Top 10 Rick and Morty Episodes
It's time to get riggity riggity wrecked! Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we'll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Rick and Morty Episodes.
For this list, we'll be looking at the greatest, most memorable and/or most entertaining episodes from the first 3 seasons of this strange, mind-bending, and uproariously funny animated series. Since some of the show's best episodes are also its most pivotal, there will be spoilers ahead.
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It’s time to get riggity riggity wrecked! Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Rick and Morty Episodes.
For this list, we’ll be looking at the greatest, most memorable and/or most entertaining episodes from the first 3 seasons of this strange, mind-bending, and uproariously funny animated series. Since some of the show’s best episodes are also its most pivotal, there will be spoilers ahead.
#10: “Get Schwifty”
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When giant heads invade Earth and demand a hit, original song, it’s up to Rick and Morty to come up with one on the spot, with a little help from Ice-T. Meanwhile, the rest of the family and their neighbors begin worshipping the heads. The songs, including the one the episode is named after, are catchy, gross, andvery amusing. Meanwhile, the subplot acts as a nice commentary on religion, and how followers often attribute meaning to events that don’t have anything to do with them. Our opinion of the episode can best be summed up by the giant heads themselves.
#9: “Auto Erotic Assimilation”
During an adventure, Rick, Morty, and Summer encounter Unity, a hive mind Rick used to hook up with. While Rick and it/they reconnect, Summer tries to free the people Unity controls, only to discover they might be better off this way. Back at the Smiths’, Jerry and Beth argue over a secret basement lair of Rick’s, as well as a prisoner he’s keeping. Full of rare insights into Rick’s character, “Auto Erotic Assimilation” also features one of the series’ darkest and most depressing endings when Rick attempts suicide; demonstrating that the show is more than just a zany comedy.
#8: “Big Trouble in Little Sanchez”
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Tiny Riiiick! After transferring his mind into a younger cloned body to hunt vampires at school, Rick rediscovers the joys of youth, which leads to a closer bond with Morty. However, Rick’s time spent out of his original body starts to take its toll, as Summer soon discovers. Elsewhere, Beth and Jerry attend alien marriage counseling and find themselves in grave danger when their toxic, co-dependent relationship becomes personified. Full of insight into the characters of the three adults, as well as high school antics and some creative action sequences, “Big Trouble in Little Sanchez” proves that good things come in tiny packages.
#7: “Mortynight Run”
After Rick sells a gun to an alien assassin to fund a trip to an arcade, Morty decides to stop the killer and rescue his target, a living and singing gaseous cloud. However, he eventually discovers that the hit man may have been doing the universe a favor. Prior to this, the pair drops Jerry off at an interdimensional daycare for various versions of Jerry, leading to some funny, if pathetic, interactions. The cloud – known as Fart -’s musical numbers are whimsical and terrifying, the arcade sequence is hilarious, and Jerry’s daycare leads to a popular fan theory that the events of the episode may not even follow “our” Rick andMorty.
#6: “Total Rickall”
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Rick locks the house down after an alien parasite inserts itself into the memories of the family and begins fabricating friends and family members that become increasingly outlandish and bizarre. The flashbacks provide a unique element to the episode that also gives more insight into the relationships between the family members, as well as some truly sidesplitting cutaway gags. “Rick and Morty” always manages to put inventive spins on sci-fi premises, but this episode does it more creatively than most, and combines elements of a whodunit. Plus, who doesn’t love all those catchphrases?
#5: “Pickle Rick”
To get out of family therapy, Rick turns himself into a pickle. When Morty thwarts his attempt to turn back easily, Rick ends up on a solo adventure through the sewers that ultimately leads to his involvement with some shady people in a plot reminiscent of an action movie. Meanwhile, the therapy session explores the new dynamics of the family after Beth and Jerry’s divorce; at least, when they’re not getting sidetracked talking about Rick’s pickle transformation. “Pickle Rick” really shows of the ingenuity and creativity of both the show and Rick himself and is a fun action romp to boot.
#4: “Rixty Minutes” & “Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate”
Both these episodes are so similar and have their own strengths, so we honestly couldn’t decide between them. The two episodes each see Rick hooking up a cable box that lets the family see TV from other dimensions in short sketches that were entirely improvised. These range from the hilarious, such as the “Two Brothers” preview, to the bizarre, like the Plumbus construction demonstration. The B plots for the pair of episodes are very different, though. “Rixty Minutes” sees a touching look into Beth and Jerry’s lives without each other, while the sequel episode sees Jerry facing an impossible and hysterical genital decision. Tragedy or comedy, the choice is yours.
#3: “Meeseeks and Destroy”
Rick allows Morty to pick their next adventure, and while a whimsical, fairytale-like outing appears to be in store; it gets progressively darker as time goes on. Back at home, the Smiths’ plot features their attempts to use Meeseeks, task-performing artificial creatures given to them by Rick, to solve their problems. This quickly spirals out of control, thanks to Jerry’s inability to follow through, both literally and figuratively. The series has some strong episodes before this one, but this first season episode is where “Rick and Morty” really begins to hit its stride, as both plots are riveting, funny, and memorable.
#2: “The Rickshank Rickdemption”
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While it was a tough task to follow up the huge season 2 finale, “The Wedding Squanchers”, this episode did not disappoint. The Smith family has a tough time adjusting to life without Rick. This leads Morty and Summer to go on an adventure to rescue him, which even takes them to Morty’s original dimension. Rick, on the other hand, manages to orchestrate an elaborate escape attempt that allows him to get revenge on two of his biggest foes. Packed with action, callbacks, and game-changing developments, “The Rickshank Rickdemption” is very nearly the best the series has to offer.
Before we get to our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions:
“Lawnmower Dog”
“Look Who’s Purging Now”
"The Ricklantis Mixup"
#1: “Rick Potion #9”
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When Morty asks Rick for a love potion to win the affection of his crush at the school dance, things take a predictably bad turn - and the effects go viral. Even Rick’s attempts to cure everyone serve to make things worse and turn everyone afflicted into horrific monsters. This causes Jerry to actually step up andgoing on a rampage to rescue Beth. Rick’s solution, to abandon the world for another dimension entirely, has far reaching consequences for Morty and the series as a whole. It has also led to widespread speculation about how often Rick has bailed on dimensions, where he originally came from, and why he left.
