McDonald's is apologizing for not stocking up on Szechuan sauce and
causing Rick & Morty fans to riot across the country. But what's the big
deal about a bunch of sauce? Welcome back to What's Trending, I'm Shira Lazar.
Please LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE for some of the biggest stories on social
media. For those of you who don't know, Rick & Morty has a very rabid fanbase.
The Adult Swim sci-fi comedy follows the super intelligent Rick Sanchez and his
grandson Morty Smith as they travel through space, time, and dimension and go
on adventures. On April Fool's Day this year, Adult Swim surprised Rick & Morty
fans with an early season 3 premiere, and everyone was freaking out... as you can
imagine! What a great April Fool's Day and it wasn't even a fools... it was, like,
awesome news...wasn't a joke! In the episode, Rick tricks the Galactic
Federation into taking him back into his memories so we can taste a limited-
edition McNuggets sauce that was promoting Disney's "Mulan."
I know you're thinking. This is
totally paid! Well, it wasn't. It was just a weird random reference... that's what
makes the show awesome. And for the rest of the season,
they never mentioned the Szechuan sauce again. However, that one joke kept going
on behind the scenes. In July, series creator Justin Roiland received a
special package from McDonald's containing a large jug of Szechuan sauce,
along with a letter reading, "A few lucky fans will also get to experience the
glory, but the first bottle in this dimension is for you." So, McDonald's is
just jumping on their fanbase like this? Like, obviously taking advantage of the
popularity here... I see! Smart marketing. Just jump on board and the rest is
history. Ey, McDonalds? Ey? I see what you're doing... So,
McDonald teased the return of the Szechuan sauce, but they made a very bad
calculation. According to reports, McDonald's only had
20 packets of Szechuan sauce per location. I mean, I'd get more Szechuan
sauce when I'm hosting a dinner party! Get your sh*t together, McDonald's! And
fans across the country waited in line the night before to get a taste of it, or
probably just to collect it, and then store it or sell it somewhere like
on eBay. And the sauce shortage led to scenes like this across the country.
Roland Miller writes, "They didn't get the sauce at UPenn, but I enjoyed a police
speaker saying 'Return to your homes. They do not have the sauce.'" Kayla tweets, "I
waited all week yesterday for that damn sauce for my love of Rick & Morty, and,
of course, McDonald's cheap-ass only have 20 packets. SMDH." Michael asks, "Did
McDonald's honestly think each town only had 20 Rick & Morty fans that may want
Szechuan sauce? Have they never been on the Internet? Execs out of touch with
fans? Nah. Come on! And some of the lucky fans who did get their hands on sauce,
took them straight to eBay. Those aren't fans, those are capitalistic
vultures! How dare you? Keith Lee shares a screenshot of a packet of the sauce on
eBay, with a bid of $51. And if you think that's too much for sauce, try
$15,000! Deadmau5 reportedly purchased another giant bottle of the Szechuan
sauce for $15,000 on eBay back in August and gave it out during one of his
concerts. What do you mean, like give it out? Like threw it and sprayed it on everyone?
That's pretty sexy. I mean, there's got to be someone that's into some sort of
sexual fantasy about like Szechuan sauce being poured on their body (clothed
or otherwise)... Or... now there is. You're welcome. When fans
complained online and IRL, McDonald's came back at them saying we will give you
more sauce, we promise. McDonald's tweeted a statement promising a large rollout of
Szechuan sauce coming up this winter. Make us wait? How dare you? What am I
supposed to do in the meantime? Just by regular Szechuan sauce? That's f*cking boring. The
creator, Justin Roiland responded on Twitter saying, "FYI: We had nothing to do
with this McDonald's stuff. Not happy with how this was handled. Please be cool to
the employees. It's not their fault." That's all you got to say? Not like we
deserve a bit of that money? Justin, come on! Don't just be a creative here, be a
business person. You guys should be getting in on this action! It's also
worth reminding everyone here, that it's just teriyaki sauce. It's tasty, but it's,
it's teriyaki sauce. You can buy it at your local store...
Sam Thorne jokes, "As a true Rick & Morty intellectual, I just make my own Szechuan
sauce." Yeah, people like to tease Rick & Morty fans for being dumb, smart guys.
Right, Adam? Indubitably. Jeremy Mongo jokes, "Rick & Morty, the
smart show for geniuses, is inspiring people to fight outside of McDonald's
for special chicken dipping sauce." Now we know what will go down when the
apocalypse happens... Ally writes, "This Szechuan sauce and the fandom is making
me actively dislike Rick & Morty." So, why are people obsessed with the sauce,
and what do you think about the great sauce shortage? Let us know in the
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