History Recap / RickAndMortyS3E9TheABCsOfBeth

* RewatchBonus: Watch this again after [[Recap/RickAndMortyS6E1Solaricks "Solaricks"]] and [[spoiler: you will definitely want to side with Beth when she claims she just wanted [[WellDoneSonGuy her father's love and attention]]—something that Rick had [[LackOfEmpathy no intention of providing]].]]

* RewatchBonus: Watch this again after [[Recap/RickAndMortyS6E1Solaricks "Solaricks"]] and [[spoiler: you will definitely want to side with Beth when she claims she just wanted [[WellDoneSonGuy her father's love and attention]]—something that Rick Prime had [[LackOfEmpathy no intention of providing]].]]

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Rick and Tommy claim that Beth was an EnfantTerrible who asked Rick[[spoiler: Prime]] to make her disturbing inventions and ultimately shoved and abandoned Tommy in Froopy Land out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] over his relationship with his father. The sentient switchblade Rick made her also alludes to her using it to stab people when she was younger. For her part, Beth denies pushing Tommy and insists that she only asked Rick to make her things because she wanted him to spend time with her.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: This episode focuses on Beth's abandonment issues stemming from Rick[[spoiler: Prime]]'s ParentalNeglect. It gets complicated as Rick claims Beth developed TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior that caused him to build Froopy Land for her, though Beth retorts that she asked him to make seemingly troubling inventions because she wanted him to ''spend time'' with her, and she only tried to drown Tommy in a vat of honey because she was [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of his close relationship with his own father]].

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Rick and Tommy claim that Beth was an EnfantTerrible who asked Rick to make her disturbing inventions and ultimately shoved and abandoned Tommy in Froopy Land out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] over his relationship with his father. The sentient switchblade Rick made her also alludes to her using it to stab people when she was younger. For her part, Beth denies pushing Tommy and insists that she only asked Rick to make her things because she wanted him to spend time with her.

** At the beginning of the episode, Beth tells Summer and Morty that she had memories about an imaginary place called Froopy Land where Rick left her while he worked and that her friend Tommy vanished there. The episode reveals that Froopy Land is real, Rick created it for Beth specifically, and she deliberately abandoned Tommy there for decades. Beth keeps insisting that she didn't leave Tommy to drown in a honey swamp.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: This episode focuses on Beth's abandonment issues stemming from Rick's ParentalNeglect. It gets complicated as Rick claims Beth developed TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior that caused him to build Froopy Land for her, though Beth retorts that she asked him to make seemingly troubling inventions because she wanted him to ''spend time'' with her, and she only tried to drown Tommy in a vat of honey because she was [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of his close relationship with his own father]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: Tommy has grown into TheCaligula, but when Beth tries to deny that she pushed him into honey and abandoned him, he is correct when he says that she can deny it all she wants, but it was his "slice of reality" that got affected.

* OverlyLongGag: Rick going through a box of inventions he made for Beth, which takes quite some time and covers the entire spectrum of criminal activities one might engage in.

-->"Rayguns, [[ATasteOfTheLash a whip that forces people to like you]], invisibility cuffs, [[BearTrap a parent trap]], a {{lightning gun}}, a teddy bear with anatomically correct innards, [[NightVisionGoggles night vision googly-eye glasses]], sound-erasing sneakers, false fingerprints, [[TranquillizerDart fall-asleep darts]], [[LieDetector a lie-detecting doll]], [[BatterUp an indestructible baseball bat]], a taser shaped like a ladybug, a fake police badge, [[TrackingDevice location-tracking stickers]], [[BoundAndGagged rainbow-colored duct tape]], [[MindControlDevice mind control hairclips]], poison gum, [[TalkingWeapon a pink sentient switchblade]]."

* ProudHunderRace: Kiara's species, the Krutabulons, are a parody of this type of culture. She uses the justification of being on the hunt to get away with attempting to murder Jerry's children after he makes them tell her he's breaking up with her. She also claims that the Varrix, the alien race that her people hunt, are mindless vermin, until they are in fact revealed to be completely sapient.

-->'''Beth''': You would rather believe I'm evil than admit you were a bad father?!
-->'''Rick''': Oh no, dude. Bad father all the way to the max over here. I'm a fucking nutcase, and the acorn plopped straight down, baby.

-->'''Kiara''': [[BlatantLies Just...hunting]].

* PredatorPastiche: Kiara is an unusually attractive example.
* PsychicStrangle: Kiara strangles Summer this way.

* SelfServingMemory: Beth and Rick both seem to have this, to an extent. Beth claims her father built Froopy Land for her to [[NotNowKiddo keep her out of the way]] while he worked on his inventions. Rick claims Beth was displaying TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior since she asked him to make a number of horrible weapons and he built Froopy Land to keep the neighborhood safe from her. Beth retorts that she just asked him to build those things because she wanted him to spend time with her. Given that they're both {{Unreliable Expositor}}s who aren't always honest with themselves or others, it's hard to tell how much of either account is true.

* SexMagic: A variant. Jerry [[TouchedByVorlons develops telekinesis]] from having sex with Kiara.

Meanwhile, Morty and Summer are introduced to Jerry's new alien girlfriend Keara. The relationship doesn't work out, but Jerry's attempt at breaking up with her leads to her attempting to kill Jerry's children.

-->'''Switchblade''': Hi, Beth! [[SheIsAllGrownUp You've gotten taller]]! [[KnifeNut Shall we resume stabbing]]?

* AdultFear:
** A woman threatens her paramour's children when he tries to break up with her and blames the kids. There is nothing funny about that given how often it happens in real life.
** Tommy's family suffered a TraumaCongaLine: Tommy disappeared after Beth abandoned him in Froopy Land, his father was arrested and convicted for his murder, and his mother nearly watched her husband die by lethal injection.
** Beth is terrified that she is like her father, and also about choosing whether or not to pursue her dreams.

-->"Rayguns, a whip that forces people to like you, invisibility cuffs, [[BearTrap a parent trap]], a {{lightning gun}}, a teddy bear with anatomically correct innards, [[NightVisionGoggles night vision googly-eye glasses]], sound-erasing sneakers, false fingerprints, [[TranquillizerDart fall-asleep darts]], [[LieDetector a lie-detecting doll]], [[BatterUp an indestructible baseball bat]], a taser shaped like a ladybug, a fake police badge, [[TrackingDevice location-tracking stickers]], [[BoundAndGagged rainbow-colored duct tape]], [[MindControlDevice mind control hairclips]], poison gum, [[TalkingWeapon a pink sentient switchblade]]."

* KneelBeforeZod: Tommy's guards demand that Rick and Beth kneel before their ruler.

* PsychoExGirlfriend: Kiara tries to kill Summer and Morty after Jerry breaks up with her by lying that he can't be with her because they don't want him to. Jerry comes clean to save his daughter's life. She spares Summer but is then angry at Jerry for lying. Luckily, her ex shows up and distracts her while Morty, Summer, and Jerry escape. TheStinger implies she's over it, though, and is back to being on good terms with Jerry.