The Freedom Fighters Crew is a group consisting of Rick Sanchez, Birdperson, Squaunchy, and Geardude. They spent many years fighting against the Galactic Federation, eventually winning a major victory against the group at the Battle of Blood Ridge, and seemingly disbanding. After Geardude's death, Rick, Birdperson and Squaunchy took in his younger brother Gearhead as one of their own. The Freedom Fighters conflict with the Galactic Federation slowed down, as Rick moved in with his daughter Beth Sanchez.
Years later, during a party thrown by Rick at the Smith household, which was attended by Birdperson, Squaunchy, Gearhead, Abradolf Lincler, and counless others, Birdperson met and fell in love with Summer Smith's good friend Tammy Gueterman. During their wedding, which was attended by Rick and the Smith family, Squaunchy, Geardude, and many others. During the reception, Tammy reveals that she is actually a Glactic Federation agent, and that the Freedom Fighters are under arrest. In the ensuing battle between the Freedom fighters and the Galactic Federation, Birdperson is killed, and Rick and the Smith family narrowly escape. Shortly following this event, Earth is absorbed by the Galactic Federation.
In an attempt to protect his family and destroy the Galactic Federation as revenge for the murder of Birdperson, Rick turns himself in, and is imprisoned by the Galactic Federation. Rick manages to escape the federation prison by taking control of the brain of Cornvelious Daniel, a Galactic Federation agent. He then makes his way to The Citadel. He sneaks into the Citadel's control room and teleports The Citadel into the Galactic Federation Prison. Rick then murders the entire Council of Ricks, with the help of Morty and Summer. He then sneaks into the Galactic Federation Prison's control room, and he changes the Galactic Federation economy so that one of their blemflarcks equals 0 of their blemflarcks. The president of the federation panics and shoots himself in the head, and the entire federation falls apart. The Smiths return to the now federation free Earth.
The revamped Galactic Federation eventually came back to Earth, planning to destroy it with an NX-5 Planet Remover, and capture both the original and clone Beths. In the ensuing battle to save the planet, Tammy captures both Beths, only to be killed by Rick with the help of Summer. The Smith family sneaks on to the NX-5. Rick finds the cybernetic, revived version of Birdperson, Pheonixperson, who is controlled by the Galactic Federation. The two have a violent fight, and Pheonixperson seriously wounds Rick. Meanwhile, the Beths break out of their cell, Summer and Morty deactivate the NX-5, and Jerry uses Tammy's corpse as a puppet in order to distract Pheonixperson. Rick then deactivates Pheonixperson.
He later manages to repair him, making him Birdperson once again. In order to bring back Birdperson's concious mind. He enters his mind and reliving their entire freindship. He teams up with a younger version of Rick from Birdperson's memories to fix Birdperson's mind. They meet Memory Tammy, who reveals that Birdperson and her have a child who is currently being kept in a Galactic Federation prison. Rick, Memory Rick, Memory Tammy and Birdperson drives through Bridperson's memories. While being chased by another one of Birdperson's memories of Tammy, Rick and Birdperson escape through a portal, and Birdperson's consciousness is fully restored. Birdperson sets out to rescue his child, leaving Rick behind.