Film Theory: The Old Rick is Dead! (Rick and Morty)

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Rick not going in the hole after Diane and instead praising Morty (even tho it was silently) was very nice to see

11:55 Summer saying: ”Pass the parmÈzÈan” is a cool detail and showes that they are still in the same universe.

I’m surprised they didn’t mention that short side plot of the time lady who literally begins to go down the exact same path as Rick but actually ends up living a better, healed life instead. Someone had mentioned how the music that played during that scene was the same as the one that played when we first saw the montage of Rick’s rampage that lead to the creation of the citadel, except that the lady’s music ended on a major chord whereas Rick’s ended in a minor chord

If you think Evil Morty is going to disappear, you haven't been paying attention. MattPat makes a good point, but he forgot something...Evil Morty recognized Rick's emptiness immediately. Why? Because he is experiencing it himself. EM destroyed the Citadel, killed thousands of Rick & Mortys, and escaped to a distant universe to get away. But when we see him this season, he is dull and lifeless, relaxing in boredom, no goals or reason to keep going save survival. And now he can erase any being from all of existance. He has no support system, no one to call on. He is eventually going to try and fill that hole in him, no matter the damage.

Honestly is kinda charming how Matpatt acknowledges that he is leaving, he sound very proud that the channels are continuing with the people that are just right for the job

Actually now that I think about it, suicide IS a common theme this season. Rick LITERALLY kills another version of himself. And shoots himself as Jerry. And that whole spaghetti episode

A nice little detail in the episode "A morte" is that the machine rick used to display the old mans memories is the same machine used in the memory waffle back in the citadels of rick. Meaning that another approach was to either make a psuedo product or a replacement but he chooses to end the cycle of violence instead.

One thing I loved but I think I only now really get the significance of is that Rick has a photo of Morty in his wallet. Like, Rick, smartest man in the universe, builds a robot with some kind of artificial intelligence just to pass the butter, has 10,001 implants made out of space age super diamonds and micro nanites made by other smaller nanites, and hates being cliche, has a physical paper photograph of his grandson in his wallet like a 70's sitcom grandparent who goes to bingo night just to brag about their grandchildren. I mean, if there isn't a whole 3 part video series unpacking the meaning behind that, I don't know why we even bother.

Only can Rick and Morty unironically turn a character named Mr. Poopy butthole into a major antagonist of the series.

I hate myself for not noticing it earlier, notice the way they said Parmezan in the spaghetti episode. A throwback to earlier episode when the whole family jumped realities to almost the same new reality with the downside of wierdly saying the name of this cheese.

Mattpat forgot some very good points. 'Evil' morty himself said that he knows that rick feels empty, and he shows how he is apathetic himself, obviously we'll see more of his future 'healing' as well. And another scene in season 7 was about SloMobious's wife, after her children forgot about their father, she went on a trip referencing ricks backstory, but she actually healed well by finding a guy who is on the same journey (dead wife) and got together with him.

I'm really glad you're making a final Rick and Morty theory video. I am going to miss these from you. Thank you for everything.

Gonna miss you matpat. 💗

Love the parmesian reference at 11:55. For those who dont know, when Rick and the Smiths moved to another dimension cuz of the cute monster that ate earth, the new dimension they went to pronounced parmesian as: "par-mee-see-an"

I clicked so fast. Your R&M theories literally have been just as important to me as an actual show. Going to miss you so much ❤

I love that letters and numbers episode because it's so many layers of parody that it wraps around to just being cheesy awesome sci-fi fun and you can rlly tell how much they embraced that in that episode specifically!

468 videos made. Only 6 left to be made. We’ll miss you MatPat.

I love how it looks like negitive 6 theories instead of just 6

Yay for the original Film Theory opening music at the end of this episode. I miss that intro.