You know who else is sad Regular Show is over?

From Walks to Skips to Stops

[Usually, promotions are nice and long to engage readers with our community content. But this time, I wanted to help share this message of a bittersweet goodbye to Regular Show, one of the most endearing shows a gamer of any age could watch. Adventure Time may have gotten all the marketing and merch, but Regular Show had our love. ~ Strider]

I just finished watching the final four episodes of Regular Show, which were aired in an hour-long block on Monday. While there are things I didn’t like about it — namely the rushed epilogue that condensed a wealth of character developments in a three-minute montage — overall, I thought it was a fitting end to one of Cartoon Network’s greatest original shows.

But Regular Show wasn’t just a great cartoon. Thinking back on its six-year run, I am confident in saying that it has cemented itself as one of my favorite television programs of all time. Sure, it dipped in quality after a few seasons, and sure, the animation has always been a bit jank, but it struck an emotional chord with its fans, myself especially.

Though it aired on a channel for children, Regular Show‘s true target was ostensibly adults who held a fondness for ’80s entertainment — the music, the movies, the consumer culture, and the video games. Oh, the video games! I don’t think there has ever been a show that understood the finer shades of gamer culture quite like this one. I mean, one of the recurring villains was the floating disembodied head of infamous Donkey Kong record holder Billy Mitch꧟ell! How many people would even pic▨k up on that!?

The show would 🌳be nothing if not for its endearing characters, all with signature lines and catchphrases that my friends and I will doubtlessly be quoting for years to come. The main pr♔otagonists, the blue jay Mordecai and the raccoon Rigby, were 20-something slackers who lacked direction in their lives, but over the course of eight seasons, they matured to become more well-rounded individuals, though they thankfully never lost their goofball attitudes.

I was in their shoes when Regular Show first hit the airwaves in late 2010 — I was 25 and hopping from one part-time job to the next, unsure of my plans for the future. I thus felt a connection with these guys, and I like to believe that I have grown alongside them. I too felt the disappointment of being unappreciated and undervalued, I too felt the sting of borderline poverty and loneliness, but I was able to push through, explore new talents, and find renewed purpose. That there existed a silly cartoon that mirrored the roller coaster of my life in its own twisted way helped keep me warm.

And lest I forget, the biggest highlight of Regular Show for me was that I was once fortunate enough to conduct a phone interview with series creator JG Quintel! The dude said he would love to see a Regular Show video game in the style of ToeJam & Earl! How awesome is that?

For all the highs, all the lows, and all the “OOOOOOHH”s, I raise a grilled cheese in your name.

Good show. Jolly good show.