All Regular Show Episodes Ranked

[Abigayle Laurenitis]

Fansof Regular Show know that it was anything but regular. Showrunner J.G. Quintel used the experience he gained working on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Camp Lazlo for Cartoon Network to create a show that was the perfect fusion of the mundane and the insane, running from 2010 to 2017 over the course of eight seasons.

The formula for a typical episode started with a simple park task that Mordecai (Quintel) and Rigby (William Salyers) didn't want to do, often leading to consequences of supernatural proportions. While this formula led to some incredible episodes, some of the most renowned episodes broke from this mold, at least according to IMDb.

The scale of the conflict grew tremendously by this Season 8 episode, in which Pops (Sam Marin) trains in preparation to face Anti-Pops (Robert Englund). To speed up the process, legendary chosen-one trainer Earl (Feodor Chin) uses an ancient art called "montage," but Mordecai and Rigby try to take a shortcut by changing the music to metal. The music change makes Pops' montage too hard, and chaos ensues.

Like many of the final season episodes, this episode is masterful in its handling of a serial conflict and character development, distinct from Regular Show's origin as purely episodic. It's particularly unique in taking one of the series' least serious characters seriously.

Rigby, who dropped out of high school, finally went back to high school in Season 7, so it's only fitting that the season finale was his graduation. Mordecai copes with the stagnation of his own life, Benson (Sam Marin) attempts to get a date with researcher Pam (Ali Hillis), and Rigby makes a sentimental speech at the end.

Mordecai and Rigby team up with the baby ducks from Season 2 onward to fight against Playco, a company trying to force them to sign away their likeness so Playco can make toys of the hyper-duck they team up to create. The aviary battle pits the baby ducks and the park against the geese from Season 2 and a robotic cassowary, eventually breaking the moon apart and destroying the surface of Earth, too.

In pursuit of a trucker hat, Rigby attempts to eat a huge egg breakfast, except he is hospitalized after his first attempt due to an egg allergy. Mordecai takes on the challenge to avenge his friend with the help of the other park employees. When he finally discovers the winning strategy, Benson and the others must protect him from the restaurant employees as he's transported to a world of gold riches; Mordecai's dedication to getting Rigby the hat is what saves him.

This episode is nothing short of iconic. It's a fun episode about the power of friendship and trucker hats, and who can resist a food challenge? It's definitely one of the more memorable episodes to be highly rated.

In this episode, Pops must recover from a narrowly escaped battle with Anti-Pops and prepare for the true final battle to save the universe. There are many heavy-handed references to obsolete media: Planet Nielsen, Reel-to-Reel, Black and White, DVD, and more. Streaming attacks the planet, and they eventually meet the Seer, a woman who offers as much advice and knowledge as possible.

The episode offers a hefty recap of all the events leading up to this moment, plus a new reveal: Pops must have the final battle on Lolliland, his home planet and the planet he has been fascinated with for years. So there is a reason Pops always paid in lollipops!

This is the episode where many fans cried. Skips (Mark Hamill), although immortal, was always the more mysterious member of the group, with mystical knowledge and a confusing past with other immortals. This episode is a deep dive into Skips and his origin story, detailing the love he lost and how he gained his immortality.

It's interesting to watch his first encounters with characters that make appearances in the show's contemporary time: Klorgbane the Destroyer (Troy Baker), the Guardians of Eternal Youth, and a few others. Although it answers many questions, it only raises more.

The stakes are high in this episode, where Mordecai and Rigby must convince the brainwashed park employees to sign the document that saves the park from being razed to make room for the titular Exit 9B of the highway.

Garrett Bobby Ferguson Jr. (Roger Craig Smith) revives enemies of old in a wave of callbacks, but Skips also summons past allies, and they duke it out in an epic battle. It's a remarkable halfway point for the entire series and a powerful start to the season, also introducing Thomas in this episode.

Endings are always hard -- unless it's the end of Regular Show, whose series finale is its highest-rated episode on IMDb. The writers behind the show miraculously managed to wrap up the series in a three-part extravaganza in a way that was satisfying yet exciting.

It comes full circle to the first episode of the series in Part 3, while also looking toward the future at the end of the episode to satisfy longtime fans. Pops's sacrifice is shocking but inevitable, as all good endings are.

Indeed, similar to Adventure Time and Gravity Falls, Regular Show establishes an overarching story arc through subtle clues, plot points, and intense character development. At the same time, even these well-regarded and iconic Cartoon Network classics are comparably tame and wholesome when considering the sheer absurdity of Regular Show's humor and storytelling style. Undoubtedly one of the best Cartoon Network shows from the 2000s, here are some of the best episodes of Regular Show throughout its entire run.

The episode began with Mordecai and Rigby playing with cheaply made toys from a company called PlayCo and seeing a commercial advertising their products. Later, Mordecai, Rigby, and the rest of the park crew team up with the Baby Ducks to chase away a prehistoric creature running through the park who had attacked Pops. At the same time, the owners of PlayCo show up and attempt to get everyone, specifically the Baby Ducks, Mordecai, and Rigby, to sign a contract for action figures based on their appearances, but they're all hesitant given the cheaply made products. "Brilliant Century Duck Crisis Special" is memorable for its meta-humor about big corporations.

Based on the 1996 Jason Bloom/Pauly Shore movie Bio-Dome, "The Dome Experiment Special" followed the park crew during an experiment where they are all locked in a bio-dome together for a month. Benson is determined to prove to everyone that the dates of the dome experiment were off. Benson's theory makes the group wonder about the true intentions of the bio-dome experiment, and conspiracy theories swirl throughout the episode. One of the best episodes of Regular Show, "The Dome Experiment Special" had more than usual as it seemed to reference everything from The Simpsons Movie to Rambo.

"The Ice Tape" sees Mordecai, Rigby, and the park crew go on an adventure to find an ancient VCR player so they can play a VHS tape that's made of ice. The ice tape supposedly tells the truth about Pops, who is easily the most likable character in Regular Show. Pops' surprising history, from who his true father is to his species, is revealed in this episode. With Anti-Pops being introduced as Pops' brother in the 8th and final season, this gave viewers endless questions about who Pops really was, and this episode provided a lot of answers.

After meeting The Seer, the crew is on their way to Lolliland for the final battle. However, Pops is upset and worried that he won't be able to save them and the Universe. So, everyone tries to cheer up pops in their own unique ways. They eventually throw a party where Blue-ray shows up and offers to record everyone's memories on a Blue-ray set, so they will always be remembered. After some problems, the set is eventually completed and buried in the park. For breaking the fourth wall with its emotional message about the show nearing its end, "Cheer Up Pops" remains one of the best episodes of Regular Show.

After months of training at the Space Tree Academy, the park crew is finally set to graduate. However, before that can happen they encounter the mysterious and powerful entity that Rigby and Mordecai dub Anti-Pops. This new villain is ruthless and seemingly would stop at nothing to get to Pops. An epic battle erupts that ends with some of the crew of the Space Tree Academy sacrificing themselves in order to save Pops. Impressively, "Space Escape" took a far darker tone than what fans were used to seeing, and also perfectly set up the second half of the season.

Rigby was often seen as the less intelligent of the duo and, this was partly because he was a high school dropout. In the Regular Show season 7 finale, he finally graduates and is asked to give an inspirational graduation speech. As always, hijinks ensue. In the end, Rigby delivers a heartfelt speech that showed his growth over the season as well as the wholesomeness of his friendship with Mordecai. Funny and sweet, the episode also acted as the setup for the show's space adventures, a practical shoo-in for anyone's rankings for the best episodes of Regular Show.

"Skips' Story" gave the audience background into Skips' past and how he became immortal in the first place. This 30-minute special impressed audiences with the tragic love story out of nowhere and gave more depth to the fan-favorite character. The story begins when Mordecai and Rigby tell Skips they think it would be great to be immortal and Skips feels the need to tell them the truth about how his immortality has affected him over the years. Largely remembered for being one of the best episodes of Regular Show, "Skips' Story" gives fans insight into one of the lovable main characters of the series and gives Skips a tragic, yet intriguing, backstory.

Regular Show's magic realism rises to another level in "Rap It Up." When a group of battle rappers hang out at the park and challenge the crew, the ensuing rap battle between them sees their rhymes coming to life through some unexplained magic. Hyperbolic and vitriolic battle rap verses cause characters to grow wings, transform into different creatures, create diamonds from thin air, vomit words, and experience every word literally. "Rap It Up" ranks highly among the best episodes of Regular Show for how it animated new life into verses by then-niche rappers Tyler the Creator and Childish Gambino, a feat unmatched by even the best classic Cartoon Network shows.

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