List of Rick and Morty episodes
Rick and Morty is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The series follows Rick Sanchez, an alcoholic, nihilistic super-scientist, and his easily distressed grandson, Morty Smith to parallel dimensions and exotic planets with extraterrestrials. These adventures commonly cause trouble for Morty's family—Jerry, Beth, and Summer—who are often dragged along as well. The series premiered on December 2, 2013 on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. On May 10, 2018, Adult Swim announced a long-term deal with the creators, ordering 70 new episodes of Rick and Morty over an unknown number of seasons.[1]
As of September 5, 2021,[update] 71 episodes of Rick and Morty have aired, concluding the fifth season.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 11 | December 2, 2013 | April 14, 2014 | |
2 | 10 | July 26, 2015 | October 4, 2015 | |
3 | 10 | April 1, 2017[a] | October 1, 2017 | |
4 | 10 | November 10, 2019 | May 31, 2020 | |
5 | 10 | June 20, 2021 | September 5, 2021 |
Episodes
Season 1 (2013–14)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [3] | Prod. code [4] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Justin Roiland | Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland | December 2, 2013 | RAM-001 | 1.10[5] |
2 | 2 | "Lawnmower Dog" | John Rice | Ryan Ridley | December 9, 2013 | RAM-002 | 1.51[6] |
3 | 3 | "Anatomy Park" | John Rice | Eric Acosta & Wade Randolph | December 16, 2013 | RAM-003 | 1.30[7] |
4 | 4 | "M. Night Shaym-Aliens!" | Jeff Myers | Tom Kauffman | January 13, 2014 | RAM-004 | 1.32[8] |
5 | 5 | "Meeseeks and Destroy" | Bryan Newton | Ryan Ridley | January 20, 2014 | RAM-005 | 1.61[9] |
6 | 6 | "Rick Potion #9" | Stephen Sandoval | Justin Roiland | January 27, 2014 | RAM-006 | 1.75[10] |
7 | 7 | "Raising Gazorpazorp" | Jeff Myers | Eric Acosta & Wade Randolph | March 10, 2014 | RAM-007 | 1.76[11] |
8 | 8 | "Rixty Minutes" | Bryan Newton | Tom Kauffman & Justin Roiland | March 17, 2014 | RAM-008 | 1.48[12] |
9 | 9 | "Something Ricked This Way Comes" | John Rice | Mike McMahan | March 24, 2014 | RAM-009 | 1.54[13] |
10 | 10 | "Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind" | Stephen Sandoval | Ryan Ridley | April 7, 2014 | RAM-010 | 1.75[14] |
11 | 11 | "Ricksy Business" | Stephen Sandoval | Ryan Ridley & Tom Kauffman | April 14, 2014 | RAM-011 | 2.13[15] |
Season 2 (2015)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [3] | Prod. code [4] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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12 | 1 | "A Rickle in Time" | Wes Archer | Matt Roller | July 26, 2015 | RAM-201 | 2.12[16] |
13 | 2 | "Mortynight Run" | Dominic Polcino | David Phillips | August 2, 2015 | RAM-202 | 2.19[17] |
14 | 3 | "Auto Erotic Assimilation" | Bryan Newton | Ryan Ridley | August 9, 2015 | RAM-203 | 1.94[18] |
15 | 4 | "Total Rickall" | Juan Meza-León | Mike McMahan | August 16, 2015 | RAM-204 | 1.96[19] |
16 | 5 | "Get Schwifty" | Wes Archer | Tom Kauffman | August 23, 2015 | RAM-205 | 2.12[20] |
17 | 6 | "The Ricks Must Be Crazy" | Dominic Polcino | Dan Guterman | August 30, 2015 | RAM-206 | 1.91[21] |
18 | 7 | "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez" | Bryan Newton | Alex Rubens | September 13, 2015 | RAM-207 | 1.97[22] |
19 | 8 | "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate" | Juan Meza-León | Dan Guterman, Ryan Ridley & Justin Roiland | September 20, 2015 | RAM-208 | 1.79[23] |
20 | 9 | "Look Who's Purging Now" | Dominic Polcino | Dan Harmon, Ryan Ridley & Justin Roiland | September 27, 2015 | RAM-210 | 1.89[24] |
21 | 10 | "The Wedding Squanchers" | Wes Archer | Tom Kauffman | October 4, 2015 | RAM-209 | 1.84[25] |
Season 3 (2017)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [3] | Prod. code [26] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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22 | 1 | "The Rickshank Rickdemption" | Juan Meza-León | Mike McMahan | April 1, 2017 | RAM-301 | 0.68[27][b] |
23 | 2 | "Rickmancing the Stone" | Dominic Polcino | Jane Becker | July 30, 2017 | RAM-302 | 2.86[29] |
24 | 3 | "Pickle Rick" | Anthony Chun | Jessica Gao | August 6, 2017 | RAM-303 | 2.31[30] |
25 | 4 | "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender" | Bryan Newton | Sarah Carbiener & Erica Rosbe | August 13, 2017 | RAM-304 | 2.66[31] |
26 | 5 | "The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy" | Juan Meza-León | Ryan Ridley | August 20, 2017 | RAM-305 | 2.29[32] |
27 | 6 | "Rest and Ricklaxation" | Anthony Chun | Tom Kauffman | August 27, 2017 | RAM-306 | 2.47[33] |
28 | 7 | "The Ricklantis Mixup"[c] | Dominic Polcino | Dan Guterman & Ryan Ridley | September 10, 2017 | RAM-307 | 2.38[35] |
29 | 8 | "Morty's Mind Blowers" | Bryan Newton | Mike McMahan, James Siciliano, Ryan Ridley, Dan Guterman, Justin Roiland & Dan Harmon | September 17, 2017 | RAM-309 | 2.51[36] |
30 | 9 | "The ABC's of Beth" | Juan Meza-León | Mike McMahan | September 24, 2017 | RAM-308 | 2.49[37] |
31 | 10 | "The Rickchurian Mortydate" | Anthony Chun | Dan Harmon | October 1, 2017 | RAM-310 | 2.60[38] |
Season 4 (2019–20)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [3] | Prod. code [26] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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32 | 1 | "Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat" | Erica Hayes | Mike McMahan | November 10, 2019 | RAM-404 | 2.33[39] |
33 | 2 | "The Old Man and the Seat" | Jacob Hair | Michael Waldron | November 17, 2019 | RAM-402 | 1.67[40] |
34 | 3 | "One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty" | Bryan Newton | Caitie Delaney | November 24, 2019 | RAM-403 | 1.61[41] |
35 | 4 | "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty" | Anthony Chun | Jeff Loveness | December 8, 2019 | RAM-401 | 1.63[42] |
36 | 5 | "Rattlestar Ricklactica" | Jacob Hair | James Siciliano | December 15, 2019 | RAM-405 | 1.32[43] |
37 | 6 | "Never Ricking Morty" | Erica Hayes | Jeff Loveness | May 3, 2020 | RAM-407 | 1.55[44] |
38 | 7 | "Promortyus" | Bryan Newton | Jeff Loveness | May 10, 2020 | RAM-406 | 1.34[45] |
39 | 8 | "The Vat of Acid Episode" | Jacob Hair | Jeff Loveness & Albro Lundy | May 17, 2020 | RAM-408 | 1.26[46] |
40 | 9 | "Childrick of Mort" | Kyounghee Lim | James Siciliano | May 24, 2020 | RAM-409 | 1.22[47] |
41 | 10 | "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri" | Erica Hayes | Anne Lane | May 31, 2020 | RAM-410 | 1.30[48] |
Season 5 (2021)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [3] | Prod. code [26] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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42 | 1 | "Mort Dinner Rick Andre" | Jacob Hair | Jeff Loveness | June 20, 2021 | RAM-501 | 1.30[49] |
43 | 2 | "Mortyplicity" | Lucas Gray | Albro Lundy | June 27, 2021 | RAM-502 | 1.16[50] |
44 | 3 | "A Rickconvenient Mort" | Juan Meza-Léon | Rob Schrab | July 4, 2021 | RAM-503 | 1.01[51] |
45 | 4 | "Rickdependence Spray" | Erica Hayes | Nick Rutherford | July 11, 2021 | RAM-505 | 0.96[52] |
46 | 5 | "Amortycan Grickfitti" | Kyounghee Lim | Anne Lane | July 18, 2021 | RAM-506 | 0.78[53] |
47 | 6 | "Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular" | Douglas Olsen | James Siciliano | July 25, 2021 | RAM-507 | 0.93[54] |
48 | 7 | "Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion" | Jacob Hair | John Harris | August 1, 2021[d] | RAM-504 | 0.82[56] |
49 | 8 | "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort" | Erica Hayes | Albro Lundy | August 8, 2021 | RAM-508 | 0.83[57] |
50 | 9 | "Forgetting Sarick Mortshall" | Kyounghee Lim | Siobhan Thompson | September 5, 2021 | RAM-509 | 0.91[58] |
51 | 10 | "Rickmurai Jack" | Jacob Hair | Jeff Loveness & Scott Marder | September 5, 2021 | RAM-510 | 0.94[58] |
Ratings
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Season | Episode number | Average | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
1 | 1.10 | 1.51 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.61 | 1.75 | 1.76 | 1.48 | 1.54 | 1.75 | 2.13 | 1.57 | |
2 | 2.12 | 2.19 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 2.12 | 1.91 | 1.97 | 1.79 | 1.89 | 1.84 | – | 1.97 | |
3 | 0.68 | 2.86 | 2.31 | 2.66 | 2.29 | 2.47 | 2.38 | 2.51 | 2.49 | 2.60 | – | 2.33 | |
4 | 2.33 | 1.67 | 1.61 | 1.63 | 1.32 | 1.55 | 1.34 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 1.30 | – | 1.52 | |
5 | 1.30 | 1.16 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 0.78 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.91 | 0.94 | – | 0.96 |
Other media
Short films
A six-minute short film titled Samurai & Shogun aired unannounced on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on March 29, 2020[f], during the hiatus of the fourth season of Rick and Morty, before being uploaded to Adult Swim's YouTube channel the following day. Written and directed by Kaichi Sato, and produced by Koji Iijima and Studio Deen and executive producer Maki Terashima-Furuta, the episode features a different animation and art style than usual, and is heavily themed around anime, specifically Lone Wolf & Cub. The short stars Yōhei Tadano as "Rick WTM-72" and Keisuke Chiba as "Shogun Morty", the pair reprising their roles from the Japanese dub of the animated series.[59][60] Another eight-minute short film titled Rick & Morty vs. Genocider aired unannounced on Toonami on July 26, 2020[g], debuting on YouTube slightly after. Written and directed by Takashi Sano, produced by Sola Entertainment, animated at Telecom Animation Film, and starring Tadano and Chiba as Rick and Morty, Manabu Muraji as Jerry, "AI Driver", and "Hologram Transvestite", and Yuki Minami as "Hologram Girl", the episode explores the conflict between President Morty and Rick C-137.[61][62][63] A third short film, titled Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil) and also written and directed by Takashi Sano, was released on YouTube on August 2, 2021 and aired on Adult Swim the following day. A fourth short film, titled The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara, directed by Masaru Matsumoto and written by Naohiro Fukushima, was released on YouTube on October 10, 2021 and aired on Adult Swim the following day. A fifth short film, titled Samurai and Shogun Part 2 and featuring the return of Samurai & Shogun's Kaichi Sato as writer and director, was released on YouTube on November 12, 2021 as part of the 2021 Adult Swim Festival.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Online viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "Samurai & Shogun" | Kaichi Sato | Kaichi Sato | March 29, 2020 | 14.67[64] | |
"Samurai" Rick WTM-72 (Yōhei Tadano) protects the young Shogun Morty (Keisuke Chiba) after having kidnapped him from the company of a group of Ninja Ricks. | ||||||
2 | "Rick and Morty vs. Genocider" | Takashi Sano | Takashi Sano | July 26, 2020 | 8.73[65] | |
After being questioned as to the whereabouts of Rick C-137 after the disappearance of his own Rick, a Morty is tasked by the Council of the Citadel, overseen by a spectacled President Morty, to travel to Japan and stop "The Genocider" from attacking Ricks and Mortys in an attempt to find Rick C-137 to prevent them from joining forces. After arriving in Japan, Morty activates an inflatable beeper given to him by his Rick which leads him to an old apartment of his in Tokyo. Upon meeting Rick C-137, who shoots a second deformed Rick he derides as a clone, Morty is instructed by Rick C-137 to drink a blue potion after he (Rick) is gone, which will make him Urashima Tarō (subtitled as Rip Van Winkle). After trapping Morty in a bubble and bidding him farewell, laughingly addressing him as "Rick Sanchez", Rick is pulled into the sky towards the ship of the Genocider, and then surrounded by various Ricks of the Citadel. Mocking them for having fallen for his trap, Rick activates several anime boosted power-ups, becoming "Super Rick" to avoid their gunfire, tricking them into firing their supergravity cannons into the Genocider, setting off a gravity explosion which destroys the ship, the city, and Rick himself. After the eyepatch-wearing Rick of the Genocider dies, a small robotic device President Morty had been holding—a similar device to the one he has used to control "Evil Rick" in "Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind"—stops beeping, inferring he was controlling the Genocider in addition to the Citadel. After being informed that Rick C-137 could not have survived the explosion, President Morty asks his subordinates to erect memorials for the fallen Ricks and walks out into the hallway alone to crush the device underfoot. After recalling a conversation between himself and Rick C-137 about their timeline, he turns around, looking somberly into the distance. As the explosion spreads, the Morty trapped in the bubble, having consumed the potion—consisting of Rick's memories and the excretions of the alien parasites from "Total Rickall"—transforms into Rick C-137, the potion having allowed Rick to take over his body. Accidentally activating his old answering machine, Rick discovers an old voicemail from Jerry several years prior informing him of Morty's birth and asking him to visit his daughter. | ||||||
3 | "Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil)" | Takashi Sano | Takashi Sano | August 2, 2021 | 1.54[66] | |
4 | "The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara" | Masaru Matsumoto | Naohiro Fukushima | October 10, 2021 | 1.28[67] | |
5 | "Samurai and Shogun Part 2" | Kaichi Sato | Kaichi Sato | November 12, 2021 | 0.01[68] |
Webisodes
The Non-Canonical Adventures (2016–2021)
On October 26, 2016, Adult Swim began releasing a web series of claymation shorts, Rick and Morty: The Non-Canonical Adventures. Written and directed by Lee Hardcastle, the shorts follow Rick and Morty characters into parodies of scenes from various science-fiction and horror films. The title of each short is the same as that of the film the short is parodying,[69] and each episode ends with the Adult Swim logo [as] integrated in the scene. On November 1, 2019, Hardcastle released a video compiling all the shorts, while also releasing the last ten previously unreleased shorts.[70] Additional shorts were later released in 2021.
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No. | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | "The Thing"[71] | October 26, 2016 | |
Parodying the 1982 film of the same name, the Smith family, with the exception of Rick, is tied up, with Rick holding a flame thrower. There are four vials on the table containing blood of each member of the family. Rick begins to test everyone's blood with a heated piece of copper wire, starting with Jerry whose blood flees from the hot wire. | |||
2 | "The Fly"[72] | October 26, 2016 | |
Parodying the 1986 film of the same name, Rick turns on an unknown portal and informs Morty that they will be the "ultimate family". His face then falls off revealing a head resembling that of a fly. Morty screams "No!" as the episode ends. | |||
3 | "Honey I Shrunk the Kids"[73] | October 26, 2016 | |
Parodying the 1989 film of the same name, a shrunken Morty has fallen into a bowl of milk and cereal. Morty screams at Rick, who is planning to eat the cereal, to not eat. However, Rick doesn't hear Morty, unintentionally eating him while talking to Snuffles, their dog. | |||
4 | "Ex Machina"[74] | October 27, 2016 | |
Parodying the 2015 film of the same name, Morty inquires as to Rick's location with Jessica. "Drunk Rick" shows up from behind him, and says that although he is wasting his time talking to her, he wouldn't be wasting his time dancing with her. Rick proceeds to turn on music and lights, and begins dancing with Jessica as Morty watches them. In this episode, Morty Smith replaces Caleb Smith, Rick Sanchez replaces Nathan Bateman and Jessica replaces Kyoko. | |||
5 | "Halloween"[75] | November 3, 2016 | |
Parodying the 1978 film of the same name, Morty is hiding in a closet from an unspecified assailant. The person begins making a hole in one of the doors of the closet. When the hole is big enough, the person sticks their head inside, revealing a person wearing a mask of Rick Sanchez. The episode adapts a scene from Halloween wherein Laurie Strode is attacked in identical circumstances by Michael Meyers wearing a painted mask of James T. Kirk. | |||
6 | "2001: A Space Odyssey"[76] | July 8, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1968 film of the same name, Morty is seen in a space shuttle wearing a space suit. He asks Rick to open the shuttle door. Rick instead says that he can't do that; after Morty asks him as to the problem Rick replies that their conversation can serve no purpose and proceeds to say "Goodbye" to Morty in multiple languages. | |||
7 | "Blade Runner"[77] | July 11, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1982 film of the same name, Rick attacks Morty and pushes him to a pillar. He grabs him and prepares to kill him, but is suddenly shot in the head. Morty looks at the person who shot Rick to find it to be Jessica. As Morty looks at Jessica, the neon sign to the left lights up, revealing the Adult Swim logo. In this short, adapting a scene from Blade Runner, Morty Smith takes the place of Rick Deckard, Rick Sanchez takes the place of Leon Kowalski and Jessica takes the place of Rachael. | |||
8 | "Poltergeist"[78] | July 11, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1982 film of the same name, Morty suddenly spots a "Clown Rick" at his door, while lying in his bed. Trying to sleep, but hearing honking, he looks to where Rick was to find him gone. Rick suddenly shows up by his side, grabs Morty and drags him under his bed, laughing hysterically. The episode adapts a scene from Poltergeist when Robbie is attacked in his bedroom by a clown doll. | |||
9 | "Re-Animator"[79] | July 11, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1985 film of the same name, Rick has Morty's severed head on a table. Connecting it to machinery, he manages to wake him up and attempts to talk with him. Morty, realizing his predicament, angrily yells "You bastard!" and, controlling his body, approaches Rick from behind and knocks him out. | |||
10 | "Aliens"[80] | July 11, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1986 film of the same name, Morty is about to be attacked by a xenomorph queen. Jerry, robotic in nature as well as legless, is seen to be in agony nearby. Suddenly, the door of the elevator opens, revealing a drunk Rick in a power loader, determined to take on the queen; he instead passes out and falls over, crushing the legless robotic Jerry. The episode parodies the climax of Aliens, with Rick Sanchez taking the role of Ellen Ripley, Morty taking the role of Newt, and Jerry taking the role of Bishop. The Rick and Morty franchise has had multiple canonical connections to the Alien franchise: Rick mentions facehuggers in the episode "Auto Erotic Assimilation", later encountering one with Morty upon travelling to the dimension in which the Alien films are set in Alien: Covenant - Rick and Morty. | |||
11 | "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"[81] | July 11, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1982 film of the same name, E.T. Rick takes cans of beer from Fridge and drinks them. At the same time, Morty, telepathically connected to E.T. Rick, is seen in a classroom being affected by the alcohol that Rick consumes. Upon trying to leave the Kitchen, E.T. Rick passes out; at the same time Morty vomits upon his desk. | |||
12 | "Gremlins"[82] | July 11, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1984 film of the same name, an incredibly injured Morty is seen sitting beside Gizmo on a Couch. Rick shows up and places money on the couch, holding up a cage intended for Gizmo as Morty accepts the money. The episode parodies the conclusion of Gremlins, with Rick taking place of Mr. Wing and Morty taking place of Billy. | |||
13 | "A Clockwork Orange"[83] | July 27, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1971 film of the same name, Rick is drinking with Birdperson, Mr. Meeseeks and Mr. Poopybutthole, surrounded by furniture and statues of Morty. | |||
14 | "Body Snatchers"[84] | July 27, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Rick is seen fixing a television as Morty enters the room. A picture of Mr. Poopybutthole is on the wall behind him. Looking at each other, Rick points to Morty and starts emitting a piercing scream, shocking Morty. The screen turns to black then white as the Adult Swim logo hatches from a nearby pod. | |||
15 | "The Matrix"[85] | July 28, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1999 film of the same name, Morty is on a roof of a building when Rick shows up in front of him. Rick pulls out a weapon and begins to shoot at Morty. Morty successfully avoids most of the bullets in slow-motion until one of them enters Morty's head through his sunglasses, causing Morty to fall off of the roof as it begins to rain. In this episode, a parody of a scene from The Matrix, Morty takes the place of Neo while Rick takes the place of Agent Smith. | |||
16 | "Ghostbusters"[86] | July 30, 2017 | |
Parodying the 1984 film of the same name, Morty, employed as a Ghostbuster, walks through a hotel corridor and spots a ghost of Rick, who glides quickly towards him. Morty hides his face behind hands as Rick slimes him. Morty takes the place of Peter Venkman in this parody while Rick takes the place of Slimer. | |||
17 | "Beetlejuice" | November 1, 2019 | |
18 | "The Blair Witch Project" | November 1, 2019 | |
19 | "Evil Dead 2" | November 1, 2019 | |
20 | "Hellraiser" | November 1, 2019 | |
21 | "Home Alone" | November 1, 2019 | |
22 | "Jaws" | November 1, 2019 | |
23 | "Predator" | November 1, 2019 | |
24 | "Reservoir Dogs" | November 1, 2019 | |
25 | "Terminator 2" | November 1, 2019 | |
26 | "Videodrome" | November 1, 2019 | |
27 | "Pulp Fiction" | 2021 | |
28 | "Godzilla vs Kong" | 2021 | |
29 | "Hostel" | 2021 | |
30 | "Hobo with a Shotgun" | 2021 | |
31 | "Hereditary" | 2021 | |
32 | "My Neighbour Totoro" | 2021 | |
33 | "Stand by Me" | 2021 | |
34 | "Soylent Green" | 2021 | |
35 | "Tremors" | 2021 | |
36 | "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" | 2021 |
Bushworld Adventures (2018)
An eleven-minute episode titled "Bushworld Adventures" aired unannounced on Adult Swim on April 1, 2018, one year after the surprise premiere of the third season of Rick and Morty, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' prank. Written, directed and produced by Australian animator and YouTube personality Michael Cusack, the episode features a different animation and art style than usual, and is heavily themed around Australian humor.[87]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "Bushworld Adventures" | Michael Cusack | Michael Cusack | April 1, 2018 | 1.29[88] | |
Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine (2021)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine" | Unknown | Unknown | April 30, 2021 | N/A |
Animatic scene
In August 2016, Adult Swim posted an "animatic"[89] scene entitled State of Georgia Vs. Denver Fenton Allen on YouTube.[90] This consisted of the voices of Rick and Morty reenacting[91] a transcript of a real-life court case of the same name. The visual animation consisted of only basic, black-and-white sketches. In October 2016, a fan-made fully-animated production version of the scene was released on YouTube,[92] with the title Judge Morty: State of Georgia Vs. Rick Allen. It was later blocked by Turner on copyright grounds, but reuploads exist elsewhere.[93][irrelevant citation]
Notes
- ^ The third season of Rick and Morty premiered unannounced on April 1, 2017. The remaining episodes began airing weekly on July 30, 2017.[2]
- ^ This episode premiered unannounced and re-ran for four hours straight with improving ratings. This is the viewership of only the first broadcast of the episode.[28]
- ^ An alternate title used for this episode is "Tales from the Citadel".[34]
- ^ This episode was accidentally released on Amazon Prime Video in Canada on July 13, 2021, before being removed.[55]
- ^ The viewership statistics in the graph and table are sourced from the citations in the season-specific tables above.
- ^ Broadcast night of March 28th.
- ^ Broadcast night of July 25th.
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