Honestly I liked the concept of Thomas just being a normal guy in the midst of all the chaos that is the show. It sucks that they didn't do much with him
That clip of Mordecai and Rigby being chased and everything around them was just destroyed, Thomas was frickin' chillin' on a chair! Those are the moments that would've been amazing with a character like Thomas.
I actually like the idea of him not doing much because all of the workers of benson do have emotions that are somewhat special and are actually balanced. Making Thomas the only normal guy and at the end surprises us is actually the best plot I've ever seen.
I remember for no reason at all, thomas was my favorite character in Regular Show. When it was revealed that he was a Russian spy and written out of the show, I got so mad I cried and wrote a letter to CN demanding to bring Thomas back.
im glad someone finally mentions that high five ghost was almost never utilized which sucked cause hes level headed but a nervous wreck, couldve been a cool dynamic
I find it so weird jg quintel said at one point thomas was added to create a new dynamic w/ mordecai and rigby where they now have someone below them and aren't the lowliest guys at the park anymore. like they could be put in charge of him and mentor him or whatever. but they never rlly did that; they hardly interacted (thomas hardly interacted w/ anyone in general) and when they did have him be bossed around it was p much always muscle man doing it. even ignoring the "he was undercover the whole time" explanation, I think it makes sense for thomas to basically be a side/minor character considering he's an intern and doesn't always have to be there, but it's weird they kinda set him up to be a bigger character and never rlly explored this dynamic
I think that’s why the choose to have him as an intern, so the show could get a feel for how the audience reacts to Thomas and be able to get rid of him the next season if the reaction was bad.
@@BlueBlazeKing That's exactly the problem. How is the audience supposed to get a feel for a character who has little to no personality or screentime to build upon that personality? Not only that, nothing stands out about his design, unlike the others. He literally is some Some Guy the character. They had to basically retcon him into someone completely different with all the russian spy stuff in order to make him interesting. Thomas was a character fated to be dead on arrival and forgotten about because they didn't actually do anything with him until the very last minute. Edit:Just for the record, I don't dislike Thomas. I just feel like he's wasted potential. I don't necessarily think he's forgettable because he's normal. CJ was also normal yet she became more popular than Margaret because of how down to Earth she was.
@@BlueBlazeKing it’s more based of him personally having interns also come in the writers room/ staff and they usually are just there and the experience when his show gets bigger and people are coming in to learn from him
don’t forget that weird period of time where Thomas was in that pizza costume without explaining to the audience why he’s wearing that pizza costume until like 8 episodes later
I remember there was a cancelled version of the Russian spy episode that never aired where "Nikolai" actually gets shot by the REAL Thomas, who then explains that that wasn't actually him, but his twin brother: "Does bad things thomas"
@@rumblebird9888nah lol I think he’s making fun of whenever people gas up any little bit of clever writing from Vince Gilligan the guy that made Breaking Bad . If you go on any breaking bad clip the comments are more full of tongue in cheek “analysis” than serious ones 😂
Honestly, Russian Spy Thomas could've been fun as a frequent recurring character. Not a main character, but someone who regularly shows up in the shenanigans of the park. Like, mordecai and rigby would be whining about having to mow the lawn or whatever, and a random park visitor would pull off a mask and be Thomas, who offers them some kind of experimental russian spy equipment to help them out, which they misuse and chaos havoc with, which they then have to fix. Or he can use a network of connections to get tickets to some event m&r are talking about, which serves as an inciting incident to an episode about a demon band stealing peoples souls with music. You get the kind of stuff I'm saying? Not a full main character, but still present in the goings on of the show.
ngl a band that steals souls with their music would be kinda dope and a cool story that could be heavily explored 🧐 tho ig itd just be a more serious verison of metalocalypse but its still a cool idea nonetheless
Hi five ghost deserved so much better. It felt like he was a filler character for the entire show. Such a fun concept and unique design but the writers clearly had no idea what to do with him beyond the original gag of him high fiving muscleman after the “my mom” jokes. So much wasted potential. The fact that he’s a ghost is inherently an interesting thing that presents so many opportunities for storytelling which the show ignores at every turn out of laziness. If he’s a ghost, how did he die? He didn’t lmao he was born a ghost. If he’s a ghost, can’t he phase through things? Yes, but actually no. If he could, it would solve too many problems so he can in theory but he never actually does. If he’s a ghost, is he immortal like Skips? Nah lmao he ages just like anyone else because uhhhh ummm uhhh
works exactly the same way the ghost Carrie works in Gumball. they're just ghosts, he's got a mom and dad and low five ghost, his estranged relative. Phase through stuff? yes important to plot! no! but even if he can phase through stuff in peril, he's too useless to help anyways, so... he's just "stuck" too. ghosts age and die the same way, and real ghosts aren't real. once your dead, you're brown bread in regular show
@@TemmiePlays but Carrie in Gumball is immortal and has been around for hundreds of years. She also can’t eat. Fives does eat and even explicitly worries about starving to death when they go to space (which I remembered because of how weird it was to me). The only thing being half human does for Carrie in Gumball is it allows mortals to see her, whereas Fives is functionally a normal human outside of his ability to fly and shapeshift.
@@CarterMcartmart ohbh didn't realize they made her immortal. she ate food and stuff in season 1. I remember her eating dinner with her family if various ages.
I “grew out” of regular show by the time Thomas was added but for some reason I remember him so fondly despite only seeing a few episodes he was in lol I also remember tuning into the series finale and watching it with a friend who was still caught up with the show and I was like “where the hell is Thomas” and was so confused when he told me he was a Russian spy
I watched the show less as time went on too, but got back into it once I hit Mordecai and Rigby's age. That's when it started hitting different. Even my mom liked Thomas and she didn't even really watch the show. Seeing her reaction to the spy reveal was amazing. She's like WTF ARE YOU WATCHING
Honestly, if the writers wanted a new main character, they could've just had Eileen be part of the main crew earlier in the show. She was already an established character early on in the show and became more prominent as the show went on, especially when she and Rigby became a couple. She even became part of the main crew in the final season when she went to space with the other main characters.
Writers were already beating the shit out of Mordecai by then. If they made Eileen more of a main stay and be Rigby's nerdy gf, Mordecai would literally kill himself for getting outskilled
I think that the reason why some people may think Exit 9B is better than the actual final would probably be because it had a lot of returning characters that we don't see again in the actual final.
the thing is imo that part of the finale wasn't as impactful as it could've been bc the show already did the "tons of characters coming back for giant fight" thing a couple times. both in exit 9B (which also included villain returns), and the giant mecha battle against the geese. so when they all came back in the series finale it was like "ah we're doing this again" instead of feeling like that big a moment. still cool, but could've been cooler
When shows typically introduce new characters randomly, I get annoyed, but Thomas was an OG right off the bat. A regular character in Regular Show was an enjoyable concept.
I think "The Real Thomas" works so well BECAUSE Thomas blended into the background prior to that. If he had been a more prominent character it would've made much less sense. I honestly thought it was intentional to have him written like that once I saw that episode.
i had the biggest most random crush on Thomas for absolutely no reason. He was always so chill and vibed from the start. I remember I was like 9 in 2015 and cried actual tears when I thought Muscle man killed him in "starter pack"
can we talk abt the fact that thomas is just drinking actual beer at 10:05 when alcohol is usually portrayed as wings or soda or something like that and bro just chilling there with his bud light
Thomas is what I like to call a Graggle character, a character that has been in the show for a period of time but randomly doesn’t show up for the rest of the show. Veteran fans of the show will remember him but newcomers will have no idea about said character. Other examples of Graggle characters I can think of are Gopher from Winnie the Pooh, Prairie Dawn from Sesame Street and Stereo from Space Goofs, characters that use to be main members of the cast but in recent seasons are now only occasional cameos.
i think thomas is a pseudo-graggle, bc its not like he was there from the show’s inception or and he appeared pretty well into it’s prime so most ppl who watched the show remember him i would say and the only reason they wouldn’t is bc of how brief his stint was and how little he showed up afterwards. also is graggle derived from something?
@@StanleyNumber427 Not really Tord because the circumstances were different. He even have an episode where he left. He HAS an explain why he left. Hell, even the End gives in lore explanation.
@@leeb5112 graggle is associated with a lost Simpsons character that people have often claimed was real and was removed from all episodes or is only in a Alternative Universe version of the Simpsons.
Wouldn't it be the opposite? Many of us might forget Thomas but newer fans will remember him since they've frequently watched the show? Of course old fans will rewatch
I like Thomas, mostly because I relate to him the most. Just some guy who's mostly on the sidelines watching other people do things, while have little to no involvement with the group. I originally thought that one episode where Mordecai & Rigby go into Thomas's brain, where a little man, who was trying to kill Thomas, fell in the pit survived and is somehow rewiring his brain to make him go rogue. But no, Thomas just suddenly went Russian one day and left... I still like him, but I do feel like there was some missed potential with him.
it was always funny to me whenever a wide shot that showed the whole gang happened, thomas would also be there, adding very little to the conversation. he's the ultimate "and also x is there" character
i dont know why, but thomas just had something you LOVED about him. even as nikolai, i loved him. im so bummed he wasn't in the finale. he was my favourite character
I am also in the camp of the three people who, for whatever reason, had Thomas as their favorite character. I really liked the dynamic of, out of all these wacky zany characters (excluding High-Five Ghost) who were constantly getting into situations and more often than not getting someone else killed over it, there was just this regular guy. Just an intern trying to get by and more often than not getting sucked into his friends' adventures. He was on the bottom rung of the park food chain, but he never really seemed to resent that, and that made him likable. He was a dork, but not to the point where he was ever annoying. I dunno man, I just really liked him for some reason.
Imma be real, Thomas became my favorite immediately because I love goats. Plus him being like, super damn normal in a show like this was just fun to me. Then the plot twist of him being a spy stuck with me so much for some reason??? Like even after I stopped watching the show that scene just lived in my head for many years for no absolute reason.
I wish Thomas came back in the final season having stole an experimental Russian spacecraft or something anything to just bring him back into the show would’ve worked for me There could’ve been a subplot about the park crew and Thomas talking about how much of the time he really cared for the park crew and how much he was there for Russia It could’ve led to some incredibly emotional moments
I think a big part of Thomas's character was that he was so forgettable. He snuck into the show, snuck into the lives of the main characters, and all of a sudden had a huge climactic moment. I'd wager that a lot of people didn't even realize that Thomas was in the show until it was revealed that he was a spy. Then everybody got Mandella effected thinking "wait Thomas was here all along?!?!" The pure shock that someone we barely noticed for several seasons was such a huge player in the parks story shows us how much the people in our lives that we disregard really matter, and I think it was a great way for the show creators to prank the audience
What I think is funny is that if Regular Show really was a story-driven show that cared a lot about its setups and payoffs and the lore it wanted to tell then something like this would have a thousand video essays as to “when this show lost all its quality”, but because it’s Regular Show you just kinda accept it because it’s definitely not the weirdest thing this show did lol
One of your best and funniest videos yet. Also really small detail but as someone who also owns a snow peashooter plush and keychain it brings me great joy just seeing another one even if it's just for an outro meme.
A possible explanation for why the character of Thomas was created in the first place could be that Roger Craig Smith just got more expensive as a voice actor and they needed something to justify keeping him on. We all know that RCS is the voice of Sonic, so maybe prior to the introduction of Thomas, RCS was offer and accepted his role as Sonic in the Sonic Boom show that was also being aired on Cartoon Network, which of course would have taken his attention away from Regular Show and he would have had to ask for a higher salary for him to do both. From there, JG Quintel or some other showrunner decided to pay the difference to keep him on and created the character of Thomas so that he doesn't go to waste as a more expensive voice actor just doing background character voices. The lack of depth in Thomas at first could be proof of this where they just needed *A* 1-dimensional regular character for him to voice and they would fill in the details later on, which they hastily did with the Russian spy subplot.
I liked the idea of Thomas being a ''normal guy'' in absurd events. For example in the GTA SA, everybody is crazy expect CJ and his reactions to events are like your own reactions. Thomas was also like that. In a world that everyone is crazy but him, his reactions were relatable.
I liked Thomas because he’s just a normal respectable guy surrounded by chaos. He takes his ribbing on the cheek, he does his work and sometimes other people’s work, he’s adaptable to the insanity of the park, and he never loses that bit of innocence that makes everyone want to protect him
I think Exit 9B was just more impactful to me (and a lot of ppl) because it came out when we were kids! It was very hyped by CN at the time and very satisfying to watch with all the crazy characters. the movie/finale were obviously generally better but at that point im 18 and my health sucks my job sucks etc.
Y'know what? After binge-watching RS a few years back, I think this is a video that was needed. Honestly, I liked Tomas and was shocked and confused by the whole Nikolai thing. I loved that basic milquetoast of a goat. I did like the hints but him being fully blown as a Russian spy was a twist, arguable if it was good. Pushing it on the Fives slander but-- I can understand 😔It is CRIMINAL he wasn't in space or the finale at all like bruh??
you are genuinely my favourite youtuber to do reviews of cartoons and adult cartoons, like your humor is amazing i just love it, keep doing what you doing its great
Thomas was like probably like the first time I saw a character in regular show that reminded me of someone I knew which was my brother I was really bummed when I saw the Thomas reveal ep cuz Thomas in space would’ve been so awesome
I really liked Thomas, and kinda hate the twist. I love him as the straight man to the crazy ass group. And yes, I like him waaaaay better than fives. This is the first time I’ve seen someone mirror how I feel about it. Like, I hate that it makes every previous interaction almost meaningless. I like the episode where it’s revealed, but what it represents is suuuuuper mid. The whole video is EXACTLY how I feel about it. 10:35 is a PERFECT representation on how I feel. Also I love the running joke of Thomas fucking dying in the car in this video😂
I still remember Thomas; I use to watch regular show and yet one of the most forgettable characters of all time was one of the most rememberable characters to me.
thomas next to the rest of the regular show cast looks like when people on deviant art draw their oc in a random scene like they're an actual character
Thomas was always my favorite character. I love how calm he acts compared to the others, and the Russian spy deal was also pretty cool tbh but I was sad he never got >5 seconds screen time after that
i can relate so much it was arefreshing to just have a regular guy in all the craziness, thomas was my favourite character ever since he was added because i can relate to him so much
Whats crazy is I remeber him so vividly. I clicked the video cuz of the thumbnail and it’s like every memory I’ve ever had came back to me about this show
I'm pretty sure they jist added him for his final episode, line him jist appearing out of nowhere and being treated like normal untill he's a Soviet spy out of nowhere is the funniest thing ever
I 100% agree with him being way better than high-five ghost. Initially, before sitting down and fully watching regular show, I thought fives would have a much bigger role to play in the show. Really though, he was pretty sidelined despite how important he is to muscle man’s character and how much he rounds out the park’s dynamic.
I always liked Thomas. I dont know.I think it may be just how normal and grounded he felt really helped contrast with all the wildness that happened every episode. A paragon of normalcy and an all around wholsome little guy. All this also made it feel exra special when he did anything. It's funny how inexplicably capable he seems to be and how little he's interest he shows in utilizing any of it. Ive personally retconnd the twist from my mind and just imagine that he just went of to work at a walmart or something.
At the time besides Pops, Thomas was one of my favorites. It was just him being a normal guy..I don't know I just liked his character and defiantly was shocked when we got that plot twist.
Thomas (voiced by Roger Craig Smith, Thomas' real name is eventually revealed to be 'Nikolai') is an average-sized goat, standing at about 5'9". He has tan-colored fur, longish bangs, a small brown beard on his chin, and grey horns on top of his head. His first appearance was in the episode 'Exit 9B'. He originally was a spy.
Christmas episode, when da guys had to destroy a Evil elf’s Christmas gift to save Christmas, Thomas was in da beginning but benson told him to go do sum, and when they came back his head was in da stairwell😂, lowkey more memorable then high five ghost and he actually went with them😭
Honestly Thomas kinda reminds me of Tord from Eddsworld, they were both main characters for a period, both had personality changes, and then left and showed up in cameos however unlike Thomas Tord hasn’t gotten his redemption yet…
While i doubt you'll make this a "part 2" of sorts, i would've liked if you tried to rewrite him for the later episodes. Like if you had a unique way to keep his Russian spy twist, but not only keep his character in tact, but change how future events will play out now that he's part of it. *What If" scenarios like this is what I love to hear from fans.
Honestly I liked the concept of Thomas just being a normal guy in the midst of all the chaos that is the show. It sucks that they didn't do much with him
yea i think that type of concept works perfectly for a show like this
That clip of Mordecai and Rigby being chased and everything around them was just destroyed, Thomas was frickin' chillin' on a chair! Those are the moments that would've been amazing with a character like Thomas.
I didn't really like thomas
I actually like the idea of him not doing much because all of the workers of benson do have emotions that are somewhat special and are actually balanced. Making Thomas the only normal guy and at the end surprises us is actually the best plot I've ever seen.
so thomas wasnt a evil russian?
I remember for no reason at all, thomas was my favorite character in Regular Show. When it was revealed that he was a Russian spy and written out of the show, I got so mad I cried and wrote a letter to CN demanding to bring Thomas back.
Ngl thats really sad
@@yourfathersinferioritycomplex I think you mean cool
@@deaththakid4435 mmm no, just kinda pathetic
(Man, i am getting ratio'd HARD)
@@yourfathersinferioritycomplex nah it was cool
@@yourfathersinferioritycomplexflag pfp spotted.
The organization’s name being MOMM is lowkey a damn good bit
MY MOMM!
Mother Russia
Hearing Sonic's voice actor speak in Russian was something I never knew I needed.
Him speaking Italian is a godsend too
LOL
He also voice acted Kyle crane in dying light
@@Him-cx7fhBased Dying Light enjoyer
He's done italian accent as Ezio
im glad someone finally mentions that high five ghost was almost never utilized which sucked cause hes level headed but a nervous wreck, couldve been a cool dynamic
Well said
I find it so weird jg quintel said at one point thomas was added to create a new dynamic w/ mordecai and rigby where they now have someone below them and aren't the lowliest guys at the park anymore. like they could be put in charge of him and mentor him or whatever. but they never rlly did that; they hardly interacted (thomas hardly interacted w/ anyone in general) and when they did have him be bossed around it was p much always muscle man doing it.
even ignoring the "he was undercover the whole time" explanation, I think it makes sense for thomas to basically be a side/minor character considering he's an intern and doesn't always have to be there, but it's weird they kinda set him up to be a bigger character and never rlly explored this dynamic
I think that’s why the choose to have him as an intern, so the show could get a feel for how the audience reacts to Thomas and be able to get rid of him the next season if the reaction was bad.
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That's exactly the problem. How is the audience supposed to get a feel for a character who has little to no personality or screentime to build upon that personality? Not only that, nothing stands out about his design, unlike the others. He literally is some Some Guy the character. They had to basically retcon him into someone completely different with all the russian spy stuff in order to make him interesting.
Thomas was a character fated to be dead on arrival and forgotten about because they didn't actually do anything with him until the very last minute.
Edit:Just for the record, I don't dislike Thomas. I just feel like he's wasted potential. I don't necessarily think he's forgettable because he's normal. CJ was also normal yet she became more popular than Margaret because of how down to Earth she was.
@@BlueBlazeKing it’s more based of him personally having interns also come in the writers room/ staff and they usually are just there and the experience when his show gets bigger and people are coming in to learn from him
aren't they supposed to be the "lowliest guys"?
I didn't really like thomas
don’t forget that weird period of time where Thomas was in that pizza costume without explaining to the audience why he’s wearing that pizza costume until like 8 episodes later
It was because he lost the halloween bet
@@cjdageek421 oh yeah i know, but that Terror Tales of the Park episode was a couple episodes after he was shown in the pizza costume
@@theoriginalalex maybe they just aired it out of order
@@vfhvgffc3285 most likely, it’s just really funny to think back on
@@theoriginalalex The entire point of the bet was that he was supposed to wear it until thanksgiving
I remember there was a cancelled version of the Russian spy episode that never aired where "Nikolai" actually gets shot by the REAL Thomas, who then explains that that wasn't actually him, but his twin brother: "Does bad things thomas"
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@@chazington1073 I'm glad it never aired though, I mean come on, "does bad things thomas" what a lazy ending.
I think this version is funnier so it's just going to be my headcannon
@emfl14 I didn't
I got that reference
8:59 "Hey Mom, good news! They want me to stay at the park!"
When he said Mom, he was referring to Mother Russia. Such brilliant writing. Bravo Vince!
"bravo vince" lmaooooooo
Vravo Bince!!
Vince McMahon?
@@rumblebird9888 NO CHANCE!! NO CHANCE IN HELL!!
@@rumblebird9888nah lol I think he’s making fun of whenever people gas up any little bit of clever writing from Vince Gilligan the guy that made Breaking Bad . If you go on any breaking bad clip the comments are more full of tongue in cheek “analysis” than serious ones 😂
I miss Thomas slightly more every day, deserved more than a confusing ass plot twist and a whole personality change ☹️
The shows been over for years now, get over it
@@anonymouslucario285 you have a valid point too
@@anonymouslucario285 stop this anti-thomas PROPAGANDA
@@bored.random you’re so real for this
@@anonymouslucario285 you must be fun at parties bro
Honestly, Russian Spy Thomas could've been fun as a frequent recurring character. Not a main character, but someone who regularly shows up in the shenanigans of the park. Like, mordecai and rigby would be whining about having to mow the lawn or whatever, and a random park visitor would pull off a mask and be Thomas, who offers them some kind of experimental russian spy equipment to help them out, which they misuse and chaos havoc with, which they then have to fix. Or he can use a network of connections to get tickets to some event m&r are talking about, which serves as an inciting incident to an episode about a demon band stealing peoples souls with music. You get the kind of stuff I'm saying? Not a full main character, but still present in the goings on of the show.
Could be so awesome! Such a missed opportunity 😭
Personally Im alright with how he was
That would've been dope.
ngl a band that steals souls with their music would be kinda dope and a cool story that could be heavily explored 🧐 tho ig itd just be a more serious verison of metalocalypse but its still a cool idea nonetheless
When he left I actually thought the show would go this route. Was heavily disappointed when we never saw him again.
I guess you could say Thomas is... the GOAT.
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Hi five ghost deserved so much better. It felt like he was a filler character for the entire show. Such a fun concept and unique design but the writers clearly had no idea what to do with him beyond the original gag of him high fiving muscleman after the “my mom” jokes. So much wasted potential. The fact that he’s a ghost is inherently an interesting thing that presents so many opportunities for storytelling which the show ignores at every turn out of laziness. If he’s a ghost, how did he die? He didn’t lmao he was born a ghost. If he’s a ghost, can’t he phase through things? Yes, but actually no. If he could, it would solve too many problems so he can in theory but he never actually does. If he’s a ghost, is he immortal like Skips? Nah lmao he ages just like anyone else because uhhhh ummm uhhh
fr, did my boy dirty
works exactly the same way the ghost Carrie works in Gumball. they're just ghosts, he's got a mom and dad and low five ghost, his estranged relative.
Phase through stuff? yes
important to plot! no! but even if he can phase through stuff in peril, he's too useless to help anyways, so... he's just "stuck" too.
ghosts age and die the same way, and real ghosts aren't real. once your dead, you're brown bread in regular show
@@TemmiePlays but Carrie in Gumball is immortal and has been around for hundreds of years. She also can’t eat. Fives does eat and even explicitly worries about starving to death when they go to space (which I remembered because of how weird it was to me). The only thing being half human does for Carrie in Gumball is it allows mortals to see her, whereas Fives is functionally a normal human outside of his ability to fly and shapeshift.
@@CarterMcartmart ohbh didn't realize they made her immortal. she ate food and stuff in season 1. I remember her eating dinner with her family if various ages.
@@CarterMcartmart oh and the episode I'm thinking of was gumball drinking the ghost potion, but it messed him up bc he "wasn't born a ghost"
I think the fact that thomas is so consistently given focus when he doesnt actually exist and isnt important is what makes the character so funny
For sure! It was one of my favorite gags they would do
I think the fact that you said the fact that shows the fact that you didn’t really need to say the fact that
I “grew out” of regular show by the time Thomas was added but for some reason I remember him so fondly despite only seeing a few episodes he was in lol
I also remember tuning into the series finale and watching it with a friend who was still caught up with the show and I was like “where the hell is Thomas” and was so confused when he told me he was a Russian spy
Soooo, Just a Regular Show.
I watched the show less as time went on too, but got back into it once I hit Mordecai and Rigby's age. That's when it started hitting different. Even my mom liked Thomas and she didn't even really watch the show. Seeing her reaction to the spy reveal was amazing. She's like WTF ARE YOU WATCHING
You ahould have leave at season 5.
Thats the best part to leave it when you are a kid and return when you grow up.
Talking from experience here.
They pulled a Seymour Skinner on us with this character.
Honestly, if the writers wanted a new main character, they could've just had Eileen be part of the main crew earlier in the show. She was already an established character early on in the show and became more prominent as the show went on, especially when she and Rigby became a couple. She even became part of the main crew in the final season when she went to space with the other main characters.
Writers were already beating the shit out of Mordecai by then. If they made Eileen more of a main stay and be Rigby's nerdy gf, Mordecai would literally kill himself for getting outskilled
He seems like a gaslight character. They added him to make you wonder who he was, and then ripped him away just as quickly.
I think that the reason why some people may think Exit 9B is better than the actual final would probably be because it had a lot of returning characters that we don't see again in the actual final.
the thing is imo that part of the finale wasn't as impactful as it could've been bc the show already did the "tons of characters coming back for giant fight" thing a couple times. both in exit 9B (which also included villain returns), and the giant mecha battle against the geese. so when they all came back in the series finale it was like "ah we're doing this again" instead of feeling like that big a moment. still cool, but could've been cooler
Si es como hacer que endgame sea avengers 2 y luego age of ultron avengers 3 y 4
@@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511 *Sees an English comment*
Better replied to them in Spanish!
When shows typically introduce new characters randomly, I get annoyed, but Thomas was an OG right off the bat. A regular character in Regular Show was an enjoyable concept.
Getting annoyed when a show introduced a new character sounds like typical pure genius....
@@zacktyler2810introducing random main characters well into a show can be annoying. look at fairy oddparents
I think "The Real Thomas" works so well BECAUSE Thomas blended into the background prior to that. If he had been a more prominent character it would've made much less sense. I honestly thought it was intentional to have him written like that once I saw that episode.
as a viewer from SEA, i remember when cartoon network asia had to censor “russian” into a fictional country so thomas was a “drusnik” spy
Thomas was genuinely my favorite character in the show
He just seemed like the most down to earth and welcoming one of them all
i had the biggest most random crush on Thomas for absolutely no reason. He was always so chill and vibed from the start. I remember I was like 9 in 2015 and cried actual tears when I thought Muscle man killed him in "starter pack"
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You had a crush on a goat human?
@@Lildave00lola bunny.
@@tl1326ah, i see you’re a man of culture as well
@@Lildave00 Lopunny.
One of the best jokes in the entire series was in the “Return Of Mordecai And The Rigbys” where Thomas does an impression of a British manager.
6:21 caught me off guard, just taling about how fives doesnt do anything then BOOM:
"DAMN WTF FIVES PULLS A BAD BITCH"
And I just realised Thomas has a goatee. That is definitely one of the jokes of all time
Thomas being one of the characters of all time.😊
@@SirBolsónhe was THE GOAT before the goat even existed
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can we talk abt the fact that thomas is just drinking actual beer at 10:05 when alcohol is usually portrayed as wings or soda or something like that and bro just chilling there with his bud light
omg
Can we talk abt the fact that you said the fact that cause it shows the fact that you didn’t really need to say the fact that
Thomas is what I like to call a Graggle character, a character that has been in the show for a period of time but randomly doesn’t show up for the rest of the show. Veteran fans of the show will remember him but newcomers will have no idea about said character.
Other examples of Graggle characters I can think of are Gopher from Winnie the Pooh, Prairie Dawn from Sesame Street and Stereo from Space Goofs, characters that use to be main members of the cast but in recent seasons are now only occasional cameos.
I can think of Tord from the Eddsworld series.
i think thomas is a pseudo-graggle, bc its not like he was there from the show’s inception or and he appeared pretty well into it’s prime so most ppl who watched the show remember him i would say and the only reason they wouldn’t is bc of how brief his stint was and how little he showed up afterwards. also is graggle derived from something?
@@StanleyNumber427 Not really Tord because the circumstances were different. He even have an episode where he left. He HAS an explain why he left. Hell, even the End gives in lore explanation.
@@leeb5112 graggle is associated with a lost Simpsons character that people have often claimed was real and was removed from all episodes or is only in a Alternative Universe version of the Simpsons.
Wouldn't it be the opposite? Many of us might forget Thomas but newer fans will remember him since they've frequently watched the show? Of course old fans will rewatch
Ngl chazington has became one of my new favorite youtubers, he just uploads whatever the hell he wants
I like Thomas, mostly because I relate to him the most. Just some guy who's mostly on the sidelines watching other people do things, while have little to no involvement with the group.
I originally thought that one episode where Mordecai & Rigby go into Thomas's brain, where a little man, who was trying to kill Thomas, fell in the pit survived and is somehow rewiring his brain to make him go rogue.
But no, Thomas just suddenly went Russian one day and left...
I still like him, but I do feel like there was some missed potential with him.
it was always funny to me whenever a wide shot that showed the whole gang happened, thomas would also be there, adding very little to the conversation. he's the ultimate "and also x is there" character
i dont know why, but thomas just had something you LOVED about him. even as nikolai, i loved him. im so bummed he wasn't in the finale. he was my favourite character
I am also in the camp of the three people who, for whatever reason, had Thomas as their favorite character. I really liked the dynamic of, out of all these wacky zany characters (excluding High-Five Ghost) who were constantly getting into situations and more often than not getting someone else killed over it, there was just this regular guy. Just an intern trying to get by and more often than not getting sucked into his friends' adventures. He was on the bottom rung of the park food chain, but he never really seemed to resent that, and that made him likable. He was a dork, but not to the point where he was ever annoying. I dunno man, I just really liked him for some reason.
Imma be real, Thomas became my favorite immediately because I love goats.
Plus him being like, super damn normal in a show like this was just fun to me.
Then the plot twist of him being a spy stuck with me so much for some reason??? Like even after I stopped watching the show that scene just lived in my head for many years for no absolute reason.
No matter how much you explain a scene from this show it will always feel like one of those weird dreams you have while in the heat waves of summer.
0:53 "You can touch music, but music can touch you." Mordecais best line.
Just like drake!
I wish Thomas came back in the final season having stole an experimental Russian spacecraft or something anything to just bring him back into the show would’ve worked for me
There could’ve been a subplot about the park crew and Thomas talking about how much of the time he really cared for the park crew and how much he was there for Russia
It could’ve led to some incredibly emotional moments
7:46 Nah, bruh, don't put salt on the wounds like that. I still haven't recovered from how dirty those hoes did CE _💀_
3:49 unironically tho🎉😊
I love the batshit ADHD editing style of your videos
8:51 wait so Tomas went undercover while UNDERCOVER
He wasn't really.. a main OR side character, he just kinda, was a character. It's weird as hell, you just kinda see him and then you don't.
I think a big part of Thomas's character was that he was so forgettable. He snuck into the show, snuck into the lives of the main characters, and all of a sudden had a huge climactic moment. I'd wager that a lot of people didn't even realize that Thomas was in the show until it was revealed that he was a spy. Then everybody got Mandella effected thinking "wait Thomas was here all along?!?!" The pure shock that someone we barely noticed for several seasons was such a huge player in the parks story shows us how much the people in our lives that we disregard really matter, and I think it was a great way for the show creators to prank the audience
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fun fact he kinda sounds like Tord from Eddsworld
The side character who knew more than he led on .
His character design was a goat for a reason... because he was the GOAT✨
Thomas deserves his own series or at least deserved to be in the finale, he's the most badass character in the show
What I think is funny is that if Regular Show really was a story-driven show that cared a lot about its setups and payoffs and the lore it wanted to tell then something like this would have a thousand video essays as to “when this show lost all its quality”, but because it’s Regular Show you just kinda accept it because it’s definitely not the weirdest thing this show did lol
One of your best and funniest videos yet.
Also really small detail but as someone who also owns a snow peashooter plush and keychain it brings me great joy just seeing another one even if it's just for an outro meme.
As a Thomas enjoyer I’ve never felt so seen in my life
A possible explanation for why the character of Thomas was created in the first place could be that Roger Craig Smith just got more expensive as a voice actor and they needed something to justify keeping him on.
We all know that RCS is the voice of Sonic, so maybe prior to the introduction of Thomas, RCS was offer and accepted his role as Sonic in the Sonic Boom show that was also being aired on Cartoon Network, which of course would have taken his attention away from Regular Show and he would have had to ask for a higher salary for him to do both. From there, JG Quintel or some other showrunner decided to pay the difference to keep him on and created the character of Thomas so that he doesn't go to waste as a more expensive voice actor just doing background character voices.
The lack of depth in Thomas at first could be proof of this where they just needed *A* 1-dimensional regular character for him to voice and they would fill in the details later on, which they hastily did with the Russian spy subplot.
High Five Ghost’s whole purpose is the same as Waluigi’s. Just to be a filler partner for a character to parallel the main pair.
thomas looks like a member of tally hall
Thanks for the new headcanon he's a tally hall fan
3:05 bro you just unearthed a deep obscure memory of mine with that video of the guy playing the guitar
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I liked the idea of Thomas being a ''normal guy'' in absurd events. For example in the GTA SA, everybody is crazy expect CJ and his reactions to events are like your own reactions. Thomas was also like that. In a world that everyone is crazy but him, his reactions were relatable.
Thomas blending into the background and hardly having any lines kinda fits his russian spy persona in my opinion.
I liked Thomas because he’s just a normal respectable guy surrounded by chaos. He takes his ribbing on the cheek, he does his work and sometimes other people’s work, he’s adaptable to the insanity of the park, and he never loses that bit of innocence that makes everyone want to protect him
I think Exit 9B was just more impactful to me (and a lot of ppl) because it came out when we were kids! It was very hyped by CN at the time and very satisfying to watch with all the crazy characters. the movie/finale were obviously generally better but at that point im 18 and my health sucks my job sucks etc.
I loved the enthusiasm in this video. It really impacted Thomas’ character.
Y'know what? After binge-watching RS a few years back, I think this is a video that was needed. Honestly, I liked Tomas and was shocked and confused by the whole Nikolai thing. I loved that basic milquetoast of a goat. I did like the hints but him being fully blown as a Russian spy was a twist, arguable if it was good. Pushing it on the Fives slander but-- I can understand 😔It is CRIMINAL he wasn't in space or the finale at all like bruh??
you are genuinely my favourite youtuber to do reviews of cartoons and adult cartoons, like your humor is amazing i just love it, keep doing what you doing its great
2:16 I find it hilarious that you connected Thomas to Brooklyn T Guy. Despite the fact that they are two VERY different people if you think about it.
7:04 Thats a goat, indeed
Thomas was like probably like the first time I saw a character in regular show that reminded me of someone I knew which was my brother
I was really bummed when I saw the Thomas reveal ep cuz Thomas in space would’ve been so awesome
7:17 Listen to what Chazington says and at the same time look at Thomas's mouth
Im glad people are still talking about Regular show, tears of joy.
I really liked Thomas, and kinda hate the twist. I love him as the straight man to the crazy ass group. And yes, I like him waaaaay better than fives. This is the first time I’ve seen someone mirror how I feel about it. Like, I hate that it makes every previous interaction almost meaningless. I like the episode where it’s revealed, but what it represents is suuuuuper mid. The whole video is EXACTLY how I feel about it. 10:35 is a PERFECT representation on how I feel.
Also I love the running joke of Thomas fucking dying in the car in this video😂
Wait....
If Thomas was Nikolai all this time then that means that his signature in Exit 9B is fake. They should have lost.
idk he must've at least had ID that said his name is thomas so ig that counts
I still remember Thomas; I use to watch regular show and yet one of the most forgettable characters of all time was one of the most rememberable characters to me.
thomas next to the rest of the regular show cast looks like when people on deviant art draw their oc in a random scene like they're an actual character
Thomas was always my favorite character. I love how calm he acts compared to the others, and the Russian spy deal was also pretty cool tbh but I was sad he never got >5 seconds screen time after that
i haven't watched regular show recently enough to have even known thomas ever existed, but this video genuinely made me feel sad about him tbh
i can relate so much it was arefreshing to just have a regular guy in all the craziness, thomas was my favourite character ever since he was added because i can relate to him so much
Whats crazy is I remeber him so vividly. I clicked the video cuz of the thumbnail and it’s like every memory I’ve ever had came back to me about this show
I'm pretty sure they jist added him for his final episode, line him jist appearing out of nowhere and being treated like normal untill he's a Soviet spy out of nowhere is the funniest thing ever
I 100% agree with him being way better than high-five ghost. Initially, before sitting down and fully watching regular show, I thought fives would have a much bigger role to play in the show. Really though, he was pretty sidelined despite how important he is to muscle man’s character and how much he rounds out the park’s dynamic.
8:43 Well, I like to believe that all those memories were frozen so it was impossible to see
Thomas emminated main character energy, that's why they couldn't give him more to do or he'd take over the show from Mordecai and Rigby.
I always liked Thomas.
I dont know.I think it may be just how normal and grounded he felt really helped contrast with all the wildness that happened every episode.
A paragon of normalcy and an all around wholsome little guy.
All this also made it feel exra special when he did anything.
It's funny how inexplicably capable he seems to be and how little he's interest he shows in utilizing any of it.
Ive personally retconnd the twist from my mind and just imagine that he just went of to work at a walmart or something.
I fucking missed Thomas and I really wished he stayed til the Finale. Honestly one of my favorite characters.
4:56
There no doubt he died. We even seen dead.
This show had a lot of deaths.
7:40
Feeling like Wings on a daily basis
At the time besides Pops, Thomas was one of my favorites. It was just him being a normal guy..I don't know I just liked his character and defiantly was shocked when we got that plot twist.
Man I love how thanks to the latest drama Billy Mitchell is literally just a joke at this point that he can't even sue anyone
thomas is the one guy in the class who basically just came out of nowhere and everyone automatically has no problem with him
Thomas (voiced by Roger Craig Smith, Thomas' real name is eventually revealed to be 'Nikolai') is an average-sized goat, standing at about 5'9". He has tan-colored fur, longish bangs, a small brown beard on his chin, and grey horns on top of his head. His first appearance was in the episode 'Exit 9B'. He originally was a spy.
Christmas episode, when da guys had to destroy a Evil elf’s Christmas gift to save Christmas, Thomas was in da beginning but benson told him to go do sum, and when they came back his head was in da stairwell😂, lowkey more memorable then high five ghost and he actually went with them😭
I like the Russian spy part, it’s a regular show type twist , I like to think it was the plan from the start, wish he stuck around tho
I honestly didn't care as a kid but looking back that plot twist was definitely a last minute idea.
I miss Thomas slightly more every day, deserved more than a confusing ass plot twist and a whole personality change ☹
0:33 you know who else's thinks they're better than everyone else?
If you say "your mom", you are FIRED!
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Honestly Thomas kinda reminds me of Tord from Eddsworld, they were both main characters for a period, both had personality changes, and then left and showed up in cameos however unlike Thomas Tord hasn’t gotten his redemption yet…
The End still hurts me.
@@invaderness7336 me too dude 😞
He felt important, he felt more like a part of the crew then fives ever did
While i doubt you'll make this a "part 2" of sorts, i would've liked if you tried to rewrite him for the later episodes.
Like if you had a unique way to keep his Russian spy twist, but not only keep his character in tact, but change how future events will play out now that he's part of it.
*What If" scenarios like this is what I love to hear from fans.
I just finished the final episode this morning. It was excellent, and now I'm sad that I can't watch anymore for the first time :(
I really liked Thomas. He was neat.
oh man, that clip of MarioTehPlumber throwing a chair across the room was not something I expected to see ever again. thank you
Has anyone noticed that muscle man’s daughter is the same design as Candice in close enough
Wait, Candice?
@@Mikescool444 yep Candice
Ligma
@@Mikescool444 as in candice joke just end already
that sml mention jumped the scare out of me