Benson Dunwoody

"GET BACK TO WORK OR YOU'RE FIRED!!!"

- Benson

Benson is a high-tempered gumball machine and an antagonist of the animated series Regular Show.

Whenever he's calm, he sounds almost monotone, but when he becomes mad, he turns red and screams in an ear-bleeding way. He cannot stand Mordecai and Rigby's irresponsible behavior, and often threatens to fire them. He is also the only serious worker of the park, although he still seems to have a sense of humor.

Despite his dislike of Mordecai and Rigby, he still considerably likes them, as he has invited them to special celebrations, and most notably in the episode Stick Hockey, he risked himself to help the two. He also admitted the two were cool in Cool Bikes helped saved them from the cool police, and in Eggscellent, after Benson downtalks Rigby at the hospital and gets punched by Mordecai, he later apologizes and after he helps Mordecai train for the omelette challenge, Mordecai tells Benson that even though he acts like a jerk, he's a true friend. In Think Positive, while he's yelling at Mordecai and Rigby after pops finally allows him to, he mentions he's trying to teach them responsibility. From that point, he also promised to yell less of the time. He has also admitted he does not hate Mordecai and Rigby, just some of the things they do.

Mordecai & Rigby's mishaps that relate to him

 * Just Set Up the Chairs - Got mad and blamed the boys for making a mess at the birthday party.
 * Caffeinated Coffee Tickets -They knock him over with few of his gumballs while they escape Giant Coffee Bean.
 * Grill Cheese Deluxe - Rigby didn't give him his Grill Cheese Deluxe, then made him more angry by lying to him.
 * The Unicorns Have Got to Go - One of the Unicorns tied him up in the closet.
 * Prank Callers - After Mordecai and Rigby prank-called him, he mercilessly destroyed their phone.
 * Don - When Rigby refuses to respect his bother Don in order to stop an audit, Benson immediately threatens Rigby to be nice to Don or he's fired.
 * Ello Gov'nor - Benson noticed the mess from Mordecai & Rigby's movie night.
 * Appreciation Day-The Duo wrote lies in the Park Records to make Benson like them.
 * Peeps - He is so obsessed with making Mordecai and Rigby do work all day that he installed surveillance cameras called Peeps to spy on them, even when they go to the bathroom. In this episode, he makes an evil laugh. This was one episode which particularly viewed him as a villain (until the arrival of the more sinister villain Peeps).
 * Stick Hockey - Promises not to give away a stick hockey table if Mordecai and Rigby do their work. Despite that the two finished working, Benson gives away the table, leading them to grow upset with them. However, he later discovers that they are in danger for trying to win it back against thugs. Benson risks his own safety to fix his mistake and retrieve the stick hocky table, making this one of few instances where Benson does something nice for Mordecai and Rigby.
 * Eggscelent - Downtalks Rigby, blaming him and Mordecai not working for his condition, gets punched by Mordecai, later apologizes for what he said.
 * Weekend at Benson's - Mordecai and Rigby accidentally knock Benson unconscious by making him fall off a ladder. They take him to a party where he was supposed to meet his date Audrey. They go up against her ex-boyfriend Chuck in a spicy food contest. Benson wakes up and makes Mordecai and Rigby participate in the contest. Afterward, when they wake up in the park, Benson nearly fires Mordecai and Rigby, but changes his mind when he discovers Audrey's phone number written on his chest.
 * Think Positive - Pops threatens to fire Benson if he yells at Mordecai and Rigby. Benson tries to hold his anger, eventually destroying most of the park and nearly exploding. Pops then allows Benson to let out his anger, causing Benson to yell so loud at Mordecai and Rigby that he accidentally deafens their hearing.
 * Trash Boat  - Benson along with Mordecai, Muscle Man, Hi Five Ghost, Pops and Skips made fun of Rigby when he changed his name to Trash Boat.
 * Busted Cart - Mordecai and Rigby accidentally destroy a cart, resulting in Benson being forced to get another one before the warranty expires. Their foolishness later upsets Benson to the point of him crying over the fact that he is about to lose his job.
 * Best Burgers in the World - After Mordecai and Rigby failed to finish their work for an entire week, Benson forces them to finish all of their work before they can go to a food truck to get the "best burgers in the world". This is by far Benson's cruelest role in the show by the fact he wouldn't let them even go near the truck until they finished the work, he even beat them down and ate their burgers when they finally managed to buy them.
 * A Bunch of Full-Grown Geese - He forces Mordecai and Rigby to get rid of the geese, then at the end of the episode, Benson yells at Mordecai, Rigby and the baby ducks for destroying the park rather than thanking them for getting rid of the geese. This time, however, he finally gets his due when the ducks' mother scolds him for his actions.
 * Wall Buddy - Mordecai and Rigby borrowed Benson's cell phone, but when he went into their room to get it back, Benson notices that his cell phone was ruined due to Rigby not cleaning his room.

Quotes
"NOW CLEAN UP THIS MESS OR YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!!"

-(The Power)

"YOU IDIOTS! That's the last time I entrust you with something important, LIKE THE CHAIRS!!"

-(Just Set Up the Chairs)

"Ring! Ring! Hello, what's that? Mordecai and Rigby are banned from using the house phone? Okay. (smashes phone) GOOD LUCK MAKING YOUR PRANK CALLS NOW!!"

-(Prank Callers)

"I can't believe you idiots let those unicorns in here. You two morons have better get this mess cleaned up or you'll wish it was YOU DRIVING THAT CAR!!!"

(The Unicorns Have Got To Go)

"No you won't! You be nice to your brother or YOU'RE FIRED!"

-(Don)

"No he didn't buy it! Now get off your lazy butts, and GO GET ME ANOTHER GRILLED CHEESE DELUXE!!!"

-(Grilled Cheese Deluxe)

" YOU LAZY NO GOOD SLACKERS DRIVE ME NUTS! CAN'T YOU JUST LISTEN TO ME ONCE IN YOUR WORTHLESS LIVES?! BECAUSE IF YOU DID, YOUD SEE THAT I'M TRYING TO TEACH YOU SOME SIMPLE RESPONSIBILITY, SOME PRIDE IN DOING A JOB WELL DONE! BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW A JOB WELL DONE IF YOU PAYED SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR YOU! AND EVEN THEN YOU'D SCREW IT ALL UP ON THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN FOLLOW THE SIMPLEST OF INSTRUCTIONS, WORRYING MORE ABOUT LOOKING COOL THAN DOING YOUR JOB!! "

-(Think Positive)

"Excuses, excuses! How am I supposed to trust you, when all you give me are excuses?! When are you two gonna learn, that your actions have consequences?! Consequences that affect other people! (voice breaking) Like me! Don't you two understand? I'm about to lose my job! You may not care about keeping your jobs, but I care about keeping mine! Cause if I lose my job, I got nothing! Do you hear me? I have nothing!"

-(Busted Cart)

Trivia

 * He, Muscle Man, and High-Five Ghost are the show's primary antagonists.
 * Like Squidward, Benson is high-tempered, bossy, and hates the main protagonists (although, it is revealed in Busted Cart that Benson does not hate Mordecai and Rigby, he just hates the things they do). He even slightly resembles him since he has a big nose, is long and lanky, and has a rounded head.
 * Like Lenny (from Fanboy and Chum Chum), Benson is a manager and stressed-out. He also hates the main protagonists, and plans to get them out of his life.
 * Although he didn't appear in the episode Rigby's Body, it looked like he made Mordecai & Rigby work at the Snack Shack to pay off what they ate (because only Pops can have free snacks during his times there).
 * In Stick Hockey, it was shown that he was once a coach, until his student was killed during a tournament. He then implies that the whole sport supposedly lead him to his current job.
 * Despite being voiced by Sam Marin, he almost sounds like a younger version of Doug Lawerence, the voice of Plankton and Edward Platypus.
 * He has a crush on his neighbor, Audrey, who made her debut in the Season Three episode, Weekend at Benson's. He likely now has an enemy in Chuck, Audrey's ex-boyfriend.
 * In Think Positive, it was revealed that Benson's family told him that he wouldn't get what he wanted in life unless he yelled for it, explaining his personality.
 * Technically, Benson can still get another job if he loses his job at the park, but he's too stubborn to see that.