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** Several of Creator/WesAnderson's movies are references during the GoodTimesMontage Morty is having with the alive Churro, e.g. ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou'' and ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel''
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** Among the Ricks captured by Rick Prime are a ''James Bond'' Rick and an ''Indiana Jones'' Rick.

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** During the battle, Rick Prime summons three gigantic robots in the image of Diane with various parts of their robotics showing from underneath, not unlike the Human Reaper from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.

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* “The Vat of Acid Episode”
** Rick tells Morty he [[Film/ThePrestige “Prestiged”]] himself every time he did a do-over. Interestingly, Roiland’s [[WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites other cartoon]] premiered a week before this episode’s debut and also has an episode referencing ''Film/ThePrestige''.

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* [=S07E05=] - [[Film/Unforgiven Unmortricken]]

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** The title is a reference to the Best Picture-winning Western ''{{Film/Unforgiven}}''.
** The opening sequence features three sets of [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Jetsons expies]] discovering portal travel...and the fatal consequences it can have.
** Among the Ricks captured by Rick Prime are a ''James Bond'' Rick and an ''Indiana Jones'' Rick.
** Rick Prime uses a [[Film/TotalRecall1990 "Kuato" Rick]] from his abdomen to mess with Evil Morty's brain scanner.
** Evil Rick attempting to stab himself with a shard of broken plate whilst held hostage by his Morty is probably referencing ''Series/BreakingBad''.
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* "Thats Amorte":
** Rick mentions the ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' while referring to his memory-erasing device.
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** Rick mentions that telling the criminal where they are over the phone is a very Creator/LiamNeeson thing to do, probably referring to ''Film/{{Taken}}''.
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** The textual fantasy video game Rick is playing has a strong resemblance with ''[[VideoGame/AIDungeon2 AI Dungeon]]'', and notably the tendency of its AI to generate DiabolusExMachina.


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* SkewedPriorities: Rick is less interested in fixing his portal gun than he should be. Morty's nagging him doesn't help.
--> '''Rick:''' Morty, you asking makes me want to do it less.
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* [[WordOfGod According to]] [[https://twitter.com/justinroiland/status/469207953082306560 Justin Roiland]], The droopy lips Morty and other characters sport occasionally is an {{Homage}} to Ren Hoek's similar droopy mouth from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''.

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* [[WordOfGod According to]] [[https://twitter.com/justinroiland/status/469207953082306560 Justin Roiland]], The the droopy lips Morty and other characters sport occasionally is an {{Homage}} to Ren Hoek's similar droopy mouth from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''.
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* "The Jerrick Trap":
** The title is a reference to ''Film/{{The Parent|Trap 1961}} [[Film/TheParentTrap1998 Trap]]'', which also involved an identity swap (though, in those movies, it was two twins pretending to be each other, rather than a literal body swap).
** Since the plot is kicked off by a FreakyFridayFlip, [[Film/FreakyFriday2003 the titular film]] is unsurprisingly name-dropped multiple times by Rick, Jerry, and Morty.
** Rick apparently gave himself a conehead implant after watching ''Film/{{Coneheads}}''. Both versions of Rick/Jerry compliment the film and its cast.
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** At the end, the characters [[FadingAway fade out]] one by one as Mr. Poopybutthole narrates, like in ''Film/TheSandlot''.
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* "How Poopy Got His Poop Back":
** Hugh Jackman and Gene reenact the BalconyWooingScene from ''Film/SayAnything''.
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** At one point in a Leon-induced flashback, Joseph Campbell directly references the inspiration for the characters of Rick and Morty by calling them "''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ripoffs".

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** ''Film/{{Saw}}'' is explicitly referenced by name when drunk Rick's deathtrap gauntlet is revealed.

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** ''Film/{{Saw}}'' ''Film/SawI'' is explicitly referenced by name when drunk Rick's deathtrap gauntlet is revealed.
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** The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is mentioned multiple times, with the dinosaurs talking about how many Marvel movies have been made, President Curtis referencing the invasion (of Thanos's forces) in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', and the dinos saying that, with all the free time humans will now have, they can "finish rounding out that ''Film/AntMan'' character".

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** The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is mentioned multiple times, with the dinosaurs talking about how many Marvel movies have been made, President Curtis referencing the invasion (of Thanos's forces) in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', and the dinos saying that, with all the free time humans will now have, they can "finish rounding out that ''Film/AntMan'' ''Film/AntMan1'' character".
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** After the plane crash, three of the four survivors are dressed as ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' characters. The unnamed man is dressed like Stan, the unnamed woman is dressed like Kyle and Morty is dressed like Kenny. Morty's Girlfriend, on the other hand, is not dressed like Cartman.
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** The title itself is a reference to "[[Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes Something Wicked This Way Comes]]", with Mr. Needful being pretty similar to Mr. Dark portrayal in the movie adaptation and referencing "the beauty cream that turns you blind" scene.

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** The title itself is a reference to "[[Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes Something Wicked This Way Comes]]", "Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes", with Mr. Needful being pretty similar to Mr. Dark portrayal in the movie adaptation and referencing "the beauty cream that turns you blind" scene.



** One of the shows seen is an alternate timeline Series/GameOfThrones where the entire cast are dwarfs except Tyrion.

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** Birdperson, who debuts in this episode, is confirmed to be a parody of The Hawk from Series/BuckRogersInThe25thCentury.

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** The many instances of flashbacks of the different memories that never happened appear to be [[TakeThat directly taking the mickey]] out of [[Main/CutawayGag those often used in]] ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

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** The many instances of flashbacks of the different memories that never happened appear to be [[TakeThat directly taking the mickey]] out of [[Main/CutawayGag [[CutawayGag those often used in]] ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.



** Morty decides to become the leader of the tree people, who [[{{Film/Avatar}} all live beneath a giant glowing blue world tree which is the source of all life on their planet.]] This could also double as a {{Take That}} at the movie along with the {{Noble Savage}} trope since right after reaching the spirit tree Morty begs Rick to get them out of the wilds, calling the tree people backwards savages and deploring their lifesyle before talking about how he misses his life on Earth.
** The same episode also has an AI parody someone's speech and state "That's you. That's how you talk." in a condescending manner, which is pretty close to a [[SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS certain snarky AI]]'s remark, "That's you. That's how dumb you sound." from a [[{{VideoGame/Portal1}} somewhat familiar game]].

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** Morty decides to become the leader of the tree people, who [[{{Film/Avatar}} all live beneath a giant glowing blue world tree which is the source of all life on their planet.]] This could also double as a {{Take That}} TakeThat at the movie along with the {{Noble Savage}} NobleSavage trope since right after reaching the spirit tree Morty begs Rick to get them out of the wilds, calling the tree people backwards savages and deploring their lifesyle before talking about how he misses his life on Earth.
** The same episode also has an AI parody someone's speech and state "That's you. That's how you talk." in a condescending manner, which is pretty close to a [[SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS certain snarky AI]]'s remark, "That's you. That's how dumb you sound." from a [[{{VideoGame/Portal1}} [[VideoGame/Portal1 somewhat familiar game]].



** [[WordOfGod According to Brent Tumbles]], the {{Mini Mecha}}s that Rick and Zeep Xanflorp build are [[http://brent-tumbles.tumblr.com/post/128293570666/the-best-part-of-206-was-getting-to-design-these inspired by]] the armor of Rizzrack the Timbersaw in ''{{VideoGame/Dota2}}''.

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** [[WordOfGod According to Brent Tumbles]], the {{Mini Mecha}}s that Rick and Zeep Xanflorp build are [[http://brent-tumbles.tumblr.com/post/128293570666/the-best-part-of-206-was-getting-to-design-these inspired by]] the armor of Rizzrack the Timbersaw in ''{{VideoGame/Dota2}}''.''VideoGame/Dota2''.



** The Vindicators are basically douchier versions of the Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.

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** Due to her and Beth's screwing around with the Morphizer-XE, Summer winds up as a giant inside-out woman who looks similar to the Female Titan from Manga/AttackOnTitan.

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** The episode opens with them being chased by an {{Expy}} of Dream/Morpheus from ''ComicBook/TheSandman''.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXVJfRZTbyQ In one of the memories]] where Morty finds out that Rick thought that the "Granted" part of "Don't take thing for granted." was "granite", the armor they wear looks suspiciously like the [[http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_Armor Battle Armor]]s worn in Anime/DragonBallZ.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXVJfRZTbyQ In one of the memories]] where Morty finds out that Rick thought that the "Granted" part of "Don't take thing for granted." was "granite", the armor they wear looks suspiciously like the [[http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_Armor Battle Armor]]s worn in Anime/DragonBallZ.''Anime/DragonBallZ''.



** The plane crash depicted in the episode is almost exactly the one depicted in Film/{{Alive}}, which is based on the Real Life Uruguayan rugby team's crash aboard Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 into the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972.

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** The plane crash depicted in the episode is almost exactly the one depicted in Film/{{Alive}}, ''Film/{{Alive}}'', which is based on the Real Life Uruguayan rugby team's crash aboard Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 into the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972.



** During the fight between Rick and Phoenix Person attacks greatly resembling the X-Ray attacks from VideoGame/MortalKombatX show up. Rick breaks Phoenix Person's jaw using a rocket assisted punch and Phoenix Person uses a drill bit on his beak to stab Rick in the chest and heart (until armor unfolds around the heart). And much like in the game, both fighters simply shrug off what should be debilitating injuries.

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** During the fight between Rick and Phoenix Person attacks greatly resembling the X-Ray attacks from VideoGame/MortalKombatX ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' show up. Rick breaks Phoenix Person's jaw using a rocket assisted punch and Phoenix Person uses a drill bit on his beak to stab Rick in the chest and heart (until armor unfolds around the heart). And much like in the game, both fighters simply shrug off what should be debilitating injuries.



** The car identifies as female and tries to lose her virginity to a [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Transformer]].

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** Special Agent Mongo Bongo wears a beige raincoat over a suit and tie, resembling ''Series/Columbo''.

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** After [[SlashedThroat slashing Rick Prime's throat,]] Hermit Jerry declares [[Franchise/MortalKombat "Fatality. Jerry Wins."]]

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** The cold open with the protagonists stranded in the void of space and waiting for death is similar to how almost every episode of ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'' began.
** Rick's opening monologue has him referencing Tony Stark's log in the opening of ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. Space Beth even shows up to save them just like how Captain Marvel did.
** Summer notes she gets paid by Rick in gadgets. Here she chooses [[{{ComicBook/Wolverine}} "Wolverine Claws"]], though they are only two to a fist, like Wolverine's clone daughter [[{{ComicBook/X23}} X-23]].
** Cronenberg dimension Jerry read a lot of books after his Beth and Summer died, in particular ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns.''
** Rick Prime compares his naked, maybe-clone self to Keyser Söze, the criminal mastermind of ''Film/TheUsualSuspects''. He also states that the ambiguity of if the real him or a clone is in the tube is a {{Franchise/Saw}} thing.
** Earth Beth apologizes for "going all ''Series/DanceMoms''" on Space Beth about Summer.
* "Rick: A Mort Well Lived"
** The episode's title is one to...''Rick and Morty'' itself, as it's a play on the full title of the game: ''Roy: A Life Well Lived.''
** The aliens holding the arcade hostage resemble [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]].
** Rick states that 8% of [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague the Snyder Cut]] was Batman dreaming.
** The end of the episode is a reference to the SecretGovernmentWarehouse scene in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
* "Bethic Twinstinct"
** Summer and Rick play a realistic version of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' that involves the fighters trying to meet up to fight.
** Summer's character in the "realistic" ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is [[{{Series/Community}} Kickpuncher]].
** One of the games Morty plays is a weird realistic version of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' with Cloud unable to lift his Buster Sword.
** Rick calls out the two Beths for acting out "a full ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero San Junipero]]''" in his holodeck.
** In a two-for-one, Rick [[LetMeGetThisStraight restates for the audience]] the favor the two Beths asked of him:
---> '''Rick:''' You guys are having me [[Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind Eternal Sunshine]] all the Film/{{Multiplicity}} porn scenes from your minds?
** When Space Beth mocks Jerry by claiming he wanted to "permit our love" (between her and Earth Beth), Jerry answers in annoyance, "It's not '[[Series/TheHandmaidsTale Handmaid's Tale]]' to loop in your husband."
** When Space Beth picks up one of Rick's tools to ostensibly try and force Jerry out of his pill-bug form, Rick warns that attempting to do so could "literally turn Jerry into a Franchise/{{Shrek}}."
* "Night Family"
** Night Summer has Beth burn [=DVDs=] of ''Film/IndependenceDay'', ''Film/GroundhogDay'' and ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', but spares ''Film/{{Talladega Nights|TheBalladOfRickyBobby}}''.
** The Night Family-- alternate versions of the main "Day Family" who want to essentially take over and replace their Day Selves-- is a reference to ''{{Film/Us}}'', which likewise has doppelgangers of the family who want to step out of the shadows and replace their surface selves, complete with the Night Family adopting matching jumpsuits like the film's doppelgangers. The Night Family also speaks in raspy voices, similar to the lead doppelganger Red. The episode also begins with a quote, which has become associated with Creator/JordanPeele's horror films. His other work (without counting ''{{Film/Nope}}'' which wasn't released yet when this episode was being made), ''Film/GetOut2017'', also deals with people being imprisoned within their subconscious while someone else has taken over their body to keep.
** Rick and Morty call their abs-related podcast "Fab-solutely Ab-ulous", a reference to the British '90's sitcom ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous''.
** Summer notes that her sleep deprivation suit that Rick made her wear looks like a creation by Creator/TerryGilliam.
** Some of Night Summer's drones speak in a matter similar to that of [[Series/DoctorWho the Daleks]].
* "Final Desmithation"
** Morty and Summer change Rick's ringtone to the theme of ''Series/{{Taxi}}'', which is used for the battle at Panda Express and the credits.
** After [[SlashedThroat slashing Rick Prime's throat,]] Hermit Jerry declares [[Franchise/MortalKombat "Fatality. becomes paranoid about his fortune cookie, Rick tells him in irritation, "It's not [[Series/TheXFiles an X-File]], Jerry, you got the world's last interesting fortune." (Of course, he turns out to be wrong about this.)
** Rick also makes a joke about [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]] being the one behind creating the fortune cookies.
** Rick has a ''Manga/SailorMoon'' TransformationSequence at the ready in case he needs to save money on animation. He gets to use it on
Jerry Wins."]]twice. He also references the Eye of Thundera, from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'', in his own costume change.
** When Rick hacks into one of the company's control panels with a device in his arm, he whistles a few notes that sound like the beeps of R2-D2 from ''Franchise/StarWars"".
** Old M. Hucksbee appears to be based on the Smoker who was in charge of the oil reserves in ''Film/{{Waterworld}}''.
** Rick asks, if Hucksbee can make any fortune he wants, why he doesn't use them for more useful things, such as, "At least get Creator/{{Nintendo}} to make a portable VR headset."
** When faced with a guard with [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] and a guard who can [[MakingASplash control water]], Rick tries to "''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' this shit" and [[ElementalRockPaperScissors use the water guard to take out the fire one]].
* "Juricksic Mort"
** Besides the episode being named after Literature/JurassicPark, a few more shout-outs abound, like Morty commenting "Clever girl!" about one of the dinosaurs and Rick saying they're going to be like Laura Dern and "get elbow-deep in dino doo-doo", at which point Rick and Morty lampshade both of these references.
** While listing off possible Morty-related calamities, Mr. Goldenfold asks, "Have I been [[Film/TheFaculty The Facultied]] again?"
** The dinosaurs first arriving at Earth, as well as their spaceships in general, are a send-up to ''Film/{{Arrival}}''.
** The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is mentioned multiple times, with the dinosaurs talking about how many Marvel movies have been made, President Curtis referencing the invasion (of Thanos's forces) in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', and the dinos saying that, with all the free time humans will now have, they can "finish rounding out that ''Film/AntMan'' character".
** President Curtis calls out Rick for ''Film/WestWorld''-ing him with a RidiculouslyHumanRobot that shorts out after trying to eat the ribs that he served up.
** The whole dingy ribs restaurant owned by an elderly black man is a shout out to ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'', in which Frank Underwood regularly ate ribs at a restaurant owned by an elderly black man named Freddy Hayes.
** The President also, after becoming bored of the dinosaurs' utopia on Earth, suggests that Rick "Film/ZeroDarkThirty" them.
** Rick tries skateboarding into one of the craters because it looks easy in ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Pro Skater 3]]''. Unfortunately for him, he's not nearly as good at it.
** At the Oscars, Rick insists that Tom Hanks shout his famous "WILSOOOON!" line from ''Film/CastAway''.
** After he and Morty are teleported away, Rick refers to the dinosaurs as "[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]] highroad assholes".
** The whole plot reference to ''WesternAnimation/DenverTheLastDinosaur'' with the skater dinosaurs in the final scene.
** The Meteors that keep on following the Dinosaurs have a striking resemblance to the moon from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''.
* "Full Meta Jackrick"
** [[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk]], whose ''Pro Skater 3'' game was name-dropped in the previous episode, shows up onscreen briefly during the PreviouslyOn segment to thank Rick and Morty for help in solving a murder.
** Rick states that every second in the Meta Layer is equal to "ten Film/{{Space Jam|A New Legacy}} cameos", which is also a nod to the fact that Rick and Morty ''themselves'' were one such cameo in ''Space Jam: A New Legacy''.
** Morty tells Story Lord that having Jesus beat them up was already done in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** Jesus breaks Rick's back by kneeing him in the spine just as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bane does to Batman]] in the comics and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', which Rick lampshades:
--->"He [[PersonAsVerb Bane'd]] me, Morty!"
** Jan mentions he was asked to do a story based ''WesternAnimation/TheCanterburyTales'' before he was told to make another based on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE46AlmostGotIm Almost Got 'Im]]".
** The Self-Referential Six are a reference to ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'''s Sinister Six. Additionally, Flash Back's costume is of course a reference to Franchise/TheFlash.
** Rick's line about "season 3 ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' shit", another series well-known for BreakingTheFourthWall.
** At one point in a Leon-induced flashback, Joseph Campbell directly references the inspiration for the characters of Rick and Morty by calling them "''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ripoffs".
** The living room of Marvin the Cowardly Security Guard is the same living room as the Smith's family in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''.
** The device Story Lord uses to steal the motivation of everyone looks like a cosmic tuning fork from ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', and is similarly powered by people with meta-awareness.
* "Analyze Piss"
** Rick tells Morty he doesn't have the energy to deal with "90's style goofball supervillains", adding "I'm not [[WesternAnimation/TheTick the fucking Tick]]."
** The PoweredArmor that Rick builds for Jerry to control the orb's power heavily resembles ComicBook/IronMan's super suits.
** Speaking of ''Film/IronMan'', Rick's impersonation of Piss Master begins with a scene of Rick [[ForgingScene forging]] his own version of Piss Master's PoweredArmor and later includes closeups of Rick's face while showing the suit's HUD.
** When receiving the orb from the Galactic Orbship, Jerry asks if it gives him power if he "[[PowerUpFood eats the orb, like spinach]]" as a reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}''.
** Summer and Beth mention to Jerry that [[UsefulNotes/AmericanNewspapers Buzzfeed and Jezebel]] have both written about his heroism.
** Similarly, while [[DeadPersonImpersonation pretending to be Piss Master]] and committing acts of heroism in his name, Rick appears on the cover of ''[[UsefulNotes/AmericanNewspapers Newsweek]]'' after creating an ice rink made out of pee for a hospital cancer ward. [[https://www.newsweek.com/rick-morty-season6-episode8-recap-therapy-piss-master-s6-e8-1762280 Newsweek themselves noted this on their recap of the episode.]]
** Rick's plan to stage a fake HeroicSacrifice for the already-dead Pissmaster resembles the ending of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', where Bruce fakes his own death very similarly.
** In TheStinger, one of the leaders of the Galactic Orbship refuses to entertain another member's suggestion of adding Creator/ScarlettJohansson to the Orbship.
* "A Rick in King Mortur's Mort"
** The episode title is a play on the 1995 film ''Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt'', which itself is a play on ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt''. The plot takes inspiration from both of these works.
** Rick mentions the AI sword has seen enough ''Film/{{Blade|1998}}'' to learn sword fighting.
** Special Agent Mongo Bongo wears a beige raincoat over a suit and tie, resembling ''Series/Columbo''.
* "Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation"
** Numerous references to ''Franchise/StarWars'' abound, starting with Morty's real lightsaber as a Christmas gift and continuing into many discussions about the movies and TV series.
** Morty testing/playing with his new lightsaber while cutting various fruit seems reminiscent of ''VideoGame/FruitNinja''.
** Jerry's Christmas present from Rick (or rather, Rickbot) is an alternate universe-version of ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'' made to be two hours longer. The family watches it together, although eventually even Jerry gets sick of it.
** Rick's AI lightsaber emerges from the Earth's crust in Italy and starts slaughtering civilians there, and President Curtis comments, "That's not amore", a nod to the Music/DeanMartin song "That's Amore".
** After betraying Morty and confiscating his lightsaber, Curtis orders his troops, "America, [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} transform and roll out!]]"


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* [=S06E07=] - [[Film/FullMetalJacket Full Meta Jackrick]]
* [=S06E08=] - [[Film/AnalyzeThis Analyze Piss]]
* [=S06E09=] - [[Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt A Rick in King Mortur's Mort]]
* [=S06E10=] - [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation]]
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* [[WordOfGod According to]] [[https://twitter.com/justinroiland/status/469207953082306560 Justin Roiland]], The droopy lips Morty and other characters sport occasionally is an {{Homage}} to Ren Hoek's similar droopy mouth from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''.
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* [=S06E06=] - [[Franchise/JurassicWorld Juricksic Mort]]
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* [=S06E06=] - [[Franchise/FinalDestination Final DeSmithation]]

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* [=S06E06=] [=S06E05=] - [[Franchise/FinalDestination Final DeSmithation]]
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* [=S06E06=] - [[Franchise/FinalDestination Final DeSmithation]]
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* [=S06E03=] - [[Film/BasicInstinct Bethic Twinstinct]]
* [=S06E04=] - [[Series/NightGallery Night Family]]

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