The Shockingly WEIRD Way Regular Show Ended

Regular Show is anything but... Along with Adventure Time, Regular Show played an important role for the newer age of Cartoon Network. But just when you think you know this show's nothing to something episode structure, the final season decides to change things up, leading to an ending that delivers on so much payoff and emotion. Let's take a look into why Regular Show had such a shocking weird ended.

Writen & Edited By: Jordan Fringe
Channel Art By: Jerry Meehan

[JordanFringe]

Thanks so much for watching! What are your thoughts on the ending to Regular Show?

[StonedUnicornPersonManThing]

When Pops said "Jolly good show." at the end, I legit just broke down.. Head in hands, a snotty mess. Regular Show was not a "Regular" show. It was bloody outstanding.

[trinaq]

Five years after the finale, and I still bawl like a baby at Pops' sacrifice, and all of the characters got fitting endings. Plus, David Bowie's "Heroes" was the perfect song to set the montage to!

[EmberOakSquids]

The VHS ending is just.. insane. This show was something else and I don't think there will ever be anything like it again

[pianist]

I happened to watch Gravity Falls, Regular Show and Adventure Time all back to back and noticed they all kind of end the same way so I did some googling and all the creators were like best friends in Cal Arts. It was cool to see the influence they all had on eachother

[pinkraven]

Pop’s sacrifice was super depressing, but otherwise I found the ending to be extremely satisfying. One of the better endings in Western Animation, imo. It was nice seeing everyone grow up in their own way, even if it had to be away from each other. Cause that’s part of being an adult. Sometimes you have to part from the people you love most in order to move forward. But Regular Show demonstrated that moving forward doesn’t mean leaving behind.

Everyone is still a close knit group and Mordecai and Rigby have found that balance between mature family men and the goofballs they were in their 20s. It’s almost the ideal way most adults hope they can turn out.

Also, I was honestly pretty happy that Mordecai found a new love in the bat girl. After all that drama with Margaret and CJ, a no-nonsense and clean adult romance is what that guy needed.

[PositivePasta]

Very well put! I was pretty satisfied with the ending, a lot of people were straight up unhappy about it because of what happened with Pops, but if Pops didn't sacrifice himself for the universe, I don't think the finale would've had such a huge impact, and since it was the series finale it's not like there were more episodes without Pops being around. Pops and Mr. Maellard got their statues in their honor and that made it feel like they didn't just rip Pops away from the show at the moment of his death. Always going to forever remember, The Naive Man From Lolliland, Pops

[ItsCel_Lin]

For as goofy and weird as this show is, the ending reveal that Pops was watching over them the entire time never fails to make me cry. It's such a beautiful way to end it

[packnetadaija]

I loved regular show! I thought it was good show with a lot of funny blends between adult and kid humor. The finale made me so sad :(

[Gale_Storm_]

Wow...never even saw that ending, but the clips and description you gave had me tearing up. That's powerful stuff.

[wasabiguy]

The line "We wouldn't be here if it weren't for pops" still hits me to this day, from season 1 to 8 you'd never expect the happy lollipop man to ascend to God hood

[visigoda]

My husband and I saw this episode the day it aired. The moment *Heroes* began playing, we began crying like babies. David Bowie died the year prior (2016), and we were kinda affected by it it because we were *HUGE* fans.

[shawndon]

I remember tearing up so fast when Pops says “Jolly good show” so softly and contently at the end. It was perfect, as much as I hate shows coming to an end.

[thisisthatotherQhai]

Regular Show is a show that grew in my heart since 2012. It really shaped my sense of humor and the tone of the show. I'm a huge fan of the show that when I heard the show ended, I got really bummed about it but like every show has come to an end. It's a good thing too as the show felt like it was runs its course on CN and deserves a great way to end the show.

[untrustedtech]

This is one of very few shows that has truly made me cry, personally regular show is in my top 3 but seeing someone else express the same feelings for the show as how I’ve always seen it. Thank you Jordan for beautifully bringing these amazing memories back.

[Kittenfox_]

Regular show formula: Everyday problems escalated a supernatural twist

[arqjrp]

Regular show was perfection, I loved it and the final episode hit me right in the feels, I couldn't believe the impact it had in me.

[Obi-WanGaming]

Now that i think about it, this show seemed to have a much bigger theme of “regular story goes to insanity” than just in the episodes

We went from a group of guys in a park, to those same guys saving the universe in space
Even the intro to the show starts with just some random ambience music while the outro is a much faster, energetic song

[unknownvariable]

Regular Show will always have some of the most memorable and hilarious characters ever. The writers, directors, everyone who worked on it did a great job. Nobody can deny this show is a masterpiece

[EnigmaticGentleman]

Regular Show had some plot before, but straight up calling the final season "IN SPACE!", and basing it around a battle of gods was out there even for them. Yet it still was the best season