- Here's what all of Rick's new cybernetic enhancements
mean for Rick and Morty.
Now we're halfway through season three of Rick and Morty
and we didn't fully realize until now that Rick's
science experiments aren't limited to changing the fabric
of time and space, he's also made some pretty major changes
to his own body and no, we're not even talking
about the complete cellular change that he went through
to become Pickle Rick!
- I'm Pickle Rick!
- You'd think that'd get old, but it doesn't.
But exactly how much of Rick has been replaced
with cybernetic parts and for what purposes?
Well we do get a hint of this in last week's Vindicators
episode when we find out that his epidermis
is laced with a nanofiber defense mesh
that activates to protect him, but we got full confirmation
this week during the Whirly Dirly Conspiracy
when Rick goes through an alien TSA checkpoint and we can
see from the resulting body scan that there's a lot more
to Rick's cybernetics than we even thought.
So let's start from the top.
Rick has a brain implant and a left eye
replacement or upgrade.
Now in the Vindicators episode, Rick makes a big production
of preparing eye drops before he starts on his adventure
with the super team, squeezing some type of biochemical
salve into each eye and then saying,
"Hey, I can't help it if I can't see."
So we think his natural eyes are still in place
and that the left eye detail we're seeing in the scanner
is not a full-on replacement, it's most likely the lens
we see Rick activate in tandem with his arm gun
is episode five, and it's possible we'll get to see
even more of what that eye can do later on this season.
But notice that of the cybernetic enhancements
picked up by the scanner, the brain and eye implants
are not marked with text on the alien
Homeland Security computer screen.
This could be because the brain and eye modifications
are not class C or above, perhaps they're just standard
enhancements intergalactic citizens make to their bodies
to improve simple functions, so they would show up
on a scanner but not be a cause for major alarm.
But let's get back to those class C enhancements,
now Rick's heart looks like a mini engine
with the yellow section possibly highlighting
some kind of chamber or high-powered reactive material.
Who knows what complicated heart setup Rick's got going on
but whatever the details, Rick's heart lit up those
alien security dude's sensors as a maximum threat.
Would we be reading into it too much to see this
as a tongue-in-cheek reference to Rick's constant need
to hide his feelings
behind his tough mad scientist exterior?
Probably yes.
- Okay, getting darker.
- And here's another major enhancement,
all of Rick's arms and leg bones have been replaced.
Now this could be how he is able to attach specialized
weaponry like his arm gun to his frame.
Now the bone replacements could be a strong metal
infrastructure that can securely hold any other detachables
that Rick wants to add, and notice how nothing at all
shows up on the scanner for his liver,
so that is still au naturel.
Funny that Rick wouldn't bother installing some type
of mechanical detoxification system to lighten the load
but then he does have the hardest-working liver
in the galaxy so we guess it does the job just fine
on its own, for now at least.
So when did Rick make all of these cybernetic enhancements?
Well it's possible he inherited them in episode one
of this season, remember how he mind-swapped a bunch
of times to break himself out of galactic prison.
That means Rick's current body is not his original one
from dimension C-137.
In fact, he made sure to swap into a Rick with higher
clearance and ended up in the body of a high-ranking
council member within the Citadel of Ricks.
But whether these cybernetic augmentations
came from a body swap or if Rick made them himself
sometime between the last few episodes,
some fans are worried having this type of power might make
it too easy for him to get out of intergalactic scrapes.
What could possibly be a big enough threat
to a Rick who can always pull a deus ex machina-type
save with his bodily enhancements?
But we have heard previously from Harmon and Roiland
that this season was delayed partly because they were trying
to make it all work, so we're thinking they took that time
to find ways not to let cyber-Rick's abilities
be a constant get-out-of-jail-free card.
What do you folks think?
Is Rick more machine now than man, twisted and evil?
And is Noob-Noob Mr. Poopy Butthole in disguise?
- Goddamn! - Thanks Noob-Noob.
- Let's discuss.
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