken fingers, he loses the match in which Mordecai and Rigby takes over to keep Skips immortality intact.
66	26	"Yes Dude Yes"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	May 7, 2012	1009-070	2.12[29]
Dejected after he thinks he has witnessed Margaret's engagement, Mordecai befriends a girl named C.J., but things go horribly wrong when he's caught in the middle over a movie and misunderstandings, turning C.J. briefly into a storm cloud. Guest voices: Linda Cardellini as C.J.
67	27	"Busted Cart"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	May 14, 2012	N/A	2.26[30]
When Mr. Maellard threatens to fire Benson over a cart that Mordecai and Rigby broke, the duo tags along with Benson on a road trip to fix the cart before its warranty expires, but have to handle danger every step of the way.
68	28	"Dead at Eight"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	May 28, 2012	1009-072	2.05[31]
In order to save Muscle Man's life, Mordecai and Rigby must babysit Death's son, Thomas, who isn't normal. Guest voices: Michael Dorn as Thomas and Elle Newlands as Death's wife.
69	29	"Access Denied"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	June 4, 2012	N/A	2.59[32]
Mordecai and Rigby must find their way into a nightclub for Margaret's birthday party. Unfortunately, Mordecai and Rigby outrageously got into the wrong club, causing trouble for the people around them.
70	30	"Muscle Mentor"	Andres Salaff	June 11, 2012	N/A	2.73[33]
Rigby must last an entire day in a humiliating mentorship program coached by Muscle Man, or else he will be fired.
71	31	"Trucker Hall of Fame"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	June 18, 2012	N/A	2.92[34]
When Muscle Man's father passes, Mordecai and Rigby accompany him on a road trip to spread his father's trucker hat ashes at the Trucker Hall of Fame. However, Muscle Man soon discovers a startling secret about his father. Guest voices: Fred Tatasciore as Muscle Dad
72	32	"Out of Commission"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	June 25, 2012	1009-059	2.48[35]
Mordecai and Rigby spend the day with their cart that they bring to life while they were originally supposed to take it to the dump due to Benson getting a new cart, but it wants to do certain things before its end. But at the last minute, Benson wants it back after a mistake is made.
73	33	"Fancy Restaurant"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	July 16, 2012	1009-073	2.93[36]
Mordecai and Rigby help Muscle Man learn about etiquette in order to impress Starla and her parents at a fancy restaurant, but the owners there are revealed to be evil. Guest voices: Courtenay Taylor as Starla
74	34	"Diary"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	July 23, 2012	N/A	2.63[37]
Mordecai and Rigby must fix Margaret's lock on her diary after accidentally breaking it and burning it. They get Skips to help, but releases the diary's guardian after Rigby looks at the secrets inside it forcing all three to reveal their real secrets.
75	35	"The Best VHS in the World"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	July 30, 2012	1009-079	2.78[38]
Mordecai and Rigby must find and return an overdue VHS tape, but a man, who loves the tape, doesn't want to hand it over. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as the Movie Shack Hut employee and Armin Shimerman as Buttonwillow McButtonwillow
76	36	"Prankless"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	August 6, 2012	N/A	2.93[39]
Muscle Man vows to never prank again after accidentally injuring Pops with one of his pranks that was directed towards Mordecai. Because of Muscle Man's retirement, the rival park revives a prank war against the group. Guest voices: Kurtwood Smith as Gene
77	37	"Death Bear"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	August 13, 2012	1009-077	2.80[40]
Mordecai, Rigby, Margaret, and Eileen venture into an abandoned zoo to take a picture outside of the cage of a killer bear, but it turns out to be real.
78	38	"Fuzzy Dice"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	August 20, 2012	1009-080	2.63[41]
The group must win one million tickets at an arcade to win a pair of fuzzy dice for Pops' birthday.
79	39	"Sugar Rush"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	August 27, 2012	1009-069	2.70[42]
Pops becomes hyperactive after eating double glazed apple fritters that were for the staff meeting, which prompts Mordecai, Rigby, and Skips to try to calm him down before the meeting begins, but this leads the four to a slow moving dimension. It only takes the wheat donuts which returns the speed back to normal and has to race before Benson opens the box.
80	40	"Bad Kiss"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	September 3, 2012	N/A	2.17[43]
Mordecai and Margaret finally share a kiss, but it is cut short due to Mordecai's bad breath. Extremely embarrassed, he and Rigby go back in time to fix things.

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