When the Loud family gets ready to visit Dr. Lopez in the psychiatric clinic, Rick, refusing to go, turns himself into a pickle of all things. Meanwhile, Lisa wants to find a way to prolong step-granddad Albert's life.
Rick and Morty episode: "Pickle Rick"
The Loud House episode: "The Old and the Restless"
- Adaptational Context Change:
- The Louds make Rick promise to be more open and honest about his and their personal issues, as opposed to Rick and Beth simply waving off Dr. Wong's advice to go drinking.
- The rat suit and Jaguar plot is cut off, and Rick doesn't do anything for much of the story, other than insulting Sue.
- The whole plot kicks off because Lisa wanted to prolong Pop-pop's life with Rick's help. He declines, and it plays out just the same. Lisa also replaces Lincoln while carrying Pickle Rick around.
- Adapted Out: Half of "Pickle Rick" has been cut off, like Rick building an exoskeleton out of rats he kills, or the team-up with Jaguar, in favor of a retelling of "The Old and the Restless", and Pickle Rick simply doesn't have too much of a role other than being Albert's immobile pocket crutch, and somebody who scares off Sue.
- Continuity Nod: Lincoln lambasts Rick about him turning himself into a pickle rather than help find Lynn, who ran away a couple episodes ago.
- Precision F-Strike: Played With. When Pickle Rick tries to scare Sue off again, Sue smugly reveals that she knows who he is, prompting a deadpan Rick to instead exclaim his grandson's catchphrase "dang it" instead of cursing like he always does.
- Shout-Out: Albert refers to Pickle Rick as "the funniest thing" I've ever seen", referring to how fans jokingly and memetically refer to Pickle Rick as such.
- Static Role, Exchangeable Character: Dr. Lopez plays the same narrative role as Dr. Wong from the corresponding RM episode. Seeing as Dr. Lopez is The Ghost in The Loud House, this trope nearly borders on Canon Character All Along.
- Lisa and Rick replace Lincoln as the ones who take care of Albert at the retirement place, but the plot pretty much is the same.
- Take That!: The chapter pokes fun at the
Memetic Mutation that centered around Pickle Rick and how hilarious he is, by having Luan mock Rick for his turning himself into a pickle and screaming his name out loud.
