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#10: King Arthur
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Several references to this mythical English king are made throughout the episode, starting with its title. It’s a play on the 1995 movie “A Kid in King Arthur’s Court” in which a young baseball player travels back in time ending up, predictably, in King Arthur’s court. There’s, of course, the Knights of the Sun who look strikingly similar to Arthur and his knights in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. Even the way Morty is inducted into the Knights is similar to Arthur. While Morty doesn’t pull a sword out of a stone, he does still achieve his status by receiving a sword. Although, it’s unclear if King Arthur was also a practitioner of stem stumping.
#9: The Solar Scepter
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The Knights of the Sun believe the Solar Scepter is an object of great importance in that it keeps the planets in line and prevents Jupiter and Saturn from bumping into each other. Morty, along with the rest of his family, scoff at this idea and proceeds to demonstrate to the Knights that the Sun’s gravitational pull is what keeps the planets aligned. Rick even praises Morty for destroying religious beliefs using science. While what Morty said may be true in terms of astrophysics, the Knights were correct about the Scepter’s importance. Jupiter, Saturn and the rest do bump into each other but in a political and cultural sense. It just has no effect on the planets’ orbits.
#8: Ye Olde Neutral Zone
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When the leaders of the planets converge at the Sons of the Moon meeting, there’s a brief shot of a sign labeling the site a neutral zone. Usually this is an area of land between two or more states that acts as a buffer with its own set of rules differing from surrounding areas. It could also be a reference to the Neutral Zone in Star Trek that separates the Federation from Romulans and the Klingons. The season one finale of “The Next Generation” deals with a potential conflict between the Federation and Romulans when several outposts are destroyed near the Neutral Zone. Unlike in this episode, the conflict is resolved peacefully.
#7: “Goodbye Blue Sky”
All war breaks out between the planets of the solar system when their leaders realize the Solar Scepter is up for grabs. We then get a montage of the differing factions battling for its possession and thus ruling the solar system. It’s accompanied by the track “Goodbye Blue Sky” by Pink Floyd from their 1979 album “The Wall”. The song goes on to describe the Blitz where the German Air Force launched a bombing campaign against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It evokes the fear brought about by the German bombers along with the destruction caused by the bombs. Earth could have been affected by the bombs but Rick setup a planetary shield.
#6: Blade
After Morty finds out that to fully become a member of the Knights of the Sun, he has to lose his, um, well, member. Understandably, he’s not down with that and decides to leave but before he can the King of the Sun declares he must defeat him in combat. Ever the one with a technological solution, Rick gives Morty a sword that uses artificial intelligence to learn an opponent's attacks based on the movie “Blade”. The film was based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and starred Wesley Snipes. It was also one of the first successful Marvel movies.
#5: Clones
The presence of clones throughout “Rick and Morty” should not come as a big surprise. Along with multidimensional variants of almost every character, and decoys, you can never be sure you’re talking to the “real” version of someone. This is probably why Morty can’t believe that Rick is being helpful without it being some kind of bit. Rick’s reply that the family has enough clones and robots in it is too true. The family already has two Beths and Rick himself has been on a wild clone adventure when his consciousness kept getting rerouted to different dimensions’ Project Phoenix.
#4: Vat of Acid
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Morty can’t believe that Rick is being nice and supportive throughout this episode, well, at least 22% more than usual. Morty has good reason to believe that Rick isn’t being sincere when offering his support to help him get out this mess. Previously when Rick made a reset button type of device for Morty, he neglected to say that when Morty used it, it killed a Morty in another dimension, all because Morty thought the vat of fake acid was a stupid idea. This time Rick insists he’s being sincere and wouldn’t you know it, the vat of fake acid (this time Sun fluid) saves Morty from having stem his stump. We guess it was a good idea after all.
#3: Jerry Level Stuff
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Rick and Morty are surprised to find that life exists on all planets of the solar system. When questioned by Morty about why he wouldn’t know this information, Rick says that hanging around Pluto is something Jerry would do. Back in season one, Jerry does just that when he boldly declares that Pluto is still a planet. Ecstatic by Jerry’s proclamation, Plutionians take Jerry to their planet where he becomes a celebrity for his advocacy on Pluto’s behalf. This comes crashing down when he recants his position. Since we don’t want to draw the ire of Plutonians, we’re happy to say we still consider Pluto a planet.
#2: “Black Betty”, “Mr. Brownstone” & “Dr. Feelgood”
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In order to restore balance to the solar system, Morty realizes that he has to bring back the Knights of the Sun. The only problem is that in an effort to get them to leave him alone, he completely destroyed their worldview and left them in despair. When he finally catches up with them, he finds that they’ve become dependent on drugs. They refer to their dependency as “Black Betty”, “Mr. Brownstone”, and “Dr. Feelgood”. Rick points out that it’s code for heroin but they are also titles of rock songs by Ram Jam, Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe respectively.
#1: Special Guest Stars
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Did any of the voices of the newly introduced characters of this episode sound familiar? You may or may not be surprised to find out that the Knights of the Sun were voiced by David Mitchell, Robert Webb, and Matt King. You might recognize this trio from “Peep Show”. Daniel Radcliffe, perhaps best known for his role as Harry Potter, was also one of the knights. Once all war breaks out between the planets, we’re introduced to the leaders of the various groups and the leader of Venus is voiced by Jack Black.
