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The family has a vacation and Jerry tries to force Morty and Summer, who are more interested in the devices in their hands, to enjoy the basics of camping with him. During the drive, Rick gets a call from an ex telling him he is the father of her children. Beth, determined that Rick will do for his new child what he never did for her, forces him to go to his ex and be a good dad. However it turns out that Rick's ex, Gaia, is an entire planet about to give birth to her first sentient species. Beth wants Rick to help the kids develop, and Rick agrees so the two of them set to work developing the society and helping them fly into space. Morty, Summer and Jerry go campling, but Morty and Summer make it clear they have no intention of going along with Jerry's back to basics crap. After Summer verbally blasts Jerry, he leaves forlorn and accidentally is thrown into a group of Rick's new society's rejects. With their basic brains, they love the idea of camping, so Jerry becomes their new leader. This soon leads to a war between Rick and Beth's advanced society and and Jerry's new tribe. |
The family has a vacation and Jerry tries to force Morty and Summer, who are more interested in the devices in their hands, to enjoy the basics of camping with him. During the drive, Rick gets a call from an ex telling him he is the father of her children. Beth, determined that Rick will do for his new child what he never did for her, forces him to go to his ex and be a good dad. However it turns out that Rick's ex, Gaia, is an entire planet about to give birth to her first sentient species. Beth wants Rick to help the kids develop, and Rick agrees so the two of them set to work developing the society and helping them fly into space. Morty, Summer and Jerry go campling, but Morty and Summer make it clear they have no intention of going along with Jerry's back to basics crap. After Summer verbally blasts Jerry, he leaves forlorn and accidentally is thrown into a group of Rick's new society's rejects. With their basic brains, they love the idea of camping, so Jerry becomes their new leader. This soon leads to a war between Rick and Beth's advanced society and and Jerry's new tribe. |
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| − | As the family flies off, Jerry reveals that he has learned a lesson from the experience and tells the kids they were right about him, something that left Summer and Morty shocked. Jerry |
+ | As the family flies off, Jerry reveals that he has learned a lesson from the experience and tells the kids they were right about him, as he admits that he wanted to feel important, something that left Summer and Morty shocked. Jerry says there sometimes teenagers do have a point even if they are cruel, leaving the kids to feel guilty. After Rick insults Jerry, Beth takes his defense by voicing how Jerry saved her life, while criticizing Rick. These words bring a smile to Jerry's face. Seeing the smug look, Rick tells Jerry and Beth of what their kids were doing and reveals they killed Reggie. Rick criticizes everyone's behavior and how dysfunctional they are, something that leaves them silent. |
After the Credits, a Dating like commercial for planets goes on, with some of the planets talking Sexually about themselves. |
After the Credits, a Dating like commercial for planets goes on, with some of the planets talking Sexually about themselves. |
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"Childrick of Mort" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of Rick and Morty, and the 40th episode of the series overall. It premiered on May 24, 2020. It was written by James Siciliano and directed by Kyounghee Lim.
Synopsis
Miracle of life broh. Whole family in this one broh.
Plot
The family has a vacation and Jerry tries to force Morty and Summer, who are more interested in the devices in their hands, to enjoy the basics of camping with him. During the drive, Rick gets a call from an ex telling him he is the father of her children. Beth, determined that Rick will do for his new child what he never did for her, forces him to go to his ex and be a good dad. However it turns out that Rick's ex, Gaia, is an entire planet about to give birth to her first sentient species. Beth wants Rick to help the kids develop, and Rick agrees so the two of them set to work developing the society and helping them fly into space. Morty, Summer and Jerry go campling, but Morty and Summer make it clear they have no intention of going along with Jerry's back to basics crap. After Summer verbally blasts Jerry, he leaves forlorn and accidentally is thrown into a group of Rick's new society's rejects. With their basic brains, they love the idea of camping, so Jerry becomes their new leader. This soon leads to a war between Rick and Beth's advanced society and and Jerry's new tribe.
As the family flies off, Jerry reveals that he has learned a lesson from the experience and tells the kids they were right about him, as he admits that he wanted to feel important, something that left Summer and Morty shocked. Jerry says there sometimes teenagers do have a point even if they are cruel, leaving the kids to feel guilty. After Rick insults Jerry, Beth takes his defense by voicing how Jerry saved her life, while criticizing Rick. These words bring a smile to Jerry's face. Seeing the smug look, Rick tells Jerry and Beth of what their kids were doing and reveals they killed Reggie. Rick criticizes everyone's behavior and how dysfunctional they are, something that leaves them silent.
After the Credits, a Dating like commercial for planets goes on, with some of the planets talking Sexually about themselves.
Characters
Major characters
Minor characters
- Morty Smith
- Summer Smith
- Gaia and Reggie's children
- Mike Triscuit (image only)
Deaths
- Reggie
- Several of Gaia and Reggie's children
Locations
- Replacement dimension
- Earth
- Gaia
- 2R-F181 (mentioned)
Episode notes
- Morty and Summer appear to finally notice their harshness to Jerry, who likewise sees that he was wrong to force his desires on his children.
Trivia
- In celebration of Season 4, Pocket Mortys' weekly updates will coincide with new episodes, including new avatars for players to collect. With the release of this episode came: Ricklet King Jerry as an avatar, plus Brake Fluid Morty and Drone Morty to catch.
- This is one of the only two episodes without devices that tell time. The other is Promortyus.
Series continuity
- Because of video games, Morty has bad relationships, such as with his girlfriend in the previous episode. In this episode, Morty is depicted as being addicted to video games.
Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the science fiction film Children of Men, which is about the last pregnant woman on the planet.
- When Squeeb said "Use the s'mores, Jerry.", it is a reference to the famous line "Use the force, Luke.", from the movie Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
Transcript
View a full transcript of this episode here.
Gallery
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References
https://twitter.com/gabrielle_auen/status/1249791151332306945