YMMV / Rick And Morty S 5 E 6 Rick And Mortys Thanksploitation Spectacular

• Fridge Brilliance: Why didn't the Turkey President think his Sadistic Choice through? Because despite having human DNA, he's still just a turkey, and still has the mind of one too. Just because he has a human form now, doesn't make him smart.
• Fridge Horror:
  • Based on The Stinger, how are all of the other marines doing? They too got turned into turkeys, got called back into combat, presumably had their health insurance cut and also can't afford to feed their families.
  • A number of marines died, and they also had pregnant girlfriends or wives. What's going to happen to them?
  • Take a close look at Mary Lou while Coop is having the equivalent of a PTSD flashback. She's backing away from her man and shielding their son from him. That relationship may already be doomed.
• Magnificent Bastard: Once a normal turkey before being accidentally turned into a clone of President Curtis, Turkey President quickly begins his plan to have turkeys Take Over the World. He turns turkeys into hybrid super soldiers and takes advantage of the Statue of Liberty to sell New York to France, using the money to buy the loyalty of Congress. Turning the Washington Monument into a laser which will change all turkeys of the world into super soldiers, President Turkey fights Curtis on equal footing, coming within seconds of victory.
• Realism-Induced Horror: Husband being turned into a turkey? Not the most common fear... except that numerous militaries throughout the world have subjected their soldiers to unethical experiments of dubious scientific value, and even more ethical militaries still produce their fair share of PTSD. That your spouse in the military can end up a mental trainwreck where even the most mundane of events can trigger a flashback, and your government may not even pay for the longterm healthcare needed? Very, very real.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Political?: An otherwise decent all-American man is literally de-humanized by the military so that politicians can bother with what is ultimately a petty rivalry, and his own government won't even cover his healthcare or pay him enough to feed his family? Nope, no social commentary there.
• The Woobie: Coop and Mary Lou. The Stinger shows that they had their health insurance cut and are too poor to afford knock off cereal. This is in addition to having a baby to raise and Coop's PTSD popping up at inopportune moments.

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