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{{Quote|They say my mind is held captive in a time loop, trapped in the day of a traumatic event by the agony of [[Rick Sanchez|a formidable intelligence]], but also that my captor forgot about aging, that my body spoils and yearns for death while my soul remains stuck in place, caught like a fly in amber.|[[Mr. Goldmanbachmajorian|Mr Goldmanbachmajorian]] unintentionally describing the time loop that Dimension C-137 is stuck in}}
}}'''Dimension C-137''' (pronounced "cee one thirty seven") is one of the many universes in the [[multiverse]] and the universe where the mainstream [[Rick Sanchez|Rick]] and [[Morty Smith|Morty]] are often identified as coming from. Given that Rick does not list his adoptive son-in-law [[Jerry Smith|Jerry]] as originating in the same dimension as him, dimension C-137 is the universe in which Earth was overrun by [[Cronenbergs]] in "[[Rick Potion No. 9|Rick Potion #9]]".
 
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'''Dimension C-137''' is one of the many universes in the [[multiverse]], and the original universe where the titular [[Rick Sanchez|Rick]] was born and grew up. This is one of many dimensions where Rick's wife [[Diane Sanchez|Diane]] and daughter [[Beth Sanchez (C-137)|Beth]] were killed when Beth was a child, and as a result, [[Summer Smith|Summer]] and [[Morty Smith|Morty]] never existed. Before it was revealed that the Rick and Morty we follow in the show are each from different dimensions, "Dimension C-137" was thought, including by Morty himself, to refer to the [[Prime Dimension]] where our Morty originated and the first six episodes of the TV series took place.
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Rick returns to this dimension in "[[Solaricks]]", where it is revealed he kept the entire dimension on a time loop of the day he lost Beth and Diane, leaving its inhabitants trapped for decades. As part of his effort to move on, Rick gets rid of the time loop, giving his neighbor [[Mr. Goldmanbachmajorian]], and likely most of Earth's population, the relief of death.
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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Dimension C-137 is first mentioned in "[[Raising Gazorpazorp]]", by [[Rick Sanchez|Rick]] himself. Morty also refers to himself as "from Dimension C-137", unaware that he is not from the same dimension as Rick.
Dimension C-137 first appears in the "[[Pilot]]" episode and appears in every episode after then until "[[Rick Potion No. 9|Rick Potion #9]]", where in it makes its last appearance until season 3. In ''Rick Potion No. 9'', Rick makes a love potion using vole DNA for Morty to use on [[Jessica]]. However, the side affects of the potion leads to a disaster. The chemicals in the potion piggyback on the flu virus, causing everyone in Morty's school to fall in love with him.
 
   
 
[[File:C-137-NAJerry.png|thumb]]
To counteract this, Rick mixes praying mantis DNA with a more contagious strain of the flu virus. Unfortunately, this backfires, turning not only those affected by the original potion into praying mantis monsters set on mating with Morty, but the entire world (presumably due to the aggressive nature of the flu strain Rick used) into praying mantis creatures that want to mate with Morty, then kill him afterwards. Rick uses an antidote on them, but this again backfires, turning all of humanity into deformed, disgusting monsters known as [[Cronenbergs]] (except for [[Jerry Smith (C-137)|Jerry]], [[Beth Smith (C-137)|Beth]] and [[Summer Smith (C-137)|Summer]]). Unable to solve this increasingly difficult problem, Rick seeks out a different reality where he manages to restore humanity to normal. There, that dimension's version of Rick and Morty have recently died, so Dimension C-137's Rick and Morty take their places without anyone noticing.
 
 
Dimension C-137 is briefly mentioned in "[[Mortynight Run]]", when Rick is asked to identify his home dimension for identification purposes when returning to pick up his Jerry. Because Jerry is not from Rick's home dimension of C-137, Rick marks him as "N/A". This might mean that Rick is (or was) uncertain of their current dimension's official alphanumeric identification.
   
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Dimension C-137 is mentioned in "[[The Rickshank Rickdemption]]", when several Ricks from the [[the Citadel|Citadel]] capture Morty and Summer in the Prime dimension. Morty identifies himself as "Morty C-137", which causes two of the Ricks to look at one another and take pause. This is likely because of Rick C-137's notoriety as a "terror-rick", and that the Council would've been aware that there is no naturally occurring "Morty C-137" in existence. Other Council members again refer to Rick as "C-137" in this episode, meaning Rick has been intentionally identifying himself accurately.
Meanwhile, alternate versions of Rick and Morty from yet another dimension where everyone is born a Cronenberg, named [[Cronenberg Rick]] and [[Cronenberg Morty]], do exactly the same thing in their dimension and turn everyone into normal humans. They leave their own dimension and enter Dimension C-137, where every normal human is now a perfect Cronenberg matching their home dimension.
 
   
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Rick showed [[Cornvelious Daniel]] a "memory" taking place in Dimension C-137 after their detour for [[Szechuan Chicken McNugget Sauce|Szechuan sauce]]. While Rick was trying to invent the [[Portal Gun]], an [[Rick Prime|alternate Rick]] appeared from a dimension where he had already discovered interdimensional travel. His alternate self then allegedly offered to actively share the secrets of this fabled technology with Rick C-137. After some reflection, thinking the "Infinite Rick" life sounded lonely and unfulfilling, Rick C-137 refused and seemingly decided to forge his own destiny, or in his words to be "a different kind of Rick...", giving up on science to spend more time with his family. The alternate Rick seemed to be visibly offended at C-137's refusal, and likely sent a bomb through a green portal to kill him shortly thereafter. It may also been speculated that his intent was ''actually'' to kill Rick's wife [[Diane Sanchez|Diane]], and daughter [[Beth Sanchez (C-137)|Beth]] in a bid to force C-137 to change his mind. After the commercial break, Rick's younger self is then shown rapidly calculating the math required to complete the portal gun and inventing [[Portal Technology|interdimensional travel]]. However, Rick then humorously claimed the entire sequence was a "totally fabricated origin story", and "the three lines of math" disclosed to the agent (and uploaded to his superiors) was actually a virus designed to take control of the outdated [[Series 9000 Brainalyzer|Brainalyzer]]. This statement was later shown to be only partially accurate.
[[File:Apocalypsecar.jpeg|thumb|left|Jerry and Beth in the Apocalypse-Car.]]
 
As of now, Dimension C-137 is completely overrun by the Cronenberg species and the only three known humans are Jerry, Beth and Summer who are living out the rest of their lives in a post-apocalyptic world, where they survive by hunting and eating the Cronenbergs. Jerry and Beth are now happy with each other in their relationship. They take turns with Summer acting out movies from memory to make up for their lack of entertainment. At the end of Rick Potion #9, Summer can be seen acting out a scene from Jaws.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUuH4TEmgLo "lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes..." Hajen på Blu-ray 22 augusti 2012 - YouTube]</ref> Beth also mentions that she has finally achieved true happiness now that her father Rick and her son Morty are no longer with her.
 
   
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[[File:Childhood room c-137.png|thumb|Rick C-137's recollection of his childhood bedroom.]]
The Cronenberg species and the rest of the Smith family are apparently far apart enough, that they never interact with each other, for unknown reasons, so both species don't need to worry about each other and the Cronenberg versions of Rick and Morty never have to interact with the Smith family.
 
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In "[[Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort]]", it was revealed that Rick came from a dimension where Beth died, meaning the Prime dimension and Dimension C-137 are not the same. Dimension C-137 itself does not appear in any of [[Birdperson]]'s memories from this episode since Rick left this dimension before meeting Birdperson. It makes its first appearance at the end of the episode, within Rick's memory of his childhood.
   
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When Morty views Rick's brain scan in "[[Rickmurai Jack]]", it confirms that most of the events from Rick's "totally fabricated" brainalyzed memory sequence in "The Rickshank Rickdemption" ''did'' in fact happen, and the only difference from the fabrication was that after Diane and Beth died, Rick did not immediately invent the portal gun, but instead went in an ambulance to heal his wounds from the explosion. Afterward, Rick lived by himself for some time before shaking off the trauma and deciding to finish the portal gun on his own terms.
Dimension C-137 is mentioned again in the episode "[[Rixty Minutes]]", when Morty shows Summer the graves in the backyard where Rick and Morty are buried, telling her the whole story of Rick Potion #9. It is also mentioned again in "[[Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind]]", by the [[Council of Ricks]] and it is also briefly seen in a screen, showing Rick's memories. The memories include Rick putting the helmet on [[Snuffles]] from the episode "[[Lawnmower Dog]]", Rick holding Morty when he is an infant, and Rick giving the love potion to Morty from "Rick Potion #9". There are also scenes of Rick and Morty flying in the space cruiser, and one of Rick, lying down on the floor, and Morty passing him his canister, but it is unknown if these take place in the old or new dimension. In the episode "[[Total Rickall]]", there is a flashback montage to all the funny catch phrases that Rick has used. One of which is one he was using, while playing cards with Snuffles. This has to be Dimension C-137, because Snuffles leaves the family in the episode "Lawnmower Dog", before events of the dimension transition in the episode "Rick Potion #9". There are many other flashbacks of moments in time that actually happened, but none of them prove that they occur in Dimension C-137.
 
   
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Rick returns to this dimension in "[[Solaricks]]" where it is revealed he kept the entire dimension on a time loop of the day he lost Beth and Diane, leaving its inhabitants trapped for decades. As part of his effort to move on, Rick gets rid of the time loop, allowing his neighbor [[Mr. Goldmanbachmajorian]] the relief of death.
[[File:C-137-NAJerry.png|thumb]]
 
Dimension C-137 is briefly mentioned in the episode "[[Mortynight Run]]", when Rick is asked to identify his home dimension for identification purposes when returning to pick up his Jerry. Because Jerry is not from Rick and Morty's home dimension of C-137, Rick marks him as "N/A". This might mean that Rick is uncertain of their current dimension's official alphanumeric identification.
 
 
Dimension C-137 returns in the episode [[The Rickshank Rickdemption]], Morty brings the Summer from the new Dimension he and Rick came from in order to show her that Rick doesn't care about anyone and that he always leaves carnage in his wake. It is here, Summer meets the version of herself and her family from this Dimension, who are now more tribalistic and savage than when they were previously seen.
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
===[[Season 1]]===
 
===[[Season 1]]===
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*"[[Raising Gazorpazorp]]" (first mention)
*"[[Pilot]]"
 
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*"[[Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind]]" (mentioned)
*"[[Lawnmower Dog]]"
 
*"[[Anatomy Park (episode)|Anatomy Park]]"
 
*"[[M. Night Shaym-Aliens!]]" (Cameo)
 
*"[[Meeseeks and Destroy]]"
 
*"[[Rick Potion No. 9|Rick Potion #9]]"
 
*"[[Rixty Minutes]]" (Mentioned)
 
*"[[Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind]]" (Cameo, Morty also mentions "my name is Morty Smith from Earth dimension C-137")
 
   
 
===[[Season 2]]===
 
===[[Season 2]]===
*"[[Total Rickall]]" (Cameo)
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*"[[Mortynight Run]]" (mentioned)
*"[[Mortynight Run]]" (Mentioned)
 
 
===[[Season 3]]===
 
===[[Season 3]]===
*"[[The Rickshank Rickdemption]]"
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*"[[The Rickshank Rickdemption]]" (shown in fabricated flashback)
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*"[[Pickle Rick]]" (Mentioned)
 
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===[[Season 5]]===
*"[[Morty's Mind Blowers]]" (Mentioned)
 
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===[[Rick and Morty (Comic Series)|Comics]]===
 
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*"[[Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion]]" (mentioned)
*"[[Rick and Morty Issue 45]]"
 
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*"[[Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort]]" (cameo based on Rick's memory)
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*"[[Rickmurai Jack]]" (flashback)
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===[[Season 6]]===
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* "[[Solaricks]]" (first actual appearance)
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* "[[Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation]]" (mentioned)
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<big>Notable Inhabitants:</big>
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* [[Rick Sanchez|Rick Sanchez C-137]]
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* [[Diane Sanchez|Diane Sanchez C-137]]
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* [[Beth Sanchez (C-137)|Beth Sanchez C-137]]
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* [[Mr. Goldmanbachmajorian]]
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* [[Rick Prime]] (formerly)
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==Episode notes==
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===Cultural references===
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*Rick's family home where Beth C-137 grew up appears to be drawn with a strikingly similar appearance to "The White Residence" residence from ''Breaking Bad'', though the address numbers are not consistent between the two households.
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**Other relevant parallels can also be drawn, as the main protagonists in both series display a profound interest in hard sciences, are married to blonde women, and are eventually driven to become callous anti-heroes by forces outside of their control.
   
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==Trivia==
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*C-137 may be a reference to:
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**Civilization 137, virtual civilization in sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem. Civilization 137 is the civilization in chapter 7 - Miao's first time in the game.
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**Caesium-137, one of the two principal medium-lived fission products, along with Sr-90, which are responsible for most of the radioactivity of spent nuclear fuel after several years of cooling.
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**The fine structure constant (1/137), a fundamental constant in physics which quantifies the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between elementary charged particles.
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*Given what is currently known of the dimensional designation system where similar designations equate to near-identical dimensions, it seems that C-137 was extremely similar to C-131 and by extension the Prime Dimension, with perhaps only the interruption by Rick Prime and subsequent choice to abandon science separating the two.
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*The Jerry of this dimension has never been seen, but he may be the only member of the main cast that lives here.
 
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They say my mind is held captive in a time loop, trapped in the day of a traumatic event by the agony of a formidable intelligence, but also that my captor forgot about aging, that my body spoils and yearns for death while my soul remains stuck in place, caught like a fly in amber.
Mr Goldmanbachmajorian unintentionally describing the time loop that Dimension C-137 is stuck in

Dimension C-137 is one of the many universes in the multiverse, and the original universe where the titular Rick was born and grew up. This is one of many dimensions where Rick's wife Diane and daughter Beth were killed when Beth was a child, and as a result, Summer and Morty never existed. Before it was revealed that the Rick and Morty we follow in the show are each from different dimensions, "Dimension C-137" was thought, including by Morty himself, to refer to the Prime Dimension where our Morty originated and the first six episodes of the TV series took place.

Rick returns to this dimension in "Solaricks", where it is revealed he kept the entire dimension on a time loop of the day he lost Beth and Diane, leaving its inhabitants trapped for decades. As part of his effort to move on, Rick gets rid of the time loop, giving his neighbor Mr. Goldmanbachmajorian, and likely most of Earth's population, the relief of death.

History

Dimension C-137 is first mentioned in "Raising Gazorpazorp", by Rick himself. Morty also refers to himself as "from Dimension C-137", unaware that he is not from the same dimension as Rick.

C-137-NAJerry

Dimension C-137 is briefly mentioned in "Mortynight Run", when Rick is asked to identify his home dimension for identification purposes when returning to pick up his Jerry. Because Jerry is not from Rick's home dimension of C-137, Rick marks him as "N/A". This might mean that Rick is (or was) uncertain of their current dimension's official alphanumeric identification.

Dimension C-137 is mentioned in "The Rickshank Rickdemption", when several Ricks from the Citadel capture Morty and Summer in the Prime dimension. Morty identifies himself as "Morty C-137", which causes two of the Ricks to look at one another and take pause. This is likely because of Rick C-137's notoriety as a "terror-rick", and that the Council would've been aware that there is no naturally occurring "Morty C-137" in existence. Other Council members again refer to Rick as "C-137" in this episode, meaning Rick has been intentionally identifying himself accurately.

Rick showed Cornvelious Daniel a "memory" taking place in Dimension C-137 after their detour for Szechuan sauce. While Rick was trying to invent the Portal Gun, an alternate Rick appeared from a dimension where he had already discovered interdimensional travel. His alternate self then allegedly offered to actively share the secrets of this fabled technology with Rick C-137. After some reflection, thinking the "Infinite Rick" life sounded lonely and unfulfilling, Rick C-137 refused and seemingly decided to forge his own destiny, or in his words to be "a different kind of Rick...", giving up on science to spend more time with his family. The alternate Rick seemed to be visibly offended at C-137's refusal, and likely sent a bomb through a green portal to kill him shortly thereafter. It may also been speculated that his intent was actually to kill Rick's wife Diane, and daughter Beth in a bid to force C-137 to change his mind. After the commercial break, Rick's younger self is then shown rapidly calculating the math required to complete the portal gun and inventing interdimensional travel. However, Rick then humorously claimed the entire sequence was a "totally fabricated origin story", and "the three lines of math" disclosed to the agent (and uploaded to his superiors) was actually a virus designed to take control of the outdated Brainalyzer. This statement was later shown to be only partially accurate.

Childhood room c-137

Rick C-137's recollection of his childhood bedroom.

In "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort", it was revealed that Rick came from a dimension where Beth died, meaning the Prime dimension and Dimension C-137 are not the same. Dimension C-137 itself does not appear in any of Birdperson's memories from this episode since Rick left this dimension before meeting Birdperson. It makes its first appearance at the end of the episode, within Rick's memory of his childhood.

When Morty views Rick's brain scan in "Rickmurai Jack", it confirms that most of the events from Rick's "totally fabricated" brainalyzed memory sequence in "The Rickshank Rickdemption" did in fact happen, and the only difference from the fabrication was that after Diane and Beth died, Rick did not immediately invent the portal gun, but instead went in an ambulance to heal his wounds from the explosion. Afterward, Rick lived by himself for some time before shaking off the trauma and deciding to finish the portal gun on his own terms.

Rick returns to this dimension in "Solaricks" where it is revealed he kept the entire dimension on a time loop of the day he lost Beth and Diane, leaving its inhabitants trapped for decades. As part of his effort to move on, Rick gets rid of the time loop, allowing his neighbor Mr. Goldmanbachmajorian the relief of death.

Appearances

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 5

Season 6


Notable Inhabitants:

Episode notes

Cultural references

  • Rick's family home where Beth C-137 grew up appears to be drawn with a strikingly similar appearance to "The White Residence" residence from Breaking Bad, though the address numbers are not consistent between the two households.
    • Other relevant parallels can also be drawn, as the main protagonists in both series display a profound interest in hard sciences, are married to blonde women, and are eventually driven to become callous anti-heroes by forces outside of their control.

Trivia

  • C-137 may be a reference to:
    • Civilization 137, virtual civilization in sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem. Civilization 137 is the civilization in chapter 7 - Miao's first time in the game.
    • Caesium-137, one of the two principal medium-lived fission products, along with Sr-90, which are responsible for most of the radioactivity of spent nuclear fuel after several years of cooling.
    • The fine structure constant (1/137), a fundamental constant in physics which quantifies the strength of the electromagnetic interaction between elementary charged particles.
  • Given what is currently known of the dimensional designation system where similar designations equate to near-identical dimensions, it seems that C-137 was extremely similar to C-131 and by extension the Prime Dimension, with perhaps only the interruption by Rick Prime and subsequent choice to abandon science separating the two.
  • The Jerry of this dimension has never been seen, but he may be the only member of the main cast that lives here.

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