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Written by J.G. Quintel & Sean Szeles

While playing "Roadkill Bingo," Rigby is sprayed by a skunk whose stench has the power to turn the victim into him when angry.


This episode provides examples of:

  • Agony of the Feet: Happened to the Were-Skunk when Rigby stomps his right foot with a tomato paste can.
  • Brick Joke: The "Roadkill Bingo"
  • Bullying a Dragon: Eileen snickers at Rigby after he pours himself with coffee. This really pisses him off that she unknowingly almost got her life on the line.
    Rigby (in Were-Skunk form): Well, I don't think it's funny! This is my life you're laughing at!
  • Evil Feels Good: A complete transformation into a Were-Skunk causes such a shift in personality that victims will no longer want to change back.
  • Hulking Out: Rigby gets this after being sprayed by a Were-Skunk.
  • I Lied: The Were-Skunk was lying about pineapple juice being the cure when it's actually tomato paste.
    • And it also turns out he lied to Rigby about the skunking effects being permanent. The tomato paste reverses the skunking effect on the Were-Skunk himself and it can be implied he was stuck like that for a long time.
  • Make Them Rot: During Rigby's transformation into a skunk, his scent was so bad that it melts almost everything he touches. In his rush to get to the kitchen, the cart disintegrates and he carves a barren landscape running the rest of the way back.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Rigby, whenever he undergoes his Were-Skunk fits.
  • Offscreen Teleportation: The Were-Skunk somehow made it to the park house despite Rigby beating him up.
  • Our Werebeasts Are Different: Rigby gets sprayed by a Were-Skunk, which gradually turns him into a Were-Skunk and gives him a short temper that causes him to partially transform whenever it's set off.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Rigby gives this to Skips when Skips gives him advice on removing the smell that may not work.
    Rigby (in Were-Skunk form): You think you're so smart, don't you?! "Oh, look at me, I'm Skips, I know everything 'cause I'm so old, let me tell you how to fix your problems in a really lame way!" Well, you know what I think? (growls and attacks Skips) You don't know nothin'! You don't know nothin'!
  • Smelly Skunk: A Were-Skunk traditionally sprays Rigby and kicks off the plot.
  • The Stoic: Out of all the people who are shocked to what Rigby almost did in the coffee shop, the man with the red cap and black jacket doesn't react to this.
  • Tomato Skunk Stink Cure: The antidote to being sprayed by a Were-Skunk is tomato paste. In an ordinary skunk case, it wouldn't get rid of the smell. Rigby's case is definitely not ordinary.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: Apparently becoming a Were-Skunk makes them act this way.
  • [Verb] This!: "Split This!"
  • Was Once a Man: The Were-Skunk was revealed to really be human after the tomato paste cured him. Though our two protagonists still count him as a skunk just to win that bingo.

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