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- Word of God states that Rick Stanton, the sarcastic, alcoholic grey-haired scientist in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), is partially based on Rick Sanchez.
- In World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, an area of Maldraxxus has slime enemies called Turbulent Juices.
- Minilife TV: In "Baking Bran (PART 1)", Rick and Morty (or at least characters resembling them) can be seen walking past Squidtugo's Tight Treats.
- Epic Rap Battles of History:
- Ronald McDonald mentions the Szechuan sauce incident to prove to the Burger King that McDonald's is more popular than Burger King.
- Honest Trailers:
- In the trailer for Back to the Future, Doc and Marty are referred to as "Rick and Morty".
- In the trailer for Mulan, the Narrator says that you have the film to thank for Rick and Morty's worst fans, referring to the Szechuan sauce (from a McDonald's tie-in) that Rick is obsessed with.
- Valefor XD: In "Everything Wrong With Ratchet and Clank (The Movie)", upon revealing Dr. Nefarious's organic design, Vale quips "I turned myself into a pickle, Ratchet! I'm Pickle Nefarious!" and notes he finally did a joke cringier than "I don't like change".
- Bob's Burgers: One scene in "Brunchsquatch" is animated in the show's style.
- Family Guy: In "Pal Stewie", a father tries to get his son to watch Family Guy with him, but he's busy watching Rick and Morty on his iPad.
- The Johnny Test online short "League of Johnnys" features a Pickle Rick version of Johnny on the title card.
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: The episode "Grannies Gone Wild" features pony versions of Rick and Morty waiting in line for a roller coaster.
- The Simpsons:
- The Couch Gag for "Mathlete's Feat" has Rick and Morty crashing into the Simpsons' house and destroying them, leading Rick to send Morty on a mission to create clones of them.
- In "Krusty the Clown", the head of a TV review site reveals to Homer that all television is fake and shows him thousands of screens showing the names of nonexistent shows, including Rick and Morty.
