History Recap / RickAndMortyS7E4ThatsAmorte

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Not in the traditional sense, but when people and beings all around found out about the whole spaghetti debacle, they become addicted to it.

* ContentWarnings: This episode features one at the very start of the episode supplied by [[Creator/AdultSwim the network]] (even before their logo), as it deals with topics and conversations of suicide, which can be quite disturbing and stomach-churning. As the show usually doesn't do viewer discretion warnings, you ''know'' you're in for it. As is standard practice in the UK, the broadcast on [[Creator/Channel4 E4]] had the episode's credits interrupted by a continuity announcer reassuring anyone affected to seek help with their help pack online.

* HopeSpot: Rick and Morty find a way to make lots of spaghetti without forcing lots of people to commit suicide, by cloning barely sentient meat sack torsos that only have the ability to kill themselves. Unfortunately, it doesn't work out, as the factory is immediately bombed by two different protesting groups: one, a group of aliens that think the flavour of the new spaghetti is inferior to the old way of making it, and secondly a group of natives who ''still'' find the killing of headless torsos unethical.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Don't worry, the president of spaghetti bolognese intestines earth wasn't Kamala Harris.

** Summer says "Pass the Parmesan", remembering to use the [[Recap/RickAndMortyS6E1Solaricks current world's pronunciation of the word]].

* ExpendableClone: Morty proposes this approach to make the suicide spaghetti more ethical. It doesn't work, first because the clones are aware enough not to want to become food, and the ones that only know to kill themselves tasting terrible.
* FictionalSocialNetwork: When Fred's [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes life is flashing before his eyes]], we see him using a social network called [[Website/Facebook FriendBook]] to reconnect with Amber.

* FictionalSocialNetwork: When Fred's [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes life is flashing before his eyes]], we see him using a social network called [=FriendBook=] to reconnect with Amber.

* SuicideDare: When Morty's botched attempt to replace the spaghetti from people who took suicide with living torsos is quickly met with criticism by other customers, the planet's living population is subjected by angry customers trying to force them into suicide to keep the food coming.

'''Rick:''' Morty, I lied to protect you, you told the truth to hurt me. I can't travel the galaxy with you if every time we come to a fucked up system, you leap into its wires and electrocute yourself.

* PeopleFarms: Morty's initial suggestion for more "ethical" spaghetti is mass-cloning people and indoctrinating them into ''wanting'' to kill themselves and turn into spaghetti. It works about as well as one might expect, so then Morty tries to find how loose the definition of "people" could be to mass-produce spaghetti, with Rick eventually arriving at a headless, boneless torso with only rudimentary motor functions, so it's just barely alive, and a single arm which it can kill itself with. It works, but apparently the spaghetti it produces is suboptimal in flavour (the torso bodies appear to contain some sort of black grime, which can be seen [[FreezeFrameBonus briefly]] when they are cut open during the factory scene).

* CrazyPrepared: Rick has an "euthanasia chamber" at 41 Kepler B for some reason that he doesn't want to tell Morty much.

* DramaticDrop: Morty drops his plate in shock when he sees Rick in the garage with the corpe.

* LoopholeAbuse: The spaghettification of the intestines is due to the aliens' bodies reaction with a particular chemical released by the brain, but only in great amounts ("suicidal amounts", to quote Rick). The production of said substance seems to be based on whether or not it would fall under the legal definition of suicide more than anything: a murder-suicide pact doesn't work since they are technically killed by another person even if under your request and consent, but medically-assisted suicide and Rick helping Fred pass away ''does'' count, despite it also being a case of another person obliging your request to cause your death. It seems that the aliens' brains have a small lawyer overseeing the release of the chemical.

** Rick insists that it's not his fault for lying, desecrating corpses and exploiting suicide, and blames Morty for simply uncovering his ruse and ruining a good thing. The episode even rewards him by letting him do it again, but with the family's blessing.

* IdiotBall: Rick, the smartest brain in the universe, brings a corpse into his garage but [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom keeps the door open]] for Morty to accidentally walk in on and see him refilling the spaghetti tray with [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies human remains]].

* LoopholeAbuse: The spaghettification of the intestines is due to the aliens' bodies reaction with a particular chemical released by the brain, but only in great amounts ("suicidal amounts", to quote Rick). The production of said substance seems to be based on wether or not it would fall under the legal definition of suicide more than anything: a murder-suicide pact doesn't work since they are technically killed by another person even if under your request and consent, but medically-assisted suicide and Rick helping Fred pass away ''does'' count, despite it also being a case of another person obliging your request to cause your death. It seems that the aliens' brains have a small lawyer overseeing the release of the chemical.

* KarmaHoudini: Rick never faces criticism or retribution for the fact he was stealing and desecrating corpses. Unlike other examples in the series, Rick didn't adapt to an already broken system, people on that planet had no idea about the phenomenon and were not used to eating corpses, something they actually are shocked by at first. He created the system by going behind everyone's back just for his own convenience, but the episode blames Morty for pointing it out. Also, [[FridgeHorror no one discusses how he has found out, if the planet's inhabitants themselves weren't aware of the fact and it requires them to specifically commit suicide.]]

* BrokenAesop: It's ok to enable horrible, and even unethical behavior, as long as you can invoke plausible deniability. At the end of the episode, the family is very much aware that Rick's new dinner comes from something horrible and unethical, Rick even gloats about it, but since they call themselves out by deliberately not asking for the details.
** Also, don't try to fix a broken system. Why try to do the right thing, when you can do the convenient thing?

* ContentWarnings: This episode features one at the very start of the episode supplied by [[Creator/AdultSwim the network]] (even before their logo), as it deals with topics and conversations of suicide, which can be quite disturbing and stomach churning. As the show usually doesn't do viewer discretion warnings, you ''know'' you're in for it. As is standard practice in the UK, the broadcast on [[Creator/Channel4 E4]] had the episode's credits interrupted by a continuity announcer reassuring anyone affected to seek help with their help pack online.

** Morty has no problem serving ethical suicide spaghetti, despite calling Rick out for serving the same spaghetti every Friday night for a few weeks. The only real difference is that he got permission to serve it and the person who committed suicide consented to their body being used for that purpose. It is also implied he only did so to get back into his family's good graces since they all still loved the spaghetti in spite of learning of its harrowing origin.

** Rick insists that it's not his fault for lying, desecrating corpse and exploiting suicide, the only issue is when the truth came out. The episode even rewards him by letting him do it again, but with the family's blessing.

* BrokenAesop: It's ok to lie and hide how horrible your actions are, so you can enjoy the profit guilt-free. Disclosing the secret, or even worse trying to find ethical solutions, only leads to trouble, so you should deliberately live in ignorance to invoke plausible deniability and live in comfort, wile keeping the chain of horror going to satisfy your demands.

* DrivenToSuicide: Angry customers attempt to drive the population of 41 Kepler B into suicide after Morty's botched living torsos make for poor spaghetti replacements, much to the citizens' horror.

* Shoutout: Fred Bunk's death scene is identical to Sol Roth's death in ''Film/SoylentGreen''.

* NeverMyFault: Even after the MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, Morty still tries to blame Rick for Spaghetti Planet trying to profit off their own biology when he was the one who revealed to them how their biology can be marketed to other species as food. Rick quickly points out that he lied to protect Morty while Morty told the truth to hurt him.