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"Appreciation Day" is the third episode of Season Two (and the fifteenth episode overall) of Regular Show. It first aired on January 10, 2011.
Synopsis[]
Mordecai and Rigby decide to write fraudulent statements in Benson's book of park records, but trouble ensues when the listed events happen for real.
Plot[]
It's Appreciation Day at The Park and everyone except for Mordecai and Rigby get appreciation plaques. Angered that the duo didn't recieve plaques, Mordecai and Rigby decide to do something that is appreciated by Benson, but more often than not, they mess up in front of him. Later at night in Benson's office, they sneak inside, find the Book of Park Records and modify their existing records into false yet outstanding ones. Before Rigby can finish the ending of a fake story about them, Benson heads into his office and takes the book without knowing that Mordecai and Rigby are in his office.
The next morning, Mordecai and Rigby awake to find blueberry pancakes in the pan. Benson enters and believes the two made them, as they wrote in the book that every morning they make pancakes. Other events they wrote about mysteriously occur, such as the dishes being cleaned and Benson liking Mordecai and Rigby; later, an unexpected blizzard occurs, and the pair realize that everything they wrote in the book is coming true. They remember that Skips is supposed to break his leg, and set off to find him in a cart; the two crash into Skips, at which point he breaks his leg. Mordecai and Rigby help him into the cart, but get stuck in an area of thick snow. Mordecai removes the snow with a lawn mower, just as a massive pile of snow is electrocuted by broken power lines and turns into Snowballs the Ice Monster.
The monster starts breathing fire on multiple trees and the three flee in the cart. Mordecai realizes that if everything in the book comes true, then all they have to do is find Benson and erase all of the lies. They reach Benson and Mordecai grabs the book, but the monster snatches it before he can change anything. It slithers away, ripping out the pages with its claws. Rigby manages to catch the pages and bring them to Mordecai, who repeatedly tries to write an ending to the story in which the monster dies, to no avail; Skips tells them they can't change anything because Snowballs has the cover. Still in the cart, Skips speeds up and smashes through one of the monster's arms, causing the book to cover to fall into the snow.
At this point, Rigby, determined to save the park, runs straight for the cover, and the monster chases him. Rigby gets there first, tossing Mordecai the cover as Snowballs, having caught up, eats him and heads for the latter. Mordecai reconnects the pages with the book, and frantically writes that the monster "went away and everything went back to normal" just as Snowballs reaches him. The monster disintegrates and forms a large ball of snow which explodes. Mordecai falls back, and the two wake up to find that everything is back to normal and what it used to be. Benson confiscated the book away and tells them off to clean up the mess, or they'll be fired. Rigby says that they did everything he told them to do and there was no mess to clean, so Benson leaves. Confused and slightly annoyed, Rigby asks for his and Mordecai's appreciation plaques.
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Initial Broadcast & Reception[]
- The episode premiered on Cartoon Network on January 10, 2011 at 8.15pm as part of the channel's Monday Nights block, following the premiere of Adventure Time's "To Cut a Woman's Hair" and preceding a rerun of MAD's "Cliffordfield / Big Time Rushmore".
- The episode received 1.72 million views domestically in the United States.
Pop Culture References[]
- The opening scene in the episode was inspired by the opening to the sixth episode of the British sitcom, "The IT Crowd".
Goofs[]
- When Benson is looking at the waxed floor, his lips are gray instead of purple.
- There is a brief scene where after Benson gives Pops his appreciation plaque, there are three appreciation plaques left on the desk despite saying that Benson would be giving only two more. Just before handing out the final two plaques, there are four appreciation plaques.
- When Benson drives off in the cart, the text is missing from the front cover of the Book of Park Records.
- When Rigby runs up to the phone and kicks it, the stapler from earlier in the scene where Mordecai and Rigby enter Benson's office to alter the Book of Park Records disappears.
Official Releases[]
- On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the episode was paired with "Peeps" under "Volume Two". It was released digitally on January 17, 2011 for the price of $2.99 in HD, or $1.99 in SD.
- This episode is available as part of the following DVD set:
- The Complete First and Second Seasons
- Special Feature: Commentary with JG Quintel, Mike Roth, John Infantino & Matt Price.
- The Complete First and Second Seasons