If you are a Rick and Morty of, chances are good that you’ve heard about the furore surrounding a particular fantasy theory, which claims that Rick is actually Morty.
It’s confusing as hell, but it all goes back to a second Rick and Morty spin-off by Deen Digital, called Rick and Morty vs. Genocider.
Sorry, but if you have not seen the episode yet, you are about to read a lot of spoilers.
You can check out the episode right here:
In the short 8 minutes, Rick-C-137 (the Rick we all know and love), is hunted by Evil Morty and the Citadel of Ricks, posing as a group called the Genociders, changes memories of people change reality.
Morty then goes to Japan in search of Rick, where he discovers that Tokyo citizens are disappearing. Once he finds Rick, who explains what the societies are doing, Rick Morty arranges for them to be reunited soon, before handing over a special drink that will turn him into a ‘Rip Van Winkle’.
The exchange comes to an end, with Rick referring to Morty as ‘Rick Sanchez’, before moving on to Super Rick while fighting from the Citadel.
But it does not stop there. In addition to referring to Morty as his own name, eagle-eyed fans saw that Rick’s reflection also overlapped Morty’s face, leading to a fantasy that Rick actually IS Morty. Yep, I told you it was confusing,
At the end of the episode, Jerry calls Rick to say that Morty has just been born, and that he therefore takes a drink out of his bottle and puts the Morty pot bottle down. The drink gives Morty all the memories of Rick until the moment Morty was born, and then Morty turns in Rick C-137 as time shifts to the time of Morty’s birth.
What is important to remember, however, is that all of this took place in one Rick and Morty short, instead of in the actual show, so if Rick IS Morty in this case, does that translate into the actual show?
Well, co-maker Justin Roiland once said ‘technically everything is canon in an infinite multiverse’, which means that Rick and Morty vs. Genocider could really be. This idea could also be supported by the fact that Adult Swim also shared the episode to their official account.
At this point, we have no idea if future episodes will recognize any of this, but fans should keep their eyes peeled for the mystery potion.
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