A new Regular Show is officially happening, and the fact that the beloved cartoon will return in some form over seven years after its final season makes the meta jokes from the finale even better. Regular Show was one of the wildest, most creative series on Cartoon Network for eight years. From the larger-than-life characters to the bizarre plots, Regular Show didn’t fit into a specific genre and always delivered something unique every week. This includes the Regular Show series finale, which was as clever and self-aware as one would expect.
Regular Show season 8, episode 27, “A Regular Epic Final Battle” was a three-part episode that wrapped up the show with an epic battle for the fate of the universe and an emotional look into the future of the park crew. Given that we watched Mordecai, Rigby, and the others age and build families, it seemed like there was no room for Regular Show to return. However, the announcement of a new Regular Show project recontextualizes the finale, especially if the rumored Regular Show: The Lost Tapes title turns out to be true.
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“A Regular Epic Final Battle” was the culmination of a multi-episode arc about Pops’ origin story and the secrets it involved. The Regular Show finale was also a meta celebration of what the series had accomplished and even included jokes about the state of television. The final three episodes – as well as the rest of season 8 – made several cheeky references about how it’s difficult for a show to run for that long, and how it’s fine for a series to end when there are no longer stories left to tell.
Regular Show ends with Pops watching his friends through "Regular Show" tapes in the afterlife.
This is why Regular Show’s return is quite surprising and almost ironic. One of the enemies the park crew had to face in the finale was Streaming, which had become more powerful than the Blu-Ray and the DVD. One of the park crew’s plans to survive the battle against Anti-Pops was to save their adventures on Blu-Ray disks so that they could eventually rewatch their story and remember all of their adventures together. To make things even more meta, one of the planets the crew visited in season 8 was called Nielsen.
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Given how much Regular Show season 8 joked about the state of television and the streaming era, plus how the finale made sure to point out that it’s fine to let things go, the new series may have to be self-aware about justifying its existence. We still don’t know what the new Regular Show will look like, but Mark Hamill’s return as Skips suggests it will bring back elements from the original series. The rumored “Lost Tapes” title has sparked theories about the show being an anthology featuring “untold stories” from before season 8.
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Regular Show has amassed a large following over the years, including older fans who are drawn to its surreal sense of humor and bizarre storylines.
Still, with the same creative team involved, it’s difficult not to be excited about this new Regular Show project despite how satisfying season 8’s finale was. Regular Show was one of Cartoon Network’s flagship titles for almost a decade, so the fact that the IP is returning in some form is not surprising. Hopefully, this new series will live up to the original without affecting the legacy of Regular Show’s series finale.
Regular Show is an animated television series that follows the surreal adventures of Mordecai, a blue jay, and Rigby, a raccoon, who work as groundskeepers at a park. Created by J.G. Quintel, the series showcases their attempts to avoid work and find entertainment, often leading to bizarre and unexpected situations. The show also features a cast of quirky characters, including their boss Benson, a living gumball machine, and Skips, a yeti.
Release Date September 6, 2010
Seasons 8
Creator(s) J. G. Quintel
English (US) ·