# Regular Show season 3

The third season of the American animated television series Regular Show, created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of the show's main characters originated from his animated shorts 2 in the AM PM and The Naïve Man from Lolliland. Following its second season's success, Regular Show was renewed for a third season on November 16, 2010, ahead of its second-season premiere. The season ran from September 19, 2011, to September 3, 2012, and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios.
Regular Show's third season was storyboarded and written by Quintel, Sean Szeles, Kat Morris, Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, Ben Adams, Andres Salaff, John Infantino, Toby Jones, Hilary Florido, Mike Roth, and Madeline Queripel. For this season, the writers were Roth, Infantino, Jack Thomas, and Matt Price.

## Development
### Concept

Two 23-year-old friends, 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 the delight of Pops. Their other coworkers, Muscle Man (an overweight green man) and Hi-Five Ghost (a ghost with a hand extending from the top of his head) serve as their rivals.

### 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. Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed artists to create pilots with no notes to be optioned as a show possibly. After The Cartoonstitute was scrapped, and Cartoon Network executives approved the greenlight for Regular Show, production officially began on August 14, 2009. After being green-lit, Quintel recruited several indie comic book artists to compose the show's staff, as their style matched close to what he desired for the series. The season was storyboarded and written by Quintel, Sean Szeles, Kat Morris, Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, Ben Adams, Andres Salaff, John Infantino, Toby Jones, Hilary Florido, Mike Roth, and Madeline Queripel. For this season, the writers were Quintel, Roth, Infantino, Michele Cavin, and Matt Price, who is also the story editor while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios.
The third season of Regular Show was produced between November 2010 and August 2011. It utilizes double entendres and mild language; Quintel stated that, although the network wanted to step up from the more child-oriented fare, some restrictions came with this switch.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Animation direction by | Written and storyboarded by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 41 | 1 | "Stick Hockey" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19) | 1009-041 | 2.00 |
| After Benson unjustifiably throws out Mordecai and Rigby's stick hockey table, he feels guilty and tries to help them get it back. ||||||||
| 42 | 2 | "Bet to Be Blonde" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Calvin Wong | September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26) | 1009-042 | 1.99 |
| Mordecai dyes his hair blonde and joins a group of blonde-haired men after losing a bet to Rigby, but this also breaks their friendship. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as the blonde men ||||||||
| 43 | 3 | "Skips Strikes" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Calvin Wong | October 3, 2011 (2011-10-03) | 1009-046 | 2.08 |
| 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 has to return when a deadly bet comes on. ||||||||
| 44 | 4 | "Terror Tales of the Park" | Robert Alvarez | J. G. Quintel ("Creepy Doll"), Andres Salaff and Ben Adams ("Death Metal Crash Pit"), Sean Szeles and Kat Morris ("In the House") | October 10, 2011 (2011-10-10) | 1009-044 | 1.97 |
| 44 | 4 | "Terror Tales of the Park" | Robert Alvarez | J. G. Quintel ("Creepy Doll"), Andres Salaff and Ben Adams ("Death Metal Crash Pit"), Sean Szeles and Kat Morris ("In the House") | October 10, 2011 (2011-10-10) | 1009-045 | 1.97 |
| 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 ghosts of a heavy metal band haunt the RV. • "In the House" – Rigby is turned into a house after he throws eggs at a wizard's house, and the wizard soon kills the others. ||||||||
| 45 | 5 | "Camping Can Be Cool" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | October 17, 2011 (2011-10-17) | 1009-048 | 2.05 |
| 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 ||||||||
| 46 | 6 | "Slam Dunk" | Robert Alvarez | Andres Salaff and Ben Adams | October 24, 2011 (2011-10-24) | 1009-047 | 2.08 |
| Mordecai and Rigby play a two-on-two match of basketball against Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost 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 were. Song: "Hey Man Nice Shot" by Filter Guest voices: Carl Weathers as the Basketball King ||||||||
| 47 | 7 | "Cool Bikes" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Calvin Wong | November 7, 2011 (2011-11-07) | 1009-050 | 1.83 |
| Mordecai and Rigby try to get Benson to admit that they are cool to regain their cart privileges. However, problems arise when the duo are put on trial by a galactic court when they become "too cool". ||||||||
| 48 | 8 | "House Rules" | Robert Alvarez | John Infantino and Andres Salaff | November 14, 2011 (2011-11-14) | 1009-052 | 2.30 |
| 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. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as No Rules Man ||||||||
| 49 | 9 | "Rap It Up" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | November 21, 2011 (2011-11-21) | 1009-054 | 2.14 |
| 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 ||||||||
| 50 | 10 | "Cruisin'" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Calvin Wong | November 28, 2011 (2011-11-28) | 1009-051 | 2.17 |
| Mordecai and Rigby try to obtain a girl's number by cruising to avoid losing a bet and paying for a fancy dinner with Margaret and Eileen. ||||||||
| 51 | 11 | "Under the Hood" | Robert Alvarez | Andres Salaff and Toby Jones | December 12, 2011 (2011-12-12) | 1009-053 | 2.32 |
| After getting Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost fired for false accusations of spraying graffiti at the park, Mordecai and Rigby have to catch the real perpetrator to prove their innocence. Guest voices: Troy Baker as Park Avenue ||||||||
| 52 | 12 | "Weekend at Benson's" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Hilary Florido | January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16) | 1009-056 | 1.99 |
| Mordecai and Rigby help Benson impress his neighbor Audrey at her party, but her ex-boyfriend Chuck gets in the way of that. Song: "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain Guest voices: Courtenay Taylor as Audrey and Roger Craig Smith as Chuck ||||||||
| 53 | 13 | "Fortune Cookie" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, and Hilary Florido | January 23, 2012 (2012-01-23) | 1009-049 | 1.86 |
| Rigby swaps fortune cookie fortunes with Benson in hopes of improving his luck, and it works, but Benson's luck goes so bad, it ruins his life. Guest voices: James Hong as the Chinese restaurant waiter and the warlock ||||||||
| 54 | 14 | "Think Positive" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | January 30, 2012 (2012-01-30) | 1009-058 | 2.48 |
| Pops bans Benson from yelling at Mordecai and Rigby, causing him to have a meltdown. ||||||||
| 55 | 15 | "Skips vs. Technology" | Robert Alvarez | Calvin Wong and Toby Jones | February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06) | 1009-060 | 2.39 |
| Skips hopes to fix a computer error caused by Mordecai and Rigby but cannot due to his lack of modern technology knowledge. He gets help from his friend, Techmo, but they soon learn that the virus is stronger than they think. Song: "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys Guest voices: Steven Blum as Techmo and the Doom-Ma-Geddon virus ||||||||
| 56 | 16 | "Butt Dial" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13) | 1009-068 | 2.45 |
| Mordecai attempts to retrieve Margaret's phone to delete an embarrassing singing voicemail he accidentally recorded. Guest voices: Rich Fulcher as the Phone Guardians ||||||||
| 57 | 17 | "Eggscellent" | Robert Alvarez | J. G. Quintel | February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27) | 1009-057 | 2.32 |
| Rigby falls into a coma due to his egg allergies after he eats a massive omelette in a food challenge to win a commemorative trucker hat, leaving Mordecai to complete the challenge and win the hat. Song: "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler This episode won a Primetime Emmy Award in the Short-format Animation category. ||||||||
| 58 | 18 | "Gut Model" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | March 5, 2012 (2012-03-05) | 1009-062 | 2.18 |
| Feeling under-appreciated by his co-workers, Muscle Man quits his job to work as a gut model. Guest voices: Paul F. Tompkins as Filbert and Andrew Daly as Mulligan ||||||||
| 59 | 19 | "Video Game Wizards" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Hilary Florido | March 26, 2012 (2012-03-26) | 1009-065 | 2.08 |
| Mordecai enlists Skips' help to win the "Maximum Glove" controller accessory at a video game competition, leaving Rigby behind. ||||||||
| 60 | 20 | "Big Winner" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Hilary Florido | April 2, 2012 (2012-04-02) | 1009-076 | 2.38 |
| Mordecai and Rigby prank Muscle Man on his birthday using a fake lottery ticket, but they regret it when he takes it too literally. ||||||||
| 61 | 21 | "The Best Burger in the World" | Robert Alvarez | Andres Salaff | April 9, 2012 (2012-04-09) | 1009-064 | 2.46 |
| Mordecai and Rigby use holograms to fool Benson into thinking they are working so they can eat the best burger in the world. Song: "Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes ||||||||
| 62 | 22 | "Replaced" | Robert Alvarez | J. G. Quintel, Mike Roth, and John Infantino | April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16) | 1009-043 | 2.30 |
| Mordecai and Rigby have to fight to get their jobs back when they are fired by Benson and replaced by Jeremy (an ostrich) and Chad (a possum). Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as Jeremy and Chad ||||||||
| 63 | 23 | "Trash Boat" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Hilary Florido | April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23) | 1009-066 | N/A |
| Inspired by the frontman of a famous rock band, Rigby changes his name to Trash Boat. However, the name causes him to garner negative attention and he now has to change his name back. ||||||||
| 64 | 24 | "Fists of Justice" | Robert Alvarez | Andres Salaff | April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30) | 1009-067 | 2.25 |
| Mordecai and Rigby do Skips' work so Skips can fight a long time enemy of the Guardians of Eternal Youth, Klorgbane the Destroyer. ||||||||
| 65 | 25 | "Yes Dude Yes" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | May 7, 2012 (2012-05-07) | 1009-070 | 2.12 |
| Dejected after he thinks he has witnessed Margaret becoming engaged, Mordecai befriends a girl named C.J. Still, things go wrong when he is caught in the middle over a movie and misunderstandings. Guest voices: Linda Cardellini as C.J. ||||||||
| 66 | 26 | "Busted Cart" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Hilary Florido | May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14) | 1009-055 | 2.26 |
| Mordecai and Rigby break the cart and have to take a road trip with Benson to the dealership before the warranty expires or Benson will be fired by Mr. Maellard. ||||||||
| 67 | 27 | "Dead at Eight" | Robert Alvarez | Calvin Wong and Toby Jones | May 28, 2012 (2012-05-28) | 1009-072 | 2.05 |
| Mordecai and Rigby have to babysit Death's son Thomas so he can spare Muscle Man's life. Guest voices: Michael Dorn as Thomas and Elle Newlands as Death's wife. ||||||||
| 68 | 28 | "Access Denied" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | June 4, 2012 (2012-06-04) | 1009-074 | 2.59 |
| Mordecai and Rigby try to find their way into a nightclub for Margaret's birthday party. Guest voices: Natasha Leggero as Ladonna ||||||||
| 69 | 29 | "Muscle Mentor" | Robert Alvarez | Andres Salaff | June 11, 2012 (2012-06-11) | 1009-071 | 2.73 |
| When Rigby is signed up for a humiliating mentorship program coached by Muscle Man, he has to prove that he can finish a job to avoid being fired by Benson. ||||||||
| 70 | 30 | "Trucker Hall of Fame" | Robert Alvarez | Calvin Wong and Toby Jones | June 18, 2012 (2012-06-18) | 1009-061 | 2.92 |
| When Muscle Man's father dies, 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 Mr. Sorrenstein, Muscle Man's father ||||||||
| 71 | 31 | "Out of Commission" | Robert Alvarez | Calvin Wong and Toby Jones | June 25, 2012 (2012-06-25) | 1009-059 | 2.48 |
| Mordecai and Rigby spend the day with the cart that they bring to life as they are instructed to take it to the dump due to Benson getting a high-tech replacement, but it wants to do certain things beforehand. ||||||||
| 72 | 32 | "Fancy Restaurant" | Robert Alvarez | Calvin Wong and Toby Jones | July 16, 2012 (2012-07-16) | 1009-073 | 2.93 |
| Mordecai and Rigby help Muscle Man learn about etiquette in order to impress Starla and her parents at a fancy restaurant. Song: "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi Guest voices: Courtenay Taylor as Starla ||||||||
| 73 | 33 | "Diary" | Robert Alvarez | Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel | July 23, 2012 (2012-07-23) | 1009-075 | 2.63 |
| Mordecai and Rigby accidentally break the lock on Margaret's diary, so they try to fix it before she finds out. ||||||||
| 74 | 34 | "The Best VHS in the World" | Robert Alvarez | Calvin Wong and Toby Jones | July 30, 2012 (2012-07-30) | 1009-079 | 2.78 |
| Mordecai and Rigby have to find and return an overdue VHS tape so they will not permanently lose their membership at the Movie Shack Hut. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as the Movie Shack Hut employee and Armin Shimerman as Buttonwillow McButtonwillow ||||||||
| 75 | 35 | "Prankless" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Hilary Florido | August 6, 2012 (2012-08-06) | 1009-078 | 2.93 |
| Muscle Man vows to never prank again after accidentally injuring Pops with one of his pranks directed towards Mordecai. Because of this, the rival park resumes a prank war against them. Guest voices: Kurtwood Smith as Gene ||||||||
| 76 | 36 | "Death Bear" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | August 13, 2012 (2012-08-13) | 1009-077 | 2.80 |
| Mordecai, Rigby, Margaret and Eileen venture into an abandoned zoo to take a picture outside of the cage of a killer bear. ||||||||
| 77 | 37 | "Fuzzy Dice" | Robert Alvarez | Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel | August 20, 2012 (2012-08-20) | 1009-080 | 2.63 |
| The group has to win one million tickets at an arcade to get a pair of fuzzy dice for Pops' birthday. Song: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds ||||||||
| 78 | 38 | "Sugar Rush" | Robert Alvarez | Benton Connor and Hilary Florido | August 27, 2012 (2012-08-27) | 1009-069 | 2.70 |
| Mordecai and Rigby have to pick up donuts for the morning meeting. When they get incredibly sugary donuts, and Pops eats them, it is up to them and Skips to solve the problem. ||||||||
| 79 | 39 | "Bad Kiss" | Robert Alvarez | Sean Szeles and Kat Morris | September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03) | 1009-063 | 2.17 |
| 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. ||||||||

## Home media

Warner Home Video released multiple DVDs, consisting of Region 1 formats. The Best DVD in the World *At this Moment in Time, Party Pack, Fright Pack, Mordecai & Margaret Pack, Rigby Pack, and Mordecai Pack were created for Region 1 markets containing episodes from the third season.

### Full season release

The full season set was released on DVD on June 17, 2014.
Regular Show: The Complete Third Season :
| Set details | Set details | Set details | Set details | Set details | Special features | Special features | Special features | Special features | Special features |
| 40 episodes 3-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Stereo) Subtitles: English | 40 episodes 3-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Stereo) Subtitles: English | 40 episodes 3-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Stereo) Subtitles: English | 40 episodes 3-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Stereo) Subtitles: English | 40 episodes 3-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Stereo) Subtitles: English | Episode commentaries Four things you didn't know about J.G. J.G. answers why Characters come to life: live episode read | Episode commentaries Four things you didn't know about J.G. J.G. answers why Characters come to life: live episode read | Episode commentaries Four things you didn't know about J.G. J.G. answers why Characters come to life: live episode read | Episode commentaries Four things you didn't know about J.G. J.G. answers why Characters come to life: live episode read | Episode commentaries Four things you didn't know about J.G. J.G. answers why Characters come to life: live episode read |
| Release dates ||||||||||
| Region 1 | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 2 | Region 4 | Region 4 | Region A | Region A | Region B | Region B |
| June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17) | June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17) | N/A | N/A | July 9, 2014 (2014-07-09) | July 9, 2014 (2014-07-09) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |