Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 8 Birdperson TOP 10 Breakdown, Easter Eggs and Things You Missed

[@emergencyawesome]

Here's my FULL Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 8 Birdperson video! So many secrets revealed, Beth, Birdperson's child, post all your theories in the comments! Here's my Marvel What If Episode 1 Trailer video too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d364ZaKNd5yBeq8

[@joshuafrizzell7856]

@Emergency Awesome Will you do videos on Young Justice season 4, Avatar:TLA on Netflix & Titans season 3 soon?

[@franciscoaguirre96]

You forgot to mention the Halo Warthog Vehichle with the chain gun in the back.

[@Glitch_in_the_Matrix]

Hey Charlie, I'm pretty sure the Federation At-AT type vehicles are based on Halo's Scarabs/ Covienant tanks

[@seanmuir2862]

@Emergency Awesome Great as always dude. But you forget that space beth and clone beth are not he real daughters either. Remember season 1 with kronenberg world. Memory rick probably meant that real rivk is living with an alternate reality beth. He did say you're living with a version not clone

[@theprincethatwaspromised3392]

Battle had major Starship Trooper vibes

[@gelrose8117]

I don’t think Beth is a clone per sey. Younger Rick said Rick was living with an abandoned version of his Beth. That might imply there are versions of Rick who willingly abandoned their families to join the Citadel. The Ricks who refused their offer had their Beths and Dianes murdered. Some of those Rick may have gave in to the Citadel, but our Rick (the Rickest of the Ricks) told them to eff off.

[@cortster12]

No, that's just the version he's always lived with. Remember, this isn't his original reality.

[@bohansenboh]

@ron Gordon Yeah they're in an alternate universe where Rick joined the federation, instead of inadvertently killing his wife and child with his own hubris. That's why Rick hates Jerry so much, because even tho Jerry sucks he's always willing to admit when he's wrong. His humility is the reason that Beth loves him because she hates her dad's hubris because the recklessness of his youth and the idea that Rick could be doing anything else in the world right now called to him more than being a good father and the reason Beth feels like she grew up without a father. Rick resents Jerry because he thinks Beth could do better and he can't understand that Jerry's better than all the other Ricks in the one way that Rick could never be, he depends on her for his self esteem and that's the reason Beth loves him because she know he'll never leave. And the Paradox is that this Rick was the one that loved his family enough to stay. And also the reason that Rick hates going to the therapist, Dr. Wong, because he doesn't want Beth to find out that he's not her real dad, because that will ruin their relationship and expose Rick as the most pitiable man on the face of the earth. One who can't live with the fact that he killed his wife and kid by staying and who loved them so much he can't stay away. That's why when young Rick call's him sad for staying with his wife and kids it pisses him off because it is sad, but not in the way that young Rick thinks is sad. And this leads me to Diana the variable across multiple realities. Or it's just a fucking clone and I'm assigning fucked up backstories to cartoon characters in the middle of the day instead of getting ready for work.

[@gelrose8117]

@ron Gordon I know that. The point is there are some multiverses where Beth is still alive. Young Rick said C-137 Rick was being “one of those creeps who lives with an abandoned Beth.”

[@CinnamonQuills]

Beth even refers to the fact in an early episode, if not the first episode, that he "took off" a long time ago and then spontaneously showed up again one day. If she was a clone either she would have remembered him raising her alone after ten or so, or she wouldn't have kids and a long-term marriage. He had no special attachment to the Cronenberg universe Beth that he was living with at the start of the series, she was just another one of the infinite Beths in a universe that didn't have a Rick, either because he left on an adventure and died or went to the Citadel (and died).

[@jaanfo3874]

This. I only watched the episode once but keep hearing people/reviewers comment on Beth being a clone and I wonder what I missed, because my understanding is that he just moved in with a previously abandoned Beth, not a clone he created of her. We’ve already seen him abandon one version of Beth. It’s not hard to imagine that’s happened multiple times by now. Although it does make me question the various pictures and memories we see of Rick with an infant/toddler Morty. If his Beth died then he’d have no reason to spend time with a young version of her son.

[@saulgoodman4451]

For some reason the idea of child Rick and his parents is fascinating. Like this random couple had a kid who would become a multi universal terrorist but at one point he was just a smart kid

[@abedmybeloved370]

YEAH!! While watching that scene I couldn't stop thinking about this!!!

[@leo_1304]

YES FOR REAL

[@markbrennan212]

Well that IS the reason why it's fascinating.

[@alexmobley6930]

What if that whole memory was fabracated just to trick the younger version of Rick? That version would have no idea what was the real memory because all of his memories were created by bird person and not rick himself. If that were the case then the fact that young rick dislikes how he'll turn out may be false. Even the idea that beth and ricks wife died because that would have just been bird person connecting the dots either on his own or through info that Rick fed him.

[@mohdauzan6206]

They should make a prequel to rick and morty about little rick

[@josephluna6859]

the final scene with Birdperson's child, the pink three eyed alien is the same one from the The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy. there are two kids play killing each other, when the anti death dome breaks, the brother shoots and permanently kills his sister... I think he's in jail for his sisters murder.

[@KillTheCrownSTW]

Nice catch

[@plusplusgive]

Wow I wondered what came of that. Jerry mentioned bad parenting so i assumed the parents would be held responsible but this works. Nice one

[@harrisont2004]

Oh damnnnn that’s deep. So many callbacks. Also the piano guy from the Heist episode was at the club in Squanchy’s standup act.

[@UnChannelDuVulpineX]

Very, very cool, man.

[@ImprovementisGrowth]

@@KillTheCrownSTW need o rewatch now. Thank Goodness for Dvr

[@alexshinder9026]

Don’t think it references Beth being a clone this whole time, I think it just references that he’s a Rick who lost his Beth as a child, and lives with a version of his dead daughter, as in, in a universe where Beth didn’t die as a kid and grew up and married jerry and had kids, so adult Beth is a version of his dead daughter.

[@harrisont2004]

Yeah that’s what Young Rick meant I think

[@SRDuly2010]

C-137 Rick and morty kronenberged c-137 world and moved to a world where the R&M were already dead. It didn’t have to be rick’s first time doing that.

[@SupraViperhead]

@@SRDuly2010 I don't think they ever called Morty "Morty C-137", so its possible that the dimension they Cronenberged wasn't C-137. If the Rick whose daughter died as a child is C-137, then Morty that dimension can't be C-137 and Morty isn't C-137, because his Mom would've died WAY before she could've had him.

[@mihaiteodor7763]

@@SupraViperhead Unless Morty is C-137 and Rick took place of Rick C-137 and pretends to be him

[@SupraViperhead]

@@mihaiteodor7763 If that were the case, I would think the Citadel of Ricks would've noticed, but they may not have.

[@JJFN-zm3ky]

I actually loved this episode a lot. I want to see bird person free his daughter. Hopefully it’s this season.

[@devonjones102]

I think it’ll be the first episode of next season

[@blackwelcome]

Yeah doubt that's gonna happen this season

[@JJFN-zm3ky]

@@bobblegopper1151 I thought they went up to 10-12 episodes.. If the next is the last I hope it’s atleast 45-60 minutes.

[@itsport8829]

@@JJFN-zm3ky it’s confirmed that it will be a hour long special

[@TheVentrexian]

Doubt it. Why rush it? This is why ya upset with this season lol you get your hopes up knowing that's not how the show works.

[@ivancillo8797]

The black sludge at the end also reminds me of Bojack Horseman's "The view from halfway down" when Bojack's mind is also collapsing and consuming him as he gets closer and closer to death

[@Dopamine-ms3md]

What a masterpiece

[@harrisont2004]

Yooo true

[@hrishabkumarsharma1355]

That was much darker tho

[@S1rD4niel]

That comparison def makes sense!

[@johnhardison5962]

Favorite WTF is Beth is dead, and he's going around living with alternative Beth's. 😱

[@generalkweizr7091]

Yes

[@kaycad9605]

He said hypothetical grandson

[@kaycad9605]

I think oops

[@MajiUzi]

Which has always been obvious

[@TheVentrexian]

Kind of already knew this though.

[@patty1c390]

i don’t think beth is a clone, when he said “a version of” he probably meant one of the different universes where beth was abandoned. Also even if he did clone that beth, that cloned beth would be in the kronenburg universe

[@eyey5476]

And he moved at least one more time since then because Morty messed with squirels. BTW. It means Rick doesn't have an original Morty.

[@historyking9984]

But how do we know that’s even his main universe. Maybe he moved there and back and forth

[@jonathanwilson7957]

Thank you for saying this.

[@deusveritasest56]

That means beth died with her mom BEFORE Rick find the universe of Morty C 137 (before he was 35...)... Which is a LOT for Evil Morty theory...

[@tetsuyadesu7560]

But that beth has a cloned version, we just don't know who is it.

[@snowbeast074]

Ok hear me out, what if our Rick didn’t clone Beth, but just insert himself into an alternate reality where Beth never died but was left behind by a Rick

[@MrVonSweatbox]

Yeah I feel like that's what they were saying he did I didn't see any clone references 🤔😕

[@RaySchrantz]

Nope that doesn't work because then there would be a fuck ton of realities where beth was still dead, which would mean there's a whole other group of Ricks that never cloned Beth that rival the Citadel of Ricks. Every single Rick we've seen so far has made that choice to clone Beth, otherwise there would be a ton of them that didn't have Mortys and would have no knowledge of the Smith family. The only way it makes sense is that a majority of Ricks decided to clone Beth after the loss of his wife and Daughter and we haven't run into a single Rick that hasn't made this choice, yet.

[@MrVonSweatbox]

@@RaySchrantz OK I can see that🤔🤔

[@Kuzi19]

The young rick says "abandoned versions of our daughters" which to me is them saying she is an alternate reality Beth. The beginning of the series even has Beth saying how happy she is for Rick to be back in her life.

[@addo-hillpropertymanagemen2604]

I'm thinking the same thing. It makes more sense. Why would he clone her to leave her or plant memories of him leaving her. More likely that its a reality that Rick left or was killed by 'our' Rick.

[@christinatuttle8442]

The way 35 yr old rick is dressed in this episode reminds me of like generic 80's Harrison ford lmao

[@alex_walters]

I think the memory of Beth and Rick’s Wife dying was actually false but as they say in every lie there is truth so the council of Ricks probably killed Ricks wife but in a totally different way than the one they showed

[@gerdagnaz4952]

Thanks for pointing that out.

[@MinuteLeech2]

I think its real except the portal formula was off since that's what the aliens were after. Though there's room for me to be wrong

[@kaylatarapaskoski2390]

Been waiting for someone to say this

[@jdk4dawin]

Battle of blood ridge reminded me a lot of starship troopers when they were fighting the bugs on their planet.

[@blackphantom9293]

I dont think she was meant to be a clone. The line implied that Rick, probably sometime in his 50s or 60s, moved into a reality where Rick had abandoned his family before they were killed and that timeline's Rick was for whatever reason absent. The line also implies that this is a fairly common thing to be known by the younger version of Rick. What is also interesting is that it's established the memories can only know what Bird Person knows. That means Bird Person knows that some Ricks move in with abandoned Beth's and may tie in to that picture of a baby, presumed to be Morty, from the episode Get Schwifty.

[@BANON98]

That is what meant to be, some Ricks leave his family and Beth´s, in C-137 case his family were murdered by whom we don`t know and that is the key of the rest of the series.

[@UngoogleableMan]

@@BANON98 We know exactly who killed his family. It was the Citidel, after he refused to join them. This episode confirms the "made up origin story" from the Shoney's episode is in fact, actually what happened to him. C-137 is so far the only Rick we know of who didn't willingly join the Citidel, and they killed his family for it. That's why he hates them, and that's why he's the Rickest Rick.

[@soilhalo27]

@@UngoogleableMan they probably killed a lot of Rick's families. There was probably a Rick war. Like a time lord war

[@BANON98]

@@UngoogleableMan maybe is a crazy fan theory, but I will add Evil Morty with the council of the Citadel of Ricks as a possible scenario of those who killed Rick’s wife and child Beth…

[@plusplusgive]

Beth has blonde hair and the kid from that memory was a brunette like Morty, so for me that mystery is still unsolved

[@tyrant-den884]

Guessing the only false part of that "fake memory" in the season 3 premier was his pants color.

[@soilhalo27]

Also think the house is a copy of the house from breaking bad. But I might be wrong about that

[@entertainmentaccount8611]

He wears blue pants in the squanchy on stage scene

[@the_glitter_is]

@@entertainmentaccount8611 Came to say the same. Although, now I'm wondering if Birdperson remembered his pants being the wrong color.

[@StardustAvenger]

The car they drove at the end of the episode looks like a halo warhog

[@J.D.Vision]

It was.

[@thirdplanet4471]

Spartans never die

[@jezebulls]

Agreed

[@darthjedironin924]

Can't believe no one ever forced me to watch this series before. I'm enjoying it immensely. Guess I'm binge watching every season now. Woop woop!

[@emergencyawesome]

Have fun, enjoy Rick and Morty!

[@whilecontroller]

Wubba lubba dub dub!

[@dwightfry99]

​@@whilecontroller I'm sorry.

[@theshockinglyeloquentdog9945]

fair warning: not every episode is like this one. in fact, most aren't. but it is very entertaining and hilarious

[@magne7771]

I honestly just got sick of hearing the themesong over and over, and checked out what show it was. Glad I did.

[@anubusx]

It was great seeing Bird Person back.

[@jezebulls]

I love how they elaborate the species of Bird Person confirming he’s not just a furry lol

[@leviswranglers2813]

I wonder if C-137 Rick is becoming more comfortable with the audience of the show and is trusting us with more of his back story.

[@Brandon-tk2rs]

Haha I love that theory so much

[@treborp4679]

I think the pickle Rick comment was more a meta joke on being another award winning episode if it focuses on Rick.

[@johncnorris]

This episode seems to get them back on track to what I was expecting this season.

[@markmorales7958]

Bird Persons daughter being in prison could also be a loose reference to the origins of Bane from DC’s Batman. “Sentence to jail to carry out the sins of the father”. I’m probably wrong on this little Easter egg, even if it was made unintentionally on their end… but I thought it was important for those who are a bit more curious.

[@MegaJohnny74]

Beth is actually from a universe where Rick left before she died.

[@Convenrir]

ye but that universes rick probably had a similar history to his just the potion working out and him dying is the difference so that beth and the other beth from the other timeline is clones

[@lolll3360]

I hope the finale isn't a let down. if evil Morty is the one in control of everything I'll be lost for words, I hope they go that route!

[@mehedi1178]

Shhh don't expect it or it won't happen

[@scoringdigitsson.5194]

Nah man it was a freaking jerry this whole time.

[@patatamisteriosa]

@@scoringdigitsson.5194 imagine that lmao. We finally see Evil Morty, but he takes off his skin like a suit and boom, he was a Jerry the whole time

[@TheJadedJames]

I would be really surprised if we saw Evil Morty as anything more than a teaser. Most seasons only have one real “lore” episode ... and it looks like we already got the one for this year

[@jezebulls]

Huh? This wasn’t the season finale? I thought it was since there was no new episode the following Sunday

[@coreyrenwick6209]

Fave part was the realization that Rick and BP are as much enemies as BF’s and it is mainly emotional on Rick’s side 😮

[@leo_1304]

I don't think both Beths are clones because young rick said something along the lines of "So you're one of those weird ones who moves in with abandoned versions of our dead daughter," meaning he hopped to a timeline where she was abandoned and filled in for the rick that left her. Unless I'm missing something, I'm not sure.

[@Convenrir]

well it kinda depends you are right he says that but we dont know when he did that like he may have joined a universe that she was abandoned or maybe he joined a universe "the universe" (not sure if the cronanberg one or if the evil morty theory is true) where beth died then she was made into a clone but then that rick died abandong her and he just joined that one

[@BlackLotusFlame]

I really don't believe all Beth's are clones, I swear I remember hearing Memory Rick saying "You live with alternate versions of Beth?" Which would imply that they aren't clones, but survivors or attacks or at least in world where they weren't attacked at all. I could be misremembering the episode but I did watch it twice

[@TheJadedJames]

Memory Rick insinuated that Rick was living with an abandoned Beth. Basically, Rick’s original Beth was murdered by the Council, and he jumped to an alternate universe that had a living Beth, but no Rick

[@23pedrex23]

"Just doing my job..." "AND LOVING IT!" This really got me.

[@Savage_Cabbage_]

That was hilarious 😂

[@stryde3877]

i love the halo warthog in the episode, cool and random just out of nowhere

[@greglemieux9809]

Cool man. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice.👍

[@jezebulls]

Master Chief agrees

[@bobby9253]

The halo warthog is definitely an inspiration for the truck they drive, I also felt their armor slightly resembled spartan armor

[@GerardinhoLP]

Memory Rick says "a version of our abandoned daughter", implying the only way Beth survives is via Rick leaving forever or dying young. Remember at the beginning of the series, Jerry saying Rick is just back into their lives? I believe "our" Rick just travelled to a dimension where Beth was alive and just took his place, in a time where Beth was already safe from whatever would've killed her had Rick stayed. However, "Our" Rick also says Morty is a hypothetical grandson, so there's that.

[@rg1124nov]

Yeah that's what I got from it too. Not really sure where people are getting clone. Especially since memory Rick specifically says "living with a version of our abandoned daughter" which implies he probably just went to a dimension where that Rick abandoned his Beth

[@SmokinBlunts781]

I think Rick left his universe and went to a universe where Rick went to the citadel without his family being killed… and then our Rick just came into beths life “after 20years of not seeing her”. Rick’s use other Rick’s universes like hermit crabs

[@johnathanbarrett7803]

I think you're a little off on Beth being a clone. At one point in the episode, Rick tells BP that there are infinite versions of every event across infinite timelines. I think there are some universes where Rick didn't have his family killed, or where he was killed instead of his family, and all the Ricks that we've seen so far have all gone into those realities and killed that Rick and/or just started living as that Rick in that timeline.

[@kayburcky7146]

The beth version we see isnt a clone. It's a Beth from another parallel universe where her Rick abandoned her, which is stated with "You're one of those creeps who moves in with abandoned adult Beths." and "You live with a version of 9ur dead daughter" (version, not Clone!). And i think that brings in a whole lot of more explanation for ricks whole behaviour. For example why he's so quick suggesting to abandon summer in the post apocalyptic scavenger world after their parents divorced, and his whole f*ck it attitude towards the family and especially Morty, and his rage about "Jerry's unemployed Genes in his grandchildren". It's possible that this family is a mere shadow of what Rick remembers his family to be and that would explain his suffering including the catchfrase "Wubba Wubba dub dub" meaning "I'm in great pain" as *Bird person* who might know of all this, explains.

[@motomilky3100]

I believe that's what happened to, but in one epsido Rick says "it goes without saying that the Tickets Rick has the Mortiest Morty" implying that our Morty is the c137 Morty but that wouldn't make sense since c137 Morty doesn't exist if Beth dies so that's why I'm confused

[@ashtonoak4370]

She is a clone no matter what because Rick didn't invent the portal gun until child Beth was dead and gone. Dead dead. Like blown up. The parallel universes Rick made once the first portal gun was active regardless is a dead Beth. So all's this is nice. But Beth at age 6-8 is dead

[@Bruce20147]

Here is my opinion: In season 1, Morty destroied his own earth by spreading virus and make all people into bugs. Considering the current universe is where Rick and Birdperson met; thefore, maybe the current Morty is from the destroyed universe and that Beth was abandoned by a Rick who might be dead. The C-137 Rick took care of her. That's why young Rick said "abandoned adult Beths". Meanwhile, Rick put a decoy Rick and a clone Beth (or a doppelganer) in his own earth, and decoy Rick died with the the Morty who is replaced by the current Morty. Therefore, Rick comes back to his earth and decide to abandon that earth.

[@kayburcky7146]

@@motomilky3100 we're not necessarily following one and the same Rick and Morty over the whole show. At least that would explain f.e. why Mr poopy butthole suddenly appears and nobody questions it and he's not there in most of the episodes after.

[@kayburcky7146]

@@ashtonoak4370 nobody denies that his beth is dead. I just say that the beth we see is not necessarily a clone to begin with, (at least not until she decides to become space beth or however we call her) and rather a Beth from another reality where she wasn't killed but abandoned by her Rick. Which makes her not a clone.

[@TheRoflSpartan]

It said by young rick that old rick is just one of the sad Rick's that goes and lives with the beths that have been abandoned. Also season 1 Beth was left behind in the world that rick turned into kronenburgs. So original Beth hasn't featured for a while on the show.

[@myk_3D]

If what Young Rick said is true, that means season 1 Beth isn't even his original Beth

[@TheRoflSpartan]

@@myk_3D think the original Beth died as a child along with Rick's wife.

[@bronyferienminuet2125]

I love how Rick always changes his hair but he has his old hair as a kid lmao.

[@tedidevine8414]

I love the fact Bp has a daughter and all the stuff we learn from his memory

[@GustavoValdiviesso]

About the connection with the "totally fabricated origin story", I will just leave this here: - Younger Rick uses the same makeshift Portal Gun (or Portal Gun mark 1). - The memory where someone yells "killing us won't bring her back", those Ricks are wearing the same kind of regalia as the one who blew Diane and Beth. I believe these are the ones who took the offer to accept the Portal Gun formula and joined some sort of group. - When Young Rick says "you're one of those freaks who move in with abandoned adult Beth", followed by "you live with a VERSION of our dead daughter". I've seen many people saying that this means all Beths are clones, but this only takes in account the last phrase. The first part clearly implies that infinite possibilities mean some Beths die, others don't, and some Rick's whose Beths did die go on to live with the ones abandoned by other Ricks.

[@deusveritasest56]

That means beth died with her mom BEFORE Rick find the universe of Morty C 137 (before he was 35...)... Which is a LOT for Evil Morty theory...

[@RaySchrantz]

This was definitely my favorite episode this season, close seconds might be the giant sperm, Mr. Nimbus, or the decoy episode. My opinion of this season has been kind of unsatisfying, at least for the last couple episodes like the turkeys, planetina, and the one when they go to a hell dimension. If they had swapped the episodes around I think I would have enjoyed the season as a whole more. I definitely think the decoy episode should have been later in the season.

[@Prinygod]

The AI was fine with living for 600 years, it was when Rick pointed out he has a 50% chance of lying about that 600 years does the AI worry again.

[@Breadit_on_Reddit]

Great breakdown as always. However I disagree about adult Beth always being a clone. I understood the line as Rick travelling to universes where she didn't die.

[@modybv4933]

Dan Harmon said some of the memory was true so it can't mean that the whole memory is true therefore it doesn't confirm Diane death It only confirms beth death And the other ricks told him “killing us won't bring HER back” they said her not them So they may be referring to one person that is later revealed to be beth when young rick said you are living with a version of our dead daughter So I think in conclusion what happened is that other ricks killed beth only and Diane broke up with rick thinking it's his fault or she thinks that he killed beth

[@Selfinflictedhummusrocket]

Is English not your first language or is it just an age thing?

[@modybv4933]

@@Selfinflictedhummusrocket Nah I have been awake for full 4 days I can't focus anymore

[@modybv4933]

@@Selfinflictedhummusrocket I fixed it you can now understand what I mean

[@rentristandelacruz]

Bird Person: "I'm informed you are freely distributing a grossly illegal Federation hallucinogen." Rick: "Well, I wouldn't know what to charge. I sure didn't pay for it." Rick: "Want a hit?" Bird Person: "I am indeed down to clown." Now I see why Bird Person is Rick's best friend. He's sound serious and he often is but sometimes he's also down to clown.

[@snmrags]

The fact that the ai is scared of Rick speaks volumes on his intellect 😂

[@cryssalys3285]

not necessarily, the AI is just hyper aware that if she proved to be useless she's bound to get deleted or unplugged

[@DMIINDSTUDIOS]

It’s easy to do things you think are canon then write them off in cool ways!

[@chrislynch3341]

The biggest Easter Egg is the existence of Tammy Person…..I want MOOOOOORE

[@kwabenaandoh-b2854]

I’ve been waiting for this video since I finished the episode lol

[@emergencyawesome]

Thanks! I try to post my episode videos as quickly as possible after the episodes air!

[@addo-hillpropertymanagemen2604]

Yep definitely one of the best go to for episode breakdowns.

[@kwabenaandoh-b2854]

@@emergencyawesome no worries it was very timely. huge fan of your videos esp. the marvel ones

[@TroubleLightCoasters]

I don’t think Rick cloned Beth. I think he went to a reality where she’s alive

[@matthewsolis3826]

Rick saving bird person was fucking legit

[@Theraot]

Birdperson: I believe I can access the history of rick’s gun and help you get back to him.

[@PathWars]

This episode felt like one of the few episodes that truly feel like they make use of the pre-established lore and use it to great effect

[@johnwatson9438]

The best easter egg of the episode was Rick's parents picture that was an awesome detail, thanks Charly.

[@jaredjones1752]

My favorite part is how it appears that Rick had a relatively normal, stable, and happy childhood in a two-parent household. He looked liked a great kid. He wasn't necessarily born as nor raised to be an arrogant, narcissistic nihilist--even his 35 year old self seems very chill compared to his 70 year old self--but turned into that as a result of decades of universe-hopping. Guess it provides a much needed lesson for the "wannabe" Ricks in the fandom: Even if you are a highly intelligent person, you don't HAVE to be a prick, because your "hero" Rick wasn't for a decent chunk of his life.

[@Jerry4281]

9:17 he didn't say anything about that he said it was a version where she was abandoned of his dead daughter. Not about her being a clone. As most Beth's only see their Rick every so often due to being part of the citidal and some sci-fi riggermerole

[@HOOLIGANSSSSss]

This episode was too good, so much cannon 🥲

[@emergencyawesome]

Yep!

[@VannywiththeFanny]

Agree, it's about time we got some.

[@kyebruton7054]

My favourite Easter egg was getting to see the muscle version of Squanchie from the little frame we saw in the death crystals

[@r3n3gad33]

I can't sink in how they referenced Shrek in this episode, and that Morty is a brogre, he's truly a man of culture.

[@addo-hillpropertymanagemen2604]

I didn't get that Beth was a clone. I think Rick is living in an alternate dimension with a Beth that didn't die or was abandoned. The scene from Bloodridge definitely looks like the end battle scene from attack of the clones.

[@Leandros135]

rick in his prime was so badass

[@KingClovis]

She's not a clone, he just went to a different dimension where his wife and Beth were still alive and their Rick abandoned them to join the Citadel of Ricks.

[@quintonrodriguez2989]

Doesn't make sense unless rick brought bird person to the reality with him

[@mollyzhou411]

I love that this episode exposed bird persons character more and humanized tammy. It must be crushing for him to finally fall love but find out she’s a manifestation of the federation that he spent his life fighting

[@Sundar_Aadmi]

Probably the best episode of this season

[@emma-leeband7892]

My favourite reveal was that blood ridge was actually a fight won, and just a defeat to rick due to the significance of it in terms of his friendship with BP. I feel like that was a huge deal being able to actually see blood ridge after hearing about it and waiting for so long. Additionally, i thought it was an amazing touch to have Tammy admit she really did love BP - just sentimental drool that i, as a viewer, lap up. And the personal growth and maturity of Rick admitting to his memory self that his existence doesn't make him an enemy was really touching to see

[@doofward]

i’m so excited for the 1 hour rick and morty, i hope matpat’s theory turns out to be correct

[@luisalanyav]

Where can i read it?

[@ryanramosblomquist]

@@luisalanyav just go to the channel film theory the most recent video about rick and morty should be the correct one

[@luisalanyav]

@@ryanramosblomquist thanks man!

[@RJCHOICE]

I always thought Bird Person was a parody of the character Hawk from Buck Rogers in the 25th century (1980s)

[@habbaanwarraich1030]

This is one of the best episode so far 😍 it

[@emergencyawesome]

Yep, it was awesome!

[@jezebulls]

I didn’t even realize this was the season finale until I tuned in the next Sunday expecting a new episode.

[@wutthabuck8772]

FERNGULLY WAS MY SH*T 😂 I deadass thought of that monster as soon as I seen that 🤣

[@jasonbaha7517]

My favorite is the we’re going to get another pickle Rick💀💀

[@user-br2dw8no4r]

You mentioned how Rick said he knew this was how he’d die. I don’t think it was foreshadowing his future death. In that scene, he originally said he never thought this was how he’d die when he was fighting with bird person. And I think it was paying that off

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Thanks... It was a good episode... and it was good to see Bird Person again!

[@emergencyawesome]

Yep!

[@lishtins]

Tbh base on this episode I think Rick interprets the relationship with BP differently than how he does like I think Rick likes him more than BP does. Like he just thinks of him as a friend. And it wouldn’t surprise that Rick feels that way because Rick doesn’t care abt ppl except for a select few despite how they feel towards him.

[@bryantrujillo7212]

Finally a good episode! This is Rick and Morty 👏🏻.

[@fridmanator]

I think the garage AI "haha, I wish" was more sarcastic, knowing it's much more intelligent but wanting to befriend the neighbor or maybe a reference to the budget that Marvel movies have in comparison to Rick and Morty. Great video!

[@drea0903]

best episode this season. i was thinking they were starting to lose their touch.

[@joshuavanderrheede4469]

same here. i went into this episode expecting a random garbage episode but i was pleasantly surprised.

[@DayHunch]

2:58 LMAOOOOOO Charlie 😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Canvabutter]

Gets lunch break at work Checks to see if charlie posted video Video posted 1 minute ago YES

[@emergencyawesome]

Awesome timing!

[@Schhaantet]

Man, I enjoy these breakdowns as much as I enjoy the actual episodes!

[@huff_le_puff]

I finally got my boyfriend to watch Rick and Morty with me! He loves it!!!

[@shadower227]

Great summary of the episode along with the movie references that i wouldn't have known. However there are 2 errors in your summary 1st: the "C-137" beth isn't a clone but an abandoned beth. If you remember that the show mentioned in season 1, Rick "returned" to her after the original Rick of that universe abandoned her. 2nd: No Rick didn't care about the extra Intel about the federal government. He was just humouring young Rick who was still in his hero phase of battling against the government (much like space beth) but of course it's just a portrayal of young Rick by bird person. So no current Rick doesn't have any interest in the extra Intel at all but grew to like young Rick enough for current Rick to think about bringing him to real life and having a beer with. Sorry for the long comment but this gave me a serious itch that i needed to scratch and that is pointing out these 2 errors. Keep up the good work tho

[@abdullaiamir9642]

This episode saved the season

[@IN-tm8mw]

for those who are "Lore" Hungry. yes. i enjoyed the comedy also.

[@corydrummond67]

I love the electronica playing during the Battle of Blood Ridge.

[@huff_le_puff]

In Rick’s childhood room, is that Bill Cipher carved into the table on the right hand side of the screen? 😱

[@RSRye]

I thought that at first, but I think looking back, it was just two paperclips bent and overlapped.

[@christianvenson1563]

I loved the clone Beth answers we got. Also Charlie congrats on 4mill subs, I'm sure by the time you see this it'll be 4 mil

[@BroMichael2X]

Squanchie’s stand up joke was epic 🤣

[@bobbyvee9950]

I thought the battle bugs was a reference to "Starship Troopers".

[@KillTheCrownSTW]

Same the outfits look the same too

[@Toxik_Dubz]

I don't think #13 is correct. I don't think Beth is a clone...she's an alternate Beth from an alternate timeline where she didn't die. So this implies Rick not only lost his wife, but his daughter as well, which would mean no family, no Jerry, no Summer, no Morty. "What is a Morty?" Edit: Well shit...guess I should have read the comments first. I'm not alone in this line of thought.

[@zedaitchkay8876]

Also birdperson remembering the good moments with Tammy in his mind is like inception where DiCaprio goes into his memories

[@zacharymccutcheon8607]

The episode didn't imply that Beth was a clone the whole time. "you've been living with a version of your dead daughter." can easily just be a universe where Beth didn't die.

[@lordodysseus]

The Battle of Blood Ridge kinda reminds me of that question: what weighs more: 1 pound of feathers or a 1 pound of bricks? The feathers because you have to carry the weight of what you did to those poor birds with you as well.

[@SmokinBlunts781]

On the wheel “gene with donkey brains” could be an Easter egg of its always sunny in Philadelphia with frank when he got a certificate saying he didn’t have donkey brains

[@Grivas_aidan]

I dont think it was a clone of beth i thought it was just a diffrent dimension

[@Alex-pl3pi]

The crack in the drive way finally each the neighbors lol

[@johnathancasanova6956]

I could be remembering this wrong but didn't Rick and Morty flee from their original universe in the 1st season due to some apocalyptic shenanigans? So technically his version of original clone Beth is dead so wouldn't that mean this version of Beth is alive? Unless events in this universe played out the same but that would make this Beth both an alternate version and a clone. I can see why Rick was so partial to his family in earlier seasons. That technically isn't his family, aside from Morty.

[@marcdemise2072]

It was the episode where morty wanted a love potion for Jessica but the antidote of the potion turns everyone to "krotenburgs" (I may have remembered the term they used wrong so forgive my fleeting memory) where everyone on earth turned into monsters n shit

[@johnathancasanova6956]

@@marcdemise2072 I need to go back and rewatch the older seasons. My memory of it is pretty lacking too lol

[@swerzye4472]

That would be incoherent. Memory Rick would have no knowledge of the event you’re talking about

[@johnathancasanova6956]

@@swerzye4472 I mean yeah memory Rick wouldn't know that but the events still played out that way for real Rick and now that memory Rick knows he's a memory and can roam free in Rick's head do you think it's possible he could access or accidently stumble upon those memories even without experiencing it himself? Idk just theory crafting lol

[@swerzye4472]

@@johnathancasanova6956 that would be a possibility if it weren’t for the latest episode

[@karlsalman4370]

The scene of them dropping into blood ridge reminded me a lot of the movie "the edge of tomorrow" starring Tom Cruise, even the suits look similar.

[@BerserkEclipse]

Birdperson rocks 🤟🏻

[@kingocookies]

You didn't reference how, Bird person in the robot form looked like Robo Cop lol.

[@BlackLotusFlame]

This isn't the Birdperson that he grew up with though, if he's supposed to be C137 Rick then he and Morty abandoned their family and OG Birdperson to go to this non-Cronenberg'd earth

[@jmccflip]

This version of bird person could still have the same history

[@SkyProtonFood]

extra fun fact: Dan Harmon was a Executive Producer of Charlie Kaufman's 2015 stop-motion movie, Anomalisa, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars. The movie was also produced by Starburns Industries. the movie itself and season 1 & the early parts of season 2 were made by the production company at the same time.

[@cis4005]

The specific shot at Blood Ridge where the walkers are towering over resistance soldiers is definitely a reference to the Animatrix episode, The Second Renaissance part 2. There’s a shot in that where machine walkers are facing off against the two human soldiers from a POV angle. It’s almost an exact replica of that scene.

[@marcdemise2072]

I thought it was just an AT-AT tbh but your input is dope too

[@tenormdness]

I liked how bird dude just bails on Rick. That’s very Rick.