Mordecai and Rigby (Regular Show)

Mordecai and Rigby are the main protagonists of Regular Show, They made there debut in the original Pilot episode working as a groundskeeper at the park,After the dramatic ending with Pops' defeat over Anti-Pops, in which he sacrifices himself to save the universe, Mordecai and Rigby finally part ways; Mordecai became an abstract artist, while Rigby marries Eileen and has two daughters with her.

Why They Rock

 * 1) Like Finn and Jake, The two starred in the most influential Cartoon Network show, somehow saving the entire channel from the incredibly deep rut it was in the 2000s.
 * 2) The two are virtually inseparable, always finding ways to forgive any breaks in their friendship.
 * 3) Mordecai is the tall, responsible, mannered one, while Rigby is the short, immature, energetic one in the duo.
 * 4) Every episode that has ever aired has always shown the two as a duo.
 * 5) Although their Boss, Benson, they are not offended by his yell's and harsh words especially compared to Pops.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) They sometimes fight each other.
 * 2) They can be very slackly or lazy (not in a good way either).
 * 3) They are not very good role models because as pointed out above, they slack and don't do their work most of the time, though they got better as the show progressed.

Mordecai
"We felt like the Margaret / CJ story was complete, and they were both on their own path already. We also felt like Mordecai had moved on in his life. He finally left the park to pursue art, and we thought it'd be cool if he met someone while doing that. But we love Margaret and C.J., and we're sure that they're happy without Mordecai! He was too wishy-washy with them!!"
 * J.G. Quintel uses his natural speaking voice to voice Mordecai.
 * He was the first character to speak in the Pilot, making him the first person in Regular Show history to talk.
 * Mordecai is known as the tallest park crew with 6'3" height.
 * However, Skips and Pops looks taller than him sometimes.
 * Mordecai is the only park crew that using a touched-screen smartphone.
 * Despite both of them being birds, Mordecai and Margaret sport a full set of teeth on their beaks and have two "toes" instead of the standard four.
 * For the longest amount of time, Mordecai was one of the only characters who hadn't mentioned any relatives.
 * Uncle Steve, who is revealed in a story of "Terror Tales of the Park II" (though this is not exactly a physical appearance), is Mordecai's first revealed relative, and Mordecai's parents appear a season later in "The Thanksgiving Special".
 * It is mentioned in "Don" that he doesn't have a brother, and Maxin' and Relaxin' shows that he's an only child.
 * According to "Don", Mordecai has known Rigby since he was five or six years old. However, in the movie, it shows that they been best friends since they were toddlers.
 * In the episode "Peeps", Mordecai is good in the staring contest. The real birds are also good in staring contest since they didn't blink.
 * It is noted that his chest is sometimes light blue, but its main color is white, like all Blue Jays.
 * It is revealed that in "Meat Your Maker" that he can't stay in places that are below 10 degrees, or he will lose consciousness.
 * In "Camping Can Be Cool", it is revealed that he went to Art College, but in "Fool Me Twice" it's revealed that he didn't graduate, which is supported in "Meteor Moves" when he told Margaret that he left Art School.
 * "Bad Portrait" reveals that one of the reasons he left is that he was stressed by drawing reflective portraits of others.
 * Mordecai's favorite band is Brain Explosion.
 * Mordecai signs his name as Mordo.
 * On many occasions, Mordecai and Rigby have shown an interest in rapping (Ex. "Party Pete","Rap It Up", Silver Dude")
 * He has a different appearance in the pilot.
 * In the pilot and "First Day", you can see Mordecai's head swishing around when he moves it.
 * It also can be seen in "Rigby's Body ".
 * In "Rap It Up", when Rigby was rapping, it is revealed that Mordecai cried when he saw a movie called A Very Happy Bride.
 * He has been nicknamed Mordo, Mordecry, Wrongecai, Brodecai, Blondecai, Motorcai, and Mordy.
 * Mordecai refers to Rigby as "Dude" in every single episode except "Rigby Goes to the Prom".
 * In the game Project Exonaut, he, Rigby, and Skips have their own exosuits.
 * As seen in "Diary", Mordecai has developed a fear for microwaves after what happened in "It's Time".
 * In "Diary", it reveals Mordecai's secrets are:
 * He likes to go commando a lot.
 * He likes to sing along to really bad pop music.
 * Sometimes, when he and Rigby are supposed to clean the gutters, they go to get coffee instead.
 * When he and Rigby bought beds, he took Rigby's and stacked it under his and told him that they didn't bring it, due to it being really comfortable.
 * "Out of Commission", "Caveman", "Skips' Story", "The End of Muscle Man" and "A Regular Epic Final Battle" are the only times we see him cry. He only cries when loved ones die, or when he's watching a romantic movie (at least in "Rap It Up" mentioned by Rigby).
 * Mordecai is the only known person to finish and survive the Eggscellent challenge, as the only other person to finish it (Johnathan Kimble) died after picking the wrong Eggscellent hat.
 * It was revealed in "Bad Kiss" that Mordecai has his own Milkshakes called Mordeshakes (though Rigby came up with the name).
 * In "The Christmas Special", it was revealed that when he and Rigby were little, they both wanted an invisibility cloak.
 * In "Sandwich of Death" Mordecai (along with Rigby and Benson) has been seen using Death Kwon Do like an expert, despite the fact that Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson are never seen practicing the martial arts.
 * Mordecai kissed Margaret five times in the series so far; the episodes were "Bad Kiss" (only in the beginning), "Picking Up Margaret", "Meteor Moves", "Steak Me Amadeus", and "Merry Christmas Mordecai".
 * They almost kissed in "Death Bear", "Bad Kiss" (In the end) and "Do or Diaper".
 * In "The Power" it was revealed some of the things Rigby and him always wanted were: to fly, a bouncy house that can fly, a black car with flames, a fanny pack which has a glove which can give them cool clothes and sunglasses, with The Power look-a-like instruments, and a bunch of other stuff. Ex: Bowling equipment, fuzzy and regular dice, and an 80s Metal CD.
 * In "Silver Dude", it's first revealed that he used to have brown hair when he was younger. In this case, it was long and it covered his eyes.
 * This is most likely a reference to J.G. Quintel, who had similar hair for a short while.
 * In "A Skips in Time", it's revealed that in high school, he used to have braces.
 * In "Rigby in the Sky With Burrito", it is revealed that in high school, Mordecai was in art club, dodgeball team, and jazz band. It is also mentioned how he played the saxophone since he signed up late and the guitar spots were taken. However, it might be that he secretly enjoyed playing the saxophone.
 * "Lunch Break" suggests that a Mordecai dyed his hair brown sometimes when he was 12. It also suggests he styled his hair back to the way it is currently around the time he was in college
 * Mordecai is the most focused character in the series, more so than Rigby.
 * Mordecai used to be the only character with a major role in every episode until The Lunch Club.
 * In "Real Date," it is revealed that Mordecai likes chocolate and waffles.
 * In "Video Game Wizards", it revealed that Mordecai likes mixed nuts.
 * In "Real Date", he almost got killed when Matchmaker McIntyre shot his bazooka gun that was supposed to hit CJ.
 * He is referred to as "Mordy" by his mother.
 * In "Maxin' and Relaxin'", his mother revealed that Mordecai used to eat prunes to "keep him regular", meaning he had stomach problems (or to keep him from gaining weight).
 * Also, like CJ, Mordecai had a one-sided riff with a family member that was eventually resolved.
 * In "Rigby in the Sky With Burrito" Rigby revealed that Mordecai was cool in high school suggesting that he was popular.
 * In "Brilliant Century Duck Crisis Special", when the owner of PlayCo offers Mordecai and Rigby a hundred dollars for signing over their likenesses to be used as action figures, Mordecai refers to it as "a month's pay." This means that Mordecai and Rigby earn just $1,200 a year, at an hourly rate of about 63 cents - well below the minimum wage of any U.S. state.
 * It could be that Mordecai and Rigby's gross salary is much higher than this, and $100 is a month's take-home pay after paying for damages that they have caused in the past.
 * In Lunch Break it revealed that in art college he accidentally sat on a brownie while wearing white jeans.
 * This incident may be the reason that Mordecai doesn't normally wear pants, or clothes in general, since in the next scene after this is revealed, Mordecai is seen in his college years wearing only a sweatshirt and no pants.
 * Also in Lunch Break every night before a test he would order a pizza because the grease would increase his studying skills.
 * In Just Friends it shows that if he married Margaret, he would reach his goals as an artist, and they would have lived in a houseboat and had three children together, with one being named Mallory, who would become pro video game designers.
 * In Maellard's Package it is revealed that Mordecai wants to be a pilot.
 * Just like Rigby, Mordecai seems to get away with almost everything when Benson plans to fire him and Rigby.
 * He and his wife work in the same artist job.
 * He, along with Rigby are the only main characters to appear in every episode of the series.
 * He, along with Rigby are the only main characters whose last names were not revealed.
 * Matt Price explained why Mordecai didn't end up with Margaret or CJ:
 * Mordecai's traits are similar to that of Butt-Head from Mike Judge's earlier series Beavis and Butt-Head as both are often portrayed as more intelligent and self-aware than both Beavis and Rigby, although Mordecai is still considerably more intelligent and mature than Butt-Head, at the same time there have been moments of Mordecai being airheaded and immature himself.
 * There also had been running gags of both of them beating up both Beavis and Rigby mostly whenever they do something stupid, they've also been guilty of poking fun and making jokes at both Beavis and Rigby's expense.
 * There are moments where Mordecai will do Butt-Head's trademark laugh ("Uh huh huh huh..").
 * Both are also often unsuccessful when it comes to dating although Mordecai been in a few relationships with a few girls such as Margaret and C.J. though it never seems to last and most of his attempts are usually awkward, Butt-Head on the other hand often fails miserably with his attempts being often crude and straight forward which results in him getting slapped in the face or immediately rejected.
 * Mordecai appears with Rigby in the Uncle Grandpa episode"Pizza Eve".
 * The inspiration behind Mordecai's name came from the 2001 Wes Anderson film, "The Royal Tenenbaums".

Rigby

 * As shown in "Death Punchies", people used to call him "The One Cheek Wonder" due to seriously damaging one of his butt cheeks during a game of "Punchies" against Skips.
 * Despite being a raccoon he looks more like a South American coati.
 * Rigby is so far the only main character to die more than once in the series.
 * In Over the Top, Skips accidentally killed Rigby by slamming him through a table.
 * In It's Time, Mordecai accidentally killed Rigby after shoving him off of a microwave and into a portal.
 * In Terror Tales of the Park II, Rigby was killed after the tow truck crashed.
 * In Terror Tales of the Park (In the House), Rigby was drowned by the giant egg. However, this was just a story told by Rigby.
 * In "Don", it's revealed that he and Mordecai have known each other since they were children, and in "This Is My Jam", it is revealed they went to Junior High together and high school.
 * In "Ello Gov'nor", Rigby isn't able to watch horror movies due to them causing him nightmares. At one point, he even had to be walked to the bathroom for a week, according to Mordecai. He also had to stop eating pancakes for a while because he was scared of the movie Death for Breakfast. ("Death Bear")
 * Like most raccoons, he runs on all four limbs. However, he usually walks upright like everyone else on the show.
 * Throughout the series, Rigby is shown to be disturbingly weak, judging from the episodes where Mordecai punches or hurts Rigby leading to him hitting the ground or moaning in pain, although it could be that Mordecai is actually very strong. However, Rigby is strong enough to carry Muscle Man in "Muscle Mentor". He seems to have gotten a little stronger in fights ever since "Muscle Mentor" and "The Best VHS In The World", when he was able to hit Mordecai and he felt it. Surprisingly, it isn't known how strong Hi Five Ghost is, so Rigby might not be the weakest in the series.
 * Rigby has an alter ego, Fists, in his dreams that acts as a separate personality of Rigby as a "tough guy".
 * In the episode "Portable Toilet" It is revealed that Rigby is claustrophobic.
 * Despite not being very smart, Rigby is clever to a point, such as in "Jinx", when he couldn't hurt Mordecai by punching him - he chose to poke Mordecai in the eyes instead of punch him. He also comes up with ways to win at Broken Bonez and earn the Universe Record by using Garrett Bobby Ferguson's own information (universe rules - there are no rules) against him in "High Score"
 * Rigby is the first main character to have died, as seen in "It's Time", but since Father Time gave Mordecai a do-over, and hands of time are turned, he technically didn't die at all. He also died in "Over the Top", but was revived by Skips when he cheated Death at an arm wrestling match.
 * In "Meat Your Maker", he nearly killed Mordecai by breaking the thermostat in the meat locker, which would have caused Mordecai to die of hypothermia.
 * Rigby was the first character to speak in the series (not counting the pilot).
 * The majority of the problematic situations that have taken place in the show were caused by Rigby. *Those were either by accident or by selfish needs that he feels he has to fulfill.
 * In "More Smarter", it's stated that Rigby dropped out of high school. Also, he doesn't know the difference between a square and a rectangle.
 * However, it was revealed in the movie that he was expelled (along with Mordecai).
 * In spite of his lack of intelligence and education, Rigby knows the meanings of some idiomatic expressions, such as 'two peas in a pod' and 'water under the bridge.'
 * Even if he tells lies that no one buys, Rigby was once successful in bailing himself out of trouble. This is when he accused Benson of buying the psycho hot dogs that nearly killed everyone. *Although Mordecai knew about his scheme, Pops and Skips believed him and got angry at Benson.
 * Due to his immature antics, he gets into more trouble with Benson than Mordecai.
 * Unlike Mordecai, who placed an appearance before the show's pilot ("2 in the AM PM"), Rigby was never seen outside of the Regular Show before it started. In fact, Rigby is one of a few characters to never appear before the pilot episode along with Skips, Hi Five Ghost, and Muscle Man.
 * In Don, it's revealed that Rigby walked around naked when he was five, which resulted in Mordecai and Don doing the same because they thought it was "cool". This may be the reason why neither of them wear clothes as of now.
 * In "Free Cake", Mordecai tells Rigby to stop digging in the trash, but it's raccoons' nature to do that.
 * In the episode "In the House", he is dressed as a thief, which is fitting, since raccoons are thieves by nature.
 * It was hinted in "House Rules" that Rigby won't be around in the future.
 * Goof: Although Mordecai and Rigby went to Junior High together, Rigby only has a 3rd-grade education. The 3rd grade education remark from Mordecai could have been:
 * A joke to tease Rigby.
 * A possible fact that after third grade, Rigby got lazier and wouldn't do his work.
 * He just never understood what he was learning, and his teacher only passed him to the next grade so that they wouldn't have to deal with him anymore.
 * Goof: It is revealed in "Eggscellent" that Rigby is allergic to eggs, and they cause him to go into a coma. However, in the episode "Terror Tales of the Park", segment "In the House", Rigby eats an egg, but does not seem to have any reaction. It may be because the segment was just a story, but even so, in "One Pull Up", he drinks 12 raw eggs and has no reaction. It would be interesting to know if he is allergic to eggs only when they are cooked. And in "Picking Up Margaret", where he was having eggs for breakfast, when they were cooked, therefore causing his allergy to be irrational.
 * Rigby once changed his name to Trash Boat in the "episode of the same name".
 * Don tends to call him Rigbone while everyone, on occasion, calls him Rigs.
 * Although he is bad at video games, he beat Mordecai in "It's Time" and "Jinx". He is also successful in finishing a few games when playing as a team with Mordecai.
 * In Project Exonaut, he, Mordecai and Skips have their own exosuits.
 * Rigby's deepest secret is that he thinks Eileen is hot without her glasses on.
 * Some of Rigby's other secrets are:
 * He likes doughnuts from the trash, mostly due to his raccoon nature
 * When he was little, he stole his neighbor's bike and threw it off the roof.
 * He hates taking showers as well as kittens.
 * He was never on the football team.
 * He finds himself to be a horrible person.
 * He sometimes hides Pops' shoes because he thinks it's funny when he looks for them.
 * His preferences of BLT sandwich are: no lettuce, no Tomatoes, hold the bread and double the bacon.
 * His greatest fear is amusement park mascot
 * In "The Best VHS in the World", he is seen progressively getting stronger, since he was able to punch Mordecai in the face.
 * Rigby has a tendency to laugh at other people's names, such as Coco, Buttonwillow McButtonwillow, and even Muscle Man in "Muscle Woman" when he finds out his real name is Mitch.
 * In "Butt Dial", Rigby mentioned that his hands were made for swiping, which is a real fact about raccoons because they like to steal things.
 * Between Mordecai and Rigby, Rigby in many episodes has shown more characteristics of being an animal than Mordecai, being closer to the actual size of a raccoon (3'1.5") with Mordecai being 6'3", larger than a vast majority than birds everywhere. Rigby also uses his sharp claws and sharp teeth (like real raccoons) in "Ello Gov'nor". In "Ello Gov'nor" and "Really Real Wrestling", Rigby was shown to be a light sleeper, suggesting he's nocturnal (like real raccoons). And, like most raccoons, he is sneaky, omnivorous and speedy.
 * Rigby can fall asleep with his eyes open, as seen in "Gamers Never Say Die" and "Sleep Cycle".
 * Rigby has been fired six (technically five) times in the series so far: in "Really Real Wrestling", "Weekend at Benson's", "Replaced", "Muscle Mentor" (albeit briefly), "Terror Tales of the Park II", and "Firework Run". The former three times, he was fired alongside Mordecai. "Terror Tales of the Park II" doesn't really count because he died at the end before it happened. In "Firework Run", he was fired alongside with Mordecai, Muscle Man, and Hi Five Ghost.
 * Rigby's firing in "Firework Run" seemed unjust, since the episode's events were all Muscle Man's fault. Rigby even tried to convince Muscle Man not to fire off the fireworks. The only reason that he and Mordecai were fired was because Benson jumped to conclusions.
 * Goof: Despite neither Mordecai nor Rigby wear clothes, Rigby's bed duvet has a pile of dirty clothes.
 * In the "The Christmas Special", it was revealed that when he and Mordecai were little, they both wanted an invisibility cloak.
 * In "Caveman", it was revealed that in 10 years Rigby thinks he's going to be a stuntman, but Mordecai thinks he'll still be working at The Park. He did, however, in "The Heart of a Stuntman", manage to receive his stuntman license alongside Muscle Man.
 * Goof: Despite that Rigby is allergic to eggs, real raccoons will often eat the eggs of other animals without allergies or any sickness.
 * Rigby really likes cake (especially chocolate cake), even to the point where he practically kills Skips in "Free Cake". He also shows his love for cake in "Access Denied" where he went to a club after saying that he hates clubs. He just goes for the cake.
 * Even though Rigby is one of the two main protagonists of Regular Show like Mordecai he makes minor appearances in Picking Up Margaret, Family BBQ, Play Date Maxin' and Relaxin and Not Great Double Date.
 * In "The Power" it was revealed some of the things that Mordecai and he always wanted is: to fly, a bouncy house that can fly, a black car with flames, a fanny pack which has a glove that can give them cool clothes and sunglasses, The Power look-a-like instruments, and a bunch of other stuff. *Ex: Bowling equipment, fuzzy and regular dice, and an 80s Metal CD.
 * In "Temp Check", Rigby is shown to have Masklophobia, the fear of Mascots and costumed characters.
 * In "Regular Show: The Movie", Rigby, rejected by Mordecai for forging his acceptance letter, attempted to commit suicide by flying into the sun. This marks Rigby the first and the only character in The Regular Show to attempt suicide.
 * In "Silver Dude", it is revealed that he had blonde hair when he was younger.
 * However, in Lunch Break, he had brown hair as a tween. It was later revealed by Mordecai in the movie that he bleached his hair at some point in high school.
 * This is ironic, due to the fact that he had constantly made "blonde jokes" at Mordecai in "Bet to Be Blonde".
 * In the episode "Expert or Liar", Rigby becomes the first and only repeat guest.
 * In "Skips in the Saddle", it is revealed that Rigby has seen every episode of the romantic game show: "It's a Date!"
 * It is revealed in "Lift With Your Back" that Rigby doesn't have a driver's license.
 * At the end of "The Real Thomas", he seems to know a bit of Russian language, such as when he says farewell to Nikolai/Thomas.
 * According to Mordecai in "Death Bear", Rigby saw a scary movie called "Death for Breakfast." After getting scared from the movie, Rigby refused to eat pancakes for a week.
 * Rigby (Not Counting Mordecai) has the least amount of minor roles out of any main character with five minor roles. The episodes were: "Picking Up Margaret", "Family BBQ", "Play Date", "Maxin' and Relaxin'", and "Just Friends".
 * In "Birthday Gift" it shows that he's terrible at giving birthday gifts, especially with Mordecai. *When he gets someone a gift, he never put any thought in them but if he does, he usually gets the gift for himself.
 * In "Birthday Gift", Rigby is the developer of "Cake Quest".
 * In "Regular Show: The Movie", it is revealed Rigby doesn't know how to spell his own name.
 * It is unknown what is his job after he leaves the park. Judging by the fact that he intends to go to college after graduating high school, it can assume that he works as white-collar worker.
 * Also, judging by a video game his daughter is playing, he could be considered a game designer.
 * Both his daughter share Don's trait, which is that they are both taller than their parents.
 * He, along with Mordecai are the only main characters whose last names were not revealed.
 * Rigby's traits are similar to that of Beavis from Mike Judge's earlier series Beavis and Butt-Head as both are often portrayed as immature, childish and unintelligent.
 * There also had been running gags of both of them getting hurt or beaten up the most.
 * Although unlike Beavis, Rigby's character had continued to develop throughout the rest of the series.
 * Rigby appears with Mordecai in the Uncle Grandpa episode "Pizza Eve".
 * Rigby's name was originally going to be "Ricky", but J.G. Quintel's wife misheard it as "Rigby", he decided to keep that as his official name.