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#10: Dog World “Lawnmower Dog”
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The series’ second episode features Morty’s dog Snowball – formally known as Snuffles – attaining super-intelligence and attempting to take over the world by making other dogs just as smart. However, a compromise is reached and they depart for another dimension where they can have their civilization of intelligent dogs. While sending them off to their new lives, Rick and Morty discuss this idea like they’re proposing a TV show. This is appropriate, since “Rick and Morty” creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon had previously pitched a show with this very premise, called “Dog World,” to Cartoon Network, only for it to be rejected. But what do they know?
#9: Instead of Interdimensional Cable “Morty’s Mind Blowers”
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During this episode, Morty becomes unable to get a disturbing experience out of his head and asks Rick to erase it from his memory. As it turns out, this isn’t the first time Rick has had to do so, and decides to show his grandson a series of disturbing memories he’s taken from him, in the form of several unrelated scenes. When Rick reveals this to Morty, he names the experience “Morty’s Mind Blowers,” before turning directly to the audience to inform them that they’ll be doing this instead of the similarly formatted “Interdimensional Cable” episodes.
#8: Roll Credits “Ricksy Business”
When Beth and Jerry take a vacation, Summer and Rick take the opportunity to throw a party. However, with the house trashed, things look dire when Summer and Morty’s parents return home. But thanks to one of Rick’s sci-fi gadgets, time becomes frozen; allowing the trio to take as much time as they need to clean up… or goof around, or whatever takes their fancy. After watching “Titanic,” the three of them have an impromptu dance party, with Rick exclaiming that the credits should be rolled and that they’ve reached the end of season 1. Except he uses a lot more profanity.
#7: Wubba Lubba Dub-Dub “Meeseeks and Destroy”
Before Rick and Morty go on an adventure, he gives the rest of his family a Meeseeks box, which creates blue creatures whose purpose is to fulfill requests. Predictably, it all goes horribly wrong, and the Meeseeks wreak havoc on the house when they’re unable to fulfill Jerry’s request. After coming back, Rick suggests another type of box to help clean up the mess and then clarifies that it has a mop and floor wax in it, before spouting his catchphrase, “Wubba Lubba dub-dub,” which he claims to have invented in reference to Arsenio Hall. He explains all this to the camera, before waving goodbye to the audience until next week.
#6: An Almost Improvisational Tone “Rixty Minutes”
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Before Morty’s Mind Blowers, there was Interdimensional Cable. A literal expansion of the family’s cable package installed by Rick, this feature allows him and his family to watch TV as it plays out in other realities. Although Beth and Jerry become obsessed with other versions of their lives where they were successful, Rick and Morty decide to channel surf, coming across a wide variety of strange programs and movies. Morty describes it as feeling looser than real TV, while Rick remarks that its tone feels almost improvisational. This is in reference to the fact that behind the scenes, all of the Interdimensional Cable sketches are completely improvised.
#5: Where’s Waldo? “Total Rickall”
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In this episode, Rick discovers that an alien parasite has infiltrated the house. In order to blend in, the creatures create false memories of their disguised persona in the minds of the people around them. Although only a few characters show up at first, the number of wacky creatures soon balloons out of proportion, to the point where the house is crowded with them. Rick initially screams upon realizing this, only to drop his alarm and speak to the audience about how it looks like he’s in a “Where’s Waldo?” page and telling us they’ll be back after the commercial.
#4: 9 Seasons “The Rickshank Rickdemption”
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The 3rd season premiere of “Rick and Morty” sees Rick escape capture by the galactic government, while also rescuing Morty and Summer from the Council of Ricks. Upon returning home, Jerry forces Beth to choose between him and her father, leading to their divorce. In the garage, Rick reveals to Morty that this was all his masterplan from the beginning, before going on a crazed rant about a McDonald’s dipping sauce he mentioned earlier, which Morty has no context for. Rick claims that the McNuggets sauce is his “series arc,” even if it takes 9 seasons for him to achieve. Quite the lofty goal.
#3: Like Season 1 “The Rickchurian Mortydate”
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Although most of these winks at the audience have been from Rick, his daughter also seems to pick up on being in a cartoon. This episode sees Rick battle the president of the United States, while Beth’s insecurities over whether she’s actually a clone lead her to reconcile with Jerry. While having dinner at the end of the episode, Beth claims that now that she and Jerry are back together, their lives and the show will be more like season 1 again, only without her motivation being based on her fear of Rick abandoning her.
#2: What Mr. Poopybutthole Was Up to “The Rickchurian Mortydate”
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Acting as the third season finale, this episode wraps up the year in much the same way as the preceding one did… at least when it comes to the after-credits scene. Season 2 concludes with a cliffhanger, which is commented on by the odd friend of the family named Mr. Poopybutthole. We had to give the edge to season 3’s scene with him though, as the juvenilely named character reveals, after being absent the whole season, that he has gotten married and had a child in the interim, while inquiring what the audience did during the last hiatus. He also theorizes that the gap between seasons 3 and 4 to be even longer. And while he didn’t end up growing that beard, it certainly felt long! Before we get to our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions: The First Act “Look Who’s Purging Now” Rick & Jerry Episode “The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy” Sequel “Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate” Shrug “Anatomy Park” RickandMorty.com “Pilot”
#1: Nintendo Sponsorship Request “Total Rickall”
During the aforementioned parasites episode, Rick’s family all have a series of flashbacks involving the imaginary characters that the parasites create in their memories. One such memory sees Rick rush in on the family – and Frankenstein’s monster – exclaiming that Wal-Mart is selling limited edition Zelda versions of the Nintendo 3DS, which he wants their help buying up so they can flip them for a profit. He then sticks his head back onscreen asking Nintendo directly for free stuff, no doubt in exchange for his blatant and unsponsored product placement. We don’t blame you Rick! We want free Nintendo stuff too! Seriously, Nintendo – please give us free stuff!
