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* ShooTheDog: Parodied at the end with Rick and Morty weeping while releasing Bigfoot in his human back form into the woods.
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* ShooTheDog: Parodied at the end with Rick and Morty weeping while releasing Bigfoot in his human form back form into the woods.
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* AllForNothing: The story is kicked off by Rick attempting to tap into the infinity energy of the afterlife. He succeeds but is forced to destroy the conduit because the Pope immediately siphons all the energy to become an all-powerful GodEmperor, rendering the whole adventure pointless.
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* AllForNothing: The story is kicked off by Rick attempting to tap into the infinity energy of the afterlife. He succeeds but is forced to [[CutTheJuice destroy the conduit conduit]] because the Pope immediately siphons all the energy to become an all-powerful GodEmperor, rendering the whole adventure pointless.
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** Rick gets curbstomped hard by Bigfoot.
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* BambooTechnology: Rick's gadgets and weapons at his Valhalla relay station are based on wood and steel due to the lack of more advanced materials.
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* BambooTechnology: Rick's gadgets and weapons weaponry at his Valhalla relay station are based on wood and steel due to the lack of more advanced materials.
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** While not killing is one of the commandments, Popes through history have demonstrated liberties with the rules (the Crusades, anyone?). Also, defining Bigfoot as outside God's domain goes against the Christian doctrine for which God is everywhere.
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** While not killing is one of the commandments, Popes through throughout history have demonstrated liberties with the rules (the Crusades, anyone?). Also, defining Bigfoot as outside God's domain goes against the Christian doctrine for which God is everywhere.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Rick scientifically proves that religious afterlife realms like Christian Heaven and Valhalla are real, but he's still an atheist. Rick being an atheist is a plot point in the episode, because it means he can't get into the afterlifes of most religions, which is why he ends up choosing to enter Valhalla for his scheme, since it only requires he be killed gloriously in battle on Nordic soil.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Rick scientifically proves that religious afterlife realms like Christian Heaven and Valhalla are real, but he's still an atheist. Rick being an atheist is a plot point in the episode, episode because it means he can't get into the afterlifes afterlives of most religions, which is why he ends up choosing to enter Valhalla for his scheme, scheme since it only requires he be killed gloriously in battle on Nordic soil.
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* TakesOneToKillOne: The pods containing the clone bodies for Operation Phoenix are absolutely unbreakable... except from Rick's own technology. Bigfoot is unable to even scratch the pod despite several minutes of whaling on it, even slamming it with a boulder (which crumbles into pebbles), but [[GrievousHarmWithABody accidentally discovers]] that one of Rick's cybernetic implants immediately cracks through.
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* TakesOneToKillOne: The pods containing the clone bodies for Operation Phoenix are absolutely unbreakable... except from by Rick's own technology. Bigfoot is unable to even scratch the pod despite several minutes of whaling on it, even slamming it with a boulder (which crumbles into pebbles), but [[GrievousHarmWithABody accidentally discovers]] that one of Rick's cybernetic implants immediately cracks through.
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* AfterlifeWelcome: In the opening scene, Jerry is greeted by his mother at the gates of the afterlife.
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* GoIntoTheLight: In the opening NearDeathExperience, Jerry's mother asks him to follow her into the light.
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* GoIntoTheLight: In the opening NearDeathExperience, Jerry's mother asks him to follow her into the light. Jerry is then yanked back, because Rick is repeatedly killing him to study his connection to the afterlife.
* HoldTheLine: Rick, Morty, and Bigfoot leave the other monsters in Valhalla to buy time for them to escape to the living world, at which point Rick expects them to be overrun and the conduit destroyed. This being Rick, he doesn't actually tell them the plan, so by the time the monsters realize they've been played, it's too late.
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* HonorableWarriorsDeath: Rick needs to die in glorious battle against a mighty enemy in order to get into Valhalla. Turns out that losing in a CurbStompBattle against Bigfoot will do as well.
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* HonorableWarriorsDeath: Rick needs to die in glorious battle against a mighty enemy in order to get into Valhalla. Turns out that losing in a CurbStompBattle against Bigfoot will do as well. Even being murdered by Bigfoot while showing him kindness counts, as Morty learns the hard way.
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* InAWorld: When Bigfoot gets his TranslatorMicrobes from Rick, the first thing he says is "In a world where time actually is money..." before getting interrupted by Morty who says he remembered that movie.
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* InAWorld: When Bigfoot gets his TranslatorMicrobes from Rick, the first thing Rick and a new voice to go with it, he says is immediately decides to play with his improved voice by saying "In a world where time actually is money..." before getting interrupted by Morty who says he remembered that movie.
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* ItCanThink: Bigfoot turns out smart enough to outgambit Morty.
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* ItCanThink: Bigfoot turns out smart enough to outgambit Morty.Morty and speak intelligibly when he is given the means to produce human speech.
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** Rick gets himself into Valhalla by dying in battle against Bigfoot in Norway in a room filled with Norse runes. These constraints are so loose that Morty winds up meeting the same fate.
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** Rick gets himself into Valhalla by dying in battle against Bigfoot in Norway in a room filled with Norse runes. These constraints are so loose that Morty winds up meeting the same fate.fate when Bigfoot rather unceremoniously kills him.
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* MightyRoar: Bigfoot lets out a mighty roar once released from the pokeball.
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* MightyRoar: Bigfoot lets out a mighty roar once released from the pokeball.Pokeball.
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* OnrushingArmy: The warriors of Valhalla have no strategy in battle beyond screaming and charging in one big clump, which makes it incredibly easy for Rick and Morty to massacre them repeatedly when they try to attack Rick's energy relay.
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* OnrushingArmy: The warriors of Valhalla have no strategy in battle beyond screaming and charging in one big clump, which makes it incredibly easy for Rick and Morty to massacre them repeatedly when they try to attack Rick's energy relay. Eventually, they realize how pointless it is, just in time for Rick to drop several missiles on their hall.
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* AfterlifeWelcome: In the opening scene, Jerry is greeted by his mother at the gates of the afterlife.
* BambooTechnology: Rick's gadgets and weapons at his Valhalla relay station are based on wood and steel due to the lack of more advanced materials.
* BigNo: The Pope lets one out at the end before getting sucked into the "popey ball".
* BigNo: The Pope lets one out at the end before getting sucked into the "popey ball".
* BrawnHilda: There is at least one female warrior in Valhalla resembling this archetype.
* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: A woman in the crowd covers her child's eyes when Bigfoot chases the resurrected naked Rick up a pole and prepares to kill him.
* GoIntoTheLight: In the opening NearDeathExperience, Jerry's mother asks him to follow her into the light.
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* OnrushingArmy: The warriors of Valhalla have no strategy in battle beyond screaming and charging in one big clump, which makes it incredibly easy for Rick and Morty to massacre them repeatedly when they try to attack Rick's energy relay.
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* OnrushingArmy: The warriors of Valhalla have no strategy HonorableWarriorsDeath: Rick needs to die in glorious battle beyond screaming and charging against a mighty enemy in one big clump, which makes it incredibly easy for Rick and Morty order to massacre them repeatedly when they try to attack Rick's energy relay.get into Valhalla. Turns out that losing in a CurbStompBattle against Bigfoot will do as well.
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* InAWorld: When Bigfoot gets his TranslatorMicrobes from Rick, the first thing he says is "In a world where time actually is money..." before getting interrupted by Morty who says he remembered that movie.
* IncomingHam: Rick screams "Pope!" whenever he is at the doorsteps of the Pope's throne room. At one point his delivery gets accompanied by DramaticThunder.
* ItCanThink: Bigfoot turns out smart enough to outgambit Morty.
* IncomingHam: Rick screams "Pope!" whenever he is at the doorsteps of the Pope's throne room. At one point his delivery gets accompanied by DramaticThunder.
* ItCanThink: Bigfoot turns out smart enough to outgambit Morty.
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* MightyRoar: Bigfoot lets out a mighty roar once released from the pokeball.
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* OnrushingArmy: The warriors of Valhalla have no strategy in battle beyond screaming and charging in one big clump, which makes it incredibly easy for Rick and Morty to massacre them repeatedly when they try to attack Rick's energy relay.
* PeltsOfTheBarbarian: The Vikings and later Rick and Morty wear attire made of fur.
* PeltsOfTheBarbarian: The Vikings and later Rick and Morty wear attire made of fur.
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* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Bigfoot types "You are fucked!" into his wrist translator before giving Rick a beating at the Smith's home.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: While being imprisoned by the Pope, Bigfoot does pull-ups in his cell.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: While being imprisoned by the Pope, Bigfoot does pull-ups in his cell.
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* RevelingInTheNewForm: Inverted. Bigfoot hates his small feet when he gets resurrected into Summer's body.
* {{Roboteching}}: At Valhalla, Rick creates missiles that home in on the enemy once in midair.
* ShooTheDog: Parodied at the end with Rick and Morty weeping while releasing Bigfoot in his human back form into the woods.
* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: When Rick's plan to sneak into the Vatican as {{Trojan Prisoner}}s fails, they use brute force gunfire to blaze the trail to the Pope's quarters.
* {{Roboteching}}: At Valhalla, Rick creates missiles that home in on the enemy once in midair.
* ShooTheDog: Parodied at the end with Rick and Morty weeping while releasing Bigfoot in his human back form into the woods.
* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: When Rick's plan to sneak into the Vatican as {{Trojan Prisoner}}s fails, they use brute force gunfire to blaze the trail to the Pope's quarters.
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* ThisMeansWarPaint: Morty puts on facial warpaint for the fight against the Viking crowd at Valhalla.
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* TrojanPrisoner: Bigfoot sneaks Rick and Morty into the Vatican by pretending to hand over their bodies to the Pope.
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* YourMom: Rick insults the Viking leader with a "your mom" joke in order to rile up the crowd to attack and destroy Rick's energy relay station.
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* AllForNothing: Rick is forced to destroy his energy siphon to depower the Pope, rendering the whole adventure pointless.
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* AllForNothing: The story is kicked off by Rick attempting to tap into the infinity energy of the afterlife. He succeeds but is forced to destroy his the conduit because the Pope immediately siphons all the energy siphon to depower the Pope, become an all-powerful GodEmperor, rendering the whole adventure pointless.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The story is kicked off by Rick attempting to tap into the infinity energy of the afterlife. He succeeds, but is forced to destroy the conduit because the Pope immediately siphons all the energy to become an all-powerful GodEmperor, rendering the whole episode pointless.
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** In this episode it's shown that if an outside entity is attempting to destroy one of Rick's back-up bodies from Operation Phoenix, the security system will detect it and set the clone loose in a mindless, animalistic state, so that it at least has a chance to escape being destroyed long enough for Rick to revive.
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** In this episode it's shown that if an outside entity is attempting to destroy one of Rick's back-up backup bodies from Operation Phoenix, the security system will detect it and set the clone loose in a mindless, animalistic state, so that it at least has a chance to escape being destroyed long enough for Rick to revive.
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* CrocodileTears: After killing Rick, Bigfoot starts mourning, buries Rick's corpse, and prays for forgiveness. Morty, realizing Bigfoot is actually intelligent, believes he's remorseful and sets him free. Then Bigfoot reveals it was a trick, killing Morty, wrecking the lab, and attempting to kill Rick's backup body too.
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* CrocodileTears: After killing Rick, Bigfoot starts mourning, [[DueToTheDead buries Rick's corpse, corpse]], and prays for forgiveness. Morty, realizing Bigfoot is actually intelligent, believes he's remorseful and sets him free. Then Bigfoot reveals it was a trick, killing Morty, wrecking the lab, and attempting to kill Rick's backup body too.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: The Pope gives Bigfoot a wrist computer that he can use to type out speech, bought from a Predator for three Flintlock pistols. Rick later upgrades it so it reads Bigfoot's thoughts.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: The Pope gives Bigfoot a wrist computer SuperWristGadget that he can use to type out speech, bought from a Predator for three Flintlock pistols. Rick later upgrades it so it reads Bigfoot's thoughts.
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* NeverMyFault: Mixed with CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot, Rick only had to spend a few seconds actually answering Morty's questions about Bigfoot (instead of brushing him off) to tell him he was more intelligent than Morty thought and capable of deception to save him from being killed and avoid the whole mess. Rick then berates Morty, without apologizing for not giving the relevant information ''he was actually asked about''.
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* NeverMyFault: Mixed with CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot, Rick only had to spend a few seconds actually answering Morty's questions about Bigfoot (instead of brushing him off) to tell him he was more intelligent than Morty thought and capable of deception to save him from being killed and avoid the whole mess. Rick then berates Morty, without apologizing for not giving the relevant information ''he was actually asked about''.
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* HollywoodTactics: The warriors of Valhalla have no strategy in battle beyond screaming and charging in one big clump, which makes it incredibly easy for Rick and Morty to massacre them repeatedly when they try to attack Rick's energy relay.
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* HollywoodTactics: OnrushingArmy: The warriors of Valhalla have no strategy in battle beyond screaming and charging in one big clump, which makes it incredibly easy for Rick and Morty to massacre them repeatedly when they try to attack Rick's energy relay.
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* BrickJoke: All the way from [[Recap/RickAndMortyS7E3AirForceWong Air Force Wong]], one of President Curtis's aliens predicted that Rick would be pummeled by Bigfoot, which he brushed off. Turns out he brought it upon himself for serious reasons.
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* BrickJoke: All the way from [[Recap/RickAndMortyS7E3AirForceWong Back in "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS7E3AirForceWong Air Force Wong]], Wong]]", one of President Curtis's aliens predicted that Rick would be pummeled by Bigfoot, which he brushed off. Turns out he brought it upon himself for serious reasons.Bigfoot. In this episode, Rick captures and provokes Bigfoot as part of his scheme to get into Valhalla.
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* BrickJoke: All the way from [[Recap/RickAndMortyS7E3AirForceWong Air Force Wong]], one of President Curtis's aliens predicted that Rick would be pummeled by Bigfoot, which he brushed off. Turns out he brought it upon himself for serious reasons.
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* EscalatingWar: Albeit only on one side. Every time the Vikings are killed and rally to attack again, Rick has developed stronger weapons to repel them. Eventually, Rick just blows them up before they can even leave the hall.
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* EscalatingWar: Albeit only on one side. Every time the Vikings are killed and rally to attack again, Rick has developed stronger weapons to repel them. Eventually, Rick just blows them up before they can even leave the hall.hall, just when their leader was questioning if they even ''need'' to attack at all.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Unintentuonally, but Bigfoot stigmatizing the "we must poke corpses with a stick to ensure they are dead" rule as a fucked-up rule comes right after the one time the rule proved to be useful.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Unintentuonally, Unintentionally, but Bigfoot stigmatizing the "we must poke corpses with a stick to ensure they are dead" rule as a fucked-up rule comes right after the one time the rule proved to be useful.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: While not killing is one of the commandments, Popes through history have demonstrated liberties with the rules (crusades, anyone?), also defining Bigfoot as outside God's domain goes against the Christian doctrine for which God is everywhere. Norse religion and practices are just a ShallowParody of Vikings rather than anything even remotely accurate.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: ArtisticLicenseReligion:
** While not killing is one of the commandments, Popes through history have demonstrated liberties with the rules(crusades, anyone?), also (the Crusades, anyone?). Also, defining Bigfoot as outside God's domain goes against the Christian doctrine for which God is everywhere. everywhere.
** Norse religion and practices are just a ShallowParody of Vikings rather than anything even remotely accurate.
** While not killing is one of the commandments, Popes through history have demonstrated liberties with the rules
** Norse religion and practices are just a ShallowParody of Vikings rather than anything even remotely accurate.
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* CurbStompBattle: The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modern weapons. Likewise, Rick, Morty, and Bigfoot are no match against the Pope when he steals Rick's infinite energy device.
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* CurbStompBattle: CurbStompBattle:
** The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modernweapons. weapons.
** Likewise, Rick, Morty, and Bigfoot are no match against the Pope when he steals Rick's infinite energy device.
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** Likewise, Rick, Morty, and Bigfoot are no match against the Pope when he steals Rick's infinite energy device.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Rick scientifically proves that religious afterlife realms like Christian Heaven and Valhalla are real, but he's still an atheist. Rick being an atheist is a plot point in the episode, because it means he can't get into the afterlifes of most religions, which is why he ends up choosing to enter Valhalla for his scheme, since it only requires he be killed gloriously in battle on Nordic soil (although later it seems any sort of death in battle anywhere counts).
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Rick scientifically proves that religious afterlife realms like Christian Heaven and Valhalla are real, but he's still an atheist. Rick being an atheist is a plot point in the episode, because it means he can't get into the afterlifes of most religions, which is why he ends up choosing to enter Valhalla for his scheme, since it only requires he be killed gloriously in battle on Nordic soil (although later it seems any sort of death in battle anywhere counts).soil.
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* NeverMyFault: Mixed with CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot, Rick only had to send a few seconds actually answering Morty's questions about Bigfoot (instead of brushing him off) to tell him he was more intelligent than Morty thought and capable of deception to save him from being killed and avoid the whole mess. Rick then berates Morty, without apologizing for not giving the relevant information ''he was actually asked about''.
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* NeverMyFault: Mixed with CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot, Rick only had to send spend a few seconds actually answering Morty's questions about Bigfoot (instead of brushing him off) to tell him he was more intelligent than Morty thought and capable of deception to save him from being killed and avoid the whole mess. Rick then berates Morty, without apologizing for not giving the relevant information ''he was actually asked about''.
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* HollywoodSatanism: Satanists are, of course, depicted as people wearing conspicuous robes, practicing animal sacrifices and literally worshipping the devil None of it is correct.
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* HollywoodSatanism: Satanists are, of course, depicted as people wearing conspicuous robes, practicing animal sacrifices and literally worshipping worshiping the devil devil. None of it is correct.
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* JustForPun: [[ItMakesSenseInContext After capturing the Pope with a poke ball]], Rick immediately dubs it "popey ball", claiming he only did to avoid someone else doing it (Morty was about to). Why he goes for that and not the much better "pope ball" (which was right there) is a mystery for the ages.
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* TakesOneToKillOne: The pods containing the clone bodies for Operation Phoenix are absolutely unbreakable... except from Rick's own technology. Bigfoot is unable to even scratch the pod despite several minutes of whaling on it, even slamming it with a boulder (which crumbles into pebbles), but [[GrievousHarmWithABody accidentally discovers]] that one of Rick's cybernetic implant immediately cracks through.
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* TakesOneToKillOne: The pods containing the clone bodies for Operation Phoenix are absolutely unbreakable... except from Rick's own technology. Bigfoot is unable to even scratch the pod despite several minutes of whaling on it, even slamming it with a boulder (which crumbles into pebbles), but [[GrievousHarmWithABody accidentally discovers]] that one of Rick's cybernetic implant implants immediately cracks through.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: While not killing is one of the commandments, Popes through history have demonstrated liberties with the rules (crusades, anyone?), also defining Bigfoot as outside God's domain goes against the Christian doctrine for which God is everywhere. Norse religion and practices are just a ShallowParody of Vikings rather than anything even remotely accurate.
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* HollywoodSatanism: Satanists are, of course, depicted as people wearing conspicuous robes, practicing animal sacrifices and literally worshipping the devil None of it is correct.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Unintentuonally, but Bigfoot stigmatizing the "we must poke corpses with a stick to ensure they are dead" rule as a fucked-up rule comes right after the one time the rule proved to be useful.
* LamePunReaction: To Rick's "popey ball", as mentioned below, although subverted when Morty sheepishly confesses he was about to make that exact pun.
* LamePunReaction: To Rick's "popey ball", as mentioned below, although subverted when Morty sheepishly confesses he was about to make that exact pun.
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* JustForPun: [[ItMakesSenseInContext After capturing the Pope with a poke ball]], Rick immediately dubs it "popey ball", claiming he only did to avoid someone else doing it (Morty was about to). Why he goes for that and not the much better "pope ball" (which was right there) is a mystery for the ages.
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* NeverMyFault: Mixed with CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot, Rick only had to send a few seconds actually answering Morty's questions about Bigfoot (instead of brushing him off) to tell him he was more intelligent than Morty thought and capable of deception to save him from being killed and avoid the whole mess. Rick then berates Morty, without apologizing for not giving the relevant information ''he was actually asked about''.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Rick explains in a {{Technobabble}} monologue that afterlife realms like Heaven are created from extra-dimensional pools of infinite energy, which are shaped into localized metaphysical pockets projected and shaped into being by cultural mass beliefs; if enough people believe in a specific image of an afterlife, then it comes into being as what they think it should look and function like.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Rick explains in a {{Technobabble}} monologue that afterlife realms like Heaven are created from extra-dimensional pools of infinite energy, which are shaped and projected into localized metaphysical pockets projected and shaped into being by mass cultural mass beliefs; if enough people believe in a specific image of an afterlife, then it comes into being as what they think it should look and function like.like.
* CrazyPrepared:
** In this episode it's shown that if an outside entity is attempting to destroy one of Rick's back-up bodies from Operation Phoenix, the security system will detect it and set the clone loose in a mindless, animalistic state, so that it at least has a chance to escape being destroyed long enough for Rick to revive.
** It's also shown that Rick not only has clone bodies for himself and Morty prepared, but Summer as well, because he says that "statistically speaking, she's the third most likely to die".
* CrocodileTears: After killing Rick, Bigfoot starts mourning, buries Rick's corpse, and prays for forgiveness. Morty, realizing Bigfoot is actually intelligent, believes he's remorseful and sets him free. Then Bigfoot reveals it was a trick, killing Morty, wrecking the lab, and attempting to kill Rick's backup body too.
* CrazyPrepared:
** In this episode it's shown that if an outside entity is attempting to destroy one of Rick's back-up bodies from Operation Phoenix, the security system will detect it and set the clone loose in a mindless, animalistic state, so that it at least has a chance to escape being destroyed long enough for Rick to revive.
** It's also shown that Rick not only has clone bodies for himself and Morty prepared, but Summer as well, because he says that "statistically speaking, she's the third most likely to die".
* CrocodileTears: After killing Rick, Bigfoot starts mourning, buries Rick's corpse, and prays for forgiveness. Morty, realizing Bigfoot is actually intelligent, believes he's remorseful and sets him free. Then Bigfoot reveals it was a trick, killing Morty, wrecking the lab, and attempting to kill Rick's backup body too.
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* TakesOneToKillOne: The pods containing the clone bodies for Operation Phoenix are absolutely unbreakable... except from Rick's own technology. Bigfoot is unable to even scratch the pod despite several minutes of whaling on it, even slamming it with a boulder (which crumbles into pebbles), but [[GrievousHarmWithABody accidentally discovers]] that one of Rick's cybernetic implant immediately cracks through.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Rick explains in a {{Technobabble}} monologue that afterlife realms like Heaven are created from extra-dimensional pools of infinite energy, which are shaped into localized metaphysical pockets projected and shaped into being by cultural mass beliefs; if enough people believe in a specific image of an afterlife, then it comes into being as what they think it should look and function like.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Rick scientifically proves that religious afterlife realms like Christian Heaven and Valhalla are real, but he's still an atheist. Rick being an atheist is a plot point in the episode, because it means he can't get into the afterlifes of most religions, which is why he ends up choosing to enter Valhalla for his scheme, since it only requires he be killed gloriously in battle on Nordic soil (although later it seems any sort of death in battle anywhere counts).
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* HollywoodTactics: The warriors of Valhalla have no strategy in battle beyond screaming and charging in one big clump, which makes it incredibly easy for Rick and Morty to massacre them repeatedly when they try to attack Rick's energy relay.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The story is kicked off by Rick attempting to tap into the infinity energy of the afterlife. He succeeds, but is forced to destroy the conduit because the Pope immediately siphons all the energy to become an all-powerful GodEmperor, rendering the whole episode pointless.
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* Chekhov's Gun: The Pokeball used to release Bigfoot is used at the end of the episode to capture the Pope.
* CurbStompBattle: The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modern weapons. Likewise, Rick, Morty and Bigfoot are no match against the Pope when he steals Rick's infinite energy device.
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* Chekhov's Gun: ChekhovsGun: The Pokeball used to release Bigfoot is used at the end of the episode to capture the Pope.
* CurbStompBattle: The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modern weapons. Likewise, Rick,Morty Morty, and Bigfoot are no match against the Pope when he steals Rick's infinite energy device.
* CurbStompBattle: The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modern weapons. Likewise, Rick,
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* Chekhov'sGun: The Pokeball used to release Bigfoot is used at the end of the episode to capture the Pope.
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* Chekov's Gun: The Pokeball used to release Bigfoot is used at the end of the episode to capture the Pope.
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* Chekov's Gun: Chekhov'sGun: The Pokeball used to release Bigfoot is used at the end of the episode to capture the Pope.
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* Chekov'sGun: The Pokeball used to release Bigfoot is used at the end of the episode to capture the Pope.
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* CurbStompBattle: The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modern weapons.
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* Chekov'sGun: The Pokeball used to release Bigfoot is used at the end of the episode to capture the Pope.
* CurbStompBattle: The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modern weapons. Likewise, Rick, Morty and Bigfoot are no match against the Pope when he steals Rick's infinite energy device.
* CurbStompBattle: The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modern weapons. Likewise, Rick, Morty and Bigfoot are no match against the Pope when he steals Rick's infinite energy device.
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* NakedOnArrival: Rick, Morty, and later Bigfoot all arrive in Valhalla completely nude.
* PersonalizedAfterlife: Different people get different versions of the afterlife depending on their faith, though as Rick demonstrates, cheating the system isn't that hard with a little creativity.
* PersonalizedAfterlife: Different people get different versions of the afterlife depending on their faith, though as Rick demonstrates, cheating the system isn't that hard with a little creativity.
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* WeirdCurrency: The Predator literally use Flintlock pistols as currency.
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* WeirdCurrency: The Predator Predators literally use Flintlock pistols as currency.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Bigfoot pretends to mourn Rick's death, convincing Morty he's a gentle, intelligent soul. The latter is true, the former not so much, as Morty learns when Bigfoot quickly kills him.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: The Pope gives Bigfoot a wrist computer that he can use to type out speech, bought from a Predator for three Flintlock pistols. Rick later upgrades it so it reads Bigfoot's thoughts.
* WeirdCurrency: The Predator literally use Flintlock pistols as currency.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Bigfoot pretends to mourn Rick's death, convincing Morty he's a gentle, intelligent soul. The latter is true, the former not so much, as Morty learns when Bigfoot quickly killshim.him.
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* WeirdCurrency: The Predator literally use Flintlock pistols as currency.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Bigfoot pretends to mourn Rick's death, convincing Morty he's a gentle, intelligent soul. The latter is true, the former not so much, as Morty learns when Bigfoot quickly kills
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Heaven is a place on Earth, broh
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!!Tropes:
* AllForNothing: Rick is forced to destroy his energy siphon to depower the Pope, rendering the whole adventure pointless.
* BodyBackupDrive: Project Phoenix is used as an escape route from Valhalla once Rick has tapped its energy. When Bigfoot joins the resurrection cycle, he's initially dropped into a
* CurbStompBattle: The army of Valhalla is no match for Rick's modern weapons.
* CutTheJuice: Realizing they'll never beat the Pope as long as he has literally infinite power, Rick has the Vikings destroy the transmission tower after resurrecting one last time, so the Pope will be rendered powerless by the time they get back.
* DeathMontage: Rick, Morty, and Bigfoot are repeatedly killed by the Pope's infinite power from Valhalla, each time resurrecting and going back for another round.
* EmptyShell: When Bigfoot breaches the Project Phoenix pod, a failsafe activates and Rick's soulless body starts running for its life, gibbering all the while.
* EscalatingWar: Albeit only on
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Bigfoot tries and fails numerous methods to breach the Project Phoenix pod before finally whaling on it with Rick's corpse in frustration. Unfortunately, whatever Rick's cybernetic implants are made of is tough enough to damage the reinforced glass.
* HumanityEnsues: Thanks to dying and being revived by Project Phoenix, Bigfoot is given a human body.
* LoopholeAbuse:
** Rick gets himself into Valhalla by dying in battle against Bigfoot in Norway in a room filled with Norse runes. These constraints are so loose that Morty winds up meeting the same fate.
** The Pope captures Bigfoot because he reasons that, as a monster, he doesn't technically run afoul of the Bible's prohibition on killing or having others do it for you.
* ResurrectiveImmortality:
** Everyone in Valhalla instantly resurrects in the main hall when killed, which proves obnoxious to Rick and Morty because they quite literally never stop coming. Rick eventually solves this problem by blowing up the hall numerous times to create a giant hole, scaring them into leaving his transmission tower alone.
** Because the Pope keeps killing Rick, Morty, and Bigfoot with energy siphoned from Valhalla, the trio are sent there each time they die, allowing him to beam their consciousnesses to a BodyBackupDrive in his lab.
* TheStinger: After the credits, Rick takes the captured Pope to an underground cage fight, only for the cops to bust up the operation. The Pope asks how long it's been and who has been appointed the new Pope, learning that Rick's gibbering, soulless body has been appointed in his place.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Bigfoot pretends to mourn Rick's death, convincing Morty he's a gentle, intelligent soul. The latter is true, the former not so much, as Morty learns when Bigfoot quickly kills him.
