Regular Show (season 4)

Regular Show (season 4)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	40
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Original release	October 1, 2012 – August 12, 2013

The fourth season of American animated comedy television series Regular Show, created by J.G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. The season ran from October 1, 2012 to August 12, 2013. Quintel originally created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the cancelled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college, while several of its main characters originated from his animated shorts 2 in the AM PM and The Naïve Man from Lolliland. Following the success of its first season, Regular Show was renewed for a fourth season on October 26, 2011.

Regular Show's fourth season was storyboarded and written by Calvin Wong, Toby Jones, Andres Salaff, Madeline Queripel, Benton Connor, Hilary Florido, Sean Szeles (who was promoted to supervising director halfway through the season), Kat Morris (who left to become a storyboard supervisor on Steven Universe), Sarah Oleksyk, Hellen Jo, James Kim, and Owen Dennis, while it was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The season began on October 1, 2012, with a special 30-minute (two-part) season premiere, "Exit 9B". Regular Show is rated TV-PG for suggestive humor – certain episodes are rated TV-PG-V for mild to moderate violence, including peril and non-fatal use of weapons and firearms. Other specials that aired within the season include the Halloween special "Terror Tales of the Park II", a Christmas special, and the 100th episode of the series. The character Thomas was introduced in the season premiere, working as an intern for the park in which the series primarily takes place.

Development

Concept

Two 23-year-old friends,^[1] 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 to the delight of Pops. Their other coworkers, Muscle Man (an overweight green man) and High Five Ghost (a ghost with a hand extending from the top of his head), serve as rivals to Mordecai and Rigby. In Season 4, Thomas was introduced and Mordecai & Rigby usually help for adaptation. The show usually revolves around Mordecai and Rigby's attempts to avoid work and enjoy themselves. However, they often, at times, have to pay for their irresponsible actions, as they always get into more trouble than they thought. This typically results in Mordecai and Rigby going through bizarre and surrealistic misadventures, many of which nearly kill them or others around them.

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.^[2] Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes to possibly be optioned as a show. After being Season 4, Quintel recruited several indie comic book artists to compose the staff of the show, as their style matched close to what he desired for the series. The season was storyboarded and written by Calvin Wong, Toby Jones, Andres Salaff, Madeline Queripel, Benton Connor, Hilary Florido, Sean Szeles (who was promoted to supervising director halfway through the season), Kat Morris (who left to become a storyboard supervisor on Steven Universe), Sarah Oleksyk, Hellen Jo, James Kim, and Owen Dennis, while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The show is rated TV-PG and occasionally TV-PG-V. Despite not airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up, it is considered more of a traditional adult's animated comedy than a children's cartoon.

The fourth season of Regular Show was produced over October 2011 – September 2012, with heavy use of double entendres and mild language Quintel stated that, although the network wanted to step up from the more child-oriented fare, there were some restrictions that came along with this switch.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written and storyboarded by	Original air date [3]	Prod. code [4]	U.S. viewers (millions)
81 82	1 2	"Exit 9B"	Calvin Wong, Toby Jones, Andres Salaff, and Madeline Queripel	October 1, 2012	1012-081 1012-082	3.05[5]
Two months after the park is destroyed by a mysterious businessman, Mordecai and Rigby must save their brainwashed friends in order to prevent a freeway from being built over the park and they recruit their old allies to help defeat their past villains. Guest voices: Roger Craig Smith as Garrett Bobby Ferguson, Jr.; Thomas
83	3	"Starter Pack"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	October 8, 2012	1012-088	1.86[6]
Due to being a new employee, Thomas is frequently pranked by Muscle Man, a situation that agitates Mordecai and Rigby when they think that Muscle Man is taking it too far, so they pretended that Thomas pranked him, but this causes him to go on a series rampage.
84 85	4 5	"Terror Tales of the Park II"	Benton Connor, Hilary Florido, Sean Szeles, and Kat Morris	October 15, 2012	1012-083 1012-084	3.11[7]
The group passes time by as they tell each other scary stories while driving to a Halloween party.  • "Payback" – Mordecai is haunted by his deceased uncle after accidentally knocking him into the ball return at a bowling alley.  • "Party Bus" – Mordecai, Rigby, Margaret, and Eileen board a haunted bus where they find the passengers aging as the bus moves forward and must try to escape.  • "Wallpaper Man" – Mordecai and Rigby hire a man to re-wallpaper the house, but they quickly find out that he is actually a giant evil spider and they struggle to defeat him.
86	6	"Pie Contest"	Sarah Oleksyk and Hellen Jo	October 22, 2012	1012-085	2.62[8]
When Mordecai and Rigby must serve as judges at the annual pie contest, they are afraid to tell their friends what they really think of their pies, but when a talking pie wants to help, he instead trashes the contest. Guest voices: Brandon Richardson as Low Five Ghost
87	7	"150 Piece Kit"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	October 29, 2012	1012-086	2.11[9]
Benson attempts to prove that he can play an advanced, extremely long drum solo when the band who discredited him shows up to play a concert at the park, but the other members of the band and the machine that replaced him refuse to let him do so.
88	8	"Bald Spot"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	November 12, 2012	1012-087	2.61[10]
Muscle Man gets a bald spot after getting his haircut on his one-year anniversary with Starla and tries his best to prevent her from noticing.
89	9	"Guy's Night"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	November 19, 2012	1012-089	2.46[11]
Pops tries to prove he is "one of the guys" by completing the milk chugging challenge, but this soon leads him to a strange place with weird white creatures.
90	10	"One Pull Up"	Sarah Oleksyk and Hellen Jo	November 26, 2012	1012-090	2.14[12]
Eileen trains Rigby to perform a pull-up for the park fitness test before the end of the week or else he will be fired, but he becomes too strong and heavy.
91 92	11 12	"The Christmas Special"	Sean Szeles, Kat Morris, Benton Connor, and Hilary Florido	December 3, 2012	1012-093 1012-094	2.71[13]
The group must destroy a magical present for Santa and save Christmas from an evil elf. Guest voices: Thomas Haden Church as Quillgin, Edward Asner as Santa Claus, and Kurtwood Smith as Gene
93	13	"T.G.I. Tuesday"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	January 7, 2013	1012-091	2.81[14]
Mordecai, Rigby, and Eileen plan a going-away party for Margaret due to her transferring to another college.
94	14	"Firework Run"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	January 14, 2013	1012-092	2.24[15]
When Muscle Man accidentally sets off fireworks meant for a Fourth of July celebration at the park, he, Mordecai, Rigby, and Hi-Five Ghost must retrieve more fireworks from some dangerous people.
95	15	"The Longest Weekend"	Sarah Oleksyk and Hellen Jo	January 21, 2013	1012-095	2.51[16]
Wanting to test their relationship, Starla has Muscle Man avoid contact with her for a weekend, which proves to be a difficult challenge for the both of them.
96	16	"Sandwich of Death"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	January 28, 2013	1012-097	2.54[17]
When Benson falls ill after eating a deadly sandwich that Mordecai and Rigby had bought, they must get the cure for him or else he will die.
97	17	"Ace Balthazar Lives"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	February 4, 2013	1012-098	2.27[18]
Mordecai and Rigby attempt to reunite a rock band when they think that the presumably deceased frontman is living at the park.
98	18	"Do or Diaper"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	February 11, 2013	1012-099	2.67[19]
Mordecai makes a bet with Muscle Man that he will kiss Margaret by Friday at midnight or else he will wear a diaper for a week.
99	19	"Quips"	Sarah Oleksyk and Hellen Jo	February 18, 2013	1012-100	2.43[20]
Skips' cousin Quips shows up at the park for game night, much to everyone's annoyance due to Quips' bad jokes and Skips must convince him to stop.
100	20	"Caveman"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	February 25, 2013	1012-101	2.44[21]
After Mordecai and Rigby accidentally defrost a caveman, they try to civilize him so he can stay at the park, but they also accidentally release other cavemen who rampage the park.
101	21	"That's My Television"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	March 4, 2013	1012-102	2.40[22]
Mordecai and Rigby help their favorite '80s sitcom star, RGB2, escape from the studio lot so he can avoid starring in a revival of his show.
102	22	"A Bunch of Full Grown Geese"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	March 25, 2013	1012-096	2.58[23]
When vicious, territorial, and smart geese show up at the park, Mordecai and Rigby call upon some old friends to get rid of them.
103	23	"Fool Me Twice"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	April 1, 2013	1012-116	2.14[24]
Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson must win the grand prize on a Japanese game show. Guest voices: Andrew Kishino as the Game Master
104	24	"Limousine Lunchtime"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	April 8, 2013	1012-103	2.35[25]
Mordecai and Rigby stain Mr. Maellard's limo while eating meatball subs and must compete in a contest in order to win a new limo after they discover that they are unable to clean the original limo.
105	25	"Picking Up Margaret"	Sean Szeles and Kat Morris	April 15, 2013	1012-104	2.26[26]
Mordecai offers to give Margaret a ride to the airport, but runs into trouble with an anti-cell phone croquet group.
106	26	"K.I.L.I.T. Radio"	Benton Connor and Sarah Oleksyk	April 22, 2013	1012-105	1.94[27]
Muscle Man records a song for Starla and attempts to get it played on his favorite radio station, but the radio station is revealed to be controlled by an evil program and it refuses to let him do so.
107	27	"Carter and Briggs"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	May 6, 2013	1012-106	2.12[28]
Mordecai and Rigby enter a donut maneuvering contest in hopes of winning an appearance on their favorite cop show, but they come across tough competitors.
108	28	"Skips' Stress"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	May 13, 2013	1012-107	2.08[29]
When Skips' stress level rises to critical proportions, he must lower it before it kills him and the park gang all eventually have to deal with a stress monster.
109	29	"Cool Cubed"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	May 20, 2013	1012-108	2.37[30]
When Thomas freezes his brain after chugging down a "Cool Cubed" slushie, Mordecai and Rigby travel into his head to stop it from freezing his brain's core.
110	30	"Trailer Trashed"	Calvin Wong and Kat Morris	May 27, 2013	1012-109	2.04[31]
Muscle Man tries to save his trailer after it fails a health inspection, but the inspector isn't quite who he is.
111	31	"Meteor Moves"	Benton Connor and Sarah Oleksyk	June 10, 2013	1012-110	2.46[32]
Mordecai plans to kiss Margaret during a meteor shower. Guest voice: Wayne Knight as the Guardian of the Friend Zone
112	32	"Family BBQ"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	June 17, 2013	1012-113	2.27[33]
Mordecai tries to shake hands with Margaret's father, despite him taking an instant dislike to Mordecai and they both compete in a cannonball contest.
113	33	"The Last LaserDisc Player"	Calvin Wong and Toby Jones	June 24, 2013	1012-111	2.25[34]
Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost try to obtain a LaserDisc player in order to watch the rare version of a classic film.
114	34	"Country Club"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	July 1, 2013	1012-112	2.51[35]
Mordecai and Rigby must recover a golf cart that is taken by the park's neighboring rich country club members, who have also stolen many of the group's items and turning them into toilets.
115	35	"Blind Trust"	Andres Salaff and Madeline Queripel	July 15, 2013	1012-117	2.47[36]
Pops has Mordecai and Rigby help Benson down a mountain while he is blindfolded in order for him to show trust in the duo, but they encounter and anger ghost animals in the process. Guest voices: Fred Tatasciore as Moose and other assorted sacred animals
116	36	"World's Best Boss"	Kat Morris and James Kim	July 15, 2013	1012-114	2.47[36]
The group wants to give Benson a mug that says "World's Best Boss" for his tenth-anniversary at the park, but it proves to be more difficult than they thought. Guest voices: Andrew Kishino as Doug McFarland, David Kaye as commercial voice-over speaker and Boss #3, and Robin Atkin Downes as Rogers, Boss #2, and delivery guy
117	37	"Last Meal"	Sarah Oleksyk and Owen Dennis	July 22, 2013	1012-115	2.55[37]
Muscle Man wants to binge on his favorite foods before going on a diet, but soon must deal with Death, who attempts to take his soul if he loses an eating contest.
118	38	"Sleep Fighter"	Kat Morris and James Kim	July 29, 2013	1012-119	2.06[38]
The group tries to help Muscle Man to stop fighting in his sleep and release trouble-making creatures from his dreams.
119	39	"Party Re-Pete"	Sarah Oleksyk and Owen Dennis	August 5, 2013	1012-120	2.88[39]
The group must save Benson after he is kidnapped by an evil party company.
120	40	"Steak Me Amadeus"	Benton Connor and Hilary Florido	August 12, 2013	1012-118	2.44[40]
Mordecai wants to ask Margaret to be his girlfriend at a fancy steakhouse restaurant, but soon runs into trouble with some familier foes involving the entire group.

References

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