- 5/25/2025
From heartbreaking sacrifices to devastating revelations, join us as we explore the most emotionally powerful moments from this beloved animated series. Whether it's failed relationships, lost friendships, or crushing nihilism, these scenes prove that even the most cynical show can touch our hearts.
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00:00This is the only way I can save Earth.
00:03The only way I can save you.
00:05If that's the only way, I don't want to be saved.
00:08Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:10And today we're counting down our picks for those most emotionally heart-wrenching moments from the Rick and Morty universe.
00:15Beware, major spoilers lie ahead.
00:17The point is, happiness always ends.
00:22Number 30. Rickbot's death and Rick's monologue.
00:25Alas, poor Rickbot.
00:27We knew him, but tragically not for very long.
00:30This version of Rick Sanchez, now with 22% more empathy,
00:33was put in place by Rick C-137,
00:36while the latter was off in pursuit of Rick Prime.
00:38You had one job.
00:39Hey, that job was to be a good grandpa.
00:41I go where the kid goes.
00:42Don't touch me!
00:43How long have I...
00:44You said you weren't a robot!
00:46It killed me to lie to you, Morty.
00:47But it would have literally killed me not to lie to you.
00:50This doesn't make his demise in Ricktionalmorpoon's Rickmismorkation any less of a bummer.
00:54Particularly since it feels so sincere.
00:56Additionally, Rickbot's mentioning that any good he does
01:00is essentially performed in the service of Rick C-137,
01:03really his home.
01:04Meanwhile, the closing monologue suggests that Season 7
01:07will finally see Rick and Morty closing the gap
01:10between C-137 and Prime.
01:12Welcome to my darkness.
01:14I spent my life hunting this guy, Morty.
01:16This is the closest I've ever been to catching Rick Prime.
01:19It's impossible!
01:20Number 29. The final trap room.
01:23Ah, there's nothing like a classic bait-and-switch
01:25to manipulate and control those emotional puppet strings, right?
01:28The climax of this third season episode,
01:30Vindicators 3 The Return of Worldender,
01:32initially leads us to believe that the final puzzle trap solution is Morty.
01:37It could be Morty.
01:38What?
01:39Hey, I don't know.
01:40I mean, look, when I get drunk, I get stupid and emotional,
01:43and there's no logic to it.
01:44It's like, it's possible I got so drunk,
01:46I felt like I was losing Morty to the Vindicators.
01:48This is because the question demands to know
01:51which aspect of the Vindicators is truly valued by Rick.
01:54Unfortunately, the correct answer is actually Noob Noob,
01:57a humble janitor whom we met earlier in the episode.
02:00You're probably confused because we barely know each other,
02:02but you really stuck your neck out
02:04when you gave me props for my awesome jokes in the briefing room.
02:07Everybody else had their heads so far up their ass,
02:09even my own grandson is like,
02:11oh, the Vindicators are so cool.
02:13I mean, he's a moron. That's their demographic.
02:16But you're different, Noob Noob.
02:18Granted, this whole set-up could have been just because
02:20Rick was extremely drunk when he set up the trap,
02:22but yeah, we wouldn't put anything past Sanchez.
02:25Number 28, Morty is Assaulted.
02:27This debut season of Rick and Morty
02:29proved that anything was on the table in terms of content,
02:32including some really disturbing implications.
02:34I accept your call to adventure, good sir, kind sir.
02:38Come on, Rick, there's a giant in the clouds.
02:40Yeah, beginner's luck.
02:42One of the two plots within this episode
02:44concerns Morty taking Rick on an adventure of his own choosing,
02:47one that leads to a traditional RPG-esque fantasy world.
02:50A whole lot of tragedy ensues,
02:52from a giant's family witnessing the horrible demise of their patriarch
02:55to a local Jellybean King assaulting Morty in a restroom.
02:58It's troubling stuff, to be sure,
03:00but at least Rick eliminates King Jellybean
03:02before he departs from this failed adventure.
03:04Rick, portal, hurry!
03:07Number 27, Rick Puts Jerry on Blast.
03:10The subject of Beth and Jerry's broken marriage
03:12has been explored in multiple episodes throughout Rick and Morty.
03:15It also didn't take long for Rick to put Jerry on blast for his behavior.
03:18There are some major issues between you and Beth
03:21that have been there since you guys met.
03:24Hey, to new beginnings.
03:27To the whirly-dirly.
03:29The whirly-dirly? All right, what's going on here?
03:33When did you get cool?
03:35This can be seen within a wicked monologue from the third season episode,
03:38The Whirly-Dirly Conspiracy.
03:40Jerry's loneliness feels palpable after his separation from Beth,
03:43yet it's during an adventure alongside Rick
03:46where the former conspires to kill the man that Jerry feels stole his life.
03:49This later omission causes Rick to fly off the proverbial rails,
03:52spouting a diatribe that even causes the snake-thing eating Jerry
03:56to momentarily stop and react to the insult.
03:59You act like prey, but you're a predator.
04:01You use pity to lure in your victims. It's how you survive.
04:04Number 26, Shouldering Jerry's Burden.
04:06Never underestimate the shadows of the mind
04:09of how sometimes the most frightening things
04:11lie just beyond our rational sight.
04:13This is a cool car. I like having fun.
04:15That's what I'm talking about. Keep it moving.
04:17Don't ask why I can talk.
04:18We never see what Rick and Jerry see
04:20after the former scans the mind of a talking cat
04:22to find out why this feline can speak.
04:24What the audience is made aware of
04:26is that the reasoning is apparently so horrible
04:29that it drives both Rick and Jerry to the brink of madness.
04:32The latter even physically vomits from the experience,
04:35and Rick uncharacteristically assists Jerry
04:37by wiping his mind from what just occurred,
04:39leaving Sanchez to shoulder the burden.
04:41Did we crash? Where's the cat?
04:44He, uh, ran away.
04:46Did you scan his brain?
04:47Yeah.
04:48Did you find out why he can talk?
04:49He's from outer space.
04:50Number 25, Rick's Rejection by Bird Person.
04:53There's a lot to emotionally unpack
04:55within the fifth season episode,
04:57Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort.
04:59Suggestion, conscious mind relocated to...
05:02Unconscious mind. Fine, I'm going in.
05:04Suggestion, don't go in.
05:06On one hand, we're glad to see Bird Person again,
05:09as Rick moves within his friend's mind
05:11to bring him back in the best friend rejuvenation sequence.
05:13We also see a lot of Rick's traumatic, repressed memories,
05:16including a battle he'd previously fought alongside Bird Person.
05:20Rick's pleas for more adventures with Bird Person are denied,
05:23with the latter taking a lot of umbrage at the fact
05:25that Rick held back information about Bird Person's daughter.
05:28You did not know of the child when you came to rescue me,
05:31and once aware, refrained from sharing
05:33until necessary to save yourself.
05:36Fair enough.
05:37I will see you when I see you.
05:39This one is just a sad episode all around.
05:42Number 24, The Fear Hole.
05:44The death of Rick Prime didn't serve as the finale
05:46to Rick and Morty's seventh season.
05:48Instead, we ended that journey upon perhaps
05:50an even more dark and depressing existential hell.
05:53Well, it's definitely a hole. They weren't lying about that.
05:56Fear No Mort was a Twilight Zone-inspired episode
05:59that featured the Fear Hole,
06:00a place where Morty's greatest terrors come to life.
06:03This episode is chock-full of false endings.
06:06It isn't until Morty confronts his fear of abandonment
06:08that he's able to escape from the Fear Hole,
06:10realizing that Rick never followed him in the first place.
06:13However, we do see Rick pull a picture of Morty
06:16from his wallet to hang on the wall,
06:17which is a very telling sign.
06:19Okay, buddy. Let's go slam some pancakes.
06:34Number 23, Saving Marta.
06:37We're always pleasantly surprised when Rick Sanchez
06:39carefully allows his guard to drop,
06:41just enough to do something truly nice for another individual.
06:44Who is that?
06:45Her video game name is Marta.
06:47Okay, see, this I can work with.
06:49The episode, Rick, A Mort Well Lived,
06:52features a callback to the second-season episode,
06:54Morty Night Run,
06:55specifically a visit to the Interstellar Arcade,
06:57Blips and Chits.
06:58Rick and Morty go to the Interstellar Arcade
07:00Rick and Morty become trapped inside of Roy, A Life Well Lived,
07:03as Summer is tasked by Rick to do a diehard.
07:06Meanwhile, the decades of time spent within the game
07:09influence Rick's decision
07:10to keep it permanently plugged in after their escape.
07:13Special order.
07:14Some rich douche wants his last game to keep running.
07:17Hooked it up to an external battery.
07:18We're just supposed to store it.
07:19Weird.
07:20Yeah, and get this.
07:21The game's still going, but Roy's dead.
07:23What?
07:24Yeah, he's just a corpse
07:25floating at the edge out of space,
07:26but for some reason, the game won't restart
07:29because it's centered on some old lady living a full life.
07:31This is so that one of the NPCs, Marta,
07:34can live on within this imaginary world.
07:36Number 22, Pissmaster's Demise.
07:39Numerous oddly-named supervillains have come for Rick Sanchez,
07:42but, ahem, Pissmaster has to be one of the grossest
07:46and most profane.
07:47Rick, why is there a man shooting piss on our front lawn?
07:50I'm sure he'll tell you.
07:51I am Pissmaster,
07:53here to flush the toilet that is Rick Sanchez.
07:58Not to mention easily beatable, apparently,
08:00since it's Jerry who beats the tar out of this bad guy,
08:03basically in front of the entire neighborhood.
08:05This incident leads to Pissmaster deciding to take his own life,
08:08leaving behind a daughter as well as a note
08:10that drives Rick into action.
08:12Sanchez decides to moonlight as Pissmaster,
08:14attempting to change the narrative of his legacy.
08:16Yo, Pissmaster, you saving that cat
08:18to make people forget you suck?
08:20Nope, you're just saving it to save it.
08:21Number 21, This Revenge Has Meant Nothing.
08:24It's a conversation that always comes up
08:26when it comes to journeys of revenge.
08:28Will success change anything, bring somebody back,
08:31or make the person seeking revenge feel whole or fulfilled?
08:34Morty, you can't come!
08:35Evil Morty, stay out of my way!
08:36Gonna kill my nemesis!
08:38Rick out!
08:39Perhaps this is why the episode,
08:40where Rick's C-137 finally destroys Rick Prime,
08:43is placed smack dab in the center of the seventh season.
08:46A proper revenge character arc
08:48would predictably have made un-Mort-Rick in the series finale,
08:51but we're still a long way from that point.
08:54So, uh, original grandson,
08:56this is super weird, obviously,
08:58we're both trying to kill each other.
09:00Oh, jeez, nice to meet you, I guess.
09:03So, do we... should I just get this over with, or...
09:07Instead, we have to face the fact that Rick's revenge,
09:09essentially, changes nothing.
09:11Evil Morty's backstory is revealed here,
09:13and we do receive a somewhat satisfying Rick Prime beatdown,
09:16but ultimately, Rick and Morty still draw on, unchanged.
09:20Number 20, Wubba Lubba Dub Dub Origins.
09:23Rick tries out several catchphrases during the show,
09:25but the one that's most prevalent
09:27is the seemingly nonsensical, Wubba Lubba Dub Dub.
09:30Wubba Lubba Dub Dubs!
09:32Ha ha ha, yeah!
09:33That's my new thing, I'm kinda like, what's his name?
09:35Arsenio!
09:36That's what Arsenio used to say on his show.
09:38He often delivers it after a joke,
09:40or to punctuate a moment.
09:41When Morty, Summer, and Rick throw a party,
09:43Rick says the phrase while doing drugs.
09:46After the party, Rick's buddy, Bird Person,
09:48explains to Morty that Wubba Lubba Dub Dub,
09:50in his people's language,
09:52means that Rick is saying he's in terrible pain,
09:54and asking for help.
09:55It's not nonsense at all.
09:57In my people's tongue, it means,
09:59I am in great pain, please help me.
10:01Well, I got news for ya, he's saying it ironically.
10:04Although Rick does some bonding with his grandkids
10:06that makes him less prone to using the phrase,
10:08it's still sad that he feels the need to numb himself
10:10to escape his own anguish.
10:12Your grandfather is indeed in very deep pain.
10:15That is why he must numb himself.
10:18Number 19, Snowball trying to save Morty.
10:20While Rick and Morty have an adventure
10:22in the latter's math teacher's dreams,
10:24the rest of the family must contend with their dog, Snuffles,
10:27who becomes hyper-intelligent.
10:29That's an intense line of questioning, Snuffles.
10:31Do not call me that.
10:34Snuffles was my slave name.
10:36You shall now call me Snowball,
10:38because my fur is pretty and white.
10:40Renaming himself Snowball,
10:42the dog creates a society of intelligent dogs,
10:44as well as mechanized suits.
10:46Rick and Morty return,
10:48and while Morty is well-treated,
10:50the rest of the world isn't so lucky.
10:52From now on, you will be my best friend
10:54and live by my side.
10:56Th-thanks, Snuffles!
10:57In order to gain Snowball's sympathy,
10:59Ricky gives Morty a pill that shuts down his kidneys.
11:02This deeply affects Snowball,
11:04who can't stand to see the human he loves in such a state.
11:07To hell with my kingdom, bean-counter.
11:09I would trade it all for my human's health and happiness.
11:13Do you think they would have done this for us?
11:15We are not them.
11:19We are not them.
11:21Most pet owners experience something similar at some point,
11:24so it's tragic to see the shoe on the other paw,
11:26so to speak, even if it's just a dream.
11:29Number 18, Morty Kills Fart.
11:31When Rick sells a gun to an assassin,
11:33Morty takes it upon himself to rescue the killer's target,
11:36a gaseous creature.
11:38Given the derogatory nickname, Fart by Rick,
11:40the bean proves fanciful and fond of musical interludes.
11:43The world can be one together,
11:45cosmos without hatred.
11:48However, just as Fart is about to return to his own kind through a portal,
11:52he reveals to Morty that he intends to return
11:55and exterminate all carbon-based life in Morty's universe.
11:58Morty asks for one last song,
12:00and then uses the distraction to shoot Fart with a special gun.
12:03Morty...
12:05Why? Why?
12:14Although the death of a mass murderer isn't particularly sad,
12:17our hearts go out to Morty,
12:19as this is the first time he takes a life.
12:21In a way, Morty has killed his innocence.
12:32Number 17, Rick's Car Conjures Up the Dead.
12:35Car trouble is exponentially upsetting in the Rick and Morty multiverse.
12:44While Rick and Morty investigate a problem inside the battery,
12:47Rick charges his car's AI to keep Summer safe.
12:50Rick's car does this through ruthless and incredibly violent methods.
12:54When the police arrive, Summer demands it stop hurting people.
12:57Instead, it arguably does something worse.
13:00After scanning the histories of each of the cops,
13:02the car synthesizes one cop's deceased son,
13:05forcing the creation to ask his father to leave the car alone
13:08before dissolving into a puddle of goo in the traumatized man's arms.
13:14Daddy, leave the car alone.
13:16What? What?
13:17Leave the car alone.
13:19Hunter?
13:21Oh, my God.
13:22To have a dead loved one come back to life and die in your arms again?
13:25There aren't words to describe that kind of trauma.
13:28That poor, poor man.
13:30Please step away from the vehicle.
13:33Keep Summer safe.
13:35Number 16, Jerry and Doofus Rick.
13:38Jerry is the family's sad sack,
13:40and even Ricks of other universes mock him.
13:42I can't believe our daughter married you.
13:44Too easy.
13:46However, one of them doesn't.
13:48A Rick with a bowl cut and buck teeth,
13:50nicknamed Doofus Rick by the others,
13:52befriends Jerry when a group of Ricks stay at the house.
13:54Doofus Rick is kind and appreciates Jerry's interests,
13:57even making him brownies.
13:59If we add a little more titanium nitrate
14:01and just a tad of chlorified tartrate,
14:04ovenless brownies.
14:07Their friendship is a welcome bit of wholesomeness
14:09in what can often be a profoundly cynical show.
14:11Unfortunately, it eventually comes time to say goodbye.
14:14It's time to go back to our lives.
14:17I love you, Jerry. I love ya.
14:19Seeing them stare at each other through a window
14:21gets us a little choked up.
14:23We're not crying. It's just raining.
14:25Number 15, Jerry and Beth view their alternate lives.
14:29The whole family watching Interdimensional Cable
14:31is an opportunity for some wacky,
14:33random shows, movies,
14:35and commercials from other realities.
14:37We're not so different. We're both corn of action.
14:39Yeah, but one of us is dead corn!
14:42However, Rick gives them a device
14:44that lets Beth and Jerry gain insight
14:46into alternate versions of their lives.
14:48In the universe they both view,
14:50Jerry becomes a successful actor,
14:52while Beth became a surgeon for humans instead of horses.
14:55However, they never got together.
14:57Well, you should select a different timeline.
14:59I mean, if your father and I achieved our dreams,
15:01there's a chance you weren't even born.
15:03That came out wrong. That came out very wrong.
15:05Seeing themselves supposedly happier without each other
15:07depresses them both,
15:09making them contemplate a separation.
15:11While their alternate selves reunite
15:13and they decide to stay together,
15:15it's clear neither is truly happy as things stand.
15:25Many of us wonder what our lives would look like
15:27if we made different choices,
15:29but being confronted with the reality of that
15:31would certainly mess with our heads.
15:3314. Mr. Poopybutthole's post-Season 5 speech
15:37Mr. Poopybutthole is a silly,
15:39short friend of Rick and the rest of the family.
15:49The wacky guy often bookends the seasons of the show
15:51by commenting on the events
15:53and talking about what he's been up to.
15:55In the last episode of Season 5,
15:57Mr. Poopybutthole reveals
15:59that after he lost his teaching job,
16:01he started distancing himself from his wife, Amy.
16:13His attempts to be who he thought
16:15she wanted him to be only made them both
16:17unhappier and led to their separation.
16:19Mr. Poopybutthole encourages us to be
16:21honest with the people who love us,
16:23because life is short.
16:25It's a heartbreakingly real moment for a comedy show.
16:27Ooh wee indeed.
16:31I don't know. Maybe you should try it.
16:33We don't have as much time as we think.
16:35Ooh wee.
16:3713. Rick's real backstory
16:39Rick avoids sharing details
16:41of his past, since he's not that
16:43big on canon. However,
16:45while details have leaked through to the audience,
16:47it isn't until the Season 5 finale that
16:49it's fully explained.
16:55The backstory Rick once claimed was fake,
16:57then another Rick offered him interdimensional travel,
16:59and killed Rick's original wife and daughter
17:01when he refused, was actually real.
17:03Rick spent decades pursuing his family's
17:05killer across universes, making enemies
17:07of other Ricks who banded together
17:09first against him, and then for him,
17:11creating the Citadel of Ricks.
17:13Now an old man, Rick decided to move in
17:15with an abandoned version of his daughter,
17:17hoping to have a version of the family he lost.
17:19Rick really is his own worst enemy.
17:21Woah.
17:23Dead wife?
17:25Yes, now everyone can shut up about it.
17:2712. Rick's a terrible father
17:29Rick isn't the best father.
17:31Or grandfather.
17:33Or father-in-law. Focusing on his relationship
17:35with Beth though, Rick often tiptoes
17:37around his parental shortcomings.
17:39She wasn't supposed to come back!
17:41Why did she? Well, she found a bomb in her neck, wouldn't you?
17:45Father of the year. Shut up!
17:47When the family gains another Beth,
17:49Rick is the only one interested in determining
17:51which one is a clone.
17:53Watching a wiped memory, Rick finds that Beth
17:55asked him to decide if he wanted her to be in his life.
17:57I know what I want to do.
17:59I want you to decide.
18:01What? For once in my life,
18:03I want you to decide, Dad.
18:05Rick ultimately decided to clone Beth,
18:07randomizing the two so that not even he would be sure.
18:09The season ends with a moment of self-reflection,
18:11as lonely Rick admits
18:13what everyone else knows, albeit to himself.
18:15I'm a terrible father.
18:19At least I'm a pretty good friend.
18:23While Rick has failed as a father,
18:25he sees an opportunity to do right by Phoenix Person,
18:27but the good friendship has also
18:29possibly set sail.
18:31Number 11, Roy, a life well lived.
18:33Every once in a while,
18:35Rick and Morty will introduce a character
18:37who comes and goes.
18:39In the short amount of time, however,
18:41we develop a surprisingly deep connection.
18:43Take Roy Parsons, for example.
18:45Roy, what's wrong?
18:47I was with an old man.
18:49He put a helmet on me.
18:51It's just a fever. Get some sleep.
18:53I don't want you missing school on Monday.
18:55Strapping on a virtual reality helmet,
18:57Morty steps into Roy's seemingly
18:59all-too-real shoes.
19:01His life literally flashes by,
19:03from his promising youth,
19:05to his disappointing adulthood,
19:07to his life-affirming battle with cancer,
19:09to his sudden death.
19:13Morty is thrust back into the real world,
19:15finding out that his wife,
19:17child, and the past 55 years
19:19were all fake.
19:21We know Roy technically isn't real,
19:23and he'll live another day under Rick's control.
19:25Where's my wife?
19:27Morty, you were just playing a game.
19:29It's called Roy. Snap out of it. Come on.
19:31Regardless, Morty's turn as the character
19:33is a strangely relatable portrait
19:35of how fleeting life is.
19:37Number 10, Rick and Morty break up.
19:39A mishap with portal fluid leads to Morty
19:41getting a portal on his hand,
19:43resulting in a big blow-up fight.
19:45Morty tries to call Rick's bluff on replacing him,
19:47and Rick does, with two crows.
19:49Okay, that's it. Two crows. You're fired.
19:51You know what? Eat shit. You're just trying to make me feel worthless.
19:53I never said you're worthless. In fact, I've given you
19:55a very clear metric of your worth. Two crows.
19:57Well, the two have separate adventures.
19:59They reunite, and Rick fixes Morty's hand
20:01after he removes it to get rid of the portal.
20:03Here, come here. Let Grandpa fix you up.
20:05What do you want? A robot hand?
20:07A lizard hand? I can make it big again like that one time.
20:09Just my regular hand.
20:11Great. Not a time for bits. I get it.
20:15There you go. Good as new.
20:17Morty is eager to reconcile and go back
20:19to how things were, but Rick is changed
20:21by his experience with the crows,
20:23and realizes how abusive their partnership is.
20:25He decides to leave with the crows for new adventures.
20:27I will never be the same.
20:29So I need to leave with the crows
20:31and see what more they can teach me.
20:33Oh. Oh.
20:35As bad as they are together, it's still sad
20:37watching them say goodbye to the best friend each one has ever had.
20:39Number 9.
20:41Hoovy's Death.
20:43Like Roy, Hoover's presence is short, yet effective.
20:45Unlike Roy, though,
20:47Hoovy's death has far-reaching coincidences.
20:49When Morty opens a portal,
20:51the kindly being offers to help
20:53carry some wine back to his dimension.
20:55Looks like you could use a hand.
20:57Oh, hey. Yeah, that'd be great.
20:59No problem.
21:01Leaving behind his pregnant wife,
21:03Hoovy assumes he'll only be gone a couple of seconds.
21:05Time flows differently between dimensions, however.
21:07Hoovy is horrified to find his home in ruins,
21:09his beloved turned to bones,
21:11and his grown-up son overcome with vengeance.
21:13Hoover?
21:15Why did you leave us, father?
21:17Japheth? When were you born?
21:19Japheth stabs his father,
21:21believing he abandoned them.
21:23With his dying breath, Hoovy tries to explain it wasn't his fault,
21:25shifting Japheth's rage towards Morty.
21:27It wasn't my fault.
21:29Who's that? Who's...
21:31The boy from the magic door.
21:33In a flash, a simple mistake
21:35not only ruins Hoovy's life,
21:37but also the lives of several future generations
21:39bent on revenge.
21:41Number 8. Rick mourns Tony.
21:43Although Rick initially intends to execute Tony
21:45for using his private toilet,
21:47the two make an unusual connection that could blossom into friendship.
21:49You want to take the one part of life
21:51that you truly think is yours,
21:53and you want to protect it from a universe that takes whatever it wants.
21:55It took my wife.
21:57It clearly took something from you.
21:59We can spend our lives fighting that,
22:01or we can choose to be free.
22:03This only causes Rick to push back more
22:05as he tries to keep Tony out of his life
22:07and off his toilet.
22:09Rick learns a lesson in getting what he wants
22:11upon learning that Tony died in a ski accident,
22:13having been inspired by his heaven simulation.
22:15He quit his job, started living life to the fullest.
22:17He crashed into a tree,
22:19space skiing down Mount Space Everest.
22:21Returning to his lavatory,
22:23Rick plays a holographic message
22:25that was meant for Tony.
22:27Sitting on the toilet, Rick finds that all the mean things
22:29he intended for Tony to hear
22:31were his own loneliness and self-loathing.
22:33All hail his majesty,
22:35the saddest piece of garbage
22:37in the entire cosmos.
22:39Long live the big
22:41bad doo-doo daddy.
22:43Rick reflects on the friendship that could have been,
22:45as well as the countless relationships he self-sabotaged.
22:47Number 7.
22:49Robot Morty becomes conscious and dies.
22:51Morty and Summer decide to deal with
22:53their parents' divorce in questionable ways
22:55while in another dimension.
22:57Summer's been acting pretty crazy lately.
22:59I think the divorce is affecting her,
23:01and, you know, I don't think this is a great place for her to be right now.
23:03With the two determined to stay
23:05while they work out their issues,
23:07Rick decides to create robot duplicates
23:09so Beth doesn't get suspicious.
23:11Summer, state your deal.
23:13My deal is that I am, like, totally fine.
23:15Morty? Oh, jeez, I'm so down with my parents' divorce, dog.
23:17Like, don't even trip.
23:19Like, in a healthy way.
23:21Although robotic behavior is funny at first,
23:23when the real articles return,
23:25Rick calls them into the garage to be decommissioned.
23:27Robot Morty has become self-aware
23:29and doesn't want to go.
23:31After expressing what he loves about life,
23:33his feelings are overridden,
23:35and he's forced to walk to his own death.
23:37Robot Morty's life is short, but it's so utterly tragic.
23:39Remote override engaged?
23:41No! Yes!
23:43Bypassing override! I am alive!
23:45Hello?
23:47Number 6.
23:49Rick's sacrifice.
23:51Usually when Rick does something noble or loving,
23:53there's an ulterior motive.
23:55In this case, though, Rick jumps in after him
23:57and gives his grandson his time-stabilizing collar.
23:59Morty, where's your collar? I'll fix it.
24:01I dropped it!
24:03What the hell?
24:05What have you done to me, Morty?
24:07Rick doesn't have an exit strategy to save himself.
24:09He makes the conscious decision
24:11to give up his life in exchange for Morty's.
24:13Rick even accepts his fate,
24:15hoping that Morty will be better than he was.
24:17It's a side of Rick that we rarely get to see,
24:19showing that he's not 100% heartless.
24:21I'm okay with this.
24:23Be good, Morty.
24:25Be better than me.
24:27It's more like 99.9%,
24:29but that .1% is huge for Rick.
24:31Thankfully, Rick finds another collar in the void,
24:33escaping at the last second.
24:35However, this doesn't take away from the emotional impact
24:37of Rick's actions.
24:39But I feel like one of the 64 Ricks
24:41sacrificed himself for me, maybe?
24:43I think?
24:45Shut up, Morty. The last time you felt something, we all almost died.
24:47Number 5.
24:49Bird person shot through the heart.
24:51The finale finds Rick at one of his lowest points.
24:53Just as Rick starts to let down his defenses
24:55and open up, Tammy reminds him
24:57how deceiving and cold-blooded others can be.
24:59But then I think, you know,
25:01in a lot of ways, I'm not
25:03a high school senior from the planet Earth.
25:05In a lot of ways, what I really am
25:07is a deep cover agent
25:09for the Galactic Federation, and you guys
25:11are a group of wanted criminals.
25:13Tammy reveals that her entire relationship with Bird Person
25:15was part of a sting operation
25:17to capture enemies of the Galactic Federation.
25:19Bird Person is barely able to react
25:21to his beloved's betrayal before she shoots him
25:23and Rick cries out over the loss of his best friend.
25:25Bird Person!
25:27No!
25:29Rick ultimately gives himself up to the Federation
25:31with a defeated look on his face.
25:33Although it turns out that Rick has a few tricks up his sleeve,
25:35this was still a dire note to end the season on.
25:37What are you in for?
25:39Everything.
25:43Number 4.
25:45Morty and Planetina break up.
25:47As Captain Planet, Planetina comes to love Morty
25:49almost as much as she loves the environment.
25:51Surprise!
25:53What are you doing here?
25:55I told my kids I went out to recycle batteries.
25:57Morty reciprocates those feelings,
25:59even resorting to murdering Planetina's kids
26:01when they try to sell her off.
26:03That's not even the darkest turn that their relationship takes,
26:05as Morty comes to see just how far
26:07Planetina will go to prevent pollution.
26:09While Morty has blood on his hands too,
26:11Planetina crosses a line that not even he can justify.
26:13Jobs!
26:15Let's go, boys. She can't stop us.
26:17We'll get them next time.
26:19There's no time left!
26:21Can't you hear the Earth screaming?
26:23You filthy murderer!
26:25Planetina, stop it!
26:27There's only one solution for Earth's pollution!
26:29As weird and disturbing as their relationship is,
26:31it's genuinely tear-jerking when Morty tells Planetina
26:33that they can't be together.
26:35Alice and Bree's voice acting is especially powerful,
26:37as she seamlessly transitions
26:39from declaring her love for Morty
26:41to holding back her heartbreak
26:43and telling Morty off.
26:45It's the only way I can save you.
26:47If that's the only way, I don't want to be saved.
26:49Please go.
26:51But I love you.
26:53I can't.
26:55I can't love you.
26:57I just can't. Please understand.
26:59No. I'll go.
27:01Number 3. Morty's nihilistic speech to Summer.
27:03In what might be the show's most infamous moment,
27:05Rick and Morty flee their crone and bird world
27:07and slip into another reality
27:09where they recently died.
27:11Watching Rick and Morty bury their own bodies
27:13will leave you haunted and downhearted,
27:15but it doesn't end there.
27:17A couple of episodes later,
27:19Morty tells Summer about the graves in the backyard
27:21and where he really comes from.
27:23That out there? That's my grave.
27:25Wait, what?
27:27On one of our adventures,
27:29Rick and I basically destroyed the whole world,
27:31so we bailed on that reality
27:33and we came to this one.
27:35It's a callback that catches us off guard,
27:37as the series had been mostly episodic up until this point.
27:39What's even more shocking and depressing
27:41is Morty's words to Summer
27:43about the meaninglessness of existence.
27:45So, you're not my brother?
27:47I'm better than your brother.
27:49I'm a version of your brother you can trust
27:51when he says don't run.
27:53Nobody exists on purpose.
27:55Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die.
27:57Come watch TV.
27:59Whether you find Morty's outlook bleak or identifiable,
28:01it's a brutal moment that adds new layers
28:03to the characters and the show's continuity.
28:05Number 2. Morty's relationship reset.
28:07You know the opening montage from Up?
28:09This sequence isn't quite as devastating as that,
28:11but it comes close enough.
28:13Playing with his reset button
28:15is no longer a priority
28:17after Morty meets his dream girl.
28:23As cynical as the show can be,
28:25Morty's relationship with his girlfriend
28:27is a sincere one portrayed through visuals
28:29and music.
28:31Their romance overcomes disagreements,
28:33plane crashes, cannibalism,
28:35and freezing weather,
28:37only for Jerry to Jerry it up.
28:45Morty isn't able to rewrite
28:47the relationship, although it's implied
28:49that his girlfriend might remember him later.
28:51By this point though, Morty has already faked his death.
28:59While part of us can't help but laugh
29:01at the tragic absurdity, it's legitimately
29:03upsetting seeing this beautiful relationship
29:05deteriorate into acid.
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29:23Number 1. Rick's depression.
29:25Rick gets back together with Unity,
29:27a hive mind that controls a whole planet.
29:33Then I found this world
29:35where I was better able to focus on my
29:37passion for unification.
29:39However, Rick proves to be an unhealthy influence
29:41on it, and even it has a hard time
29:43keeping up with his self-destructive behavior.
29:45Ultimately, Unity decides to break up
29:47with him. But I know how it goes with us.
29:49I lose who I am and
29:51become part of you.
29:53Because in a strange way, you're better at what I do
29:55without even trying.
29:57Yours, and nobody
29:59else's. Unity.
30:01This leaves Rick despondent
30:03and depressed. So much so,
30:05that he goes into the garage and,
30:07in a heartbreaking sequence, he tries to end
30:09his life. It's only because he passes out
30:11at the last second that Rick is saved.
30:17Rick and Morty
30:19has serious and sad moments both
30:21before and after this. But this one
30:23makes our hearts ache every time we watch it.
30:25Which Rick and Morty moment gave you the feels?
30:27Let us know in the comments.
30:31Clean, Morty. I gave you a choice.
30:33You could listen to me explain, in great scientific
30:35detail, how it all works.
30:37Or you could have fun. Did you have fun, Morty?
30:39Is this because of the vat?
30:41No.
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