![]() ![]() Yes, the flashback from the Season 3 premiere was real, Rick's wife did die in that explosion, along with Beth. Here we get a couple of huge lore dumps, the first of which is confirmation of Rick's backstory. ![]() The episode starts with Rick living his best Samurai Jack life, acting as an anti-hero slashing and dicing bird people around the universe, and even getting his own catchy anime opening song that perfectly combines the aesthetics of Vampire Hunter D with the visuals of any modern isekai show - the best part? That the sequence added sing-along lyrics in both kanji and romaji.Īfter Rick realizes that his archnemesis, CrowScare is having sex with his crows, Rick leaves his dark companions and returns to Morty, who turned himself into a 40-year-old to guilt Rick into coming back home because he is starting to recognize that he desperately wants to get back together with Rick, as he's become codependent on their relationship and adventures. No, not because of the return of Evil Morty, but because we finally get a good anime parody after that awful Voltron episode. RELATED: New Live-Action 'Rick and Morty' Clip Pays Tribute to Pickle RickĪnd then we have Rickmurai Jack, an episode that personifies the TV sitcom episode equivalent of the "Finally, some good fucking food" Gordon Ramsay meme. The scene also works because it forgets about the crude jokes, the sci-fi concepts and the crows, and focuses on what made this one of the best animated comedies of the past decade, the relationship between the characters. Sure, we know this is only temporary, but as I've noted before, the show doesn't have to actively remind us that things have changed for us to know that things have changed, and even though Rick and Morty will probably largely ignore the events of this episode in the future, the audience knows what Rick said, and it does change how we view their relationship from here on out. I’ll always be your grandpa, I’m just kind of obsessed with crows now," Rick says in a rather teary farewell. Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt' (Season 2, Ep.Now, the idea of an episode where Morty and Rick split up is nothing new, but what matters is the emotional and grounded way in which the episode ends, with Rick finally acknowledging his own toxicity, and deciding to leave Morty himself rather than firing him. ![]() The moment this track was played out, it perfectly displayed the existential knack Morty felt upon escaping the universe where everyone he knew had been turned into Cronenberg monsters because of his and his grandfather's mistakes.Īfter Rick and Morty moved from the chaotic home universe to a safer replacement dimension, Morty still felt an absurd realization that the new dimension without Corenberg monsters was just a substitute despite its similarities to his home dimension.Īnd right at this moment, Mazzy Star's track played out as a perfect background score that showcased Morty's on the absurdness of his reality without a single dialogue. ![]() The lyrics of this melancholic indie track released in 1996 resonated at a deeper level with the premise of the episode-especially the part of the lyrics " It's no different when you're leaving home." This beautiful track by alternative rock group Mazzy Star was a perfect backdrop for the emotionally-wrenching ending scene in the episode ' Rick Potion#9.' ![]()
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