Rick And Morty: 10 Best Times An Episode Addressed A Fan Theory

Rick And Morty fans are constantly theorizing about the show and characters, and sometimes those theories make their way into the writer’s room.

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Fans of Rick And Morty are used to meta-commentary on the part of the show’s writers. As far as fan theories, Rick And Morty has a storytelling universe rich enough to fuel hundreds of them.

Sometimes, it’s clear that the writers have either heard or seen one of the many popular fan theories and decided that it would be interesting to make the characters aware of them as well. Many of these fan theories were addressed in “Never Ricking Morty,” the sixth season 4 episode, but the show speaks to its fans over all of its seasons.

10 Evil Morty Made An Army

“Never Ricking Morty” takes place on a Story Train that’s really just a gift Morty bought from the Citadel for Rick, and nothing that occurs in the episode is canon. While on the Story Train, the train versions of Rick and Morty go through vignette-style adventures that mimic the format of the interdimensional cable and “Morty’s Mind Blowers” episodes.

In the climax of the episode, Rick and Morty are faced with Evil Morty and an army of Citadel Ricks, which was a nod to fan theories about Evil Morty’s revenge plot. Many people thought he wanted to turn the Citadel against Rick C-137 and launch an attack. Of course, his real plan all along ended up being a little different, but it was a very popular theory at the time.

9 The Ticket Didn’t Mean Anything

A small fan theory that was referenced inside the Story Train has to do with Jerry and whether or not he’s the right Jerry. After the season 2 episode “Mortynight Run,” fans were convinced that Rick and Morty mixed up Jerry’s Jerryboree ticket with another Jerry’s, and brought the wrong one home.

In”Never Ricking Morty,” the Tickets Please Guy follows them around everywhere, demanding tickets. When he takes them and rips off the stub, Rick and Morty carelessly toss the tickets on the ground. The Tickets Please Guy then gets sucked out of the train, “suspended in disbelief,” as a statement on fans second-guessing every detail on the show.

8 The Writers Addressed Making Fan Theories

Another larger message of “Never Ricking Morty” was about making fan theories in general. The whole episode took a deep look at fans picking apart episodes and trailers and told them to “just have fun.” Rick and Morty make several comments alluding to this message throughout the episode, from Morty telling Rick that things are getting “too meta” to Rick saying “if you don’t want to be meta, stop deconstructing s**t.”

In fact, every car of the train addressed fans’ tendency to dig into things too far. There was a car dedicated to why people would want to kill Rick, one filled with women who dated him, and one that was a debate about Rick and Morty’s most memorable musical moments. Their final battle with the Story Lord teaches viewers about story burnout from doing too much anthology. The main takeaway? Just relax and enjoy the story.

7 Morty And The Story Lord Talk Both Mention Improv

A popular theory about dialogue is that Justin Roiland and others often make their lines up on the fly, or have a very loose script. When Morty first watches Interdimensional Cable, he makes an observation about the TV programs, commenting that they have an almost improvisational feel to them.

This gets translated into a comment about the show itself, as Roiland voices all of the sometimes hilarious, sometimes disgusting Interdimensional Cable shows, and even falters and laughs while voicing them. In “Never Ricking Morty,” when the Story Lord is trying to tell Rick and Morty what to do (a commentary about fan service) he says, “No rules for you. Spiraling through the multiverse, burping semi-improvised dialogue about how nothing matters.”

6 Summer And Tammy Showdown

Tammy was originally Summer’s friend on the show before she got married to Birdperson and then revealed herself to be a Federation agent. Many fans thought that the two would face down as revenge for Tammy lying to Summer about her identity and trying to kill her family. That theory got put to rest in “Star Mort Rickturn Of The Jerri,” when Tammy was killed, but before her demise, there were endless theories about her.

Some thought she was Rick’s granddaughter from another dimension, and that theory fueled the “Never Ricking Morty” Tammy and Summer lightsaber fight sequence (which was also foreshadowing for the Star Wars parody that her death would take place in).

5 Beth Talked About The Show

After the heartbreaking Rick And Morty moments in “The Wedding Squanchers” finale, and then the heavily canon and chaotic shenanigans of season 3, Rick And Morty addressed two fan concerns with one line. Beth tells Rick, “You can’t talk to Jerry like that anymore. We’re a real family now. In many ways, things will be like season 1, but more streamlined.”

Firstly, this addresses the fan theory that the Smith family and others know that they’re on a television show. Beth is just one of several characters to use words like “season” or “commercial break.” Secondly, it makes a commentary about certain fans’ obsession with season 1 of the show because of its different format from the plot-heavy second and third seasons.

4 Fascist Morty Sucked The Fun Out Of Everything

Another commentary about fans idealizing the “self-contained” nature of early episodes and theories that the writers were aware of this opinion in parts of the fandom was in “Edge Of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat.” Rick is spawned into a Fascist America, and a Fascist Morty takes him on a “classic adventure” at gunpoint.

The Morty demands, “Stop asking questions. Stop doing meta-commentary,” to which Rick answers, “It would really help if you could just say anything other than what you don’t want.” This confirmed fans’ theories about writers’ distaste for fan service and cemented the idea that making demands of writers would get fans nowhere.

3 Rick’s Backstory Is Explained

Long before the best season finale of Rick And Morty, where fans finally got answers to Rick’s past in “Rickmurai Jack,” his backstory was teased in “The Rickshank Rickdemption,” and several fan theories about Rick’s origins were addressed. Because of the absence of Beth’s mother from any of the season 1 or 2 episodes, fans had theories that ranged from divorce to death. But, when Rick shows a memory of another version of himself blowing up Diane and Beth to the Federation agents, he later implies it was a lie.

Many fans toyed with alternate theories or argued that the memory was partially true. It turned out, however, that the story did have truth to it, and C-137’s Diane and Beth were murdered. Rick makes a meta-statement about the many theories after Morty sees the memory, stating, “Now everyone can shut up about it.”

2 Viewers Didn’t Follow C-137

A wild fan theory created after “Never Ricking Morty” aired was that certain episodes of the show were purposefully not canon, and didn’t actually follow the main Rick and Morty (C-137) of the show. Since that theory arose, there hasn’t been much evidence of its veracity, until season 5.

“Mortiplicity” features different Smith families realizing that decoy versions of themselves are out hunting all other versions of themselves, and the episode is a never-ending loop of following different Smiths up until the very end. A Rick with a Space Beth is introduced at the end, but whether or not it’s C-137 is unclear. It’s the first time the show’s plot didn’t follow C-137 Rick and Morty, or at least the first official time.

1 Mr. Poopybutthole’s Origin Is Explored

Lovers of the show have theorized who Mr. Poopybutthole really is. Some think he’s the original parasite from his debut episode, “Total Rickall” and has been pulling the strings behind the scenes. Others think that he’s a producer of the TV show Rick And Morty, and that’s why Mr. Poopybutthole watches and appears in Rick And Morty.

Mr. Poopybutthole’s potential as a puppeteer parasite is referenced in “Never Ricking Morty” where he appears as a Sith-inspired overlord. He also has a line in the season 5 finale post-credits scene, where he wonders if there’s an evil version of him out there somewhere, once again addressing the fan theory.

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