Skips Strikes is the third season three episode (and forty-third episode overall) of Regular Show. It premiered on October 3, 2011, receiving 2.079 million views.
Skips, Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson (Park Strikers) are playing a winning game of bowling at Stardust Lanes. After the game, the losing team tells the Park Strikers that if it weren't for Skips, they would not be nearly as good. The Strikers reply by saying that they cannot help Skips being awesome. They then admire the championship trophy, which could be theirs if they win their upcoming championship game against the Magical Elements (Death, Gary, The Wizard, and one of the Guardians of Eternal Youth). Death says that his team will be victorious, but the Park Strikers say otherwise.
The Park Strikers then go to eat at Giorgio's Tower of Pizza, where Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson each claim, sarcastically, that they are the one responsible for the team's success, before they freely admit that Skips is the best player on the team. Skips then goes to the bathroom, as the pizza is being brought out. There he meets Death, who threatens to reveal a secret from Skips's past, unless Skips will sit the game out.
Later, back at the House, Benson is giving a presentation, discussing the schedule of who gets possession of the trophy and when. Skips then enters the room and delivers the bad news that he cannot play. Benson then converts his presentation into one on how to lose. Rigby, however, is not satisfied with defeat, and tells the team that they will have to win without Skips. The next day at the bowling alley, the team is practicing, having found Pops as an ill-suited replacement for Skips, only managing to knock down a single pin. Death then appears, asking where Skips is, and revealing a wager between himself and Rigby: if the Park Strikers win, they would receive Death's "soul ball," but if the Magical Elements were to win, Death would get the Park Strikers' souls. The Strikers are obviously upset with Rigby's wagering of their souls, and go to search for Skips, as they know he is their only hope of saving their souls. But when they arrive at his house, they find only a note from Skips, telling them that he has gone "soul searching" alone.
Later, the Park Strikers are driving to the game, feeling understandably depressed, knowing that they cannot win, while Skips reminisces about the times they had together. The game begins with the Strikers losing, but when Pops comes up to bowl, Skips appears, reclaiming his place. Skips manages to turn the game in the Park Strikers' favor, leading the Magical Elements to start cheating using magic. The last frame comes, with the two teams perfectly tied. Skips comes up to bowl, and Death threatens to reveal his secret. Skips replies that his friends' souls are more important than his real name. Skips proceeds to bowl, and even the combined magical powers of the Magical Elements cannot keep Skips from bowling a strike. The Park Strikers are victorious, and Death holds up his end of the wager, giving the team his "soul ball." In the final scene, the team is driving home. Rigby and Mordecai fiddle with the soul ball, and Benson asks why Skips changed his name. Skips explains that his name was formerly "Walks," but since he skips instead of walking, he thought that Skips would be a more appropriate name.
This is the second time Benson had shouted "OOOOOH!", the first being Benson Be Gone.
This is also the second time Benson had said a catchphrase at the same time with Mordecai and Rigby, the first being Benson Be Gone.
This is the second time Mordecai's and Rigby's nicknames Murdercai and Rigbone were used, the first time was Brain Eraser.
The bowling alley and its look is a reference to the 1998 film "The Big Lebowski". In addition, the alley attendant looks like Steve Buscemi's character Donny in the film.
Another reference to the movie is made when both teams say to each other, "You're out of your element."
A third reference is when Skips tells Death "Well that's just your opinion, Death."
Muscle Man and High Five Ghost appeared in this episode twice, but don't have any lines.
If you look closely, the Cheezer's Cashier appears in the background at the bowling alley.
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