This episode was a work of genius. The fans all thought they were abandoning the B-plot formula and they advertised it like another filler episode, only to not show a single scene of their adventure and focus ENTIRELY on plot development. After the genius April Fools S3E1 airing and the hype of the Worldender, this is the BEST season so far. I love it when Dan and Justin just fuck with everyone.
I totally agree. The show has balls that South Park used to have. It masks social commentary and philosophical questions so awesomely that everyone knows what it is about without the show spelling it out. Sure it can cause misinterpretations, but that could be seen as richness of the art of storytelling as people are forced to think more.
crimsonnin2 Even the name of the episode is all about what we didn't see at all. It would be like calling the previews episode The Morty of Rickstreet.
Ounouh Did you miss Seasons 19 and 20? Those are the most relevant and bold mockery of modern culture I've ever seen. South Park is great in it's own right. There really is no comparison between the shows. Now, if you want to debate Futurama vs Rick and Morty, that is at least a similar genre of cartoon.
Simple Rick's life is horrifying. If he is indeed a Rick who never left his Beth, it's possible he's not in the Citadel out of his own choice. Maybe he was abducted. It's possible even when Rick chooses to stay with Beth, he's fated to always leave her.
If he's anything like Doofus Rick then he never had a daughter or a Morty but yeah there's no way he got to the citadel on his own Edit: wait, I got Simple and Slow Rick mixed up, yes Simple Rick was probably abducted but if you look at him, he looks very much like the Rick from C137's supposedly made up flashback
If all kids are special why aren't all adults special? Because it's fucking bullshit. We're unique, and not even that, really. Few are original, if any.
My dad told me to go back to school and I asked him, "why, cause school will make me smart?" And he replied "yes" but I did a five tabs of acid and started to understand quantum mechanics to a certain extent with out having to do research
I think the simple rick wafers thing is more about how many people in our society would rather consume a manufactured product that reminds us of the 'simple, good life' rather than experience it for themselves.
I think even the name is a play on words! 'Simple' Rick's could be construed as SLOW Ricks! Like saying 'eat our cookies you half wits'! (Like the condescending restaurant owner of Little Bites!)
john smith I still think it represents nihilism. I mean, it doesn't show a critique or anything of living a 'real' happy life vs. a 'manufactured' happy life. Also, it's Wisecrack's MO because it's Rick and Morty's MO. You should look out for those times that Justin Roiland talks about his philosophy, it's all existential nihilism.
Hey Kyle (I don't know how to tag i'm an old lady) if you watch other wisecrack videos (philosophy of...incredible s,philosophy of....or those alien review ones) they are literally all about how great nihilism is if you can find one video that shows a different philosophy in a positivie way (stoics or romanticism or whatever) please link it but honestly I have never seen them do anything else but jack niezche off. I am not a philosopher so I can't comment on nihilism. I read beyond good and evil and it seemed to be just bagging out other philosophy's and out dated (the stuff he says about science for instance). But I am sure it's evolved from there. It certainly criticises rick's "the world is meaningless there is no good and evil" attitude and jerry is definitely what niezche hated about the modern man morty criticises both and seems to be the creators mouthpiece. Honestly nihilists seem to hate modern life but they never other an alternative and don't want to escape the comforts of it either. The fact that they don't atleast admit that they are just as much a modern man as I am makes them hypocrites. Atleast other philosophies had a solution rather then just shitting on everything.
Simple Rick was kidnapped from Beth at a young age... hence "abandoning her". I bet the citadel forced many Ricks to join when Beth was very young, hence the "abandoned" Beth that stems across two different parallel universes
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I'm a little amazed at how much mileage they're managing to get out of this season of R&M. It's the same goddamn thing every episode: Be as crapsack as possible while shitting on even the slightest ray of hope or positivity. Frankly, it's getting more than a little repetitive. This is why people don't like die-hard nihilists in real life. THEY'RE BORING. Once someone has decided to only see the worst in everything, there's no point talking to them. At any rate, the show is rapidly just turning into I'm-14-and-this-is-deep fodder.
die-hard nihilists are fine with being boring. why would someone who thinks the world is pointless give two shits about being interesting to the meatsacks they're forced to interact with? btw, the show hasn't even gone an inch deep into nihilism. it's just nihilist tones underpinning the amazing grandeur of "world building". the real shit will hit the fan when the construction stops and deconstruction begins.
The whole point is they're explaining how to escape that nihilistic negative mindset through Jerry and Morty as he matures. If you really want a show like that look at Bojack. Also, the podcast is free and Wisecrack deserves to get as much money as it can during the adpocalypse. They make quality content and put in a ton of effort.
The Private Select How are you so sure it's about escaping these negative sides of nihilism you speak of? Generally curios, as I perceive the show to serve as an example of different lifestyles based on different philosopical doctrines. We have Rick who alternates heavily between nihilism and hedonism (one being caused by the other, and the other being caused by some tragic/groundbraking point in his life), and how this lifestyle has taken a toll on him, and then we have Morty, who tries to be balanced, taking a bit from both sides of Rick's mindset without indulging in neither one of those. I don't see where the show tries to "educate" us on the nihilistic lifestyle tho
You should do their job then give them some more competition. It's not as if there aren't millions of videos breaking down R&M, WiseCrack just does it best. The podcast is free and the perfect length for a commute to work for me. I mean I'm here for the Simple Sparky Sweets but I do enjoy the quality of work that goes into WiseCracks quick take reviews of R&M because even though there's plenty of competition for quick turnaround episode breakdowns and WiseCrack does that well because I feel as if Jared and others at WiseCrack actually do some research on their breakdowns which isn't something most quick turnaround breakdowns do and I'm struggling to see how WiseCrack is hustling anyone by having a 10 minute video but if you want more for free there's a 45 minute podcast to nerd out on for free, there's no financial incentive for WiseCrack to make more free content but they do. That's the opposite of what The Simple Rick corporation would actually do, you get what you get and you better like. Come home to the taste of exceeded expectations Come home to Reality.
5:27 : "we captured that moment, we run it on a loop for simple Rick's mind" etc. That's not the only thing they captured. They say, right here, that it is simple Rick here, sitting in this chair. Which means they abducted, against his will in all probability, the only kind of Rick able to be happy and make Beth happy. To manufacture that fake happyness, thay had to destroy the real one. That poor Beth had a loving father, and now he's gone.
@@vibaj16 Or maybe there's an infinity of citadels, each trying to capture their "happy father Rick". Given the abysmal rate there seems to be between "dickhead Ricks" and "happy Ricks", I'm not even sure there are enough for each potential citadel.
It's ironic that the one person on the citadel who feels the most free (the factory worker who revolted) is now the least free person on the citadel. But hey, at least now everyone gets to pretend like they have actual freedom whenever they eat simple Rick's wafers.
The Smoking Skull that's actually the whole point of Sith philosophy. If you are not in charge then you are a slave. The only true freedom is total control
Nathan s Totally. The Jedi wanted to "free" the galaxy from tyranny, but there will always be tyrants... and the tyrants are usually the ones who write the history books (or in SW's case, the Imperial holo-tapes the Empire uses to train cadet Stormtroopers and the general public).
TheVsagent I find I’ve strayed from this channel more because I’d actually stop paying attention to the video while he goes off licking the balls of whoever he’s bent over his desk for. Yes daddy! Send me Rick n Morty stickers
I wonder if the "impossible flavour of your own completion" line is actually the show saying something specifically about Rick's psychology. Science is an endeavour that is effectively endless and therefore, from an individual perspective, sort of pointless by design. Rick's depression is likely based on the fact that his own exploration of science showed him truths about the multiverse that made it impossible for him to give his own life meaning. It's sort of a pandoras box situation where he has been granted god like power but at the cost of not it meaning anything to him. Becoming better at science, getting wrecked and going on reckless adventures are his coping mechanisms but they never get him what he really wants, which is the simply a sense of satisfaction. Enter Simple Rick's.
William Billington I completely understand what you mean. But let me add on to that thought. Remember what the therapist said in Pickle Rick? Rick uses his intelligence to justify his actions throughout the entire series a.k.a. his sickness. Because of his godlike intelligence and the truth that nothing in his life can actually give him meaning or completion, he drinks and goes on ridiculous adventures. And that's where Simple Rick Wafers come in, they're a way of nullifying that sickness in all Ricks even for a brief moment and as we saw in the previous episode, "Rest and Ricklaxation," we see a very different man when that sickness is removed. He is still the same guy with Godlike intelligence but his actions are more mundane and moralized than that of the Rick we now. And Roiland and Harmon shows that in the willingness of Ricks to do menial jobs instead of what they're godlike intelligence actually causes them to do. Factory worker Rick says it best, " they told us we were special because we were Ricks." It gives the viewer a sense that these tamed and lackadaisical Ricks aren't the true versions of themselves. Don't know if it makes sense to people but it made sense in my head.
Stefan Alston actually it makes perfect sense and honestly I would actually like to see a full episode of a random Rick who lives a normal life like doofus Rick probably does.
Stefan Alston "in the willingness of Ricks to do menial jobs instead of what their godlike intelligence causes them to do"... so they don't live up to their full potential because they accept simplicity? Or because their intelligence is misused and not used to be godly and like toxic Rick, try to make the world better and joining the system in spite of it?? I'm really hoping you respond because I'm really interested
Anyone notice the House of Cards kind of reference where the press morty shoots evil morty, but evil morty survives and everyone thinks he's just a terrorist?
Yes, but what I don't get is why Lucas went nuts. I mean, the frustration is hard and everything, but couldn't he make a better plan? It's pretty much obvious that crowd murder attempts don't succed most of the time, and Frank doesn't exactly walks around with a lot of protection. Wasn't it easier and smarter to just arrange a meeting in a parking lot and set a bomb?
Or shoot him with a rifle from a nearby rooftop? There are hunters who set up rifle traps along known paths of their prey that can be triggered remotely. Or hey, why not a drone nail bomb combo? People are creative creatures when they want something bad enough, and killing political figures in a country where they feel relatively safe should be pretty easy.
See if the press Morty did this, I would prepare a duel for the coward, the Loser would be stoned, both would be in prime physical condition, and he would have a week to rest up, and I would even let him use my kitchen.
Evil Morty might actually sincerely want to better the situation for all Ricks and Mortys in the citadel. He promised to take a stand against the ruling elite and then he purged said ruling elite. As far as I'm concerned he's 1 for 1 on promises made and kept
Yeah, the show gets very grey when it comes to morality some times. It could very well be argued that Evil Morty's actions in S1 could be justified somehow. How? Dunno, probably need to watch it all over again. But it seems like something that could happen. I seem to remember that the Rick he was manipulating was one shade more evil that Rick C137.
Everybody has a different vision on what a perfect world looks like. That is the problem with giving one man (who promises a perfect world no less) all of the power. Evil morty could easily turn into a Stalin
3:16 - 3:19 I just want to point out that the four Morties (homages of Stand By Me) ran away from farmer Rick and fell into the river which was a remanence of the scene where Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin run away from Farmer Maggot and his dogs after Merry and Pippin been into his crop, then the four Hobbits fell downhill which was a shortcut to mushrooms.
Muller Potgieter there is a theory that evil Morty gave that info to Sherlock rick so that campaign Morty can shoot evil Morty and make people vote for him out of sympathy.
ZackAguon671 that's a pretty dumb theory. I mean evil Morty could have been killed. Rick is a genius, so it's not surprising that one of the Ricks figured out who candidate Morty really was. He probably wasn't the only Rick who knew either.
what makes you think self-awareness would lead to a system that promotes "the world we would like to see"? what makes you think the utopian vision is something everyone shares? clearly there are those who think a world with trump walls is utopian, while others think a world without possessions is utopian. the very system we currently see is already the aggregate of all the extreme-utopias people dream about. the reason we can't escape the system is because there is a huge imbalance of power, where those who control propaganda (i.e. media and culture) still control how the masses think - including what constitutes "self-awareness". these uber-powerful will continually demarcate the "safe" boundaries of thought within which people are allowed to be aware of. unless you are somehow in this top 1%, and amazingly charismatic enough to convince/influence all your powerful peers to fall in YOUR line, it won't be possible to "promote" any better system/world. but to do that, you would need to become the ultimate fascist, and force your will onto others - would that do for the foundation of a "better utopia"?
I meant those as two separate ideas. -Make self awareness profitable -Make the world we would like to see, profitable. That is the only way the system will create it. Obviously people would like to see different works, that why we need more discussion. That's why we need to exit our echo chambers and hear other perspectives. My perspective is that we will never fix the huge imbalances of power, the only thing we can do, is make our best interests their best interests. By making what is in our best interests profitable. We have the power to change what is profitable, we buy the products. We just need to exit our echo chambers and start talking to one another, this will start the self-awareness. From there we just need to start acting in ways, that provide companies an opportunity to profit off providing us genuine self awareness.
"The only thing we can do, is make our best interests their best interests. By making what is in our best interests profitable." That is called capitalism. That is the current way of things. However I get what you mean, but it sounds like an utopian and rather improbable world. Your idea would require (as you say) a mass awakening of self-awareness. It would require (that we become) a completely different psychological creature, than humans. It would require a complete change in how we are taught, who teaches us(their ideas and goals for the education), it would require MORE controll to make sure that a high enough percentage of people got "THE RIGHT IDEAS"! Humans are conformistic by nature. We follow the group, we follow what`s popular, we follow what`s safe, we follow the comercials. Your idea would require a fundamental change in this, one that would require mass brainwashing for starters... As I said, it would probably require humans to become something else, probably something less animalistic.
Well capitalism just means that what is profitable survives. It doesn't mean that what is in our best interests is profitable. But you're right, what I speak of is improbable. It would require things getting bad enough for change to be demanded on a mass scale, it would require a unifying factor, an identifiable figure. But I disagree that it would require more control. Self awareness includes acceptance that there are no "RIGHT" ideas. Humans are conformist by nature, but the conformation swings along a pendulum. Whatever happens, is what was always going to happen. But hopefully the pendulum swinging into self awareness is what was always going to happen. Considering our current lack of self-awareness, I consider it a possibility.
One of the best episodes of 2017, reviewed by one of the best channels. I'm as happy as an alienated-slave of a 1984esque system-Simple Rick wafer consumerist.
So Evil Morty = Stalin, purging one totalitarian regime just to bring about another totalitarian ideology. And Citadel of Ricks = Capitalism where even t-shirts of Che are commodified and fetishised.
"I want power" isn't an ideology as such, and he certainly had no intention of abolishing the working class or instituting a system of free communes...
Shouldn't Evil Morty = Lenin? Since he was the OG in purging the, back then, Czar Russia and establishing the Bolshevik Regime through instigatin fear and spreading propaganda?
This Episode reminded me a lot of the movie Brazil. It definitely touched on a lot of the same issues the movie brought up, and the Simple Rick's rebellion and subsequent entrapment are almost a direct parallel to the movies.
Thing is simple Rick captures the living vicariously through others that is rampant on our society. We use other experiences to fill us up as place holders. Tv shows case in point. Even just knowledge is a type of escape for Rick
If anyone rewatched season 1 episode 10, the first time evil Morty was in the show, you would see that in ricks memories, you see president Morty... Was president Morty our Ricks original Morty? Is that why evil Morty is evil? IM SO EXCITED!!
Remember, he only became president after season 1 episode 10. If you are talking about the memory that has morty in a suit, that's a memory from the episode rick potion number 9. But Rick also saw a baby morty in that memory, and the way evil morty singled out our rick and tried to frame him means he could very well be ricks original morty.
The Morty who wearing suit with a lapel flower? Like MRCKify said, It was E01S09 (Rick Potion) Morty . Morty suited for "Flu Season Dance" then he asked Rick for love potion.
Morty lives matter! ... But seriously, the Morties were basically an allegory to working class poc and how they are treated as second class citizens, making for the social caste system of the Citadel. Like certainly, you have your poor Ricks, but they're still more valued than your Morties. To me, that was probably the most important theme here... Maybe because I'm black.
dude you can climb the ladder of society if you have what it takes anybody can you just actually have to try and work smart so please don't put your despair into this comment thread especially because your despair is fabricated by your society telling you you can't make it
Ryan Forbes Not surprised at all by your reply, typical racism/racism denial of a typical R&M fan... The criticism of the fan base is right, the brilliant and socially critical writing behind this show is just wasted on the majority of its fans.
dude A calm down B criticizing is very different from debating criticizing gets us no where come up with valid reasoning or at least something that an argument can be made for but don't just pull out the race card and insult people actually have a discussion.
"Escapism buries you deeper inside the system (capitalism)" > Uses anime and videogames as escape > Considering how much money has been spent on that "escape" ... ... ... ... ... ...Fuck!
I'm guessing that the pre-Rickpocalypse Citadel _was_ much more automated. But then everything broke, and they had to rebuild not just automation but basic infrastructure "by hand". Some Ricks had to do the mundane work, and others had to do the coordination, now that the Council was gone. The Ricks who were the organizers, being those who most aggressively stepped forth to do so among a sea of mostly-equally hyper-intelligent Ricks, realized that they could _keep_ their positions as a _de facto_ Council post-reconstruction if they could arrange the Citadel's society to maintain most of the Ricks and all of the Mortys as an underclass. So, automation was de-prioritized, and Ricks like Plumber Rick were "allowed to" keep their new jobs. To maintain the new power imbalance and keep the Ricks from rising against them, the New Council needed to _appear_ to not be ruling from on high like the Old Council, but to have leadership that _looked_ like it was one of the Ricks, chosen by the Ricks, who would have the best interests of all of the Citadel's Ricks at heart. A symbolic and ceremonial "president". ...and then a certain Morty ran for that office. But hey, I'm _uuuuurp_ just spitballin' here.
I like the idea, but the low-skill division of labor is enforced by the storytellers' need to reach a certain conclusion than because of any nature of production we could think of. Why does the Citadel need Ricks to fulfill such domestic roles when it's original function was to be a trans-dimensional military post? Even though that military function originally (S1E10) is subdivided into an august patrician council, a police force, a Seal Team Ricks, a self-defense militia and a meeting spot for the cowboy and Cronenburg to meet, ever thing necessary to Rick defense past that needs mostly some automation and a few supervisory Ricks. It doesn't work, but if the writer's don't write it that way, they can't enunciate how they believe the world works. Otherwise, a high-average, fat-tailed distribution of intelligence (the mean intelligence is overqualified to the challenge of creating pickle prosthetics and a 2-lb laser cannon from rats parts and things around the office) automates everything in about one hour.
HaloInverse I assume you need carrots and/or sticks to enforce a cap on automation, but I'm shit out of ideas what either could be. Also, are you a Halo universe set underground, instead of in space, or do you wear a reciprocal-halo around your toes?
This episode really does not make any sense. Rick is the smartest man in the universe. The citadel's capitalism should run on fully automated production technologies, instead of the 20th-century style Taylorist production line. lol
Rhett how do you know those aren’t just robots that look like Ricks (and are intelligent enough to act like Ricks too)? Also, it could be the leaders being lazy and using spare, otherwise “useless” Ricks for the job.
nope not every rick is smart. remember the episode where a bullied rick from another dimension meets jerry and they become friends? he was the dumbest rick and with infinite dimensions there are probably infinite ricks that are as smart as humans
It's likely a reference to what happens to people at the bottom or lower ends of a class system. They have much poorer education and tests have shown that IQ, capability and competence decreases in a person who is told, or who comes to understand, that they are below the rest of society. These Ricks didn't automate it all with robots because they actually no longer realise they have the ability to, which means they actually do no longer have the ability to. The Ricks at the top don't build them to keep it this way. At the extreme end this happens most in slavery, which some argue the working class of capitalist societies are slaves of some kind or another. After all, if we didn't need plumbers or farmers etc, there would be no need for a class system or capitalism.
There are no clone morties wth are you talking about? Rick made some clones of himself which he later killed, but we have never seen any morty clone on the show.
Kartana Nah, it couldn't be, Rick injected Toxic Morty back into Morty and besides, Rick and Morty never actually went to Ricklantis in person in this episode. Everything that happened in the episode was contained within an isolated environment which is why it was so easy to get away with so much and it's why the episode was so packed full of content. It's a diversion from the main serialization of the story that drops some clever hints about parts of Morty's personality and character that we've only gotten a peek at in the past like in the episode "Look Who's Purging Now." In that regard, Detoxified Morty could be evil but that doesn't apply to this episode and no one really knows if we'll ever see Detoxified Morty again or if that was just a one time thing used to make a point. That said, Morty does have a dark side but it seems suppressed by his lack of confidence and self worth. This is what his toxicity represented so it's also possible that even if we don't see that particular metaphor carry on we will see him do generally bad things or at least self serving things whenever he's feeling sure of himself. That trait will probably always coincide with him breaking free of Rick somehow.
The themes associated with the Rick who escaped the assembly line eerily parallels the themes in 50 Million Merits in Black Mirror. Everything is commodified, people are assembled on bicycles, and even any form of rebellion being commodified as well. I wonder if that episode had influenced this episode by any chance
This episode reminded me of "Fifteen Million Merits" from the show Black mirror, where a character's act of rebellion is not seen as an act of heroism, but becomes commercialized as a spectacle/entertainment that only ends up benefiting the consumerism.
While this episode was excellent, the new season of Rick and Morty so far has been a let-down. Seeing Bojack be as good as ever did a lot to dull the disappointment.
The Latin phrase on the white board was likely Acta Non Verba (or Facta non Verbum) it means "Deeds (or Actions) not words". Evil Morty literally says, "Speeches are for campaigning, now is the time for action".
The Latin phrase written on the chalkboard is likely "Facta Non Verba", meaning "deeds, not words". If I had to guess, it's meant to play on the fact that the motto is usually employed in an "actions speak louder than words" sort of way, but in the dynamic of Ricks and Mortys, it means that Mortys are supposed to do what they're told and not talk back.
7:05 the simple rics treat reminded me of Soma, the drug people take to feel good in "brave New World". It could also be refering to prozac, and other drugs people take to feel good, when they could just break the chains and feel good for real.
The way they commodify the rebellious Rick's essence is just like the Black Mirror episode 15 Million Merits where they take that character's rebellion and commodify it by giving him a show.
What you said about wood working, and spending time with the family, reminded me of the Sumerian Myth, where their slave race, the Igigi (Gods which the Anuna/ Anunaki defeated and enslaved) had a massive rebellion. The Myth goes, that the Igigi were working every day, and they were dyeing. So they started a revolt. Enki and Enlil had no idea how to fix the situation. So they called their father, Anu, the sky god. He basically swoops down, and say's "this better not be no fuckries". Together, they decide the slaves should have one day off a week. The Igigi stop dying, the works getting done, and everyones happy. It's kinda like going on Holiday. You feel great while your away, then get super depressed when your back "home". Then you work harder, to save up for the next holiday.
I love how they joked about utopias making us though Rick and Morty were going to Atlantis and at the end they end talking about how utopias allways ends on broken societys where dreams supports the system.
The whole Evil Morty scheme is also a perfect showcase how historically fascists using left wing rhetoric in order to gain working class support which usually ends destroying any major gains like unions, the ability to strike etc in favor of industrialists interests
Precisely, apparently is really hard to see the connection between the promises made in speeches, the resulting support and the final outcome. Is like that Men in Black line, "A person is smart, people are dumb"
Kommissar Kircheis Well said! I also felt a strong nod to Star Wars, when the Emperor takes over. I think Evil Morty will turn the others into a "clone" army and try to take over the multiverse. Now we get to start diving into c137's actual past and finally get some answers. I'm tingling with anticipation! Lol
The best way to escape from the system is to go to a festival, it's part of the system but it's the part that lets us do drugs drink alcohol and act reckless with it being considered okay by most people there. It's a good way for everyone that goes to just have a good time camping in a field listening to alot of live music
Damn, Rick & Morty isn't just a dumb funny show, it has more meaning to it than you realize. You're great guys, now I have much more respect to R&M and The Purge.
Infinite Ricks. Infinite Citadels along the central finite curve. There is a citadel somewhere that DOES do that. Presumably it is just to give the Ricks something to do for money, since it is a society that runs on money, and they don't have the resources for everyone to be rich, especially after the Citadel being destroyed once already. A state based on compesation needs things for people to do, and the best and most expendable resource they have is Ricks
+MDoorpsy, Is there really infinite Citadels? That doesn't really make much sense to me, considering Ricks of infinite universes live in that one Citadel.
Surprised that Wisecrack didn't know the Latin phrase on the chalkboard. Facta, non verba translates to "Deeds, not words" or to take action rather than to speak. This is obviously a reference to what Evil Morty was talking about at the end, where now is not the time for speeches, but for action. In the school, the deeds that Morties were trained to do was just listen to their Ricks. The deeds President Morty wanted, though, is something different. They are different interpretations of the phrase, as actions can still mean servitude rather than independent and original thoughts.
Not really accurate about boy scout. It's not about escaping the system, it's about being a good citizen, to sum it up, I understand the cliché, actually boy scout is more about change the system in something better by being more responsable and conscious citizens! Anyway,that's off topic, keep up the good work!
Scary thing is, Evil Morty may not be content with even this. He may see any independently operating Ricks/Mortys out there who have no desire to so much as step foot in the Citadel as potential threats to be eliminated. Add a brainwashed Phoenix Person (and handler) to the mix and your left with the "swimverse's" Rick & Morty caught between a rock and a hard place.
The irony of this video is that it talks about the commodification of rebellion and family when that is exactly what is happening in the video (and the show)
Nice analysis, thanks! Kinda reminds me of Black Mirror S01E02 ("Fifty Million Merits"). There, the act of rebellion becomes a system-reinforcing commodity as well. It remains to be seen if the Rickverse will really offer no change whatsoever, or if the creators will allow for a smidgen of progress, just like in Black Mirror the Origami penguin becomes 3-dimensional in the end.
"We could argue that this escape to the simple life is a ... essential part of its [the system's] functioning" The commodification of escapism gives the person a reprieve without helping them achieve any constructive means of truly breaking free from the system which created the desire for escapism in the first place.
I dunno, I dont think this episode parodied our political system very well. If it did, they wouldn't have let Evil Morty in the debates to share his ideas.
It's because you're only thinking of this last campaign where they pushed Bernie Sanders out of the way. But Evil Morty isn't Bernie or Trump, he's Obama. It was Because of Obama's win that people engaged in such backlash during the latest election, which I assure you, was the weirdest and non-typical election we've had in the last century.
Maybe, but the video specifically said "recent" election. 8 years ago isnt very recent. Also I was comparing evil Morty to Bernie... I was comparing him to Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. They wouldnt let third parties in on the debates. Sort of similar with how all the other runners were Rick, Morty would be a minority party. Would say theres a third party, but if the only parties are Rick and Morty, then its still a two party system... Im getting off in the weeds here about the technicalities. :p
Noticed how he brought up alienation without even mentioning that he got the concept from Karl Marx. He didn't want to trigger all the upper-class people watching this show. 😂
Evil morty says "speeches are for campaigns now is the time for action" and the latin Acta Non Verba means "actions not words" so yes they are at least a little bit connected
I think it's fascinating you show your face in these videos. Most other theory channels I've seen don't show their face. Some do, but not most of the ones I've seen. Good show! Love the podcast.
Does anyone else realize that the ENTIRE episode was voiced by one person?
For the most part yeah but there's the narrator for the Simple Rick commercial as well
except for the "Come home to Simple Rick's" narration part
he should be payed at lesst double
Go watch metalocalypse.
There was also Beth as a kid but that's it.
This episode was a work of genius. The fans all thought they were abandoning the B-plot formula and they advertised it like another filler episode, only to not show a single scene of their adventure and focus ENTIRELY on plot development. After the genius April Fools S3E1 airing and the hype of the Worldender, this is the BEST season so far. I love it when Dan and Justin just fuck with everyone.
I totally agree. The show has balls that South Park used to have. It masks social commentary and philosophical questions so awesomely that everyone knows what it is about without the show spelling it out. Sure it can cause misinterpretations, but that could be seen as richness of the art of storytelling as people are forced to think more.
crimsonnin2 Even the name of the episode is all about what we didn't see at all. It would be like calling the previews episode The Morty of Rickstreet.
Ounouh Did you miss Seasons 19 and 20? Those are the most relevant and bold mockery of modern culture I've ever seen. South Park is great in it's own right. There really is no comparison between the shows. Now, if you want to debate Futurama vs Rick and Morty, that is at least a similar genre of cartoon.
I disagree, I think South Park has just as much balls as they ever did, but simply project it more subtly.
They haven't shown us a normal adventure all season.
“The terrifying political reality that is 2017”
Oh my sweet summer child.
haha it got worse over time
@@jhinthevirtuoso4886
Don'r worry though! It will get worse!
Hey there. I'm from the future and I'm here to tell you things are gonna get way shittier.
It's gonna get worse before it gets better. Winter is here at last.
What do you know about fear? Fear is for 2019 when dumbshits as orange as cheetos threaten war via twitter
Simple Rick's life is horrifying. If he is indeed a Rick who never left his Beth, it's possible he's not in the Citadel out of his own choice. Maybe he was abducted. It's possible even when Rick chooses to stay with Beth, he's fated to always leave her.
Hakuraita wow
There's no fate, everything is happening always and forever, even the perceived-illusion of order. Shatter the grand illusion with simple Ricks.
If he's anything like Doofus Rick then he never had a daughter or a Morty but yeah there's no way he got to the citadel on his own
Edit: wait, I got Simple and Slow Rick mixed up, yes Simple Rick was probably abducted but if you look at him, he looks very much like the Rick from C137's supposedly made up flashback
Rabid Adder That means rick was the one who blew up beth and his wife 😧😮
Damn...
Acta Non Verba = Actions Not Words
Nyar my bad probably autocorrect, thanks.
GoyoLives that's was my schools slogan... Evil morty confirmed
You could argue that whoever's linked up to the Simple Rick's machine is actually the happiest Rick in the multiverse.
ignorance is bliss
What a jerry
But his life is a lie.
Which is another plot of the show: you can live as a blinded and content Jerry, you can live as realistic and depressed Rick.
Yeah
Eben A. Rather be a Jerry
"Yes slow Ri-tall Morty"
"Did I gragitate this time yet?"
"Anything's possible tall Morty"
lmfao
All Ricks have the same IQ though
Johnny Stevens not all ricks.
Johnny Stevens
Infinity realities, infinity possiblities. The thing is don't think about it
Johnny Stevens are you forgetting simple rick and tall morty
They told us we were special and then they stripped us of everything that made us unique.
So, school system?
makes sense
If all kids are special why aren't all adults special? Because it's fucking bullshit. We're unique, and not even that, really. Few are original, if any.
My dad told me to go back to school and I asked him, "why, cause school will make me smart?" And he replied "yes" but I did a five tabs of acid and started to understand quantum mechanics to a certain extent with out having to do research
@@jewlsfromtheroot9k249 no
@@pseudophp that's a big word but wym no?
I think the simple rick wafers thing is more about how many people in our society would rather consume a manufactured product that reminds us of the 'simple, good life' rather than experience it for themselves.
the thing about wise crack is everything=nihilism it's their go to. I thought it was more showing rick (rather then society) self destructiveness.
I think even the name is a play on words! 'Simple' Rick's could be construed as SLOW Ricks! Like saying 'eat our cookies you half wits'! (Like the condescending restaurant owner of Little Bites!)
john smith
I still think it represents nihilism. I mean, it doesn't show a critique or anything of living a 'real' happy life vs. a 'manufactured' happy life. Also, it's Wisecrack's MO because it's Rick and Morty's MO. You should look out for those times that Justin Roiland talks about his philosophy, it's all existential nihilism.
Hey Kyle (I don't know how to tag i'm an old lady) if you watch other wisecrack videos (philosophy of...incredible s,philosophy of....or those alien review ones) they are literally all about how great nihilism is if you can find one video that shows a different philosophy in a positivie way (stoics or romanticism or whatever) please link it but honestly I have never seen them do anything else but jack niezche off. I am not a philosopher so I can't comment on nihilism. I read beyond good and evil and it seemed to be just bagging out other philosophy's and out dated (the stuff he says about science for instance). But I am sure it's evolved from there. It certainly criticises rick's "the world is meaningless there is no good and evil" attitude and jerry is definitely what niezche hated about the modern man morty criticises both and seems to be the creators mouthpiece. Honestly nihilists seem to hate modern life but they never other an alternative and don't want to escape the comforts of it either. The fact that they don't atleast admit that they are just as much a modern man as I am makes them hypocrites. Atleast other philosophies had a solution rather then just shitting on everything.
Also sorry for the essay. I read yours if you read mine ;)
Simple answer? "Don't think about it" -Rick C-137.
Simple Rick was kidnapped from Beth at a young age... hence "abandoning her". I bet the citadel forced many Ricks to join when Beth was very young, hence the "abandoned" Beth that stems across two different parallel universes
Brings to mind Alice Angel's line to Henry, "You're either putting someone in your pocket, or someone's putting you in theirs.
"There's so much more to discuss about this episode but we've just barely cracked 10 minutes to maximise monetisation so tune into our ad-filled revenue generating podcast to get a taste of the completed video, come home to the finished version of a complex breakdown, come home to Simple Wisecrack"
I'm a little amazed at how much mileage they're managing to get out of this season of R&M. It's the same goddamn thing every episode: Be as crapsack as possible while shitting on even the slightest ray of hope or positivity. Frankly, it's getting more than a little repetitive. This is why people don't like die-hard nihilists in real life. THEY'RE BORING. Once someone has decided to only see the worst in everything, there's no point talking to them.
At any rate, the show is rapidly just turning into I'm-14-and-this-is-deep fodder.
die-hard nihilists are fine with being boring. why would someone who thinks the world is pointless give two shits about being interesting to the meatsacks they're forced to interact with?
btw, the show hasn't even gone an inch deep into nihilism. it's just nihilist tones underpinning the amazing grandeur of "world building". the real shit will hit the fan when the construction stops and deconstruction begins.
The whole point is they're explaining how to escape that nihilistic negative mindset through Jerry and Morty as he matures. If you really want a show like that look at Bojack.
Also, the podcast is free and Wisecrack deserves to get as much money as it can during the adpocalypse. They make quality content and put in a ton of effort.
The Private Select How are you so sure it's about escaping these negative sides of nihilism you speak of? Generally curios, as I perceive the show to serve as an example of different lifestyles based on different philosopical doctrines. We have Rick who alternates heavily between nihilism and hedonism (one being caused by the other, and the other being caused by some tragic/groundbraking point in his life), and how this lifestyle has taken a toll on him, and then we have Morty, who tries to be balanced, taking a bit from both sides of Rick's mindset without indulging in neither one of those. I don't see where the show tries to "educate" us on the nihilistic lifestyle tho
You should do their job then give them some more competition. It's not as if there aren't millions of videos breaking down R&M, WiseCrack just does it best. The podcast is free and the perfect length for a commute to work for me. I mean I'm here for the Simple Sparky Sweets but I do enjoy the quality of work that goes into WiseCracks quick take reviews of R&M because even though there's plenty of competition for quick turnaround episode breakdowns and WiseCrack does that well because I feel as if Jared and others at WiseCrack actually do some research on their breakdowns which isn't something most quick turnaround breakdowns do and I'm struggling to see how WiseCrack is hustling anyone by having a 10 minute video but if you want more for free there's a 45 minute podcast to nerd out on for free, there's no financial incentive for WiseCrack to make more free content but they do. That's the opposite of what The Simple Rick corporation would actually do, you get what you get and you better like. Come home to the taste of exceeded expectations Come home to Reality.
5:27 : "we captured that moment, we run it on a loop for simple Rick's mind" etc.
That's not the only thing they captured. They say, right here, that it is simple Rick here, sitting in this chair.
Which means they abducted, against his will in all probability, the only kind of Rick able to be happy and make Beth happy.
To manufacture that fake happyness, thay had to destroy the real one. That poor Beth had a loving father, and now he's gone.
Léo VK doesn’t matter. There’s an infinite number of other realities in which that type of Rick existed and wasn’t abducted.
It could be that that is the reason why Rick wasn’t there for Beth for most of her life - he was abducted.
@@vibaj16 Or maybe there's an infinity of citadels, each trying to capture their "happy father Rick". Given the abysmal rate there seems to be between "dickhead Ricks" and "happy Ricks", I'm not even sure there are enough for each potential citadel.
It's ironic that the one person on the citadel who feels the most free (the factory worker who revolted) is now the least free person on the citadel. But hey, at least now everyone gets to pretend like they have actual freedom whenever they eat simple Rick's wafers.
@Random Person Perhaps the saddest aspect as well. The most enslaved people who are the ones most comfortable with the chains that bind them.
This is by far the best episode of Rick and Morty (so far) and honestly one of the best episodes of a 20 minute series of all time.
Best episode of an already fantastic season
We get it Jesus fuck you guys have literally repeated this statement more times than i can count.
Aaron Horrell pickle Rick up there also
Don't count it then... Just relax and have a Simple Rick wafer!
Yea I've notice that. These people repeat stuff so much that it loses its meaning.
My brain subconsciously counts it.
“The terrifying political reality of 2017” omg if he only knew what would happen three years later
What happened?
The elites screwed over everything. There’s election fraud and tyranny everywhere.
@@granda3649 ok grandpa
@@olivedotcomm Corruption is so clear that even your grandparents could see it.
Sounds like election
2024
The only way to "escape" the system is to do what Evil Morty did... take over the system and turn it into another, even bigger, system.
The Smoking Skull this man knows what he's talking about
my man!
The Smoking Skull
Wow you know what you are talking about
The Smoking Skull that's actually the whole point of Sith philosophy. If you are not in charge then you are a slave. The only true freedom is total control
Nathan s Totally. The Jedi wanted to "free" the galaxy from tyranny, but there will always be tyrants... and the tyrants are usually the ones who write the history books (or in SW's case, the Imperial holo-tapes the Empire uses to train cadet Stormtroopers and the general public).
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TheVsagent I find I’ve strayed from this channel more because I’d actually stop paying attention to the video while he goes off licking the balls of whoever he’s bent over his desk for. Yes daddy! Send me Rick n Morty stickers
@@besinji2000 dang dude he's gotta make a living too
@@lmva he makes 6 figures a year by watching and editing cartoons, so stfu
@@MiyamotoMusakaki And you are watching this for free so stfu
All Mortys are equal, but some Mortys are more equal
Wurminator all ricks are better than Mortys but some ricks are better than other
This episode was *#MERMAIDPUSS*
And now it will never leave your mind that Morty banged Ariel from The Little Mermaid.
Unrelated: has wisecrack ever done a metal gear video?
It would explain why he didn't want it to be a one time thing.
#MERMAIDPUSS
Sprattack sorry Buzzkillington. Get back on that high horse and go fuck yourself
I wonder if the "impossible flavour of your own completion" line is actually the show saying something specifically about Rick's psychology. Science is an endeavour that is effectively endless and therefore, from an individual perspective, sort of pointless by design. Rick's depression is likely based on the fact that his own exploration of science showed him truths about the multiverse that made it impossible for him to give his own life meaning. It's sort of a pandoras box situation where he has been granted god like power but at the cost of not it meaning anything to him. Becoming better at science, getting wrecked and going on reckless adventures are his coping mechanisms but they never get him what he really wants, which is the simply a sense of satisfaction. Enter Simple Rick's.
William Billington I completely understand what you mean. But let me add on to that thought.
Remember what the therapist said in Pickle Rick? Rick uses his intelligence to justify his actions throughout the entire series a.k.a. his sickness. Because of his godlike intelligence and the truth that nothing in his life can actually give him meaning or completion, he drinks and goes on ridiculous adventures. And that's where Simple Rick Wafers come in, they're a way of nullifying that sickness in all Ricks even for a brief moment and as we saw in the previous episode, "Rest and Ricklaxation," we see a very different man when that sickness is removed. He is still the same guy with Godlike intelligence but his actions are more mundane and moralized than that of the Rick we now. And Roiland and Harmon shows that in the willingness of Ricks to do menial jobs instead of what they're godlike intelligence actually causes them to do. Factory worker Rick says it best, " they told us we were special because we were Ricks." It gives the viewer a sense that these tamed and lackadaisical Ricks aren't the true versions of themselves.
Don't know if it makes sense to people but it made sense in my head.
Stefan Alston actually it makes perfect sense and honestly I would actually like to see a full episode of a random Rick who lives a normal life like doofus Rick probably does.
I feel so lost, so does this mean toxic Rick is able to be part of the system in a better way than the other working class Ricks?
Stefan Alston "in the willingness of Ricks to do menial jobs instead of what their godlike intelligence causes them to do"... so they don't live up to their full potential because they accept simplicity? Or because their intelligence is misused and not used to be godly and like toxic Rick, try to make the world better and joining the system in spite of it?? I'm really hoping you respond because I'm really interested
Benny Tadeo my friend I'm pretty sure it's the second reason.
Anyone notice the House of Cards kind of reference where the press morty shoots evil morty, but evil morty survives and everyone thinks he's just a terrorist?
Yes, but what I don't get is why Lucas went nuts.
I mean, the frustration is hard and everything, but couldn't he make a better plan?
It's pretty much obvious that crowd murder attempts don't succed most of the time, and Frank doesn't exactly walks around with a lot of protection.
Wasn't it easier and smarter to just arrange a meeting in a parking lot and set a bomb?
Or shoot him with a rifle from a nearby rooftop? There are hunters who set up rifle traps along known paths of their prey that can be triggered remotely. Or hey, why not a drone nail bomb combo? People are creative creatures when they want something bad enough, and killing political figures in a country where they feel relatively safe should be pretty easy.
See if the press Morty did this, I would prepare a duel for the coward, the Loser would be stoned, both would be in prime physical condition, and he would have a week to rest up, and I would even let him use my kitchen.
Evil Morty might actually sincerely want to better the situation for all Ricks and Mortys in the citadel. He promised to take a stand against the ruling elite and then he purged said ruling elite. As far as I'm concerned he's 1 for 1 on promises made and kept
Yeah, the show gets very grey when it comes to morality some times. It could very well be argued that Evil Morty's actions in S1 could be justified somehow. How? Dunno, probably need to watch it all over again. But it seems like something that could happen. I seem to remember that the Rick he was manipulating was one shade more evil that Rick C137.
Everybody has a different vision on what a perfect world looks like. That is the problem with giving one man (who promises a perfect world no less) all of the power. Evil morty could easily turn into a Stalin
this is why antifa exists, bc most people simply don't know what fascism looks like...
Right, just depends on what "action" Evil Morty is referring to at the end of the episode
Antifa Sarkeesian nigga Antifa doesn't know what fascism is like
3:16 - 3:19 I just want to point out that the four Morties (homages of Stand By Me) ran away from farmer Rick and fell into the river which was a remanence of the scene where Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin run away from Farmer Maggot and his dogs after Merry and Pippin been into his crop, then the four Hobbits fell downhill which was a shortcut to mushrooms.
Envious Green I'm always here for Lord of the Rings discourse, yaaaaaaas
Yeah I notice the resemblance too
Sometimes falling down a hill is just falling down a hill.
"Come home to the impossible flavor of your own completion" is some of the greatest ad copy ever written. These guys are gods. Keep it up!
Ron Swanson IS MY MAAANNN!!!
Rick C-137 Ron Jeremy is MY man...
8:23 "terrible 2017" oh boy, what good times
The only other people that weren't voiced by Justin roiland are the simple ricks guy and kid beth
My question is this, who is the rick that knows evil mortys identity
Muller Potgieter doesn't matter now, he's dead, you see him floating in space too
noobstalker1 Missed that, thanks
Muller Potgieter there is a theory that evil Morty gave that info to Sherlock rick so that campaign Morty can shoot evil Morty and make people vote for him out of sympathy.
ZackAguon671 that's a pretty dumb theory. I mean evil Morty could have been killed. Rick is a genius, so it's not surprising that one of the Ricks figured out who candidate Morty really was. He probably wasn't the only Rick who knew either.
ZackAguon 671 That's some 4D chess right there.
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Yan Yanzen thanks man
Thanks so much!
Yan Yanzen this man got 100 likes we captured that moment and played it on a loop
Matthew Magarity
Underrated comment.
All this Quidd advertising is bullshit.
Slick is literally in a garbage dump
Who would've thought that the most profound conversations would come from a cartoon...*hits blunt* These are some deep questions.
Nah, haven't really tried it. You recommend it?
This was my favorite out of the season so far
We can't escape the system.
But we can make self awareness profitable.
We can make the system promote the world we would like to see.
A world without a system? Huh.
what makes you think self-awareness would lead to a system that promotes "the world we would like to see"? what makes you think the utopian vision is something everyone shares? clearly there are those who think a world with trump walls is utopian, while others think a world without possessions is utopian.
the very system we currently see is already the aggregate of all the extreme-utopias people dream about.
the reason we can't escape the system is because there is a huge imbalance of power, where those who control propaganda (i.e. media and culture) still control how the masses think - including what constitutes "self-awareness". these uber-powerful will continually demarcate the "safe" boundaries of thought within which people are allowed to be aware of.
unless you are somehow in this top 1%, and amazingly charismatic enough to convince/influence all your powerful peers to fall in YOUR line, it won't be possible to "promote" any better system/world. but to do that, you would need to become the ultimate fascist, and force your will onto others - would that do for the foundation of a "better utopia"?
I meant those as two separate ideas.
-Make self awareness profitable
-Make the world we would like to see, profitable.
That is the only way the system will create it.
Obviously people would like to see different works, that why we need more discussion. That's why we need to exit our echo chambers and hear other perspectives.
My perspective is that we will never fix the huge imbalances of power, the only thing we can do, is make our best interests their best interests. By making what is in our best interests profitable.
We have the power to change what is profitable, we buy the products.
We just need to exit our echo chambers and start talking to one another, this will start the self-awareness.
From there we just need to start acting in ways, that provide companies an opportunity to profit off providing us genuine self awareness.
"The only thing we can do, is make our best interests their best interests. By making what is in our best interests profitable."
That is called capitalism. That is the current way of things.
However I get what you mean, but it sounds like an utopian and rather improbable world.
Your idea would require (as you say) a mass awakening of self-awareness. It would require (that we become) a completely different psychological creature, than humans. It would require a complete change in how we are taught, who teaches us(their ideas and goals for the education), it would require MORE controll to make sure that a high enough percentage of people got "THE RIGHT IDEAS"!
Humans are conformistic by nature. We follow the group, we follow what`s popular, we follow what`s safe, we follow the comercials. Your idea would require a fundamental change in this, one that would require mass brainwashing for starters...
As I said, it would probably require humans to become something else, probably something less animalistic.
Well capitalism just means that what is profitable survives.
It doesn't mean that what is in our best interests is profitable.
But you're right, what I speak of is improbable.
It would require things getting bad enough for change to be demanded on a mass scale, it would require a unifying factor, an identifiable figure.
But I disagree that it would require more control. Self awareness includes acceptance that there are no "RIGHT" ideas.
Humans are conformist by nature, but the conformation swings along a pendulum.
Whatever happens, is what was always going to happen. But hopefully the pendulum swinging into self awareness is what was always going to happen.
Considering our current lack of self-awareness, I consider it a possibility.
Absolute best episode ever. I can watch it 100 times and notice something new each time.
I swear the Rick asking questions at the debate said the divide between the groups has never been "whiter."
Wider. A wide divide.
One of the best episodes of 2017, reviewed by one of the best channels. I'm as happy as an alienated-slave of a 1984esque system-Simple Rick wafer consumerist.
So Evil Morty = Stalin, purging one totalitarian regime just to bring about another totalitarian ideology.
And Citadel of Ricks = Capitalism where even t-shirts of Che are commodified and fetishised.
Evil Morty hasn't manifested an ideology particularly, though in all fairness neither did Stalin I suppose.
Evil Morty could turn out to be an Anti-hero.
Simon S yea Stalin did lol
"I want power" isn't an ideology as such, and he certainly had no intention of abolishing the working class or instituting a system of free communes...
Shouldn't Evil Morty = Lenin? Since he was the OG in purging the, back then, Czar Russia and establishing the Bolshevik Regime through instigatin fear and spreading propaganda?
This episode was fucking brilliant
Hey clean, are you done fuking the lady from the Super Bowl commercial...
This episode totally deserves a one hour analysis video
This Episode reminded me a lot of the movie Brazil. It definitely touched on a lot of the same issues the movie brought up, and the Simple Rick's rebellion and subsequent entrapment are almost a direct parallel to the movies.
#Mortylivesmatter
Mortys are human!!
Eli Khan shut up you f#%king Rickless animals!
Mortys are sidekicks, without a side to kick, they just start kicking
"Same old story: Ricks killing Mortys."
Yeah, they're like balloons.
Thing is simple Rick captures the living vicariously through others that is rampant on our society. We use other experiences to fill us up as place holders. Tv shows case in point. Even just knowledge is a type of escape for Rick
If anyone rewatched season 1 episode 10, the first time evil Morty was in the show, you would see that in ricks memories, you see president Morty...
Was president Morty our Ricks original Morty? Is that why evil Morty is evil? IM SO EXCITED!!
That was just Rick's memory of when he gave Morty a little vial of...
Rick Potion #9.
It's pretty on the nose that he's Rick's original Morty.
I think Evil Morty is Rick "C-137" (that's not his real dimension)'s original Morty.
Remember, he only became president after season 1 episode 10. If you are talking about the memory that has morty in a suit, that's a memory from the episode rick potion number 9. But Rick also saw a baby morty in that memory, and the way evil morty singled out our rick and tried to frame him means he could very well be ricks original morty.
The Morty who wearing suit with a lapel flower?
Like MRCKify said, It was E01S09 (Rick Potion) Morty .
Morty suited for "Flu Season Dance" then he asked Rick for love potion.
I watched your podcast but I prefer these videos after every episode where you have time to put your thoughts together
Morty lives matter! ... But seriously, the Morties were basically an allegory to working class poc and how they are treated as second class citizens, making for the social caste system of the Citadel. Like certainly, you have your poor Ricks, but they're still more valued than your Morties. To me, that was probably the most important theme here... Maybe because I'm black.
aedr04 Not everything is a race issue you dumb fuck, the mortys are an allegory to the lower class in general
ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ You mad bro?
dude you can climb the ladder of society if you have what it takes anybody can you just actually have to try and work smart so please don't put your despair into this comment thread especially because your despair is fabricated by your society telling you you can't make it
Ryan Forbes
Not surprised at all by your reply, typical racism/racism denial of a typical R&M fan... The criticism of the fan base is right, the brilliant and socially critical writing behind this show is just wasted on the majority of its fans.
dude A calm down B criticizing is very different from debating criticizing gets us no where come up with valid reasoning or at least something that an argument can be made for but don't just pull out the race card and insult people actually have a discussion.
"Escapism buries you deeper inside the system (capitalism)"
> Uses anime and videogames as escape
> Considering how much money has been spent on that "escape"
... ... ... ... ... ...Fuck!
l1o2q3u4i5n Too close to home
Capitalism is FREEDOM.
l1o2q3u4i5n You buy escapism. You can't get escapism without funding the escapism
It is art indeed.
Anime figures are sculptures.
You have to buy them tough.
That's capitalism anyway
So wait a minute, is “Simple Ricks” literally waffers with cream covered in liquid dopamine?
Yup, pretty much.
Yup
Can't they just automise everything with AI and robots? I mean the Citadel is filled with Ricks. Why didnt they think of that?
I'm guessing that the pre-Rickpocalypse Citadel _was_ much more automated. But then everything broke, and they had to rebuild not just automation but basic infrastructure "by hand". Some Ricks had to do the mundane work, and others had to do the coordination, now that the Council was gone. The Ricks who were the organizers, being those who most aggressively stepped forth to do so among a sea of mostly-equally hyper-intelligent Ricks, realized that they could _keep_ their positions as a _de facto_ Council post-reconstruction if they could arrange the Citadel's society to maintain most of the Ricks and all of the Mortys as an underclass. So, automation was de-prioritized, and Ricks like Plumber Rick were "allowed to" keep their new jobs.
To maintain the new power imbalance and keep the Ricks from rising against them, the New Council needed to _appear_ to not be ruling from on high like the Old Council, but to have leadership that _looked_ like it was one of the Ricks, chosen by the Ricks, who would have the best interests of all of the Citadel's Ricks at heart. A symbolic and ceremonial "president".
...and then a certain Morty ran for that office.
But hey, I'm _uuuuurp_ just spitballin' here.
I'd guess the Ricks in power just get off on getting Ricks below them to do menial tasks
I like the idea, but the low-skill division of labor is enforced by the storytellers' need to reach a certain conclusion than because of any nature of production we could think of. Why does the Citadel need Ricks to fulfill such domestic roles when it's original function was to be a trans-dimensional military post? Even though that military function originally (S1E10) is subdivided into an august patrician council, a police force, a Seal Team Ricks, a self-defense militia and a meeting spot for the cowboy and Cronenburg to meet, ever thing necessary to Rick defense past that needs mostly some automation and a few supervisory Ricks.
It doesn't work, but if the writer's don't write it that way, they can't enunciate how they believe the world works.
Otherwise, a high-average, fat-tailed distribution of intelligence (the mean intelligence is overqualified to the challenge of creating pickle prosthetics and a 2-lb laser cannon from rats parts and things around the office) automates everything in about one hour.
HaloInverse I assume you need carrots and/or sticks to enforce a cap on automation, but I'm shit out of ideas what either could be. Also, are you a Halo universe set underground, instead of in space, or do you wear a reciprocal-halo around your toes?
M. Woller. What are you on about?
This episode really does not make any sense. Rick is the smartest man in the universe. The citadel's capitalism should run on fully automated production technologies, instead of the 20th-century style Taylorist production line. lol
Rhett how do you know those aren’t just robots that look like Ricks (and are intelligent enough to act like Ricks too)? Also, it could be the leaders being lazy and using spare, otherwise “useless” Ricks for the job.
nope not every rick is smart. remember the episode where a bullied rick from another dimension meets jerry and they become friends? he was the dumbest rick and with infinite dimensions there are probably infinite ricks that are as smart as humans
It's likely a reference to what happens to people at the bottom or lower ends of a class system. They have much poorer education and tests have shown that IQ, capability and competence decreases in a person who is told, or who comes to understand, that they are below the rest of society. These Ricks didn't automate it all with robots because they actually no longer realise they have the ability to, which means they actually do no longer have the ability to. The Ricks at the top don't build them to keep it this way. At the extreme end this happens most in slavery, which some argue the working class of capitalist societies are slaves of some kind or another. After all, if we didn't need plumbers or farmers etc, there would be no need for a class system or capitalism.
What if evil morty is actually just a detoxified morty?
James Rook wait original morty?
Kartana Thought the same because of the way he talked. But the theory is wrong.
There are no clone morties wth are you talking about? Rick made some clones of himself which he later killed, but we have never seen any morty clone on the show.
Omkar Gawade He accidentally took the fan theory about the carded Mortys in the intro as cannon.
Kartana Nah, it couldn't be, Rick injected Toxic Morty back into Morty and besides, Rick and Morty never actually went to Ricklantis in person in this episode. Everything that happened in the episode was contained within an isolated environment which is why it was so easy to get away with so much and it's why the episode was so packed full of content. It's a diversion from the main serialization of the story that drops some clever hints about parts of Morty's personality and character that we've only gotten a peek at in the past like in the episode "Look Who's Purging Now." In that regard, Detoxified Morty could be evil but that doesn't apply to this episode and no one really knows if we'll ever see Detoxified Morty again or if that was just a one time thing used to make a point. That said, Morty does have a dark side but it seems suppressed by his lack of confidence and self worth. This is what his toxicity represented so it's also possible that even if we don't see that particular metaphor carry on we will see him do generally bad things or at least self serving things whenever he's feeling sure of himself. That trait will probably always coincide with him breaking free of Rick somehow.
The themes associated with the Rick who escaped the assembly line eerily parallels the themes in 50 Million Merits in Black Mirror. Everything is commodified, people are assembled on bicycles, and even any form of rebellion being commodified as well. I wonder if that episode had influenced this episode by any chance
This episode reminded me of "Fifteen Million Merits" from the show Black mirror,
where a character's act of rebellion is not seen as an act of heroism, but becomes commercialized as a spectacle/entertainment that only ends up benefiting the consumerism.
Pls do something for season 4 of Bojack Horseman
While this episode was excellent, the new season of Rick and Morty so far has been a let-down. Seeing Bojack be as good as ever did a lot to dull the disappointment.
Trenton Green I wouldn't say a disappointment ,but it does seems to be getting better.
The Latin phrase on the white board was likely Acta Non Verba (or Facta non Verbum) it means "Deeds (or Actions) not words". Evil Morty literally says, "Speeches are for campaigning, now is the time for action".
The Latin phrase written on the chalkboard is likely "Facta Non Verba", meaning "deeds, not words". If I had to guess, it's meant to play on the fact that the motto is usually employed in an "actions speak louder than words" sort of way, but in the dynamic of Ricks and Mortys, it means that Mortys are supposed to do what they're told and not talk back.
"What slow ri- I mean tall Morty".
The subplot also introduced Morty's implants, that might come into play in later episodes
This has been my favorite episode of Rick and Morty so far. Too relatable.
7:05 the simple rics treat reminded me of Soma, the drug people take to feel good in "brave New World". It could also be refering to prozac, and other drugs people take to feel good, when they could just break the chains and feel good for real.
3:52 "modern society," that's a choicy way of saying "capitalism"
Ik this is late, but capitalism is dying i think it is coming closer to socialism or something
The way they commodify the rebellious Rick's essence is just like the Black Mirror episode 15 Million Merits where they take that character's rebellion and commodify it by giving him a show.
MORE RICK AND MORTY?!!!???
Mr Brick my thoughts too
What you said about wood working, and spending time with the family, reminded me of the Sumerian Myth, where their slave race, the Igigi (Gods which the Anuna/ Anunaki defeated and enslaved) had a massive rebellion. The Myth goes, that the Igigi were working every day, and they were dyeing. So they started a revolt. Enki and Enlil had no idea how to fix the situation. So they called their father, Anu, the sky god. He basically swoops down, and say's "this better not be no fuckries". Together, they decide the slaves should have one day off a week. The Igigi stop dying, the works getting done, and everyones happy.
It's kinda like going on Holiday. You feel great while your away, then get super depressed when your back "home". Then you work harder, to save up for the next holiday.
starts at 1:45
This episode was no doubt one of the best Rick & Morty episodes. I would vote for a sequel.
When morty said o geez it ment nigga
nobody cares
same old me
I do, o geez
I’m sitting in 2021 and looking back 2017 was pretty good
He isnt Evil Morty he is Confident Morty.
This is what happens when a Morty gets "too big for his britches".
Those words on the chalkboard means
Actions not Words and that is related to Evil Mortys Ideology and Plan
I love how they joked about utopias making us though Rick and Morty were going to Atlantis and at the end they end talking about how utopias allways ends on broken societys where dreams supports the system.
Awwwww Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzz
Favorite scene in the episode
Dante Smith MAKE IT STOP
MAKE IT
STOP!! GOD; THE TRUTH HURTS SO BAD F**K!! PLEASE!
Dante Smith I don't know Rick!
The whole Evil Morty scheme is also a perfect showcase how historically fascists using left wing rhetoric in order to gain working class support which usually ends destroying any major gains like unions, the ability to strike etc in favor of industrialists interests
Kommissar Kircheis naa it show how Trump got to power
andy hilaire So the same as +Kommissar Kircheis said
Precisely, apparently is really hard to see the connection between the promises made in speeches, the resulting support and the final outcome. Is like that Men in Black line, "A person is smart, people are dumb"
Kommissar Kircheis Well said! I also felt a strong nod to Star Wars, when the Emperor takes over. I think Evil Morty will turn the others into a "clone" army and try to take over the multiverse. Now we get to start diving into c137's actual past and finally get some answers. I'm tingling with anticipation! Lol
The funny thing is that E. Morty doesn't work as an analogue for Trump pretty much just because he's too smart and precise.
At 8:24 i just relised that this was made in 2017 and that they think that is terrifying
The best way to escape from the system is to go to a festival, it's part of the system but it's the part that lets us do drugs drink alcohol and act reckless with it being considered okay by most people there. It's a good way for everyone that goes to just have a good time camping in a field listening to alot of live music
Damn, Rick & Morty isn't just a dumb funny show, it has more meaning to it than you realize. You're great guys, now I have much more respect to R&M and The Purge.
Thank you guys for making this video... I love Jared's commentary and the detail in which he goes to!!
The citadel was formed bc Ricks wanted to be with other like minded people. Look what the purity of that intent got them.
Jo King but the thing is, why don't they use robots for other monotonous tasks? I don't understand that...
So that there will be a class division, so the higher ricks will have more power and there wont be any communistic universal income unity thing
Infinite Ricks. Infinite Citadels along the central finite curve. There is a citadel somewhere that DOES do that. Presumably it is just to give the Ricks something to do for money, since it is a society that runs on money, and they don't have the resources for everyone to be rich, especially after the Citadel being destroyed once already. A state based on compesation needs things for people to do, and the best and most expendable resource they have is Ricks
King Slushie101 because criminal ricks can hack and disrupt the system, so the society is built on ricks agreeing to work together to maintain order.
+MDoorpsy, Is there really infinite Citadels? That doesn't really make much sense to me, considering Ricks of infinite universes live in that one Citadel.
Surprised that Wisecrack didn't know the Latin phrase on the chalkboard.
Facta, non verba translates to "Deeds, not words" or to take action rather than to speak. This is obviously a reference to what Evil Morty was talking about at the end, where now is not the time for speeches, but for action.
In the school, the deeds that Morties were trained to do was just listen to their Ricks. The deeds President Morty wanted, though, is something different. They are different interpretations of the phrase, as actions can still mean servitude rather than independent and original thoughts.
Not really accurate about boy scout. It's not about escaping the system, it's about being a good citizen, to sum it up, I understand the cliché, actually boy scout is more about change the system in something better by being more responsable and conscious citizens! Anyway,that's off topic, keep up the good work!
Il Cavaliere Oscusa are you italian?
Is Evil Morty the morty from the dimension where he never got retoxified?
I thought Evil morty was just the rickest morty while c137 (main show) morty is the mortiest morty
2:47 okay. I didn't notice black rick until now.
aliens need to come down and save us from our own singularity
Scary thing is, Evil Morty may not be content with even this. He may see any independently operating Ricks/Mortys out there who have no desire to so much as step foot in the Citadel as potential threats to be eliminated. Add a brainwashed Phoenix Person (and handler) to the mix and your left with the "swimverse's" Rick & Morty caught between a rock and a hard place.
The irony of this video is that it talks about the commodification of rebellion and family when that is exactly what is happening in the video (and the show)
Pretty sure "Acta non Verba" means something like do it don't say it
Actions not words
Nice analysis, thanks!
Kinda reminds me of Black Mirror S01E02 ("Fifty Million Merits").
There, the act of rebellion becomes a system-reinforcing commodity as well.
It remains to be seen if the Rickverse will really offer no change whatsoever, or if the creators will allow for a smidgen of progress, just like in Black Mirror the Origami penguin becomes 3-dimensional in the end.
Anybody noticed that the entire episode was voiced by just one single person?
Holy shit!
or... you just underestimate Justin Roiland! :P
Good job copying the top comment to get likes
"We could argue that this escape to the simple life is a ... essential part of its [the system's] functioning" The commodification of escapism gives the person a reprieve without helping them achieve any constructive means of truly breaking free from the system which created the desire for escapism in the first place.
I dunno, I dont think this episode parodied our political system very well. If it did, they wouldn't have let Evil Morty in the debates to share his ideas.
It's because you're only thinking of this last campaign where they pushed Bernie Sanders out of the way. But Evil Morty isn't Bernie or Trump, he's Obama. It was Because of Obama's win that people engaged in such backlash during the latest election, which I assure you, was the weirdest and non-typical election we've had in the last century.
Maybe, but the video specifically said "recent" election. 8 years ago isnt very recent. Also I was comparing evil Morty to Bernie... I was comparing him to Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. They wouldnt let third parties in on the debates.
Sort of similar with how all the other runners were Rick, Morty would be a minority party. Would say theres a third party, but if the only parties are Rick and Morty, then its still a two party system... Im getting off in the weeds here about the technicalities. :p
hey wisecrack! Can you guys please tell us about all the shows you'd recommend? great, witty shows like this one here. I'd really appreciate it!
Noticed how he brought up alienation without even mentioning that he got the concept from Karl Marx. He didn't want to trigger all the upper-class people watching this show. 😂
So fucking early, I just came
Evil morty says "speeches are for campaigns now is the time for action" and the latin Acta Non Verba means "actions not words" so yes they are at least a little bit connected
The phrase on the chalkboard "Facta Non Verba" means "actions, Not Words"
The Ricklantis Mixup is my alltime favorite, god i loved this episode
I think it's fascinating you show your face in these videos. Most other theory channels I've seen don't show their face. Some do, but not most of the ones I've seen.
Good show! Love the podcast.
Damn I am watching this in 2020 with the riots, imagine if this aired then.