History YMMV / RickAndMortyS4E6NeverRickingMorty

* BizarroEpisode: Even for [[WidgetSeries this show]], the episode is confusing enough that a second (or third) viewing may be required to make sense of it.

* BrokenBase: This is one of the most divisive episodes of Season 4, if not the entire series. Fans are split on whether it is an example of the show at its most clever and sharp, with elements like making Dan Harmon's trademark Story Circle into an actual part of the episode's plot and skewering both unrealistic fan and network expectations for the show, or an example of the show at its most pretentious and overwrought, with things like the meta-humor being too aggressive to be funny for a lot of fans, as well as the common interpretation that the episode was saying that the show was just going to be a random sci-fi comedy and nothing else going forward, disregarding all of the serious plot threads previously teased, like the return of Tammy, Phoenix Person, and Evil Morty, and seemingly mocking any fan that cared about the show following through with such plot threads. This was not helped by the fact that WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites debuted on Creator/{{Hulu}} five days after this episode premiered, and despite seemingly being the DenserAndWackier of Justin Roiland's two cartoons, had a surprisingly emotional and intense subplot involving the characters in "The Wall," culminating in the first season's penultimate episode, which, coming off of the heels of a Rick and Morty episode like this, and debuting the same weekend as "Promortyus," another Rick and Morty episode not liked a whole lot by a lot of fans, unintentionally made Solar Opposites seem like it was being set up to be a SuperiorSuccessor to Rick and Morty. This was mostly alleviated when the last three episodes of Season 4 of Rick and Morty aired, which were considered a major step up by most of the fans that didn't like the previous two episodes, with Tammy and Phoenix Person returning properly in the Season 4 finale, although the fact that Tammy was disposed of so quickly in that episode, along with Phoenix Person beginning the process of being reverted back to Bird Person, has led some fans to fear that Evil Morty's return in Season 5 will end up being a similar Anticlimax that would mock the fans that had been hyping Evil Morty up for so long.

* RealitySubtext: The common interpretation of the episode is that the show had just been renewed for a whopping 70 episodes/7 seasons/7 years - an absurd scenario for nearly any TV series, much less an animated sci-fi comedy on cable TV. The episode is basically a loosely metaphorical look into the writer's room - where the writers are struggling with the massive episode order, the restrictions of Dan Harmon's story circle, the lack of female writers in the first several seasons that made it more difficult to focus on Beth and Summer, and the temptation and indecision on if this gigantic episode order would give them either the opportunity or responsibility to be less episodic and more serialized with a MythArc. Ultimately, the message when considering the Season 4 finale was to stay the course with the season 1-3 formula (loosely speaking - 9 episodic stories a season with a OnceASeason serialized episode).

* RealitySubtext: The common interpretation of the episode is that the show had just been renewed for a whopping 70 episodes/7 seasons/7 years - an absurd scenario for nearly any TV series, much less an animated sci-fi comedy on cable TV. The episode is basically a loosely metaphorical look into the writer's room - where the writers are struggling with the massive episode order, the restrictions of Dan Harmon's story circle, the lack of female writers in the first several seasons that made it more difficult to focus on Beth and Summer, and the temptation and indecision on if this would give them either the opportunity or responsibility to be less episodic and more serialized with a MythArc. Ultimately, the message when considering the Season 4 finale was to stay the course with the season 1-3 formula (loosely speaking - 9 episodic stories a season with a OnceASeason serialized episode).

* RealitySubtext: The common interpretation of the episode is that the show had just been renewed for a whopping 70 episodes/7 seasons/7 years - an absurd scenario for nearly any TV series, much less an animated sci-fi comedy on cable TV. The episode is basically a loosely metaphorical look into the writer's room - where the writers are struggling with the massive episode order, the restrictions of Dan Harmon's story circle, and the temptation and indecision on if this would give them either the opportunity or responsibility to be less episodic and more serialized with a MythArc. Ultimately, the message when considering the Season 4 finale was to stay the course with the season 1-3 formula (loosely speaking - 9 episodic stories a season with a OnceASeason serialized episode).

* BrokenBase: This is one of the most divisive episodes of Season 4, if not the entire series. Fans are split on whether it is an example of the show at its most clever and sharp, with elements like making Dan Harmon's trademark Story Circle into an actual part of the episode's plot and skewering both unrealistic fan and network expectations for the show, or an example of the show at its most pretentious and overwrought, with things like the meta-humor being too aggressive to be funny for a lot of fans, as well as the common interpretation that the episode was saying that the show was just going to be a random sci-fi comedy and nothing else going forward, disregarding all of the serious plot threads previously teased, like the return of Tammy, Phoenix Person, and Evil Morty, and seemingly mocking any fan that cared about the show following through with such plot threads. This was not helped by the fact that WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites debuted on Creator/Hulu five days after this episode premiered, and despite seemingly being the DenserAndWackier of Justin Roiland's two cartoons, had a surprisingly emotional and intense subplot involving the characters in "The Wall," culminating in the first season's penultimate episode, which, coming off of the heels of a Rick and Morty episode like this, and debuting the same weekend as "Promortyus," another Rick and Morty episode not liked a whole lot by a lot of fans, unintentionally made Solar Opposites seem like it was being set up to be a SuperiorSuccessor to Rick and Morty. This was mostly alleviated when the last three episodes of Season 4 of Rick and Morty aired, which were considered a major step up by most of the fans that didn't like the previous two episodes, with Tammy and Phoenix Person returning properly in the Season 4 finale, although the fact that Tammy was disposed of so quickly in that episode, along with Phoenix Person beginning the process of being reverted back to Bird Person, has led some fans to fear that Evil Morty's return in Season 5 will end up being a similar Anticlimax that would mock the fans that had been hyping Evil Morty up for so long.

* BrokenBase: This is one of the most divisive episodes of Season 4, if not the entire series. Fans are split on whether it is an example of the show at its most clever and sharp, with elements like making Dan Harmon's trademark Story Circle into an actual part of the episode's plot and skewering both unrealistic fan and network expectations for the show, or an example of the show at its most pretentious and overwrought, with things like the meta-humor being too aggressive to be funny for a lot of fans, as well as the common interpretation that the episode was saying that the show was just going to be a random sci-fi comedy and nothing else going forward, disregarding all of the serious plot threads previously teased, like the return of Tammy, Phoenix Person, and Evil Morty, and seemingly mocking any fan that cared about the show following through with such plot threads. This was not helped by the fact that WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites debuted on Creator/Hulu five days after this episode premiered, and despite seemingly being the DenserAndWackier of Justin Roiland's two cartoons, had a surprisingly emotional and intense subplot involving the characters in "The Wall," culminating in the first season's penultimate episode, which, coming off of the heels of a Rick and Morty episode like this, and debuting the same weekend as "Promortyus," another Rick and Morty episode not liked a whole lot by a lot of fans, unintentionally made Solar Opposites seem like it was being set up to be a SuperiorSuccessor to Rick and Morty.

* BizarroEpisode: Even for [[WidgetSeries this show]], the episode is confusing enough that a second viewing may be required to make sense of it.

* BizarroEpisode: Let's just say that the episode is confusing enough that a second viewing may be required to make sense of it.

* BizarroEpisode: Let's just say that the episode is confusing enough that a second viewing may be required to make sense of it.

* BizarroEpisode: Let's just say that the episode is confusing enough that a second viewing may be required to make sense of it.
* BrokenBase: This episode was definitely the most divisive of Season 4 so far. Fans considered it either a hilarious jab at absurd expectations some fans have of the show, or a pretentious slog mocking fans that care enough about the show to theorize about it and coming off as making it seem like they intend to completely throw away plot threads like the ones involving Tammy and Evil Morty and ridding the show of any real dramatic tension.