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* MoralEventHorizon:
-->We both know that if there's any truth in the universe, it's that Ricks ''don't care about Mortys''.

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* AsYouKnow: Lampshaded by Morty who complains that Rick keeps telling him about the [[MistakenFromBehind shirt trick]] over and over.
* AudienceMurmurs: Lampshaded by Rick when the crowd at the council starts murmuring after being insulted by Rick.
-->"Yeah, murmur it up, d-bags."



* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: Invoked as a PrankCall to Jerry by Rick's hunters.



* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The real villain is not Evil Rick, its his ''Morty''.

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* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: The Citadel of Ricks has this vibe.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The pamphlet "The Good Morty" handed out by evangelical alternate Morties look like Christian educational material for kids.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The real villain is not Evil Rick, its it's his ''Morty''.


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* EyepatchOfPower: Evil Morty wears one. Turns out it concealed a transmitter to control Evil Rick.


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* LostInACrowd: At the end Evil Morty disappears in a crowd of Morties.


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* MistakenFromBehind: Rick and Morty fool their pursuers by dressing up two chairs in their shirts which leads to this trope occuring.


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* NoMoreForMe: One homeless Chair drops his [[QuickNip flask]] after seeing Rick and Morty walking by.


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* PhoneTraceRace: Jerry is told to keep Rick on the phone for 30 seconds to be traced down by Rick's hunters. Apparently, it was just part of a [[TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse prank]].


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* PunBasedTitle: This episode's title is a pun on ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
* PungeonMaster: Rick and an alternative self of him throw VolleyingInsults at each other based on the word "Rick".
-->'''Other Rick''': Save your anti-Rick speech for the Council of Ricks, terror-Rick.
-->'''Rick''': Hey, save your Rick rules for the [burps] sheep-Ricks, Rick-pig.


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* RousingSpeech: Morty delivers one to his other Morty inmates.


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* ShoutOut:
** One of the Morties looks just like Eric Stolz from ''Film/{{Mask}}''. This is an in-joke to the fact that Rick and Morty are based on Doc and Marty from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' where Marty was briefly played by Eric Stolz before he was replaced by Creator/MichaelJFox.
** Some of the captured Morties look like Aang from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.


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* SpikesOfVillainy: Evil Rick's lair has huge spikes sticking out.


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* TechnicolorScience: The colorful chemicals Doofus Rick uses to produce ovenless brownies.


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* TranquillizerDart: Used to [[InstantSedation instantly sedate]] and capture Morty in the opening scene.
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Rick has a run in with alternate Ricks, resulting in a fall out with Morty.

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Rick has a run in with alternate Ricks, resulting in a fall falling out with Morty.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Rick C-137 assumes Evil Rick wants to overthrow the Council of Ricks, which he agrees to, but Evil Rick doesn't really say if that's his plan or not. He doesn't even explain why he needs C-137's memories.



** Rick reveals that Morty can hide his presence to other entities of the universe

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** Rick reveals that Morty can hide his presence to other entities of the universeuniverse.
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-->-- '''insert character here0'''

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-->-- '''insert character here0'''
'''Council of Ricks Officer'''
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* ShoutOut: The small book one of the other Mortys hands Morty is essentially a ''[[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tract]]''.

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* ShoutOut: The small book one of the other Mortys in the cult hands our Morty is essentially a parody of a ''[[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tract]]''.

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'''Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind'''
->Written by: Ryan Ridley
->Directed by: Stephen Sandoval

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'''Close '''Season 1, Episode 10:'''
!Close
Rick-counters of the Rick Kind'''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This place is a real who's who of who's you and me."'']]
->Written by: Ryan Ridley
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->''"Rick Sanchez of Earth dimension C-137, you are under arrest for crimes against alternate Ricks by the authority of the trans-dimensional council of Ricks."''
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->''"Hey, Morty, you want connection, go be part of some stupid club, like all those dumb Ricks. You know, maybe I don't connect because I'm the Rickest Rick there is. And, you know, it would g-go without saying that the Rickest Rick would have the Mortyest Morty."''
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* FrameUp: Evil Rick/Evil Morty hack into Rick C-137's portal gun to make it look like he's recently visited the dimensions of all the murdered Ricks in order to make it look like he's responsible.

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* FrameUp: Evil Rick/Evil Morty hack into Rick C-137's portal gun to make it look like he's recently visited the dimensions of all the murdered Ricks in order to make it look like he's him appear responsible.
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* BatmanGambit: Evil Rick (or rather, Evil Morty) wanted to lure Rick C-137 to them they could capture him, so they hacked his portal gun not only to frame him, but also because they knew C-137 would use that to trace them and come after them himself.
* ClearMyName: "Our" Rick, C-137, is falsely accused by the Council of killing Ricks and kidnapping Mortys. After he and his Morty C-137 escape from the Council, they begin looking for the real killer to clear Rick of suspicion.


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* FrameUp: Evil Rick/Evil Morty hack into Rick C-137's portal gun to make it look like he's recently visited the dimensions of all the murdered Ricks in order to make it look like he's responsible.

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** At one point, a mug with a question mark on it, a pen and a notepad come spilling out of from one of the portals Rick mass spawned.
[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls These belong]] [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E7SocietyOfTheBlindEye to Grunkle Stan.]]

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** At one point, a mug with a question mark on it, a pen and a notepad come spilling out of from one of the portals Rick mass spawned.
spawned. [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls These belong]] [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E7SocietyOfTheBlindEye to Grunkle Stan.]]
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* CrossoverPunchline: The mug, pen and notepad that come out of one of Rick's portals can be traced back to "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E7SocietyOfTheBlindEye Society of the Blind Eye]]".


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* DoWrongRight: Rick points out that the Morty Dome is needlessly excessive, since you could get the same effect that it provides with only five Mortys and a jumper cable.


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** At one point, a mug with a question mark on it, a pen and a notepad come spilling out of from one of the portals Rick mass spawned.
[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls These belong]] [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E7SocietyOfTheBlindEye to Grunkle Stan.]]
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* SincerityMode: Jerry takes a while to realize Doofus Rick isn't making fun of him when he takes an interest in his job.
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* AssShove: One of the Ricks that was killed literally had his head shoved up his ass in a FreezeFrameBonus.

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* WhamShot: Evil Morty pulling off his eyepatch at the end, revealing that he was behind everything, and vanishing into the crowd of now-identical Morties.

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* WhamShot: Evil Morty pulling off his eyepatch at the end, revealing that he was behind everything, and vanishing into the crowd of now-identical Morties.Morties.
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--> '''Evil Rick''': We're not so *belch* different, you and I.
--> '''Rick''': *rolls his eyes* [[AlternateSelf Yeah]], ''[[CaptainObvious duh!]]''

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--> '''Evil Rick''': We're not so *belch* different, you and I.
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'''Rick''': *rolls his eyes* [[AlternateSelf Yeah]], ''[[CaptainObvious duh!]]''



* PragmaticVillainy: our Rick, and most of the others.

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* PragmaticVillainy: our Our Rick, and most of the others.others. He finds the idea that he would kill the other Ricks to be ridiculous because it's of no benefit to him, and the Morty Dome is considered "barbaric overkill" because five Mortys and a jumper cable would do the same job.



* SarcasticClapping: Evil Rick does this, which Rick things is played out.

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* SarcasticClapping: Evil Rick does this, which Rick things thinks is played out.



* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: '''Rick:''' I CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER, BIIIIIITCH!

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: ThisIsForEmphasisBitch:
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'''Rick:''' I CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER, BIIIIIITCH!
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'''Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind'''
->Written by: Ryan Ridley
->Directed by: Stephen Sandoval
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* ShoutOut: The small book one of the other Mortys hands Morty is essentially a ''[[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tract]]''.
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: '''Rick:''' I CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER, BIIIIIITCH!

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: '''Rick:''' I CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER, BIIIIIITCH!BIIIIIITCH!
* WhamShot: Evil Morty pulling off his eyepatch at the end, revealing that he was behind everything, and vanishing into the crowd of now-identical Morties.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Subverted. Rick keeps cracking jokes in Evil Rick's lab and one of the crab monsters sounds like he's laughing, but it's just a noise he makes every ten seconds regardless.


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** Some of Rick's memories include [[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E2LawnmowerDog Snuffles]] and [[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E6RickPotionNumber9 giving Morty the love potion]].


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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Various residents of the chair world look at Rick and Morty in surprise after their arrival.
* GroinAttack: Among the things the Machine of Unspeakable Doom does is stab a person in the balls every ten seconds.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Rick condemns the council for becoming a government because they feared government.


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* JerkassFacade:
-->'''Evil Rick:''' Are you crying? Over a Morty?\\
'''Rick:''' No, I'm just allergic to dipshits.


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* ManlyTears: Rick when seeing the memories of Morty.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Morty doesn't take being Rick's human cloaking device, even as they're sneaking around Evil Rick's hideout.
-->'''Morty:''' I'm more than a human shield!\\
'''Rick:''' Yeah, that's right, you are. You're a perfect, impenetrable suit of human armor, Morty, because you're as dumb as I am smart, which is why when I say "shut up," it's really good advice.


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* SarcasticClapping: Evil Rick does this, which Rick things is played out.


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* SpotTheImposter: One of the Ricks attempts to defy this.
-->"They look exactly like us, so in order to avoid confusion, I'm gonna mark us each with a red x right now. That way, if someone has a gun and we both tell you to shoot the other one because they're the evil one, you'll know who's lying."

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* NotSoDifferent: Our Rick and his evil counterpart, much to our Morty's irritation.

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* NotSoDifferent: Our Rick and his evil counterpart, much to our Morty's irritation. Also lampshaded by them.
--> '''Evil Rick''': We're not so *belch* different, you and I.
--> '''Rick''': *rolls his eyes* [[AlternateSelf Yeah]], ''[[CaptainObvious duh!]]''
** With the obvious exception of [[ThrowTheDogABone Doofus Rick]], The other Ricks also seem to enjoy making fun of Jerry as much as the Rick they're hunting down.


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* SpannerInTheWorks: Evil Morty apparently didn't count on even one of the other Mortys to actually stand up for themselves, motivating the rest.
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* TemptingFate: Beth comments that she wishes she got to see more of Rick. Almost immediately, three other Ricks portal into the dining room.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Doofus!Rick. He is constantly ridiculed by the other Ricks.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Doofus!Rick.Doofus Rick. He is constantly ridiculed by the other Ricks.



* AndIMustScream: Averted. The Morty Dome's walls are made of hundreds of screaming Mortys, constantly being tortured so they can hide Evil!Rick. The implication is that they'll eventually die and be replaced by the other Mortys being held in the dome.
* ContinuityNod: One of the alternate Ricks and Mortys in the Citadel of Ricks is the Cronenberg!Rick and Morty from the end of "Rick Potion #9".
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The real villain is not Evil!Rick, its his ''Morty''.
* TheEndingChangesEverything: Evil!Morty was behind the whole plot all along.
* InverseNinjaLaw: Our!Rick has no trouble outrunning, outwitting, and escaping numerous duplicates of himself.
* {{Irony}}: Doofus!Rick is the nicest version of Rick by far, but he was never able to have a family of his own.
* LackOfEmpathy: Evil!Morty has no qualms over killing Ricks, kidnapping Mortys and torturing them in the most gruesome and impractical way possible.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Evil!Morty

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* AndIMustScream: Averted. The Morty Dome's walls are made of hundreds of screaming Mortys, constantly being tortured so they can hide Evil!Rick.Evil Rick. The implication is that they'll eventually die and be replaced by the other Mortys being held in the dome.
* ContinuityNod: One of the alternate Ricks and Mortys in the Citadel of Ricks is the Cronenberg!Rick Cronenberg Rick and Morty from the end of "Rick Potion #9".
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The real villain is not Evil!Rick, Evil Rick, its his ''Morty''.
* TheEndingChangesEverything: Evil!Morty Evil Morty was behind the whole plot all along.
* InverseNinjaLaw: Our!Rick Our Rick has no trouble outrunning, outwitting, and escaping numerous duplicates of himself.
* {{Irony}}: Doofus!Rick Doofus Rick is the nicest version of Rick by far, but he was never able to have a family of his own.
* LackOfEmpathy: Evil!Morty Evil Morty has no qualms over killing Ricks, kidnapping Mortys and torturing them in the most gruesome and impractical way possible.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Evil!MortyEvil Morty was actually controlling Evil Rick.



* TheReveal: Rick reveals that Morty can hide his presence to other entities of the universe
** In the end, it's revealed Evil!Rick is just a robot, and Evil!Morty is the real killer.

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* TheReveal: TheReveal:
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Rick reveals that Morty can hide his presence to other entities of the universe
** In the end, it's revealed Evil!Rick Evil Rick is just a robot, and Evil!Morty being controlled by Evil Morty is the real killer.



* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: '''Rick:''' I CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER, BIIIIIITCH!
* XanatosGambit: Evil!Rick turns out to be a Controlled Robot Rick manipulated by an Evil!Morty.

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: '''Rick:''' I CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER, BIIIIIITCH!
* XanatosGambit: Evil!Rick turns out to be a Controlled Robot Rick manipulated by an Evil!Morty.
BIIIIIITCH!
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* ContinuityNod: One of the alternate Ricks and Mortys in the Citadel of Ricks is the Cronenberg!Rick and Morty from the end of "Rick Potion #9".

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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The real villain is not Evil!Rick, its his ''Morty''.



* LackOfEmpathy:

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* LackOfEmpathy:LackOfEmpathy: Evil!Morty has no qualms over killing Ricks, kidnapping Mortys and torturing them in the most gruesome and impractical way possible.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Evil!Morty


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* TheReveal: Rick reveals that Morty can hide his presence to other entities of the universe
** In the end, it's revealed Evil!Rick is just a robot, and Evil!Morty is the real killer.

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* AndIMustScream: Averted. The Morty Dome's walls are made of hundreds of screaming Mortys, constantly being tortured so they can hide Evil!Rick.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Doofus!Rick. He is constantly ridiculed by the other Ricks.
-->"You make us ashamed to be ourselves!"
* AndIMustScream: Averted. The Morty Dome's walls are made of hundreds of screaming Mortys, constantly being tortured so they can hide Evil!Rick. The implication is that they'll eventually die and be replaced by the other Mortys being held in the dome.
* TheEndingChangesEverything: Evil!Morty was behind the whole plot all along.


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* {{Irony}}: Doofus!Rick is the nicest version of Rick by far, but he was never able to have a family of his own.


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* NotSoDifferent: Our Rick and his evil counterpart, much to our Morty's irritation.
* OnlySaneMan: Rick sees himself as the only true Rick because he refuses to be part of the alliance.
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* InverseNinjaRule: Our!Rick has no trouble outrunning, outwitting, and escaping numerous duplicates of himself.

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* InverseNinjaRule: InverseNinjaLaw: Our!Rick has no trouble outrunning, outwitting, and escaping numerous duplicates of himself.
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* AndIMustScream: Averted. [[spoiler:The Morty Dome's walls are made of hundreds of screaming Mortys, constantly being tortured so they can hide Evil!Rick.]]

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* AndIMustScream: Averted. [[spoiler:The The Morty Dome's walls are made of hundreds of screaming Mortys, constantly being tortured so they can hide Evil!Rick.]]



** [[spoiler:-->We both know that if there's any truth in the universe, it's that Ricks ''don't care about Mortys''.]]

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** [[spoiler:-->We -->We both know that if there's any truth in the universe, it's that Ricks ''don't care about Mortys''.]]



* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: '''Rick:''' I [[spoiler:CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER BIIIIIITCH!!!]]
* XanatosGambit: Evil!Rick turns out [[spoiler:to be a Controlled Robot Rick manipulated by an Evil!Morty]].

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: '''Rick:''' I [[spoiler:CAUGHT CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER BIIIIIITCH!!!]]
KILLER, BIIIIIITCH!
* XanatosGambit: Evil!Rick turns out [[spoiler:to to be a Controlled Robot Rick manipulated by an Evil!Morty]].Evil!Morty.
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Rick has a run in with alternate Ricks, resulting in a fall out with Morty.

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* AndIMustScream: Averted. [[spoiler:The Morty Dome's walls are made of hundreds of screaming Mortys, constantly being tortured so they can hide Evil!Rick.]]
* LackOfEmpathy:
* MoralEventHorizon:
** [[spoiler:-->We both know that if there's any truth in the universe, it's that Ricks ''don't care about Mortys''.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: our Rick, and most of the others.
* RunningGag: Rick and Morty going through various similar universes with the same situation - an inanimate object ordering food - culminating in a scene where a chair, sitting on a person, orders a phone through their pizza. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It makes some sense in context.]]
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: '''Rick:''' I [[spoiler:CAUGHT THE REAL KILLER BIIIIIITCH!!!]]
* XanatosGambit: Evil!Rick turns out [[spoiler:to be a Controlled Robot Rick manipulated by an Evil!Morty]].

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