Regular Show
Series, 2010, The 2010s, Set in The park
Regular Show is #3 of 12 in release order and #3 of 12 in chronological order in the Cartoon Comedy Classics.
The story
The surreal misadventures of two best friends - a blue jay and a raccoon - as they seek to liven up their mundane jobs as groundskeepers at the local park.
Regular Show recap
Mordecai, a blue jay, and Rigby, a raccoon, are best friends and twenty-something groundskeepers at a city park. They try to avoid work, and every small problem, from a broken video game to a bet, spirals into a supernatural battle. Their boss Benson is an angry gumball machine; Pops, a kind, old-fashioned man with a lollipop-shaped head, is the son of the park owner, Mr. Maellard; Skips is a quiet immortal yeti; and Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost are their crude co-workers. Mordecai spends years in an on-and-off romance with Margaret, a robin, and later dates CJ, a cloud girl, while Rigby gets together with Eileen, a mole, and finally finishes high school. Recurring threats include the Guardians of Eternal Youth and the Hammer. In the eighth and last season, the park crew is sent to space, where Pops learns he is destined to fight his evil brother, Anti-Pops, whose battles with him have reset the universe before. It aired on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2017.
Regular Show ending explained
The finale, "A Regular Epic Final Battle", has Anti-Pops erase almost everything and reset time, but Mordecai and Rigby remember and return. Pops grabs his brother and flies into the sun, where they make peace and die, breaking the cycle. Twenty-five years later, the friends reunite at the park. Regular Show: The Lost Tapes, a revival framed as lost VHS adventures, premiered on Cartoon Network on May 11, 2026.
Where to watch Regular Show
Regular Show is streaming on Hulu and YouTube TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.6/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, before The Amazing World of Gumball.
- Chronological order: after The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, before The Amazing World of Gumball.
What to watch before Regular Show
In release order, the essentials before Regular Show (2010) are Chowder (2007) and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008).
Cast
- J.G. Quintel as Mordecai / Hi Five Ghost (voice)
- William Salyers as Rigby (voice)
- Mark Hamill as Skips (voice)
- Sam Marin as Benson / Pops / Muscle Man (voice)
- Roger Craig Smith as Briggs / Simon Lamprey / Paramedic (voice)
- Minty Lewis as Eileen / Jonno (voice)
- Janie Haddad Tompkins as Janet / Chrissy (voice)
- Courtenay Taylor as Starla / Peggy / Teller (voice)
- Steve Blum as Leon (voice)
- Vanessa Marshall as Toothpick Sally (voice)
- Fred Tatasciore as Karpov / President Davis / Aisa Goon #2 (voice)
- Matthew Mercer as Chance Sureshot / Recap Robot (voice)
Created by J.G. Quintel.