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"Valkyrick" is the second episode of the eighth season of Rick and Morty. It is the 73rd episode of the series overall. It premieres on June 1, 2025. It was written by Scott Marder and directed by Jacob Hair. This episode is rated TV-14-DLV.
Synopsis[]
Space Beth reluctantly calls Rick to help her investigate who ordered the Gromflomite Queen's assassination.
Plot[]
Rick tries to reason with the Defiance, but accidently gets Beth kicked out of the Defiance.
In the post credit scene, Cisco, Rick’s inside man is revealed to be real and his no show was revealed that he overslept due to a drug overdose. Realizing this, he panics that he forgot about the mission, while his girlfriend comforts him by giving him more drugs.
Characters[]
Major characters[]
- Rick Sanchez
- Space Beth
- General Ronkonkomus Joe
- Birdperson
- Birddaughter
- Fantabulous
Minor characters[]
- The Defiance
- Corsica
- BugAnne
- Cisco
- Gromflomites
- Gromflomite Queen
- Ultromflomites
- Jiro
- Stingtroopers
- Sandy
- Mrs. Pancakes (pictured)
- Gene (mentioned)
- Natalie (mentioned)
- Tammy Guterman (indirectly mentioned)
- Beth Smith (name on phone)
- Casale (name on phone)
- Douglugg (name on phone)
- Dr. Wong (name on phone)
Deaths[]
- Fantabulous
- Multiple Gromflomites
- Multiple Stingtroopers
- Multiple Ultromflomites
- Gromflomite Queen
Locations[]
- Parmesan Dimension
- Earth
- Smith Residence
- Sushi Restaurant room
- Luigi's (mentioned)
- Smith Residence
- Gromflom Prime
- Department of Transportation
- Defiance HQ
- Gromflomite ship
- Fantabulous's lair
- Unknown planet
- Earth
Episode notes[]
Trivia[]
- This episode was previewed early with the previous episode "Summer of All Fears" at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film in Germany and Departure Festival + Conference in Toronto.[1][2]
- In celebration of Season 8, Pocket Mortys' weekly updates coincided with new episodes, including new avatars and Mortys for players to collect. With the release of this episode came Cisco as an avatar, along with Ultromflomite Morty and Bug Costume Morty to catch.
- Morty, Jerry, Summer, and Beth do not appear in this episode.
- This is the first episode of the series to not feature Morty in any way, or even mention him.
- As of this episode, every main character has been absent for at least one episode.
Series continuity[]
- A TV displays the show The Days and Nights of Mrs. Pancakes, a show that is seen in "Lawnmower Dog."
- The sushi restaurant in Rick's basement that first appears in "Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation" makes a return.
- Space Beth continues to work with The Defiance as shown in "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri" and "Rickfending Your Mort".
- Rick recognizes BugAnne after the two fought together in The Battle of Blood Ridge in "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort".
- When arguing with Rick, Space Beth sarcastically mentions how she wishes she is the clone version of herself referencing the events of "The ABC's of Beth" and "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri".
- Rick last fought the Galactic Federation and the Gromflomites in "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri".
- Birdperson is still caring for Birddaughter and trying to be a good parent for her as previously shown in "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort" and "How Poopy Got His Poop Back".
- Birdperson tells Rick about wanting to take Gene off his and Rick's message chat which references how the two met and hanged out with Rick in "How Poopy Got His Poop Back" and their text message chat was presumably created during the events of that episode.
- After curing himself, Rick shouts "I'm Cured Human Rick!" in a similar manner to when he shouted "I'm Tiny Rick!" in "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez", "I'm Pickle Rick!" in "Pickle Rick", "I'm Oscar Host Rick!" in "JuRicksic Mort", "I'm Leg Rick!" in "Rickfending Your Mort", and "I'm Dead Rick!" in "Mort: Ragnarick".
- While Birddaughter starts attacking and killing Gromflomites, Birdperson mentions how "she gets it from her mother", referencing Tammy Guterman who he had a relationship with starting in "Ricksy Business" and was killed in "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri".
Cultural references[]
- The spores that infect the Gromflomites are similar to Super Soldier serum from the Marvel Universe, with it even being mentioned by name.
- The episode's title is a reference to the film, Valkyrie.
- When Space Beth calls Rick and tries to explain her situation as a "funny story but not that funny", Rick jokingly questions if she is pitching a Hulu original.
- Rick tries to convince a Gromflomite to be an unlikely ally with him and Space Beth and explains the situation as if a ghost worked together with the Ghostbusters referencing the Ghostbusters franchise and specifically its spin-off series, The Real Ghostbusters. Rick also mentions the character, Slimer, when the Gromflomite transforms into a Ultromflomite and when General Gromflomite forms an alliance with Rick and Space Beth.
- When Fantabulous explains his plan to Rick and Space Beth, Rick mentions how millennials killed Blockbuster Video.
Errors[]
- Rick teleported to Defiance HQ but after leaving the place he was returning to Earth on his spaceship even though he had come to save Space Beth by teleporting to her not using his ship.
Transcript[]
View a full transcript of this episode here.
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