Skips Strikes

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==Summary==
"Skips Strikes" is the 43rd episode of the series and the 3rd episode of the 3rd season. Every park employee is present.
==Explanation==
While bowling with Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson, Skips strikes many times in bowling, causing their team, the "Park Strikers", to go to the championship. In the finals, they play against a team called the "Magical Elements", which consists of foes from past episodes; Death (from Over the Top), Gary, a Guardian of Eternal Youth (both from Free Cake), and a wizard (from The Power). However, Death tells Skips that if he plays in the tournament finals, then he will tell everyone a secret which Skips has held for a long time. When the four leave the arena, Rigby realizes he forgot his towel, so he goes back inside the bowling arena, and Rigby makes a bet with Death that if the Park Strikers win, Rigby can have a bowling ball filled with souls, but if the Magical Elements win, Death claims their souls. Soon, the secret haunts Skips, and he decides to pack his things and run away. Rigby tells the Strikers about the bet, and Mordecai punches him three times. They soon pick Pops to be the last member of the team, but Pops is mediocre at best. Meanwhile, at a forest, Skips burns all of his bowling trophies, but when he sees a photo album, Skips' memories come back and he comes back to bowl. In the end, Skips needs a strike to win, but Death reminds him of the secret. The fate of his friends' souls is in Skips' hands- but at the same time, the secret of his is too. The secret is that his name was previously "Walks" and he changed it to Skips because he always skips around.