History Recap / RickAndMortyS6E10RicktionalMortpoonsRickmasMortcation

* SerialNumbersFiledOff: Explicitly averted; Morty receives a genuine George Lucas' Star Wars Lightsaber that makes all the noises and everything.

* CallBack:
** The events of "Solaricks"--specifically, Rick's and Morty's encounter with Rick Prime in the latter's space lair--drive Rick's subplot in this episode, as he uses footage from this and machines that he took from the lair to help him once again start actively hunting Rick Prime.

** Robot Rick's jab at his real counterpart "It's almost like someone designed me to be [[TwentyPercentMoreAwesome 22% more thoughtful]] than you." is a reference to previous episode where Robot Rick promises Morty to be 22% more agreeable which Rick obviously programmed him to be.

* CoincidentalBroadcast: As soon Morty says he wasn't blamed for ruining Christmas, President Curtis begins a broadcast blaming him for the lightsaber incident. Which is lampshaded by Space Beth.
* ChristmasEpisode: Takes place during Christmas. Unfortunately, Morty is unable to enjoy it throughout the plot and later takes it out on the rest of his family.

* IWarnedYou: Rick warns the scientists to not touch his equipment or else they'll die emphasizing that it's not a death threat, but the fact that his gear is powerfully advanced. One scientist is immediately disintegrated after a quick touch, with Rick calling it out.

* OverlyLongGag: Jerry's extended version of ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'' keeps talks about the number of streets before deciding he's done with the film.

* RoboticReveal: As Morty suspected last episode, Rick actually replaced himself with a robot after getting insulted and spent the past weeks searching for Rick Prime.

** Morty testing/playing with his new lightsaber while cutting various fruit seems reminiscent to ''VideoGame/FruitNinja''.

* TheStinger: Continues the SeasonFinale tradition of featuring Mr. Poopybutthole, who is still recovering from his divorce between him and his wife Amy. This time, he's shown working out in the gym with a trainer to try to get back on his feet, but accidentally injures himself by lifting a weight-loaded barbell that's far too heavy for him.

** Curtis also takes a jab at the original trilogy's final film ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', where things got all "muppety".
** President Curtis himself acts as an caricature of entitled ''Star Wars'' "Gatekeepers"; He claims that ''he'' owns the franchise rather than any of the people or entities who do (whom he calls petty insults) and dismisses Morty as not being a real fan since he's younger and didn't see the Original Trilogy when it was in theaters.

* ThisLoserIsYou: President Curtis is depicted as an obsessive and unsatisfiable ''Star Wars'' "fan" who seems to only have vitriolic things to say about it, especially the modern works, which is an often heard complaint about the ''Star Wars'' fandom on social media.

* HereWeGoAgain: When Morty accidentally drops his lightsaber, he and President Curtis travel underground to get it before it hits Earth's core and destroy the planet. Curtis then takes it away from Morty and later fiddles with it, only to get it stuck on the ceiling before it falls into the ground, endangering the planet again.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Rick Bot insists that's definitely not a robot, even after the RoboticReveal.

* ThisLoserIsYou: President Curtis is depicted as an obsessive and unsatisfiable ''Star Wars'' "fan" who seems to only have vitriolic things to say about it, especially the modern works, which is an often heard complaint about the ''Star Wars'' fandom on social media.

'''Original Airdate:''' 12/11/2022

** President Curtis himself acts as an caricature of entitled ''Star Wars'' "Gatekeepers"; He claims that ''he'' owns the franchise rather than any of the people or entities who do (whom he calls petty insults) and dismisses Morty as not being a real fan since he's younger and didn't see the Original Trilogy when it was in theaters. It borders on ThisLoserIsYou.

** Curtis also takes a jab at the original trilogy's final film ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', where things got all "muppety".

* AIIsACrapshoot: Rick pesters his own A.I-powered lightsaber too long before it catches up with the one Morty dropped earlier. It then rebels and wreaks havoc in Italy.

* RunningGag: Lightsabers seem to have a habit of ''always'' falling plasma blade first (or perfectly vertical); if not by a wielder's hand or command, then on its own.

* RunningGag: Lightsabers seem to have a habit of ''always'' falling plasma blade first (or perfectly vertical); if not by a wieler's hand or command, then on its own.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Rick pesters his own A.I. Powered lightsaber too long before it catches up with the one Morty dropped earlier. It then rebels and wreaks havoc in Italy.

* TakeThat: There are a few jabs towards the ''Franchise/StarWars'' sequel trilogy, with the President citing how many people were anticipating the films only to backlash them for their plots, leading to the last film pandering to said backlash and turning out mediocre at best, and awful at worse. As Curtis states, "when you start with a turd, you end with a turd".

* AIIsCrapshoot: Rick pesters his own A.I. Powered lightsaber too long before it catches up with the one Morty dropped earlier. It then rebels and wreaks havoc in Italy.

* IWarnedYou: Rick warns the scientists to not touch his equipment or else they'll die emphasizing that it's not a death threat, but the fact that his gear is powerful. One scientist is immediately disintegrated after a quick touch, with Rick calling it out.

* RunningGag: Lightsabers seem to have a habit of ''always'' falling plasma blade first; if not by a wieler's hand, then on its own.

* TheStinger: Continues the SeasonFinale tradition of featuring Mr. Poopybutthole. This time, he's shown working out in the gym with a trainer to try to get back on his feet, but accidentally injures himself by lifting a weight-loaded barbell that's far too heavy for him.
* TakeThat: There are a few jabs towards the ''Franchise/StarWars'' sequel trilogy, with the President citing how many people were anticipating the films only to backlash them for their plots.

* RunningGag: Lightsabers seem to have a habit of ''always'' falling plasma blade first.

** Morty testing/playing with his new lightsabaer while cutting various fruit seems reminiscent to ''VideoGame/FruitNinja''.

* HereWeGoAgain: Curtis fiddles with the lightsaber and gets it stuck on the ceiling before it falls into the ground, endangering the planet again.

* IWarnedYou: Rick warns the scientists to not touch his equipment or else they'll die. One scientist is immediately disintegrated after a quick touch, with Rick calling it out.

** Also a heavily downplayed one, but Rickbot reveals as he's dying that he was programmed by the real Rick with the purpose of making Morty and the rest of the family happy, and thus, that everything he did was something that Rick himself indirectly did by extension. While Rick ducking out on Morty in favor of hunting Rick Prime and replacing himself with a robot [[DisproportionateRetribution all because Morty called him boring in the previous episode]] is definitely him being his usual cantankerous, {{Jerkass}}y self, this is still far better than he would have reacted to such a slight in the previous seasons, and he did at least make sure to replace himself with a nicer version of him who would look after his family and treat them kindly.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: After Rick Bot is exposed to the family, he calmly closes his eyes while he's torn him apart.

* NonActionGuy: Jerry as per usual. As all three of the Smith women jump into action to attack Rickbot after the latter's RoboticReveal, Jerry just looks freaked out like he normally does in violent situations.

* PetTheDog: Rick, after being cold to Morty for most of the episode following the RoboticReveal of Rickbot, does use a portal to return Morty, Rickbot, and the President to Earth when they're ThrownOutTheAirlock.[[note]]Morty wouldn't have been killed by it thanks to Rick's "childproofing", but Curtis probably would have.[[/note]]

* TheStinger: Continues the SeasonFinale tradition of featuring Mr. Poopybutthole. This time, he's shown working out in the gym with a trainer to try to get back into shape, but accidentally injures himself by lifting a barbell that's far too heavy for him.

* CoincidentalBroadcast: As soon Morty says he wasn't blamed for ruining Christmas, Curtis begins a broadcast blaming him for the lightsaber incident. Which is lampshaded by Space Beth.

* ShoutOut: The title is one for ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation''.
* TakeThat: There are a few jabs towards the ''Franchise/StarWars'' sequel trilogy, with Curtis citing how many people were anticipating the films only to backlash them for their plots.