RICK AND MORTY 7x04 BREAKDOWN! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed!

[@NewRockstars]

What do you guys think was the source of the Salisbury Steak?

[@ChicagoBornPilsenBred21]

Do we really even want to know? 😂💀

[@renx81]

It's like with the talking cat's backstory from "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty" - I think it's better not to know or even speculate.

[@darkneon5637]

It was delicious

[@battlesheep2552]

It was made from sentient beings bred and slaughtered by the billions for the sake of their meat in an endless cycle of suffering. In other words, it's perfectly ordinary Salisbury Steak.

[@thatvlogger6835]

dogs

[@LoLGames444]

This episode felt like watching a classic season 1/2 episode, I hope they keep this season good

[@darkneon5637]

If you put it like that

[@mr.greasy6483]

It was so dark and had such a stupid concept while still being deep, that’s Rick and Morty at its best

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

It was nothing like season 1 and 2...

[@thegamingmultiverse6693]

Honestly like this one and last one, did not like the first 2

[@controversialguyl]

​@@thegamingmultiverse6693unpopular opinion, but I liked the jerrick trap episode

[@ctxduke28]

I think the Salisbury steak is made using our real world meat processing standards. The joke is if we the audience really knew how it was made we’d be horrified.

[@zigfaust]

Well the whole episode is just talking about the meat industry in general, once people know how nuggets or scrapple is made thy get upset but then find food that they either dont know how its made or is "more ethical". This is just a jab people who think eating ethical meat or shit like that is any different.

[@RabidDisposition]

But I know how it's made and I still feel nothing lol

[@rossgordanier]

​@@RabidDispositionsame. If anything I'd feel more knowing the animal was treated well up until the slaughter house

[@ouchydoom]

I do and I'm not. It's like the writer of the episode said, a wolf doesn't fret about the plight of the rabbits it eats. Life's defining feature is that it proliferates at the expense of other life. You could argue that plants don't do that, but even they fatally outcompete other species of plant and have microbiological processes that rely on the destruction and death of smaller organisms. Life is death and death is life. You can either come to terms with that fact, or live a life of existential guilt and dread.

[@Mystrohan]

A modern-day Upton Sinclair story.

[@tanmanstudios]

Rick and Morty is at its best when it delves into dark territory because the series always finds something both hilariously twisted and thoughtful to say about life. It reminded me of some of the best episodes in the series, such as Rick Potion #9 and The Vat of Acid Episode. Truly a fantastic episode

[@aidzearceo9768]

Fred's life montage hits hard. The song choice was perfect. People who tell you cartoons are childish and immature have not crawled out of their caves. A lot of powerful and insightful programming have been cartoons in the past decade. Rick and Morty, Invincible, What if?, even Attack on Titan (it took forever to get to the end though).

[@randallprince]

This rendition of that song is just a work of art... so powerful. so sad. One of the best episodes in years.

[@paper-claws9961]

I love how the alternate cross looks like a fork. Amazing.

[@ricardokowalski1579]

Exactly 18:46 for a good look. The little square and dash on the stone cross do not appear in the church's cross 4:55

[@77blaidddrwg]

It's the symbol for neptune

[@paper-claws9961]

"Pretty sure its a fork" - Tony stark.

[@gabdlc_]

I don't think Amber and Fred split up before going to college, it feels like they're going through a rough patch of long distance relationship, that's why when he cheated on her and called her to let her know, Amber cried and won't take him back.

[@mattjowett8837]

I’ve watched 4 different channels’ post episode breakdowns, NRs are the first to have included both a content warning about self harm and a note about seeking help, just another reason your videos are the best 🥰

[@alanprather8399]

i loved the parmeeesian reference. this made me laugh out lout. it was really clever and fit the spaghetti motif perfectly.

[@thechad4485]

Pointing out that small swerve on the bridge is my first time noticing that. Most of the suicide content of the episode didn’t bother me, but seeing that now, I just started sobbing. I remember when I stopped driving my car and started walking to places, during one of the lowest times of my life, because I didn’t trust myself behind the wheel anymore. That’s a beautiful, yet haunting detail.

[@davidchuks4444]

I was wondering what was the point of warning about self harm when last episode we literally saw Rick kill himself in Jerry’s body….but then the episode started and I was OH okay that’s why

[@gehemehe6056]

Yeps that's first to me.. watching this series from season 1....man this friggin dark😭😭😭 but still love it... this the craziest one

[@jw2troublemaker106]

the point is the world is broke and even though the entire episode shows that suicide is pointless and that there is a reason to live we still have to make sure we didn't trigger anyone

[@sinancothebest]

An addition about Jerry's Octopus line is that Octopi usually need to be smashed alive for their muscles to release and make tender octopus dish, thus Morty probably told that to the family and stopped thrm from eating delicious octopi

[@lukeedwards6027]

Fred got an ‘F’ in architecture. He failed his dream. He had the desire, the one thing he wanted to do, but he couldn’t. He fell into depression, turned to his ex, and contemplated ending it all on the bridge..but he never truly gave in until he was old and dying and could do one last good deed. The tools he was given wasn’t working, so he made his own. While it wasn’t his original dream he still found happiness. Don’t give up.

[@lornbaker1083]

He invented his world's version of lego. I'm pretty sure he achieved his dream In a way even better than he could imagine. in the sense that he was able to create a system of building blocks that anybody could use to make architectural wonders. I mean, look at some of the stuff that people in our own reality come up with Using lego. Some Of that stuff belongs in the louvre.

[@dankerbooper]

At the end of the flashback you can actually see the skyscrapers he was scribbling during class became real buildings

[@lsx3.1416]

Am I the only one who also saw some criticism of the modern culture where our "leaders" (governments, companies, wars, etc) find ways to profit/grow and encourage us to destroy ourselves happily for it? Anyway... this is one of the best in the series with the Vat of Acid episode and the one where they transform the C-137 dimension into Cronenberg!

[@ramshaasif27]

Me too

[@ottoboettger9627]

Yeah I couldnt tell if it was meat or capitalism But meat is because capitalism so why not

[@arthur0x2a]

​@@ottoboettger9627There's a LOT regarding animal agriculture, like when the president says "I know it's horrible, but if we stopped the economical impact would be huge, and people would lose their jobs", which is a regular anti-veganism argument. I guess just like in real life, economy is part of the subject, but I'd say animal agriculture was 99% of the focus

[@solvseus]

I mean, this is a reality where even left leaning politicians don't want to do too much about Climate Change because it could cost $, and people were literally saying we should just let old people die from COVID to prevent a dip in the economy.

[@MochaRitz]

I mean, it was insanely on the nose lol

[@dezdoss5388]

censoring the spaghetti in the body somehow makes it seem more graphic

[@lornbaker1083]

Rick's little ending monologue is actually very deep. And correct. If you want to live life you need to eat. Otherwise you're gonna starve. The key is learning how to live well. And fred he really knew how to do it right.

[@AlejandraStamato]

This episode is absolutely amazing, and the Live forever scene about Fred's life made me cry like a lil baby.

[@kenrivers9757]

My ONLY question is HOW DID RICK FIGURE OUT YOU COULD EAT THE PEOPLES INNARDS????🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

At a guess that doesn't involve survival cannibalism turning lucky, he does get around a lot. He could have seen it happen in a very messy way while on the planet. The locals wouldn't know but Rick would have spotted it and curiosity takes over.

[@kenrivers9757]

@@Blasted2Oblivion possible..lol

[@Nairot]

This episode is awesome. It's cruel, it's twisted and Rick is one almost omnipotent bastard. Btw. is it wrong that I'm craving for some spaghetti after this episode?

[@dezdoss5388]

Yes, really made me want some spaghetti

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I wanted some spaghetti 😂

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Is it wrong? I don't care.

[@Wildmoonchildani94]

Bruh I made spaghetti for dinner and breakfast after this episode dropped

[@swervyghost]

Hey aslong as it's not salsberry steak that be some really dark shit

[@johnsullivan6843]

Changing who sits where at the nightly family dinner table (Jerry at a head opposite Beth 00:45 , compared to Grandpa Rick in that exact same seat later on 19:14 ) could be significant within a family dynamic. 🤔 Growing up this never would have happened in our house! 🤣 (I hope the only reason for the change was to help with the staging of the respective scenes. )

[@kawanc.399]

maybe it's just a photographic choice

[@SFNMutt]

You didn't mention how the the spaghetti plant cross is shaped like a fork. 😊

[@bpbp7407]

THIS is transformative content. Incase lawyers need a good example to sue XQC.

[@aksharaghav9657]

Finally an episode that had equal parts Rick AND Morty! Previous 3 episodes were really missing that element.

[@Turbo_Porkchop]

Ricks voice was perfect this episode. I didn’t even notice

[@ikawn4975]

Frrr

[@pedrolima2994]

This was the most disturbing ep ever

[@The_Meme_Man.]

Overstatement did you even watch the sperm episode 😭

[@keegan3472]

Not even close to the worst

[@darkneon5637]

I blame Morty

[@WakamonoInazuma]

That was the point

[@Raptor727]

The horse sperm episode was the worst hands down.

[@HOLIDAY_YZY]

One of the best episodes in years

[@interwebpsychiosis]

Seriously? Are we talking about the same episode? I thought it was the worst episode they even did.

[@drdoom8686]

I think the Salisbury steaks are made out of Jerry's in a meat processing plant type way and the taste comes from memory like the episode where they have one rick in a chair reliving his favorite memory and they put it in the wafers. I actually thought that was what Rick was going to do to Fred when he hooked him up to the memory projector but glad it went the way the episode went.

[@davidzahalka2766]

Heather Anne Campbell has so far written two episodes and I loved both of them, can't wait to see more from her.

[@chrisknight2631]

The montage with that great cover of Oasis’s Live Forever was gorgeous. Great episode, loved it. Oh, and the Solisbury Steak is definitely just Solisbury Steak from Earth. That’s the bit. The way we treat animals for consumption here is worse than eating dead aliens.

[@kingbob5255]

Finally an episode with both rick and morty in this season

[@phrophannus]

Ian and Harry did a great job, it might not be exactly like Roiland's voice, but damn it was well done.

[@ikawn4975]

Agreed I was complaining a lot during the first episode but honestly the voices are growing on me they’re doing a good job plus the writers are killing it and this was a great episode 😎

[@GamingGamer22]

Don't use their first names like you're friends with them

[@alexg1778]

​@@GamingGamer22don't talk to him like you know him.

[@intothenight5932]

Amazing breakdown! I totally missed Lawrence’s true identity and haven’t seen anyone else talking about it

[@brandongoodman270]

"spaghetti is a family meal" clearly something an Italian would say,

[@deadtheories4170]

This season has been going well. Episodes 2 and 4 are real standouts

[@ikawn4975]

Agreed maybe some of my newest favorites tbh

[@orlandovv12]

Glad I went into that episode blind. Was not expecting that at all and def one of my fav episodes now

[@ToRung]

I hope you have a fantastic day to come💝🎉😘

[@battlesheep2552]

3:04 i thought that joke was a riff on how in media they always have a convenient graphic or animation to explain something, even though logically they wouldnt have the time or inclination to have it prepared beforehand?

[@Yonko-Cola]

18:50 its not just the skyline that inspired him as a kid. Its the skyline he drew in class, but was never able to build himself. Compare at 17:03.

[@FullCircle_ltt]

Yeah, I saw it too at 17:27

[@agelessstranger964]

Comment before watching the video. This episode was disturbing on purpose and I love that.

[@thejiggy]

Didn’t mention how Jerry trips and falls when running to the dinner table 😂

[@Cello2pharaoh]

I did not notice the swerve on the bridge. I’m at work fighting tears 😓

[@joels5150]

This episode went pretty dark. Was well done overall. I think Choochoo-plane might be the new BoogerAIDS. Rick really does hate having to name things 🙄

[@REDDEVIL9269]

These episodes are the best they're so much fun to watch

[@ChaosMoogle]

You talking about the orange at the end of life chamber had me thinking about the Loki color scheme. If green in the MCU symbolizes Time, what if the key lime pie is sooo green because it’s a concentration of the gelatinous remains of pruned timelines 🤢

[@cloudydaze2542]

it seems like Rick knew this was the out come. this whole episode basically told the original dead guys story backwards

[@Gaming_Antics]

That was one f up Solent Green parody episode. I liked it!

[@andreamontoya9739]

The funny thing about all this, to me at least as I am watching Loki, is the current theory of the lime pies being people, and if that ends up being true, the timing of this episode makes it ten times funnier.

[@jesseturner9865]

That video phone reminded me of the video phone from the original Blade Runner.

[@gpaje]

I'm still shaking after this episode, the voices are nearly perfect now.

[@vangledosh]

Nah not for me. Morty sounds way off at times, it's really noticeable. Rick is pretty damn close 95% of the time, the 5% where it's off are the more intense moments. But Morty's voice is quite noticeable to me

[@thatladpablo]

To be honest, I haven't even noticed...

[@trl2151]

@@vangledosh Morty's voice was near perfect when you first heard it. This episode it sounded way off to me. Rick is best when whens not yelling or being overly intense.

[@wrightdobbs]

Definitely not, however it doesn't bother me! Still enjoying Rick and Morty!

[@MOONLIGHT_HD2]

This episode you can tell the difference between the voices of the original

[@UrbanMediaReview]

First episode where Morty has a lot of dialogue

[@5TailFox]

"Marder" also sounds like the word "Martyr," which is someone who sacrifices themselves for a cause.

[@titaniumtreedom]

I wish you guys did Easter eggs for Star Trek lower decks. Because i'm barely getting into the series, and it's great, but I just wish. I knew the references instead of me going on a bench watching adventure.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Trek Culture, man. 🖖😐

[@angelalita77]

I find it funny that you have to censored spaghetti guts. 😂

[@SpicyDisco]

GODDAMN was this episode alot, and that flash back.. tear jerking

[@TheCountChuckula]

The strawberry preserves is a nod to Soylent Green as well. The opening few minutes has a scene where Charleton Heston eats some as a luxury item.

[@heltaku9397]

Ohhhhhhh! Ok now I get it.

[@ItsMeTheriz]

When the robot with the ramp says it should support Morty’s weight it sounds like it’s questioning itself

[@elrondosocha8575]

Doing a good work. Great video.

[@DasMuse]

I know you *don't catch everything, but I'm shocked you didn't mention that the bunker door entrance to the euthanasia chamber looks like the bunker door to the imperial base on Endor (ROTJ)

[@Maothen]

04:57 the semicircle also makes it look kinda like a fork.

[@tseebvaaj3599]

Technically, you don't need a frontal lobe to secret cortisol. Adrenal Glands are located on top of the kidneys, and they secret cortisol. The Pituitary gland, however, sits at the base of the brain, and it is vital in regulating how much of the cortisol is secreted by the adrenal glands. Theoretically, the first model of clone could have been sufficient.

[@doubleh3085]

Now the real question is... would it have been more or less ethical then chicken people? XD

[@tseebvaaj3599]

@doubleh3085 probably the same amount of ethical? Lol. I think at that point, the new problem would be how to get the chicken people to un-alive themselves which chickens don't do already. So I don't think chicken people would either. But im just speculating.

[@LeoStaley]

Also, the last guy offing himself wouldn't have triggered the normal massive stress response to make him into spaghetti

[@ohDJ_]

Yeah it can technically secrete the cortisol, but I think the point was that it couldn’t have the emotional capacity to want to kill itself.

[@zayenus7253]

I think the problem wasn’t an inability to secrete cortisol, just a lack of ability to determine when it should

[@slapdonuts]

Rick and Morty pisses me off with how well some b.s. like this is written... HOW DO I EXPLAIN THIS PLOT TO OTHER ADULTS? So good tho.

[@jessiepapabear4272]

How do find the time to do all the videos in one week man. What is your sleeping schedule?

[@k4di2]

Love that you point to your head when referencing the adrenal gland. FYI They sit on top of your kidneys.

[@Maydefb43]

I was wondering if anybody who actually knows anatomy noticed that lmao

[@MochaRitz]

Google is hard

[@0428733]

Adrenal glands respond to the pituitary, located right behind the eyes

[@ChicagoBornPilsenBred21]

These are pretty cool💯😄

[@wendersonemanuel9377]

This episode made me so uncomfortable, and I never felt this way before with any other media. There is nothing in this episode that I like it.

[@sjohn8729]

this is the only channel that i enjoy watching for tv show break downs.

[@jweezyyy]

6:51 pretty sure all animals feel pain. All animals have a nervous system therefore they feel pain.💀

[@trl2151]

Nervous systems' purpose isn't to deliver pain signals or damage signals, but primarily to control the system in the first place.

[@jan_jii]

Appreciate around 11:00 man! Great video, weird but good ep

[@oonwing]

This is why I'm a fan.....THANK YOU 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@HauxYZ250]

I thought the therapist billboard was the govt incentivizing therapists to re-degree so there would be fewer therapists. Fewer therapists would lead to an increase suicide due to a lack of metal help.

[@thetoybox4333]

This episode is very Timely with LOKI season 2

[@andreacusi]

GOD DAMN THIS EPISODE HIT HARD

[@johnhayward998]

I'll say groot having vacuum bags organics

[@deshaymckinney738]

So glad to hear the parm bit

[@ncisfan111]

The when Morty finds the body in the garage that felt like a call back to the Anatomy Park episode

[@DadsCornerLew]

Where's episode 5?????? So much to unpack!

[@Chris-cz6hn]

4 episodes deep and Rick has not burp spoke once, outside of that the voices have improved and while Morty was always spot on I actually watched the entire episode without noticing the difference I have to wonder if its just because I am further removed from the JR voices or if its the actor actually improving

[@Kieth_Gherkins]

Technically Fred started and ended the spaghetti craze

[@jankarenagames1054]

So far one of the best episodes

[@UntitledNerdNetwork]

I know it's easy to do and I still mess up on occasion, but it's KAmala Harris not KaMAla Harris. It was one of those things they had a brief back and forth about during the 2020 election cycle.

[@unclem7816]

Who cares.

[@idrisdawodu6831]

Another episode that brought tears to my eyes since planetina. 🥺

[@TheAstrocast]

One thing to point out the tower that is on the poster (Big Ben like) is also outside his window when he goes to college. So he went to college on this planets London.

[@ksukivfx7025]

Lowkey this was one of the best episodes

[@ChrisOnStage2]

I'm torn. It's a dark, ghastly episode with a very touchy subject...on the other hand, it dares to "go there" and delivers !

[@Steveisnothereanymore]

Brilliant Episode, I really like this season so far

Kinda blew my mind that the guy they ate in the beginning was the previous husband of Fred's wife. It's a small world. Literally. I guess that's also the main reason why they have a planetary government. The planet is too small for more than one nation. Spaghetti planet is also remarkably Earth like considering how alien other planets in Rick and Morty usually are. To the point where I thought it might be an alternate universe Earth and maybe even a candidate for universe ditching. But it can't be considering the differences and that they travel there via space ship instead of portals. And events really progress strangely quickly on that planet without time seeming to run faster. They barely started the new spaghetti factory and they already had two groups opposing it.

[@Keromayes]

The Trolly Problem was an Easter Egg in Justin Roland's game High on Life, also. Just thought that was interesting.

[@cissymalfoy7932]

Watching this episode while eating spaghetti hits different

[@ItsGB3]

I’m not gonna lie, this episode I was really able to tell that they replaced Justin with the new voice actors. They did a good job on executing the script

[@AmJustMaiko]

yeah the script won me on this one. I honestly like Justin's voice for Rick and morty. You can really tell something's different with Rick and morty's voice.

[@ItsGB3]

@@AmJustMaiko the storyline for this episode was GREAAAAAAT.

[@pedrogarutti]

You can see how the steak at the end is made searching for Earthlings here on KZbin

[@J.O.R.D]

0:12 bigger than expected? Sits alongside the pickle rick episode? Okay 😅

[@MarcosLaureano-r2l]

7:21 i thought that this was morty being hesitant of the ramps giving out which would be like him jumping out the window and killing himself- revenge for the planet

[@GizmoGuy57015]

The crazy thing is I just ate a bowl of spaghetti before watching this 😂

[@RCthabigbucks]

Good break down

[@ronaldutley2517]

The cross at the church looks more like a fork to me !

[@chasestankievech]

Since this episode follows another with a president I just noticed in the design details that both of their noses are drawn the same

[@SuperHeavyChevy1]

Our Rick has been the indirect villain the whole time. How did he find out they turn into spaghetti in the first place?

[@jimmybryant2187]

It’s gonna be hard to beat Jerrricky

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I’ll never eat spaghetti the same way again 😂

[@jjlortez]

I was quite disappointed I couldn't get to a store before this episode premiere. I wanted to be eating a a massive plate of spaghetti as it played just to mess with people.