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'''''Rick and Morty''''' is an [[Adult Swim|[adult swim]]] original that premiered in December 2013. Created by Justin Roiland and [[Dan Harmon]], the series is based
Rick Sanchez, an [[The Alcoholic|alcoholic]] [[Mad Scientist]], constantly pulls his grandson Morty into crazy [[Science Fiction|sci-fi]] trips and wild scientific experiments. Morty's parents keep the old man around half-begrudgingly, as long as Morty stays in school. Besides, they have [[Dysfunctional Family|their own problems to solve]].
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* [[Animalistic Abomination]]: The Talking Cat from "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty" seems to be your average [[Talking Animal]] at first, but its true form [[Take Our Word for It|(which the viewers do not see)]] is so horrific that it actually causes Rick - who has stood up to planet-sized [[Eldritch Abomination]]s and [[The Devil]] himself without fear - [[Brown Note|to ''panic'' and nearly commit suicide]].
▲* [[Alcoholic Dad]]: subverted with Rick (he is Morty's Granddad).
* [[Autoerotic Asphyxiation]]:
** A character called Squanchy turns up in "Ricksy Business" (S1E11) for a spot of "squanching", which in context means this.{{context|Someone who remembers the episode double check this please.}}
** Season 2's third episode is named "Autoerotic Assimilation", and [[Playing with a Trope|messes with the concept a bit]] - Rick ends up accepting an orgy with 'Unity', a [[Hive Mind]] that has assimilated several planets' worth of people and isn't afraid to get "creative" with their many bodies.
* [[Body Horror]]: in [[w:Rick_Potion_No._9|"Rick Potion No.9"]] and The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy.▼
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: In "Get Schwifty", rapper [[Ice-T]] reveals he is actually an alien made of water, and his real name is Water-T.
▲* [[Body Horror]]: in [[w:Rick_Potion_No._9|"Rick Potion No. 9"]] and "The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy".
* [[Bottle and Switch Episode]]: Does this at least once a season by parodying the [[Clip Show]] trope or making fun of the Bottle Episode concept:
** The first Interdimensional Cable episode "Rixty Minutes" featured channels from different shows. In addition, Rick gives Beth and Jerry a device that shows how their lives would have been different if Summer had never been born.
** "Total Rickall" in season 2 takes place entirely in the Smith household, because Rick puts it under lockdown after he accidentally gets contaminated with alien parasites. Each time a parasite introduces itself, it uses fake memory flashbacks to create more of them. By the next commercial break, Rick lampshades their home has become a Where's Waldo picture. Unsurprisingly, it was the most expensive episode of season two.
** While "The Ricklantis Mixup" has only three voice actors total -- the Rick wafers narrator, child Beth, and Justin Roiland-- it is one of the most ambitious episodes of season three. While our Rick and Morty spend time in Atlantis where Morty loses his virginity to a mermaid, the audience is taken to the Citadel, where several plotlines center around the idea of Ricks and Mortys escaping their programming of hero and sidekick, and an oncoming election which promises change. It ends with a [[Wham! Shot]] of most of these characters who died onscreen or offscreen in space, {{spoiler|revealing that ''Evil Morty'' won the election.}}
** "Morty's Mind Blowers" features countless clips of episodes that Rick has erased from Morty's memories. Sometimes they are at the boy's requests due to his screwups or his family causing further trauma. Other times, Rick has erased the memories out of spite. Due to [[Mind Screw]], they may not even be from this episode.
** "Never Ricking Morty" has the plot being that Rick and Morty are trapped on a train where all the characters know them and are exchanging stories about their adventures with the duo. We see new trippy stories that Rick confirms are not real-- the conductor of the train, Storylord, was messing with reality to drain Rick and Morty of their story potential.
** "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort" features Rick going into {{spoiler|Birdperson's comatose mind}} to save him and revive memories of their friendship. We get a very trippy journey as a result, especially when {{spoiler|the mind starts trying to eject him.}}
** "Full Meta Jackrick" has Storylord come back for an encore when he traps Rick and Morty within a meta adventure.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]:
** When Mr Poopy Butt-hole talks to the audience at the end of
** Broken twice and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in S2E11 "Ricksy Business" when the captain of the Titanic ride says:
{{Quote|'''Captain''': Sorry for the inconvenience folks, we should resume sinking shortly. In the meantime, please stay on the ship and enjoy a complementary plate of ''James Camer-onion rings.''"
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* [[The Cameo]] / [[Couch Gag]]: In the Couch Gag for ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Mathlete's Feat", Rick and Morty crash into the family's living room, killing them in the process, and Morty is tasked to revive the Simpsons in a cloning facility from another universe, while Rick fools around in the house.
** Many critics have said the Couch Gag was [[One-Scene Wonder|more memorable than the actual episode]].
* [[
** Rick: "Wubba-lubba-dub-dub!" (Translates as "I am in great pain, please help me.")
** Beth: "Get a job, Jerry."
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** Mr Poopy Butthole: "Ow-whee."
** Meeseeks: "I'm Mr. Meeseeks - look at me!"
* [[
* [[Comically Misidentified Foreign Technology]]: In the second Interdimensional Cable episode, Jerry attempts to hold a group of aliens [[Hostage Situation|hostage]] with what he believes is an alien ray-gun. It's a prosthetic penis.
* [[Cosmic Horror]]: frequent encounters with, due to inter-dimensional travel. Notably the being known only as "Fart."
* [[Crapsack World]]: multiple
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** "The ABCs of Beth"- Froopy Land (visually averted, but really and truly it's a well-meaning childhood fantasy [[Dreamland|dreamland]] gone [[From Bad to Worse|from bad to worse]] and subverted in the process.)
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: {{spoiler|Season 3, episode 1}}.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]] : lampshaded in "The ABC's of Beth" (S03E09) when {{spoiler|the ex of Jerry's alien girlfriend turns up. This is also a [[Lame Pun|pun]] on ''ex''. Morty breaks the 4th wall here too, by looking at the viewer as he walks away, so this seems quite intentional.}}
{{quote|'''Morty''': Dad, you just got handed an ''ex machina'': you're taking it.}}
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Season 2 finale}}.
* [[Easter Egg]]: This show has plenty. For example:
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{{quote|'''Morty''': ''Everything is crooked! Reality is poison! I wanna go back! I hate this!''}}
** This prompts Rick to remove that memory from Morty's mind.
* [[Exposition]]: Beth's appraisal of the situation in Froopy Land (S03E09) falls under this trope, as well as these sub-tropes:
** [[Info Dump]] / [[Expospeak]].
*** Naturally, Rick hangs a lampshade on it:
{{quote|'''Rick''': Guys, if I could interrupt: we're way ahead with [[Lampshade Hanging|''the reveal'']] here.
'''Beth''': Yeah, just take us to King Tommy.}}
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Most episodes are named with [[Pun-Based Title|Rick puns]] ([[Total Recall|"Total Rickall"]] and [[The Shawshank Redemption|"The Rickshank Rickdemption"]], for example).
** Some of them are also a [[Shout-Out]] to movie titles.
** They are often [[Lame Pun|lame]] ([[Rick_and_Morty/YMMV|YMMV]]).<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rick_and_Morty_episodes List of Rick and Morty episodes] ''wikipedia.org''</ref>
* [[Ignorant of
* [[Lampshaded the Obscure Reference]]: this trope is [[Subverted|subverted]] in Season 2 Episode 1 ("[[Wikipedia:A_Rickle_in_Time|A Rickle In Time]]"):
{{quote|'''Rick''': Man, that guy is the "Redgrin Grumble" to pretending he knows what's going on.
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** In S1E8, "Something Ricked This Way Comes", King Flippynips has Scroopy Noopers sent to Plutonimo Bay. Afterwards, he says to Jerry:
{{Quote|'''King Flippynips''': I can see you are confused: Plutonimo Bay is a military prison, a sort of ''play on words''...}}
* [[
* [[Recursive Reality|Rickursive Reality]]: in [[Wikipedia:The_Rick's_Must_Be_Crazy|"The Rick's Must Be Crazy"]], Rick's car battery is {{Spoiler|composed of a "microverse"}}. In order to fix it, he has to enter it, whereupon he discovers that one of his creations ("Zeep Xanflorp" voiced by [[Stephen Colbert]]) has designed a similar device called a "miniverse", which he and Rick enter only to discover yet another iteration, called a "teenyverse".▼
* [[Milkman Conspiracy]]: In a Season 3 episode, the plot of the day's conspiracy was all orchestrated by squirrels.
▲* [[Meaningful Name]]: subverted. Many of the characters have silly names, primarily to reflect their "alien-ness".
▲* [[Recursive Reality|Rickursive Reality]]: in [[Wikipedia:The_Rick's_Must_Be_Crazy|"The Rick's Must Be Crazy"]], Rick's car battery is {{Spoiler|composed of a "microverse"}}. In order to fix it, he has to enter it, whereupon he discovers that one of his creations ("Zeep Xanflorp" voiced by [[Stephen Colbert]]) has designed a similar device called a "miniverse", which he and Rick enter only to discover yet another iteration.
* [[Mind Screw]]: just about every episode - especially "Morty's Mind Blowers". (Events so extreme that they had to be erased from Morty's memory, a selection of which are recalled in this episode).
* [[The Multiverse]]: An essential part of the setting; exploring other realities is Rick's specialty.
* [[Parody]]: see
** "Interdimensional Cable" - random cable programmes, such as "Ball Fondlers", (a possible [[A-Team]] spoof)
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* [[Post Modernism]]: references both reality and other fictions, and is aware that it is fiction. Frequently [[Breaks the Fourth Wall]].
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: every episode pretty much.
* [[Rule of
* [[Russian Reversal]]: In one episode where Rick and Morty are fleeing the Citadel, they enter a dimension full of pizza-people who eat humans, evidenced by one of the pizza people ordering out for one on the phone while lounging in his chair. They hop dimensions again and wind up in one populated by phone-people who eat chairs, use humans for phones, and sit on pizza-shaped chairs. They hop dimensions again and complete the joke by ending up in a dimension with chair-people who
* [[Scavenger World]]: An universe inspired by ''[[Mad Max]]'' is featured in "Rickmancing the Stone".
* [[Surgery Under Fire]]: Rick has done this quite a few times. Rick being Rick, he's [[Crazy Prepared]] enough to have portable prosthetic limbs in case a weird Froopy Land hybrid bites it off or if he gets in a shootout with an assassin. In the latter case, he was transformed into a pickle and used office condiments as well as a stapler to patch a wound.
* [[Shout
* [[Talking Animal]]:
{{Quote|'''Snuffles:''' Where are my testicles, Summer?}}
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