Don't Ask Why the Cat Can Talk | Rick and Morty | adult swim

[@zohan90210]

the scariest part of this wasnt that Rick was shook, but that he warned Jerry out of genuine concern for his well being.

[@VicSKwan]

We at least now know that Rick doesn’t truly hate Jerry. He has a small moderate amount of respect for him

[@Freedmoon44]

@@VicSKwan oh wow wow, dont mistake not hating for respect. There are stuff you dont wish even on your worst ennemies and just because you dont think someone deserves respect doesnt mean he shouldnt see horryfy8ng stuff like that

[@stephenbyrne2170]

Whatever it was, it must've been powerful enough to give your *NIGHTMARES,* nightmares.

[@stephenbyrne2170]

@meko567ninja8 Maybe it was some sort of armageddon or something worse brought about by Cthulhu, that giant monster from that chase scene at the end of the opening.

[@shawnwarrynn8609]

​​@@VicSKwan Probably, granted it's still a slippery slope with removing his memories right after. Yeah, on the one hand it spares Jerry the pain but on the other hand it keeps him from learning the errors of their actions and choices. I don't know for all of everyone's criticism of Jerry, one can't help but think that They're the ones at fault and that they purposely, deliberately and very hypocritically screw and sabotage Jerry.

[@jacktjong1266]

I remember someone theorizing that the talking cat is one of the Cats of Ulthar, which is a H. P. Lovecraftian story about how a group of cats horrifically devour an elderly couple. It would explain Jerry's exclamation about the pictures of his parents.

[@drkinferno72]

The old couple deserved it

[@VBMslayqueen]

Ohhhh that's actually the best theory so far

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

Sounds plausible but Rick wouldn't be freaked out bu something like that

[@KeyJKandy]

@@mr.knightthedetective7435 It might if it was horrific enough. Watching the purge for too long grossed him out.

[@someotherwag]

Two people getting killed and eaten by cats wouldn't horrify Rick like that. It was something really, really bad.

[@senfood]

The bravest thing Jerry has ever said and the kindest thing Rick has ever done. What that cat did must have been monstrous for both of those events to happen within seconds of each other.

[@kevinmoore4355]

I know right, it made both of them do a 180

[@GZilla311]

@@kevinmoore4355 Even beyond his sacrifice of willingly keeping the memories, Rick also outright told Jerry NOT to look.

[@stephenbyrne2170]

Whatever they saw, it must've been powerful enough to give your *NIGHTMARES,* nightmares. As is proven by Rick almost being driven to commit suicide like that.

[@Ozoroth1]

What if they saw the third dimensional plane...2D and 2.5 creatures cannot fully comprehend a dimension beyond theirs but dimension beyond theirs can look into theirs with no problem like how we watch rick and Morty

[@SpectrumSwordtails]

The fact it drove Rick into almost killing himself. We may have only gotten the audio, but if it was bad enough to shake even Rick.

[@0ookii0]

The guy who animated the cat did a pretty good job, the movement, stretching, everything was flawless.

[@DevranUenal]

was thinking exactly the same thing!

[@yordecoolbruh8847]

actually grate job, most in the movies when a talking cat speaks the cat usually lick its paw or sth that you can't do while speaking, and the reference that animator gaves is very funny to watch

[@x3lA]

I appreciate they didn't move the mouth too. My cats don't talk with lips, but I can tell what they're thinking. It's almost as if this cat just has a heightened awareness to communication, telepathy maybe maguffin

[@jujuria13]

Did you animate the cat?

[@bruhbruh4635]

Basic

[@Snakie747]

I love how Jerry is totally unsatisfied by the "from outer space" explanation before the mind wipe, but entirely satisfied by it after the mind-wipe.

[@BestAnimeFreak]

Because Rick is not satisfied with it before the mind wipe and Jerry tries to bond with him. After the mind wipe, Rick tells him that and so Jerry accepts it.

[@odod2898]

Because the cat had been evasive the entire episode and clearly blurted out the space thing out of desperation. Rick however had no reason to lie about it, as far as jerry knew

[@benjamin_0265]

Because Rick told him afterwards

[@dollyaigacha]

Because it was coming from Rick, the smartest man in the universe

[@klein2042]

Because he'll believe Rick, not the cat

[@unknownvariable9239]

This is one of the episodes where the secondary plot is more interesting than the main plot.

[@remy4558]

Wow copy and paste much lol

[@yrnkevinsmithC-137]

So u watch anime and adult cartoons I see u everywhere

[@MCCENTx2]

what episode is this?

[@sabreejohnson1551]

Couldn't agree more with you

[@Xyonon]

@@MCCENTx2 the dragon one

[@kaizserpokoina9538]

the actual embodiment of "curiosity killed the cat"

[@ilovecody7514]

The Rick and Jerry adventures are always the most interesting.

[@zodiacuniverse4663]

Same. Rick and a Morty will always be my favorite duo, but I never really like episodes when it’s Rick and Beth or Rick and Summer (not really sure why). Rick and Jerry on the other hand will always promise to be entertaining to me 😂

[@maddysky7351]

@X-777 nah jerry knows there’s no controlling ricks

[@xLatinAssazzin]

It funny how Rick and Morty became stupid after the first season

[@theCidisIn]

Aww I love you too.

[@isak5263]

Yeah they have a lot of friction that makes for good content apososed to morty who can surprise you but just sort of follows along while complaining. Jerry actually acts out sometimes in unpredictable ways but mortys outbursts are pretty predictable.

[@haleyhyder4849]

The fact that even tho Rick hates Jerry he still tried to keep him from seeing that.

[@rezabujen7369]

I don't think he hates him, he just dislike him😂

[@adavis3464]

Contempt would be the word, maybe.

[@timothyharris1125]

That means that seeing what they both saw was just THAT God awful!

[@llarmstrong783]

@@rezabujen7369 he doesnt hate and accepts him as part of his family. It doesnt mean he likes him or is friends with him.

[@skotnica93]

The thing is that by keeping him from that experience, he keeps Jerry from growing as a person.

[@zodiacuniverse4663]

I hope Rick and Jerry become better people as the series progresses and that their relationship gets better. This scene alone shows some out of character nobleness from the both of them. Jerry was willing to keep a traumatizing memory because he knew someone had to remember the horrors of what he witnessed. Rick erased Jerry’s memory anyway to spare him from the truth, and decided to be the one who remembered instead. For once, Jerry was selfless and brave while Rick showed actual care for his son in law.

[@price41899]

@@d.d7892 feeling a little insecure, eh boy? It's ok. You probably won't grow out of it, but you'll also never realize it's true. Blah blah blah

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

It's also one of the few times they agreed on something.

[@lisakrikke1991]

I think evil morty is morty c-137 and he gets that way of how Rick is always treating him

[@JT5555]

what surprises me is that rick spared the cat. despite whatever horrors this cat was involved in that cased it to be able to talk and how much it shook rick,the cat was still allowed to live and just run off to do whatever.

[@aletanook]

I hope they all become better people. I really hate seeing characters like Morty and Summer going backwards and they're like 18 and 21 now.

[@starwars1744]

Now we need Jerry’s Mind Blowers to see what the cat’s truth is.

[@mattwo7]

There isn't one. That's the official answer.

[@PassiveDissimulation]

@Sam Fairchild I do.

[@ohnobro1424]

Rick still knows

[@justiceavenger275]

@@PassiveDissimulation No , U don't.

[@whole_caveman_or_lions_den]

@@justiceavenger275 Why not? I'm curious...Can I just take a peek at that thing they were looking at?... I want to know why the cat can talk... I cannot imagine it to be that bad... it's just a cat... from outer space

[@Octopugilist]

What's really interesting is that whatever they saw didn't make them kill the cat out of retaliation. Whatever they saw wasn't the cat's fault, he might have just witnessed it or been a side effect

[@jsalsman]

But they still sent him away, instead of taking pity on him. A real mystery.

[@ark1567]

That's the intriguing part. It was something so horrific and so twisted, that killing the cat wouldn't be enough of punishment.

[@Octopugilist]

@@ark1567 or maybe they saw something that showed them they COULDN'T kill the cat

[@jsalsman]

@@Octopugilist I love that theory.

[@rory8182]

The theory I heard was that the cat was one of the writer's cats, and seeing him shows Rick and Jerry that they are just someone's imagination, causing the adverse reaction but also showing that they shouldn't kill him because it technically isn't his fault

[@ComicalRealm]

According to the Season 4 DVD Commentary, the talking cat's subplot was an attempt to have fun. The cat represents that voice in your head in the writer's room that you're overthinking it.

[@jonathonsirlord8251]

So they went with a Goddamn cat

[@Waken4Productions]

Did you also repost this comment from 2 years ago lmao

[@Micro13bk]

Briliant from a writing perspective, but frustrating from the viewer's side...

[@mattwo7]

@@Micro13bk Yea they don't really care much about what the viewers think...

[@timothyharris1125]

They just spinning the wheel more by doing that. Now everyone wants that cat to have a backstory to why its perceived as so demonically evil. Cause wow, they spun a hell of a tale this time. The only other thing Rick is technically afraid of is "pirates" and the U.S. president confirmed that one. But that cat......hoo-boi!!!

[@xenototheface]

I like that it took Rick a good few seconds before he couldn't bare it, but Jerry caved almost instantly

[@LususxNaturae]

The fact that Rick didn’t kill the cat must mean the cat can either harm them or that form is it’s punishment and he didn’t want to disturb that. We’ll never know.

[@TopazBeast]

And he turned the gun on himself for a second, that cat must be capable of some terrible things

[@riggs100]

Or the creators didnt want to take a risk showing Rick killin a cat on screen without showing the reason behind it, which ultimately wouldve ruined the whole scene...

[@RoobeeMoonstone]

​@@riggs100I don't think that's the answer, I think it leaves a better mystery He was aiming the gun at it, if he thought it deserved to die, he would have killed it, but if he thought it was completely innocent, he wouldn't have aimed it at him

[@comfortme]

i don’t know because the cat has pretty innocent reaction to having his mind read, i think if he was the aggressor of what rick saw, and had been discovered, he would probably have attacked them. instead he pleads with them to take him so he can have somewhere to go, which would be really odd if he was asking for that as the aggressor. also jerry didn’t say anything about doing something to the cat, but the vague idea of doing justice, which sounds like they don’t actually know who was behind what happened. the cat probably doesn’t talk about it because it was extremely traumatic and that’s why he tries to weave through questions

[@finn596]

It could also be possible that he got his ability to talk from some horrific event, too horrific to allow him to stay, but a victim too and undeserving of punishment.

[@sabreejohnson1551]

The adventures of rick and jerry are always getting pretty interesting to say the least. If they had more episodes of them in the future, it could get more and more interesting to be honest.

[@michaelgualtieri651]

Here's the thing, this is Rick Sanchez. The man has literally seen and done everything, and can brush off most of it like nothing. Even joke about the stuff he's been through. So what would make Rick so horrified and so emotional that he would want to kill himself, just by looking at it?

[@cute.homunculus]

He was even more horrified during the purge episode, he regurgitated at the sight of how the planets people killed each other before he got into it & joined 🤣

[@cute.homunculus]

He was even more horrified during the purge episode, he regurgitated at the sight of how the planets people killed each other before he got into it & joined 🤣

[@michaelgualtieri651]

@@cute.homunculus Ya but then he joined the purged right after

[@SuperPianogirl123]

@@michaelgualtieri651 He was forced to join after his ship was stolen and he did the bare minimum in killing the rich after being prompted repeatedly.

[@SuperPianogirl123]

You’re confused about one thing. Rick doesn’t shrug off what he has seen and been through. There is a reason why he spends most of his life drunk and high off of every drug the multiverse has, and that’s because he’s running from the trauma that someone in his shoes would be buried in. That’s why when he turned into Tiny Rick and became even less emotionally developed, he had to literally be forced out of suicide.

[@summertime6785]

*Whatever horrors those two witnessed in that Cat’s mind must have been pretty bad if Rick was willing to erase Jerry’s memory instead of his own just to spare him the obvious trauma. Rick was even kinder to Jerry after the mind wipe.*

[@Sorrowdusk]

Rick almost shot himself. What could make RICK do that? If it was that bad for Rick, I just know Jerry was hit bad.

[@tkbravox5167]

@@Sorrowdusk Unidad

[@justaverage5207]

Or he was doing that for Beth, which is Rick's daughter. Rick loves Beth, and Beth loves Jerry. Those credits don't transfer. He spares Jerry for Beth, so that there would or will be a Morty Smith.

[@MrEllingtonTaylor]

i think it was memories of a scientist that experimented and did things to 100's of kittens in order to become one

[@TheCosmicFreeway]

I so badly wanna know that back story of this cat...

[@nebelwelten]

The background story will come soon under the title "Rick & 2 cats".

[@fatalheromaster]

Not knowing is what makes it good. You can't possibly live up to what horrors he did.

[@WW-tz6bg]

It was the finale to game of thrones.

[@curse8763]

There is video of matpad for it

[@soulofgreywolf1045]

You will in season 6: rickicidal tedisey

[@aacmbirdzilla2343]

Not only the man who technically has seen it all, was disgusted with whatever he saw, but he actually was trying to protect/prevent Jerry from seeing the same thing

[@codygarton7177]

usually Rick is super sour and unkind toward Jerry in every aspect, him wiping his memory so he wouldnt be burdened by it was possibly the most kind he will ever be towards him

[@aletanook]

I want to see more kind Rick moments.🥰

[@gilbertotabares8196]

A rare moment of kindness Rick shows Jerry. I can only wonder what Rick saw to have that kinda reaction. Must've been really bad considering the kinda atrocities he's responsible for.

[@Raximus3000]

Or it is smth that exists beyond the Rickverse the things he wanted to keep out.

[@dion3062]

Bombing a city before breakfast

[@Saurophaganax1931]

@@dion3062 destroying an entire universe and all its inhabitants.

[@Jessie_Helms]

Jerry taking responsibility for once, and Rick showing him 1 kindness.

[@Alex-dg5zq]

The mystery we will never know, only Rick knows.

[@jeremysmith3163]

Sounded like close-quarters combat, but without guns, so...

[@Tigerman1138]

@@jeremysmith3163The sound effect of the scream at 00:49 Is from Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

[@RandoWisLuL]

@@Tigerman1138 jesus you are good. It sounded so familiar but i couldn't pin it

[@mr.trouble827]

And Jerry.

[@Tigerman1138]

@@RandoWisLuLThank you :)

[@wigsmey4462]

Anyone else love it when jerry and Rick work together like this?

[@llarmstrong783]

Yes. They can make a good team

[@ThePsych123]

RICK AND JERRY EPISOOOOOOODE

[@navilluscire2567]

*"I find the insinuation that I can't ask questions AND have fun, condescending".* THANK YOU, that's how I've always felt about alot of stories that have things with no context or found frustrating about settings that try way too hard being stupidly vague. *Asking questions IS fun* (atleast for me it is), it doesn't even matter if I'll ever get an answer (rather have none than an unsatisfactory answer), but the fact me EVEN asking any questions is somehow *"blasphemous"* to some folks is somthing I've always found annoying.

[@chrisalexander5038]

I think it depends on the questions and how you ask them. Also because most people are too meticulous over entertainment nowadays, so it gets annoying sometimes when it feels like everyone is just trying to show off how observant they are all the time. Especially when it's during something that isn't meant to be a challenge. Sometimes you just want to sit and watch a movie and there's always someone who thinks they're funny or super insightful by "asking questions" throughout the whole thing. Usually they are constantly looking for "plot holes" and by that, I mean literally any small inconsistencies. Everyone thinks they're a funny youtuber now because nobody tells them to shut up. I don't think you're bad for asking questions, it's just the climate for "asking questions about fiction" has gotten so toxic and pedantic that it's hard to tell the good question asked from the bad ones. Sorry that your friends lump you on with the bad ones.

[@navilluscire2567]

@@chrisalexander5038 Y'know what that's fair. Yeah, even for me it can get a little grating when someone asks a hundred questions throughout say a film or a game I'm playing, especially if I don't really know anything about it or it's new to me too. (partly why I said I don't even mind if I don't get any answers) It's like *"I honestly don't know myself, let's just watch and see..."* which is not to say I don't think about similar things or have the same curiosity it's just I'd rather take the whole experience in first before firing of dozens apone dozens of questions. That is why I like discussion boards or online threads or even here in KZbin comment sections, to talk about these things AFTER I've watched this film or seen this show or played this game or whatever else I'm experiencing.

[@EmptyMan000]

@@navilluscire2567 The fact you actually put an emphasis on how asking questions is fun to you, just puts people off. Makes you come off as boring and tedious. Asking questions is supposed to be about getting some answers, not having some weirdo's definition of fun.

[@chief8559]

@@EmptyMan000Normies do it all the time but I have no trouble answering

[@glacyitefreez4929]

I love Rick and Jerry adventures, because essentially it's like we're all Jerrys irl, and getting to go on adventures with a Rick would be the coolest thing ever for most of us.

[@ximenamartinez2710]

i love the animation if the cat, i know he’s prob done unimaginably horrible things but the little stretch is adorable

[@hunterwagner4130]

“Quantum radiator might need some nano water” - the car battery episode: “you can’t just put a science word in front of a car part morty”

[@gustavopereira4924]

He was lying tho

[@durpanda123]

That's the point

[@seniorsuperhombre]

My theorie is, that the cat planned and coordinated all the KZbin rewinds.

[@we_are_so_back]

Underrated comment

[@nevermind5657]

tbh only 2 of those were bad, rest were fine.

[@timothyharris1125]

AnyONE that can scare "RICK" to suicide is justifiably the most evil thing on that show and thats saying a lot from what Rick goes through.

[@volvicfts3221]

He buried his own body like it was nothing I really wonder what this cat did

[@ahmedaliyu1495]

​@@volvicfts3221 simple answer he made hell

[@chief8559]

@@ahmedaliyu1495Nah what is this cat about?

[@carlmplay4163]

The most intriguing thing is that whatever horrors Rick and Jerry have seen, it was just explaining something so simple about why the cat can talk.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

Erasing jerry's memory was actually noble of rick considering the potentially traumatizing reason for why the cat can talk /The things it has done it was Ricks burden alone to bear

[@hobobohemian]

Theory: since the cat is basically a voice in someone’s head, the things that caused them to freak is all of humanity’s intrusive thoughts at once, the depraved, the dark etc

[@stephenbyrne2170]

Basically everything that gives us the heebie-jeebies?

[@ohnobro1424]

0:36 I find it funny how Jerry said “yes” in a way that made it sound like he didn’t know what Rick meant, but rolled with it anyway. Describes his character pretty well.

[@brendonsmith3080]

“He was in my home, WHERE I KEEP PHOTOS OF MY PARENTS!!!”

[@Tigerman1138]

The cat had the ability to erase people across realities. All he needed is their photos. It is the technology behind “The Omega Device.”

[@Papa_Waffles]

Man the fact Rick wouldn't wish what he saw in that mindscan on one of the people he hates the most makes it all the more terrifying and he wanted to help Jerry forget out of concern and maybe care.

[@ShadowDarchon]

Rick, the man who journeyed through countless realities, was so incredibly disturbed that even he was on the verge of ending his own life because of what he saw.

[@RightWingCorrectWing]

Up until now we’re led to believe Rick has seen everything. But whatever this cat did had him suicidal after 5 seconds on viewing. Had Jerry in hysterics and Rick actually pitying him. What in gods name did this cat do..? Jesus

[@Profundis.]

Rick managed to watch this horror for 6 second, it's already a LOT, and Jerry only watched 1 and already started to vomit and become crazy, i mean imagine if he watched any longer, he would probably beg Rick to kill him.

[@Verbindungsfehle]

Apart from the microverse battery in the episode where he said it, 0:11 is another example of "Jesus Morty; you can't just add a sci fi word to a car word and hope it means something." lol - but he says it as an excuse here ig

[@mykeyehandy-gn2jn]

just say it

[@elismuts7163]

I can’t tell if the “photos of my parents” thing was a hint as to what they saw or just Jerry being Jerry.

[@geardog24]

Yet another backstory the writers tease us with.

[@BizarroDF]

Just want to give a little shoutout to the animators, they kept a slight vomit stain on Jerry's shirt after he threw up. It's a really subtle detail.

[@nicksamuel8324]

Nice avatar, whacky woo-hoo pizza man!

[@connorcaldwell588]

I’m just gonna assume the cat has seen Hell without dying.

[@metafate]

when i heard the crying infant, i almost wanted to vomit too because my brain immediately made me think the cat was... _doing something_ to babies

[@TardRepellent]

my favorite part of this episode is how it made people react. just look at the comments, everyone's opinions and theories. brilliant.

[@robertslayerofmonsters1302]

The cat can talk because it's not a regular cat but Schrodinger's cat. The energy box where rick trapped the cat resembles the box of where Schrodinger's cat experiment takes place. Here is what my theory on what rick saw when he scanned the cat's brain. According to one interpretation of quantum mechanics, not only some things that can happen actually do happen, but ALL things that can happen actually happen on alternate timelines. This mean's that every imaginary and even unimaginary horror that can be experienced by a person actually is experienced by that person on those alternate timelines. So the screams that Rick heard, were his own screams, and this is what's so terrifying, he saw himself experiencing infinite horror, and considering Schrodinger's cat is a superposition of these realities, he was able to percieve all those realities simultaneously, and same with Jerry.

[@conceptoarcanocanaloficial]

You can see Rick is a very depressed guy but he has the ability to not let that affect him in a way that it would paralize him. Right after he saw the cats mind and tried to take his own life, he decides to not do it and even decides to keep the memory of what he saw. Maybe his bad mood sometimes is because of him being depressed and all the horrible things he's seen, but he can still keep his mind cold and rational and keep doing his business. Such a cool character.

[@jasperbakker261]

Come to think of it. When the cat said that no answer would be satisfying he was probably talking to the audience. We as the audience will want to know what happened to the cat but if we ever find out, it would be a let down.

[@sarahjamesinasarah6423]

Considering all the debauchery Rick gets up to it really makes you question what the hell that cat was up to that was too much for even HIS standards.

[@dominator7009]

You know it's very serious when Rick is horrified

[@Sonic4994-c5n]

Me and my friend were watching this episode and we absolutely lost it at this part.

[@Radcon91]

Hope you manage to find it again Joe 👍

[@russelloats]

My theory is that the cat was original some inter dimensional being, perhaps even human, similar to Rick. Who committed every known atrocity you can think of. War crimes. Sexual assault. Things that can just make you plain uncomfortable. This being may have built up such a reputation that he was appalled by himself and turned himself into a cat about as easily as Rick can turn himself into a pickle. Why? Cause he’s trying to forget. Start and live a new life. But he can’t stop his old tendencies. Why he’s attracted to people who will just continue to do his wishes cause he’s a talking cat. And it would explain why even Rick would find him appalling. But it’s just a theory.

[@surayasuleimanravasa317]

But I think is weird that Jerry said "He was in my home, where I keep photos of my parents" not like " where my wife and kids live". And also, if he really had comited those atrocities why wouldn't rick have killed him instead of telling him to go away, he has killed for less before

[@russelloats]

@@surayasuleimanravasa317 Despite Rick doing god knows what imaginable to the Universe, he still had a foundation of loving his wife and daughter. He's not pure evil. The cat may not have had that kind of anchor. It's essentially an Eldritch horror. You can't even imagine what he's done to make Rick want to shot himself or Jerry cry like that. (props to him for wanting to have someone know about it). But in the end it's just a joke played for laughs. Doesn't stop me from making a fun theory haha

[@N3c777]

@@surayasuleimanravasa317 this is a super old comment but Imma make a comment. The fact that in these 2 second visuals he saw something in his distant past. My best guess is that he saw his worst fears come to life or something to that extent. That's my only explanation based off of the events that took place.

[@TheTrueAdonis]

What if hes a Rick that turned himself into a cat. But as evil as evil morty Hell, did Evil Morty make him into the cat?

[@ieradossantos]

This is what the writers are telling you: there is no answer. everyone going deep on it is getting baited 😂

[@nobodyimportant2510]

I don’t care what anyone else says but what Rick and Jerry truly saw needs to be revealed before this series ends, either from Ricks point of view in this moment, the cat shows up in a later season and finally just spills the beans, or it gets released as a deleted scene or extra in the DVD releases

[@dive.cats-]

1:00 after letting the cat out with the gun used to trap him, the gun rick holds turns into a regular blaster

[@eduardof7322]

I know that the point of it its not to know what they saw but just leave it to our imagination. But here are some clues of what we do know so we can build something more consistent: 1- The cat is NOT an alien. It does not come from space meaning it´s something from Earth. 2- During the scanning of his mind, we can hear what sounds like a place being destroyed: Fire, buildings falling apart, a man, a woman and a baby crying. There is an emphasis on the baby. 3- They did NOT kill the cat, yet they still thinking that someone "needed to know" what happened. This implies that he is most likely not a threat, but the result of one. 4- Jerry mentions pictures of his parents in his house, meaning the cat may have had some interest on them. 5- They interrupt the cat when he was saying "At least know maybe you´ll..." He was most likely going to say "understand". 6- After this he also claims he has nowhere to go, meaning that the reason why he was after Jerry is because he was looking for a home after whatever happened.

[@Vikseemungal]

Interesting scene , shows Rick's compassion to Jerry of all people...who he hates, whatever the cat did was so devastating that it made them sick ( he even turned the gun on himself instead of the cat) and he chose to free Jerry's mind of it and he kept the pain for his family.

[@kmassicott]

The truth hurt way you find out rick spare jerry of this painful memory

[@coolocelot]

I think this is an homage to how much Jerry is like John Arbuckle and now he has a talking cat to make it clear. With gazorpzoid its clear there is some Garfield influence here

[@Sorrowdusk]

Garfield *TRULY* is everywhere.

[@comixcam9154]

SuperEyepatchWolf was right…

[@justsomerickwithamoustache6004]

Rick : "You can't just add a sci-fi word and a car word and hope it means something" Also Rick : 0:10

[@TheWonderRabbit]

In this case, it didn't mean anything... so not inconsistent.

[@VBMslayqueen]

Heeey nanowater is extremely important for a space craft like ricks 🤣😂😅

[@mister_needles]

You know he's counting on Jerry to remember that too? It was excuse to pull over. How are people missing this?

[@newtybot]

I love it when Rick and Jerry are on the same page

[@Hamurai_Blac]

"I find the insinuation that I cant have fun AND ask questions condescending." Words to live by to save your life.

[@Emrald79]

Rick: "You don't just combine car word with a scifi word and think that's correct" Also Rick: "The Quantum radiator might need some Nanowater"

[@000052704]

I always loved how jerry no longer caring piqued ricks interest enough to make him get the answer. Not talked about enough for sure

[@LORDSofCHAOS333]

Love when jerry and rick work together .

[@loganentertainment1814]

Rick is always portrayed as a stone cold dude who’s hardly ever phased, but the fact he reacted to what he saw in the cats mind, is what’s crazy. XD

[@Garfeild2050]

The fact that It scared rick was worrying

[@SK-qo4qs]

You know it's bad when even Rick is puking at the atrocity that he saw.

[@tyranid05]

The part where Rick aims the gun into his own mouth speaks volumes

[@TheMail518]

I think, from hearing the mind scan, was that there were explosions and baby sounds. As people said, since Rick knows what happens in the universe, he did not expect this gruesome scan. He almost killed himself due to how horrific the cat's events took place.

[@tds_FrankOfficiel]

if even rick is shocked i can't imagine jerry's mind

[@bbenjoe]

The cat caught a laser dot.

[@ln5321]

Regardless of explanation, I feel bad for the cat sobbing as he's sent away to be lonely.

[@skullking6693]

i love this scene cause it really show that in a way, Rick DOES care bout Jerry

[@THE_TOMCROWELL]

1:12 you know if it’s ridiculously terrible if Rick tries to end his own life

[@Elric54]

It showed something that already happened that humiliated and denigrated Rick and his family, possibly involving manipulation of those involved against loved ones. But it only happened as a result of continued relationship with the cat. Which is why sending the cat away destroyed the timeline.

[@thedaggonator]

Be careful. Animals will always hide why they can talk. We saw what Scooby Doo did.

[@Zyro-dl4ow]

If its bad enough to make ricks jaw drop and almost shoot himself, imagine jerrys mind

[@pokegon100]

What gets me about this scene was that the thing that stopped Rick from killing himself was that he needed to console Jerry.

[@shukmoghe5942]

Sad how they'll never tell us the truth abt this cat since, "one should never ask too many questions" or whatever the cat said

[@legallyregarded]

The cat is a cat-human hybrid.

[@benjamin_0265]

Now I'm even more interested in the cat's backstory if it somehow managed to traumatise Rick of all people

[@y2ksmoothie3]

I always imagined the cat did something similar to Jerry during the volleyball game but on a planetary level and still just kept saying "no one ask why I can talk"

[@stunter13]

cats for real are weird creatures , they seem to perceive what we humain beings don’t 👽

[@madnessb8305]

The cat knows.

[@severalanimations3369]

People forget whatever that memory was is the reason he can talk.

[@Foxaris]

This is exactly how people always react to me when I tell them about all the things I like to think about.

[@IffyJottere]

Jerry: "I wanna see!" Rick: "NO YOU DO *NOT!* " Jerry: * sees and immediately vomits * " *NO!* Nononononono! THAT was in my HOUSE, *WHERE I KEEP PHOTOS OF MY PARENTS!!!!* "

[@potitosanthony8144]

Rick : jerry I have Device , it can make us forget

[@josepina7163]

Jerry: No, I don't think we should forget. Not this, someone has to remember.

[@potitosanthony8144]

@@josepina7163 Rick : someone will (erase jerry memories)

[@Expectura]

I feel like the episode where Jerry directed a movie about a dead woman controlled by cats is in a timeline where the cat and Jerry get along

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

The fact that even rick is disgusted proves that this cat is worse then rick

[@Foxygrandpa2131]

This is like 7 seasons of character development for Rick and Jerry in only 2 minutes

[@cxzylie2042]

Rick and Morty is one of the best animated shows out there!

[@jaydabbelyu7944]

When it's even to much for Rick, than it must be some really hard stuff

[@TheAsianKidxD]

I need to know that cats backstory sooo bad

[@Mohsen.Eladl20]

No you do not😉

[@Gunplabro]

The cat's backstory isn't important. The cat is a device by which the storytellers are conveying the idea that knowing every single insignificant detail can run the fun of some stories.

[@TheAsianKidxD]

@@Gunplabro STILL I NEED CAT BACKSTORY

[@Sorrowdusk]

@@TheAsianKidxD I know who can tell you. A crazed youtuber. His name is Cyriak.

[@TheAsianKidxD]

@@Sorrowdusk I shall go on my journey seeking the truth

[@peachy-wd6ci]

It sounds like there are babies screaming and there’s the thumping noise in the distant, almost like a bed bouncing or maybe bombs going off

[@guilhermeteodosio40]

"Someone has to remember." "Someone will." *Most badass scene involving Jerry ever*

[@NoName-hg6cc]

One of. He had a lot after potion 9

[@benjaminhenriquez248]

1:07 The way Jerry said get out made me laugh

[@ss-oq9pc]

I hope they bring the cat back in the future.

[@Alayawills]

Remember love death + robot? Yeah that talking cat

[@mathieuleader8601]

I like how realistic the cat looks

[@dianaruman8723]

they made him look super cute. like...cute enough that id like a little taste of what they saw because i felt a pang of sadness when he went off crying. but i guess its for the best.

[@aletanook]

@@dianaruman8723 That was Jerry crying not the cat.

[@dianaruman8723]

@@aletanook the cat also cried a little before running away.

[@aletanook]

@@dianaruman8723 I didn't see any tears, I saw a frown.

[@dianaruman8723]

@@aletanook oh snap, you're right. I assumed that because he doesn't move his mouth to talk, that was him making those pathetic sobbing noises as he ran away.