Just Set Up the Chairs

Original Airdate: Sep 13, 2010

Written and Storyboarded by Sean Szeles and Shion Takeuchi

[The Park: The House]

(Benson is standing in front of the steps at the house, with his workers sat on them, except Skips - who is leaning against a wall)

BENSON: Alright, listen up. We've got this birthday party today, so lots to do. Lots to do...Muscle Man, Hi Five Ghost, you're in charge of picking up the special entertainment.

(Everybody, meet Muscle Man and Fives! The duo high five each other)

MUSCLE MAN & HFG: Yes! Uh!

BENSON: Skips, you set up the bouncy castle.

SKIPS: Mm.

(Skips skips away and jumps into a bush)

BENSON: Let's see, I'm picking up the kids so...Mordecai and Rigby, you set up the chairs.

MORDECAI & RIGBY: Augh!

(Mordecai slides down the steps. Pops then sticks his head out of his bedroom window, on the top floor of the House)

POPS: Oh, what about me? Surely, I'm invited to my own birthday party?

BENSON: Um, your birthday was last week, remember? It's a kid's party today.

POPS: I still have balloons!

(Pops pulls out a bunch of balloons)

BENSON: We got it covered, Pops.

POPS: Oh. I see.

(Pops sadly floats out of the window with the balloons, and flies off into the sky)

MORDECAI: Dude, how come we always get stuck with the lame jobs? Setting up the chairs?

RIGBY: Lame!

BENSON: I can't trust you guys with something actually important. You're always slacking off!

MORDECAI: You calling us slackers?

RIGBY: Did he? Did you?

MORDECAI: He's calling us slackers. Look dude, we can totally set up all those chairs without slacking off.

BENSON: Good. Do it then.

MORDECAI: We will.

RIGBY: Yeah, and next time you'll get someone else to set up the chairs?

(Mordecai smugly poses towards Benson)

BENSON: Fine.

(Mordecai and Rigby dance in celebration)

MORDECAI & RIGBY: OOHHH! Not setting up the chairs next time! Not setting up the chairs next time! Uh!

(They point towards the ground, with a goofy look on their faces. Benson walks off)

BENSON: Just set up the chairs.

[The Park: Event Tent]

RIGBY: Benson's gonna drop his balls when he sees how good we set up these chairs! He's gonna be all like "Oh no, my gumballs!"

MORDECAI: Hahaha, yeayuh! We rule at setting up the chairs!

(Mordecai picks up the first chair and passes it to Rigby)

MORDECAI: One.

(Rigby opens up the chair)

RIGBY: One!

(Rigby chucks the chair on the ground. It falls over)

RIGBY: Yeah, dude. This sucks.

MORDECAI: I agree dude, and normally I'd be all "let's quit", but we have to prove to Benson we can set up these chairs.

RIGBY: Alright. Gah! Must be nice to be the boss, Benson never has to do chores!

[Highway: Bus]

(Benson, riding a school bus, is seen to be stuck in traffic. He's driving a bus full of children and is evidently annoyed. He tries to make an effort by wishing Jimmy, the birthday boy, drinking from a cup, a happy birthday)

BENSON: Happy birthday, Ji-

JIMMY: Just drive the bus, you crazy slop jockey!

(Jimmy continues drinking from his cup, as Benson turns around looking even more annoyed than before)

[The Park: Event Tent]

(Rigby is messing around using the chairs as fake laser guns and armor. Make laser sound effects as he runs around. He then knocks down some chairs which Mordecai has set up, and falls to the ground laughing)

MORDECAI: What the H, dude?

(Rigby is laughing hysterically)

MORDECAI: Can we please just focus?

(Rigby groans and throws his chair armor off)

RIGBY: When you say that, it makes me tired.

MORDECAI: Dude.

(Rigby sits on a chair, groaning again)

RIGBY: You sound like Benson.

MORDECAI: Dude. Listen. If we pound through this, we'll never have to do this lame chair stuff again.

(Rigby gasps)

RIGBY: Next time it could be us picking up...

MORDECAI & RIGBY: The Special Entertainment!

[Luxury Apartments]

(Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost are picking up the Special Entertainment. Muscle Man knocks on their apartment door, 6B. The door opens with the inner chain still attached. A pair of eyes are visible from inside. Muscle Man reads his notes for what to say to the Special Entertainment)

MUSCLE MAN: We are here to pick you up.

(The two-eyed figure shuts the door, unhooks the chain and reopens the door. He is revealed to be a horse. As he opens the door, almost a dozen cans fall to the ground, insinuating a drinking problem)

HORSE: Just a second.

(The other member of the Special Entertainment, a clown, can be heard shouting from inside the apartment, slurring his words)

CLOWN: Ah, who's at the door?

(The Horse points outside and walks towards Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost. The Clown attempts to walk outside but is immediately blinded by the sunlight)

CLOWN: Oh, it's bright!

(The clown puts on a pair of sunglasses and suddenly gags, but swallows to prevent himself from throwing up. If that insinuation of a drinking problem didn't mean anything before, it certainly does now. Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost stare at the Special Entertainment for a couple beats)

MUSCLE MAN: You know who likes Special Entertainment like that? My Mom!

(Muscle Man and HFG high five)

CLOWN: Can I borrow five bucks?

[The Park: Event Tent]

(Mordecai and Rigby are finally setting up the chairs. Rigby is throwing each chair towards Mordecai, who then proceeds to put each chair in its place)

MORDECAI: 37!

(He takes the chair and places it on the ground)

MORDECAI: 38!

(Mordecai waits for the chair but nothing arrives)

MORDECAI: 38?

(Mordecai turns around to see Rigby relaxing on the empty chair trolley)

MORDECAI: Rigby!

RIGBY: That's all the chairs, dude.

MORDECAI: There's supposed to be fifty!

RIGBY: That's Benson's problem.

MORDECAI: No, dude. That's our problem.

(Rigby sits up and grunts)

MORDECAI: Come on. We gotta find the rest.

(Mordecai walks off to find the chairs and Rigby follows, reluctantly)

RIGBY: Fine. Let's find your stupid chairs.

(Rigby runs up to a closed door on the side of the Event Tent and pushes it)

RIGBY: It won't open, let's get outta here.

MORDECAI: You try the actual doorknob?

RIGBY: Augh, you're killing me!

(Rigby effortlessly nudges the doorknob)

RIGBY: It's locked, let's do something else.

(Mordecai pushes Rigby out of the way and tries the doorknob himself)

MORDECAI: Come on, dude. Take this seriously.

(Mordecai attempts to open the door but realizes that it actually is locked)

MORDECAI: Oh. It is locked.

RIGBY: Hmph, hmph.

MORDECAI: We gotta get those chairs.

(Mordecai runs towards the door)

RIGBY: Hey!

(Mordecai barges into the door with his shoulder and busts it open. He lands on the floor groaning, as Rigby walks in)

[Arcade Room]

RIGBY: Whoa!

MORDECAI: Ugh, you see the chairs?

RIGBY: Even better!

MORDECAI: What do you me-

(Mordecai opens his eyes and sees a collection of arcade games)

RIGBY: It's like old-school heaven!

(Mordecai gets up and walks towards the games with Rigby)

MORDECAI: Yeah, look at these things.

(As Mordecai names each game, their respective arcade machines are shown)

MORDECAI: Ball of Yarn, Lemonade Stand, Hats for Sale, Clap Like This, Candle Maker, Deli Dude, Staring Contest! Why are these even here?!

RIGBY: Who cares? Let's play!

(Mordecai quickly stops Rigby)

MORDECAI: No, dude! Dude, no. You want Benson to think we're slackers forever?

RIGBY: I dunno, do you wanna be boring forever?

(Rigby jumps onto the "Lemonade Stand" arcade machine)

MORDECAI: Not cool, dude.

RIGBY: Whatever, I'm taking my break

(Rigby starts the game and starts button mashing)

MORDECAI: Dude, you're not even doing it right. You're just mashing the buttons.

RIGBY: Whatever, why don't you go back to work?

MORDECAI: I know, how about I take my break too?

(Mordecai shoves Rigby off the arcade machine and beats the game almost instantly)

MORDECAI: Bam!

(The arcade's screen pops up with a "You Win" message)

MORDECAI: OOOHHHH!!

RIGBY: Man, that was just luck.

MORDECAI: Hmph, hmph.

(A montage begins of Mordecai beating Rigby at all of the arcade games, each time with Mordecai shouting...)

MORDECAI: OOOOHHHHH!!!

(The montage ends as Mordecai beats "Hats for Sale")

MORDECAI: OOOHHHH!! Ten in a row!!

(Mordecai walks off)

MORDECAI: Alright, let's finish those chairs.

(Rigby glances around, and notices an additional arcade machine)

RIGBY: Wait, man. What about that one?

(Rigby runs over to the arcade machine, which is covered by a sheet with a notice saying "Out of Order". He turns back and smiles towards Mordecai)

MORDECAI: Didn't they teach you how to read? "Out of Order".

(Rigby ignores Mordecai and pulls the sheet off the machine, revealing a game called "Destroyer of Worlds"

RIGBY: Whoa! This looks awesome!

MORDECAI: Yeah, whatever. It's broken.

RIGBY: Probably 'cause people couldn't stop playing it 'cause it's so awesome!

(Rigby starts punching the machine, in hopes of making it work)

MORDECAI: Pfft...how you gonna fix that with your third grade education?

RIGBY: Hey! Why don't you go ask Benson to tell you what to do?

(Mordecai stares at Rigby with his arms crossed for a beat)

MORDECAI: Move over, Rigby.

(Mordecai opens the casing at the front of the machine and finds a note attached to the wires. He takes it out and reads it with Rigby)

MORDECAI & RIGBY: "In the name of all that is holy, don't connect the red wire to the blue wire"?

(Mordecai and Rigby lower the note, and see two cut wires, one red and one blue)

MORDECAI: I don't think we should do this.

(Rigby stares at Mordecai and chucks the note away. He then starts meddling with the wires, connecting them together)

RIGBY: Come on, come on...

(Rigby successfully connects the wires together, leading to a ghostly figure of a demonic head floats passed him laughing. Mordecai and Rigby glance at each other, then the lights go out)

MORDECAI: Dude, what just happened?

RIGBY: I don't know!

(The screen of the "Destroyer of Worlds" arcade game turns on, lighting up the room. With it, a massive green explosion is produced from the screen, throwing Mordecai and Rigby to the back of the room. They look up to see a beam now coming out of the screen, and forming a 3D version of the game's main villain, the Destroyer of Worlds, a giant 8-bit demonic head. He flies passed Mordecai and Rigby)

MORDECAI: That can't be good.

RIGBY: I dunno, he could be cool!

(The Destroyer fires lasers out of his eyes and blows up one of the Arcade Room's walls, as he flies out into the Park)

MORDECAI: Oh man, we're so dead!

RIGBY: Maybe no-one'll notice.

[The Park]

(The Destroyer destroys multiple things across the Park, observed by Pops, who is still floating across the sky with his balloons)

POPS: Oh, who unleashed the Destroyer of Worlds? Good show!

(Mordecai and Rigby are seen in the ruins of the Arcade Room)

MORDECAI: We better go find Skips.

[The Park: Playground]

(Skips is setting up the bouncy castle, as Mordecai and Rigby run towards him, panting out of breath)

MORDECAI: Skips - uh, dude.

SKIPS: What'd you guys do?

MORDECAI: What? Nothing!

(The Destroyer destroys the playground's slide. Skips looks up and sees the Destroyer flying passed them, laughing)

SKIPS: You ignored my note, didn't you?

MORDECAI: A note? What note?

RIGBY: You mean like a musical note?

(The Destroyer destroys the bouncy castle)

SKIPS: You fools! Destroyer of Worlds will kill us all!

(The Destroyer flies up to them, laughing)

SKIPS: I have an idea but I need time. Distract it!

(Skips skips away)

MORDECAI: Wait, what? Distract it how?

(Rigby picks up a pebble from the ground)

RIGBY: Get outta here!

(Rigby throws the pebble at the Destroyer's chin. He suddenly frowns, angry at Rigby)

RIGBY: Uh oh.

[The Park]

(The Destroyer chases Mordecai and Rigby across the Park, firing a long line of fiery lasers at them, but not hitting them. Benson pulls up in the school bus of kids)

BENSON: We're here.

(Benson quickly spots Mordecai and Rigby running in front of him and steps on the breaks to avoid hitting them, he screams. The Destroyer then flies up to the school bus)

KIDS: It's the special entertainment, yay!

(The Destroyer fires a laser at the bus, destroying its roof. All the kids and Benson scream. They all flee the bus and run across the Park. Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost then pull up in the golf cart, with the Special Entertainment in the back)

MUSCLE MAN: Hey kids! Get ready for our very special entertainment!

(The Special Entertainment leave the cart. The horse waves at them as the clown prepares a magic trick. The Destroyer then zaps them, and they turn to ashes. The kids stare at their ashes, then scream and run. Mordecai and Rigby are standing in the middle of the chaos and watch the Destroyer fly across the Park, destroying everything)

MORDECAI: We're screwed.

(Skips pulls up behind them in another golf cart, with three other arcade machines all tied up to it)

SKIPS: Get in!

(Mordecai and Rigby jump into the cart with Skips, as the trio chase after the Destroyer)

SKIPS: Climb up top, but don't press start until I say.

(Mordecai and Rigby climb on top of the cart, while Skips continues driving. They both manage it however, and stand on two arcade machines, ready for Skips' signal. Pops is still floating with his balloons, but quickly gets detached from them when he gets hit by the arcade machines on top of the cart. Pops pops his head down to say "hello" to Skips)

POPS: Skips, my good man! I lost my balloons.

SKIPS: Take the wheel.

(Skips climbs onto the back of the cart, which has another arcade machine attached to it, as Pops hops into the front of the cart and drives towards the Destroyer)

POPS: Oh, it must be my birthday!

(Pops stops behind the Destroyer)

SKIPS: Okay, everyone! Press your start buttons on three! One, two, three!

(The trio press their start buttons, magically producing a giant avatar based on the multiple arcade games found in the Arcade Room. He has a lemon head, a double burger torso, candle legs, yarn arms and three hats on top of his head. He is known as the Lemon Chef)

MORDECAI & RIGBY: Whoa!

(The Destroyer fires lasers at the Lemon Chef. Skips starts playing the arcade machine to control the Lemon Chef)

SKIPS: Mordecai and I got the arms. Rigby, you got the legs.

(Mordecai and Rigby start playing the machine too, although Rigby is once again just button mashing)

RIGBY: Aw what, legs? Legs suck! Man, this is worse than the chairs!

(The Lemon Chef is shown to have the ability of throwing burger lasers out of his arms. However, due to Rigby's button mashing, he is running around in circles)

MORDECAI: Dude! Quit mashing the buttons, you're messing up the legs!

RIGBY: Shut up!

(Gaining control of the legs, Rigby makes the Lemon Chef run away from the Destroyer, who chases him)

SKIPS: Drive, Pops, drive!

POPS: This is so much fun!

(Pops steps on the accelerator laughing. They drive up to the Destroyer, distracting him from the Lemon Chef and causing him to fire at the cart instead. He hits the cart and Skips falls off)

MORDECAI: Skips! Pops, stop! We lost Skips!

(Pops steps on the breaks, stopping the cart))

MORDECAI: Skips!

(The Destroyer destroys the roof of a shed, which Mordecai quickly notices contains the extra chairs. He gasps)

MORDECAI: The extra chairs!

(Mordecai turns to Rigby)

MORDECAI: Dude, you kill the Destroyer of Worlds! I'm gonna go get the chairs!

(Mordecai jumps off the cart)

RIGBY: It's too dangerous, just leave them!

(Mordecai runs towards the shed, narrowly avoiding the Destroyer's lasers)

MORDECAI: I don't care! We're not slackers!

(The Destroyer quickly moves to the front of shed and rapidly fires lasers at the shed. Rigby gasps)

RIGBY: Mordecai!

(Mordecai is shown to still be alive, but holding onto the chairs for dear life, screaming)

(The Destroyer is suddenly hit in the head by a burger laser. Rigby is seen mashing the buttons now on Mordecai's machine, rapidly firing burger lasers at him, with the power of Skips' machine too. He quickly stops, with the Destroyer now acting weaker)

DESTROYER: What the?

MORDECAI: The button mashing's working! Finish him off, dude!

(Rigby stretches out his arms and his tail to control all three machines at once, causing the Lemon Chef to fire at the Destroyer at full power. The Destroyer gets destroyed, and turns into a giant 8-bit cherry. The Lemon Chef walks up to the cherry and eats it, gaining 100 points)

[The Park: Pit Top]

(Mordecai, having set up the chairs, walks up to Rigby as he jumps off of the cart and high fives his best friend)

MORDECAI: That was some pretty sweet button mashing.

RIGBY: I told you I got skills!

(Benson climbs up from a pit of ground which was destroyed by the Destroyer, looking reasonably angry)

BENSON: You!

(Mordecai and Rigby turn around to see Benson)

MORDECAI: Whoa! Hey, Benson. Before you freak out, we totally set up those chairs.

(Mordecai signals him towards the chairs, which are seen surrounded by another pit covered in flames. The chairs have indeed been set up, and even Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost are there)

KIDS: Yay!

(Muscle Man is swinging his shirt around in the air)

MUSCLE MAN: Woo! This birthday party's hot!

RIGBY: So we're cool, right?

BENSON: You idiots! That's the last time I entrust you with something important, like the chairs!!

(Mordecai and Rigby stare at him, then dance)

MORDECAI & RIGBY: OOHHH! Not setting up the chairs next time! Not setting up the chairs next time!

BENSON: But you are gonna clean up this mess, and you can start by sweeping up the Special Entertainment!

(A close-up of the Special Entertainment's ashes. Benson walks off)

MORDECAI: Yeah, no problem.

RIGBY: We got it.

MORDECAI: Don't worry about us.

(Mordecai and Rigby wait a beat for Benson to leave)

RIGBY: We're gonna take a break first, right?

MORDECAI: Yeah.

[The End]

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