Mordecai and Anna are on the cart listening to Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)" while Mordecai is driving. "Whoomp, there it is! Whoomp, there it is! Whoomp, there it is!" The two sung. "Break down." Mordecai and Anna start break dancing and laughing. "Fun fact about me, I did a color-guard routine for this in the ninth grade." Anna said. "Uh, fun fact about me --

this song was on a mix tape I made in seventh grade titled "Maxin' and Relaxin'". I was the master at mix tapes. I'd pick a title, then put together a perfect mix. Like "Good Vibes and High Fives", "TV Watchin', Pizza Noshin'", "Mad Schoolin', Straight Foolin'" Mordecai said. "Wow. You were pretty cool, Mordecai." Anna said. "Yeah, I was." He grins. Mordecai stops the cart in front of Anna's apartment building. "I'd play them for you, but the tapes are all at my mom and dad's." Mordecai said.

"Dude, we should listen to them!" Anna said. "Sure, I could get them tomorrow maybe." Mordecai said. "I'd love to come along." Anna said. "You... wanna..." Mordecai said. "Come along to your parents' house! We can get the tapes, I could meet your parents..." She gasps. "I can meet your mom!" She said. "M... My mom?" Mordecai asked. Anna nods her head. "Ha-ha! I mean, why not?

We've been going out for a few months now, right? Why wouldn't you want to meet my mom? I mean, it's not like I can keep my mom from you forever!" Mordecai laughs nervously, then starts hyperventilating. "Great!" Anna kisses Mordecai on his cheek, then punches his shoulder. "Thanks for the dinner/movie." Anna gets out of the cart and runs toward her apartment while waving goodbye to Mordecai. "Yeah. Can't wait for you to meet my mom!"

At Pops' house, Rigby and (Y/n) are playing a video game while Mordecai sits next to (Y/n). "She can't meet my mom, dudes." (Y/n) rolls her eyes. "What's the big deal? Your mom's totally cool." Rigby said. "She's totally psycho." Mordecai said, and (Y/n) looks at him. "Psycho? That's a little harsh, don't ya think?" She asked. "No I don't! She'd always go out of her way to embarrass me whenever I had a girl over."

Mordecai said. "Yeah, but how many times did you have a girl over? Zero?" Rigby stops playing the game. "Was it zero times?" He asked, and (Y/n) laughs. "No! Remember Daphne Gonzales?" In a flashback, teenage Mordecai plays a mix tape called "Studyin' & Buddyin' Vol 2", then sits on his bed next to Daphne Gonzales. "Music?" Daphne asked. "Uh, yea-ah." Mordecai said. Daphne covers one of her ears. "It's loud." She said. Mordecai covers one of his ears and talks over the loud music. "Uh, so what did you get for question 12?" He asked.

Mordecai's mom kicks the door open and enters with a plate of snacks. "Hey, kids! Sorry I had to kick the door open. I-It was closed for some reason." She laughs. "This music! What's going on, a dance party?" Mordecai's mom starts dancing and moves toward the bed. Mordecai covers his face in embarrassment. "Come on, Mordy! Shake what your mama gave ya! Your butt, Mordy! I'm talking about your butt!" Hilary said. "What do you want, Mom?!" Mordecai asked. "I made some snacky-wackies for my wittle study buddies. Pigs in a blanket and, uh, prunes." She whispers to Daphne.

"The prunes are for Mordy, hon. Keeps him regular." She said. "Mom!" Mordecai shouted. "What? It does." She said. "Ugh! Okay, Mom, fine! Just leave now, alright?! Gosh!" Mordecai shouted. Hilary sets the plate down on a table. "Okay, okay, Mordy. I'll leave. It's just..." She turns to face Daphne with teary eyes. "Daphne, thank you." She said. "Uh, for what?" As Mordecai's mom speaks, Mordecai shakes his head for her to stop talking. "For being the first girl Mordecai's ever brought over!"

She picks up a video camera. "It's going on the tape! So tell me -- how do you like studying with my son? Tell me for the tape." She said. "I gotta go!" Daphne picks up her school bag and bolts out of the room. Mordecai collapses onto his bed in a fetal position, his face completely red. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The flashback ends. "So that's why Daphne wrote "I hope you're still eating your prunes, ha-ha!" in your yearbook." Rigby said. "Molly Sherman, Bernice Chan, Sasha Diaz -- none of them lasted a day with my mom." Mordecai said. Rigby and (Y/n) go back to playing their video game. "Sounds rough, man." Rigby said.

~time skip~

Mordecai's dad, William is at his home office. As he drinks coffee, his phone rings, and he answers. "Well, if it isn't my favorite and only son." He said. "Uh, hey, Dad. I'm thinking about coming by the house with my girlfriend so I can grab one of my old mix tapes." Mordecai said. "Girlfriend, eh? I'm sure your mom will love that." William said. "That's kind of the problem. She gets weird when I bring girls home. It's embarrassing." Mordecai said. "Wait. You've brought girls home? How many times?" Mordecai makes a stoic, unamused face.

"Was it zero times? Anyway, I know Mom can go overboard sometimes, but I'm not sure what you want me to do about that." William said. "Just... Is there a time I can come by when Mom won't be home?" Mordecai asked. "Well, she does have Punchercise tomorrow night, but—" William said. "Look, I know it's messed up, but please don't tell her we're coming." Mordecai said. "Uhp, uhp! I can't lie to that woman. Haven't in 25 years. Except if she asks if she could still pass as a college student. Then you lie. Otherwise, no lies!" William said. "Just don't tell her!"

THE NEXT DAY

Mordecai and Anna enter his parents' house. "Dad, we're here!" Mordecai shouted. "Ah, there's my boy!" Mordecai and William share a hug. "Ha. Hi, Dad." Mordecai said. "And you must be Anna. I'm William." William said. "Nice to meet you, sir." Anna said. "Please, call me Will. "Sir" is my boss's name. Unfortunately, Mordecai's mom isn't around at the moment." William said. "Mom's not here?! Darn it! Life's so unfair! Oh, well. Next time or whatever. Anyway, I'm just gonna run up and grab that tape so we can—" Mordecai said with fake disappointment.

The front door suddenly bursts open. "Aah!" Mordecai's mom enters wearing exercise clothes and carrying dumbbells. "Where's my little champion?" She asked. "Mom!" Mordecai's mom runs up and hugs him. "You're home!" Mordecai said. "Of course I am. You don't think I'd miss my handsome gent coming home, do you? And when your dad told me you were bringing a new sweetie over, I decided to take the afternoon Punchercise class so I could run right home to see you two." Mordecai glares at William, who then shrugs . "25 years, no lies." He replies. Hilary looks at Anna. "And you!

Wow! Gorgeous!" She said. "Yup. I'm smart and funny too." Anna said. "And modest. She's the whole package." Hilary puts an arm around Mordecai. "Mordy, tell me you and this bombshell will be staying for dinner." She said. "Uh, actually, we were—" he began. "Pshaw! I insist! Besides, I already whipped up something special before Punchercise. You two sit tight. It'll be ready in a jiff." As Hilary passes by him, she playfully kicks him in the butt. "Can't wait." Mordecai and Anna go upstairs. "Sorry my mom's so weird." Mordecai said. "She's totally sweet." Anna said.

They enter Mordecai's old bedroom. "Here's my room." Mordecai said.  "Whoa. Yup. Yup. You can tell a lot about a man from the room he grew up in." Anna said. "Anyway, I think my mix tapes are in the closet." Mordecai opens his closet door and fishes around for the mix tapes, but he doesn't find them. "Hmm, they aren't here." He said. Hilary calls out from downstairs. "Mordecai! Mordecai, I need you right now!" She shouted. "Ugh! I'll see what she wants." In the kitchen, Hilary is cutting carrots. "Mordecai!" She shouted. He comes down the stairs behind her.

"What? What is it, Mom?" He asked. "Is Anna a vegetarian?" She asked. "That's what you called me down for? No, Mom. No, she isn't." He replied. "Oh, good! She can have some of my prized meatloaf." Hilary said. "Can you just be normal?" Mordecai asked. "Normal?" She asked. "Yeah, normal! Ever heard of it? Let's not go nuts here, okay?" Mordecai asked. "Don't worry. Let me show you the dessert." Mordecai's mom shows him a cream pie topped with berries; the berries spell out Anna's name and Mordecai gasps. "See, the berries spell out—" Mordecai quickly eats the dessert with his hands.

"Hey! Stop! What are you doing?!" Hilary asked. "Sorry. It just looked so good, you know? I couldn't wait. You've still got it, Mom." Mordecai said with his mouth full. "You're lucky I have... a backup!" Hilary shows him a gelatin in Anna's likeness; it has grapes for hair, pineapple slices for eyes, and a dot of whipped cream for a nose. "Think she'll like it?" Mordecai's mouth hangs open in shock. "It was hard to get all her features. Gelatin is such an unforgiving medium. But luckily, I got a bunch of her photos off the internet." Mordecai races up the stairs and into his room. "Anna! Anna! We got-- We gotta go!" He shouted. "What? Why?" She asked. "We just gotta! Before—" Hilary calls from downstairs. "Dinner's ready, kids!" Mordecai sighs. "Never mind." He said.

2½ HOURS LATER

Mordecai, his parents, and Anna are at the dinner table. "He kept running and running." William said. "And he shoots the ball into the other team's basket!" Mordecai's parents and Anna laugh while Mordecai hides his face and pounds on the table. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" He groans. "Oh, memories. I've been collecting them, you know, Anna." Hilary said. "Yeah." She playfully elbows Mordecai. "I'm collecting a few interesting ones myself." She said.

"No, I mean on tape. It's called "Mordy Moments." Hilary said. Mordecai looks mortified. In a flashback, Mordecai sits next to his dad, his uncle Steve, and his aunt Maxine while his mom holds a video cassette labeled "Mordy Moments" "Okay, who's ready for some "Mordy Moments"?" Hilary puts the cassette in the VCR and joins her family on the couch. "Bum-da-da-bum! Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-buuuum! "20th Century Mom" Presents Mordy Moments!" In the first scene,

kid Mordecai gets tangled up in a Slip 'N Slide. "Yea-ah! Ohhhh! Ahhhh!" Mordecai's parents, uncle, and aunt laugh while he watches in utter shock. In the next scene, young Mordecai is Peter Pan in a school play. "Just think a happy thought, and you can fly too!" When he jumps, his harness malfunctions, giving him a bad wedgie and he fell. Uncle Steve is so amused, he does a soda spit-take. In the next scene, infant Mordecai is covered in spaghetti and meatballs. "Pasghetti" everywhere!" He shouted. "Pasghetti" on your tushie!" In the next scene,

teenage Mordecai is playing saxophone in a marching band. When his pants fall down, he trips, falls on his face, and his mouthpiece gets stuck in his beak. As his parents and relatives laugh, Mordecai blushes. As he slides onto the floor, the flashback takes a disturbing turn, with Mordecai's parents and relatives towering over him in deep, distorted laughter. Mordecai slams his fists on the floor in humiliation. The flashback ends. "You remember that tape, Mordy?" Mordecai's parents and Anna look at him. "Oh. Yeah. Mm-hmm." He replied.

"You know, you two should stay for a bit longer. We could eat the special dessert I made for Anna, then we could watch the tape!" Hilary said. "Now where did I put it?" William asked. "I think you put it in the basement." Hilary said. Mordecai quickly gets out of his chair. "I'll intercept-- I mean, look for it." He runs out of the kitchen. "Anna, you're in for a real treat." Mordecai goes into the basement and finds a cardboard box labeled "Mordy's Stuff" "Yes!" Inside the box, Mordecai finds both his "Maxin' and Relaxin'" mix tape and the "Mordy Moments" video cassettes.

"Jackpot." Upstairs, Mordecai hears the others talking. "So why do you guys have so many prunes again?" Anna asked. "Once Mordy brings up the tape, I'll show you why." Hilary said. "Sorry, Mom." Mordecai tries breaking the tape with his forehead, but he only hurts himself. "Aaaahhh!" Mordecai then tries breaking the tape by throwing it against the floor, but it bounces across the room and into a VCR. As it begins playing, spirits fly out of the TV screen. Mordecai runs away, but the spirits shove him back onto the floor. "Where's the mix tape?" He asked.

"Oh, you mean... this mix tape?" A ghost of young Mordecai tangled in the Slip 'N Slide holds up "Maxin' and Relaxin'" "Hey, give it back!" Mordecai tries to take the tape back, but "Slip 'N Slide" Mordecai throws it over to a ghost of teenage Marching Band Mordecai. "Aah! What the heck?!" Marching Band Mordecai then throws the tape over to a ghost of "Peter Pan" Mordecai. "Who are you?!" Slip 'N Slide" Mordecai, Marching Band Mordecai, and "Peter Pan" Mordecai stand side by side. "Whoa... You're all me!" He said. "Brilliant. Grab him!" "Slip 'N Slide"

Mordecai and Marching Band Mordecai shove the real Mordecai into a chair. "Ugh! Get off!" Mordecai is tied to the chair by a watering hose. "Aah! Aah! Help! Anna! Mom!" Mordecai shouted. "Pfft! Yeah, right. Why would Mom want to help you after tonight?" "Peter Pan" Mordecai asked. "What does that mean?" Mordecai asked. Marching Band Mordecai plays a low note on his saxophone. "Yeah. It means that while you were busy looking for your dumb little mix tape, we put together a little mix tape of our own." The TV screen plays back several "Mordy Moments" from earlier in the evening. "Stop!" Hilary shouted. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Can you just be normal?" Mordecai asked. "Normal?" She asked. The TV turns off. "Alright, fine. I admit I haven't been super nice to Mom tonight. But of all people, can't you guys understand? She humiliated us! She put our most embarrassing moments on tape, and now you're stuck like this forever!" Mordecai shouted. "You have to learn to let go, dude. Embarrassing moments make us who we are. The problem isn't that we're stuck like this on "Mordy Moments". "Peter Pan" Mordecai points to Mordecai's head. "It's that we're stuck like this in here." He said. "Besides, Mom can be really cool. Remember after I got caught in the diving slide?" "Slip 'N Slide" Mordecai asked. "Oh, yeah... To make me feel better, she took me out for the biggest sundae I ever saw. I guess that was really cool of her." The Slip 'N Slide stuck around "Slip 'N Slide" Mordecai unravels.

"I'm free!" He said. "Yeah. She had to pull a lot of strings to find a good doctor to remove that saxophone." As Marching Band Mordecai plays a note on his saxophone, the saxophone vanishes. "Yea-ah!" He said. "And after the play, she hunted around for weeks to find me a new pair of rocket-ship underwear." "Peter Pan" Mordecai said. "Aw, man. You guys are right. Mom's totally rad, and I've been a complete jerk to her all night just because I wanted Anna to think I was cool.

"Peter Pan" Mordecai's harness disappears, dropping him to the floor. "Dude, Anna does think you're cool. "Slip 'N Slide" Mordecai frees Mordecai from his watering hose binds. "But girls don't dig guys who are jerks to their mom." He said. "You're right, guys. Thanks. I needed that." Mordecai said. "Glad to help, bro." "Peter Pan" Mordecai said. "See ya! Wouldn't want to be ya!" The other Mordecais said. The three ghosts of Mordecai's past vanish. "Heh. I guess that stuff is pretty funny. "Maxin' and Relaxin'" and "Mordy Moments" appear in front of Mordecai. He leaves the basement, and his mom walks up with the Anna gelatin in her hands.

"Mordecai? Did you find "Mordy Moments"?" Hilary asked. Mordecai shows his mom the "Mordy Moments" cassette. "Oh, good. Come on. Everybody's in the living room. Uh, Mordy, we don't have to watch it if you don't want to. Is it embarrassing for you? Do I embarrass you?" Hilary asked. "Mom, you don't embarrass me. I've been acting totally crazy. Sorry about being a jerk tonight." Mordecai and his mom share a hug. "Aww. My little boy could never be a jerk." Mordecai and his mom join Anna and William in the living room. "Well, look who it is. You found it?" William asked.

"Yup." He replied. "And here's dessert!" Hilary sets the gelatin down on the table. "Wow! It's like looking in a jelly mirror." Anna said. "Oh-ho-ho-ho! This one's a keeper, Mordecai." Hilary said. "Okay, okay, everybody, settle down. Welcome to the 10th annual screening of "Mordy Moments". I need everybody to turn off their cellphones, and no food or drink in the theater -- except Mom's dessert."

Mordecai's parents and Anna laugh. "And I'm gonna need everybody to sign a nondisclosure agreement." Mordecai's parents and Anna continue laughing. Mordecai joins in the laughter and plays the tape before sitting down next to Anna. "Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-buuuum!" Hilary said, imitating a fanfare. Anna leans on Mordecai. "This is way cooler than a mix tape." She said. " ..."Mordy Moments"!" Behind the couch, the three ghosts of Mordecai's past look on before disappearing. "Yea-ah! Ohhhh! Ahhhh!" "Pasghetti" everywhere!" Mordecai, his parents, and Anna laugh.