| “ | We just…have a couple of notes for you. You see, our research groups have shown that nobody wants to see the good guys win anymore, and unfortunately for you we spent millions trying to find out how to prevent this type of situation. Let's just say we found an effective solution. Our focus group studied everything that boys ages 9 to 14 find the most brutal and destructive. I suggest you turn your engine off and step out of your vehicle. Unless of course, you'd rather get annhilated! | „ |
| ~ The Chief Executive monologuing to RGB2 to surrender and come back with him or be destroyed by his warrior lackey, his most infamous quote. |
| “ | STOP! You’ll never get away from me, RGB2! I own you! | „ |
| ~ The Chief Executive’s villainous breakdown and last words as he tries to stop RGB2 from escaping with Mordecai and Rigby. |
The Chief Executive is the main antagonist of the Regular Show episode "That's My Television". He was the unnamed executive of the fictional television series That's My Television, and imprisoned the main star, RGB2 so that he can traffick him for his own benefit and wealth. He is also RGB2’s former boss and arch-nemesis.
He was voiced by Jeff Bennett, who also voiced the Basketball Body, Party Pete, and the Eggscellent Manager in the same series, as well as Ace, Grubber, Big Billy, Major Man, Mike Brikowski, Dick Hardly, Harold Smith and Mastermind in The Powerpuff Girls, Billy Goat the Kid in Sheriff Callie’s Wild West, Lord Hotcakes in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Mr. Smee in Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Mr. Fizz and Father in Codename: Kids Next Door, H.A.R.D.A.C. in Batman: The Animated Series, the Joker in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Ozzy in The Land Before Time: The Great Valley Adventure, Ichy in The Land Before Time: Journey Through the Mists, Bradley Uppercrust III in An Extremely Goofy Movie, Dr. Hamsterviel in the Lilo and Stitch Series, Tong Fo in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Dorkus Aurelius in Planet Sheen, D.A.V.E. in the animated series The Batman, Coverton in Monsters vs. Ailens, and The Summerween Trickster in Gravity Falls.
Personality[]
The Chief Executive is a greedy, ruthless, and highly possessive corrupt studio CEO. He views people and characters as assets to be owned and exploited for profit, rather than as individuals with their own lives or dreams.
Key aspects of his personality and actions include:
- Greedy and Covetous: He is primarily motivated by making millions of dollars from the success of the famous sitcom starring RGB2.
- Controlling and Possessive: He keeps RGB2 prisoner to force him to continue performing in a series revival and for personal appearances. He furiously tries to claim that he owns RGB2, when Mordecai and Rigby try to help RGB2 escape from his clutches.
- Ruthless and Determined: He will stop at nothing to recapture RGB2, launching a full-scale, aggressive pursuit involving bodyguards and armored vehicles.
- Wrathful and Argumentative: His wrath is evident in his extreme, aggressive pursuit of RGB2, Mordecai, and Rigby when they escape. He displays intense anger at the character's defiance and the loss of potential profit.
- Sadistic and Callous: The show and reviewers explicitly label his behavior as sadistic. His treatment of RGB2 is abusive, involving false imprisonment and keeping him as a virtual slave. A review describes a "sadistic notes session" where he takes pleasure in belittling RGB2's well-being for entertainment purposes. He also threatens Mordecai and Rigby with a brutal "warrior" that he and his company have recently hired and intends to have his guards "punish" Mordecai and Rigby, which demonstrates an enjoyment of power and potential suffering beyond mere financial gain. His entire motivation is the exploitation of others for profit and audience entertainment, regardless of the emotional or physical harm or trauma that is caused.
Overall, the Chief Executive serves as a cartoonish villain, representing the negative aspects of a profit-driven, exploitative entertainment industry that disregards human (or character) well-being.
Biography[]
In the past, the unnamed man would like rise in position at YZB Studios, and would be a chief executive for the hit 1980s sitcom, That's My Television. He also imprisoned a man inside the RGB2 suit so that could make a profit out of him, essentially putting RBG2 in his own personal prison, (as the executive also possessed his contract and refused to let go of it) as he was forced to stay around even long after the show ended for personal appearances, tour sightings, and guest boxes.
One day at a convention center, the Chief Executive makes an appearance to announce to all the That's My Television fans that a revival is now in production. When Mordecai and Rigby are chosen to receive the autographed box set from RGB2, the latter writes to them to meet him in the bathroom. The duo go there and RGB2 explains his personal relationship with the Chief Executive and how he made him his slave for the rest of his day at the studio.
While waiting for RGB2 in the bathroom, the Chief Executive grows impatient and bursts into the room to find that RGB2 has escaped. While attempting to then bust into his trailer, RGB2 escapes the Chief Executive by van, which leads to him calling in his minions to pursuit and capture the television. On the road hunting for RGB2, Mordecai, and Rigby, the Chief Executive angrily laments that RGB2 is a television icon who is more than just a sentient robot TV and does not deserve freedom. Instead he only deserves to be a pawn to make him profit.
RGB2's pursuit finally ends after the group of angry fans from earlier create a roadblock for the van, allowing the Chief Executive to catch up to the three. RGB2, Mordecai, and Rigby, are apprehended by his minions as the Chief Executive monologues about finding a solution as he introduces Mordecai, Rigby, and RGB2 to a warrior that they recently hired based on everything the studio’s focus group has studied about what target audiences of kids ages nine to fourteen years old find the most deadly, brutal, destructive. The Chief Executive then suggests Mordecai, Rigby, and RGB2 to surrender quietly and step out of their getaway van or risk getting annihilated.
Having no other choice, Mordecai, Rigby, and RGB2 are forced to surrender quietly under the Chief Executives orders as Mordecai turns off the van’s engine as the Chief Executive’s guards come rushing towards the vehicle. The guards then forcefully grab Mordecai, Rigby, and RGB2 and start escorting them towards the Chief Executive and his brutal and destructive warrior henchman with their hands behind their backs. And soon enough, the massive crowd of angry RGB2 fans then begin to mercilessly tear apart the getaway van piece by piece in a desperate search for the RGB2 box set. Meanwhile, the Chief Executive orders the two guards who are restraining Mordecai and Rigby to “cancel” them. RGB2 tries to apologize to Mordecai and Rigby for getting them into so much trouble, but one of the Chief Executive’s guards forces RGB2 to keep it moving. Mordecai and Rigby then begin to violently struggle to break free from the grasp of the two guards who are restraining them to try and rescue RGB2, but Rigby then suddenly hears the honking of a garbage transportation boat which is passing from a river underneath the bridge that they were standing on, which soon gives Rigby a clever idea.
Rigby then reveals to the crowd of angry RGB2 fans that he was the one with the box set all along, and with that, Mordecai and Rigby were able to escape the grasp of the Chief Executive's henchmen as Rigby tosses the “That’s My Television” box set to the warrior so that the crazed fans could attack the warrior and beat him up, which gives Mordecai, Rigby, and RGB2 an opportunity to escape from the apprehension of his lackeys, and bring RGB2 back in the getaway van to try and escape. As Mordecai proceeds to start the getaway van’s engine back up, the enraged Executive and his bodyguards then begin to pursuit after the heroes as Mordecai floors the gas pedal to try and escape. Latching onto the back of the van, he claims that he owns RGB2, before the latter retaliates against his cruel ex-boss and tosses out the remaining 80s air cans, knocking the Chief Executive off before it explodes, finally giving him his well-deserved defeat once in for all.
Trivia[]
- The Chief Executive is an accurate depiction of real life television executives, who frequently mistreat workers and only care about making profit from their shows.
External links[]
- The Chief Executive on the Regular Show Wiki.
