Format Wars

* First War
* Second War
* Streaming Wars

The **Format Wars** were a series of wars and battles from *Regular Show*. The battles deal with different types of formats fighting each other for dominance. The wars take place in the episodes, "The Last Laserdisc Player," "Format Wars II," and "Meet the Seer."

## History

### Background

It all started with the creation of a special format known as Laserdisc which was perfect but it was also too perfect. In fact, Laserdisc was so perfect that another format called VHS decided to wipe out all the Laserdiscs with an army of VHS Soldiers before it could spread so VHS would remain the superior format who became known as the Ancient Order of the VHS while their actions became known as the Format Wars. Some people tried to keep any surviving Laserdiscs they had quiet but VHS managed to find out about them through rumors and still wiped them out. Some people then tried to preserve Laserdiscs for future generations but VHS managed to find them too and wiped out every single last Laserdiscs and Laserdisc Players until one Laserdisc Player remained. An order was then created to protect the last Laserdisc Player while also hearing about a prophecy about four chosen ones would end the Format Wars by reuniting the last Laserdisc with the last Laserdisc Player who were known as the Discmasters. However, the order dwindled down until there was only one last member left who was a Liberian Archivist named Archie who had protected the last Laserdisc Player under the care of the Guardians of Obsolete Formats. Who were giant beings that had the powers of other old formats and even had the formats for heads who were known as Betamax, 8-Track, Floppy Disc, and Reel-to-Reel which the Discmasters would awaken to be their protectors.

### First Format War

Two years later, the first Format War begins when Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost find the director's cut of the movie, 21-12 Time Attack on a Laserdisc then they go out to look for a Laserdisc Player so they can watch it. They try to get a Laserdisc Player at the TV store but the workers there tell them that they don't have one and tell the Park Workers to go to the Library to find one instead. While the Park Workers were looking for a Laserdisc Player on one of the Library's computers, two guys arrived and told them to get a VCR to watch a VHS instead but they refused to and Muscle Man told the guys to go away. Then the computer tells the Park Workers that there was one Laserdisc Player in the Library's basement and they go to see Archie the Archivist for it but he claims that the Library doesn't have one but when Muscle Man calls him a liar. Archie shows the Park Workers to the basement where it's supposed to be but it's not there. Archie also claims that finding it wouldn't do them any good because all the Laserdiscs were destroyed by VHS but when the Park Workers show him their Laserdisc he is speechless. Archie then tells the Park Workers about the Format Wars and how they are the chosen ones who would be the Discmasters then he uses the Laserdisc to open a secret door to the Guardians of Obsolete Formats unaware that they are being followed and spied on by one of the guys from earlier. Archie presents the Discmasters to the Guardians of Obsolete Formats where they awaken them and the Guardians bring forth the Last Laserdisc Player then bow down before the Discmasters. But when the Discmasters, Archie, and the Guardians are all about to leave the Library, they are confronted by the two guys from earlier with VHS Soldiers. Who reveal to them that they are SP and LP and that they are the leaders of the Ancient Order of the VHS who demand the last Laserdisc Player. This results in a fight between the Guardians and the VHS Soldiers which the Guardians are able to beat but then the VHS Soldiers call in the Tape Rewinders which are small tanks that fire missiles. So the Discmasters also fight off the VHS Soldiers alongside the Guardians and try to protect the last Laserdisc Player. But then a giant robot called the VC-Arbitrator arrives to fight alongside the VHS Soldiers which is so powerful that it kills 8-Track. Archie then gets injured by the VC-Arbitrator so he asks the Discmasters to place the Laserdisc on his chest and chant "Six Simper Fidelity." This transforms Archie into the Laserdisc Guardian who defeats SP, LP, and all the VHS Soldiers with a sound attack and then an electric attack. Archie then fights off the VC-Arbitrator and destroys it with a powerful light attack thus ending the First Format War. After that, the Discmasters, Archie, and the Guardians all go to watch 21-12 Time Attack together at the house in the Park although they quickly find the movie to be lame and too long but praise it for its graphics. Afterwards, the events of the First Format War are recorded on the Tapestry of Formats, Laserdisc gets publicly redistributed, the remaining Guardians go their separate ways, and Archie gets painful surgery to look like his normal human self again.

### Second Format War

The second Format War begins with Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, and Benson relaxing by the snack bar in the Park. They then start talking about the best movie crash scenes which they all agree is the one from the movie, Full Metal Impact. However, Benson says he hasn't seen the movie yet and claims that he'll probably get it on VHS but everyone else gets offended by Benson's statement due to the events of the First Format War and tells him to watch it on Laserdisc instead. The Park Workers all go to the Library to get the movie on Laserdisc where they meet up with Archie again where he gives them the movie. But after Benson goes to the bathroom Archie takes the other Park Workers to the Tapestry of Formats where it says that there is another prophecy. Where a new Format War will come, a new format will rise, and it begins with the arrival of a 5th Discmaster which turns out to be Benson after he comes out of the bathroom. So the Discmasters and Archie go and gather up the Guardians of Obsolete Formats; Betamax, Reel-to-Reel, and Floppy Disc who had taken normal jobs after the First Format War. When they all regroup at Wing Kingdom, Archie reveals that the new prophecy says that the new format will seek total domination, and the only thing that can stop it is a special device called the Universal Remote. But then another one of the Guardians named Microfiche arrives after being injured by the new format which is called DVD then he dies. After Microfiche is thrown into a dumpster, Archie takes the Discmasters and the Guardians to the top of a building to find the Universal Remote where the Discmasters all stack up on each other and after the sunlight shines through Benson's head they head to where the light is pointing at which is an electronics store called Sam's Electronics. The Discmasters, Archie, and the Guardians go to the store where they find the Universal Remote which is sitting on a pedestal. Since the fifth Discmaster is the only one who can free it, Benson is able to get the Universal Remote off the pedestal. But while the Discmaster, Archie, and the Guardians leave the store, they are confronted by a man and his army where the man reveals that he is DVD and that he is also Archie's son. DVD also calls in a powerful ally of his called Internet who can neutralize any obsolete formats and can control the DVD Army through Wi-Fi. Benson tries to use the Universal Remote against DVD, however, it needs a device code in order to work then it gives the Discmasters a long list of device codes for them to use. So Archie and DVD transform into their guardian forms then the old Format Army arrives to help out which consists of format scientists, format store clerks, more Guardians, and ENIAC the first digital computer. Both sides begin to battle each other with ENIAC getting destroyed after tripping then the Discmasters try to find the right device code for the Universal Remote to stop DVD while Benson tries to call tech support for help. During the fight, lots of people from both sides get killed and when Benson finally gets a hold of tech support his phone gets destroyed then DVD launches some Disc Fighters which are giant flying discs that shoot lasers. When DVD and Internet confront Archie, he asks DVD why he's doing this and DVD reveals that it's because Archie left him and his mom when he was a kid. Eventually, they are able to reconcile but Internet betrays DVD and kills Archie then Internet plans to neutralize all obsolete formats so that he will be the superior one. So DVD decides help the Discmasters stop Internet by telling them that Internet gets his power from it's Wi-Fi server so Benson gets an idea and asks for DVD's device code. Which allows the Discmasters to fly up to the Wi-Fi tower on a Disc Fighter but Internet shoots them down. However, when Internet confronts them, the Discmasters all use the Universal Remote together to control the DVD army, and together both armies defeat Internet by destroying the Wi-Fi tower thus ending the Second Format War. The Discmasters, Reel-to-Reel, Archie's ghost, and DVD then all go to watch Full Metal Impact at the house in the Park which they enjoy. However, Internet's head has survived and vows to destroy the Discmasters and all formats.

### Streaming Wars

The third Format War begins on the machine-format planet in space known as Planet Nielsen where all Universes can be watched. Until Internet returned, became Streaming, took over the planet, and renamed it Planet Streaming after deeming Planet Nielsen and its ways obsolete. Streaming then banished all the workers to the bowels of the planet where they tried to preserve the ways of the old formats. The Park Workers came to Planet Nielsen on the Park Dome to heal Pops after he was injured by his brother, Anti-Pops, and to see the Seer to know the location of the big battle between them. When the Park Workers arrive, they meet some Stream Box Bots who try to capture them after recognizing some of them as the Discmasters. But they are saved by two of the Guardians of Obsolete Formats; Reel-to-Reel and Black and White who bring the Park Workers underground to help them find the Seer and to help heal Pops. The Guardians then bring the Park Workers to Microwave who makes a Salisbury steak TV dinner and feeds it to Pops to heal him up. Then Reel-to-Reel shows the Park Workers a video on the history of Planet Nielson and how Streaming took over it. But then the Stream Box Bots arrive to try and get Pops so Microwave sacrifices himself to hold off the Stream Box Bots by using an atomic pizza pocket which explodes inside of him while the Park Workers and the Guardians try to get to the Seer. When they all arrive at the Planet Neilson working area, they find all the Planet Neilson Workers who have all gotten old and insane. Then they meet DVD again who has now become HD-DVD along with his sister, Blu-ray where they take them to the Seer who reveals to all of the Park Workers that she knows everything about them and reveals that she has been watching them all for a long time since the beginning. The Seer also reveals to them that the Universe is ending because of Pops' fight with Anti-Pops but soon they are all discovered by the Stream Box Bots so they all try to escape the Planet Nielson. When they make it to the outside, the Stream Box Bots attack them so HD-DVD and Blu-ray fight them off after transforming into their guardian forms. They all try to escape onto the Park Dome but Streaming confronts them and kills Reel-to-Reel when he tries to protect HD-DVD from one of Streaming's attacks which enrages Black and White to attack Streaming head-on but gets killed as well. But Back and White's attacks were able to shoot one of Streaming's antennas which causes him to get stuck and buffer. Which allows the Park Workers to escape and the Seer tells them that the fight between Pops and Anti-Pops will happen at Pops' home planet, Lolliland. In the end, HD-DVD and Blu-ray are able to stop Streaming by blowing up the whole planet and escape safely but Streaming and his Stream Box Bots would return for the Battle of Lolliland along with HD-DVD and Blu-ray.

## First Format War Belligerents

### Discmasters

* Mordecai
* Rigby
* Muscle Man
* Hi-Five Ghost
* Archie/Laserdisc Guardian
* Betamax
* 8-Track
* Floppy Disc
* Reel-to-Reel

### Ancient Order of the VHS

* SP
* LP
* VC-Arbitrator
* VHS Soldiers

## Second Format War Belligerents

### Discmasters

* Mordecai
* Rigby
* Muscle Man
* Hi-Five Ghost
* Benson
* Archie/Laserdisc Guardian
* Betamax
* Floppy Disc
* Reel-to-Reel
* Microfiche
* Old Format Army
	+ ENIAC
	+ Ampex Quadruplex
	+ Format Scientists
	+ Format Store Clerks

### DVD Army

* DVD
* Internet
* DVD Soldiers

## Streaming Wars Belligerents

### Discmasters

* Mordecai
* Rigby
* Benson
* Pops
* Skips
* Muscle Man
* Hi-Five Ghost
* Reel-to-Reel
* Black and White
* Microwave
* HD-DVD
* Blue-ray
* The Seer

## Videos

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