"House Rules"
Season 3, Episode 9
Production code:	309
Premiere date:	November 14, 2011
Credits
Directed by:	Mike Roth
Story by:	John Infantino & Andress Salaff
Written & storyboarded by:	John Infantino & Andress Salaff
Episode guide
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TRANSCRIPT

House Rules is the eighth episode of season three (and forty-eighth episode overall) of Regular Show. It premiered on November 14, 2011, garnering 2.298 million views worldwide.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Characters 3.1 Minor Characters 4 Themes 5 Gallery

SynopsisEdit

Mordecai and Rigby stumble upon an anarchy after trying to find a place not governed by rules.

PlotEdit

Mordecai and Rigby are playing video games when Benson walks in and tells them to look at some rules. Upon reading it, they find new rules like "no feet on the table," "no food on the table," and "no food on the floor." When they see that one of the rules that Benson added is "no video games," it pushes the two to the point where they try to talk Benson out of it, but are unsuccessful. So they decide to leave the house and find some place where there are no rules.

After trying overnight camping outside the house, which is foiled by another of Benson's rules ("no overnight camping"), the duo try their luck at the Coffee Shop, However, when Margaret answers their knocks, she tells them they can't camp there on account of her boss' rules. The two then try their luck at other places, to no success, once narrowly avoiding being beat up by a person named Gunther.

In an alley, Mordecai and Rigby meet No Rules Man who knows the kind of place they are searching for, so Mordecai and Rigby follow him to a place with no rules (which is inside a big box of garbage). They think it is very cool until they confront the unicorns that they killed in "The Unicorns Have Got to Go" and tells No Rules Man to get rid of them. Naturally, this upsets him because he thinks they told him what to do. So everyone starts to attack them and Mordecai finds out that it's not against the rules to have rules. He summons Benson's rule book to get rid of the problem and convince No Rules Man to tell them the way out. When Mordecai and Rigby go back to the house, they go back to Benson so he can accept them back into the house. Benson believes that they have learned their

lesson, but Benson notices that one rule is ripped out and Mordecai asks which one it was. Meanwhile, No Rules Man is playing the game, "Karate Choppers," when a piece of paper lands on his lap. On the piece of paper is the missing rule (which was "no video games"), and when he reads it, he explodes.

CharactersEdit

• Mordecai
• Rigby
• Benson (semi-antagonist)
• Muscle Man
• Margaret

Minor CharactersEdit

• No Rules Man (antagonist)
• The Unicorns (semi-antagonists)
• Margaret's Boss (cameo)
• Punchies Parade (semi-antagonists)
• Gunther
• Dude (cameo)
• Future Mordecai
• Kevin (semi-antagonist)
• Al (cameo)
• Jeffy (cameo)
• Rock, Paper, Scissors Players
• Giant Rock, Paper, Scissors Arm (semi-antagonist)

ThemesEdit

• This episode explores the theme of how rules and laws are sometimes what holds a society together. At first, the idea of having no rules was a good thing, but eventually chaos ensued in the Land of No Rules due to the lack of a governing set of laws. This episode shares similar themes with William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies.

GalleryEdit

The gallery for House Rules can be viewed here.

Episodes Season 1 The Power • Just Set Up the Chairs • Caffeinated Concert Tickets • Death Punchies • Free Cake • Meat Your Maker • Grilled Cheese Deluxe • The Unicorns Have Got to Go • Prank Callers • Don • Rigby's Body • Mordecai and the Rigbys Season 2 Ello Gov'nor • It's Time • Appreciation Day • Peeps • Dizzy • My Mom • High Score • Rage Against the TV • Party Pete • Brain Eraser • Benson Be Gone • But I Have a Receipt • This Is My Jam • Muscle Woman • Temp Check • Jinx • See You There • Do Me a Solid • Grave Sights • Really Real Wrestling • The Night Owl • Over the Top • A Bunch of Baby Ducks • More Smarter • First Day • Go Viral • Skunked • Karaoke Video Season 3 Stick Hockey • Bet to Be Blonde • Skips Strikes • Terror Tales of the Park • Camping Can Be Cool • Slam Dunk • Cool Bikes • House Rules • Rap it Up • Cruisin' • Under the Hood • Weekend at Benson's • Fortune Cookie • Think Positive • Skips vs. Technology • Butt Dial • Eggscellent • Gut Model • Video Game Wizards • Big Winner • The Best Burger in the World • Replaced • Trash Boat • Fists of Justice • Yes Dude Yes • Busted Cart • Dead at Eight • Access Denied • Muscle Mentor • Trucker Hall of Fame • Out of Commission • Fancy Restaurant • Diary • The Best VHS in the World • Prankless • Death Bear • Fuzzy Dice • Sugar Rush • Bad Kiss Season 4 Exit 9B • Starter Pack • Terror Tales of the Park II • Pie Contest • 150 Piece Kit • Bald Spot • Guy's Night • One Pull Up • The Christmas Special • TGI Tuesday • Firework Run • The Longest Weekend • Sandwich of Death • Ace Balthazar Lives • Do or Diaper • Quips • Caveman • That's My Television • A Bunch of Full Grown Geese • Fool Me Twice • Limousine Lunchtime • Picking Up Margaret • K.I.L.I.T. Radio • Carter and Briggs • Skips Stress • Cool Cubed • Trailer Trashed Shorts and Spin-offs The Pilot • Mordecai and Rigby: Ringtoneers • Mordecai and Rigby: Comic-Con Message • Season Three Promo • 2 in the AM PM • The Naive Man from Lolliland • Creepy Doll • Death Metal Crash Pit • In the House • Episode Promos • Catchphrases Promo • Regular Show: Slack Pack Commercial Regular Show in Pop Cuture References • Spoofs/Cameos