History Recap / RickAndMortyS2E2MortynightRun

* HardTruthAesop: You should know when to ''not'' get involved in a situation, even if it seems bad; otherwise, intervening can just make things worse. This is especially the case if you're relying purely on righteousness and don't have a solid understanding of all the facets involved.

* HardLuckAesop: You should know when to ''not'' get involved in a situation, even if it seems bad; otherwise, intervening can just make things worse. This is especially the case if you're relying purely on righteousness and don't have a solid understanding of all the facets involved.

* HardLuckAesop: You should know when to ''not'' get involved in a terrible situation, especially if you're just relying on righteousness without having a solid understanding of all the facets involved; otherwise, intervening can just make things worse.

* BorrowedBiometricBypass: During his assassination coup, Krombpoulos Michael forces a guard's hand on a scanner to open a door.

* ChekhovsGun: The Antimatter Gun Rick sells to Krombopulous Michael at the beginning is used by Morty to kill Fart at the end.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite being the type of person who'd casually sell a gun to a contract killer just to make some quick money to blow at an arcade, Rick is visibly disturbed when Krombopoulos Michael [[MyCard hands over his business card]] to Morty.

* FatalFamilyPhoto: Krombpoulos Michael looks at his girl's photo. A minute later he gets smashed by Morty's vessel.
* FictionalCurrency: Early on, Rick is handed a money bag with 3,000 flerbos by Krombopulous Michael.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: Rick assures Morty that he is not doing any shady business out of the ParkingGarage. Cue [[PsychoForHire Krombopulous Michael]] knocking on the car door to [[ArmsDealer do a weapon deal with him]].

* WouldHurtAChild: Krombopulous Michael cheerfully states that he'll kill ''anyone'' for money, including children and old people.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite being the type of person who'd casually sell a gun to a contract killer just to make some quick money to blow at an arcade, Rick is visibly disturbed when Krombpoulos Michael [[MyCard hands over his business card]] to Morty.

* PetTheDog: Rick is seriously annoyed that Morty insists on going to save Fart rather than the two of them just hanging out and having fun at the arcade like Rick wants to. At one point, when Morty gives him the option to bail while he rescues Fart himself, Rick [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere does indeed ditch him]]...for all of a minute, before he portals back in time to save Morty, and subsequently sticks with him for the rest of the episode in his goal to rescue Fart, despite repeatedly complaining about it.

** It's heavily implies that the main Jerry the audience has been following in the series since Rick and Morty moved to his dimension in "Rick Potion #9" is accidentally traded away to a different Rick and Morty at the end of the episode thanks to a receipt mix-up, and the Jerry that the main protagonist duo brings back with them is a different one. "Solaricks" later confirms this to be true; while the new Jerry has had almost all of the same experiences with his own version of the family as the previous Jerry (at the very least, the events of "Something Ricked This Way Comes" did happen to him too, since Rick makes a mention in Season 4 of Jerry going to Pluto), and is exactly the same in terms of personality, this means that the "Main Jerry" who appears for the rest of the series after this episode is the ''third'' version of him that the audience has followed, unlike Rick and Morty (the originals) or Beth and Summer (the second versions).

* CallBack: "Human Music" from "M. Night Shamaliens" plays in the background at Jerryboree.

* CallBack: "Human Music" from "M. Night Shamaliens" plays in the background at Jerrybourie.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Fart is revealed to be an extremist who is intent on cleansing the universe of carbon-based life forms. He is not outwardly malicious however, he maintains a personal bond with Morty, and even shares his intent nonchalantly to him, convinced he would understand the importance of his cause. He is shocked and betrayed when Morty kills him in response, not understanding what would provoke such a backstab.

* LotusEaterMachine: The "Roy" video game in the arcade has the player put on a VR helmet that puts them in the shoes of the eponymous Roy, and the goal is to live the longest and most interesting life possible. Morty nearly forgets who he is when he leaves the game, while Rick can play the game and argue with Morty at the same time.

* AbsenteeActor: Beth and Summer don't appear in this episode. The former does make a cameo as a costumed mascot character at the Jerry daycare though.

* BerserkButton: Rick does not take betrayal well at all. When he finds out that Revolio "Gearhead" Clockberg, Jr. called the cops on them, he beats Gearhead up and swaps his mouth gears with his testicle gears.

* AbsenteeActor: Beth and Summer don't appear in this episode.

!!This episode contains examples of:

* BreakTheCutie: Morty (again). His idealism is completely crushed when Fart is revealed to be genocidal and he is forced to kill him, making the entire endeavour AllForNothing. Rick unintentionally rubbing this in his face helps him none.

* SliceOfLife: The alien video game ''Roy: a Life Well-Lived,'' detailed under Lotus-Eater Machine, which shows the life-and-times of [[TheEveryman a normal American man named "Roy."]] It's considered a bad move to go back to selling carpets after beating [[TheTopicOfCancer cancer,]] by the way

* VomitingCop: The gear cops vomit after seeing Gearhead mutilated.

** The gas organism, Fart is equally polite and gentle to the solid life forms he considers a disease and has every intent of "[[DeadlyEuphemism cleansing]]".
* AllForNothing: After a rescue attempt, the deaths of tons of innocent people, and a lot of trouble, Morty ends up killing the gas life form anyways because he learns that they're out to kill all carbon based life forms.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Fart is revealed to be an extremist who is intent on cleansing the universe of carbon based life forms. He is not outwardly malicious however, he maintains a personal bond with Morty, and even shares his intent nonchalantly to him, convinced he would understand the importance of his cause. He is shocked and betrayed when Morty kills him in response, not understanding what would provoke such a backstab.

* BreakTheCutie: Morty (again). His idealism completely crushed when Fart is revealed to be genocidal and he is forced to kill him, making the entire endeavour AllForNothing. Rick unintentionally rubbing this in his face helps him none.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Rick and Morty talk in the arcade, a [[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E5MeeseeksAndDestroy Mr. Meeseeks]] can be seen watching an alien play an arcade game. The alien wins the game and the Mr. Meeseeks promptly dies as a result.

* LotusEaterMachine: The "Roy" video game in the arcade has the player put on a VR helmet that puts them in the shoes of the eponymous Roy, and the goal is to live the longest and most interesting life possible. Morty nearly forgets who he is when he leaves the game, while Rick is able to play the game and argue with Morty at the same time.

* ChekhovsGun: The Antimatter Gun Rick sells to the assassin at the beginning is used by Morty to kill Fart at the end.

* FictionalCurrency: Early on, Rick is handed a money bag with 3,000 flerbos by the assassin.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: Rick assures Morty that he is not doing any shady business out of the ParkingGarage. Cue the assassin knocking on the car door to [[ArmsDealer do a weapon deal with him]].

* JawDrop: Rick and Morty both have them after Fart uses his powers to cause the above-mentioned DisasterDominos, leading to a ton of destruction and death.

* AllForNothing: After a rescue attempt and a lot of trouble, Morty ends up killing the gas life form anyways because he learns that they're out to kill all carbon based life forms.

* NeverMyFault: As Rick points out, Morty stated that selling a gun to an assassin is just as bad as pulling the trigger yourself. Later, dozens of innocent civilians get killed because Morty saved Fart instead of just letting him get killed, but Morty insists that it is different because unlike Rick he did the right thing. Rick also has shades of this in the episode by not caring what Krombpoulos does with the gun he sells him and later blames Morty for what he himself did to Gearhead's gearsticles.

* OutOfFocus: Beth and Summer don't appear in this episode.