Rick Sanchez — Rick and Morty

It's implied that out of all of the aforementioned, he's autistic, as he seemingly confirmed in "The Rickchurian Mortydate" when he asked if Minecraft was popular with autistic people due to him enjoying it. Substance Abuse

Vlcsnap-2015-01-31-02h46m26s111 Rick, very drunk, tries to set off a neutrino bomb to "get a fresh start". Originally, Rick's consumption of alcohol is presented more from a comedic viewpoint throughout the series' run, but in the Season 1 finale "Ricksy Business", Bird Person claims that Rick is in "great pain" (citing his catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!" as meaning "I am in great pain. Please help me." in Bird Person's language), and that he uses drugs and alcohol to numb himself. This is most likely due to his genius intelligence, nihilism, and the traumatizing effect that his continuous adventures may have on him, in the past and present (in "Rick Potion No. 9", Rick explains that the best method on how to deal with horrible events and outcomes is to "not think about it"). In "Rickmurai Jack", it is shown that Rick began drinking copious amounts of alcohol to deal with the death of his wife and daughter as well as his failure to enact revenge upon their killer. His substance abuse sparks up again in Rickfending Your Mort after the events of Unmortricken. Criminal Record

The road your father and I walked together is soaked deeply with the blood of both friends and enemies. We have committed numerous atrocities in the name of freedom. BIRDPERSON

Throughout his numerous adventures with Morty, Rick has been shown to be ready and willing to disregard rules, laws and social norms if it is necessary to complete a task or escape a dangerous situation. Season one has Rick resorting to assault, battery, vandalism, smuggling, corruption of a minor, home invasion, reckless endangerment, terrorist threats, indecent exposure and even murder and arson in order to get the job done. The most common crimes committed are driving (or flying, in Rick's case) under the influence, drug abuse, and public intoxication. In "The Wedding Squanchers," Rick is arrested by the Galactic Federation. His full criminal record is displayed on a monitor. Although in an alien language and unreadable, it is shown to be quite long. After he is placed under maximum security, another prisoner asks him "What are you in for?", to which Rick responds simply with "Everything". In "Mort Dinner Rick Andre", Rick is arrested by the police, though they were under the control of Mr. Nimbus. Assault: In the pilot episode, Rick slaps a Smumpian in the face while fleeing from airport security, causing the Smumpian to cry. Rick also started beating up a member of the Galactic Federation in the episode "A Rickle in Time." Furthermore, in "Wet Kuat Amortican Summer," Rick has assaulted various others to gather information about Summer's whereabouts. Bioterrorism: In the episode "Rick Potion #9," Rick made a dysfunctional love potion that spread a flu-like virus to everyone in the world, which he tried to fix by making another virus including praying mantis DNA that caused them to rip apart and mutate into giant praying mantis monsters. He attempted to fix this, by using another potion, but this only made them mutate again, cronenberging the entire world. He couldn't fix the mutations in the end, and just left the dimension with Morty, leaving all of the mutated humans behind. Breaking and Entering (Burglary): In the episode "Lawnmower Dog," Rick and Morty snuck into Mr. Goldenfold's house while he was sleeping with the intent to brainwash him into giving Morty an A in math by invading Mr. Goldenfold's his dreams and incepting the idea. Cable Piracy: In the episodes "Rixty Minutes" and "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate," Rick used an interdimensional cable box to stream an infinite amount of TV channels to his own television and the intergalactic hospital television. Cannibalism: Whilst in a post-apocalyptic version of Earth Rick is offered human flesh to eat by a post-apocalypse survivor. In an effort to dodge Morty's line of questioning he eats the meat. He later begins feeding the Smith family spaghetti made from the insides of dead humans from another dimension. Child Abuse/Child Endangerment: In most episodes of the series, Rick takes Morty along with him on all of his adventures, sometimes against his will. He often endangers his life as well as leaving him traumatized and mentally scarred by exposing him to scary and horrible things, such as watching himself get killed and having to bury his own body or being forced to kill clones of his family. Morty is also the victim of lots of physical damage such as breaking his legs in three places. In the episode "Total Rickall", Rick was even seen pushing Morty down a stairwell, simply as a practical joke, in a flashback montage, along with other ways Rick has mistreated him. Corpse Mutilation: In "Pickle Rick", he ripped apart the bodies of multiple rats and cockroaches and reassembled them into a suit. Driving Under Influence: Rick is drunk throughout the majority of most episodes of Rick and Morty and he's seen driving the space cruiser while he's drunk. Most notably in the Pilot episode, when Rick was visibly intoxicated while he flew the space cruiser with Morty and it almost led to him destroying the world. Felony Murder: Through the course of their adventures, many people have died as a direct or indirect result of Rick's actions. These deaths were usually during the commission of various other serious crimes he was committing, including felony evasion, smuggling, fraud, etc. Rick has also induced Morty to kill people for him, such as making him shoot the security guards to aid their escape in the Pilot episode. Genocide: In the episode "The Ricks Must Be Crazy," in order to keep the inhabitants of the microverse producing power for his spaceship, Rick smashes the container of the Miniverse. This causes the Miniverse, and the Teenyverse (a miniature universe within the Miniverse), and its two races of inhabitants to be wiped from existence. Grave robbing / Desecration: In "One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty," Rick takes Morty on an 'epic adventure' to rob the tomb of an alien. He later desecrates the grave of Benjamin Franklin in "Rickfending Your Mort." Human Cloning: In the episode "Big Trouble In Little Sanchez," it was revealed that Rick had been cloning and growing other versions of himself in vats in his bunker under the Smith Family garage. Although it remains unclear where cloning fits into Intergalactic law, it is at least illegal on Earth. It is also revealed that he cloned Beth in "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri." In "Rickmurai Jack" it is revealed he is aware of — and possibly involved with — the mass cloning of Mortys at the Citadel to serve as sidekicks to Ricks. Illegal Arms Dealing: In the episode "Mortynight Run," it was revealed that Rick has been selling weapons to a hitman for a long time, possibly also hiring him to kill various living beings. During a flashback in "Rickmurai Jack," a younger Rick sold large shipments of weapons to aliens in exchange for technology. Impersonation: When Rick's concoctions in the episode "Rick Potion #9" mutated everyone on the planet not biologically related to Morty, the two traveled to a new dimension whose versions of them had just died in an explosion seconds before their arrival, and assumed their places as if nothing had happened. The corpses are currently still buried in the Smith's backyard. In "The Rickshank Rickdemption," he took control over the minds of many Gromflomites and members of SEAL Team Ricks and pretended to be them. Kidnapping and False Imprisonment: In the episode "Auto Erotic Assimilation," it was revealed that Rick had kidnapped an alien and kept it imprisoned in the basement against its own will for an amount of time, so that he could perform multiple tests on him. Murder: Outside of all of the hostile aliens he's killed, Rick has killed multiple innocent beings too. In the episode "Big Trouble In Little Sanchez," he ran around with an axe and killed several living versions of himself at different ages, including a baby, a young child, a young adult, and a full adult (although this could also fall under suicide, since they were his own clones). In the episode "The Wedding Squanchers," he killed a few more members of the Galactic Federation. In "Look Who's Purging Now," Rick and Morty partake in the Purge, and Rick kills a large number of government officials, although this was in a successful effort to remove the Purge. He also beat Rick Prime to death in "Unmortricken," and Evil Morty describing it as "not exactly an alive amount of blood" confirms this. Public Intoxication: Rick is consistently drunk throughout the series which results in multiple disasters. Prison Escape: In "The Rickshank Rickdemption", Rick broke out of the Galactic Federation Prison, killed many of the guards, and finally, blew the entire place up, which in turn, must have freed any other prisoners, assuming any survived the explosion. Slavery: In "The Ricks Must Be Crazy," it was revealed that Rick's spaceship battery was powered through a microverse, containing a whole planet of people forced to generate his power (originally through deception, later through fear of destruction). Smuggling: In the Pilot episode, Rick attempted to smuggle Mega Seeds past Intergalactic Customs security, by having Morty shove them up his butt to avoid the scanner detecting them. However, when the security guard told them they have a new machine that would detect things up there, Rick grabbed Morty and took off running from them. Terrorism: At the end of "The Ricks Must Be Crazy," the inhabitants of the microverse are forced to step on gooble-boxes to power Rick's spaceship for fear of their planet being destroyed (see above: Slavery). However it was only the scientist alien who knew of the perilous position of their universe, the majority of the microverse inhabitants simply believe themselves to be producing power for themselves, i.e. Ricks original lie to them. A better example of acts of terrorism would be in his prison escape and the prison's subsequent explosion, or when he and Morty "did a pearl harbor". Time Manipulation: In the episode "A Rickle in Time," Rick froze time for the equivalent of six months which caused time to start splitting and dividing multiple times, to the point where a Fourth Dimensional Being from the Galactic Federation came and tried to arrest him and his grandkids, also revealing that Rick may have done this before. Torture/Cruelty to Animals: In the episode "Pickle Rick," he killed rats inhumanely. Treason/Rebellion: Prior to the start of the series, Rick was part of an organization that attempted to overthrow and destroy the Galactic Federation, along with his old comrades Squanchy and Birdperson. Vandalism/Arson: Rick destroyed multiple things in Intergalactic Customs in the Pilot episode. In the episode "Something Ricked This Way Comes," Rick had a store and soon got bored of it, so he doused it with gasoline and lit it on fire while people were still in it. Abilities

Megagenius-level intellect: Rick is a self-proclaimed megagenius[44] and is the smartest man alive in any universe within the Central Finite Curve. This Rick was also the only Rick, aside from Rick Prime, to independently invent interdimensional portal travel. Rick's intelligence has essentially allowed him to ascend to being a god-like being through the use of his inventions and his ability to outwit many of his opponents. His mind is also incredibly resistant to any kind of simulated reality. He was able to hijack a Galactic Federation Series 9000 Brainalyzer[30] and also escape a Matrix of his own design within mere hours using only his intellect.[49] Rick was also confident that he could bring Memory Rick, a sentient representation of himself, to life. He constructed Bunker dimension, an entire world consisting of weapons to combat Evil Morty with Summer suspecting that he created the inhabitants there too. Craftsmanship: Rick is shown to be able to get himself out of many predicaments using only the resources around him. When he was trapped in the Teenyverse, he successfully built primitive technology using only basic resources such as wood. He later worked together with Zeep to build a device that allowed them to escape the Teenyverse into the Microverse using only the surroundings of a prehistoric world[50]. Immortality: Rick is almost immortal thanks to several of his inventions. His cybernetic-enhanced body is far more durable than the average human and is able to block what would otherwise be fatal damage[51]. He also has several contingencies prepared in the event of his death. His consciousness will either be transferred into a clone body or manifest as a hologram with pre-programmed instructions on how to resurrect him following a fatal incident.[32] When exposed to Space Beth's aging machine, he was aged beyond the human life span and was centuries old, with his cybernetics being aged and protruding out of his body. Cybernetic enhancements: Most of Rick's body has been upgraded with technology, which houses weapons[52], tools[53] and medical aid[47]. When Rick was stopped by security before a spaceflight to Earth, it was noted his augmentations are far above "Class C", implying they were incredibly dangerous. Rick's cybernetic body apparently takes a lot of mental fortitude to be able to control, as when Jerry entered his mind, his inexperience with Rick's cyborg body resulted in him accidentally killing himself.[54] Interdimensional travel: Rick has the ability to travel to other dimensions with his Portal Gun. This technology is far beyond most other technology in the universe and several factions have attempted to discover it for themselves[28]. Not only does it give Rick the power to travel anywhere at any given moment, but it also allows him to escape a dimension should any devastating event befall it.[55] Master combatant: Rick has demonstrated a level of fighting competence that far exceeds many of his foes. He is shown to be highly skilled at fighting with his mere fists[56], but has also shown to be very capable with almost any weapon, including those stored within his cybernetic body.[40] Notably, his combat skills are far more capable than any other Ricks aside from Rick Prime, as he was able to beat countless other Ricks into submission until they yielded and founded the Citadel of Ricks under his supervision.[27] Master tactician: Going hand-in-hand with his superior intellect, Rick is able to plan ahead for potential fights and battles to ensure he comes out on top.[57][58] He successfully led his family into victory over Evil Morty by instructing them to attack him when his weaponry was delayed by time and forced the latter into using a time stopping device, inadvertently walking into Rick's trap after he notified the time police. Manipulation: Rick is incredibly manipulative, often lying to people, including his own family, for his own benefit.[28] Whilst this can sometimes catch up to Rick, his deceit eventually assists him one way or another.[59] Diplomacy: Despite his often hostile nature, Rick is also shown to be extremely diplomatic. He was able to broker a peace treaty between Israel and Palestine as well as negotiating a peace deal with a microscopic culture and the United States of America.[29] By extension, Rick's ship was programmed by him to be able to negotiate a peace deal between the US government and giant telepathic spiders in one universe.[56] Lyricism: Rick is able to effectively freestyle songs. He once used this to save the Earth by win an intergalactic music competition[26] as well as save Morty from embarrassment inside the Fear Hole.[60] It is worth noting the latter incident was performed by a copy of Rick created within the memory hole, although since it was able to mimic his entire being, this still demonstrates the capabilities of the real Rick. Fourth-wall awareness: Rick has shown many times throughout the series that he is aware of Rick and Morty being a television series. Other characters have also made off-hand references to the show, but Rick is the only one to directly address the audience on multiple occasions. Weaknesses

Despite his god-like nature, Rick has several prominent weaknesses that often hinder him and cause conflict between him and his loved ones. Mental health: Rick is shown to be incredibly depressed due to the loss of his original wife and daughter. This often leads to self-destructive behaviour including many suicide attempts.[61] Whilst Rick is able to cure several inflictions and jump into different bodies, his depression appears chronic and continues to affect him well into the series. His main catchphrase, "Wubba Lubba dub dub" is also said to be a cry for help by Birdperson.[62] Abusive tendencies: Rick is shown to be abusive towards his friends and family, especially Morty. This has frequently resulted in Rick's loved ones distancing themselves from him[63] or even expressing a desire to kill him[28]. Rick inadvertently pushing people away only worsens his depressive state. Narcissism: Rick is very narcissistic and self-centered. He almost always believes he is right in any situation, often leading to him being humbled when danger strikes in a place he least expects it, resulting in someone else having to save him.[64] Alcoholism: Rick himself has stated he has the "hardest-working liver in the galaxy".[65] He drinks very often, evident by his frequent slurring of words and belching when he talks.[66] His excessive consumption of alcohol is, naturally, very detrimental. Notably, he once got so blackout drunk, that he created an elaborate trap for the Vindicators before passing out in his own diarrhoea and forgetting about the entire experience. This resulted in all but one of the present Vindicators to be killed in the traps he created during his drunken stupor.[67] Fear of pirates: For an unexplained reason, Rick, like other Ricks in the Multiverse[40], has a strong phobia of pirates. This seems to be one of the few things that can truly shake him, as he ran away in fear when President Curtis brought pirates in an attempt to subdue Rick.[29] Rick's age

There is some ambiguity regarding Rick's chronological age within Rick and Morty. He is most often referred to as being 70 years old, although other ages have been given and he may be as young as 51 years old when considering the timeline of the show and Beth's current age. In the Pilot, Rick is firmly established as an older man by Jerry's insistence on having Rick put into a nursing home. He is also old enough to be a grandfather and is overall designed as an elderly man, complete with wrinkles and a bald spot in his hair. In Season 2, Episode 7, "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez", Rick's age is first given as 80 years old. When Principal Vagina speaks with Tiny Rick in private, he says "The fact you're an 80 year old man in a cloned body never bothered me". This is the only instance of Rick being referred to as 80, which suggests Principal Vagina was merely estimating. In Season 3, Episode 6, "Rest and Ricklaxation", Toxic Rick claims he had been "bottled up inside a sentimental [Rick]" for 70 years. This is the first time Rick being in his 70s is brought up within the series. In "Morty's Mind Blowers", a mind-blown Rick describes his appearance as an "elderly man", once again affirming he's meant to be of much older age. In a 2021 interview, Season 5 showrunner Scott Marder responded to a fan's question regarding Rick's age. He did not provide a precise number, but stated Rick's "body is in its 70s" and "I'm not really sure how old Rick is, because if you look closely at the show, no one really has any birthdays [...] But whatever he does is maintaining himself in his 70s". He went on to explain how the writers like to keep everyone in the show the same age, regardless of how many years seemingly pass. Once again, Rick is referred to as a man in his 70s, this time by a writer of the series. In 2022, the official Rick and Morty Instagram account posted a promotional reel featuring a clip from Season 6, Episode 6, "JuRicksic Mort", with a caption describing Rick as being the "same age as Tony Hawk," who was 54 at the time. This promotional material is most likely not canon in any capacity and was instead intended to make fun of Tony Hawk's age by comparing him to Rick; an older man. Hawk has been active since the 1980s but continues to skate well into his adulthood. In Season 8, Episode 10, "Hot Rick" BugAnne states 40 years have passed since Diane's death. If Rick is indeed around 27 years old when Diane dies, this would put him at being around 67 years old in the present day. This may also suggest Rick was actually 30 years old when Diane died, which would put him at exactly 70 years old at the time of the show, lining up with previous numbers. However, this contrasts with Beth's age of 34, as she wouldn't have even been born when BugAnne says Diane would've died. Despite Rick being most consistently referred to as 70 years old, Rick's age may be as low as 51 years old when the show's timeline is considered and cross-referenced with Beth's current age. In Season 7, Episode 10, "Fear No Mort", Rick de-ages himself and refers to his appearance as being 27 years old during a conversation with a simulated Diane. Although the Rick in this scene is later revealed to be a manifestation of the Fear Hole rather than the real Rick, the specific age he chooses implies that Rick may associate 27 with the time Diane and Beth were still alive. Rick's 27 year old appearance looks identical to Rick during the flashback where he lost Diane and Beth, suggesting he was around 27 by the time Diane and Beth died and Rick began his interdimensional hunt for Rick Prime. In Season 8, Episode 6, "The Curicksous Case of Bethjamin Button", Beth and Space Beth de-age themselves to 10 years old, appearing identical to the Beth shown in Rick's flashback scenes. They later re-age back specifically to 34, confirming that 24 years have passed since Beth was 10. If Rick was 27 at that time, his current age would be: 27 + 24 = 51 years old. This timeline is further supported by earlier continuity: Beth was 17 when she gave birth to Summer, who is now also 17, placing Beth's current age at 34. This provides independent confirmation of the 24-year timespan between Beth being 10 and the present day, reinforcing the idea that Rick should be 51 years old based on this timeline. Despite the timeline being firmly established, there is no accounting for Rick's travels throughout countless dimensions during his hunt for Rick Prime, where time may have passed at different rates; something seen with the Narnia Dimension. This idea is also supported by a montage in "Rickmurai Jack" where the Citadel of Ricks are shown meddling with younger versions of Beth and Jerry in other dimensions. The Ricks doing this appear almost identical to Rick C-137's modern-day appearance, suggesting this was not done 17 years in the past. BugAnne's comment in "Hot Rick" also contradicts the timeline. She states 40 years have passed since Diane's death. If Rick was indeed 27 years old at the time, this would make him 67 in the present day. This suggests Rick may have been 30 years old when he lost Diane, which would make him 70 in the present day, supporting other sources placing him as the same age. However, if Beth was 10 years old when Rick began his hunt for Rick Prime and 40 years have passed, she should now be 50 years old, not 34. Once again, this hints at Rick spending extended periods in dimensions with a different flow of time or suggests dimensions do not all follow the same chronology, which would make a 70 year old Rick returning to a 34 year old Beth plausible. Relationships

Family

Morty

The only influence I can see Rick having is that, for the first time in his life, Morty has a friend. BETH TO JERRY

Vlcsnap-2015-01-31-02h41m31s87 Rick trying to comfort Morty after a run-in with Mr. Jellybean. Though exploitative and demanding, Rick genuinely cares about his grandson and values their adventures together, making him one of the few Ricks to do so. He hesitates to outwardly show any love or appreciation however, making sure Morty doesn't get cocky. In "M. Night Shaym-Aliens!", Rick seems genuinely surprised to find that the Morty he traveled with turned out to be a simulation, calling the Zigerions "diabolical sons of bitches", angry that they simulated his genitalia. He later becomes very drunk and threatens the real Morty with a knife, demanding to know whether or not he is another simulation before passing out. Morty is possibly the stabilizing influence in Ricks life that keep Rick from doing things that could end up doing a lot of harm though this does not work on many occasions. When Rick messes up, Morty is the one who convinces him to fix things. Vlcsnap-2015-01-31-03h28m32s141 Rick and Morty burying their dead alternate selves. Though Morty often frustrates him, Rick seems to get very upset at the idea of not being able to have adventures with Morty. He repeatedly attempts to help Morty escape from his other obligations to free up more time, in order to have him continue to be his assistant, such as pulling him out of school, manipulating Mr. Goldenfold's dreams to give Morty A-grades in math, allowing Morty to lead an adventure of his own and creating a serum of vole oxytocin to force Jessica into loving Morty. Rick even goes through an elaborate heist setup that causes an unknowing Morty, who expressed interested in pitching a series idea for Netflix, to lose interest in the endeavor and continue agreeing to go on adventures with him. Vlcsnap-2015-01-31-03h49m20s197 Rick and Morty fist-bumping. Rick's (and all Ricks in other realities) reason for bringing Morty along with him is that all Ricks give off a very distinct brainwave pattern due to their genius, making them easy to track by their various enemies. The only way to camouflage the brainwave is to stand near someone with "complementary" brainwaves, which Rick calls "Morty Waves". Despite this, Rick seems to do things with Morty for reasons beyond needing camouflage, such as watching TV with him in "Rixty Minutes", taking him to an alien pawn shop in "Raising Gazorpazorp", and infiltrating Mr. Goldenfold's dreams in "Lawnmower Dog". It can also be pointed out that Rick can be spiteful to those that have genuinely upset Morty, such as in "Meeseeks and Destroy" when King Jellybean nearly assaulted Morty, which not only caused Rick to attempt to cheer Morty up but also murder King Jellybean once he figured out what happened. Another minor example occurred in "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender" when Rick gave Vance Maximus an angry glare after Vance insulted Morty. Rick believes that Morty is "as dumb as he (Rick) is smart", but still insists that Morty focus on science in "Rick Potion No. 9". He claims that Morty will "be like [Rick] someday", and that he has a "special mind". He also takes offense when Jerry insinuates that Morty has some kind of disability. In spite of all the physical and mental trauma that Rick has put him through in their adventures, Morty still considers Rick his grandfather and his friend. In "Forgetting Sarick Mortshall", Morty was heartbroken when Rick decided to leave Morty, claiming he would be better off without him. This led him to two different attempts to get Rick back in "Rickmurai Jack" and he later proves his loyalty to his grandfather when he refuses to join with Evil Morty in favor of Rick. Later in "Solaricks", with Rick tempted to continue his quest for revenge against Rick Prime, Morty gets Rick to stop by telling him that he considers Rick his actual Grandfather, not Rick Prime. This ultimately convinces Rick to abandon his vengeance, at least for the time being. In "Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation", Rick replaces himself with Rickbot in order to continue his search for Rick Prime. When Morty continually expresses his anger at his Grandfather for tricking him, Rick shoots back that Morty called him boring, and clearly stopped respecting him and walks away. However Rick still returns to save Morty (and inadvertently The President's) from succumbing to the vacuum of space. While Rickbot dies, he reveals that Rick built him to be around the Morty and to make him happy and show that Rick truly cares for his grandson's happiness. Rick also admits he should have included Morty, and promises to work together to hunt down Rick Prime as their arc for season 7. During the events of "Unmortricken", Rick and Morty continue their hunt of Rick Prime which involves teaming up with Evil Morty in order to take him down. Before setting off to kill his arch-nemesis, Rick makes a point to leave Morty behind for his own safety, and is clearly annoyed and angered that Evil Morty brought him along to the battlefield anyway. After Rick Prime's death, Morty comforts him with a hug as Rick questions what to do with his life. After killing his nemesis, Rick is despondent about what course in life he should take, so Morty tries to jump-start him by using his Morty-coupons in order to go on an adventure like old times. While Rick questions the legitimacy of them, after dealing with the Observer, he calmly agrees to compromise on them for about 80%. Furthermore, during their trial it shows countless clips of the duo simply having a good time together, even if the morality behind the actions were a bit murky. After all is said and done, Rick does acknowledge and thank Morty for trying to get him back into the groove of things, and the two set of a new adventure with Rick's love for them restored. As revealed in "Fear No Mort", Rick keeps a photograph of Morty in his wallet. The same episode also has Rick listen to and respect Morty's warnings, choosing not to jump into the fear hole, and was actually about to hug him before Morty rejected it due to seeing it as a hint he was still in the Fear Hole. Rick also made sure that people knew that Morty succeeded in conquering his fear. Summer

Vlcsnap-2015-01-31-02h39m43s236 Rick and Summer training to take revenge on Mr. Needful Rick cared very little for and paid scarce attention to Summer Smith Prime, saying her opinion meant "very little" to him in their last interaction, before unhesitatingly abandoning her to the apocalypse he created. Despite this, he was disgusted by the sight of a dream version of Summer dressed in sexual clothing in "Lawnmower Dog", and having her ask Rick and Morty to "make an inter-generational sandwich". Following his move to Dimension C-131, Rick began to bond with the Summer of that dimension, even going on their own adventures, making her - in a sense - Rick's second sidekick. Even though he rarely shows genuine affection to Summer (like the rest of the family), Rick truly cares about Summer, affectionately giving her the nickname "Sum-Sum". In "Something Ricked This Way Comes", Rick and Summer train themselves together to buff up and assault Mr. Needful for revenge. He tends to acknowledge her input, stating he was almost proud her suggestion to destroy the Federation and noted in "Solaricks" that he "always [believed] in [her]". In "Wet Kuat Amortican Summer", Rick admits he greatly respects Summer as an equal, even admitting she greatly reminds him of her grandmother. Beth

Vlcsnap-2015-01-31-02h51m12s212 (2) Rick praising Beth's cooking. Rick deeply loved his original daughter, to the point of being ready to give his science forever to be a family man. Her death deeply affected Rick who dedicated his life to hunting down her killer. When, in "Solaricks", Rick thought he could avenge his original daughter, he was ready to abandon Beth C-131 and Space Beth, showing how much her death affected him. By contrast, Rick did not appear to have much affection for Beth Smith Prime, frequently manipulating her feelings so he could stay at her house - in the hopes that Rick Prime would day return - and later abandoning her to the apocalypse he created. Following his move to Dimension C-131, Rick began to build a much healthier relationship with the native Beth, being much kinder to her and treating her with more respect than he does the rest of the family. He frequently calls her "sweetie" to a far greater extent than he addresses Summer with the term. In Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind, after seeing Beth express concern for Jerry. He asked if they could at least unfreeze him. Also, various Ricks from other universes also seem to like this version of Beth. During the events of "Total Rickall," Rick was upset by Beth doubting his existence. He also comforts Beth when she shoots Mr. Poopybutthole after thinking he was a parasite, explaining his similar mistake. In "The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy", Morty lashes out on Beth for her distance towards him and Summer. He blames this on her relationship with Rick, telling her that she doesn't need to prove herself to be worthy of Rick's love by acting essentially just like him, as it is making her appear just as narcissistic and irresponsible. And that while she's trying to gain Rick's approval, she's hurting him and Summer. Beth believed she needed to prove herself to Rick because of how rarely he ever tells her he loves her. He admits this to Jaguar in, "Pickle Rick." Rick also admitted in the same episode to Jerry that he believes Jerry impregnating Beth ruined her chances of being successful, and detests him for his detachment to his daughter. Beth's awareness of her mistreatment of her children may drive her farther away from Rick, as she may stop trying to get him to love her, and instead find solace in her relationship with her kids. In "The ABC's of Beth", Rick behaves with Beth similarly to how he behaves with Morty and Summer, deriding her and her actions. However, he sympathized with her when she admitted she was similar to him and suggested she go off into the universe to explore it just as he did. In "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri", it's also revealed that Beth gave Rick the responsibility of choosing for her, something that caused Rick visible stress for having to make such a large decision. Unsure of what the right decision is, Rick decides to forgo responsibility and switch the two Beths around so he doesn't know which Beth is the clone because he erased his memory. Rick later goes out of way to save his daughter, successfully freeing both. At the end, neither Beth want to know who is the original and both share a dislike of Rick. Also, Rick finally acknowledges his terrible parenting after seeing his own actions in a recording. The realization of how utterly pathetic and selfish his treatment of his daughter (though not original) is, Rick understands that he just lost possibly the last family member that cares for him. In "Rickmurai Jack", it's shown that Rick actually cares for Beth much more than he let on. As it happens, Rick's original Beth and Diane were both killed by a bomb sent by an alternate Rick. The deaths of her and Diane have deeply haunted Rick and caused him to search the multiverse to find and kill the Rick responsible for their deaths. This cements how much Rick cares for his daughter and how driven he was to avenge their deaths. In The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button, Rick arrives to the case of de-aged Beth's mayhem situation, attempting to stop them but they trap him in the de-aging machine and make him 360 years old, leaving Rick a vulnerable, grovelling, rotting man. The Beths then proceed to beat him, believing that Rick didn't want his daughter and just wanted to fuck off, but Rick tries to reason with them, explaining that his original Beth was murdered in front of him. This gets to Beth(s), but still angry, says that someone left them, and now that there are two of them, Rick should have no problem loving the both of them. Rick, faced with this, cries, and expresses his pride in his daughters, making his acceptance to both of them clear, all of them touched, hug and cry. Even after returning to the proper ages, Rick still took time to bond with them. In Hot Rick, upon discovering a sentient memory of Rick, she unknowingly transfers him into her own subconscious, where he starts manipulating her memories, brainwashing her into letting the memory version of Diane out of a machine in the sub-basement, and constantly gaslighting her with one message, "This is how we stay a family." She does so, but Space Beth walks in on her, and after trying to unsuccessfully give her the memories as well, brawls with her, despite Space Beth refusing. She eventually kills her, much to her horror, running out. Her other memories begin awakening driving her insane. Eventually after almost driving herself into a cliff, she reaches peak instability, and attempts to commit suicide. The memory Beth's capture Memory Rick and force him to see how they drove his own daughter insane. Rick deters her from killing herself, sedates her, and extracts the memories from her. Beth also expresses she wished she knew Diane better, leading Rick to assure her the real Diane loved Beth more than her memory incarnation. Space Beth

Rick and Space Beth have a rocky relationship. She initially came to detest him for lying about cloning her, returning to Earth intending to kill him. Rick wasn't surprised but did let her know that the other Beth had a chip too, meaning either could be a clone. They did have a civil conversation at a diner instead, where Rick tells her that she isn't the clone and she is pleased to see him acknowledge her endeavors as a space adventurer. Rick later goes out of way to save his daughter, successfully freeing both. At the end, she still harbors some resentment towards him but now acknowledges him as her father and appears to have given up on killing him to settle for belittling him and pretending to punch at him. It is also shown neither Beth wants to know who is the original and both share a dislike of Rick. Also, Rick finally acknowledges his terrible parenting after seeing his own actions in a recording. The realization of how utterly pathetic and selfish his treatment of his daughter (though not original) is, Rick understands that he just lost possibly the last family member that cares for him. By the time of "Mortyplicity", they have reached neutral terms, and she even joined the family on a space trip, with Rick openly suggesting she could hang out with the family more often, to which she politely declines. In "Solaricks", she rescues him and Morty from near death at the Citadel and brings them back home, although she is obviously frustrated when Rick makes fun of her line and insists, she doesn't care about his opinion. During "Valkyrick", after a botched adventure on her part, she calls him for help and was pleased that he instantly came to her aid. However, she was annoyed that he embarrassed her in front of her colleagues and got her fired from her job but readily accepted his help in redeeming herself. Rick later mentioned to Birdperson that he's trying not screw up the new bond with Space Beth, since they're actually connecting as father and daughter. Indeed, Rick (in a rare moment of compassion) actually exposed himself to a deadly virus to cure Space Beth after she got infected. In The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button, Rick arrives to the case of de-aged Beth's mayhem situation, attempting to stop them but they trap him in the de-aging machine and make him 360 years old, leaving Rick a vulnerable, grovelling, rotting man. The Beths then proceed to beat him, believing that Rick didn't want his daughter and just wanted to fuck off, but Rick tries to reason with them, explaining that his original Beth was murdered in front of him. This gets to Beth(s), but still angry, says that someone left them, and now that there are two of them, Rick should have no problem loving the both of them. Rick, faced with this, cries, and expresses his pride in his daughters, making his acceptance to both of them clear, all of them touched, hug and cry. Even after returning to the proper ages, Rick still took time to bond with them. During "Hot Rick", Rick revealed he actually started seeing her friend, to her dismay. She later shot a quick jab at Rick when seeing Memory Rick run amok. When Beth spiraled because of Memory Rick, she ended up killing Space Beth who was found by Rick. In another rare moment of fatherly affection, Rick was very concerned about her and immediately revive her by repairing her cybernetics. He cradled her before she regained consciousness, being relieved before the two tracked Beth down. Jerry

Vlcsnap-2015-01-31-02h54m00s151 Rick and Jerry, after being scammed by the Zigerions. Rick has little to no respect for Jerry and uses any chance he gets to demean or humiliate him, whether it's constantly reminding him of his failing marriage to Beth or mocking his low intelligence. Rick seems to somewhat resent the fact that Jerry had sex with Beth, and got her pregnant (with Summer) at seventeen. Despite the fact that Rick sees Jerry as an idiot, he still helps him with his requests (providing him with an intelligence enhancer for Snuffles, the Meeseeks Box, and the parallel timeline goggles), and asks that the Rick Officers from the Council of Ricks "unfreeze his daughter's idiot" in "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind". However, it may simply be a way of him getting Jerry to stop bothering him or not bother him in the first place. In "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind" while the alternate Ricks are waiting at Rick C-137's house, Rick accurately predicts that the others Ricks "won't be able to resist" messing with Jerry, meaning that Rick hating Jerry is evident for almost all Ricks in every reality. Also, in "Mortynight Run", a daycare was set up by a Rick to allow other Ricks to deposit their respective Jerrys. At first glance, it would seem the Jerrys enjoyed their time there but the more grim reality is revealed when a couple of Jerrys claimed they are abandoned as "their Ricks never returned". It's also revealed though that they are free to leave whenever they want as holding them against their will would be illegal. They just choose not to because they can't handle it out there because they're Jerrys and they don't know how to survive space. This can be seen as Rick at least not wanting Jerry to be killed since a version of him set up a daycare filled with stuff Jerry enjoys. Despite his apparent hatred of Jerry, in "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate," he was just as horrified as the rest of the family at seeing him hold a space politician hostage and was speechless when he was shot dead by the guards. However, he was right back to his usual demeanor towards his son-in-law when he was revived by advanced alien technology. In the episode "M. Night Shaym-Aliens!" he actually comforts Jerry after Jerry finds out the best day of his life was a simulation. In "The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy", Morty convinces Rick to take Jerry on a "pity adventure" to keep him from committing suicide. Rick later admits to Jerry that he believes when he impregnated Beth, it ruined her chances of being successful, and he detests him for his detachment to his daughter. Dan Harmon has stated that Rick only hates Jerry by circumstance, and throughout the episode, they seemed to have been spending a good time together. Towards the end of the episode, Rick and Jerry's souls spend what feels like decades together when they are detached from reality, flying into a wormhole. At the end of the episode, they both learn to respect each other more. In the post credits scene of "The ABC's of Beth," Rick gives Jerry a message on his answering machine, telling him he took care of Jerry's problem (his ex-girlfriends Kiara's ex-boyfriend Trandor, who also messaged him threatening his life), and telling Jerry he's looking out for him. This implies that Rick did this of his own accord, or was simply asked by Morty or Summer to look out for him. However, Rick did gloat about sleeping with Kiara. During The Rickchurian Mortydate, Rick reveals he was actually planning to kill Jerry, but relented since Jerry will remain apart of the family. Jerry was horrified and noted that it must've been hard to acknowledge his effect on the family. In the end, Jerry moves back in and Rick begrudgingly accepts this while Beth forces him to watch his tone to her husband before she and the family laugh at Rick's expense, showing how much she moved from her father's shadow. In "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty", Rick picked up Jerry from Florida as an excuse to get away from Balthromaw. Although Rick warned Jerry he didn't want to see why the Talking Cat could talk, Jerry peaked at its memories anyway. Rick then erased Jerry's memory so he wouldn't have to remember the horrors. In "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri," Rick saves Jerry and Beth from Tammy Guterman. He forbade Dr. Wong from entering the ship, since she wasn't in his family, meaning he sees Jerry as such. In "Final DeSmithation," Jerry gets a fortune cookie saying he will have sex with his mom, which made him a laughing stock to his kids. However, Rick decides that, as much of an idiot as he is, he has the right to take this seriously, and even helps him when he discovers the probability of it happening is high. In "The Jerrick Trap," the two engage in a petty argument after Jerry asks Rick for help in finding out if his rake is in their neighbor Gene's house. He gets told off by Jerry in the process, stating that his brain wouldn't have been wasted if only he had it. Insulted, Rick initiates a brain swap just to prove that people aren't "born smart." However, this ends up on a brutal route with their blood and brain parts scattered all over the place, as their own brains were not able to handle each other's minds. The Garage AI fixes the situation; however, it ends up in their personalities getting blended together. Surprisingly, the two bond really well. Even the one with Rick's body admits that, while Rick himself may constantly demean and insult Jerry, he doesn't always mean anything by it. When the two are restored to their normal selves, Morty opines that the two care for each other far more than either are willing to admit. In "Nomortland," Jerry and Mooch try to hide from Rick, the latter saying being unnoticeable is their superpower, but since their relationship is more developed, Rick notices Jerry and orders him to come inside. He yells at Jerry for talking up the fridge with his stuff but Jerry tries deterring him with small talk, Rick sees through it, but passively engages, showing how far the two have come. It is also revealed both of them enjoy a certain show. Sometime after, Jerry returns from his Multiversal hopping adventure with Mooch, Rick is suspicious of what he was up to and seems to suspect where he was, but simply acknowledged that it was good for Jerry and he should keep doing so if it makes him happy. The end of the episode has the two watching Naked And Afraid together, while in the nude and happily discussing it. Diane

Initially, there was very little known about the relationship between Rick and his former wife, Diane Sanchez, though comments made by Rick in "Rick Potion No. 9" and "The Wedding Squanchers" implied that they had a unhealthy relationship. In "Fear No Mort", Their relationship is fully shown with them having a close relationship with Diane being openly candid with Rick and having fun with his self-destructive and nihilistic lifestyle without ever judging. In "The Rickshank Rickdemption," Rick shows a memory of his past to Cornvelious Daniel, where he is shown to be happy with both Diane and Beth before they are killed by Rick Prime. At first, Rick claims that this was a completely fabricated origin story only to be shown as true in "Rickmurai Jack". From this, it is shown that Rick did love Diane dearly and contrary to his statements actually appeared to have a healthy marriage, making Rick one of the only Rick variants that actually had a happy marriage. Her death left a lasting impact on Rick, leading him to go on a quest to find the Rick who killed her and Beth. His failure at finding the Rick who killed them has further traumatized him and is what led him to become the alcoholic nihilist he is now. Even though he knows he can never get Diane back thanks to the Omega Device, Diane's death still haunts Rick. And while he's had hookups, he never remarried. This demonstrates how much Diane meant to Rick and how in his eyes, Diane is irreplaceable. As seen in "Hot Rick", Rick has a memory representation of her have a quaint memory of his wife practicing shooting a gun before he proceeds to separate Memory Diane from his mind as a way to move on. However, Memory Rick learns of her existence and manipulates Beth into leading him to her but it also leads to Beth spiraling out of control until Rick stops her. Rick later claims he destroyed the memories but really constructed Memory Diane and Rick their own independent ant farm where they can be together forever and shoots it into space, warning the duo that he will explode it if they ever try to leave. The two accepted this arrangement, content to have found each other. Diane thanks Rick for his act, as he bids farewell to her. Friends

Mr. Poopybutthole

Like the rest of his family, Rick has a good relationship with Mr. Poopybutthole; during the events of Total Rickall, their relationship takes a blow when Beth shoots Mr. Poopybutthole after thinking he was a parasite. Rick tended to him after he was shot, telling him to hang on. Although Mr. Poopybutthole survived, he didn't want to speak with Rick or the family. By the time of "One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty", they are at least back on speaking terms as seen when they agree to a heist together. In "How Poopy Got His Poop Back" Rick takes Mr. Poopybutthole for a guys' night out with their friends to talk with him about his drinking and how he's been mooching off of the family as of late. However, Mr. Poopybutthole eventually calls Rick out for not simply being honest with him which Rick does admit before trying to help him get back with his wife, which fails spectacularly. At the end, Mr. Poopybutthole agrees to move out of the Smith house, and their strained friendship seems to be restored in full. Birdperson

Rick considers Birdperson to be his best friend, having done lots of things together - like being a part of the same band, committing terrorism against the Galactic Federation together. Birdperson attended Rick's party in the episode Ricksy Business. He showed concern for Rick's well being, telling Morty that "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub" means "I am in great pain, please help me". He invited Rick to his wedding in the episode The Wedding Squanchers. In the same episode, Rick was shown to be very torn apart when he saw Birdperson die. Birdperson also has a picture of Rick holding a baby Morty, though as this was Birdperson of Dimension C-131, it is possible that the Rick and Morty were those of that reality. In "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri", he kills Tammy for killing his best friend. When Rick learned of Birdperson's fate as a cyborg, Rick was upset and tried to cheer him up by revealing his killing of Tammy but this caused him to be attacked. Prior to this, Rick called Birdperson his best friend but did mention he wondered who would win in a fight between them, as Birdperson called him a terrible friend. Birdperson would have killed Rick if he hadn't been saved by his family and Birdperson was shut off. In the end, Rick salvaged his incapacitated friend and keeps him in the garage lab, presumably to help him but he is wise to keep the latter shut off until he is calmed. In "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort", Rick is left home alone and finally finishes repairing Birdperson, fully removing his cybernetic enhancements. Although his body is repaired, Birdperson's mind is damaged; he has hidden his conscious mind inside of his unconscious mind. Thus, Rick has no choice but to enter it. During this time, we see several memories revealing how Rick and Birdperson met and how their friendship developed. The two first met at some sort of alien music festival, where they also met Squanchy after getting high. The three became friends after this and went on to fight the Galactic Federation, eventually going on to participate in The Battle of Blood Ridge. Rick and Birdperson fought together and won the battle with ease. After the fighting was done, Rick offered to take Birdperson away from the fighting to an alternate universe, an offer he apparently shared with almost nobody; Birdperson was the exception because he mattered to Rick. Birdperson turned it down, stating their relationship was not worth his integrity. This clearly hurt Rick, who left whilst insulting Birdperson. Memory Rick, who was observing this interaction alongside our Rick, questioned why the latter would bother risking his life for Birdperson after what he did. Rick tells Memory Rick "because you love him" which, of course, means Rick himself loves Birdperson. This is a rare instance of Rick expressing his affection for someone. Notably, it was done without the assistance of intoxication. Once Rick escaped a now healed Birdperson's mind, the two had a brief conversation. Earlier in the episode, Rick had discovered Birdperson and Tammy had a child who was now locked up by the Galactic Federation; the memory had been removed from his mind by them during his time as Phoenixperson. However, it appears Rick wasn't planning on telling Birdperson, as having a child would prevent him from spending time with Rick. Whilst this shows the lengths Rick will go to just to hang out with Birdperson, it causes the latter to leave disappointed, telling Rick he'll see him when he sees him. In "How Poopy Got His Poop Back" Rick and Birdperson's friendship appears to have been fully restored as the two along with their other friends go on bar crawls and have fun with each other in order to help with a coping Mr. Poopybutthole, with Birdperson admitting it was "canonical" to see Rick. In "Valkyrick", during an adventure with Space Beth against the Federation, Rick calls in Birdperson and Birddaughter for backup in what he calls "Take Your Daughter To Work Day." Birdperson thanks Rick for the invite, and the two commerce over their difficulties in bonding with their daughters. Unity

At some point in the past Rick encountered Unity when the latter only had the collective consciousness of a small town, and the had a relationship that apparently ended on bad terms. In "Auto Erotic Assimilation" the two meet after a very long time and waste no time rekindling their romance. Unfortunately as time goes on it's become increasingly clear that the two bring out the worst in each other when they are together. Afterward Unity breaks up with Rick, who is so hurt by this that he returns to Earth and nearly commits suicide, before passing out drunk. As shown from “Air Force Wong”, Unity still cares a great deal for Rick despite how they ended their relationship and tried to check up on him multiple times and later went to Earth when they heard that he had begun to hunt for “Rick Prime once again. When Rick continually ignores them, they resort to the extreme by taking over the entire state of Virginia. Rick is less than happy to see Unity due to how she ghosted him after the last time they met and constantly brushes off any concerns she had for him. Although, Rick still clearly cares for Unity as he immediately tells the President to back off when he insults Unity. Later he apologizes to Unity for ignoring her concern, however it was too little too late as Unity says they can't trust Rick anymore after all he did, as he once again goes back to Earth to wallow in his sadness and self-inflicted misery. Episode appearances

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Rick's appearance is meant to parody Doc Brown from Back to the Future. He is also a parody of the Marvel Comics character Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic with both being intelligent inventors and the smartest men in their universes as well as having a council of alternate versions of themselves as well as The Doctor from the television series Doctor Who. Rick has digestive problems, as revealed in ELDERS REACT TO RICK AND MORTY. Rick and Morty were originally from The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti, Justin Roiland's original Back to the Future parody. Also the names of the characters sound similar to the names "Doc and Marty," the main characters of the trilogy. Rick has a fear of pirates.[68][69] His last name, "Sanchez" is Hispanic in origin. In the audio commentary for the episode "Auto Erotic Assimilation", Rick was confirmed to be of Hispanic descent. Exactly where is unknown. Considering the comment is made on the scene where Rick is wearing a stereotypical sombrero and fake long mustache, it's likely he has Mexican roots. Justin Roiland claims that he considers Rick's cultural background "irrelevant". [70] This makes the Smith Household (excluding Jerry) part Hispanic. According to himself, he has the hardest working liver in the galaxy.[65] Rick (C-137) is one of the only Ricks in existence shown to care about his Morty, as he starts crying when he is shown various memories of Morty, though he outwardly dismisses it as "being allergic to dipshits."[71] This is further proven when he was ready to sacrifice himself for his Morty's sake during Season 2 Episode 1 when they were in the Schrödinger's cat field. Wasp Rick also cares about his Morty and family. In "A Rickle in Time," he briefly mentions that if he dies in a cage, he loses a bet. What this bet is wagering or who it's with is never stated. A flashback gag in "Total Rickall" shows Rick as being interested in getting a special edition Link Between Worlds 3DS XL and asking Nintendo for sponsorship. However, Rick actually owns a black 3DS that he is seen playing in "Look Who's Purging Now". Rick's Global Bank Card number is [1234 1234 1234|1234 1234 1234 1234]. Rick can write with his right hand,[72] shoot with his right hand[73], and sometimes holds objects with his right,[74] but seems to favor using his left. He is often seen holding drinks with his left, shooting with his left,[75] and even plays bass with his left in a framed photo in Birdperson’s house,[76] with the exclusion of "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez", where he plays guitar right-handed.[77] With this evidence, it can be concluded that Rick is fully ambidextrous, whether it be by natural or cybernetic means. Rick breaks the fourth-wall more than any other character in the series. In fact, he seems to be the only character fully aware of the fact that he's in a TV show, sometimes directly addressing the audience. Politically, Rick’s social values seem to be completely anti-authoritarian (anarchist), as he opposes bureaucracy and the Galactic Federation as a total. When it comes to his economic values, he seems to not have a preference for left-wing or right-wing economics, even though, at many instances, he has been critical of capitalism with the episode “Never Ricking Morty“ being a major example. Because of Rick's hyper anti-authoritarianism and seemingly criticalness of capitalism, some speculate he's an egoist. Rick's prisoner ID code while incarcerated is AE-3852-I.[78] Rick is capable of playing musical instruments, particularly guitar and bass. In the episode, "Get Schwifty", Rick is revealed to be the bassist in a band called "The Flesh Curtains," alongside Squanchy and Birdperson. Although the band is never directly mentioned, a photograph of the group appears on Birdperson’s wall in that episode. Later, in "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort," a younger Rick is shown within Birdperson’s memories, onstage with him and Squanchy at Birding Manapalooza Flargabarg, holding a bass guitar and blurting out a spiel to the crowd. The scene appears to depict the Flesh Curtains’ stage debut. Rick has also demonstrated his guitar-playing skills in the episode, "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez," where Tiny Rick performs his own Tiny Rick Song on an acoustic guitar. He was also briefly seen strumming and tuning an electric guitar in "The ABCs of Beth," just before and during his conversation with Beth about cloning Tommy. Rick is currently the only character to have his consciousness transferred into a series of different bodies (including different versions of himself in the multiverse, clones of himself, and Cornvelious Daniel) Rick's current body is not even his own. His original body was killed during the events of "The Rickshank Rickdemption". Despite it not being his original body, when he resets all the portal travelers, he is sent to his original dimension most likely recognizing his consciousness. By Season 4, he went through many bodies. Rick has a planet fetish.[79] Rick has a B-Negative blood group. Jerry speculates that Rick may have more children besides Beth, due to his promiscuous lifestyle. This is later proven when Rick has a CHUD-human hybrid child with Poñeta. Rick has hinted that he is autistic. Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon is also on the autism spectrum. In the third season's premiere, Rick is referred to as the smartest being in the universe by the Gromflomite guards. This marks the first case of his title of The Smartest Man in the Universe being used. Rick was never called this in previous seasons. After this episode, however, several characters and even Rick himself refer to him as such. During the episode "Mort Dinner Rick Andre," many things about Rick are revealed. Rick has a nemesis called Mr. Nimbus. Mr. Nimbus seems to have vague connections to Rick's past. Apparently, Rick originally had an assistant named Kyle. Nothing is known regarding Kyle, except that Mr. Nimbus prefers him over Morty. Mr. Nimbus refers to Rick as Richard, possibly revealing this as his first name, with Rick merely being a nickname. Whilst Rick never confirms this to be the case, it is later confirmed in "The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly", when one of the alternate Ricks is referred to by the full name of Richard Sanchez. Rick C-137 is atypical and unique from other Ricks in the show. He did not have his own Smith family, as Beth C-137 was murdered as a child by Rick Prime. He initially moved in with the Smith family that were abandoned by Rick Prime, his family's killer, posing as his nemesis and pretending he had returned. Rick C-137 does not have a 'Morty C-137' as the Morty we follow through the show is from the Prime Dimension. The only other Rick confirmed to not have his own biological Morty is Doofus Rick. The majority of the other Ricks we see live amongst each other on the Citadel of Ricks, as a capitalist-like civilization, with varying professions, social classes, and a governing democracy. However, not only is C-137 hostile to other Ricks (having murdered hundreds of thousands of versions of himself), but he also regularly expresses hatred and apathy for such governments and societies. He previously refused to join the Council of Ricks multiple times, instead opting on becoming an intergalactic fugitive terrorist ("terror-rick"). All of which were shown in "Rickmurai Jack" and in "The Rickshank Rickdemption." Despite the reoccurring gag that Morty questions whether Rick C-137 simply utilizes him selfishly, like all other Ricks, no other version of Rick has been shown to care about Morty and Summer as much as C-137. This could be due to the fact that his grandchildren of his dimension were never born, and thus he cherishes them more than other Ricks who naturally had grandkids. As stated by Rick Prime, Rick C-137 is the only other Rick, besides the former, who actually invented portal travel independently. The rest of the Rick's throughout the multiverse were introduced to it by other Ricks, who in turn learned it from Rick Prime. It has been confirmed in "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort" that Rick was born naturally with light blue hair. Rick has appeared in every episode except for "Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie". S1e10 memory babby morty The baby Morty that Rick somehow remembers. In "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind", Rick, despite first meeting Morty Prime as a teenager and not having a grandson in his reality, has a memory of holding a Morty as a baby. In "Fighting Mother" it's revealed that Mullet Rick's Birthday is November 11th, his blood type is AB+, his height 6' 3