History ComicBook / RickAndMortyOni

* AlternateUniverse: Most of the issues[[labelnote:*]]At least the "Doofus Jerry" storyline uses the same Rick and Morty as the TV show, since Rick is explicitly addressed as "C-137" at one point during it[[/labelnote]] take place in this relative to the TV show, with alternate (although still extremely similar) versions of Rick and Morty. While it's unknown exactly what the number is of the universe where TV-show Rick and Morty currently live, it's implied to be a "C" universe; meanwhile, the comics-verse seems to take place in the "B" universe with that same number, based on Rick's comments in the "Rickoning" finaly storyling.[[note]]Specifically, Rick at one point meets a Morty from "the A designation of our universe", which is basically "the same except less funny", implying that it's a neighboring universe. Then, after the comics-verse is destroyed, the [=IllumiRicki=] want to move on to destroying the TV show's universe too, which is apparently "one universe over" from the one they just ended.[[/note]]
** At the very least, Rick and Morty of this universe appear to have many of the same enemies as the TV series (e.g. Supernova, Lucius Needful, Tammy and Phoenix Person), as indicated at the ending of Issue 42. Issue 56 also confirms that Comicverse Rick destroyed this universe's version of the Galactic Federation, too.

* AlternateUniverse: Most of the issues[[labelnote:*]]At least the "Doofus Jerry" storyline uses the same Rick and Morty as the TV show, since Rick is explicitly addressed as "C-137" at one point during it.[[/labelnote]] take place in this relative to the TV show, with alternate (although still extremely similar) versions of Rick and Morty. While it's unknown exactly what the number is of the universe where TV-show Rick and Morty currently live, it's implied to be a "C" universe; meanwhile, the comics-verse seems to take place in the "B" universe with that same number, based on Rick's comments in the "Rickoning" finaly storyling.[[note]]Specifically, Rick at one point meets a Morty from "the A designation of our universe", which is basically "the same except less funny", implying that it's a neighboring universe. Then, after the comics-verse is destroyed, the [=IllumiRicki=] want to move on to destroying the TV show's universe too, which is apparently "one universe over" from the one they just ended.[[/note]]

** The Dungeon Master is a literal character with RealityWarper abilities that Rick describes as an "omnipotent ur-deity"... and who happens to look and speak like the Dungeon Master character from [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons the 1980s D&D cartoon]].

** The D&D 5e dimension is called "the ''TableTopGame/ForgottenRealms''", after one of the most iconic and popular of D&D's various campaign settings in the real world.

* ShoutOut: The covers are all based on 5e sourcebooks and adventures: Issue #1 is ''Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage'', issue #2 is ''Tomb of Annihilation'', issue #3 is ''Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes'' and #4 is the ''Dungeon Master's Guide''.

** Doubles as a DeusExMachina for how Doofus Jerry is killed. He has the whole Prime Smith-Sanchez family cornered and has basically won, even punching Jerry Prime when the latter tries to fight back and causing him to vomit. Said vomit contains portal juice that Jerry accidentally drank earlier, which opens a portal and releases a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere that quickly and unceremoniously crushes Doofus Jerry.

* TranshumanTreachery: Morty during the vampire arc, after Summer and he are kidnapped by a vampire. He gets throw into a chamber with three vampire women. They start to do their seductive spiel on her him, but Morty cuts them off and ''willingly'' offers himself to the three. Naturally he's turned and by the time Rick, Beth and Jerry find out, he's become a VampireMonarch of [[VampireHarem his own harem]].
--> '''Morty'': ''(In a bed, upside down, with three female vampire)'' Aw, geez, Rick. So many places we've seen, what sights. And nearly all of you--mortal.

* TranshumanTreachery: Morty during the vampire arc, after Summer and he are kidnapped by a vampire. He gets throw into a chamber with three vampire women. They start to do their seductive spiel on her him, but Morty cuts them off and ''willingly'' offers himself to the three. Naturally he's turned and by the time Rick, Beth and Jerry come to rescue him, he's become a VampireMonarch of his own harem.

* OnlyinItForTheMoney: The Ball Fondlers, while ostensibly heroes, only help out to a certain degree based on how much they are paid. They deliberately neglect to inform Rick that Morty has gone through HeelFaceBrainwashing because they believe that Rick didn't pay them enough to warrant them giving him that information.

The main series has a total of 60 issues, with the final issue released on March 25, 2020.
SpinOff series include:

The main series has a total of 60 issues, with the final issue set to release on March 25, 2020.[[labelnote:Source]]As revealed in the synopsis for issue 60: https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JAN201907[[/labelnote]]

* PunchClockHero: The Ball Fondlers; despite realizing that Morty had been subjected to HeelFaceBrainwashing, they didn’t warn Rick because he only paid them to fondle one ball.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The "Rick and Morty Presents" spinoff line of comics does this with many of the side characters it focuses on:
** The All New All Different Vindicators get AdaptationalHeroism and AdaptationalNiceGuy, as they are a lot more heroic and considerate than the BitchInSheepsClothing originals (with the exception of Noob-Noob, who becomes the BigBad, Boon, in a case of AdaptationalVillainy).
** In "Auto Erotic Assimilation", the HiveMind Unity is referred to with gender-neutral pronouns, but in its issue here, where it almost-exclusively uses its main female body from that episode, it's referred to with female pronouns and called Rick's "girlfriend". In the series, Unity is implied to have SingleTargetSexuality for Rick (calling itself "yours, and nobody else's"), but in the comic, it has at least four other ex-boyfriends. While the Unity of the TV series is actually surprisingly benevolent and well-meaning, it gets a major case of AdaptationalJerkass and AdaptationalVillainy here, being very selfish and prioritizing its ambition above all else, and manipulating and coercing its ex-boyfriends to help with its plans.

** The flashback also shows how Rick, {{Munchkin}} that he is, kept creating D&D characters that he soon discarded for not being strong enough for his standards. Him doing so is what causes the entire conflict "Painscape", which is made worse by the fact that the characters he created are, like him, overpowered by anyone else's standards to the point of eventually becoming invincible.

* VillainRespect: ''Acererak'' of all people gets nicely along with Rick after he makes his way through the Tomb of Horrors unscathed.

* TheIlluminati: The final arc introduces one of these made up of various Ricks, called the [=IllumiRicki=]. It turns out that, the initial Ricks we meet in this group are just a front, and the true [=IllumiRicki=] is made up of the Doofus Ricks who put on the appearance of being their servants.

** Issue 27 ends with this happening between Morty and Spare Parts, an exact clone of him that Rick created and used to take one of Morty's two dates to the dance. Morty reasons that he knows how to make himself feel good, and the two of them have all the same parts, so...

* TwoTimerDate: After hearing that Morty can't get a date to the dance, Princess Decoria of Mars, whom Rick and Morty rescued, offers to go with him. Not long after, Jessica asks Morty at the last minute if he can go with her, since her boyfriend, Brad, broke his leg. Morty is so excited at the chance to go to the dance with his dream girl that he accepts without a second thought, only realizing afterwards that he's double-booked himself after Rick points it out. Luckily, considering Rick's capabilities, this is resolved pretty easily: Morty has Spare Parts, a perfect clone of him created by Rick, take Jessica, while he himself takes Decoria.[[note]]Rick suspects that Morty chose this arrangement, rather than the other way around, because [[HormoneAddledTeenager Decoria has three boobs instead of two]].[[/note]]

* TheBadGuyWins: Rick once abandoned his workers on a dinosaur island for twenty years. After they catch him, instead of killing him, they just demand a way off (even going so far as to chastise the one survivor who keeps threatening torture). By the end, they are all eaten by dinosaurs, and Rick, Summer and Morty get off the island scot free.
--> '''Rick''': ''G-Good work, kids. You just saved me a ton in likely workplace lawsuits. Y-y-y-you want to see some real bloodthirsty carnivores? Get tied up with some labor attorneys.''

* UnwittingPawn: Peacock Jones becomes one for the [=IllumiRicki=], who also want Rick C-137 dead and give Jones advice on how to pursue his revenge quest (and, essentially, do their dirty work for them).

* ShoutOut: The covers are all based on 5e sourcebooks and adventures: Issue #1 is ''Waterdeep: Tomb of the Mad Mage'', issue #2 is ''Tomb of Annihilation'', issue #3 is ''Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes'' and #4 is the ''Dungeon Master's Guide''.

** The D&D 5e dimension is called "the ''TableTopGame/ForgottenRealms''", after the most iconic and popular of D&D's various campaign settings in the real world.

* VampireEpisode: Issue 37 and 38 see the Sanchez family dealing with vampires when Summer and Morty are kidnapped by one. Summer ends up befriending a few of his minions while Morty is (willingly) turned by the vampire's female servants and even briefly gains his own VampireHarem. Meanwhile Rick, Beth and Jerry have to work together to save the two.

** Rick has never read HP Lovecraft because he figures that the monsters in it are probably super racist.

--> '''Rick''': ''grandpa, pick me up from the mall. grandpa, help me with my homework. Grandpa, help me fight a giant kaiju monster because I’m a f&#*ing dum-dum''

** In Issue 56, when Peacock Jones mentions his vendetta against Rick, to his fellow bar patrons, several of them turn out to have similar grudges. One guy hates Rick for collapsing the Galactic Federation, since it meant he had to start working in a Plumbus factory to support his family. Another is mad that Rick destroyed his armada. And as for the bartender? He resents Rick for drinking him dry, then refusing to tip him.

* SpoonyBard: Rick ''hates'' bards, citing their perception from early editions of the game as an underpowered class as justification for hating them. At the start of issue #3, Morty even thinks that Rick literally blew up the game-world because Morty expressed an interest in multiclassing to bard at the end of the previous issue.