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El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Ok so I'm rewatching the series for the first time after not really paying enough attention to the broader inter-dimensional plot the first time (mainly centered around the dimension switch in Rick Potion #9) and I just want to make sure I'm understanding it properly:

The show starts out in Earth Dimension C-137 and we think this because Rick is known as the Rick from C-137. In Rick Potion #9 they Cronenberg the whole Earth so as a last resort Rick brings Morty and himself to an Earth of a different dimension where that Rick was able to save the world but also dies shortly after along with his Morty. We don't know the name of this new dimension in which "our" Rick and Morty are now based for the rest of the show from then on. However, fans' analyses have found evidence that the dimension the show starts in is not actually C-137, but instead a dimension that our Rick (C-137) fled to, possibly because of all the dimension-hopping and rebel stuff he did during his 20 year estrangement from the family.

Do I have that right?

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El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Rutibex posted:

I just watched the entire series for the first time this week. What an amazing show, each episode is some kind of high concept sci-fi short story (in addition to being hilarious) Anyway, I figure this dimensional stuff is the reason that Rick is basically amoral. Death and pain are meaningless, there are infinite copies of everyone out there in the universe having infinite experiences. Nothing matters one way or the other :shrug:

What I am really trying to puzzle out is Ricks motivations. What is his ultimate goal? He doesn't seem to want to become a god or control the universe in any way. He could become techno-god, or galactic emperor or whatever pretty easily so it must not interest him for some reason? He hangs out with lots of beings that do want to ascend to godhood, but he doesn't seem to have any interest in it.

So does my understanding match with your understanding of the timeline?

It could be that he still has anti-Federation goals in mind, but I find it more likely that he just doesn't give a gently caress and he's just doing whatever he wants now.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Just gonna post this again in hopes of getting a yes or no answer this time:


El Jeffe posted:

Ok so I'm rewatching the series for the first time after not really paying enough attention to the broader inter-dimensional plot the first time (mainly centered around the dimension switch in Rick Potion #9) and I just want to make sure I'm understanding it properly:

The show starts out in Earth Dimension C-137 and we think this because Rick is known as the Rick from C-137. In Rick Potion #9 they Cronenberg the whole Earth so as a last resort Rick brings Morty and himself to an Earth of a different dimension where that Rick was able to save the world but also dies shortly after along with his Morty. We don't know the name of this new dimension in which "our" Rick and Morty are now based for the rest of the show from then on. However, fans' analyses have found evidence that the dimension the show starts in is not actually C-137, but instead a dimension that our Rick (C-137) fled to, possibly because of all the dimension-hopping and rebel stuff he did during his 20 year estrangement from the family.

Do I have that right?

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Skunkrocker posted:

Okay level with me folks, the manager at the Subway down the street said there is an episode where Rick gets switched with another Rick at some point and that Rick lives in the house for a while and then randomly during a later episode the original Rick suddenly shows back up kills that Rick and resumes living in the house as if nothing happened. I don't remember ever seeing this episode and I'm trying to figure this out. I think he's full of poo poo. Anyone know what he's talking about?

He's thinking of the beginning of S1E10, Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzX8UP2oXBI
(awful quality, sorry)

The episode is about an evil Rick going around to the different dimensions and murdering Ricks while framing "our" Rick. He's seen here murdering a Rick, but after the intro you realize that it wasn't our Rick that was murdered.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Paladinus posted:

No, it's just from that stupid Comic Con video where Roiland reads some trial transcript as Morty and Rick.

What video? Can you post it?

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIakqFWwB1s&t=319s

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Xealot posted:

Also multiple Futurama characters. So, that's a thing.

It's not an official video, just a fan-made animated version. The Futurama characters and Mr. PB (I think) weren't in the official one.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

KoRMaK posted:

Westworld
Mr Robot
Silicon Valley
Homeland Season 1 only!
True Detective Season 1 only!
Fargo (TV series both seasons. Start with Season 2 if you like rick and morty)
Halt and Catch Fire


Mr Robot, Silicon Valley and Rick and Morty are my trifecta at work.



But IMO True Detective season 2 is worth watching as long as you treat it as a separate show entirely, which it really is. If you expect it to be anything like season 1, you'll hate it.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

KoRMaK posted:

this means so much to me. you are now, if you accept, my postin pal :3:

My man!

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Bird Person's Big Day At Blood Ridge by Joel Kilpatrick



https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gyw1x

I squanch this so much.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009


I squanch my family!

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XifpoYa1Y8E

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

mycomancy posted:

Supposedly December 2nd.

That was only based on the fact that season 1 premiered on Dec 2, 2014. All we have is rumor that it will air sometime in the next 2 months.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Googas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IATW9Ay-wws

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

h3h3productions has started doing a podcast and the first episode's guest is Justin Roiland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7m57W2DQH4

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Adult Swim posted this on FB

Non-Facebook mirror: https://streamable.com/9nu28

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009


The "inter-species relationships" video is hilarious.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

A full, non-scrolling version of that thing:

http://i.imgur.com/cyXbLsb.gifv

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Harmon talks about the state of season 3 on Harmontown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36qLcMmmtaE

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

withak posted:

Hey everyone, what is your favorite scene or line or gag from Rick and Morty?

Morty throwing the frisbee all the way around the planet still gets me good.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

That was great. I was surprised that Earth went back to status quo so soon, I really thought it would be like that indefinitely. :five:

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Thanks Dan

https://twitter.com/danharmon/status/848331549045133312

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Bardeh posted:

https://vid.me/JBhQ

Full episode's there if anyone can't watch it on Adult Swim.

Pro tip: click "More" under the video.


AlternateNu posted:

Did anyone else catch that Morty ID'd himself as from C-137? So, this brings up the question everyone has discussed before. Is Morty really C-137 Rick's original Morty? Is he just taking it as a given after hearing Rick ID himself as C-137?

I was under the impression that the original/"our" Morty is really C-137 i.e. he is from Dimension C-137, the one that got Cronenberged. The part in Rick's "tragic backstory" where his family dies was actually true, and he went to C-137 and replaced the real Rick C-137, just like he and Morty did in Rick Potion No. 9.

Or nothing is true because Harmon and Roiland don't give a gently caress about canon.

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Doubtful. Rick himself said that it was made up

Rick says a lot of things. The fact that young Beth is there (in the "origin story" part) means that at least some of it was from memory and not imagination. My thought is that most of that part was made-up, especially the formula, but his family dying really happened which set in motion his dimension-hopping years.

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El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Jove posted:

Why does Rick accuse Jerry of betraying him to the galactic federation, when Rick turned himself under the guise of Jerry? Rick obviously cares deeply about actual acts of betrayal (Gearhead, Mr. Needful), so I don't know why he'd accuse Jerry of such when it'd be unnecessary and somewhat out of character?

I mean, Jerry has never been a patriarch. That's why there's an interdimensional daycare center devoted to his infinite selves.

Jerry was planning on turning him in, which Rick overheard and made him want to turn himself in first. If he hadn't turned himself in, Jerry would have gotten him thrown in jail anyway.

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