History Recap / RickAndMortyS3E7TheRicklantisMixup

* FateWorseThanDeath: The original Simple Rick and his replacement, Factory Worker Rick, who are trapped in a LotusEaterMachine while their brain chemicals are harvested to make cookies. Though it's unknown whether the latter released from this after Evil Morty takes over as President.

* IHaveThisFriend: At the Wishing Well site, Glasses Morty wishes for incest porn to get a more mainstream appeal. When everyone looks at him, he adds "It's for a friend of mine."

* LotusEaterMachine: Simple Rick is a family man who chose his family over science. The Wonka Rick captured him and stuck him in a repeating loop of his happiest memory to harvest his endorphins and turn it into snack food flavoring. At the end, the Rick who rebels against the system is tricked into thinking he's escaped, then shot and stuck in the machine with that thought being run through his head to produce the flavoring.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Slick Morty sacrificed himself in the portal to wish for a change. At the end, his friends think that the wish came true. Of course given that it is Evil Morty in charge, BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor is in effect.

* MythologyGag: Garment District Rick gives a speech about the Shadow Council not caring who sits on the throne, even "a goddamn Jerry". In the comics, Jerry from dimension J-19ζ7 (Doofus Rick's dimension) had usurped the Citadel temporarily.

** Rick killing off the Council of Ricks and destroying the old Citadel in "The Rickshank Redemption" led to [[ManipulativeBastard Evil Morty]] taking over.
** Campaign Manager Morty's failed attempt to assassinate his former candidate in public likely garnered just enough sympathy from the Citadel's population for the Morty candidate that an extremely close vote turned out in Evil Morty's favor.

** In a twisted way, President Morty gets a minor one at the end when dealing with the Shadow Council of Ricks. He could have easily simply had the entire Shadow Council killed, with the reasoning that they were ''all'' part of the leadership that was making the Citadel life so awful, but he specifically asked who agreed with Garment District Rick's views that President Morty would just be a PuppetKing, and only killed those who agreed with him, sparing the two Council members who didn't raise their hands.

* TheReveal: Candidate/President Morty turned out to be Evil Morty.

* TrenchcoatBrigade: Trenchcoat Rick gives Campaign Manager Morty the secret photos that made the latter try to assassinate Candidate Morty, then lampshades the whole Deep Throat act he's putting on. Though it happens off-screen, he got spaced along with all of Evil Morty's enemies.

* AnyoneCanDie: A large number of this episode's major cast bites the dust, including: All of the Mortytown Locos, Big Morty and his bodyguards, Cop Morty, Simple Rick, Slick Morty, Campaign Manager Morty, most of the Shadow Council of Ricks (including Wonka Rick) except for two of them, and Trenchcoat Rick. It's really hammered home in the closing shot, which shows all of their corpses (and those of many other Ricks) floating around the Citadel after having been ThrownOutTheAirlock.

* AnyoneCanDie: A large number of this episode's major cast bites the dust, including: All of the Mortytown Locos, Simple Rick, Big Morty and his bodyguards, Cop Morty, Slick Morty, Campaign Manager Morty, most of the Shadow Council of Ricks (including Wonka Rick) except for two of them, and Trenchcoat Rick. It's really hammered home in the closing shot, which shows all of their corpses (and those of many other Ricks) floating around the Citadel after having been ThrownOutTheAirlock.

* AnyoneCanDie: Half of this episode's main cast bites the dust.

* PragmaticVillainy: Evil Morty spares the members of the Shadow Council who don't believe he's just a puppet. He also at least creates the illusion that he's keeping his word to create a better world for the Ricks and Mortys, by creating a new curriculum at the School of Mortys. Time will tell if the illusion has weight.

** In a society where society normalizes around two [=IQs=], even one where everyone is more or less the same, there's still going to be class division and someone is still going to have to do the unfulfilling working-class jobs.

* TheReveal: Candidate Morty turned out to be Evil Morty.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Cop Rick turns down a bribe from Big Morty and kills Cop Morty for breaking the rules, then turns himself in.

** Cop Morty is so cynical about his lot in his life that he asserts authority and dominance over his Rick, goes berserk any time some of the ghetto Mortys taunt him about being a sidekick, and more or less has contempt for fellow Mortys. Indeed, on seeing Cop Rick being so uptight and idealistic, he taunts him repeatedly about how different he is from his usual type and even repeating Rickisms ("Don't think about it") back to him.

* TrenchcoatBrigade: Trenchcoat Rick gives Campaign Manager Morty the secret photos that made him try and assassinate Candidate Morty, then lampshades the whole Deep Throat act he's putting on. Though it happens off-screen, he got spaced along with all of Evil Morty's enemies.

* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Downplayed. Working class Ricks perform menial labor in the Citadel, despite this being a society of super-geniuses. Having robots handle the unpleasant jobs would make more sense, but of course it would also undercut the citadel being used as a parody of present day society.

** Actually a Wham ''Song'', for those who haven't already pieced together TheReveal: when Candidate Morty -- now President Morty -- gives his speech to the new council and looks out over all the Ricks and Mortys who were flushed out the airlock, ''Evil Morty''[='s=] theme from "Close Rickcounters of the Rick Kind" begins playing.
** More in-line with an actual WhamLine, after Candidate Morty is informed by the Council of Ricks that he's going to be more of a PuppetKing than an actual President:

* WhamShot: And for those who didn't also notice the MusicalSpoiler, the contents of classified documents that Campaign Manager Morty had are shown to the audience while they are drifting in space: pictures of the Candidate Morty [[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E10CloseRickCountersOfTheRickKind with a familiar eyepatch and a robotic Rick.]]

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Many Rick's seem to have either lost their portal guns or had them taken away from them.

* BoardToDeath: When a member of the board of Ricks that secretly runs the Citadel boasts that President Morty is just a figurehead, the latter asks who shares that opinion, and then has his loyal Guard Ricks murder those that raised their hands.

* DeadlyEuphemism: Implied after President Morty has most of the Council of Ricks killed:

'''Candidate Morty''': (looks at self in mirror) I don't know... (turns around; pointedly directed to the remaining Council Ricks) ''Is it?''

* EvilerThanThou: The newly elected president of the Citadel proves himself to be this to the shadow council of Ricks that had been the real power behind the original Council of Ricks and attempted to control him as well.

* ManBehindTheMan: There was a shadow council ruling over the original Citadel behind the Council of Ricks, and they try to be this to the new Citadel's democratically elected president as well. Unfortunately for them, {{Evil|erThanThou}} Morty is the new president.

* MythologyGag: Garment District Rick gives a speech about the hidden council not caring who sits on the throne, even "a goddamn Jerry". In the comics, Jerry from dimension J-19ζ7 (Doofus Rick's dimension) had usurped the citadel temporarily.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The promo for this episode led the audience to believe that the episode was going to be about Atlantis.

* BoardToDeath: When a member of the board of Ricks that secretly runs the Citadel boasts that President Morty is just a figurehead, he asks who shares that opinion then has the Guard Ricks loyal to him murder those that raised their hands.
* BoomerangBigot: Cop Morty loathes other Mortys and calls them animals, or worse. Cop Rick is shocked by this.

* BorrowedCatchphrase: When Cop Rick starts asking questions about Morty Town, Cop Morty tells him "What is it your kind is always saying? [[IronicEcho Don't think about it."]]

** Dumb Rick first appeared in the comics, in which he killed his Morty, explaining how he ended up alone on the citadel.

* TheConspiracy: The Citadel had a secret conspiracy that actually was TheManBehindTheMan for the original Council of Ricks that Rick destroyed. These guys then try and assert power over Candidate Morty, but he usurps them instead.

* ContinuityNod: There's a Mega-Fruit farm in the Citadel. These first appeared in the pilot, with Rick prizing their seeds for scientific research.

* CorruptPolitician: Every politician in the citadel is this but Evil Morty is now the only survivor.
* CreatorCameo: One of the Morty's in the bar was designed to look like Creator/JustinRoiland.
* DeadlyEuphemism: Implied after Candidate Morty has most of the Council of Ricks killed:

* DecoyProtagonist: The episode starts with Rick and Morty going to Atlantis but focus quickly switches to the citadel.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Rick and Morty in TheTeaser are going from dimension to dimension to raise money for rebuilding the citadel. It didn't occur to them that they'd encounter the Rick who destroyed the citadel in the first place. That Rick lampshades that they're barking up the wrong tree.

* RewatchBonus: Candidate Morty dodges any questions pertaining to his background and his absent Rick. That's because he's really Evil Morty and his Rick has been dead for some time.

* RewatchBonus: Candidate Morty dodges any questions pertaining to his background and his absent Rick. [[spoiler: That's because he's really Evil Morty and his Rick has been dead for some time.]]

** During this whole ordeal of socio-political turmoil in the citadel, "our" Rick and Morty have a fun, happy adventure in Atlantis.

* ThrownFromTheZeppelin: There is a HopeSpot for Factory Rick when Wonka Rick escorts him out of the building and into a new life. However, once outside, he gets executed.

* VillainHasAPoint: Evil Morty points out how life on the Citadel is a CrapSaccharineWorld, where only a small number of Ricks live in luxury on the backs of less privileged Ricks and Mortys. Indeed, there's an entire slum called Mortytown where unwanted Mortys are dumped and left to fend for themselves. Rickless Mortys are forced to go undergo an educational curriculum to be sent off to other Ricks who will potentially mistreat or experiment on them. Less privileged Ricks are ruthlessly exploited by their superiors, often through manual labor and with no prospect of advancement. It's little wonder Evil Morty's populist campaign carries him to the presidency, where he immediately begins enacting reforms that reverse the worst parts of Citadel life. On a lesser note, he had a valid reason to fire Campaign Manager Morty for encouraging him to not even try.

* TrivialTitle: The adventure to Atlantis that's alluded to in the tile is only mentioned in passing due to the entire episode being a BaitAndSwitch.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: At the beginning of the episode, the Ricks all think of the idea of a Morty running for president is a big joke. Even his own campaign manager thinks it's hopeless, which is why Evil Morty fires him. The shadow council thinks he's just gonna be a PuppetKing, realizing too late that Morty has more sway over the lower-ranked Ricks than they do.

* ADayInTheLimelight: We view the other Ricks and Mortys in the aftermath of Rick killing the Council of Ricks.

* SexyDiscretionShot: Our Morty apparently had sex for the first time with a mermaid.

* AtlantisIsBoring: It is at least not interesting enough to warrant following Rick and Morty there for the duration of the episode, though Rick and Morty sound like they had a fun time.

** Cop Morty tries this when Cop Rick turns on him, but Cop Rick has wised up and shoots him before Morty can do the same.

* TeleporterAccident: The Loco Mortys have a Rick brewing homemade portal fluid. When he tries to use it to escape from Cop Morty, the portal collapses and skeletalizes him. Cop Morty then uses it to destroy their entire building rather than go through the trouble of booking them all.

* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Campaign Manager Morty is blown out an airlock, along with other Ricks and Mortys that died over the course of the episode, and also those who were eliminated by Evil Morty.

'''Various Ricks''': (agrees)\\

-->'''Evil Morty:''' ''(pours himself a drink)'' This seems like a good time for a drink… and a cold, calculated speech with sinister overtones. The speech about politics. About order. ''Brotherhood''. ''Power!'' But speeches are for campaigning; ''now'' is the time for action!

* InnocentUsedByEvil: Mortys from multiple dimensions use the characters mostly good moral standing in order to achieve a variety of goals. Cop Rick is affected by a crying Morty who later stabs him in the back because he's actually just another member of the Mortytown Locos, Cop Morty tells Cop Rick that he doesn't want to be on the Citadel and that he just wants to "be a normal kid" again showing emotion in order to get Rick to lower his gun. A split second after doing so, Cop Morty raises his gun to shoot Rick but Rick is faster and shoots him first. Lastly, Evil Morty uses the good character to get votes in the presidential campaign. It is only revealed at the end of the episode during that chilling song that he is in fact the same Evil Morty from an earlier episode.

Rick and Morty head to Atlantis. Meanwhile, the Citadel of Ricks undergoes major changes under new leadership.

* CreatorCameo: One of the Morty's in the bar was designed to look like Justin Roiland.

** Factory Worker Rick's attempt to save Simple Rick end's up killing him, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation assuming he didn't already suspect it was a trap.]]