Happy Monster Day and Non-Anniversary to ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Liam McPoyle

Who the hell would ever think that it’s a good idea to have a wedding on Friday the 13th? If the McPoyles ever manage to spread their tainted blood to the rest of the world, we all will.

Today is Friday the 13th, or as Charlie Kelly would call it on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a “monster day” that isn’t fit for a wedding in the woods, especially one attended by the entire infamous inbred clan of Philadelphia known as the McPoyles. One fall Friday the 13th in 2012, the Ponderosas, the McPoyles and the Paddy’s Pub crew all convened for a nuptial celebration that ended in catastrophe as Liam McPoyle not only lost his fiancé to Dennis’ complete lack of self-control, but he also lost his eye in the process. Ultimately, however, Liam had only himself to blame for holding what should have been such a joyous occasion on such an unlucky day — well, himself, Frank and his would-be brother-in-law Bill.

This monster day, let’s remember the time when the gang all went into the woods with their own plans to protect or destroy the McPoyle-Ponderosa wedding, only for the event to unravel thanks to the biggest monster of all — addiction.

In the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season Eight classic “The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre,” the entire gang (along with the show’s most chaotic side characters) all venture out into the Pennsylvania wilderness on Friday the 13th to witness (or prevent) the union between Dennis’ ex-wife Maureen Ponderosa and the McPoyle progeny Liam before bad luck and bath salts disrupt the event and nearly destroy every attendee. Heavily inspired by the Friday the 13th film franchise, the stylized episode featured the first intro and title card that bucked the usual font and string theme of the typical It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia opening.

The episode also introduced Oscar-winning director Guillermo Del Toro to the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia universe as he made his first of two appearances (so far) playing the McPoyle patriarch Pappy McPoyle who apparently believes himself to be some sort of monstrous, inbred Pennsylvania Kronos. 

But the monster of the “monster day” wasn’t supernatural, mythical or otherwise otherworldly, as Bill Ponderosa spiked the McPoyle milk with bath salts, causing cannibalistic carnage to erupt and ruin the wedding. So, if any other McPoyles are getting married this Friday the 13th, they should steer clear of inviting anyone whose Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor is Frank Reynolds.