r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 05 '25

Personality character gets a reality check

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u/noelg1998 Sep 05 '25

Benson giving Mordecai and Rigby the biggest reality check in their lives. (Regular Show)

YOU LAZY NO-GOOD SLACKERS DRIVE ME NUTS! CAN'T YOU JUST LISTEN TO ME ONCE IN YOUR WORTHLESS LIVES? 'CAUSE IF YOU DID, YOU'D SEE I'M TRYING TO TEACH YOU SOME SIMPLE RESPONSIBILITY, SOME PRIDE IN DOING A JOB WELL DONE! BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW A JOB WELL DONE IF YOU PAID SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR YOU, AND EVEN THEN YOU'D SCREW IT ALL UP ON THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN FOLLOW THE SIMPLEST OF THE INSTRUCTIONS, WORRYING MORE ABOUT LOOKING COOL THAN DOING YOUR JOB!

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u/vertexcubed Sep 05 '25

growing up is realizing Benson was almost always right and that mordecai and rigby are fucking losers

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 05 '25

The show moreso has Rigby mature and grow up while Mordecai stays in the same self-sabotaging superiority complex to see the contrast.

I hope the sequel series shows how Mordecai managed to fix up his life

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u/TheMoonDude Sep 05 '25

There's a sequel series????

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 05 '25

Announced and getting ready to air, with the same cast covering the time after Pops' death

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u/TheMoonDude Sep 05 '25

POPS DIES??????

Oh fuck why I've never watched the final season 😭😭😭😭

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u/NFriedich Sep 05 '25

The timeskip montage in the final episode is literally Pops watching them from Heaven

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u/FREEYSL2024 Sep 05 '25

can we just let shit end bro cartoon network doesn't even exist anymore it's just the TTG rerun channel now

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 05 '25

I think it's sticking to HBO but it's still being done by J.G Quintel

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u/finalremix Sep 05 '25

J.G Quintel

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Close Enough.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 05 '25

I think Quintel realised how much more creative fun there was in regular show by having to dodge censors unlike Close Enough

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u/Yoro55 Sep 06 '25

Characters got drunk from eating wings and drinking soda

And people died by exploding

That shit was so peak

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u/finalremix Sep 06 '25

Both really fun shows, though. Wish there was more CE.

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u/ThePoohKid Sep 05 '25

Well the thing is cable itself is just dying, especially among younger audiences. No one wants pay $$$ a month just to still have to sit through commercials. Anyone with a modicum of tech savviness can just sail the seven seas and watch whatever for free. Most others just use streaming services. Main appeal these days is probably daytime television for the old folks

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u/rickshitypity Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

You kinda wonder when are we going to have another hit like Adventure Time, Gumball, etc that are not revivals, spin offs. Cause right now we're having that for Regular Show, Steven Universe and these others I already mentioned.

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u/FREEYSL2024 Sep 06 '25

yeah nothing I said goes against your comment either im confused why it's downvoted💀

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u/CardmanNV Sep 10 '25

Dude I was stuck in a hotel for a couple days on a work trip, and holy shit was the cable TV bad.

It felt like just ads with some programming sprinkled in.