Rick and Morty
Warning : contains spoilers for Rick and Morty vs Cthulhu # 4!In a lurid reveal many view would never come , Rick and Mortyhas formally explain the backstory of its presentation sequence Cthulhu cameo , let in the origin of the Smith family ’s Cthulhu baby . Since the first season , Rick and Mortyhas open with a credit rating sequence that admit a huge , Cthulhu - esque monster pursue Rick , Morty and Summer , who have its child aboard Rick ’s ship . The figure of speech encapsulates many of the show ’s cosmic horror themes , but fans have long wonder if it would ever actually be explained how the Smiths got into this situation .
Rick and Morty vs Cthulhu # 4has done precisely that . In the outlet from Jim Zub , Troy Little , Leonardo Ito , and Crank ! , fans memorise everything they ’ve ever wanted to know . The risible details a battle between theRick and Mortyfranchise and the Cthulhu Mythos . distinctive to the franchise ’s aesthesia , this clash has a meta edge , as Rick explicate that the Mythos constantly seeks to taint other media property in purchase order to remain culturally relevant .
Over the course of the series , the Smith family have each beenmerged with a major Lovecraft story , andthe comic ends with Morty impregnated with the ' Star Seed ' of Cthulhu ’s girl , Cthylla(aka Cathy . )
Morty has a new kid - the latest in his monstrous brood . However , there ’s a intellect Rick and Morty keeps replicate this freaky melodic theme .
Rick and Morty’s Baby Cthulhu Is Morty’s Child
The Cthulhu Mythos Deliberately Infected RICK AND MORTY Canon
Morty met Cathy during his stay in Innsmouth , but it move around out their connection was a sham . Cthylla was actually send off to impregnate Morty , birth the Cthulhu Mythos fully intoRick and Mortycontinuity in orderliness to assure further crossover stories .
In the egress ’s epilog , fans see the original Cthulhu chase from the show ’s opening , as grandpa Cthulhu pursues the Smiths , seeking to reclaim Morty ’s grievous child . Not only does this explicate what ’s hap in the credits clip , but it give it new meaning -Cthulhu ’s existence in the creditsis a foretoken that the Mythos ( body forth by Azathoth , the Lord of All ) gain its metatextual struggle with Rick , circularize its influence to theRick and Mortyfranchise for continue Cthulhu ’s pop culture ascendance .
" Meeseeks and Destroy " is one of the most beloved sequence of Rick and Morty , though it has a secret ending even the most hardcore fan have n’t pick up .
The Cthulhu Mythos Officially Beat Rick
Azathoth Outsmarts the Smiths, With More Crossovers on the Way
It ’s a smart , fun organic evolution of a consequence that has stick sports fan from the starting time , and a uncommon loss for Rick , who is unable to stop his franchise being colonized by Lovecraft ’s characters . Rick and Morty vs. Cthulhuhas satirize many of the Cthulhu Mythos ' trope , as well as satirizing Lovecraft ’s hateful societal views and even writing style . However , Rick and Morty ’s engagement with cosmic nihilistic delusion makes it the complete bedfellow for the thrive Cthulhu Mythos ( which has inspiredeverything from Marvel Comicsto Robert E. Howard’sConan the Barbarianand Stephen King’sIT ) , so it makes sense that ultimately , even Rick could n’t stand off having Cthulhu become a part of his humans .
Strangely , the arrival of"Li’l Thoolie"marks yetanothermonstrous small fry for Morty , who has fathered multiple freakish beings in the enfranchisement so far - hopefully , his kinship with the Modern Great Old One will go better than with his other offspring . gratefully for fans who require moreRick and Morty vs Cthulhu , the issue also ends with the phrase"To Be Conthulhued ? " , meaning even more crossover adventures are probable on their elbow room - whether Rick wants it or not .
Rick and Morty do not have the healthiest relationship , which is why it should n’t be surprising that Morty just discover a better wise man .
Cthulhu Isn’t the Only Intro Sequence Mystery the Comics Have Answered
The Morty Who Gets Eaten IS the Version Fans Know
Next to the babe Cthulhu , Rick and Morty ’s biggest intro sequence enigma is the short clip ofMorty being assault by frog - like alienswhile Rick escapes through a portal . For geezerhood , fans theorise that this might be the blood line of Evil Morty or how Rick lost the Morty of his original world . These were impertinent theories , but the real account came inRick and Morty # 49by Kyle Starks , Marc Ellerby , Sarah Stern , and Crank!Not only does this issue explicate why Rick so heartlessly ditches Morty to die , but it also confirms how Morty survived the experience .
In the issue , Rick finds himself pin down in aGroundhog Day - style reprise daytime . Having clang - landed on a planet that creates the event , Rick is free to do anything he wantswith the guaranty that the mean solar day will eventually reset . Thanks to his portal gun , Rick goes on innumerable adventure , and also uses the time to read countless Good Book , swelling his intellect even more . It ’s during one of these escapade that Morty is shown being attacked by the batrachian aliens from the opening succession . Rick does n’t both to avail him not because of his usual malaise ( although that ’s plain what the credits fit was originally meant to convey ) , but becausehe knows Morty ’s death will reset and he ’ll be fine . It ’s only when Rick get bored of a humans without import that he reverses the effect , once again countenance time to flow naturally .
While Gearhead keeps trying to educate Rick and Morty about the Gear Wars , it ’s only in the comics that fan actually find out the point .
Like including Cthulhu , the idea of Rick being fictional in many cosmos plays into the unfathomable true nature of the world as something so vast .
Rick and Morty Know They’re on TV
But This Theory Actually DOESN’T Explain Rick’s Nihilism
Another rooter theory that was settled by the comics is that Rick knows he ’s in a TV show . Throughout the show , Rick spill the beans forthwith to the audience or references the fact that his macrocosm is script . These moments of Rick breaking the fourth wall were always play for laughs , but given his nihilistic stripe , sports fan also hypothecate that Rick ’s personalityactually came from the fact he knew he was a fictional character . It made gumption that Rick make up one’s mind the world was nonmeaningful because he discovered none of it was real , and all his adventure were happening for an hearing .
The comic strip handle to confirm the practical side of this theory without embracing its full logic . InRick and Morty # 57(Terry Blas , Kyle Starks , Marc Ellerby , Benjamin Dewey , Sarah Stern and Crank!),Rick takes Morty to " SchwiftyCon"- a Comic - convict - like jubilation of their show . Rick explains that because the multiverse has infinite world , there ’s essentially guaranteed to be a world ( indeed , innumerous worlds ) where their dangerous undertaking are amusement , saying :
They made a cartoon of me in a ton of dimensions , Jerry . In a fistful , there ’s a flick range . And in a few , it ’s a full - blown religion .
This reveal explains why Rick is so cognizant of the audience but also flipped the system of logic of this explaining his nihilism . Rick take on he ’s on TV because the unnumbered nature of the multiverse guarantees it , but he does n’t consider himself a fabricated character . This was a smart choice , as Rick ’s nihilism is excuse by his philosophy , and is a stronger character detail than him plainly realizing he ’s a video character . Like including Cthulhu , the idea of Rick being fictitious in many universes play into the abyssal true nature of the cosmos as something so vast , there are no limits on what ’s possible . It’sthisfact that has fall apart Rick ’s sense of purpose , since it ’s hard to discover meaning in a population where every possible thing is happening at once .
Rick and Morty Presents : Birdperson reveals the first meeting between Rick and his monotone friend , exposing the prevarication that start their friendship .
Rick ’s ' Time Travel ' box shows how he copes with an numberless multiverse of infinite threats .
Rick’s Time Travel Box Is Another Mystery Solved in the Comics
The Background Detail Is One of Rick’s Smartest Tricks
One final closed book solved by the funnies is Rick ’s ' Time Travel ' box seat . This prop is shown many multiplication in the Smith Family ’s garage , despite the fact that Rick disdains meter travel . Indeed , even Colorado - creator Dan Harmon told fan thatRick and Mortylikely would n’t let in time travel(something it eventually did in Season 4 , Episode 5’sRattlestar Ricklactica . ) With this setting , it was strange that Rick would keep a box of time travel technical school in the garage , particularly once lover learn he has a far larger complex underground where he convey out various experiments . Why did an experiment he never wanted to carry out penury to be forever on - handwriting ?
InRick and Morty # 47 ’s ' Interdimensional Cable Trouble ' ( Kyle Starks , Puste , Sarah Stern , and Crank ! ) , it ’s revealed thatthe ' Time Travel ' box is really a lying in wait . Rick know that multiple foreign species keep him under observance to steal his flair inventions - just as the Zigerions seek to fox Rick into revealing his blue matter recipe in time of year 1 , Episode 4 , ' M. Night Shaym - Aliens ! ' In this case , an alien species are espy on Rick via his interdimensional transmission line , stress to unlock the closed book of fourth dimension travel .
However , when they steal the box , it ’s revealed to be a bomb , and Rick detonates it before scrawl the same words on another box for the next undercover agent who come along . While this was obviously never the intended purpose of the boxwood , it ’s a flair retcon that indicate how Rick is always thinking in time of the larger universe and its myriad threat .
Rick and Morty make out to sight with fans , and a fresh revelation show that we ’ve been misconceive a season 1 moment for 8 years .
Rick and Morty Loves Resolving Fan Questions
… Just Not With the Answers They Guessed
Almost every question fans ever had aboutRick and Mortywas eventually answered , but the enfranchisement loves to zig when everyone expects it to zag . Details like the Battle of Blood Ridge being an prosperous success and Evil Morty being a Morty who simply grow mad of his abusive grandfather for very human reasons definitively answer fan motion , but in ostensibly anticlimactical slipway . In the case of the Cthulhu baby , fan have a bun in the oven a comparatively square - forward-moving story where Rick has to endure a Cosmic Horror monstrosity , but or else they produce a metatextual tale where the literary Cthulhu Mythos is a dad - culture infection - that ’s pureRick and Morty .
Rick and Mortyis so beloved because it constantly incorrect - foot its buff , seldom doing the anticipate . The enfranchisement never miss a detail it can use to secern a smarter , funnier tarradiddle , but it also rarely uses those elements in the room fans speculate . That ’s why the frog unknown could n’t be Evil Morty ’s origination and why the Cthulhu sister is so much weirder than it seems - because ifRick and Mortyused these ideas in the ways fans imagine , it would n’t beRick and Morty .
