Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
This revival of the beloved Cartoon Network series picks up Mordecai and Rigby's surreal park misadventures through a framing device of 'lost' VHS tapes. It carries the same absurdist, slightly irreverent energy as the original, aimed squarely at older kids and teens rather than little ones.
Best suited for tweens and teens who already know and love the original Regular Show; the humor, cartoon violence, and innuendo are pitched well above preschool or early elementary age.
Episodes to know about
The premiere establishes Pops as a ghost in the afterlife following his death in the original finale; families new to Regular Show may want to know this before watching.
An FBI agent mistakes characters for aliens in a sequence involving a chase; cartoon confrontations escalate to absurd action.
A secret nap spot pulls characters into a dream-horror scenario that Muscle Man must enter to rescue them; imagery is surreal and strange rather than realistic.