The Shockingly WEIRD Way Regular Show Ended

regular show is anything but a shocking statement  to start off i know but one of the biggest appeals   to the show is how it starts off like an average  day that quickly can turn into a multitude of   unexplainably weird adventures from grounded  street level journeys to universal expanding   voyages the final season of regular show itself  encompasses the weirdness by taking the story   completely into space and having a through-line  narrative between pretty much every episode rather   than these stand-alone wacky episode regular show  remains one of the shows that will completely go   left when it's heading right the mundane to  madness workplace buddy comedy always filled   its 11-minute segment run times with entertaining  nonsense that played on the edge of a kids show   and something slightly more adult and which is  a direction the creator would venture off to   after regular show would come to an end but  today let's take a look at how this seemingly   innocent show ended its 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with thorp van orman the   creative behind the marvelous misadventures of  flapjack and pendleton ward who took the world   by storm with adventure time initially working on  star wars clone wars as an apprentice no not that   type of apprentice the type of apprentice that  revises storyboards to then working on camp laszlo   as well as the creative director for flapjack  before he would be invited to cartoon network's   cartoon institute there has to be a better name  for that to pitch and show off creative ideas   that could have a chance of going beyond just  a short having had some characters created for   his student films he inevitably came up with a  visual pitch instead of a verbal pitch as the   idea of regular show is for sure a harder concept  to explain rather than just show what it was both   craig mccracken and rob renzetti were pretty on  board with what jg had to show and the project   was greenlit at the same time he would work with  ward on adventure time keeping his schedule pretty   full at cartoon network from 2010 to 2017 regular  show would span eight seasons for a total of 261   individual segments and even a movie in 2015. to  say that regular show made quite the impact on the   network would be a massive understatement along  with the one-two punch of adventure time running   simultaneously this would be a part of the new age  cartoon network is still currently in you could   make a million videos talking about almost any  episode from the show to speak about how fun weird   and downright interesting the show consistently  was but season 8 in general completely diverts   from its usual to deliver something special the  first episode of season 8 one space day at a time   sets in motion an overarching story that takes  our lovable slackers and company into the stars   and that culminates in an ending only regular  show could produce starting off with a domed   over park being sent into space a plot point from  the previous season where the dome was part of an   experiment and during the season 7 finale after  rigby graduates they somehow get sent into orbit   after hitting a button with secret motives from  mr maylard the owner of the park so to end season   seven on such a massive cliffhanger and to have  drip-fed this space mystery a bit before we even   get to season 8 was a sneaky and cool way to  prepare us for something rather different later   on throughout their space ventures we arrive at a  space vhs store that claims pops is the chosen one   where a special vhs that contains the past and  origins of pops it explains how mr maylord found   him as a baby with a scroll about two brothers  one of good and one of evil who were destined   to fight one another pops has been experiencing  some changes and powers and for good reason he   needs to train to master his abilities and prepare  to fight against his evil counterpart after pops   takes on intense training to hone his powers and  skills he wants nothing more than to not face off   against anti-pops which is just pops but he's evil  through meditation he's able to contact anti-pops   right inside his head as we see how pops tries  to reason with anti-pops where then he is tricked   into believing that there is a way to settle this  battle without a fight as he thinks that there is   still good inside of anti-pops when they confront  each other pops tries to extend a hug of peace hm   foreshadowing maybe but that didn't work and  a fight breaks out but this battle shows off   their powers against each other in action with  pops finding anti-pops's erasing powers to be   overpowering as the rest of the park's crew has  to swoop in to rescue him and pops his trainer   giving his life to save them as they escape now  with the battle coming up they must travel to his   home world of loliland to fulfill the destiny of  battling anti-pops in which pop still struggles   with this conflict he's terrified on both ends of  not being able to save the universe and of course   being in this fight in general this whole build  up throughout season 8 felt like a celebration   of explaining the method of the madness we've seen  for the seasons before as it pays tribute to the   character of pops and his journey of just being  this happy-go-lucky fella to the sole defense   against the destruction and reset of everything  there's a touching episode before the end where   everyone spends time cheering up pops and making  sure he knows that they have his back no matter   what to commemorate their life and times together  they save their memories as individual moments to   be put on a blu-ray box set which in real life  does not exist and i'm not happy about that fact   i know it's all on streaming but it's not the  same i'll fight for physical over-streaming   any day wait is that foreshadowing be right  back everyone coming up next regular show let's get into the finale of the show starting off  with pops having nightmares about himself losing   the battle and being scared to fight anti-pops now  as they arrive at his home planet of loliland the   guardian statue explains about this exact battle  happening every 14 billion years as a part of a   universe resetting cycle we get a further  deep dive into the history of pops how him   and his planetary race of people came to be  seeing that when the perfect ultimate creation   in pops was created there needed to be a balance  thus giving birth to anti-pops every cycle this   has all happened before the same people in  the same places ending in the same result   a draw no one wins as when the fists collide the  impact causes the universe to reset once more   and so on the cycle goes this time has to be  different though so the rest of the crew try to   strategize setting up traps to catch anti-pops  off guard once the battle starts but pops is   hesitant due to his good nature but allows  them to all go through with setting them up   once anti-pops arrives pops offers another  chance to reason with him for peace but it   doesn't work which springs the traps into action  but all of those efforts fall flat as anti-pops   is completely fine and more ready to fight  than ever a deal is made for the duel however   the first to knock over the other settles the fate  of the universe as when they rip off their shirts   they're both ripped from martial arts to then  their abilities pops actually gets the upper hand   knocking over anti-pops and the battle ends  in pop's favor is what should have been but   anti-pops breaks the deal and continues the fight  the henchmen begin to enter the fight as they go   after the rest of the park's crew but once the  literal embodiment of streaming shows up to   aid on the side of anti-pops i enter the fight  because i said i'll fight streaming okay well   you know that of course that didn't happen but  physical media does as hd dvd and blu-ray show   up to the fight along with a plethora of cameos  from characters throughout the show's run show up   for one more intense and over-the-top battle it  pulls off the same feeling as avengers end game   two years before that movie even happened i sensed  some regular show fans on the writing team over at   marvel jokes aside as pops handles anti-pops and  mordecai along with rigby fight off the henchmen   in aerial combat the rest of the crew and the  backup combined forces to turn into a giant   mech to fight streaming with hd dvd and blu-ray  ultimately landing the crushing blow with their   superior sound quality compared to streaming  and that just makes me feel so justified in   why i love physical media thank you regular show  anti-pops however has grown more and more powerful   growing in size and starts to erase everything  in sight but once he fully erases muscle man and   high five ghosts pops can no longer hold back  in his ultimate power growing massive to match   anti-pops the battle becomes more intense and  the big colliding punch seems to be happening   so in a last-second effort mordecai and rigby fly  directly in between the punch and in a flash that   seems to reset the universe and find ourselves  back in the original episode of the show the power   yeah it just cuts to the original first episode  of the show i'm sure someone watching this   live had to be totally confused and thought  something happened and cartoon network messed   up their broadcast but this confusion would be  short-lived as rigby quickly remembers every   journey and adventure they've ever been on up  until the final battle he tries to explain this   to mordecai but it doesn't hit him until they dig  up that blu-ray set that was just made for them   and it works but what doesn't work is the fact  that we still don't have this blu-ray they then   realize that they aren't back in time they are  frozen in time in this pseudo-pocket dimension so   they use the power of the keyboard to fling them  back to the battle still raging on during this   pops gets knocked back into his own past as the  original jg quintel short of the naive man from   loliland stuff like this specifically is what i  love to see these little inside jokes and moments   and the creators getting to go full-on bonkers  with their vision offering a visual treat not   only for the audience but for the fans furthering  this into the whole fabric of the show unraveling   with the characters turning into production  notes and storyboards it has been something   i feel we have seen more and more recently and  even in quintel's newest show close enough with   the daughter character somehow breaking into  cartoon network's offices to see the production   of the show being made but it just doesn't get  old it's truly a fun little meta spectacle that   adds a layer of appreciation to the creative  process now as the fight is looking grim pops   wants to go in for a different approach one that  was foreshadowed several episodes back and now   trying to settle the score with kindness rather  than fight pops goes in for a hug to help balance   out anti-pops's evil heart as they barrel towards  the sun and in these final moments anti-pops loses   the struggle of evil and finally accepts the love  into his heart as they both crash into the sun pop   sacrifices himself a selfless act that would  not only end the battle and save the universe   but stop this cycle from continuing further we  then cut back to earth as the dome returns with   everyone back home cheering on their arrival we  see as everyone celebrates this that life goes on   a statue for pops is put up and the park crew gets  older they are now able to live their lives start   families and all with no threat of this great  reset all that is missing is pops a main character   in this seemingly day-to-day nothingness show gave  up their life to save everyone from certain doom   it's beautiful and touching how well done this  is 25 years after we meet with mordecai and   rigby once more they reminisce on their lives and  how they got to the spot in life that they're at   all while we pull back and see that this was all  being watched from a vhs titled regular show from   pops himself in the afterlife as he says jolly  good show and the sounds of david bowie's heroes   plays as we end this seemingly regular show  and if that didn't hit you right in the feels   that moment right there then i don't know what  will how hard did you hit your head yeah yeah yeah in the end this finale nay the whole season is  such a weird diversion from the original setup of   the show but it feels so much more impactful that  it did something so different it left the series   at a truly memorable moment each episode has a  connective tissue leading the adventure with a   constant beat by beat story that takes the wacky  nothingness journeys and fuses it together with a   mystery thriller that leads to a satisfying  emotionally driven ending it's something so   unexpected from the show that you almost feel  like you should have expected it the charm of   the show about the day-to-day life at the park  is still there they found a great way to still   incorporate those feelings within the park being  their spaceship essentially with this allowing   for intergalactic adventures with some silly  non-consequential side quests to story-driven   plot points that build towards the gravitas of the  ending it's not only a good ending it's a great   ending easily one of the best out there in modern  times that i can recall the whole ending sequence   of time passing the rest of the crew's life going  by as their futures are all being watched on a vhs   tape by pops in the afterlife it's beautiful the  show especially in the last season didn't shy away   from death most times at the expense of a gag  or joke but to kill off a main character it's a   lot harder and for the sacrifice made especially  it was for a purpose for the universe to be safe   for his friends to be safe while the show had  connecting stories before plot points that   would flow through multiple episodes and character  traits that don't just disappear when the episode   ends it was nothing like how this final season  handled this larger and well-told narrative to me   this intimate slice of the park life really  connected the relationships of all these   characters further it was all unexpected and well  executed but those are just my opinions how do you   feel about the ending of regular show did it have  the same impact on you it was intending to go for   or was season 8's changes and structure a  distraction let me know in the comments thanks   so much for watching make sure to hit the like  button and subscribe for more content like this   follow me on twitter and i'll be back with  another video soon but until then later you

Channel: Jordan Fringe

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Length: 17min 3sec (1023 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 10 2022