7 crazy fan theories about the world of Rick and Morty

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

From the most plausible to the weird and absurd.

1. Evil Morty is the real one

Towards the end of the first season, it is revealed that the logic of Rick and Morty is largely based on the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics hypothesis of Hugh Everett's many-worlds interpretation. It turns out that there are infinitely many universes, as well as different Ricks and Morty. And some further events suggest that our Morty, whom we see most of the screen time, is not our Rick's first Morty.

For example, in the series "Close encounters of the ric degree," Sanchez cries when he sees his little grandson in his own memories. And in the episode "It's Time to Swift" during a visit to the Bird Personality, Morty notices a photograph on the wall with Rick and his little self. But we know the Rick and Morty official Facebook page that Sanchez has not been in the family for 20 years, whereas Morty's age at the time of the events of the series is only 14. So, Rick has actually been with him since birth. Not with a boy from C-137, but with a grandson from another dimension.

Evil Morty in the finale of the episode "Close contacts of the ric degree"

Little Morty in Rick's arms in the episode "Close contacts of the ric degree"

In the episode "Time to Swift", a photo of Rick holding baby Morty is discovered at Bird Personality's house.

The final footage of Tales from the Citadel makes it clear that Evil Morty won the presidential election

What does Evil Morty have to do with this? Many fans believe that he was the first Morty of our Rick. Some are even convinced that the scene from the opening cutscene, where Sanchez dives into the portal, leaving his grandson to be devoured by the green monsters, is not just a fragment inserted for fun. After all, the creators themselves said that all the frames from the screensaver are canonical and either were already in the episodes, or they will still appear. And it is likely that Rick really abandoned his grandson on an alien planet at a very dangerous moment and regrets it terribly.

In fact, the first Morty survived, got angry and decided to take revenge on his grandfather. Of course, it is not a fact that this was the reason for the offense. For example, in the original universe, Rick could somehow hurt Beth or even kill her.

It is impossible to say whether this is all so far, although the motivation of the Evil Morty to become the president of the Citadel fits very well into this theory. One thing is for sure: Rick is hiding something terrible. No wonder the scientist's catchphrase is Wubba Lubba Dub Dub, which in translation from the native language of the Bird Personality means: “I am in great pain, help me”.

2. Rick is friends with Stanford Pines from Gravity Falls

In the episode "Close encounters of the ric degree", one of the portals suddenly spits out a pen, notebook and mug. They belong to one of the key characters of the wonderful animated series "Gravity Falls" Stanford Pines.

There are quite a few such funny intersections in Rick and Morty. For example, in the series "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez" Beth and Jerry are trying to save their union in the extraterrestrial institute of marriage problems, where Bill Cypher briefly appears on one of the screens. And in the episode "Rickshank", Morty is walking around the Citadel, dressed as Dipper and Mabel (but it's not so easy to notice them).

Of course, these are all not coincidences, but cleverly hidden Easter eggs designed to please fans. The fact is that Justin Royland and the creator of "Gravity Falls" Alex Hirsch are good friends and even worked together at the Disney studio for a while.

Fan fantasy about Stanford Pines and Rick Sanchez's friendship

Stanford Pines' personal belongings drop out of the portal in the world of "Rick and Morty"

Bill Cipher's sketch can be seen at the Extraterrestrial Marriage Problem Institute.

A fun nod to Gravity Falls - a pair of Mortys dressed as Dipper and Mabel

Some fans of both shows believe that Stanford Pines and Rick Sanchez know each other and are even friends somewhere behind the scenes of their animated series. There is no direct evidence for this, but Ford is also a brilliant inventor and could well have designed his own version of Rick's portal gun.

True, the Stanford portal can only move to one specific dimension - the Kingdom of Nightmares. This is an eerie parallel world in which insanity and immorality reign and Bill Cypher and other monsters live. But it cannot be ruled out that Ford could actually visit a bunch of different dimensions and meet Rick in some of them.

3. There is a universe where Morty is a genius and Rick is a fool

Given the infinite number of universes, there is no doubt that some of them are stupid Ricky. Thus, the rest of the versions of Sanchez disparagingly refer to the simple-minded good-natured person from the J-1927 dimension Doofel Rick. Although he was able to create cakes out of thin air, simply by mixing chemicals. After that, there is no doubt that Fufel Rick only looks stupid, but in fact is very smart.

By the way, from the official comic book you can find out that in reality J-1927 is a smart Jerry, who gave the heroes a lot of problems. However, in the comics, it is still not about those Rick and Morty that we see in the series, but about a couple from the C-132 universe.

But in another comic, an "inverted" universe is shown, where Rick and Morty have changed places, and the first is an ignorant alcoholic, and the second is constantly inventing something. So the fans weren't that far off in their guesses. By the way, in the episode "Tales from the Citadel" they catch a glimpse of stupid Rick, who looks terribly like a comic book character.

Doofel Rick first appears in the episode "Close Contact of the Rick Degree"

Stupid Rick lives in an alternate universe where all Mortys are smart and secretly hate his grandson

Retarded Rick from Tales from the Citadel looks exactly like stupid Rick from the comics

At one time, there was a popular fan theory that Evil Morty and Doofel Rick were from the same dimension. Therefore, he was able to escape from his universe, being smarter than the other half. Only this assumption cannot be true in any way, because in the episode it is clearly stated that Fufel Rick has neither children nor grandchildren.

4. Rick knows what's on the show

This idea is suggested by the fact that Rick is able to address the audience at any time directly through the screen with a line in the spirit of "See you in a week!". When Rick tunes intergalactic television in the episode "Interuniverse Cable 2: Temptation of Fate", when asked what he is doing, the scientist answers quite seriously: "Sequel." Obviously, we are talking about the first season, where there was also a series about an intergalactic TV.

“You’re probably kidding,” Rick says resignedly into the camera.

“Will you find me? Check out these unusual characters! We'll be back after the commercial,”says Rick, addressing viewers.

When things get really bad, Rick invites viewers to interrupt for ads.

By the way, within the framework of this theory, the meaning of the phrase Wubba Lubba Dub Dub appears in a very unexpected light. Maybe Rick is in pain because he is going crazy with despair, unable to get out of the cartoon reality?

5. Rick - serial destroyer of worlds

When Rick is imprisoned in an intergalactic prison at the end of the second season, the inmate asks the scientist why he is imprisoned, and Sanchez succinctly answers: "For everything." It looks like the mega-seed smuggling and the illegal arms trade are nonsense compared to the hero's other transgressions. Otherwise, why do the Gromflomites call Rick not just a dangerous criminal, but a space terrorist?

According to the theory put forward by fans, Rick is a serial world destroyer with extensive experience. This is why the Galactic Federation was looking for him.

There are more lines on Rick's crime list than there are stars in the sky

Rick's measurement is C-137, Jerry's measurement is "unknown"

After the planet became uninhabitable in the episode "Rick's Drink No. 9" through the fault of a scientist, the heroes are forced to leave their native dimension forever and move to a parallel reality, where other Rick and Morty died. To do this, they had to bury their own bodies in the backyard. Morty, of course, is shocked, but Rick is acting suspiciously calm. Quite strange behavior for a person in whose eyes his home universe has just self-destructed. So either Rick's cynicism really knows no bounds, or the hero does it not for the first time.

Additional proof of this theory (albeit somewhat strained) can be the episode “Catch up before Morty Night”, where when Jerry enters a special “kindergarten” in the “measurement” section of the questionnaire, Sanchez writes about himself “C-137”, and about Jerry - "unknown". According to the authors of the theory, this fact confirms that the hero changed universes so many times that he does not remember for a long time what world he lives in now.

6. Rick and Morty are one person

According to this theory, Rick is an aged Morty who traveled back in time to influence himself. But this is hardly possible, because the creators have repeatedly told CBR TV: ‘Rick and Morty’ Creators Talk Heart, Time Travel and Evil Morty, that the series will not bring up the topic of time travel.

By the way, fans have come up with a rather sophisticated confirmation of this theory. The fact is that the tastes of the grandfather and grandson in terms of women are surprisingly similar. So, in the series "Autoerotic Assimilation" we learn that Rick is not indifferent to redheads.

Some fans believe that a hybrid of Rick and Morty in one of the episodes may be a hint from the creators

Red-haired ladies in the episode "Autoerotic assimilation" rush to a group date with Rick

Red-haired Jessica liked Morty from the very first pilot episode

All the attracted girls in the episode "Ventilated Brain Morty" also turned out to be red.

In the episode "Rest and Reclamation" Morty finds himself a red-haired passion again.

At the same time, Morty is crazy about red-haired Jessica, and in the episode "Morty's Awakened Brain" the guy decides to use a universal magnet to attract girls - and they all turn out to be red. In the episode "Rest and Reclamation" the hero almost finds happiness with a busty red-haired beauty, but Rick, as always, spoils everything.

7. Rick's wife has something to do with the Anatomical Park girl

Rick Sanchez's wife is one of the most mysterious characters in the series. She is almost never talked about, except for the one time in the pilot when Rick mentions that she would love to taste her daughter's pancakes. It sounds like Mrs. Sanchez has long been dead.

True, in the first episode of the third season, dedicated to the release of Rick from the galactic prison, the woman still appears in the scientist's memories. In the same episode, her name is first heard - Diana. But Sanchez immediately states that he invented everything in order to deceive the alien government.

So in fact, "Diana" could look completely different and even have a different name. On the other hand, the appearance of little Beth from the projection corresponds to reality, so there is a possibility that Rick still took the image of his wife from his real life, and did not invent it.

Be that as it may, some viewers noticed that Diana's appearance is very similar to another minor character - Annie from the episode "Anatomical Park". There are really enough similarities: it is enough to compare hair color, facial contours, eyebrows and freckles. Moreover, Rick unequivocally hints that at one time he was very familiar with this girl (however, his words should not be taken seriously - it was a common joke Explanation for the “puffy vagina” line / joke? Creators).

Diana Sanchez from Rick's fabricated memory projection may never have existed

A seductive girl named Annie appears only in the series "Anatomical Park"

An unknown lady from Rick's memories wears the exact same locket around her neck as the projection of Diana

All of this has given rise to a rather interesting, but unlikely theory that Diana and Annie are one character. Other fans have speculated that Annie may be a clone of Diana or her illegitimate daughter. There is even a completely fantastic hypothesis that a naked lady of a very depraved look, once flashed in Rick's memories, is Diana, because on the woman's neck you can see a locket of a characteristic shape.