Terror Tales of the Park II

"Terror Tales of the Park II"
Regular Show episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 4-5
Directed by	Sean Szeles
Written by	J. G. Quintel Ben Adams Andres Salaff Sean Szeles Kat Morris
Story by	Mike Roth J.G. Quintel
Production code	1012-083 1012-084
Original air date	October 15, 2012
Running time	22 minutes
Episode chronology

"Terror Tales of the Park II" is the fourth and fifth episode of Regular Show' fourth season. It originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on October 15, 2012. This is the second episode of their annual Halloween specials and the third half-hour episode of the series overall.

Plot

These stories are told while the gang are in Skips' van heading to a halloween party.

Payback

Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man a and High Five Ghost play a game of bowling with Mordecai's uncle, Steve. During the process when he reaches for another bowling ball in the ball return, his tie gets caught in it and he dies from being choked. Later, Mordecai in mourning sees images of his deceased uncle around the house, and Rigby starts to see it too. Mordecai and Rigby believe that he is haunting them, only to eventually find out that he is paying back Mordecai the $5 that he owes him.

Party Bus

Mordecai, Rigby, Margaret and Eileen are heading to a Halloween party, but they need a form of transportation. Benson denies their request to use the park carts to drive there. Eileen then calls for a taxi. A few seconds later and large party bus comes and the driver says he will take them to the party, the group agrees and goes aboard, the taxi they call for arrives there shortly. They all initially have fun, until they seem that the people on there are starting to age rapidly, they then ask the bus driver to stop but he refuses and keeps going. The bus goes faster and they all keep aging. Rigby gets the bus to slow down before they reach the end of life, but now the bus is going backwards, and they get younger fast. They realize the only way off is to jump off, when they get to the top they jump off until they become nothing.

Wallpaper Man

After drawing on the wallpaper upstairs, Benson forces Mordecai and Rigby to replace all of the wallpaper in the house. Feeling lazy, a mysterious TV pops up and an ad for a free wallpaper job is shown. Mordecai and Rigby hire him but he turns out to be a giant evil spider who has evil intentions.

Broadcast

This episode premiered on October 15, 2012 in the United States on Cartoon Network and aired a year later on October 31, 2013 in the United Kingdom. It was watched by 3.109 million viewers on its premiere date.

Production

This episode was produced in 2011 and aired in 2012. Despite the aired ending involving the park crew dead from the car crash with them now being ghosts, it wasn't the planned ending. The original ending was to have the park continue down the traffic and while on they freeway they see victims of a car crash, but when they get a closer look, it looks like Skips' van and the deceased bodies on the ground look like the Park crew. One of the paramedics turn around with no face and he shrieks at them and the driver also has a scary face, Benson tries to open the door but it won't budge, the truck goes faster and a portal opens up with flames coming out, they all freak out and scream, the driver slams on the gas and they fall into the portal, with a pumpkin saying "Happy Halloween". The ending was removed and was replaced with the aired one, possibly due to a dark theme, or due to the fact it was intended they were going to Hell.