Regular Show

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Regular Show
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Also known as Regular Show in Space (S8)
Genre
Created by J. G. Quintel
Creative directors
  • Mike Roth (S1)
  • John Infantino (S2, eps. 1–24)
Voices of
Theme music composerJ. G. Quintel
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes245 [nb 1] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Janet Dimon (S1–3)
  • Ryan Slater (S3–8)
Running time
  • 11 minutes
  • 22 minutes (special)
Production company Cartoon Network Studios
Original release
Network Cartoon Network
ReleaseSeptember 6, 2010 (2010-09-06) 
January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)

Regular Show (known as Regular Show in Space during its eighth and final season) [3] is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons and 245 episodes. [4] [5] [6] The series follows the daily lives of two 23-year old friends, Mordecai (a bluejay) and Rigby (a raccoon), who work at a local park as groundskeepers. Their coworkers are Skips (a yeti), Muscle Man (a green-skinned overweight man) and Hi-Five Ghost (a ghost). Other characters include: Pops, a lollipop-shaped man and the park's manager, and the duo's boss Benson, a gumball machine. The duo spend their days slacking off and avoiding work to entertain themselves by any means, which leads to surrealistic, extreme and supernatural misconduct. [7]

Contents

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.

The series has received acclaim from critics and has developed a following of all ages, although it has garnered controversy for its dark humor, sexual innuendos, violence and mature themes. Regular Show was a ratings success for Cartoon Network and was nominated for several awards, including seven Annie Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards – one of which it won for the episode "Eggscellent" (season 3, episode 17) – and three British Academy Children's Awards. A film adaptation based on the series, titled Regular Show: The Movie , premiered in 2015. [10]

After eight seasons and 245 episodes, the series concluded on January 16, 2017, with the 33-minute finale "A Regular Epic Final Battle". [11] [12]

Premise

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From left to right: Pops, Benson, Skips, Rigby, Mordecai, Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost

The series revolves around the daily lives of two 23-year-old friends – Mordecai (voiced by J. G. Quintel) and Rigby (William Salyers) – who work as groundskeepers at a park and spend their days avoiding work to entertain themselves by any means. [13] This is much to the chagrin of their boss Benson (Sam Marin) and their coworker Skips (Mark Hamill), but to the delight of park manager Pops (Marin). Their other coworkers include an overweight green male named Muscle Man (Marin) and a ghost named Hi-Five Ghost (Quintel), who also serve as their rivals.

Creation

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J. G. Quintel, creator of the show, and voice of Mordecai and Hi-Five Ghost, based the show on his student films produced at CalArts

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]

Quintel returned to the characters from his films, put them together with newer characters and created a pilot. [16] Quintel wanted to present a visual pitch rather than a verbal one, believing the idea would make little sense otherwise. He storyboarded the idea for the pilot, and Craig McCracken and Rob Renzetti liked his presentation. [17] Regular Show was one of two series from the project that were green-lit – the other being Secret Mountain Fort Awesome , based on the Cartoonstitute short Uncle Grandpa , which in turn became its own series later on. The project was eventually scrapped and never premiered on television. [18] The character of Mordecai embodies Quintel during his college years, specifically at CalArts; Quintel said, "That's that time when you're hanging out with your friends and getting into stupid situations, but you're also taking it seriously enough." [7] The character of Rigby was randomly developed when Quintel drew a raccoon hula-hooping. He liked the design and developed the character of Rigby to be far less responsible than his companion. [19]

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]

Inspirations

Growing up, Quintel was inspired by The Simpsons and Beavis and Butt-Head , and credits the stylistic elements of Joe Murray's Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo as working their way into his style. [17] Video games Street Fighter , Shadowrun and ToeJam & Earl —which Quintel played when he was a child—also inspired the series, as did some British television programs. Quintel's interest in British television was influenced by his British roommate at CalArts, who introduced him to The League of Gentlemen , The IT Crowd , Little Britain , The Office and The Mighty Boosh ; the latter was very influential to Quintel and would later influence the humor in Regular Show. [16]

Production

Writing

The plots of Regular Show episodes generally begin with a basic problem that the characters must overcome. While the protagonists work on their task, a magical, supernatural or strange element appears and complicates the initially simple problem. [7] The writers decided to follow this narrative structure to take advantage of the animation. [7]

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]

Voice cast

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The series employs the voice acting talents of Mark Hamill (left) and Steven Blum (right), among others

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.

Animation

Each episode of Regular Show took about nine months to complete. Quintel and his 35-member team developed each episode at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California. [20] [21] The script was illustrated in rough hand-drawn images, known as storyboards. [22] The storyboards were then animated and mixed with the corresponding dialogue to create the animatic, which was then sent to be approved by the network. The show's assets – backgrounds, character designs, props, etc. – were then assembled to be sent to Saerom Animation in South Korea, where the actual animation production of the episode was performed. When finished, the episode was sent to Sabre Media Studios back in California. Music and sound effects were created, and the final episode is mixed and completed. The process allowed the production team to work concurrently on dozens of episodes at different stages of production.

Although most modern animation had switched to hybrid methods such as the Cintiq, Regular Show was described as "far more low-fi" and was animated traditionally by hand using paper, which was then digitally composited and painted with digital ink and paint. Although Cintiqs were initially optioned to be used for the program, Quintel stated that he felt more comfortable working on paper, considering it to be more organic and more representative of each artist's individual style. Board artist Calvin Wong said, "the tools of the trade as being pencils, pens, white-out and occasionally lightboxes and electric erasers". [16]

Music

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Musician Mark Mothersbaugh works as the main composer of the show

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.

Regular Show also made use of licensed songs—mostly from the 1980s—which began when Quintel and the staff writers started recording the animatics using copyrighted songs for the montage scenes. The network executives watched the animatic and asked the crew if they wanted to use some of the songs for the finished episodes. [7] Quintel said that the songs are chosen for their suitability for the scene, whether they sound good and if their licensing is affordable. Quintel enjoyed using the songs in the episodes, saying he thought adult viewers may remember them and younger viewers might appreciate older music. [7] Songs in the show include "You're the Best Around", "Mississippi Queen", "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and "A Holly Jolly Christmas". [7] The show also used several non-'80s songs, such as "Pale Blue Eyes" by The Velvet Underground in Regular Show: The Movie and "Heroes" by David Bowie in the series finale. Another notable song used in the show is "Here Comes a Regular" by The Replacements, a band often considered as underground.

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]

Episodes

Most episodes of Regular Show last 11 minutes; episodes are usually paired together to fill a half-hour program slot. 245 episodes in eight seasons have been completed and broadcast. The first season premiered on September 6, 2010, with the episode "The Power" and ended on November 22, 2010, with "Mordecai and the Rigbys". [23] The second season premiered on November 29, 2010, with the episode "Ello Gov'nor" and ended on August 1, 2011, with "Karaoke Video". [24] The third season premiered on September 19, 2011, with the episode "Stick Hockey" and concluded on September 3, 2012, with "Bad Kiss". [25] The fourth season premiered on October 1, 2012, with the half-hour episode "Exit 9B" and concluded on August 12, 2013, with "Steak Me Amadeus". [26] The fifth season premiered on September 2, 2013, with the episodes "Laundry Woes" and "Silver Dude" and concluded on August 14, 2014, with "Real Date". [27] [28] The sixth season premiered on October 9, 2014, with the episode "Maxin' and Relaxin'" [29] and ended on June 25, 2015, with "Dumped at the Altar". [30] The seventh season premiered with the episode "Dumptown U.S.A." on June 26, 2015, [31] and ended with the half-hour episode "Rigby's Graduation Day Special" on June 30, 2016. The eighth and final season, titled Regular Show in Space, premiered on September 26, 2016, with the episode "One Space Day at a Time" and ended on January 16, 2017, with "A Regular Epic Final Battle". [32]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Precursors 22005 (2005)2006 (2006)
Pilot August 14, 2009 (2009-08-14)
1 12September 6, 2010 (2010-09-06)November 22, 2010 (2010-11-22)
2 28November 29, 2010 (2010-11-29)August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)
3 39September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19)September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03)
4 37October 1, 2012 (2012-10-01)August 12, 2013 (2013-08-12)
5 37September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)August 14, 2014 (2014-08-14)
6 28October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09)June 25, 2015 (2015-06-25)
7 36June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)
Film November 25, 2015 (2015-11-25)
8 28September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)

Crossovers

Mordecai and Rigby had cameo appearances on the Uncle Grandpa episode "Pizza Eve", along with other Cartoon Network characters from currently running and ended cartoons. [33] Mordecai, Rigby and Hi-Five Ghost make a small cameo in The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Boredom", along with the titular characters from Uncle Grandpa and Clarence . [34] Mordecai and Hi-Five Ghost appear in the OK K.O.!: Let's Be Heroes special "Crossover Nexus", and a character resembling Mordecai cameos in Adventure Time episode "Ketchup".

Reception

Ratings

Regular Show became an instant hit. Its first and second seasons, broadcast on Monday nights, ranked No. 1 in its time slot among all key boy demos across all of television, according to Nielsen Media Research. [35] The pilot's premiere was watched by 2.097 million viewers. [36] For the following episodes of the first season, viewership increased by over 10% from the time period of the previous year. For instance, the entry was viewed by 1.339 million children aged 2–11, a 65% increase from the previous year. It was also watched by 716,000 children aged 9–14, a 43% increase. The Season 2 premiere, "Ello Gov'nor," marked a decline from the Season 1 premiere's figures. It gained 2.067 million views, but it marked an increase from the Season 1 finale, which had 2.028 million viewers. [37] [38] The Season 3 premiere, "Stick Hockey," saw a bigger decline in viewers, recording 2 million views. [39] As the series continued, though, its ratings grew for a short time; the Season 4 premiere, "Exit 9B", was watched by 3.047 million viewers—a significant increase from previous seasons. [40] However, as the series went on, the ratings would decline, and by the last season, most episodes had under 1 million viewers.

Critical reception

"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."

Kevin McFarland, The A.V. Club [41]

Regular Show received critical acclaim. A reviewer from IGN , R.L. Shaffer, called the show zany, absurd, bizarre and hilarious. He praised the show's writing and said that it included "snappy dialogue, odd characters, and clever storieseach more irrelevant than the lastRegular Show never ceases to tickle the funny bone." [42] He finished his review by calling the show "a pretty awesome piece of refreshing off-the-wall comedy" and wrote that it's "humorously animated, brazenly silly and almost always funny." [42]

DVD Talk's Neil Lumbrad described the show as "offbeat sense of humor with a lot of randomness that makes its title both peculiar and hilarious" and compared it to the original Looney Tunes shorts and other cartoons—including The Powerpuff Girls , Dexter's Laboratory and Johnny Bravo —that Cartoon Network has produced. He wrote that the network has found "animated gold with Regular Show, which is too offbeat and unique to be called regular" and that it is a "comedic animated gem worthy of being discovered for years to come." [43] Lumbrad ended his review by recommending the show and calling it "one truly awesome cartoon with a lot of good humor to enjoy." [43]

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]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2011 38th Annie Awards Best Animated Television Production for ChildrenRegular ShowNominated [46]
63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Short-format Animated Program"Mordecai and the Rigbys"Nominated
British Academy Children's Awards Kids Vote Powered By Yahoo! – Top 10s – TelevisionRegular ShowNominated [47]
International Janet Dimon, J. G. Quintel, and Mike RothNominated [48]
2012 39th Annie Awards Storyboarding in a Television ProductionBenton ConnorNominated
64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Short-format Animated Program"Eggscellent"Won
2013 British Academy Children's Awards International Regular ShowNominated
3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Animated Series Regular ShowNominated
65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Short-format Animated Program"A Bunch of Full-Grown Geese"Nominated
Outstanding Animated Program "The Christmas Special"Nominated
2014 41st Annie Awards Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children's AudienceRegular ShowNominated
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast ProductionBen AdamsNominated
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production Mark Hamill as Skips and WalksNominated
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast ProductionMatt Price, John Infantino, Mike Roth, Michele Cavin, and Sean SzelesNominated
66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Short-format Animated Program "The Last LaserDisc Player"Nominated [49]
2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Animated Show Regular ShowNominated [50]
Kids' Choice Awards Colombia Favorite Animated SeriesRegular ShowNominated [51]
Kids' Choice Awards Mexico Favorite Animated SeriesRegular ShowNominated [52]
British Academy Children's Awards BAFTA Kid's Vote – TelevisionRegular ShowNominated [53]
Hall of Game Awards Most Valuable CartoonRegular ShowNominated
2015 42nd Annie Awards Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast ProductionRegular ShowNominated
British Academy Children's Awards BAFTA Kid's Vote – TelevisionRegular ShowNominated
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Animated ShowRegular ShowNominated
67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Short-format Animated Program"White Elephant Gift Exchange"Nominated [54]

Comic books

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]

Video games

On November 9, 2011, a game called "Nightmare-Athon" was released in App Store for iOS. [61] On January 24, 2013, a game called "Ride 'Em Rigby" was released in iOS.[ citation needed ]

On April 8, 2013, J. G. Quintel announced on his Twitter page that an official Regular Show video game was in development at the time, titled Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land . It was developed by WayForward Technologies and published by D3 Publisher for Nintendo 3DS. The video game was released on October 29, 2013. [62] Mordecai and Rigby became playable characters in a video game called Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers , which was released for the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 8, 2016, and the Nintendo Switch on October 31, 2017.[ citation needed ]

Other merchandise

Jazwares has produced an assortment of two-, [63] six-, [64] seven- [65] and 10-inch licensed action figures and plush toys for the series. [66] "Collectable Figures" have also been released, [67] along with other themed merchandise, such as "80's Bobbleheads," [68] "Pullback Custom Cruisers" [69] and "Wrestling Buddies". [70] There have been many graphic T-shirts officially licensed through clothing retailers Hot Topic, We Love Fine and Threadless.[ citation needed ] Looney Labs also released a Regular Show-themed version of the card game Fluxx on July 25, 2014. [71]

Film

At the Cartoon Network 2015/2016 upfront, it was announced they were making Regular Show: The Movie. After accidentally creating a "Timenado", slacker groundskeepers Mordecai and Rigby go back in time and battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe – and their friendship. [72]

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.

Home media

Region 1

RegionSet titleSeason(s)Aspect ratioNumber of discsEpisode countTime lengthRelease date
1 Slack Pack [74] 1, 216:9112137 minutesApril 3, 2012
1The Best DVD in the World *At this Moment in Time [75] 2, 316:9116176 minutesNovember 6, 2012
1Party Pack1, 2, 316:9116176 minutesMarch 5, 2013
1/A The Complete First and Second Seasons1, 216:93 (DVD)/2(Blu-ray)40440 minutesJuly 16, 2013
1Fright Pack [76] 1, 2, 3, 416:9113176 minutesSeptember 3, 2013
1Mordecai & Margaret Pack [77] 1, 2, 3, 416:9116176 minutesMarch 4, 2014
1The Complete Third Season316:9339440 minutesJune 17, 2014
1Rigby Pack1, 2, 3, 4, 516:9116176 minutesSeptember 9, 2014
1Mordecai Pack [78] [79] 3, 4, 5, 616:9116176 minutesJanuary 27, 2015

Region 4

RegionSet titleSeason(s)Aspect ratioEpisode countTime lengthRelease date
4 The Complete First Season [80] 116:912132 minutesOctober 2, 2013
4The Complete Second Season [81] 216:928308 minutesNovember 6, 2013
4The Complete Third Season [82] 316:939440 minutesJuly 9, 2014
4The Complete Fourth Season [83] 416:937440 minutesFebruary 3, 2016
4The Complete Seasons One – Four [84] 1, 2, 3, 416:91161320 minutesFebruary 3, 2016
4The Complete Fifth Season [85] 516:937440 minutesSeptember 7, 2016
4The Complete Sixth Season [86] 616:928341 minutesMarch 8, 2017 [86]
4The Complete Seventh Season716:936429 minutesJuly 19, 2017
4The Complete Eighth Season816:928341 minutesNovember 22, 2017

Explanatory notes

  1. 15 additional shorts (i.e., mini-episodes roughly two minutes in length) were also produced.

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Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land is a video game based on the Cartoon Network series Regular Show. It was developed by WayForward Technologies and was released exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS in North America on October 29, 2013; Europe on November 8, 2013; and Australia on November 12, 2013. The game was delisted from Nintendo eShop at some point between 2017 and 2019, most likely due to an expiring license.

<i>Regular Show</i> season 5 Season of television series

The fifth season of the American animated comedy television series Regular Show, created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of the show's main characters originated from his animated shorts 2 in the AM PM and The Naïve Man from Lolliland. Following its fourth season's success, Regular Show was renewed for a fifth season on November 1, 2012. The season ran from September 2, 2013 to August 14, 2014 and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios.

<i>Regular Show</i> season 6 Season of television series

The sixth season of the American animated comedy television series Regular Show, created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of the show's main characters originated from his animated shorts The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. Following its fifth season's success, Regular Show was renewed for a sixth season on October 29, 2013. The season ran from October 9, 2014 to June 25, 2015, and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios.

<i>Regular Show: The Movie</i> 2015 American animated science fiction comedy film

Regular Show: The Movie is a 2015 American animated science fiction comedy film based on the animated sitcom Regular Show. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, the film was directed by series creator J. G. Quintel and features the voices of William Salyers, Quintel, Sam Marin, and Mark Hamill reprising their respective roles from the series, with Jason Mantzoukas and David Koechner joining the cast. The film follows Mordecai and Rigby, along with their groundskeeping co-workers Benson, Pops, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost and Skips, as they embark on a mission to save the universe, and their friendship, from a vengeful volleyball coach.

<i>Regular Show</i> season 8 Season of television series

The eighth and final season of the American animated comedy television series Regular Show, created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of the show's main characters originated from his animated shorts The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. The series was renewed for an eighth and final season on July 7, 2015. The season ran from September 26, 2016 to January 16, 2017 and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Thanksgiving Special</span> 12th episode of the 5th season of Regular Show

"The Thanksgiving Special" is the twelfth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Regular Show, as well as the 128th episode of the series overall. A Thanksgiving special, the episode aired on Cartoon Network on November 25, 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A Regular Epic Final Battle</span> 28th and 30th episodes of the 8th season of Regular Show

"A Regular Epic Final Battle" and "The Power" form the three-part series finale of the American animated television series Regular Show. It originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on January 16, 2017. All parts are 11 minutes long.

Close Enough is an American adult animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel. Originally intended to air on TBS in 2017, the project faced various delays and setbacks before eventually premiering on HBO Max on July 9, 2020. The series has received positive reviews, with critics comparing it favorably to Quintel's previous series, Regular Show, which aired on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2017.

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