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* MirrorCharacter: On top of Rick Prime, Evil Morty and the various other Rick's that appeared in this episode who are all EvilCounterpart and ShadowArchetype's of the main duo. Slow Mobius' wife becomes one for Rick at the end of the episode, going in search of her husbands killer in a [[IronicEcho reenactment of Rick's backstory]] from the Season Five finale, only with a much happier ending. Showing the life Rick could have led if he'd moved on instead of remaining stuck in the past.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Rick ''finally'' kills the Rick who killed his family. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor It leaves him hollow.]]

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* PyrrhicVictory: Rick ''finally'' kills the Rick who killed his family. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor It leaves him hollow.]]



** Slo-Mobius is Uncle Slow. [[TheUnreveal Is he related to Rick or]] is he an HonoraryUncle?

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** Slo-Mobius Slow-Mobius is Uncle Slow. [[TheUnreveal Is he related to Rick or]] is he an HonoraryUncle?
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* LonelyAtTheTop: Rick Prime is unconnected to the Citadel. He just accidentally created the Council of Ricks and all the renegade Ricks by offering all of them the chance to join him and then killing every Diane when they all refused him. He's lived alone ever since.

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* AnArmAndALeg: Rick Prime rips off Main Rick's leg and starts to beat him with it, only for Main Rick to rip off Rick Prime's arm and start hitting him with it. Then they attach their stolen limbs to their respective sockets.



* TheReveal: Rick Prime didn't just kill Rick C-137's Diane; he made a weapon called the Omega Device, capable of killing ''every'' iteration of any individual across the entire multiverse, and used it on her, explaining why we haven't seen any version of Diane in the present day.

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Rick Prime didn't just kill Rick C-137's Diane; he made a weapon called the Omega Device, capable of killing ''every'' iteration of any individual across the entire multiverse, and used it on her, explaining why we haven't seen any version of Diane in the present day.


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** Main Rick and Rick Prime share the distinction of being the only two Ricks to ever invent portal technology. Rick Prime either killed or recruited every other Rick.
** Slo-Mobius is Uncle Slow. [[TheUnreveal Is he related to Rick or]] is he an HonoraryUncle?

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* BigFancyHouse: Evil Morty's space station is less of a villain lair and more of a vacation home. It consists of a large mansion built on a lush grassy yard complete with swimming pool and robot butlers. The space station is attached to the side of the Central Finite Curve for stability and ease of access, while there's a powerful barrier keeping the chaos of the void out that can have an idyllic landscape projected on it.

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* BigFancyHouse: Evil Morty's space station is less of a villain lair and more of a vacation home. It consists of a large mansion built on a lush grassy yard complete with a swimming pool and robot butlers. The space station is attached to the side of the Central Finite Curve for stability and ease of access, while there's a powerful barrier keeping the chaos of the void out that can have an idyllic landscape projected on it.



* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Rick declares that he is going after Rick Prime alone after having figured out his real location, Evil Morty decides to open a portal and go after him, telling Morty "Come or don't. I don't care," and leaves. Morty considers it for a moment, then, with a DeterminedExpression on his face, he takes a decisive step towards the portal, only for it to close on him, leaving him stranded and unsure about what to do. Evil Morty then reopens the portal, and tells Morty he thought he was going to follow him. Morty defensively declares that he actually was and was trying to do a whole thing with taking a heroic step forwards before the portal closed on him.

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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Rick declares that he is going after Rick Prime alone after having figured out his real location, Evil Morty decides to open a portal and go after him, telling Morty "Come or don't. I don't care," and leaves. Morty considers it for a moment, then, with a DeterminedExpression on his face, he takes a decisive step towards the portal, only for it to close on him, leaving him stranded and unsure about what to do. Evil Morty then reopens the portal, portal and tells Morty he thought he was going to follow him. Morty defensively declares that he actually was and was trying to do a whole thing with by taking a heroic step forwards forward before the portal closed on him.



* GunboatDiplomacy: Evil Morty walks off with schematics to Rick Prime's Omega Device. Not to use it, but as insurance to keep Rick away, knowing that using it [[CycleOfRevenge will just lead to a bigger target on his back in the long run]].



* InsultBackfire: When Evil Morty first drops in, he gripes that Rick is somehow still managing to be a thorn in his side even though he left the Central Finite Curve. All Rick takes from this is that the shockwaves from his station have greater range than he thought, further aggravating Evil Morty because Rick is treating it like a compliment.

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* InsultBackfire: When Evil Morty first drops in, he gripes that Rick is somehow still managing to be a thorn in his side even though he left the Central Finite Curve. All Rick takes from this is that the shockwaves from his station have a greater range than he thought, further aggravating Evil Morty because Rick is treating it like a compliment.
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: Slow Mobius's wife manages to move on from his death in the post-credits scene thanks her finding a SecondLove.

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* HerHeartWillGoOn: Slow Mobius's wife manages to move on from his death in the post-credits scene thanks to her finding a SecondLove.

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* BittersweetEnding: Slow Mobious becomes a victim to Rick Prime's [[RetGone Omega Device]] and Evil Morty manages to obtain schematics for the device in question, giving him an extremely powerful leverage against Rick and Morty. Even though Rick kills Rick Prime, he now feels empty inside after having fulfilled his life goal of avenging his wife and daughter's deaths. But now Rick Prime is removed as a threat, Evil Morty has stated he won't use the Omega Device as long as he is left alone, and Rick can finally start to heal from his obsession with Rick Prime.



** Space Beth, Earth Beth and Jerry are seen washing Space Beth's spaceship together in the end and enjoying it near the end of the episode, thus seemingly confirming that their status as a throuple after the ending of [[Recap/RickandMortyS6E3BethicTwinstinct Bethic Twinstinct]]" is still in effect.



* EvilVersusEvil: Evil Morty, to preserve his own existence from the even-more-evil Rick Prime, joins forces with the main Rick and Morty, the former of whom is himself a NominalHero at best and a VillainProtagonist at worst. Main Morty is pretty much the only major cast member of the episode who doesn't have "total asshole" as his default mode.

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* EvilVersusEvil: EvilVersusOblivion: Evil Morty, to preserve his own existence from the even-more-evil Rick Prime, joins forces with the main Rick and Morty, the former of whom is himself a NominalHero at best and a VillainProtagonist at worst. Main Morty is pretty much the only major cast member of the episode who doesn't have "total asshole" as his default mode.



* HerHeartWillGoOn: Slow Mobius's wife manages to move on from his death in the post-credits scene thanks her finding a SecondLove.



** Slow Mobius' wife goes through the same [[PullTheThread journey to seek out information]] on who killed her husband in the same way that [[Recap/RickAndMortyS5E10RickamuraiJack Rick did to find Rick Prime after Diane's death]]. Thankfully, her story has a happier ending.

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** Slow Mobius' wife goes through the same [[PullTheThread journey to seek out information]] on who killed her husband in the same way that [[Recap/RickAndMortyS5E10RickamuraiJack Rick did to find Rick Prime after Diane's death]]. Thankfully, her story has [[SecondLove a happier ending.]]



* KilledOffForReal: Rick Prime -- truly the real deal, not a clone or a decoy -- gets OutGambitted and defeated by Evil Morty and then Rick takes his {{Revenge}} by [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge slowly, brutally beating him to death]] with no chance for him to come back from it after Evil Morty destroyed all his backups.

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* KilledOffForReal: Rick Prime -- truly the real deal, not a clone or a decoy -- gets OutGambitted and defeated by Evil Morty and then Rick takes his {{Revenge}} by [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge slowly, brutally beating him to death]] with no chance for him to come back from it after Evil Morty destroyed all his backups.backups and also removed his HealingFactor.



** After Diane Bot is cut in half, Rick places a force-field box around the remains. Evil Morty snarks about him taking her to go, moments before the robot explodes.

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** After Diane Bot is cut in half, Rick places a force-field box around the remains. Evil Morty snarks about him taking her to go, moments before the robot explodes.initiates a powerful self-destruct explosion that clearly would've otherwise annihilated everything within the chamber.



* {{Retcon}}: In his first appearance, Evil Rick was said to be a full robot that was being controlled by Evil Morty. Now, he was a organic Rick under technological mind control that was trying to break free off screen.

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* {{Retcon}}: In his first appearance, Evil Rick was said to be a full robot that was being controlled by Evil Morty. Now, he was a an organic Rick under technological mind control that was trying to break free off screen.



* SayMyName: Rick screams Rick Prime's name as he heads for his base.
* ShipTease: For Beth, Space Beth and Jerry. See ThreesomeSubtext.



* ThreesomeSubtext: In Rick's WhatNowEnding sequence, as Rick goes to the fridge to grab cans of beer, he witnesses Beth, Space Beth and Jerry wash Space Beth's spaceship, which very quickly goes off the rails as Space Beth playfully douses both Jerry and Earth Beth with a waterhose.



* VillainousValour: Rick Prime manages to trap and kill several Ricks (and has done it for a long time), with Rick C-137 himself only surviving thanks to Evil Morty's assistance (who himself only survive thanks to Rick's presence). He then faces Rick C-137, Morty and Evil Morty in battle and holds his own against all three of them, actually defeating Rick C-137 despite the assistance, and requiring Evil Morty to trick him relying on his ego to take him down. And then there is Evil Morty, who actually defeats Rick Prime, and upstages Rick C-137 at every turn.

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* VillainousValour: Rick Prime manages to trap and kill several Ricks (and has is implied to have done it for a long time), with Rick C-137 himself only surviving thanks to Evil Morty's assistance (who himself only survive thanks to Rick's presence). He then faces Rick C-137, Morty and Evil Morty in battle and holds his own against all three of them, actually defeating Rick C-137 despite the assistance, and requiring Evil Morty to trick him relying on his ego to take him down. And then there is Evil Morty, who actually defeats Rick Prime, and upstages Rick C-137 at every turn.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: One of the Mortys in the database from which Evil Morty deletes himself is wearing a green jacket and a purple tie. Later, it's shown that this exact same Morty was part of Evil Morty's president campaign.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Rick captured four decoys of Rick Prime, they immediately start talking to Rick just to mock him. When Evil Morty helps Rick find who they think is the real Rick Prime, this version remains silent while having a serious look on his face. While Rick can't describe it, he feels this Prime feels too difference compared to the previous decoys and thinks this may be a trap, but Evil Morty thinks Rick doesn't want to admit he needed his help to find Prime. Rick is ultimately correct when Morty kills Prime and it transform into a black ooze that captures Rick, Morty, and Evil Morty.


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* OutOfCharacterAlert: When Rick captures four normal decoys of Rick Prime, they immediately start talking to Rick just to mock him, not breaking stride even as he kills them. When Evil Morty helps Rick find who they think is the real Rick Prime, this version remains silent while having a serious look on his face. While Rick can't describe it, he feels this Prime feels too different compared to the previous decoys and thinks this may be a trap, but Evil Morty thinks Rick just doesn't want to admit he needed his help to find Prime. Rick is ultimately proven correct when Morty kills this version and it transforms into a black ooze that captures Rick, Morty, and Evil Morty.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Rick captured four decoys of Rick Prime, they immediately start talking to Rick just to mock him. When Evil Morty helps Rick find who they think is the real Rick Prime, this version remains silent while having a serious look on his face. While Rick can't describe it, he feels this Prime feels too difference compared to the previous decoys and thinks this may be a trap, but Evil Morty thinks Rick doesn't want to admit he needed his help to find Prime. Rick is ultimately correct when Morty kills Prime and it transform into a black ooze that captures Rick, Morty, and Evil Morty.

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* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Proving Evil Morty is NotSoAboveItAll, when Rick invokes EnemyMine for why they should cooperate to take down Rick Prime, citing that both parties hate the the latter more than each other because he's the worst Rick of all, Evil Morty just retorts, "So what? The worst turd's a pizza." Main Morty is just confused by this non-analogy and asks him to elaborate. He doesn't.

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* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Proving Evil Morty is NotSoAboveItAll, when Rick invokes EnemyMine for why they should cooperate to take down Rick Prime, citing that both parties hate the the latter more than each other because he's the worst Rick of all, Evil Morty just retorts, "So what? The worst turd's a pizza." Main Morty is just confused by this non-analogy and asks him to elaborate. He doesn't.doesn't (although it's possible he meant that the worst turd is the worst at ''being'' a turd, meaning that the worst Rick would be the un-Rickest Rick of all).
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* VillanousValor: Rick Prime manages to trap and kill several Ricks (and has done it for a long time), with Rick C-137 himself only surviving thanks to Evil Morty's assistance (who himself only survive thanks to Rick's presence). He then faces Rick C-137, Morty and Evil Morty in battle and holds his own against all three of them, actually defeating Rick C-137 despite the assistance, and requiring Evil Morty to trick him relying on his ego to take him down. And then there is Evil Morty, who actually defeats Rick Prime, and upstages Rick C-137 at every turn.

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* VillanousValor: VillainousValour: Rick Prime manages to trap and kill several Ricks (and has done it for a long time), with Rick C-137 himself only surviving thanks to Evil Morty's assistance (who himself only survive thanks to Rick's presence). He then faces Rick C-137, Morty and Evil Morty in battle and holds his own against all three of them, actually defeating Rick C-137 despite the assistance, and requiring Evil Morty to trick him relying on his ego to take him down. And then there is Evil Morty, who actually defeats Rick Prime, and upstages Rick C-137 at every turn.
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* VillanusValor: Rick Prime manages to trap and kill several Ricks (and has done it for a long time), with Rick C-137 himself only surviving thanks to Evil Morty's assistance (who himself only survive thanks to Rick's presence). He then faces Rick C-137, Morty and Evil Morty in battle and holds his own against all three of them, actually defeating Rick C-137 despite the assistance, and requiring Evil Morty to trick him relying on his ego to take him down. And then there is Evil Morty, who actually defeats Rick Prime, and upstages Rick C-137 at every turn.

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* VillanusValor: VillanousValor: Rick Prime manages to trap and kill several Ricks (and has done it for a long time), with Rick C-137 himself only surviving thanks to Evil Morty's assistance (who himself only survive thanks to Rick's presence). He then faces Rick C-137, Morty and Evil Morty in battle and holds his own against all three of them, actually defeating Rick C-137 despite the assistance, and requiring Evil Morty to trick him relying on his ego to take him down. And then there is Evil Morty, who actually defeats Rick Prime, and upstages Rick C-137 at every turn.
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* NotSoDifferent: Rick Prime claims this is the case for him and Rick C-137, claiming that if Prime didn't go to him C-137 would have gone to him, and reinforcing it with the fact C-137 ''did'', in fact, end up taking his home and family. C-137 doesn't have anything to answer to that, and his reaction at the end of the episode might suggest that Prime had some kind of point.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Rick Prime claims this is the case for him and Rick C-137, claiming that if Prime didn't go to him C-137 would have gone to him, and reinforcing it with the fact C-137 ''did'', in fact, end up taking his home and family. C-137 doesn't have anything to answer to that, and his reaction at the end of the episode might suggest that Prime had some kind of point.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Evil Morty has embraced this after calling his 'evil' merely being sick of Rick in his last appearance.


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* {{Retcon}}: In his first appearance, Evil Rick was said to be a full robot that was being controlled by Evil Morty. Now, he was a organic Rick under technological mind control that was trying to break free off screen.

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** However, it is also subverted: Evil Morty is a dangerous opponent with access to a very dangerous weapon, but he is also in top shape, and just dispatched an opponent who took everything Rick had and came out on top, while Rick Prime is actually exposed and defenseless. Attacking Evil Morty is unlikely to achieve anything besides irritating him ''and'' giving Rick Prime a chance to escape, and Rick just had prove that he can't even find Prime on his own, let alone kill him. Even without the revenge component, taking out Prime is the option that makes more sense, since it's the one that assures him to take out a powerful opponent (who is also the one most likely to attack people close to him, Rick Prime having killed two members of Rick's family to Evil Morty's zero).



* VillanousValor: Rick Prime manages to trap and kill several Ricks (and has done it for a long time), with Rick C-137 himself only surviving thanks to Evil Morty's assistance (who himself only survive thanks to Rick's presence). He then faces Rick C-137, Morty and Evil Morty in battle and holds his own against all three of them, actually defeating Rick C-137 despite the assistance, and requiring Evil Morty to trick him relying on his ego to take him down. And then there is Evil Morty, who actually defeats Rick Prime, and upstages Rick C-137 at every turn.

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* VillanousValor: VillanusValor: Rick Prime manages to trap and kill several Ricks (and has done it for a long time), with Rick C-137 himself only surviving thanks to Evil Morty's assistance (who himself only survive thanks to Rick's presence). He then faces Rick C-137, Morty and Evil Morty in battle and holds his own against all three of them, actually defeating Rick C-137 despite the assistance, and requiring Evil Morty to trick him relying on his ego to take him down. And then there is Evil Morty, who actually defeats Rick Prime, and upstages Rick C-137 at every turn.

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