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"Muscle Woman" is the fourteenth episode of Regular Show's second season (and the twenty-sixth episode overall). It first aired on April 4, 2011.
Synopsis
Mordecai dates Muscle Man's ex-girlfriend, Starla, in an attempt to get the two back together.
Plot
Mordecai and Rigby are both trimming the hedges and begin complaining about the work and how slow it is going. They notice that a distraught Muscle Man has barely done any work. When he starts crying, Mordecai and Rigby ask if he is in fact crying. Despite denying this, Muscle Man continues to cry but this time in his shower fully naked. After High Five Ghost explains why Muscle Man is crying (his girlfriend, Starla, dumped him), Mordecai and Rigby decide to ask Benson for help but this only makes matters worse as Benson assigns the duo Muscle Man's jobs.
After working for a while, Mordecai and Rigby try to convince Muscle Man to stop crying and get back to work but he refuses to do so. He eventually caves in after Mordecai and Rigby decide to help him find a new lady but this only makes things worse as he ends up having a mental breakdown. As a result, Mordecai, Rigby and High Five Ghost can only resort to one option - getting Muscle Man back together with Starla. The trio meet up with Starla, who is almost an exact copy of Muscle Man, but instead she is a female with a different hairstyle. They fail to convince Starla to get back together with Muscle Man thanks to Mordecai's speech on why she should start dating Muscle Man again. As a result, Starla falls in love with Mordecai and the two start going on dates together.
Mordecai eventually gets sick of dating Starla, so he decides to break up with her and get on with his life. This only angers Starla, who goes on a rampage and tries to kill both Mordecai and Rigby but is stopped by Muscle Man who begins to tell her how much he finds her attractive and that she is just like him, tries to act tough, but is very emotional on the inside. Both Muscle Man and Starla run up to each other as the rage in Starla's eyes fade away. They make out for a bit, to the disgust of Mordecai and Rigby, and then head off into the sunset. After Rigby claims that he had the most disturbing day of his life, Mordecai starts to have regrets for not preferring to continue Muscle Man's jobs, upon seeing all the destruction caused by him trying to break up with Starla.
Characters
Locations
- Park
- Pops' House
- Picnic Area
- Park Rock Garden
- Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost's Trailer
- Coffee Shop
- Grocery Store
- Icy Hot Jewelry & Apparel
Videos
Trivia
- Muscle Man reveals that his real name is Mitch Sorrenstein.
- This is the first appearance of Muscle Man's girlfriend, Starla.
- This is the first appearance of Sir Gabelthorp.
- However, his name wouldn't be revealed until "Ace Balthazar Lives".
Pop Culture References
- During the cart chase, Rigby yelling "Go faster, must go faster!" as Starla bashes herself into the cart, is a reference to Jurassic Park. Also during said scene, Rigby notices Starla charging at them in the mirror, which has text that reads, "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear."
- The name "Two Peaks Mall" is a reference to the name "Twin Pines Mall" from the movie Back to the Future, which later in the movie became "Lone Pine Mall".
- In Muscle Man's trailer, a poster can be seen of the album "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.
Production Notes
- This episode received 1.422 million views, which is the least amount of views in Season Two.
- On the episode commentary, Paula Spence reveals that J.G. Quintel planned on not digitally adding Muscle Man with nipples as he considered it to be funnier.
Goofs
- At the start of the episode, a leaf appears to be lying on the grass despite that not being the case before Muscle Man told off Mordecai and Rigby.
- The door knob changes to a door handle every now and then.
- Starla's name on the name tag is not present, along with the black box surrounding it.
- When Starla grabs Mordecai hand, her hand is colored as a regular human. When she moves her palm around Mordecai's hand, it returns to her green skin color.
- In one scene where Starla is chasing Mordecai and Rigby, the sky changes from light red to its original shade. (This was spotted in the episode commentary)
- This episode is featured on the Regular Show: Mordecai + Margaret Pack DVD, despite having nothing at all to do with Margaret.
- The shirt on the racks to the left of Starla change color in some scenes.
- During the montage prior to Mordecai breaking up with Starla, the tattoos of Starla's ex-boyfriends disappear when Mordecai leaves.
- When Mordecai breaks up with Starla, a cup of coffee and an empty plate with crumbs is present. However, when Starla was intentionally kissing Mordecai, he jumped on the table and knocked over the coffee cup and plate.
- The number of seat rows in the cart change during Starla's Rampage.
- When Mordecai and Rigby run to the cart, it has 1 row of seats, but when they sit down, it has 2.
- When Starla jumps on the back of the cart, there are 2 rows, but when Mordecai starts driving, there is only 1.
- When Starla tries to climb forward into the cart, there are 2 rows, but in the next scene before she falls off there is 1.
- The blind spots on the cart are only present when Rigby notices Starla is running towards Mordecai and him, it disapears when Starla is hiting Mordecai and Rigby in the cart.
- Two photo frames disappear towards the end of the episode.
Alternate Versions
UK
- Starla trying to kiss Mordecai was edited to only show Mordecai's reaction.
- The part freezes when Starla's butt is just about to come in.
- Muscle Man and Starla running towards each other in slow-motion was cut.
- Muscle Man and Starla lips moving is cut, along with their tongue-kissing.
Australia
- Starla rubbing against the window was cut.
Official Releases
- On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the episode was paired with "This is My Jam" under "Volume Two". It was released digitally on March 27, 2011 for the price of $2.99 in HD, or $1.99 in SD.
- The episode is available as part of the following DVD sets:
- The Complete First and Second Seasons
- The Complete Series
- Special Feature: Commentary