Regular Show: The Movie is a 2015 American animated science fiction comedy film based on animated series, Regular Show. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The film was directed by J. G. Quintel and it 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 movie 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 volleyball coach.
The film premiered on August 14, 2015, at The Downtown Independent theater in Los Angeles, where it was shown until August 20, 2015. The film was released digitally on September 1, 2015, on DVD on October 13, 2015, and ultimately had its television premiere on November 25, 2015, on Cartoon Network. The events of the film take place during the seventh season of the show. Regular Show: The Movie is the first Cartoon Network original film since 2009's Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show.
Plot[]
In the distant future, Rigby leads Benson, Skips, Hi-Five Ghost, Muscle Man, and Pops against a madman named Mr. Ross, who is plotting to destroy Earth by erasing all of time. They find Mr. Ross' weapon is guarded by a cyborg version of Mordecai, who attempts to kill Rigby for a transgression he did in the past. When the entire team is killed, Benson sacrifices himself so that Rigby can use a timeship, a space vehicle that can travel through time, to reach the past and stop the chaos. Rigby does so, but not before Mordecai shoots him with a plasma shotgun.
In the present, Mordecai and Rigby barely convince Benson not to fire them after running late due to Rigby's idea to get breakfast burritos. When the timeship crash lands in the park, future Rigby appears to tell Mordecai, Rigby and their co-workers that when Mordecai and Rigby were in high school, they created a time machine that backfired and created a "Time-nado", a tornado with the ability to travel through space and time, which was harnessed and weaponized by their former science teacher and volleyball coach, Mr. Ross, who was held responsible for the incident and sent to prison. Before dying, future Rigby also reveals future Mordecai shot him (to the shock of the group as they do not believe it is possible) and says Rigby must soon reveal a secret from his past in order to save the universe, even if it costs him his friendship with Mordecai. When questioned for details, Mordecai explains they created the time machine because Rigby got into their dream college, College University, but Mordecai did not.
After preparing for the mission, the employees use the timeship to travel back in time to Mordecai and Rigby's high school days but damage the ship's engines in the process. Skips, Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost stay behind to repair the ship's engines while Benson and Pops follow Mordecai and Rigby to the science lab to find the time machine that Mordecai and Rigby's past selves were working on with past Mr. Ross, who is angry at Rigby for costing the volleyball team the championship but was forced to let him do an extra credit assignment to pass his class. However, the volleyball team, thinking they were spies from their rival school, Riverdale, attacks Benson and Pops, forcing Mordecai and Rigby to get help from their past selves.
After convincing past Rigby to make a model volcano instead, the group destroys the time machine and returns to the timeship only to find the repairs stalled due to an encounter with Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost's past selves. Complicating matters further is that temporal ruptures begin appearing just as the repairs are finished. Rigby, who had slipped away earlier, informs the group that past Mordecai and past Rigby are heading to the high school to finish a second time machine future Mr. Ross planted. The employees race back to the science lab but are held up by future Mr. Ross and future Mordecai, allowing past Mordecai and past Rigby to botch the second time machine and create the Time-nado. Future Mr. Ross then forces Rigby to admit the truth while holding Mordecai hostage: he never got into College U, but Mordecai did and he created Mordecai's fake rejection letter in order to maintain their friendship. Future Mr. Ross tries to kill Mordecai with a volleyball bomb in the confusion, but future Mordecai, having a change of heart, jumps into the bomb's path, taking a heavy wound and forcing future Mr. Ross to retreat.
Enraged over the duplicity that has affected his life, Mordecai ends his friendship with Rigby, prompting a heartbroken Rigby to run off with the timeship and leave the group behind. Before dying, future Mordecai gives his present version his timeship and instructs him to patch things up, saying what Rigby did was no excuse to side with future Mr. Ross. As the group tries to rebound, a distress call from future Gene the Vending Machine prompts them to help out. Meanwhile, after a suicide attempt to fly into the Sun, Rigby encounters Father Time, who is falling apart due to the Time-nado, and convinces Rigby to apologize to Mordecai. Rigby heads to the future and races back to the Time-nado space station, but gets intercepted along with Mordecai by Mr. Ross at the temporal crystal power core. With Techmo's help, they manage to defeat Ross and restore their friendship before using the plutonium from Mordecai's timeship to destroy the Time-nado. Past Rigby apologizes to past Mr. Ross before he's taken to jail for life, thus ending the feud between them.
Arriving back to the present, Mordecai and Rigby agree that, despite how cool their future selves turned out, they will not let their friendship degrade into trying to kill each other, which alters the future and erases their dead future selves from the timeline. The following day, as Benson catches them out of the park, the pair race back in the timeship from a fast food place with Rigby saying they will "never be late again" before using the timeship to travel back in time to the point before Benson catches them.
Voice cast[]
- William Salyers as Rigby, Future Rigby, High School Rigby
- J. G. Quintel as Mordecai, Hi-Five Ghost, Future Mordecai, Future Hi-Five Ghost, High School Mordecai, Past Hi-Five Ghost
- Sam Marin as Pops, Benson, Muscle Man, Future Benson, Future Muscle Man, Future Pops, Past Muscle Man, Past Benson, Past Pops
- Mark Hamill as Skips, Future Skips, Past Skips
- Jason Mantzoukas as Mr. Ross, Future Mr. Ross
- David Koechner as Principal Dean
- Minty Lewis as Eileen, Past Eileen
- Roger Craig Smith as Francis Jablonski, Frank Smith, Fast Food Guy
- Ali Hillis as Ship Computer, Barbara
- Kurtwood Smith as Gene, Future Gene
- Eddie Pepitone as Sherm
- Paul F. Tompkins as Gino
- Fred Tatasciore as Father Time, Security Guard, Timenado Mechanic, Willy, News Reporter
- Steve Blum as Techmo, Future Techmo, Brit, Commander, TV Game
- Janie Haddad as Margaret Smith, Past Margaret
Production[]
The film was first announced in February 2015 during the Cartoon Network upfront. Series creator J.G. Quintel announced on June 11, 2015, via Twitter that the production of the film had been completed. A trailer for the film was shown at the 2015 Comic Con International event on July 10, 2015 and was later released online on July 12, 2015. Despite the film being announced in February 2015, the film began production in 2014.
During production of the fourth season, the network asked the creator if he would like to do a forty-minute special episode. Quintel turned down the offer and asked to do a film instead. The network agreed. The idea was then put into development.
Quintel confirmed that the film is canon and is set between the first two episodes of season seven, "Dumptown U.S.A" and "The Parkie Awards".
The sixth season of Regular Show was affected by the film. It was set to have 40 episodes, but due to the production of the film, only 31 were produced. Season seven featured 39 episodes.
Soundtrack[]
The soundtrack for the film featured three real-life songs including, "March of the Swivel Heads", "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" and "Pale Blue Eyes".
Release[]
Theatrical release[]
The film first screened at the L.A. Downtown Independent on August 14, 2015, and continued to screen until August 20, 2015. The film also screened at select Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas across the United States and it had a select showtime at the SVA Theatre of New York and at the Cinema Montrereal CANADA during October 2015.
Television premiere[]
Regular Show: The Movie premiered on Cartoon Network United States and Cartoon Network Canada on November 25, 2015. It premiered on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom and Ireland and Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand on November 28, 2015. The film premiered in Asia (including Philippines) on November 30, 2015, and in Central and Latin America on December 7, 2015. The film premiered in France on December 18, 2015, on Cartoon Network.
Ratings[]
The film was watched by 2.17 million viewers and received a 4.5 rating in adults 18-49.
Reception[]
Critical response[]
Regular Show: The Movie received positive reviews from both critics and audiences alike. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an average rating of 4.1/5. It also earned a 7.5/10 on IMDb.
Ratings[]
The movie was watched by 2.17 million viewers and received a 0.5 rating in adults 18-49.
Home Media[]
Regular Show: The Movie was released on DVD on October 13th, 2015 and is available to purchase on iTunes and Prime Video.
The movie was released on HBO Max at launch on May 27th, 2020 and was later released as part of the American version of The Complete Series DVD set of Regular Show on February 4th, 2025, nearly 10 years after its original release in 2015.
International premiere dates[]
| Country | Airdate | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| USA | November 25, 2015 | Cartoon Network USA |
| UK | November 28, 2015 | Cartoon Network UK |
| Latin America | December 7, 2015 | Cartoon Network Latin America |
| France | December 18, 2015 | Cartoon Network France |
| Korea | December 24, 2015 | Cartoon Network Korea |
| Turkey | December 25, 2015 | Cartoon Network Turkey |
| Portugal | December 26, 2015 | Cartoon Network Portugal |
| Central and Eastern Europe | January 16, 2016 | Cartoon Network Europe |
| Germany & Poland | January 17, 2016 | Cartoon Network Germany
Cartoon Network Poland |
| Italy | March 14, 2016 | Cartoon Network Italy |
| Spain | March 20, 2016 | Boing Spain |
| Japan | August 8, 2016 | Cartoon Network Japan |
| Sweden | July 15, 2019 | Cartoon Newtork Switzerland |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first movie based on a Cartoon Network series since "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show" in 2009.
- The production of the film impacted the episode count of Season Six, giving it 32 eleven-minute segments (including shorts) rather than 40.
- A trailer was first shown at Comic-Con on July 10, 2015.
- On June 11, 2015, JG Quintel announced via Twitter that the film had been completed.
- The movie is set after Season Six.
- The animation of the movie is the same as the show, although CGI was used for multiple props, locations and characters.
- Originally, the movie was supposed to be a 40-minute special, but JG Quintel refused, and requested for Cartoon Network to make it a full movie, and both agreed to it.
- It is revealed that Mordecai and Rigby have been best friends since they were toddlers.
- Fred Tatasciore voices Father Time instead of Alan Sklar in "It's Time".
- This is the first appearance of Mordecai and Rigby's old High School principal, Principal Dean, who becomes a reoccurring character in Season 7 during the High School arc.
- This is also the first appearance of Mordecai and Rigby's old High School Bully, Francis Jablonski, who also becomes a reoccurring character in Season 7 during the High School arc.
- Despite teenage Mordecai and Rigby getting expelled for blowing up the science lab, Mordecai is shown to have still graduated and received a diploma in "More Smarter", and Rigby has been stated multiple times to have dropped out as opposed to being expelled.
- It is revealed that Benson, Pops, Skips, Muscle Man, and Hi Five Ghost have been working at The Park since at least by the time Mordecai and Rigby were in High School.
- Despite the fact that the future timeline in this movie gets erased when Mr. Ross is stopped, it is evident that even in this alternate timeline, Benson and his crew would still end up being sent to the space tree, as it is seen in the background when Benson, Mordecai, Skips, Muscle Man, and Hi Five Ghost join the Galactic Park Rangers. This indicates the Spark initiative would still be in effect even in the future where Mr. Ross seeks to destroy time itself.
Episode Connections[]
- The response Mordecai said to Past Mordecai when he asked him if he gets into College U ("I wouldn’t wanna ruin the surprise!")is a callback to the episode "Mordecai and the Rigbys".
- Several episodes are seen when Rigby go around the time portals: "Limousine Lunchtime", "Rigby in the Sky With Burrito", "The Real Thomas", "Temp Check", "Death Punchies", "The Power", "Lunch Break" and "Mordecai and the Rigbys".
- This entire movie revolves around destroying the Timenado, which first appeared in "A Skips in Time".
- Father Time makes a reappearance after appearing in Season Two's "It's Time."
- Some of the video games at the arcade were Lemonade Stand, Hats 4 Sale, Candle Maker, and two Ball of Yarns, which appeared in "Just Set Up the Chairs."
Pop Culture References[]
- The movie includes three real-life songs, "March of the Swivel Heads", "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" and "Pale Blue Eyes".
- The real-life show, Everybody Loves Raymond, is mentioned.
- West Anderson High School is a reference to the filmmaker Wes Anderson.
- A tune similar to Tears for Fears' "Head Over Heels" plays when West Anderson High School first appears, making this sequence a slight reference to the cult movie Donnie Darko.
Goofs[]
- At the start of the movie, the bodies of Skips, Muscle Man and High Five Ghost are in entirely different positions when Mordecai tells Rigby that they can stop this bloodshed.
- They disappear when Lord Ross arrives and tells Benson that they need to listen to Mordecai and then reappear when Benson runs towards Ross.
- When Ross kills Future Benson, the bodies disappear again.
- Food contents, a coffee stain and a napkin on a desk where Mordecai and Rigby are at disappear when the duo start singing.
- Most of the cart's features are not present when Mordecai is running towards the cart but they eventually appear when Mordecai is trying to start the cart.
- The features disappear when Mordecai and Rigby ditch the cart and run.
- The burritos bag disappears in one scene.
- Before Benson fires both Mordecai and Rigby, they both move to a different position of the park and the background also changes.
- After Future Rigby dies and is placed on the living room table, there is a jump cut that shows a view out the front window. After the camera pans back toward the table, Future Rigby's corpse is no longer present for the rest of the scene.
- In one scene where Skips asks who's gonna drive Future Rigby's ship, the seat belt buckle is absent.
- When the gang travel back in time to the past, Rigby's seat belt is not present.
- At West Anderson High, when Mordecai and Rigby are standing next to Mr. Ross during volleyball, the box full of volleyballs changes color from beige to blue.
- The box also changes position.
- The contents of the destroyed time machine changes position and size in some scenes.
- A clock behind Rigby changes design, position and later disappears when he is with Father Time.
References[]
- ↑ "Regular Show: The Movie (DVD) | Blu-ray/DVD Reviews". Popzara.com (October 14, 2015).
External links[]
- Regular Show: The Movie on Regular Show Wiki
- Regular Show: The Movie on Wikipedia, the free enciclopedia
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