Rick and Morty
word of advice : This article contains SPOILERS for Rick and Morty season 7 , episode 9 .
Summary
While the show ’s antihero gets forth with a lot due to his super - intelligence , Rick and Mortyseason 7 , episode 9 called out one of Rick ’s worst flaws in its Bigfoot subplot . It ’s no secret that Rick Sanchez is deeply flawed;Rick and Morty ’s master characteris cynical , amoral , lazy , and prone to lay his own desire ahead of everything else , include the safety of others . However , Rick can also be surprisingly selfless at time , and he is nowhere near as forged as his longtime scourge , Rick Prime . SinceRick and Mortyseason 7 , episode 5 , " Unmortricken , " killed off this recurring scoundrel , the show ’s protagonist has been interrogating his own faults .
AlthoughRick and Mortyseason 7 ’s storycould have gone in several different direction after Rick Prime ’s abrupt demise , season 7 , instalment 9 , “ Mort : Ragnarick , ” was the first outing that centre Rick ’s experiential malaise . In the aftermath of his enemy ’s defeat , Rick was left without a intent , so he decided to go searching for the afterlife . This beingRick and Morty , Rick set about to confirm the world of Heaven by repeatedly killing his son - in - law Jerry and then reviving him as before long as he attain the hereafter . Rick take that the dateless Department of Energy fuel the afterlife drove this lookup , but this was n’t entirely honest . When subsequently bringing Bigfoot into the situation to enter Valhalla , Rick ’s flaws came back to bite him in a amazingly karmic junket .
Rick’s Smugness Cost Him Dearly In Season 7 Episode 9
Rick was clear hoping to find a heaven that would someday house him so that he did n’t have to cope with his morality . Seeing the invulnerable Rick Prime defeat by himself and Evil Morty shook him , leadingRick to season 7 , sequence 9 ’s quest . However , it was an accidental subplot that revealed more about Rick than his search for Heaven / Valhalla . Rick trance Bigfoot in a Pokeball and tortured the cryptidso that Bigfoot would assail him when the prison term was right , thus allowing Rick to go in Valhalla . When Morty asked what would then chance to Bigfoot , Rick caution him by saying that Bigfoot ’s luck was an irrelevant group B - story .
This self - centered belief that Rick make love how every story ends descend back to bite him later in the episode . After Rick claimed Bigfoot ’s level was unimportant liken to his own adventure , Bigfoot became an assassin for the Pope and cross Rick down . EvenRick had to admit that he should n’t have mistreated Bigfootbecause he considered himself more healthy than the beast , a line that proved the antihero was aware of his hubris . Rick and Mortyseason 7 , sequence 9 ’s post - credit sceneproved that the Pope still hated Rick , but Bigfoot came to befriend him after Rick shed his self-satisfied aloofness and consent Bigfoot as his adequate .
Rick’s Past Proves His New Character Change Won’t Last
While Rick did apologize to Bigfoot and know that he should n’t have used him as a pawn , viewers have seen him undergo similar actualization about his fallibility in episode like season 5 , episode 10 , “ Rickmurai Jack , ” and time of year 4 , episode 7 , “ Promortyus . ” While he can see his flaws and learn from them , Rick ca n’t commute too much without neuter the dynamic between the show ’s two title character reference . As such , Rick ’s revelation from “ Mort : Ragnarick ” is unlikely to suffer in the manner of his next self - centered plan . Otherwise , Rick and Morty ’s hero would be ineffective to embark on the misguided adventures that define the series .
