History Recap / RickAndMortyS5E4RickdependenceSpray

* NotSoAboveIt: When Morty is revealed to be the source of the sperm, an utterly disgusted Rick does ask, "How was it?"

* MotiveRant: The Sperm Queen is infuriated by the millions that died desperate to go to an egg, [[ADateWithRosiePalms only to find a sock or toilet paper.]]

* HonestyAesop: Because Morty didn't own up to masturbating with the breeding mount, Rick ends up accidentally creating an army of giant man-eating sperms. Spoofed at the end where Kathy Ireland very bluntly delivers the moral: "Always be honest. Sometimes it will hurt people, sometimes it will help. But always be honest." Morty then admits that her husband was indeed wearing her thong when he died, and despite having said just a moment before that he needn't have been ashamed of it, [[BrokenAesop she promptly reacts with disgust.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Morty, implied to be still hung up on Planetina from last episode, uses the breeding mount at his mother's horse hospital job to pleasure himself. Unfortunately, Rick takes the sperm tank from the mount to use to create a bioweapon against a race of cannibal horse people and, unaware that he was actually using Morty's sperm, accidentally creates sperm monsters.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The episode starts with Morty using a medical mount designed for masturbating horses to collect sperm samples [[ADateWithRosiePalms for his own pleasure]], and Rick then collecting a horse sperm sample from Beth's clinic to create a doomsday bomb against the [=CHUDs=] they occasionally fight against. Next thing all of humanity knows, they're fighting off against giant toothy man-eating sperm creatures. Morty tries his best to prevent anyone from finding out it's his own seed.

** Beth says that the movie she and Morty are seeing in the ColdOpening is "Marvel shit," referencing the Marvel Cinematic Universe. ''Black Widow'' was finally released the same weekend this episode aired.

** Rick calls himself [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack 'Hand-Job Solo']] since he's frozen like Han Solo and his hands are the only part he can move. He also uses Morty's pants to strangle the Sperm Queen in a similar manner to how Leia used her own chains to strangle Jabba the Hut in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', though in this case he just chokes her unconscious rather than killing her.
** The term "Chud" is a reference to the 80's monster movie ''Film/CHUD''. In that film, it stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers.

** The term "Chud" is a reference to the 80's monster movie C.H.U.D. In that film, it stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers.

* WouldntHurtAChild: The President refuses to let Summer blow up her and Morty's giant incest baby while it's still an egg... because it's an election year.

* HumansAreSpecial: From '''[[StrawNihilist Rick]]''' of all people; when Morty defends his action with the space sperm, Rick points out that the entire human species is about changing and improving.

* VirileStallion: ''Rickdependence Spray'' has a lot of sexual imagery and horses have a strong presence in the episode. Morty causes the invasion of giant mutant sperm by using a horse breeding mount to masturbate, the episode introduces the Chuds, a species of cannibalistic horses that have been at war with humans, and Rick drunkenly got one of their princesses pregnant and she orders a truce to save his life. The princess is called Poñeta, a Spanish term for masturbation, and one of the chuds proclaim that the pregnancy was all part of the prophecy that would unite the chuds and humans.

* VirileStallion: ''Rickdependence Spray'' has a lot of sexual imagery and horses have a strong presence in the episode. Morty causes the invasion of giant mutant sperm by using a horse breeding mount to masturbate, the episode introduces the Chuds, a species of cannibalistic horses that have been at war with humans, and Rick drunkenly got one of their princesses pregnant and she orders a truce to save his life. The princess is called Poñeta, a Spanish term for masturbation.

* AndroclesLion: Sticky helps Morty for freeing him when he’s trapped by a rock and then not letting Rick kill him, right up until he fertilizes Summer's egg.

* InterspeciesRomance: Between Rick and the horse Princess, though it doesn’t last long.

* AndroclesLion: Sticky helps Morty for not killing him when he had the chance right up until he fertilizes Summer's egg.

* IdiotBall: Rick doesn't act suspicious at all when Morty is insistent on him not testing the horse semen, and refuses to test it just because of Morty's pestering. If Rick was naturally suspicious, the sperm monsters wouldn't have been created.

** Rick calls himself [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack 'Hand-Job Solo']] since he's frozen like Han Solo. He also uses Morty's pants to strangle the Sperm Queen in a similar manner to how Leia used her own chains to strangle Jabba the Hut in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', though in this case he just chokes her unconscious rather than killing her.

* StrawMisogynist: The President ignores Summer just because she's female while giving credit for Summer's ideas to his scientist because he is a man.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The President ignores Beth and Summer throughout the episode and takes Summer's "egg plan" and gives a male doctor credit. He still has a grudge against Rick.

* BreatherEpisode: This is arguably the season's most outrageously humorous episode so far, which came right after arguably its most emotional and saddest one.

* BrotherSisterIncest: An indirect example. After Morty accidentally supersized his own sperm, the government tries to lure them all at once with a giant unfertilized egg from ''Summer'' of all people. [[BrainBleach Everyone is appropriately horrified when they realize what their plan will result in]] and, despite their best efforts to prevent it, one of the sperm managed to reach the egg resulting in a giant incest baby that would later be taken in by the family as Manga/{{Naruto}} Smith.

* BrotherSisterIncest: An indirect example. After Morty accidentally supersized his own sperm, the government tries to lure them all at once with a giant unfertilized egg from ''Summer'' of all people. [[BrainBleach Everyone is appropriately horrified when they realize what their plan will result in]] and, despite their best efforts to prevent it, one of the sperm managed to reach the egg resulting in a giant incest baby that would later be taken in by the family as Manga/{{Naruto}} Smith]].

* BrotherSisterIncest: A ''very'' weird example combining Summer's giant egg and Morty's space sperm aliens. [[BrainBleach Everyone is appropriately horrified when they realize what their plan will result in]] and, despite their best efforts to prevent it, one of the sperm managed to reach the egg.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Discussed. When Summer asks to join the Marines in their fight against the sperm, the President rejects noting that there is no Sperm Queen to pit Summer against.

* HypocriticalHumor: Rick's rant towards Morty on how people can change rings hollow to some in that he's been a mostly amoral MadScientist for years (that's ''not'' to say he hasn't gone through some CharacterDevelopment, it's just been very subtle). Also, calling out Morty for selfishly jerking off and starting the current crisis while not owning up to his part in starting the conflict with the [=CHUDs=] by shagging their princess.

** Poñeta sounds like it's named after "Pony", but Spanish speakers will recognize it as a play on "Puñeta", or masturbation

* IsThatTheBestYouCanDo: During their melee, the Sperm Quee asks Sticky if that's all he got.

** Both Rick and Morty are equally responsible for the Space Sperm incident (to clarify, Morty for contaminating the horse sperm and Rick for seducing the CHUD royalty) but they go back and forth at accepting and denying responsibility. Rick is more {{downplayed|Trope}} since while he does blame himself for the Sperm, his reaction to the CHUD king saying he slept with the CHUD Princess suggests Rick genuinely didn't remember doing so, along with his reaction to hearing that he got her pregnant]].

* BadassDecay: An InUniverse example with Blazen, who Rick and Morty immediately see as the most badass member of the troops. While he does survive the plane crash, the facade begins to slowly crack. When he finally gets in on the action to allow Rick and Morty time to get away and destroy the layer, he unsheathes his katana right into the roof of the cavern. His attempt to retrieve it causes his pants to fall down, revealing he is wearing women's lingerie. Finally, he is impaled by his own sword and spends his final moments trying to prove to the duo [[ItMakesSenseInContext that he can perform autofellatio]] before being devoured. Both Rick and Morty admit they had him pegged wrong and Rick points out he didn't even buy them time, as his HumiliationConga allowed the sperm to surround the duo and disarm the bombs.