r/regularshow • u/Particular_Sun_3504 • 4d ago
Discussion Just a random question, but what are your guys's opinions on Rigby's Brother Don
Couldn’t find a picture of him during his martial arts test or in his tuxedo during one of the last episodes, but what you guys think. I honestly really liked him as a character, I liked how no matter how much Rigby hated him he would be there when he needed him. He was super nice, kinda funny and really cool at the same time, him not finalizing on the park audit until Ruby gave him some sugar was funny to me. My only problems with him are that he had to specifically be told by Rigby that he was constantly overshadowing him by being this cooler more fun person, and while this next part isn’t his fault, I just just don’t like how their parents (especially their father) kinda hated Rigby and absolutely loved Don for simply having a better more important job. I love him as a character and I kinda with he was in at least one or 2 more episodes.
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u/LiveApplication4578 4d ago
Looks like a dude who needs some sugar
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u/thestickystuff 3d ago
"Gimme some sugar" holds arms out in anticipation
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u/SipoteQuixote 4d ago
Hes the brother that you hate on because hes more successful than you but fail to see the hard work he put in to reach that goal.
Rigby could have been at his level but hes too busy being a SLAAAAACKEEEER 😡
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u/wasaguynowitschopped 4d ago edited 3d ago
STOP TALKING!
Edit: omg I spelled it wrong :(( (fixed it :D)
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u/Relevant-Key-3290 3d ago
I think this guy wants us to put the hurt on him
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u/TlalocsWrath 3d ago
A bunch of baby ducks, send them to the moon
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u/Fit-Brief3317 3d ago
Soda machine that doesn’t work, send them to the moon
Ps: ik grammar is wrong but if you pay attention that’s the actual line in the show😭😭
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u/Lucarioismadpt2 3d ago
He got there eventually. Thats what counts right? Rigby just needed the right motivation. In his case it ended up being eileen.
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u/Easy-Individual909 4d ago
I like him. He's wholesome. He didn't crashout when Rigby totalled his Corvette and instead tried to get him to convince their dad to let him borrow his car 😂
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u/ScreamSteam 4d ago
I’d give him some sugar anytime
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u/Splatterman27 4d ago
I wish he had clothes on
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u/Carolina_Cowboy0718 3d ago
Remember he stopped wearing clothes because he thought it was cool that rigby did it.
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u/verify_deez_nuts 4d ago
I'm thankful he doesn't. If you or I were jacked like he is you'd be shirtless too.
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u/ArosNerOtanim 4d ago
He's a cool guy I understand Rigby's issues with him, but none of them are actually his fault and I don't really blame Rigby for them either cause honestly the show can be unnecessarily cruel to him.
It's a very unfortunate situation that he feeds into Rigby's inferiority complex he doesn't do it intentionally in fact, ironically, he looks up to Rigby and the miscommunication definetly didn't help heck Rigby, probably felt he wasn't worth looking up to. One thing to note about Rigby is when he has a problem, he either doesn't voice it and lets it build up or gets ignored when he does talk about it, and it still builds up.
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u/Particular_Sun_3504 4d ago
Sorry I forgot the second comma after the word brother please don’t hate for that lol
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u/joshtothe 4d ago
The sequence where he steps out of the convertible was the hardest Regular Show ever made me laugh
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u/TayoEXE 3d ago
Honestly, I think that while he's portrayed as perfect, I like that definitely has a problem with being naive and a bit clueless. It allowed for a real moment of growth for both him and Rigby. I think it's really wholesome that despite everyone telling Rigby he's a screw up, failure, slacker and in every way inferior to Don, Don himself had always thought the opposite. Looking up to his big bro despite his life being so much more perfect on paper, I enjoyed seeing that despite all the crap Rigby gets in his life, even unfortunately from the misunderstanding and comparisons to his younger brother, he has had the ultimate fan all his life right there. He just wants to be close to his bro and "cool like him." Don's faith in Rigby may be naive and misplaced a lot of times, but it's nice that in the end, Rigby did prove himself and overcome his lazier tendencies and achieve some great things. Evidently, he's a good father and husband and grows, so it's like Don could see his potential all along.
Plus it's hilarious that he stopped wearing clothes because Rigby did it first, thinking it was so cool. 😂
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u/SorryNotTalking 4d ago
I don't like the bulge (also doesn't it imply Rigby is small down there since he doesn't have one)
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u/Sufficient_Virus_321 4d ago
I think it’s just showing Don is much bigger and more fit physically, I guess displaying him like a poster image for a perfect dude to play along with Rigby’s perception of him
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u/Cronicfangirl2 4d ago
I think he’s fine. I just find him a bit too human shaped to be comfortable with him not wearing clothes.
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u/No-Pen1489 4d ago
It's crazy that he's taller than him as his little brother.
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u/Easy-Individual909 4d ago
Believe me, as a younger sibling, I am also taller than my older sister. I think it's more common that not
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u/AlternativeFlower541 4d ago
As a representative of everyone named Don to some degree (Don, Donnie, Donald, Donathan, etc), this dude is pretty cool.
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u/Disastrous-Bench-468 4d ago
Given Rigby had kids post finale, he'd have to of been an amazing uncle.
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u/battlefranky69 4d ago
I wish he was my brother. I don't have any brothers but he seems like a great one to have.
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u/larrylongboy 4d ago
Lmfao did he always look this uncanny?
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u/the-poopiest-diaper 3d ago
I love that he’s just Rigby with an attractive body. That is such a funny gag to me. Like in the bottom left of the fourth slide when he’s asking for some sugar. His legs are open and you can see a slight bulge at the crotch, and it makes me think “STAY AWAY FROM THAT MAN” but he’s genuinely such a cool dude who just wants to love his brother
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u/Windflow009 3d ago
Rigby and Don's parents are true scum. The dad was just straight up abusive, and the mom was his enabler.
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u/ImurderREALITY 3d ago
He's the classic "I'm unintentionally better than you at everything, while also genuinely being a great person who everyone just happens to like more than you" type of antagonist, like Doc Potterywood from Community.
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u/OwO-animals 4d ago
He is terrible.
Throughout his life he had everything, he was popular at school and successful in education and career, all without having to put effort in.
Meanwhile Rigby was the opposite, even when he did put in the effort, he was met with hostility and bad luck so instead he gave up on those goals.
You meet people like Don every now and then, they aren't always successful, but they treat almost everyone extremely well. And that's an issue, while a lot of people are drawn to such individuals, some like their family, partner or actual best friends, may feel undervalued. Like imagine if your brother treats you equally as any person they meet? That's not nice. But imagine if someone is successful and popular and they appear to have way better chemistry with those people, well now you appear lacking or like a 3rd wheel. It's frustrating and awful. Rigby was at all times, straight up entitled to being envious of those people. They didn't deserve all this positive attention, he did, he was family and he was the one who cared about Don because they were family, not because Don was cool or successful or anything, but because he loved like like a brother. Rigby bottled up these feeling his entier life.
And that's the issue here, Don was emotionally deaf to this problem all the while Rigby was suffering every time he was near Don or when Don was mentioned. And it only gets worse as everyone at the park sides with Don, proving once again that he gets everything for free and that Don still appears to care about everyone else more than about Rigby. It wasn't just park, it was everyone, even his parents.
And he has an audacity to demand a little sugar from his brother, placing condition on helping him when he never even once acknowledged Rigby. Instead of sending a message "I'm always there for you because I love you" it sends "I'm always there for you, because you need me and you are nothing without me" And it's not like Don does this maliciously or on purpose. He is genuinely kind and cool, but he doesn't have his priorities right.
So the entire situation resolves once they finally talk about their feelings. Once Don makes it clear that he loves Rigby as a brother and that he is more important to him and that even someone like Don finds a lot of Rigby's traits admirable. This is extremely important to Rigby, as he didn't hate Don because Rigby was an ass, he hated him because Don never even once showed to care about Rigby in a meaningful way to him, while also indirectly rubbing everything into his face. Lets say a young Rigby would even bring this issue to Don, well Don would say he likes him and then Don would say he likes his other friends too, devaluing Rigby again, probably right next to him. So what was needed, was for Don to realise that his brother was envious and that he was right to be envious and only when this happens and Don makes it clear that he cares about Rigby more than those other people, can they finally mend the fences.
Or to put this differently, if you treat everyone like your best friend, then you will have no actual friends. If you do this to your family, then you will have no family. Not every individual is going to get affected this way, but it is not a wrong way to respond to such treatment. And it is Don's fault for not realising this on his own.
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u/Effective_Tip7748 3d ago
Don had his own emotional stunting being made the family’s golden child
He was oblivious yes, but not malicious
If he had known he would have acted differently. The reason he didn’t know was essential because of their toxic family dynamic and his own rose colored glasses
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u/False_Huckleberry418 4d ago
Cool dude that balances being cool, sweet, and respectful. Wish we saw more of him.
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u/Great_Banana_Master 3d ago
r/lossedits has done irreparable damage to my perception of four panel images
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u/DragonZee20XX 3d ago
I blame the parents. You play favorites, of course, the sibling rivalry is gonna be bad and escalate.
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u/Prudent-Driver259 3d ago
Him always taking the spotlight over rigby was hilarious. Rigby was so DON with him
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u/TheImpossiblyPossibl 3d ago
Love don but damn could he have shared some of those big brother energy genes with his big brother .
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u/JudgeJoBrown05 3d ago
I want him to come gimme sum sugar.
And he’s p chill.
(And also mad shredded)
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u/Extra-Lemon 3d ago
My mind reads him as "more" naked than Rigby.
Mordecai and Rigby run around without clothes all the time, no problems. Dan? It was lowkey awkward when he was on the screen.
...actually, if memory serves, isn't he actually naked? Like... he stopped wearing clothes to be more like Rigby?
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u/ShadowWolf4984 1d ago
When I saw Don for the first time, I thought he’d look like Rigby but then…..damnnnnnnn! He’s a very hot with a muscular body!
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u/danman8075 4d ago
I don't own any "guys", so I don't know what their opinions are. but if you mean "what is you guys' opinions on Don", the answer is that he's the best.
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u/Particular_Sun_3504 4d ago
Sorry, usually I’m on top of my grammar but this is the second time I’ve uploaded this post and I just didn’t want to do it again
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u/BahamutAXIOM 4d ago
Uncomfortably hilarious to look at and listen to.
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u/SummertronPrime 4d ago
Eh, he's nice, and that's about it. If we dig a little further, he was always nice to Rigby and Rigby wasn't kind in return because his brother was clearly favored and treated so much better than him. Don didn't participate in that actively but he idd passively
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u/Effective_Tip7748 3d ago
I really liked how Don helped Rigby in the bank shot episode
Don was the golden child in their toxic family dynamic and Rigby was the scapegoat
The fact that Don is a balanced, friendly, loving guy is a testament to how solid he is
Rigby is lucky to have him as a brother (and Don already adores Rigby to the moon and back)
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u/El_Rey_Fenix 3d ago
That he is a boss, that he is undervalued and that he did not deserve to be mistreated by Rigby.
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u/JMTpixelmon 3d ago
HATE HARE HATE, I HATE HIM SO MUCH. THAT HANDSOME DEVIL RIGBY IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN HIM. I BET HE STILL HAS BOTH BUT CHEEKS.
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u/270ForTheWinchester 3d ago
If you can get over the fact he's not wearing pants...he's pretty chill dude.
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u/AgtBurtMacklin 3d ago
As the less cool little bro growing up, I sympathize at a very base level, but Don is very cool and nice, and Rigby is a massive turd in this episode.
It would be different if Don was a bully, but he is a cool dude.
(I know Don is the little brother technically)
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u/Geeky_Punk_92 3d ago
He's kind of like the older brother a lot of people wish they had. He's just super nice, and understanding. He has that quiet inner strength to endure whatever craziness is happening. All around good guy.
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u/igirl2000 3d ago
Love Jim but hey maybe remind your dad to invite Rigby to the family and actually show love
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u/Big-Slide6104 3d ago
He reminds me of my roommate/friend. A large buff African American who constantly quotes Don’s “gimme some sugar” 💀
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u/Creepycute1 3d ago
I think Don is perfectly fine obviously he didn't mean to hurt Rigby or anything :(
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u/MICKTHENERD 3d ago
I like Don, it may seem weird that it had to be pointed out to him that Rigby was in his shadow, but he's also clearly young and naive(Rigby was only 23 at the time) and probably didn't notice the favorites he got from Sherm in lieu of the harsh criticism Rigby received.
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u/Fuzzy_Emphasis5154 3d ago
Don siempre me pareció un personaje curioso: tiene toda la apariencia de ser más maduro y exitoso que Rigby, pero al mismo tiempo transmite una vibra tan inocente y bonachona que termina siendo entrañable. Es como ese hermano que no entiende por qué todos se complican tanto… y justamente por eso a Rigby le molesta tanto
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u/DinoDracko 3d ago
He's a nice dude. Despite being favored by the parents most(Mostly the dad), he doesn't belittle Rigby or look down on him, or become narcissistic simply because he is clearly better than him, instead he still looks up to him as a good big brother, he even imitated him(Haircut, not wearing clothes). Also, he willingly lent his car to Rigby, and wasn't even a little upset when his Corvette got totalled during the Food Run.
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u/Present_Welder1357 3d ago
When he said he started walking around naked to look like Rigby I lost my shit 🤣🤣
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u/Runtav_guz 3d ago
I think its funny they decided to make him much bigger than rigby but look exactly like him. It usually is like this irl too
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u/toastboy6789 3d ago
He is a chad since despite his parents prefered him more he still loved his brother and didn’t act like a bitch
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u/LexKing89 3d ago
I think he’s pretty cool to be honest. He’s successful and drives a C4 Corvette while still being a nice dude.
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u/Biiiishweneedanswers 3d ago
I just want to see him, Rigby, and the original set of parents interact at the dinner table.
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u/Acceptable-Fig-8917 3d ago
i actually never liked his design, I know it supposed to be for comedic purpose but i never like his design.,
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u/wolfpackk962 2d ago
I always loved Don. I love how he's written so even we as the audience can't help but like him adding to the joke and furthering Rigby's point. Also love how there wasn't a twist that he's actually evil or something like that. Would of made him much less memorable.
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u/Brief-Resist3197 2d ago
He is honestly goated cuz of how nice and supported he was I enjoyed seeing him on the screen
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u/Gerard192021 2d ago
i can’t believe paul’s va voiced him, if paul’s the devil, he’s the angel, and daria’s dad jake is in between
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u/rousakiseq 2d ago
It's more about the episode itself, but I enjoyed the twist on the trope I absolutely hate where "the new guy" barges into the cast's lives and everyone loves them except for one character who's suspicious/jealous, and in the end the new guy turns out to be evil or an asshole, proving that one character right.
Instead, Don was genuinely just a cool dude, Rigby was the prick, and in the end they hugged it out.
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u/Lotus532 2d ago
He's a good guy. Rigby was initially a terrible older brother to him, but that never really changed his good nature. And it is nice seeing him and Rigby's relationship progress in later episodes.
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u/Weary_Sale_2779 2d ago
I love how the rest of his family has humanoid bodies and he's just taught up raccoon 🤣
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u/Royal_Art_8217 1d ago
I think I’d prefer him to have booty shorts on cuz he’s kinda uncomfortable to look at
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u/Famous-Size-3917 3d ago
The character is good I suppose but the design is so off-putting. A man-sized, humanoid raccoon naked with a smooth crotch and THAT voice? I usually skip the episode lmao.
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u/MonkeyBro5 4d ago
He's a cool dude.