History Characters / RegularShowMainCharacters

* TooDumbToLive: Once tried to eat a huge omelette to earn a free hat, despite being deathly allergic to eggs.
-->'''Rigby:''' I thought if I ate really fast, [[InsaneTrollLogic maybe I wouldn't notice]].

* TheUnfavorite: {{Justified|Trope}}. Rigby's father definitely favors his young brother, Don. This has some merit since Rigby is a slacker who lies and does other things to get out of work while Don does the exact opposite. This also seems to be the case when it comes to anyone who isn't Mordecai or Eileen, which the latter two actually enjoy his company and don't ditch him for someone else. In rare cases, Mordecai has done this but will instantly regret it once he realizes how badly it hurts his feelings and learns not to treat him this way.
** That said, once Rigby undergoes CharacterDevelopment and gains several amazing feats, his father comes to respect him significantly.

* InsufferableImbecile: He is often a lazy, selfish {{Manchild}} who makes rude/stupid comments (which Mordecai usually punches him for); he can't tell the difference between a square and a rectangle; and it's even mentioned several times that he's a [[BookDumb high school dropout]]. However, he eventually TookALevelInKindness later in the series.

** Eventually becomes {{deconstructed|Trope}} in "Benson's Suit", where it is shown that constantly harping on Mordecai and Rigby may get results in the immediate moment but leaves them with a very low level of respect towards him from a long time of putting up with his temper. As if he were calmer with them rather than constantly losing his cool, they might do a much better job.

-->'''Walks:''' Ooooh! [[SchoolIsForLosers School's ''worthless'' to an adventurer such as me!]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite slacking off most of the time, they still do it under the condition that they go back to work eventually as seen in "Benson Be Gone".

* IKnowMortalKombat: Inverted; it's all but stated that Skips is an unmatched expert at the video games Mordecai and Rigby play because the controls for the PowerFist he periodically uses to fend of Klorgbane are exactly the same. This leads into a straight example of the trope where Mordecai and Rigby are experts at using the fists for the inverse reason.

* MeaningfulRename: He always skips rather than walking. It turns out this is because his original name is not Skips, but Walks. He changed it because he got tired of everybody asking him why he skips everywhere instead of walking. That turns out to be partially true in ''The Diary'', he reveals he likewise skips in memory of a girl he once loved but lost in the past. ''Skips' Story'' goes into more detail about this.

* RebelliousSpirit: In his younger days he cared not for rules or regulations and often hated being told what to do. Especially when the younger version of himself comes from the Timenado and pretty much disrespects his future self for being washed up and following someone elses rule.

* FunPersonified: He absolutely [[ThePrankster lives for pulling pranks]] and will do so no matter what's going on, as evidenced by how he tricks Rigby into bumping into a butt shaped mug in "World's Greatest Boss" while the gang was at the mall frantically searching for a specific mug for Benson. He also loves making bets, spinning donuts, taking his shirt off and waving it around, and he goes streaking in "New Year's Kiss".

* NearDeathExperience: Has one of these in the episode "Prankless", when a bed Muscle Man had taped to the ceiling falls on him and crushes him.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Whether of not his mouth is connected to his snout. normally it's not, but occasionally (mainly when he's turning around or facing the side) it will be. notably some very early episodes ("The Power", "Just Set Up the Chairs", "Meat Your Maker", "First Day") have his mouth and snout connect for prolonged amounts of time, likely due to the more cartoony animation the early seasons had.

* BloodKnight: In his younger days Skips used to relish the brawls he got into and loved fighting anyone who proved to be strong enough to face him. Now that he's older, he's pretty much dropped this attitude after losing Desdimona the love of his life, though he'll still participate in battles if provoked.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Rigby gives him a hard time the first time he is ever wrong about something in "Sugar Rush" he claims that they ask for his help with a new problem every week.

* MeaningfulRename: He always skips rather than walking. It turns out this is because his original name is not Skips, but Walks. He changed it because he got tired of everybody asking him why he skips everywhere instead of walking. That turns out to be partially true in ''The Diary'', he reveals he likewise skips in memory of a girl he once loved but lost in the past. ''Skip's Story'' goes into more detail about this.

* WalkingTechbane: As shown in "Skips VS Technology" he can fix almost anything, except computers. By the end of the episode, he's learned a bit more about them so he can at least assist them somewhat.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Not getting a high school diploma and sometimes being reminded that he only got his current job by Mordecai vouching for him. [[spoiler:He eventually does get his degree, though.]]

** For Mordecai and Margaret. At first it was zig-zagged, but then played perfectly straight until Margaret's departure on season 4.

* IKnowMortalKombat: Inverted; it's all but stated that the otherwise tech-illiterate Skips is an unmatched expert at the video games Mordecai and Rigby play because the controls for the PowerFist he periodically uses to fend of Klorgbane are exactly the same. This leads into a straight example of the trope where Mordecai and Rigby are experts at using the fists for the inverse reason.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Proven in the "Death Punch" episode.

* DeathIsCheap: Rigby has died at least three times (expelled from his own body, thrown into a time void, crushed during an arm wrestling match), being revived each time.

** The first Halloween special drives home Rigby's dependency on his friends. The characters all share a horror story for the group: Pops' idea of horror is a scary doll drawing on people's faces. Muscle Man's idea of horror is dying in a crash. Rigby's idea of horror? Everyone ''but'' him dying and before finally being left all alone. He dies too, at the end, by means of a giant egg. This gets worse when you find out later he is deathly allergic to eggs.

** The first Halloween special drives home Rigby's dependency on his friends. The characters all share a horror story for the group: Pop's idea of horror is a scary doll drawing on people's faces. Muscle Man's idea of horror is dying in a crash. Rigby's idea of horror? Everyone ''but'' him dying and before finally being left all alone. He dies too, at the end, by means of a giant egg. This gets worse when you find out later he is deathly allergic to eggs.

** "I Like You Hi" shows Mordecai and CJ taking art classes.

* InformedAbility: He mentioned offhand in "Camping Can Be Cool" that he went to an art college, though initially didn't actually shown any real interest or talent in art (though that could just be a throwaway reference to his creator and voice actor, J.G. Quintel), though in "The Best VHS in the World", he did tell Button [=McButtonWillow=] that he should take life drawing classes because of how bad his fanart of The Best VHS in the World is. In "Fool Me Twice", Mordecai brings up attending art college again but Rigby reveals that he never graduated which may explain why he works as a groundskeeper. It becomes subverted in "Bad Portrait" where Mordecai paints a portrait and it's revealed that we never see him draw or paint is because of him struggling with doing portraits and his fear of people misinterpreting or getting offended by his artwork. He gets over it by the end, [[spoiler:as he paints a painting that is incredibly well received and ends up hung in Benson's office]] and is seen taking an art class at community college with CJ in "I Like You Hi". [[spoiler: The finale shows Mordecai becoming a successful artist in the future, with the pieces we see being done in abstract styles]].

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

* OutOfFocus: Downplayed in Season 7. After the last two seasons focused heavily on his love life, Mordecai takes a back seat to Rigby (who gets several episodes where he's the lead). There are still a bunch of episodes focusing on him and Rigby, but the only episode where Mordecai is the main character is "Just Friends", where he shares the role with Margaret. He also has minimal screentime in "The Lunch Club" and "Hello China".

* {{Foil}}: He could be considered one to Mordecai, since they were portrayed as being rivals early on. Mordecai is a tall, lanky, blue bird who is a mellow NiceGuy, but he's irresponsible, is VitriolicBestBuds Rigby, and has a disastrous love life centered around two girls. Muscle Man on the other hand is a short, fat green humanoid who can be an obnoxious {{Jerkass}}, but is hardworking, rarely has beef with Fives, and is in a healthy relationship for most of the series.

The show's main cast consists of seven guys who are employees of an urban park. Mordecai, Rigby, Benson, Pops, Skips, Muscle Man and High Five Ghost (or Fives). And the majority of the show is centered on how insane and off the wall their lives can get with normal, mundane tasks and in just ''eleven minutes''.

* {{Gonk}}: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He's the most consistently unattractive man in the cast, but its more owed to his slobbish behavior. When he actually [[HeCleansUpNicely dresses himself properly and combs his hair]], he more resembles a BigBeautifulMan.