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Many of Regular Show's characters were 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.[8] The former was one of the winners of the 2005 Nicktoons Film Festival and received international attention after being broadcast on Nicktoons Network.[9] Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes, which would possibly be optioned as shows. The series premiered on September 6, 2010, on Cartoon Network.
Regular Show largely grew out of creator J. G. Quintel's life and experiences in college.[14] Quintel attended the California Institute of the Arts, and many of the characters on Regular Show are based on the characters developed for his student films The Naïve Man from Lolliland (2005) and 2 in the AM PM (2006). Both originated as part of the 48-Hour Film Project, in which students put words into a hat, pulled out one word at midnight and spent a weekend developing ideas for a film. Quintel attended college with Thurop Van Orman and Pendleton Ward, who both went on to work at Cartoon Network Studios with Quintel; Van Orman created The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Ward created Adventure Time. Quintel concurrently worked on Camp Lazlo and as creative director on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack while completing his degree. He was later invited to pitch for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute, a project to showcase short films created without the interference of network executives and focus testing.[15][16]
Episodes are produced using storyboarding and hand-drawn animation, and each episode takes roughly nine months to create. Quintel recruited several independent comic book artists to draw the show's animated elements; their style matched closely with Quintel's ideas for the series. The show's soundtrack comprises original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh as well as licensed songs. While preparing for the beginning of the show, Quintel looked for young, independent comic artists to comprise the show's storyboard artists; he thought that the style would closely match that of Regular Show. He looked through blogs and convention panels for the "total package", which he said was the ability to write and draw, something that many independent comic book artists possess. In addition, Quintel attended many open shows at CalArts, an eight-hour festival of student animation.[16] The style and sensibility of Regular Show was difficult to work with in the beginning; the artists struggled to create a natural, sitcom-like sound for the series.[17]
The series is rated TV-PG-V.[7] Cartoon Network told Quintel early on that they wanted to "age it up from the TV-Y7 stuff we'd been doing in the past". This direction led the crew to use adult-oriented humor with innuendos and drug and alcohol references. One of the program's storyboard artists, Calvin Wong, said he enjoys the limitations set by writing for the show since the adult-oriented jokes that are approved are satisfying.[19][failed verification]
The plots of the episodes were influenced by Quintel's and the writers' personal experiences, such as performing prank telephone calls or accepting an eating challenge from a restaurant. The show often references 1980s culture, using music and electronic devices from that era because many factors from the decade left a positive influence on Quintel.[7] The show also makes references to modern social trends such as viral internet videos.[7]
The voice acting of the series is relatively low-key, and the intention was to make most of the characters sound natural and conversational.[7] Quintel wanted to make the show listenable and given contrast to most other cartoons, which often are difficult for adults to listen to. The main cast consists of voice acting veterans Mark Hamill, who portrays Skips, and Roger Craig Smith, who plays Thomas. William Salyers plays the voice of Rigby; Janie Haddad portrays Margaret; Quintel's former CalArts classmate Sam Marin voices Benson, Pops and Muscle Man;[7] and Quintel portrays Mordecai and Hi-Five Ghost.[7] Members of the production staff have voiced several characters throughout the series, including Minty Lewis, Toby Jones, Andress Salaff and Matt Price. The Regular Show cast recorded their lines together in group as opposed to individual recording sessions for each actor; this helped make the show's dialogue sound natural. The series regularly used guest voice actors for recurring characters, such as Steven Blum, Courtenay Taylor, David Ogden Stiers, Robin Atkin Downes, Jeff Bennett, Jennifer Hale, David Kaye, Fred Tatasciore, Matthew Yang King and Julian Holloway.
Regular Show has no regular theme music; instead, at the beginning of each episode, a blurred sound (provided by Quintel) followed by a ticking clock is heard over the title cards.[citation needed] The main composer of the series is Mark Mothersbaugh, one of the founding members of the band Devo. As Quintel was developing the pilot, he considered asking Mothersbaugh to create the music for the show. The episode's animatic was sent to Mothersbaugh, along with a request for him to join the show's staff and crew.
The show also produced original songs that were used in episodes, which were generally composed by Mothersbaugh and written by one of the staff's storyboard artists.[7] "Summertime Loving, Loving in the Summer (Time)" was written by staff member Sean Szeles and appeared in the episode "This Is My Jam" (season 2, episode 13).[7]
"What I like best about Regular Show is that in the midst of a gaggle of memorable regular characters, zany recurring minor characters, and a fantastical animation style, it still manages to create motifs for its condensed themes."
The A.V. Club's critic, Alasdair Wilkins, said that compared to another of Cartoon Network's animated comedies, Adventure Time, he does not consider the series to be funny, and described it as "more pleasingly weird".[44] He said that the episodes' plots can occasionally be too complex to explore completely in the show's 11 minutes and that the usual story setup can make some stories feel structurally the same as others.[45] Wilkins said he considers the show at its best when it focuses on the jokes, the character moments and inventive ways to use animation. Kevin McFarland, also of The A.V. Club, said he considers the series a thrill to watch; he complimented the animation style, characters and use of motifs.[41]
In January 2013, Boom! Studios announced that it would develop a comic book series based on the show and that KC Green would be writing the script and Allison Strejlav would be in charge of the illustrations. The first issue was officially released on May 15, 2013.[citation needed] A series of original graphic novels began publication in 2014, as well. The first, titled Hydration, was written by Rachel Connor and illustrated by Tessa Stone.[55] It was followed by Noir Means Noir, Buddy (2015),[56] A Clash of Consoles (2016),[57] Wrasslesplosion (2017),[58] The Meatening (2018)[59] and Comic Conned (2018).[60]
It first screened at The Downtown Independent in Los Angeles on August 14, 2015. It was released to digital download on September 1, 2015, as well as on DVD by Warner Home Video on October 13, 2015, and had its television premiere in November 2015. The movie also screened at select Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas across the United States,[73] and it had select showtimes at the SVA Theatre of New York and the Cinema Montrereal CANADA during October 2015.
Obscure International Edits - This is just a general point about the obscure edits done to the show in internation versions. Pointless edits are made like changing "morons" to "idiots" despite meaning the same thing.
Benson Turning Red/Purple in "The Power" - Benson turns a shade of red/purple at the end of the episode when he shouts "NOW CLEAN UP THIS MESS OR YOU'RE FIRED!!!" It's really odd because, even though Benson turns red when he gets angry, this is the only time in the whole show where he turns this specific shade of red.
Mordecai Never Showing Traits of Being a Blue Jay - Rigby runs on all fours, eats out of the trash, and curls his tail up like a raccoon can do. But Mordecai never shows traits of being a blue jay. He can't fly, isn't hunched over like other birds, etc.
Margaret's Messed-Up Sense of Humor (The Party Bus) - In "Terror Tales of The Park II", Margaret tells a really weird story about her, Mordecai, Rigby and Eileen getting on a bus that makes you older. When the bus goes in reverse, it makes the characters younger. At the end, the four make it out of the bus. But they all end up dying because their ages are reverted as the Party Bus continues backing up. And Margaret doesn't see anything wrong with this story. She actually laughs after she finishes. This is especially freaky because this sense of "humor" Margaret has doesn't show up again at any point for the rest of the series. It just comes out of nowhere.
There's actually a number of other canine characters who have been featured on the show, but their names either typically weren't given or they otherwise only appeared on screen for an incredibly brief amount of time. We'll list them as well down below, referring to them by their fan nicknames or creating custom aliases for them.
Even if not a big fan of the show, you may be swayed to name your dog after a Regular Show character once you learn a bit about the principal cast members; Mordecai's got a calm and collected demeanor most of the time (often leaving him as a voice of reason and the most "regular" character around), while Rigby is much more wild and crazy, but is nonetheless incredibly loyal to his friends. Skips tends to dole out sage-like advise to those around him whilst perpetually sporting a nonplussed attitude while his best buddy Hi Five Ghost is a quiet fellow. Mordecai and Rigby's boss Benson is a hothead who is contrasted by the ever-affable Pops. Study your new dog's personality and see which character suits the best!