Relationships for Benson Dunwoody, from Regular Show.
Friends[]
Mordecai and Rigby[]
Benson strongly disapproves of Mordecai and Rigby and always screams at them to stop slacking off and threatening to fire the duo. In turn, the pair have a talent for setting off Benson's short fuse. He even choked Mordecai in "Gold Watch". In "Cool Bikes", however, he admits that they are the coolest guys he knows of. Even though they rarely get along, in "Busted Cart", Benson does not hate Mordecai and Rigby, he just wishes they would get along and listen to him, so he doesn't lose his job.
When they're on their own, Benson seems to treat Mordecai with more respect and trust than Rigby. Anytime when Benson gets angry at them it is either as a duo, or it's just at Rigby. One example is in, "Terror Tales of the Park II" when he got in a pushing match with Rigby. Benson's animosity towards the duo tends to stem from Rigby's behavior. He recognizes Mordecai's ability to get his job done if not for Rigby's bad influence on him.
However, he can also be insensitive towards Mordecai, particularly in "Eggscellent", which makes the latter fight back to him, yet at the end of the episode, they reconcile. His relationship with them gets better over the course of the series but still yells at them frequently in order to ensure that they do their jobs and clean up the chaos wrought by their misadventures. In "Blind Trust", the three of them all admit they love each other during a near-death experience, and in "World's Best Boss", Rigby admits that while Benson often yells at him and Mordecai, it's usually their fault. In "Gamers Never Say Die", Benson chased them after they stole his car battery for their video game journey. Towards the end, he lists off all the interesting things he encountered during the chase, noticeably happy. Mordecai sees how Benson mainly just wanted to hang out with him and Rigby, to which, he uses their nature to his advantage in "Guitar of Rock".
Despite their love-hate relationship, he draws inspiration from the duo. For instance, they stand up and fight the criminal group to retrieve the items they stole, something which he was unable to do previously.
He does share some negative things with the two, such as with Mordecai of having broken up with his past girlfriends from Laundry Woes, Dumped At The Altar and Dumptown USA and with Rigby of to be humiliated on national television from Expert Or Liar and a tense relationship with authoritarian fathers revealed in The Lunch Club.
He also does make some important points with them, such as when Margaret was "engaged" and Mordecai was really depressed, he told Mordecai in a firm tone that he had no right to be depressed, especially since he never told Margaret how he really felt, but then kindly told him to confess his feelings just to get closure as revealed in Yes Dude Yes. In Expert or Liar he was also empathetic to Rigby when he was humiliated on a game show and provided care for him at his apartment and in "The Lunch Club", he empathizes on how it feels to have a tense relationship with their authoritarian fathers and to be rejected from College U from Regular Show: The Movie.
Pops[]
Pops and Benson, the park managers, seem to be very good friends. Still, Pops sometimes reprimands Benson for his yelling and short temper with Mordecai and Rigby, and, rarely, Benson scolds Pops for his childish attitude. Pops once even threatened to fire Benson for his anger issues before realizing it was the wrong thing to do, stating that he'll "leave the job of park managing to the park manager" as Benson represses his anger for so long that he almost explodes.
Skips[]
Skips and Benson are very good friends. Due to Skips' knowledge of the unknown, Benson will sometimes go to Skips for help. Since Skips doesn't slack off like Mordecai and Rigby, Benson has a lot of respect for him, never really yelling at him as he does to Mordecai and Rigby. Benson considers Skips to be very reliable and trustworthy.
Dave[]
In "Stick Hockey" Dave was Benson's student and was killed by Chong, who snapped his head off. Until then he was avenged by Benson after beating Chong in a Stick Hockey game.
Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost[]
Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost don't communicate with Benson much, but they usually have his trust and respect. Even though Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost slack off more than Mordecai and Rigby, Benson doesn't seem to mind because unlike Mordecai and Rigby, they get their jobs done. However, in Season Three, he began to get annoyed by them. Benson seems to be annoyed with Muscle Man more than Hi Five Ghost, mainly because of his 'My Mom' jokes. In fact, Benson only showed negativity toward Hi Five Ghost when he threatened to be fired along with Muscle Man, but he still doesn't yell at him at all. He is not above getting angry with Muscle Man in the same fashion as he does with Mordecai and Rigby as he did in "Firework Run." In "The End of Muscle Man", he was sad that he thought Muscle Man was going to die, but then was furious to find out the whole thing was for his proposal to Starla and told him that "I leave this world tonight" is not a wedding metaphor. He then told Muscle Man that he owes him 12,000 dollars after he splurged most of his money on his bucket list.
Gene[]
Benson and Gene by the end of the show have gone from rivals to frenemies/friends.
In "Prankless," it is revealed that Benson has an ongoing rivalry with the East Pines manager Gene. They reveal that they have had prank wars in the past and Muscle Man was the only one who could fend of Gene and his park with his master prankery. Why or how this prank war history is started is never explained, but it seems to continue repeatedly. Gene however, in "The Christmas Special," shows some trust to Benson and his crew after thinking about the importance of their mission to save Christmas and helped them destroy the evil present by fending off Quillgin. However, this doesn't end their rivalry. In Gene's next appearance, their teams face off in a dodge ball tournament in "Dodge This" (East Pines Vs. Benson's Ballerz). Furthermore, in "Thomas Fights Back", Gene partakes in his annual tomfoolery of stealing the statue of the founder of Benson's park. Benson ends up stealing it back using Thomas's help, which can be noted to impress Gene as their rivalry seems to end here. This could be the point in which Gene acknowledges Benson as "lodge material".
In "Park Managers' Lunch" he takes Benson and two other park managers out to lunch and later in the episode adds him to his Park Manager's Lodge group. In "Chili Cook Off", Benson seeks recognition and respect from Gene and the others in the Lodge and joins the chili cook off in order to gain that respect and recognition. Gene, with his massive ego, doesn't believe Benson can beat his winning streak. However, when Benson does win the chili cook off after he adds hot wings to his chili, Gene congratulates him and even calls him "Dunwoody", his last name, which can be seen as the first form of respect. Their relationship unfortunately ends there and is not further developed as Gene makes no more appearances, but it can be read as friendship beyond this point.
Gene also fights as a Galactic Park Ranger against Mr. Ross in Regular Show: The Movie in the bad future timeline, allowing Benson and his crew from the present to join his forces to fight against the destruction of timelines. This is proof that in the event that the world is threatened, Gene would willingly fight by Benson and his crew, demonstrating that he doesn't have a bad heart, just a big ego.
Neutral[]
Mr. Maellard[]
Mr. Maellard strongly disproves and disgraces Benson. Just like how Benson threatens to fire Mordecai and Rigby, Mr. Maellard does the same to Benson. He calls him names such as "Bean Bag" and "Ball Bucket". He even blames Benson for everything Mordecai and Rigby do in the park. Though, in "Busted Cart," it is shown that Mr. Maellard began trusting Benson until Mordecai and Rigby crash the golf cart. Also, in "Benson Be Gone," even after his car being totaled and a former employee being killed, Mr. Maellard shows some happiness towards Benson. Maellard also recognizes his efforts in Pops' successful inauguration of a park statue in "Dizzy". At the end of the series since Pops' sacrifice to save the universe from his older twin brother, Anti-Pops, whereas Mr. Maellard passed away many years later, it is assumed that Benson succeeded as a new park owner.
Love Interest[]
Audrey[]
In "Weekend at Benson's," a woman named Audrey, who lives across the hall from Benson, appears to have a crush on him and was greatly disappointed that Benson would be unable to attend her party (having, unbeknownst to her, been knocked out by Mordecai and Rigby), as she wanted a chance to get to know him better. Mordecai and Rigby then took Benson to the party, hoping that Audrey's interest would keep Benson from getting mad at them when he woke up. When Audrey's ex-boyfriend Chuck wanted to see how manly Benson was, he challenged him to a hot food eating contest. When Benson woke up after his injury, he wanted to impress Audrey, so he continued the challenge, despite being subjected to the hallucinatory effects of Chuck's drink "The Mississippi Queen." At the end of the episode, after waking up from his hallucinations Benson discovered that he'd finally got Audrey's number. In "The Christmas Special," Audrey attends the Park's Christmas party and compliments Benson on his fearlessness for wearing the "worst sweater ever," unaware that Benson was not wearing it ironically.
In "Party Re-Pete," Benson has successfully asked Audrey out on a date and celebrates by impressing her with his party skills. At the end of the episode, after Benson has been rescued from Party Savers, he is seen partying with Audrey again.
In "Skips in the Saddle", Benson claims that he is taking Audrey to a jazz concert, possibly hinting that the two may be growing closer together.
However, in "Real Date", it is revealed Benson is apparently still single, meaning that they aren't dating yet, despite growing closer to one another.
In "The Real Thomas", he and Audrey broke up prior to the episode. He mentions being sad for months and virtually every park employee helping him get over it through such activities as training for a marathon, but no one can recall any of this happening.
Audrey is among the ex-girlfriends mentioned by Benson during his chicken-wing binge flashback visits to Dumptown in "Dumptown, USA."
Foes[]
Susan[]
Susan is the first foe in the series, who initially replaced him in the episode "Benson Be Gone" when Mr. Maellard appointed her as park manager. He gets demoted to a park worker and, as a result, he disobeys her orders and resigns from his occupation. He eventually ousts her and gets his job back.
Chong[]
Chong is Benson's second foe in the series who appeared in "Stick Hockey," He is responsible for using deadly cheat tricks to keep him from losing to his opponent, such as killing Benson's apprentice, Dave. Benson ultimately defeats Chong in the game and avenges his apprentice's death.
Family[]
Benson's Family are the people who encouraged Benson to yell to get what he wants - which is why he yells at Mordecai and Rigby and has a short temper. In "Think Positive," it is shown his family was always arguing, as young Benson just sat and watched. When he wanted salt, his father encouraged him to yell if he wanted it.
Towards the end of "Journey to the Bottom of the Crash Pit", Mordecai, Hi Five Ghost, Rigby, & Muscle Man come out of the car and give him the camera. Benson looks at them funny, asking why they risked their lives for the camera, and Mordecai says it was park property and they could not replace it, causing Rigby to add on that it was his for his family's reunion. Benson looks at them thoughtfully, telling them "thank you", before looking up and wondering aloud, "Maybe now my Dad will stop yelling at me," revealing that even though he is an adult, he is still yelled at by his elders.
In The Lunch Club, Benson has some strained relationship with his father. When he was younger and was in Heir To The Throne, his father would always tell him he doesn't have any talent and get a real job. Toward the end of the episode, after Benson got in the car with his father, he tells him they should talk more.