Rick C-137: The Backstory | Rick and Morty | adult swim

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Damn it. Here's my [ __ ] downloaded brain, Morty. You want to jump the shark? You want to know my stupid crybaby backstory? Knock yourself out.

[00:00:06]>> Not Not now.

[00:01:05]Heat. Heat.

[00:01:13]Heat. Heat.

[00:01:35]Hallelujah.

[00:01:59]Mother.

[00:02:27]luxury.

[00:02:33]Is that >> me? I used to wear blue pants.

[00:02:41]>> When'd you make the leap to interdimensional travel?

[00:02:44]>> I didn't. I did. Well, well, well. If it isn't us. You know the worst part about inventing teleportation? Suddenly, you're able to travel the whole galaxy and the first thing you learn is you're the last guy to invent teleportation.

[00:02:56]Fortunately, you're about to invent something much more powerful.

[00:03:01]What?

[00:03:05]Imagine doing anything you want, then hopping to a timeline where you never did it. Imagine going anywhere, anytime with nobody able to stop you. Sounds lonely. Lonely? Dude, you have yourself, your infinite selves. It's a non-stop party where all the guests are the only person we like. You think it's cool being the smartest man on Earth, but once we give you this technology, you become the smartest thing in every conceivable universe. The infinite Rick.

[00:03:27]A god. Pass. Excuse me, bro. Ricks don't pass on this. Who do you think you are?

[00:03:34]A different kind of Rick, I guess. Well, we'll see how long that lasts.

[00:03:40]>> I heard sci-fi noises. Did you make a breakthrough?

[00:03:44]>> Sort of. I just took a long look at myself and I don't think this science thing is going to pay off.

[00:03:50]>> Well, why don't I get Beth and we'll go out for ice cream.

[00:03:53]>> That Diane is the last great idea that will ever be had in this garage. Come on, girls. The ice cream's going to melt.

[00:04:12]NO.

[00:04:15]WOW, this sauce is [ __ ] amazing. You said it was promoting a movie.

[00:04:28]Carry the three out of two. I got it. I [ __ ] got it.

[00:04:33]>> Whoa. Is that it? The portal guns.

[00:04:36]>> Yeah, that's the three lines of math that separates my life as a man from my life as an unfeilling ghost.

[00:04:41]>> Awesome. Possum.

[00:04:44]>> Mission control. You getting this?

[00:04:45]>> HOLY [ __ ] YES. YES. WE GOT IT.

[00:04:48]>> THANKS, RICK. I'll try to remember to shut off the brainer. Actually, I think it shuts off automatically once your brain is liquid. Don't know. Don't care.

[00:04:56]Pull me out.

[00:04:58]>> Hey, pull me out. Can you hear me?

[00:05:00]>> No, they cannot.

[00:05:01]>> Why not? Because the code you just uploaded wasn't actually my portal gun formula. It was a virus giving me full control over the brainy.

[00:05:08]>> What are you talking about? This is a memory. You can't alter details of a memory.

[00:05:11]>> True, but you can alter anything you want about a totally fabricated origin story. It's a trap. Abort. I'M STILL IN HIS SHIES. REPEAT. WE NEVER LEFT HIS SHOWNIES.

[00:05:21]>> MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, BOYS. Pull me out.

[00:05:23]Roger that. Okay, have fun in what's left of my brain. I'm going to transfer to yours. Oh, there's not enough room for all my genius, so I'm leaving you with my fear of wicker furniture. My desire to play the trumpet. My tenative plans to purchase a hat and six years of improv workshops. Comedy comes in threes. It's a trap. Abort. We never left this.

[00:05:43]>> This is the big show, gentlemen and lady.

[00:05:45]>> Thank you.

[00:05:46]>> We're dropping into Blood Ridge. One final chance to stop the Federation offense. If we lose here, all aboard.

[00:05:52]Hey, don't mind us. You guys are all just a memory of war. Don't tell them that. They won't fight right. I think it's best if we ignore this.

[00:06:21][ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] Whoops. Nope. Oh, this rules. No, it doesn't. Neither does that.

[00:06:42]Why would you not revisit this? Oh, I don't know. Maybe uh the ending.

[00:07:04]Oh yeah. BEST FRIENDSHIP EVER.

[00:07:13]>> So the rest of her life is just more of that, right? That kicked ass. Let's move. That setpiece won't stay put for long. For real. That [ __ ] was cash. Why would you not that [ __ ] with cash?

[00:07:22]>> It was extremely badass. The battle of Blood Ridge is over. The Federation lost. I am in your debt.

[00:07:29]>> Come with me >> to somewhere nearby.

[00:07:32]>> Anywhere. Everywhere.

[00:07:33]>> Rick, I don't expect you to keep fighting. But this war is >> far from over. I know, dude. I share this with almost nobody, but I could take you right now to this same battlefield in a universe where we lost, or another where we won, or another where the war never even happened. All equally real, all equally unreal. None of it matters.

[00:07:50]Then why did you help?

[00:07:52]>> Because I respect you and I wanted you to know you could respect me >> even though nothing matters.

[00:07:57]>> Okay. You matter to me.

[00:08:01]>> Uh the relationship that we have >> I never used that word >> is not worth my integrity.

[00:08:06]>> My god. It's not a complicated transaction, my man. Would you like to join me doing awesome [ __ ] that matters?

[00:08:10]No, I would not. I would rather be a judgmental dork. Case closed. Really no need to drag it out.

[00:08:15]>> If you need me, use the beacon.

[00:08:17]>> Yeah, I'm going to use that beacon a lot. I hope I hope hope I don't wear it out.

[00:08:26]Okay, got it. It wasn't the battle that went wrong. Mhm. Why the [ __ ] are you risking your life for that [ __ ] Because you love him. You do. Maybe I don't. Yeah. Yeah. You're real cool. Now come help me save his life or [ __ ] off because I don't need you.

[00:08:40]>> Wow. Does it ever get any better than this?

[00:08:43]>> No, Tammy. Trust me, it does not.

[00:08:45]>> Thank you for bringing me here. It's so beautiful.

[00:08:49]>> I got you, you ungrateful piece of [ __ ] >> Rick, have you teamed up with a memory of yourself? I ask because that would be deeply sad. You don't get to tell anyone what's sad, man. You're like a oneman Mount Sadmore. So, I guess like a Lincoln Sadoral. Seriously, time to go, pal. The closer you get to complete neurokcognit failure, the more canonyy [ __ ] is going to try to kill us.

[00:09:09]>> Is this a bad time to reveal I'm an undercover officer?

[00:09:12]>> Everyone knows you're dead.

[00:09:15]>> Fine. Well, you're lucky. My fianceé remembers me as kind.

[00:09:18]>> Eat my ass, BP. You're down here bailing on the rest of us because you don't want to process your grief and shame like a normal person by drinking and mistreating strangers.

[00:09:25]>> No, Rick. It is you who must nibble my cloa or bird [ __ ] >> Everyone knows what a cloa is.

[00:09:31]>> Sorry, but we do not get to choose the ones we love.

[00:09:34]>> You got that right. Why do you think I'm still [ __ ] down here?

[00:09:37]>> I died at my wedding, Rick. I am merely waiting for it to take effect.

[00:09:43]>> OH MY [ __ ] GOD.

[00:09:44]>> COME ON, MORTY. WE GOT TO GO.

[00:09:48]>> You can come if you want. Don't blame me if you don't.

[00:09:51]>> Uh, from where I sit, Morty, that's the best deal on the table. I don't have a real plan.

[00:10:01]>> Thanks, pal. I'm glad you ignored my advice.

[00:10:04]>> It's just as well. I lied. That second seat's a toilet. Oh, super dick move, but weirdly kind of cool to admit it.

[00:10:10]>> Jeez, you guys really are bred for forgiveness. Let's go.

[00:10:28]Say goodbye to the Citadel, fellas.

[00:10:42]Heat.

[00:11:04]Heat.

[00:11:08]Heat. Heat.

[00:11:46]terrorist.

[00:11:57]>> [ __ ] Excuse me, bro. Ricks don't pass on this.

[00:12:10]>> Rick, is that you?

[00:12:12]>> Yeah, Diane, >> you've been gone so long. Did you find our daughter's killer?

[00:12:17]>> Not yet. Sorry. Still looking.

[00:12:19]>> You'll find him. You always do everything you set your mind to, except keep your family alive. But that was hardly your fault.

[00:12:27]>> Mute. If I could be muted, I wouldn't be too too good at haunting you, would I?

[00:12:32]You dirty bear.

[00:12:33]>> Yeah, forgot I wanted to be haunted.

[00:12:35]>> I guess you predicted you might. That's where haunting comes in handy, huh?

[00:12:39]>> Very good point, sugar.

[00:12:41]>> I kept up the search in your absence.

[00:12:43]You want a new list of potential locations?

[00:12:45]>> You're always just one room away, huh?

[00:12:48]>> Yeah. Uh, remember you thought if you could see or touch me, it might give you a level of come comfort, >> right? Can't have that. Come on, Summer.

[00:12:56]Who's Summer? Should I be jealous? I hope Summer knows what happens to the people you love.

[00:13:07]>> Hey, Rick. Hey, Mr. Goldman. Bach Majorian. Still still alive, huh? What's up?

[00:13:12]>> I was wondering if you could help me make sense of a note I found this morning. It's written by someone claiming to be me. 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.

[00:13:30]That my body spoils and yearns for death while my soul remains stuck in place, caught like a fly in amber.

[00:13:37]>> Right. I used to drink drink. Uh, no clue, pal.

[00:13:40]>> That's okay. I found other notes in the trash just like it. Poor weirdo. I pity them. Wish they could let go and move on.

[00:13:47]>> Sounds healthy.

[00:13:48]>> SURE WOULD BE.

[00:13:52]OH, sweet death.

[00:13:55]>> Was that symbolic? Are you letting go? I understand, baby. I forgive you.

[00:14:00]>> You don't get to say that. YOU'RE NOT HER. YOU'RE A THING I BUILT TO TORTURE MYSELF. This whole [ __ ] timeline is cursed. I got to GET OUT OF HERE >> BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MOVE on >> because I DON'T AND I have to. I came back on accident. Guy I'm looking for, he's not findable. Diane, I live with the version of Beth now.

[00:14:21]>> Sounds like a version of nice.

[00:14:23]>> We have grandkids. That's who Summer is.

[00:14:25]She's going to get me out of here. She reminds me of you.

[00:14:29]>> Oh, really? Is she dead, too?

[00:14:31]>> Bye, Diane.

[00:14:33]>> You're not honestly going to fly into that rift without coordinates, are you?

[00:14:36]Don't give up on us, Rick. I don't make the rules. Haunter's going to haunt.

[00:14:47]Baby, are you killing yourself?

[00:14:49]>> I'm more embracing the win-win of risking my life.

[00:15:13]Morty. Rick. I knew it. I knew you wouldn't leave me. Ow. The [ __ ] Morty, did you see another Rick here?

[00:15:20]Non-escript haircut, sci-fi jacket. Of course you didn't see him. You'd be dead. Or you'd be a bomb. Do you feel bombie? Yeah, you would have blown up by now.

[00:15:29]>> Wasn't the Rick here dead? That's why you pick places, right?

[00:15:33]>> Uh, well, you're Rick. Uh, yeah. Not dead. More like not around. When I met you, I was sort of hoping he might turn up one day. You son of a [ __ ] I got you.

[00:15:44]>> Okay, I think I'm GETTING THE PICTURE.

[00:15:46]OW.

[00:15:48]Frying my backups. Smart. So, you're like an evil Morty. A clever one. Ow.

[00:15:54]All right. Never been a sidekick guy, but I'm starting to see the value. You want a job? We could be like Batman and Robin.

[00:16:00]>> I don't need a Robin.

[00:16:03]>> Okay. Seriously, what is this? What What are you going to a geese me to death?

[00:16:09]Oh, you don't want those schematics, buddy. Those are for grown-ups. Uhhuh.

[00:16:18]Oh, isn't this great? Okay. All right. I get it.

[00:16:24]What? Oh [ __ ] >> Mhm. Knock yourself out.

[00:16:30]>> Listen, Rick to Rick. He's got the weapon plans. Buddy, nip this in the bud. He's 14. What's going to happen the next time he gets mad at grandpa?

[00:16:41]LET'S DO THIS THEN.

[00:16:44]>> YOU'RE WELCOME, by the way. I made you.

[00:16:46]I SHOWED YOU INFINITY.

[00:16:49]>> AND WHAT DID you do with it?

[00:16:51]>> Hang out with my grandson. Raise echoes of my daughter.

[00:16:56]>> What's your life WITHOUT ME?

[00:16:59]>> LET'S FIND OUT.

[00:17:04]>> Admit it. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ME.

[00:17:07]I JUST walked into your garage BEFORE YOU WALKED INTO MINE.

[00:17:12]BUT EVENTUALLY YOU DID. YOU LIVED IN MY HOUSE.

[00:17:28]What are you doing?

[00:17:32]Pretty cool visual. You're You're missing it.

[00:17:42]We don't have to talk. This didn't make us friends.

[00:17:47]There's our guy, Rick. I Is it over? Is Is he not exactly an alive amount of blood? How's it feel? Better. No, exactly the same. Yeah, it always does.

[00:18:01]Hope you're happy with your choice.

[00:18:03]>> [ __ ] off.

[00:18:03]>> I'm going to. Just don't force me to improve on the design. I can end the Rick experiment anytime I want. Why threaten? Why not just do it? Because using a weapon like this doesn't get you left alone, Morty. Think I want a bunch of vengeful summers coming after me. You are a little different though, Rick.

[00:18:21]Maybe I can use that someday.

[00:18:24]>> Seriously though, [ __ ] you. Don't come after me. It won't go well.

[00:18:34]Are are you okay?

[00:18:37]>> Yeah.

[00:18:41]>> Phew, man. When those drones uncloaked back there, I was like, "Oh [ __ ] this is we're gone down from the bridge.

[00:18:55]The still found down there.

[00:19:05]Look on down from the bridge.

[00:19:11]It's still raining up here.

[00:19:21]Everybody seems so far away from me.

[00:19:29]Everybody just want to be free.