Rick and Morty 5x2 Mortyplicity - Group Reaction

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[@blackmario2000]

Rick said the decoys were supposed to have "terrestrial" adventures, so it makes sense that the real family isn't on planet.

[@Strix005]

I watched this episode twice and I completely missed this... It makes so much sense! The decoys only moved around the Earth. None of them went to space.

[@jsbaldo5556]

ONE is seen floating above the earth in space once but its still decoy logic because they don't leave the earths orbit or even full atmosphere i guess even though it looks like space its still earth contained, But ORIGINAL family is def the space beth one @@Strix005

[@FitnessAndClips]

Nope. I know this is two years late but we get a short clip of a Rick in space going to earth to fight

[@Fahronaces]

​@FitnessAndClips Another theory is that we never see any of the Rick's use their portal guns, we never even really hear any of decoys mention them, it would make sense if decoy families just don't have them

[@Zikkar]

The episode was to all the fans who always try to figure out if the family we are watching is the original. This is the writers saying that it doesn’t matter because it could always be a clone going forward.

[@TheInvisibleCanadia]

But since all Ricks except one are dead, and the last one got the decoy notifiation when the penultimate one died, doesn't that confirm them as the original?

[@lelouchvibritannia7647]

@@TheInvisibleCanadia the real family was never on the planet in the first place lol

[@connorgrynol9021]

@@TheInvisibleCanadia Not necessarily. There could be another Rick that's even farther out in space who made those decoys.

[@TheOneShoe2453]

​@@connorgrynol9021it's been confirmed they're the original

[@kroneexe]

You made that up. It doesn’t even make sense

[@TheeKorovaMilkBar]

"It's looks like a MeatCanyon animation." Oh God, he's watching this and getting ideas, isn't he?

[@Windrake101]

"Can we fix it"? - Yokai Bob.

[@talesofapre-sequel5647]

He said he might not do a R&M video since he said it's gonna be harder to be weirder than the actual show

[@Holfax]

This whole episode was designed to melt Rana's brain.

[@NickEclipse]

I know, poor lil Rana😭

[@uncensored008]

Then reveal that they were all decoys and the real family is partying in space.

[@goldenwarrior1186]

@@uncensored008 plot twist: the real family is just a normal family hiding out on earth and chilling (while the decoys go on adventures they don’t know about)

[@Kyleplaysgames567]

It doesn't really take much.

[@markmorales7958]

14:47 Seriously Morty?! A spoon?! AGAIN?!

[@walk-in]

ahaha

[@Matthew-ue5uf]

I love that Purge episode

[@talgoren2246]

The obvious hiding place for every clone should have been the citadel, since there, every Rick is the real Rick. the fact that none of them thought about it suggest the terrestrial adventures line, was legit.

[@optimusprime7243]

God I f*ckin love this show!

[@lewis0705]

i know this is an old comment, but the decoys are designed to stay on earth. thats why the real family is in space

[@Naruto31132]

@@lewis0705 "suggest the terrestrial adventures line was legit". I.e. OP knows, that's their point.

[@MrChef-uu2ff]

Also the hint that none of this decoy family’s doesn’t have portal gun

[@Laserbeak316]

To quote Bender from Futurama. “This throws my entire perception of reality into question.”

[@tyrionlannister1628]

11:03 This scene is depicting Saint Bartholomew an Early Christian Martyr who was Skinned Alive, there is a Statue depicting him in which he is covered in what looks like a Robe, the "robe" was his own skin. Crafted by Marco D'Agrate in 1562.

[@dylan3017]

Only in Christianity....what a joke

[@dannehataalla5451]

damn thx for that info, I love it when people take the time to educate / inform others about interesting things.. Even small things can be priceless, Like what if I find the love of my life when/if I get the idea of traveling and see the statue..

[@CamperEater]

The fact that rick actually teared up to get morty to check his ass for a barcode is hilarious.

[@MichFedorchak]

"Cowboys and Christians" either the best or worst game ever, but someone has to get on that.

[@ethanquirk28]

Basically just the NCR vs Caesar’s Legion

[@doggo7078]

Ninjas vs Cowboys also sounds good

[@RichyTheGamer1]

@@doggo7078 this movie already exit. "The warrior's way".

[@namecomingsoon9517]

There was a lot of talk about God this episode Starting with “We’re gonna kill God” Then Dracula saying “Christianity hasnt been invented yet” Then one Rick saying “I’m god, you’re just made in my image” And then Varnish Jerry living through time all the way back to Christianity

[@JaneNayes]

Religion was invented therefore, gods don't exist.

[@iancruz6617]

There backfored sibce cowboys ad teserve back to cruisist of crhrist

[@yktv1323]

@@JaneNayes then how was the world created nothing makes nothing so god created all the plants

[@JaneNayes]

@@yktv1323 shut up. It's not my job to educate you. Go read a science book

[@tristan4175]

@@JaneNayes science can't explain how big bang happened. so religion might be true. one of the reasons many belive in god.

[@markfuston2714]

You said it perfectly at the beginning "It doesn't fucking matter" when talking about whether we're following the same Rick and Morty..lol, they just wanna make stuff, screw constantly having to worry about continuity and stuff.

[@Madagon367]

Ah yes, the good old pocket calculator shenanigans. Boobs and a D for the two passwords. We did this back in school way before Highlander came out.

[@anthonygarcia5375]

They were great passwords I only got those on my second watch

[@MrBebetoadful]

Jerry got that B story .

[@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758]

jerry got that big b

[@-Miasimon]

"So there are no original squids?" Alright now, *Jerry.*

[@universalpower419]

@tconlon251 The ones who were disguised as Muppets?

[@Twocoolman115]

We may never know how the process first started, only how it ended.

[@War_Maker]

This was constant laughs for me. Great episode even though it was more like an episodic adventure but it was done in a really creative way. Felt like 5 minutes and the Jerry after credit story cracked me up too.

[@theomnipotentwarden2693]

This episode should've been called "The Clone Wars" 🤣

[@YoungManiac96]

If Rick and Morty episode won't get you saying "wtf" then they haven't done it right

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

i burst out laughing when he said yummy skin, and live in the forest like a libertarian

[@nrgao]

So this episode was like a lot of the others in that it is a literal and metaphoric representation of the creative process to create a story. In the beginning, they are sitting around the table (the writers table/kitchen table). They pitch the idea to kill the Christian God. That idea is literally shot down (by squids). Then, we get the Mr. Needs to be Hunted idea. Rick comments that the bit is funny but too similar to other ideas and that it wouldn't last long (just like writers would do after pitching an idea). Then, in the car, Jerry is stuck on Mr. Needs to be Hunted and the details of him like a particular writer may be that's not understanding a pitch. Rick says it doesnt matter because theyve moved on to higher stakes. My favortite part is Rick pulling out the white board that writers' rooms always have, and drawing a rough storyboard and a bunch of notes just like he is writing the story within the epside itself. Dan Harmon is obsessed with his method for crafting a solid narrative, self aware deprecation of his and society's faults and meta 4th wall breaking commentary on art within itself, and this episode is alot like last season's story train episode in bringing that method to life.

[@videocritic2087]

Now that you point that out, I totally see that and love it much more than the story train. The story train episode was little to close to high concept of exploring the writing process.

[@khaosarts2089]

Im glad I'm not the only person who immediately sprints over to Wisecrack after each episode

[@liyum5641]

I like the little detail that one of the Ricks said about decoy families only having terrestrial adventures and in the end we a family in space proving that they are the real family

[@bravewryy6781]

Thanks for everyone mentioning the *”terrestrial”* hint it makes so much sense now 😭

[@cloudunderweather9554]

"going back to highlander rules" Chris: There can only be one Me: Your age is showing chris....

[@Crunchyfrog28]

And then Jerry is cursed with living forever...

[@slayer45670]

I’m 22 and I got that reference… and so what if he’s showing his age

[@therandomthoughtsofaninsig5492]

I'm 20 and I got it

[@SupportGamin2024]

Imagine if a lot of rick and morty episodes we followed over the years were really decoys?

[@lewis0705]

decoys can only go on terrestrial adventures

[@vhp99]

@@lewis0705 they also said decoys can't make other decoys. Rules can be broken

[@potatotower7288]

@@vhp99 i think thats diffrent, we see no other decoy familty goes into space

[@vhp99]

@@potatotower7288 I don't think the writers' care about the "original" smith family. And we did see a squid spaceship coming from space after noticing the blue hollagraphic taunt

[@Chris346logo]

Bro at this point it doesn’t matter this family has been from a dimension different than the original one for a while now🤷🏾‍♂️like the only originals would be Rick and morty

[@jonathonswift7792]

My first theory was the squids were the real Rick and Morty, but I got confused later on

[@purplemoss3313]

Knowing Rick A decoy family was probably just living their lifes and something inconsequential happened but it was just on point enough to tick off that decoy Rick that maybe they are being hunted for being decoys, which launched them into hunting decoys and eventually a rick thought off dressing up as squid to not tick off the rest of the decoys of what was happening

[@BigCat42bb]

was Suraj stoned during this 😂😂

[@shainewhite2781]

Loved the Highlander reference Rick made 10 minutes later. He goes, "Really, 1986? Shit, I gotta rent it. Sean Connery plays the Spaniard, and he doesn't do anything about his accent." Lol!!

[@LateCambrian]

"if you get to the dolphin people, you've gone too far..."

[@ema6838]

This is by far the most hilarious episode ever made. Wooden Jerry cracked me up!!

[@MrSplat1972]

We met one neighbor in The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy. Its one of my favorite Morty Quotes " Mind your Goddamn business Gene"

[@babywolf4238]

Also in the season 2 premiere when one of their neighbors was in freefall while frozen in time. Everyone in this show seems to be oblivious to Rick & Morty's antics.

[@wolfbearice]

*_"They go on fun self-contain terrestrial adventures and take bullets meant for us."_* Rick have created the decoys with that Asimov rule. That's why the decoys can't leave Earth using the portal gun or go out to space. Therefore the last family with the clone Beth is the real family who is the only family capable to travel in space.

[@racool911]

But we literally see a decoy in space during the episode. I've been seeing this so much are people blind

[@wolfbearice]

@@racool911 But if you look closely that Decoy Rick is still near Earth, meaning that it is still within the Earth's atmosphere. So technically that Decoy Rick still didn't leave the Earth.

[@connorgrynol9021]

@@wolfbearice You also see that decoys of decoys have slight deviations in their personality, design, etc. There's no reason to think that the original didn't limit decoys to earth and that decoy created new decoys and somewhere down the line one Rick started limiting them to earth. The simple fact is, this could go on forever and there's no way to know when it stops unless the writers confirm it.

[@nrgao]

Im not going to lie. i've skipped you guys reactions for like a year now. I have no clue why. Its just one of those things where I wasn't ready to click even though you were reacting to all the things I watch. Today was the day and it was the right choice. Like and a sub! Great reaction.

[@ObaREX]

Okay, this is one of my favorite episodes in a long time.

[@akuma-shin4943]

The C-137 Rick and Morty are the *Main* R&M. There world is the one what got destroyed and where C-137 Jerry, Beth and Summer get leaved on.

[@michaelchristopher1426]

This has a lot of twist tho, at first i thought the decoy killings is just a reason for them to stay home and watch interdimensional cable. And then i thought the real family gonna fight this rogue decoy family, then ohh there's this ugly decoy family that seeks revenge, and well you know Rick and Morty gonna take it all over the top and we have a big war. In the end even the real family wasn't involved at all. Fucking brilliant

[@TheNoviceOAO]

how you know the 'real' family are the family at the end?

[@metesahin5319]

@@TheNoviceOAO because "clone" beth is the one that we are introduced previously. So I assume that original family which we saw through 4 seasons is the one didn't involve anything. Creators must give us something that us to understand real family right? So they have. It's just my opinion tho

[@thomasbaker2067]

It'll will be really cool to have a alien that poops out candy.

[@Mr.little.man217]

That end cut scene is possibly my favorite.

[@doctorcrab7012]

i love the girl. she congratulates Gerry for his squares while the guys are like those are just squares lol

[@17thknight]

I loved watching Rana slowly go insane

[@ZacHughes]

10:17 - I thought the same thing! And he was literally harvesting meat.

[@kingofrivia1248]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh i just realized the bad squid costume means that rick is a decoy further down the line than the ricks with good squid costumes. Each rick gets worse thats why the last one was the originals decoy, he was already as he said a god but not quite original rick level.

[@ryanthaiable]

there are billions of rick and Morty's across the multiverse. now we know there are billions living within one universe as well. what if these decoys have multiverse versions of themselves too? and the multiverse decoys have decoys

[@universalpower419]

There are infinite versions of Rick and Mortys, It doesn't matter if other universes have they own decoys, it's still infinite.

[@jefferyfosterjf]

@The Normies yeah this episode was insane and also big brain Spidet someone else mentioned that too!!! And yeah they have more workers now so I think that's why season 5 came out so fast!! And Iv'e heard of only one of the movies not all lol

[@bravewryy6781]

*The Jerry skits are the best!* 😭

[@kabuto9980]

did anyone else notice the passwords that the ricks use

[@maxwortel8986]

I'm guessing wisecrack Is going to say that this episode Is like that old pokémon movie but If the clones kept fighting for dominance Instead of peacefully going their own ways.. something something does It even matter who's the clone and who's not? Like the clones from invincible

[@ColinPoole]

Guess Multiplicity starring Michael Keaton has been lost to the annals of movie history.

[@cawreveiwer2010]

"There are fates worse than death" - Lord Raiden

[@NickEclipse]

How do they come up with this shit bro😂

[@featherzynn]

a new writer do this ep. not the usual creator.

[@NickEclipse]

@@featherzynn yeah isn’t their main writer working on Antman 3?

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Not hard to understand...

[@bigpictureguys8415]

The Rick & morty reactions got exponentially better starting this episode due to a certain someone’s absence

[@Necron00b]

This whole episode was just to fuck with "big brains" like Suraj hahaha

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

"There can only be one". Me: Okay, How about Jet Li? He wants to be "The One".

[@juggernot92]

God if they played last resort by papa roach during the final battle like at the end of The One

[@Ki11ingan9el]

We can also tell that the whole family that was in outer space wasn’t a decoy because at 3:57 Rick said something along thing line of “fun, self contained, terrestrial adventures” which means they can’t travel in space and I don’t think they can even go through the portal gun

[@Asexualien]

Suraj's laugh is the best ♥

[@BlackDerek]

We met at least one of their neighbors. He fell off the roof at the start of season 2

[@juansantos-lq2kz]

Ya gotta see Highlander, Rana.

[@bluemassgamer17]

I feel like they are on a "higher" plane of viewing this show lol

[@rebeccablanton7682]

The end with Jerry-Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever- is from Highlander -the very best part of this episode.

[@sirraven_]

We are actually following the same C-137 every time

[@SpiralSine6]

What was the fucked up skin decoys a reference too, because that seems too specific to just be an original one-off skit.

[@LittleCthulhuOne]

They have either being cloned and killed at many points. So just like when they abandoned the mutated world, it doesn't matter if they are the "originals" or not

[@baron6797]

This reminds me of how the Simpsons used to be but multiplied by a zillion. So unpredictable!

[@iordanneDiogeneslucas]

The show your describing is futurama

[@baron6797]

@@iordanneDiogeneslucas early in the show, the Simpsons started with an initial situation in an episode and then it used a very insignificant part of that situation for the episode's story. I think Futurama did a bit of that too

[@klimmr]

I'm Rick and Morty. Yes, I'm real Rick and Morty. All these other Rick and Mortys are barely under 40. So, won't the real Rick and Morty please stand up, please stand up, please stand up.

[@lj45551]

Throwback to the poopiebuttwhole episode in S1

[@nischithnishanimath9693]

Decoy family does only terrestrial adventures. So the real ones are in the space.

[@qwaceco.1394]

But the clone also weren't supposed to make decoys

[@jct9099]

I was surprised that the Queen/Michael Kamen song, "Who Wants to Live Forever" plays during the Wooden Jerry ending.

[@jordanverbeek5121]

"This is the worst thing that's ever happened to anyone!" Ask the dude below you, I think he'd disagree.

[@newwaveplus]

At last I have arrived early to a Normies video

[@OlliWitta3]

there were no other people in this episode. SIMULATION

[@scytheio1879]

One hell of wood varnish... great product

[@bigpictureguys8415]

Hunt me! Hunt me! Suuuuummmmmbody Hunt me! 😂

[@ivankawnartist]

"This one I understand, buy you?" 🤣

[@danielvalverde1001]

Do you guys watch the behind the scenes after each episode I don’t think it’s necessary but it’s pretty interesting to hear and see the way they brainstorm and polish up the ideas for the episode

[@Kira1Lawliet]

Rick and Morty now stands as one of the few TV shows in history that can make it as far as 5 seasons without losing their stuff.

[@luigiwiiUU]

season 4 was pretty bad

[@Kira1Lawliet]

@@luigiwiiUU The second half of the season was pretty good. But yeah, the first half wasn't great.

[@jsbaldo5556]

It's confirmed the space ones are the original.

[@TheCrazeace]

this was the most batshit insane episode ever oh my god 😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@unkown34x33]

That was the craziest episode I ever seen. But I bet it can top that easily 😬😅

[@IrvineBrooks]

Queen song who wants to live forever links with rick highlander reference, queen made the movie soundtrack

[@BrianShowalter-ob7tz]

This episode is both enjoyable and uncomfortable to watch that’s where ricks technology just runs away on him and you notice near the end Rick says “Maybe we’re better off dying”

[@HachimaruuTV]

The Decoy family can only have adventures on Earth. The last family is the real family because they were able to have adventures in space.

[@haymaker710]

I wish they didn't block the lower half of the screen. I liked seeing the table with all the Rick & Morty gear all over it like in the pre-corona days.

[@GamesandstuffMusic]

14:25 halo reference

[@kaizoku9947]

thats some good varnish..

[@_Yozora_]

Damn, Jerry really just Diavolo'd himself.

[@filmfreak7682]

Yall are all baked LOL

[@Arthezius]

The high in this reaction is even stoned.

[@mikechicago6200]

This episode is a real WTF I couldn't understand almost the entire episode and it's like a Mobius strip plus I cannot tell who is the real characters and who were just a decoy

[@McBehrer]

the ones in space were the originals. the rest are decoys. The last ones to die, the ones with the whip and lightsaber and stuff, were the first decoys, because when mr. wants to be hunted killed them, the space family (the real ones) got the notification.

[@hubazubax]

best way to watch the episode cuz i couldnt find it anywhere else.

[@Samaelthekind]

Highlander...must see cultural reference baseline for every nerd

[@ViroVeteruscy]

They did show one of their neighbors in the episode where Summer got gigantic

[@pedromoura575]

That Summer fight referenced the last fight in TLOU2 or is it only in my head? Lool

[@tevinlogan8781]

My brain this episode

[@SuperHperTube]

The last one were the real once because it says the decoyes are programmed to do mundane earthly adventures

[@likelyvampirical]

21:09 He also said the decoys were harmless, and that decoys don't make decoys. He isn't a reliable source of information.

[@oldgreggsmadmemes4431]

I hope hunty will be a playable character in pocket mortys

[@magtovi]

The thing is aaaall of this episode happened in dimension C-137. Rick didn't even used a portal. This episode is just another trolling the fanbase that overanalyzed the Beth clone thing in the previous season.

[@nflbob9814]

So the last Decoy Family that died was the 1st decoy family created. I never peeped it before

[@WyattoonsComics]

I feel like this is right up there with the story train episode where the point is continuity doesn’t really matter. There’s a loose canon but it feels like the creators are taking more shots at people who overthink the show and try to follow the structure of a more narratively-driven show (like HBO shows).

[@dodiswatchbobobo]

Is it just me or was Justin Roiland really phoning it in as Rick in this one? He like never raised his voice once.

[@luigiwiiUU]

its getting harder for him to do the voice

[@Kyleplaysgames567]

Am I the only one who actually understood what was going on? Rick made decoys. Those decoys made other decoys and so on. Once a pair of decoys realized they were decoys they disguised themselves as squids to kill other decoys. Once they started killing decoys, other decoys got notified and went to check on their decoys to learn that they are making decoys. Henceforth the chain reaction of decoys killing other decoys. When the last decoy family died, Rick got his notification. Of course the ones who survived the longest were decoys of the original.