~ Muscle Man's second catchphrase, usually whenever something bad happens.
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Best prank ever!
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~ Muscle Man
Mitchell "Mitch" Sorenstein, commonly known as Muscle Man, is one of the main characters of Regular Show. He is one of the groundskeepers at the Park. He is a green, strong and obese monster and/or disfigured humanoid, who is often seen with his best friend, High Five Ghost. Muscle Man made his first debut as a cameo character in the Pilot, and then made an official appearance in Just Set Up The Chairs. Muscle Man was voiced by Sam Marin.
Despite being one of the protagonists, he can sometimes be an antagonist.
He was voiced by Sam Marin who also voices Benson and Pops.
Muscle Man is a humanoid who has green skin complexion and a pudgy build. He also wears a long-sleeved grayish-blue shirt, dark gray pants, and black shoes.
Personality and Traits
Muscle Man is is very erratic and immature, often pulling pranks and joking around. He enjoys telling "My mom!" jokes, botched attempts at "Yo mama" jokes, much to the annoyance of everyone except Hi-Five Ghost, his best friend. Although he can be rude due to his ego, he is ultimately shown to be polite and caring toward his friends. At times, he can burst out on a rampage if he is greatly angered. His father, Muscle Dad, enjoyed the same attitude for pranks and jokes, but died in the episode "Trucker Hall of Fame". His older brother, Muscle Bro (real name John), is also seen throughout the series. Muscle Man originally shared a rivalry with Mordecai and Rigby throughout the first two seasons, but the three began to get along and treat each other as friends from the third season onward. His girlfriend, Starla, shares a similar appearance to him and the couple constantly disgust other people when they publicly kiss and show affection to each other. His real name was revealed to be Mitch Sorenstein in the episode "Muscle Woman". He is revealed to be Jewish in "The Christmas Special" in where he reveals he celebrates Hanukkah. In "Power Tower", it is revealed that he gained the nickname "Muscle Man" from his early years of bodybuilding and actually being in excellent physical condition, but he found that life very boring and gave it up. In "The End of Muscle Man", he proposes to Starla and the two become engaged and they are now married in "Dumped at the Altar". In the epilogue to "A Regular Epic Final Battle", upon returning home Muscle Man discovers he has a three-year-old daughter. He and Starla live out their days in their trailer park home and have numerous children. It was revealed in "Trailer Trashed" that the trailer was his prize for winning a hot dog eating contest.
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Muscle man Facing on Dale or stand up
Regular Show - Rigby vs. Muscle Man
Trivia
In the episode Muscle Woman, his real name is revealed to be Mitch Sorenstein.
In the same episode, Mordecai refers to Muscle Man as a "human", even though he does not resemble one.
It is revealed that Muscle Man is a human because in Muscle Woman, Mordecai pointed out that he was "still human" when explaining the situation to Starla but the animators could have made a mistake; however, it was practically believed that children would comprehend the word 'human' better because it is easier to say that way.
Muscle Man also appears to be drawn similarly to characters from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, a Cartoon Network cartoon J.G. Quintel worked on before starting Regular Show.
More often than not, Muscle Man removes his shirt during the episode he appears in.
Despite having a high school education, Muscle Man doesn't know how many days are in a year.
Muscle Man's "My Mom" jokes are similar to "Your Mom" jokes, but Muscle Man words the jokes so they insult himself rather than others, which is the intention of "Your Mom" jokes.
Muscle Man's voice tone turned lower after Caffeinated Concert Tickets.
Muscles Man's catchphrase for getting hurt is "Oh no, bro," which is seen in Death Punchies, Rage Against the TV, and Slam Dunk.
In Over The Top, Muscle Man lasted the longest in the arm wrestling match with Skips.
He thinks an internet meme called Wedgie Ninja is funny, as shown in Go Viral.
Muscle Man often goes berserk when he is injured/hurt (ex. See You There, Over The Top, Karaoke Video, Death Metal Crash Pit).
Even though Muscle Man was fired in "Don," he still works at the park in the next episode. He possibly could have been hired back because The Park didn't have enough workers.
Additionally, Muscle Man and HFG were fired in Under the Hood because Mordecai and Rigby thought that he did the graffiti; of course, the former group had been rehired due to the true culprit being caught.
Muscle Man resembles Yajirobe from Dragon Ball series with his voice, body shape and attitude.
Muscle Man's shown/known family is similar to Al Borland's family on Home Improvement, both have brothers that look similar to them and unseen moms.
Muscle Man is called Muscle Son by Muscle Dad.
Throughout at least the second season, there is a reference to Muscle Man having some sort of odor: in The Night Owl, Mordecai says that he smells like barf, but this is never again touched upon.
In season 3, he had been nicer and friendlier to Mordecai and Rigby.
In "Do Me A Solid" and "First Day," he seemed to like Margaret.
In "Dead at Eight," Muscle Man was trapped in Death's Glass Sphere.
In "Dead at Eight," Muscle Man has his second death.
Muscle Man is the only character that has been shrunk.
Muscle Man had freckles when he was younger, but not anymore.
Muscle Man also wore earrings as a teenager.
His name "Mitch" is of English origin. It can come from the names Michael or Mitchell. The name Mitch means "Who is like God".
Muscle Man's real name is Mitch as revealed in Muscle Woman.
Muscle Man is also one of the Muscle Man primary antagonists] of the series, along with Benson and High-Five Ghost.