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- This article is about the episode. For the movie, see here.
"Ello Gov'nor" is the season premiere of Regular Show's second season. It first aired on November 29, 2010.
Synopsis[]
Rigby becomes traumatized over a stupid possessed taxi in a black-and-white British horror film titled, "Ello Gov'nor!"
Plot[]
Rigby rents a movie at the Movie Shack Hut called Ello Gov'nor.
Later, Mordecai and Rigby are having a movie night, with Mordecai in charge of the popcorn and for Rigby the movie he rented. Mordecai thinks that they're going to watch Shy Guy, but Rigby wants to do otherwise and claims that Mordecai has seen that movie 100 times and that he got something even better, showing Mordecai the movie he rented. The film is a horror movie about a British taxi possessed by the soul of its driver seeking vengeance on the gang members responsible for his death and murder, which Mordecai refuses to watch. He reminds Rigby that the last time the duo watched a horror movie, he had to walk him to the bathroom every night for a week. Rigby still wants to watch the movie by saying that it's black-and-white, and old and cheesy. Mordecai finally caves in and the two watch the movie, to which Rigby quickly grows fearful from the first encounter with the possessed taxi. When the movie ends, Mordecai is fast asleep, proclaiming the movie is cheesy, while Rigby is still in grave terror.
While Mordecai is peacefully asleep, Rigby is wide awake and terrified. Rigby gets up and goes to the window, and spots the British taxi. He alerts Mordecai, but he is still asleep and when Rigby turns around, he sees the taxi directly at the window and runs to Mordecai again, trying to get him to wake up by shaking him. Suddenly, Mordecai's eyes light up and the British taxi comes out of him. Rigby wakes up screaming, and Mordecai is bothered by Rigby's shrieks, telling him to dream about being a tough guy instead. Rigby goes back to sleep and dreams he is a tough guy called "Riggerson/Fists" about to punch a man in an alley when the British taxi appears from nowhere and hits Rigby. He wakes up shrieking again and Mordecai gets even more frustrated, resorting to watching "The making of Ello Gov'nor" repeatedly until Rigby conquers his fear. He holds Rigby up to the TV for three days, telling him to look at the screen and pointing out the microphone. By the end, they are both worn out, and Rigby finally escapes Mordecai's grasp, throwing the tape of the movie at the wall and destroying it in the process.
Later, Mordecai takes Rigby to Benson's cricket game to try to desensitize him to British people, but they all greet him with the phrase "Ello, Gov'nor" until the British taxi appears yet again, causing Rigby to flee back home in a panic. Mordecai explains Rigby's fear to Pops and Skips, to which Pops points out he owns a British taxi of his own. However, this "British Taxi" Pops owns is not the one from the movie, rather an American Taxi. Mordecai asks Rigby if he is ready, but Rigby is still scared but of his mind. Mordecai tries to assure that everything will be okay, but Rigby decides to go to the bathroom. After Rigby washes his hands, he spots tire marks on the bathroom toilet paper, which sends him running out of the bathroom in a panicked frenzy. When he answers the ringing phone, the caller sounds just like the British taxi and Rigby threw the phone and the fax machine prints out a sheet of paper with the words 'Ello Gov'nor' written on it. Rigby runs and hides in the back of Pops' taxi, and then in the taxi Mordecai falls asleep and Pops takes a drive through the woods.
The dark woods cause Rigby to tremble, and in his mind's eye, the trees seem to make scary faces and the British Taxi shows up on a constant basis. To make matters worse, the car comes to a stop. Although still horrified, Rigby frantically asks why the taxi stopped and Pops says that the taxi has ran out of gas. This makes Rigby even more horrified enough and wakes up Mordecai by telling him that the taxi is out of gas. When Rigby sees the British taxi in the distance, Mordecai refuses to believe him until they realize it really is coming for them. Everyone starts to flee in panic, and the taxi pursues them, destroying everything in its path (including Pops' American taxi). Rigby is finally cornered against a tree and when Pops and Mordecai try to help. Just when the taxi is about to move in for the kill, Rigby pounces on it in a fit of rage and starts tearing it apart, furiously telling him to leave him alone, until he completely destroys it by smashing it with tree. It is revealed that Rigby merely hit his head and started acting psychotic, and the vehicle pursuing them is actually the employee from the Movie hut, wearing a British taxi costume. He asks for the movie, saying it's way overdue, but Rigby explains that he broke the tape when he threw it against the wall. The worker therefore asks for a fine for the damaged tape. Pops pays for the movie with a lollipop, ticking off the employee.
In bed, Rigby thanks Mordecai for helping him facing his fears and dozes off, dreaming that he is once again a tough guy driving the British taxi through outer space towards the moon saying "So they say this city's pretty tough. But I'm tougher."
Characters[]
Locations[]
- Park
- Pops' House
- Barn
- Movie Shack Hut
- Forest
Videos[]
Trivia[]
Initial Broadcast & Reception[]
- The episode premiered on Cartoon Network on November 29, 2010 at 8.15pm as part of the channel's Monday Nights block, following the premiere of Adventure Time's "Crystals Have Power" and preceding a rerun of MAD's "Avaturd / CSiCarly". It was the final episode to premiere in 2010.
- This episode received 2.067 million views domestically in the United States.
Continuity[]
- The events of this episode are briefly revisited whilst Mordecai and Rigby chase a past version of Mordecai through time. [1]
Pop Culture References[]
- The costume which Matt wears in the beginning of the episode is a reference to King Kong.
- The taxi costume in which Matt wears later in the episode is a reference to the Transformers franchise.
- The "Ello Gov'nor" film itself shares major similarities with the 1990 film "I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle" and the 1983 novel "Christine", and its film adaptation.
Legacy[]
- The MF DOOM and Jneiro Jarel song "Guv'nor" samples dialogue from this episode.
Goofs[]
- When Mordecai and Rigby asks Pops whether he has money to pay Matt, Mordecai is missing the white stripes on his arms.
Alternate Versions[]
UK[]
- Mordecai's line, "You're screaming like a freakin' maniac!" is changed to "You're screaming like a flippin' maniac!"
- Another line Mordecai says, "Holy crap! It's real!" is changed to "Oh man, dude, it's real."
- From 2014, the scene where the taxi eats an old man and ejects his bones through its exhaust pipe was cut.
Australia[]
- Mordecai's line, "You're screaming like a freakin' maniac!" is shortened to "You're screaming like a maniac!"
Official Releases[]
- On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the episode was paired with "It's Time" under "Volume Two". It was released digitally on January 3, 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
- The Complete Series
Special Features:- Commentary with JG Quintel & Sean Szeles
- Commentary with Craig Simmons & Alex Dilts
- Fright Pack
- Regular Show and Friends
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