For the original pilot that aired online, click here. This page is about the season two episode.

"First Day" is the twenty-fifth episode of Regular Show's Second season (and thirty-seventh episode overall). It first aired on July 11, 2011 and was written and storyboarded by JG Quintel.

Synopsis

In this prequel episode detailing Mordecai and Rigby's first day at the park, they compete for Pop's old chair (which is to be thrown away) by playing rock-paper-scissors.

Plot

Mordecai and Rigby find a newspaper ad posted by Benson desperately wanting groundskeepers, so they answer the advertisement to Pops, who gives them both the job. He takes them to the house and gives them a tour, ending on their own bedroom. They spend the rest of the day drinking two cases of soda. After Mordecai’s alarm clock wakes him up, he then wakes up Rigby, revealing they both slept on the floor, Mordecai only having a blanket and pillow, and Rigby having slept under a pile of clothes. Mordecai asks Rigby to not "do the whole Rigby thing", aka be lazy, as he wants them to look good and Rigby only got the job because he vouched for him and was too lazy to actually apply. After Rigby gets defensive, they both agree to each other starting then they won’t do anything to screw up their new jobs.

They go downstairs to eat breakfast, only to realize that there's only one clean bowl and spoon left for cereal. They play punchies for it. Due to Rigby's lack of muscle, Mordecai wins the bowl for cereal and the spoon. Benson and Pops come in, carrying Pop's old chair, and Mordecai and Rigby, both amazed by it, follow them outside to ask about it. Benson tells them that it's being thrown away. However, Mordecai and Rigby think it’s awesome and ask to let them both check it out. After Benson leaves, Mordecai sits in it, but he claims it’s extremely uncomfortable, even after trying multiple sitting positions. Rigby sits in it too and does the same, but also cannot get comfortable. Despite this, they still beg Poos to let one of them have it, but he says he can’t choose between them and just decide amongst themselves. They decide to play Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who gets it.

They start playing, and tie, over and over again. Benson drives by to see them doing this, and warns them that it's an "evil game." By the time they have tied ninety nine times in a row, they have attracted a crowd of people. Mordecai stops and questions why they’re doing it because Rigby doesn’t even want the chair, which Rigby throws back at him. Mordecai and Rigby both reveal they were lying and love the chair.

After tying for the one hundredth time, a disembodied voice says "Since no-one can decide, and all that's played is ties... I take it upon myself to eat your prize!" A black hole enters with a Lovecraftian monster inside, who begins sucking up The Park. Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops run for cover at the doorstep, but Rigby runs back when he sees the chair getting sucked into the hole. Mordecai goes after Rigby, leaving Pops after them. Pops calls Benson and Skips on the walkie-talkie, who head over to stop the chaos. Pops clings onto a light post, while Mordecai clings onto Rigby, who clings onto the chair. Pop's grip on the light post is released, but they are caught by Skips, who grabs onto the golf cart Benson is driving. The former tells everybody to pass on the message of holding on. However, when Mordecai is about to tell Rigby, he sees that Rigby has his head inside the hole, still holding onto the chair. Benson drives the cart slowly, pulling Rigby out. He drives into the garage door, out of room, so he tells the two to end the tie. Mordecai tells Rigby he’s going to throw rock and despite Rigby's doubts, they throw down one last time, with Rigby winning by throwing paper.

Afterward, the black hole is gone and the park is a mess. Mordecai asks Rigby if he won, but Rigby replies that he failed to hold onto the chair, but the two discover it survived, although only half of it is left. Benson screams at the two they’re not getting the chair, and orders Mordecai and Rigby to flip the cart, throw out the chair, and clean up the entire mess, and if the mess isn’t cleaned up when he’s back, they’re fired. Afterwards, he, Pops, and Skips leave. Mordecai says starting now, they won’t do anything else to screw up, which Rigby agrees to. The two then start to play a game of rock, paper, scissors for who gets to drive the cart, ending the episode.

Characters

• Mordecai
• Rigby
• Benson
• Pops
• Skips
• Muscle Man
• Hi Five Ghost
• Rochambeau Monster
• Margaret (non-speaking cameo)

Locations

• Park
  • Pops' House

Video

First Day - The Regular Show - Season 2 - Cartoon Network

Trivia

• This is an updated and extended version of the pilot episode made to act as a prequel for the rest of the series.

Differences From the Pilot

• Aside from minor art style differences, the main characters have some slight differences in their designs
  • Mordecai has more white feathers on his head, going over his eyes, and his beak is a bit larger.
  • Rigby at times has a visible line in between his chest and stomach.
    • In the original pilot, occasionally when Rigby talked he only had two teeth with a gap in between on the top and bottom of his mouth. In the pilot scenes in this episode, he was edited to have a full set of teeth. JG Quintel mentioned he got rid of this aspect of Rigby’s design because it made him look like a little kid.
  • Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost have non speaking cameos in a crowd shot - Muscle Man is a more emerald shade of green, he has a slightly different face shape, he isn’t as obese and his shirt covers his stomach, and his hair is shaggier and a dark brown, while Fives is just bigger and closer to the ground.
• After Skips asks what they should do, Benson says they have to break the tie. Normally, Skips is the one who knows what to do, but when the pilot was being made the creators weren't sure who would be the "smart one" in the Park gang, who ended up being Skips.
• Rigby is less hyperactive and sounds more moody when he talks, whereas Skips has a more monotone and slower way of speaking. Pops also has a little bit of a deeper voice.

Added scenes

• Opening sequence showing the Park's environment and Mordecai and Rigby arriving.
• Mordecai and Rigby are shown waking up in their room, and they both promise that they won’t mess up their new jobs.
• Mordecai comments that Pop’s chair looks awesome and questions why he’d throw it out.
• Mordecai tries multiple sitting positions with the chair to feel comfortable.
• After trying to get comfortable in the chair, Rigby tells Pops he should throw the chair out, and Pops says he was.
• Mordecai asks Rigby how are they playing Rock, Paper, Scissors in terms of when to roll.
• Mordecai and Rigby stretch out before they play.
• Muscle Man, accompanied by Hi Five Ghost, has a speaking role, right after Mordecai and Rigby are shown stretching, questions Pops what they are doing. He also says a "my mom" joke and he, Pops, and Hi Five Ghost laugh.
• Pops is shown speaking over a walkie talkie announcing that Mordecai and Rigby are playing the exciting game of "Quarts, Parchment Shears"
• The scene where Benson is stepping on the cart's gas pedal was shortened slightly.
• There is an added ending where Mordecai and Rigby say they won't ever screw the job up again.
• In the end of the pilot, Mordecai asks Rigby to play rock-paper-scissors for whom to drive the cart; in this episode, Rigby asks Mordecai instead.

Pop Culture References

• "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins plays at the beginning of the episode which is a reference to the 1980 comedy movie Caddyshack.

Production Notes

• This episode attracted 2.634 million viewers at its premiere, making it the most viewed episode of Season Two.

Goofs

• When Mordecai and Rigby wake up, there is an instance where a digital alarm clock and its power cord disappear.

Official Releases

• On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the episode was paired with "Go Viral" under "Volume Three". It was released digitally on July 11, 2011 for the price of $2.99 in HD, or $1.99 in SD.
• This episode is available as part of the following DVD sets:
  • The Complete First and Second Seasons
    • Special Features:
    • Commentary