| “ | Aw, c'mon, Morty. Luck had nothing to do with it. I'm great, that's the real reason. |
| — Rick, Rick Potion No. 9 |
Rick Sanchez of Dimension C-131 was a Rick who was killed alongside his dimension's Morty in an accidental lab explosion and was replaced by Rick C-137 and Morty Prime
He was the father of the current Beth Smith and Space Beth, the father-in-law of Jerry (C-131), and the maternal grandfather of the current Summer Smith and Morty Smith (C-131).
Biography[]
The history of this Rick was largely similar to most versions of Rick across the multiverse. In his youth, he created several inventions for his daughter Beth and built Froopyland for her. After being gifted the Portal Gun by Rick Prime, he abandoned his family to travel the cosmos, making an enemy of the Galactic Federation and Mr. Nimbus during his adventures. During this time, he had a sidekick named Kyle, who he later separated from for unknown reasons. Years later, Rick eventually returned to his family and was present for the birth of his grandson Morty, eventually moving in with his now adult daughter Beth when she had a family.
Rick continued his adventures, taking his grandson Morty as a sidekick. During the events of Rick Potion #9, Rick accidentally transformed everyone on the planet into Cronenbergs, but managed to make an antidote and turn everyone back to normal again. He returned home the next day with his grandson Morty and they continued to work on his Ionic Defibrillator. However, this Defibrillator was programmed wrong and when he finished it, the entire thing exploded on him and killed them both. Just then, the Rick from Dimension C-137 and Morty Prime from the Prime dimension came in and they buried the bodies of their alternate dimension versions in the backyard and lived out the rest of their lives in their places.
In the episode "Rixty Minutes", Morty showed his adoptive sister Summer the graves where they buried their versions, explaining to her the events of the previous episode and their deaths.
In the episode "The Rickshank Rickdemption", Morty reminded Summer of her real grandfather Rick. Out of desperation to rescue Rick (C-137), she dug up his body to recover his portal gun, which hadn't been damaged in the explosion.
In the comic "Rick and Morty Issue 43", an alternate version of Rick, named Dick, replaces Rick C-137 and Morty Prime in Dimension C-131. He justified this by mentioning the deaths of Rick C-131 and Morty C-131.
In the comic "Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137 1", the bodies of Rick C-131 and Morty C-131 are resurrected as zombies and attack the titular Rick and Morty. Rick and Morty defeat them, after which Rick blames the Supernova's ambient space energy for creating the zombies.
In the episode "Solaricks", after Rick, Morty and Jerry were sent back to their original universes, Summer reveals to Beth that their versions of Rick and Morty are buried in the backyard.
In the episode "The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button", when a crying Beth and Space Beth look at Rick (C-137), they see a memory of young Rick.
In the episode "Hot Rick", Memory Rick enters Beth's mind and sees a memory of Rick (C-131) leaving her behind as a child to travel across the cosmos.
Appearance[]
Rick Sanchez from dimension C-131 was a tall, lanky old man. He had long legs and arms and is very skinny. He had a dimly tanned ashy complexion and light blue hair with a bald spot on the back of his head. He had spiky hair on his head and a unibrow. His face was wrinkly as he has bags under his eyelids and a pressure fold above his unibrow that follows its position and laugh lines on both sides of his mouth. He wears a white lab coat with a light blue green shirt underneath. He also wears brown pants, a dark brown belt with a yellow buckle, and black shoes. He is occasionally seen with some green spill from drinking or splattered vomit on his mouth which is the result of him ODing from the massive amounts of alcohol he consumes on a daily basis, although this isn't always on his face but shows up mainly when he is drunk or after he throws up. Rick speaks in a rambling manner that is often interrupted by belching and gagging, again this is due to his drug and alcohol addiction.
In his youth, he looked almost like Rick C-137: a turquoise undershirt, a blue pants, a dark brown belt with a yellow buckle, and black shoes. However, after meeting Rick Prime, he began wearing a near identical outfit to that of Rick Prime, sporting a purplish "sci-fi" jacket with a gray shoulder pad and a red shirt underneath, as well as grayish black pants. Unlike the former however, his hair was slightly longer and lacked the greyed strips.
Personality[]
Rick Sanchez from Dimension C-131 was a genius scientist, capable of creating complex scientific inventions, including brain-enhancing helmets, dream-invading devices, portals to several different dimensions, and the world's first amusement park inside the body of a living human. His brilliance can be muddled by his jaded personal views and his alcoholic tendencies. Rick (C-131) is easily bored and does not do well with routine. In his youth, Rick appeared to have a similar mindset to Rick Prime, valuing the pursuits of science and dimensional travel over his family, as he gave a jaded goodbye to a young Beth before leaving her behind, not intending on returning. Although it appears that Rick eventually returned when Beth had her second child Morty, indicating he still cares for his family.
Unlike C-137 in his elderly age, this Rick seems to be a tiny bit more caring and a little bit less lazy. Although he is more helpful by him just by a tiny extent, this still had a huge butterfly effect, causing him to heroically save the world from Cronenbergs with his antidote. After the events of this, Rick was a much happier and nicer guy who got along with Morty better and had a lot more fun with him and their presence together was a lot more nice and tolerable (up until their premature demise).
Episode Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- "Rick Potion #9"
- "Rixty Minutes" (mentioned)
Season 2[]
- "Get Schwifty" (pictured)
Season 3[]
- "The Rickshank Rickdemption" (corpse)
- "Morty's Mind Blowers" (implied in the flashbacks)
Season 6[]
- "Solaricks" (mentioned)
Season 8[]
- "The Curicksous Case of Bethjamin Button" (mentioned; flashback cameo)
- "Hot Rick" (cameo as a memory version)
Rick and Morty (comic series)[]
- "Rick and Morty #43: "Dick and Farty"" (mentioned)
Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137[]
- "Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137 1" (zombie)
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Gallery[]
Rick Potion #9[]
Get Schwifty[]
The Rickshank Rickdemption[]
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The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button[]
Hot Rick[]
Trivia[]
- "The Rickshank Redemption" suggests that he, unlike C-137, was a member of The Citadel of Ricks given how their militia arrives after Rick's portal gun was destroyed by Jerry Prime.
- "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort" calls into question the veracity of this Rick's backstory. If Memory Rick is indeed based on this Rick, it would suggest that he is not in fact Rick C-131, merely another Rick who moved to Dimension C-131. Alternatively, Memory Rick could be based on adventures that Rick C-137 had in Dimension C-131 during his hunt for Rick Prime. There is also a theory that Rick moved his most important friends to other dimensions where he went to live in secret of them or by mindblowing them with a Mindblower gun, so Memory Rick is still based on the adventures of Rick C-137 and Bird Person C-137.
- Birdperson C-131 had a photo in his house of Rick holding a baby Morty. This indicates that Rick C-131 had visited his family several times before the final return to family.
Rick C-131 is mentioned by Dick
- In Rick and Morty Issue 43, Dick tells Rick C-137 that the Rick and Morty from this dimension died due to the Ion Defibrillator's explosion, an obvious reference to Rick C-131 and Morty C-131.
- In the episode "Hot Rick", when Memory Rick entered Beth (C-131)'s mind, a Rick C-131 was seen wearing a Jacket similar to Rick Prime's before leaving his house. The Jacket was different from Rick Prime's jacket as it had orange instead of red stripes.
- There was some discussion about whether this was Rick Prime or Rick C-131, but later Adult Swim themselves confirmed that this Rick was C-131.[1]
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- ↑ Alternative Ricks in Season 8 | Rick and Morty | adult swim. via YouTube.