- "Rick and Morty" season four
episode titles have been revealed,
and we're breaking them down.
It's been about two full years
since the last "Rick and Morty" season aired,
and with the knowledge that Adult Swim
ordered 70 more episodes of the series,
you could say that fans are ready,
ready for more adventures forever,
ready for 100 years more of "Rick and Morty"
just like Rick said in the pilot episode.
- "Rick and Morty" forever and forever,
100 years, "Rick and Morty", some things.
- And now ahead of its November 10th release,
Adult Swim revealed the titles
for the first five episodes of season four,
but with this being "Rick and Morty",
they couldn't resist poking fun
at Netflix's "Stranger Things"
and their take on announcement videos.
Now it is worth noting that
the folks behind "Rick and Morty" claimed
that these episode titles don't really tell you much.
However, one only need look
at the titles of episodes from the past
to know this is probably bull (beep).
Very often, these titles tie into that episode's plot
like "The Wedding Squanchers", "Look Who's Purging Now",
"Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender", "Anatomy Park",
and the little known, often-forgotten episode
where Rick turns himself into a pickle, Pickle Rick.
- I'm Pickle Rick.
- Oh, I'm sorry, was that a thing?
In all seriousness, there are some hints and tidbits
from the announcement and the trailer
that give us enough runway to make some educated guesses
about what these first five episodes
of season four could be about.
However, we do have a caveat.
With the frenetic nature of "Rick and Morty",
all of the footage from the trailer
could literally all be from the first episode
of the new season.
So we could be really, really off-base with all of this,
but like Kyle Hill, we're just gonna assume we were right
until we aren't because Nerdist.
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So let's get started with the first episode title:
"Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat."
This is an obvious reference
to the Tom Cruise film "Edge of Tomorrow"
which, due to some spectacularly bad marketing,
became known by its much better tagline: live, die, repeat.
Since that film and the manga it was based on
is sort of a sci-fi version of "Groundhog Day"
with a person living the same day over and over,
we can expect some sort of play
on the repetitious nature of dying over and over again
while trying to complete a task.
The obvious choice is some sort of time travel,
but we think that might not be what's going on here.
"Rick and Morty" creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon
are notoriously resistant to do time travel stories.
They have literally left time travel stuff on the shelf.
So how else could this work?
Well Rick and Morty are certainly no stranger to death,
across all universes, in fact.
Will this episode focus on one version of them dying
and being remade to relive the same event?
Or could Ricks and Mortys from across the multiverse
be facing the same crisis?
Either would work for us.
The second name reveal is "The Old Man and the Seat."
Of course, referencing Ernest Hemingway's
"The Old Man and the Sea."
We think this episode has the most
direct evidence in the trailer.
When Morty is climbing the rock face,
Rick says that he's the guy who only has one hover chair.
We can see this as an episode
where Morty wants to go on some grand adventure,
but Rick in all his Rickness
wants to be as lazy as possible,
choosing to do everything from his hover chair.
Could this be the episode that Morty
gets the final stamp on the Morty Adventure Stamp Card?
It seems likely.
Next up is "One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty"
which references Ken Kasey's seminal novel
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
We bet you thought we were only going to reference the film.
Nope, we're book nerds too.
Awh.
We have to admit there truly is not much in this title,
but obviously the word crew is the key here.
Will this episode take place
in the framing device of a psychiatric hospital?
Could this be the episode where Rick
is forced to use magic instead of technology?
Or could the crew be Morty and the alien app creator
voiced by Taika Waititi?
We're not sure, but we're leaning towards
the psychiatric mind game aspect dealing with magic.
- You know what, you're right.
I could get used to this magic stuff.
- The next episode is "Claw and Hoarder:
Special Ricktim's Morty."
This, of course, is a play on "Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit" from executive produce Dick Wolf.
Outside of a courtroom drama,
there's not much to go on with this,
and we could see an equal chance
of this being either the magic episode
or the app creation episode.
However, if we had to wager, we think this is where
Professor Mr. Poopybutthole might drop by.
- Owee.
- And the final of the five episodes
is "Rattlestar Ricklactica",
an obvious nod to "Battlestar Galactica."
we think this episode will include
the stuff we've seen in space in the trailer
like when Rick tells his lab coat to rip off Dr. Strange
or when Morty accidentally shoots Gearhead in the face,
I'm sorry, Revolio Clockberg Jr. in the face,
which, if so, means this is also where we will
probably see all of the Mr. Meeseeks
running rampant on the ground.
Whether this episode features
a full-fledged space battle like "Battlestar Galactica",
well that remains to be seen.
Of course, even though Adult Swim
joked on their Instagram post,
is there anything more exciting than episode titles,
we have to admit it's definitely got us wondering
what is in store for season four
when it drops on November 10th.
But what do you folks think?
Which episode title is your favorite?
What do you wanna see in season for?
And who is your favorite side character:
Professor Mr. Poopybutthole, Mr. Meeseeks, or Gearhead?
I'm sorry again, Revolio Clock Clockberg Jr.
Let's discuss.
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