Rick covered in his own variant’s blood and looking into the middle distance with something between shell shock and post-show depression is all of us, really

@WhitneyVision

6 ай бұрын

Never heard the truth more clearly spoken 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@rat2316

6 ай бұрын

Soldiers life be like

@aaronjohnson7175

6 ай бұрын

​@@WhitneyVisionhow did you change the blood from red to green?

@sophiawilson8696

6 ай бұрын

Just point this out that Marvel and other Media's did parallel world's for years.

EM said it, using a weapon like that doesn't get you ignored. It's really hard to take out a chain of people such that no one cares about anyone that you killed. And even if you can do something on that scale the sheer power of it will get noticed and be seen as a threat. EM is smart to keep it as an unrealized threat. Though I think you're still on to something about EM enjoying an adventure with people who actually showed some respect.

@tsarfox3462

6 ай бұрын

Plus you'd probably have to use it multiple times because of infinite variants of that person's loved ones will try to find and kill you.

@beanieboy5049

6 ай бұрын

also if EM can ues the device to kill morty because it would also kill all other mortys including himself

@MegaConkster

6 ай бұрын

@@beanieboy5049 Here's a thought: Maybe EM didn't take the device to use it, but to reverse engineer it so that he can find a way to shield himself from it in case someone ever built another and tried to use it on another Morty.

@DrewMiller1

6 ай бұрын

@@MegaConksterI thought Evil Morty was going to use the Omega Device to destroy itself across the multiverse.

@MegaConkster

6 ай бұрын

@@DrewMiller1 I don't think that would stop someone from re-inventing it.

I can't believe people haven't noticed that rick is literally subtly training morty to be just as smart and capable as Evil Morty is. Morty has literally been forced on more than one occasion to show his own smarts and ingenuity in fights, and planning out how to do just about anything. He disarms drunkenly improvised neutrino bombs on the regular because of how drunk rick gets all the time. Bombs which even the guardians rip offs were worried about and even surprised at how well Morty is able to figure out and disarm. Plus with the look of confusion they all had during ricks black out session it's obvious that they had no idea how to counter rick and were kinda worried about how morty know how to answer all of ricks traps. I never see people talking about how Morty through all the seasons of the show has subtly gone from not understanding anything about rick or any of his devices to literally building, using and fixing them all on his own. People speculate and like to think morty becomes rick and i feel that isn't true. Rick trains morty not to be another rick but to be even better than him. Sort of like a legacy to pass on.

@bathingatbaxters

6 ай бұрын

Thats why he is young rick

@Agamemnonoverhead

6 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say all that. Sure, he knows all that stuff, but that's only because rick showed him how to operate them. There's a huge gap of knowledge between operating a car and building one. I don't think Morty even knows algebra considering how often he's out of school. He's equivalent to an ipad kid in intelligence but he's definitely gained some street smarts

@etetgg1364

5 ай бұрын

He's definitely not "Young Rick" @@bathingatbaxters

@TraderJoe888

4 ай бұрын

I don't think you can "train" someone to be Einstein or Steve Jobs or Elon Musk. They are born that way then they maximize that born with brilliance. So, our Morty is smart, but like there is only one Rick C137, one Einstein, there is only one "Evil" Morty.

@mathiascroqvist4719

4 ай бұрын

@@TraderJoe888 you can indeed train someone to be a genius. How the hell do you think chemical engineers, microbiologists, theoretical physicists and doctors are made? AN inkling of inspiration and someone Training them in basics as they gain more and more of an understanding around the field before making their own strides and innovations. It isn't hard to learn, its hard to teach.

also we gotta remember on 1st Evil morty appearance, when the controlled rick laughed at our Rick for him to be crying for a Morty baby

Evil morty is a better villan than Rick prime cause he has the "Im helping you cause i own you" behavior

i am truly impressed that you were able to turn all the blood green 😂 but even more impressed with your analysis!! i love your thoughts on this episode and have been excitedly waiting for you analysis since monday ❤

@RuRu0091

6 ай бұрын

I think she just change everything red into green Look at morty mouth its all green too

If he uses the omega device he risks vengeful mortys coming after he all the time he can’t use the device on morty since it would also kill him

The reason there are tons of different portal inventors is because Evil Morty is outside the CFC. That means Universes where someone besides Rick is the smartest person in the universe exist and portal between each other. So someone who is as smart as C-137 or Rick Prime exists as the person who invents multiverse travel via portals. And apparently a ton of them get really unlucky with their first portaling.

@ZeroXMarquis

6 ай бұрын

An infinite amount of them would get unlucky. However, for every Jetson-like family that gets unlucky, there are (smaller) infinite amounts that get it right, and (smaller) infinite amounts that set up their own CFC. Ah, the power and scope of infinity.

This was an amazing analysis. I got emotional at the end due to you pointing out how the only reason our Rick succeeded is because he clearly loves Morty despite what he says, and showed evil Morty a genuine amount of respect. I made the mistake of taking the characters at their word in this episode, but you've successfully pointed out that their intentions were more wholesome than originally stated.

@WhitneyVision

6 ай бұрын

Awww thanks so much I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!! I love these characters and I definitely think wayyy too much about their internal motivations 😂😂😂 thanks for listening to me go off about my fave show, it means the world!

It is almost as if Evil Morty is overpowered. Still wonder how he got smart though. Rick is in the position of feeling intimidated and knowing fully well that he can’t do anything about it.

@Chris-gx1ei

6 ай бұрын

Evil Morty isnt, he just knows the one weakness of Rick Prime. Rick Prime probably would have figured it out that Evil Morty would be like a new type of Rick The Reason he won is Because he disguised himself as Morty Prime to trick him

@thabomsiza2502

6 ай бұрын

He isn't over powered??? Rick Prime was far superior, it took both Rick and Evil Morty to beat him and he was winning until he got tricked by Evil Morty.

@humourlessjester3584

6 ай бұрын

A popular theory is that Evil Morty somehow didn't lose the boosted IQ he received from the seed in the pilot episode. Although I'm in the opinion that all mortys do have the potential to be evil morty, the only difference being that evil morty is just slightly more pissed than the usual morty was.

@statics1

6 ай бұрын

@@humourlessjester3584evil morty just scanned all the ricks brains that he killed

@JinKee

6 ай бұрын

​@@humourlessjester3584regular morty is pretty smart, you saw him take down narnia. Evil morty is just morty who's had enough.

I don’t really understand the hang up with Rick choosing to kill Rick Prime over stopping Evil Morty from taking the plans. Rick didn’t care that Evil Morty had the plans. Everything we’ve seen is that Evil Morty just wants to be left alone. The idea that Evil Morty might use the device to kill all Rick’s is reasonable, but I don’t think Rick would have stopped him; especially not after he was instrumental in finding and defeating Rick Prime AND saving his life so that he could finally get his revenge. Why revive Rick just to immediately kill him? Worst case is that he might kill the rest of his family (except possibly Morty, since that could kill himself). But there’s no indication that he intended to do that. I’m pretty sure we haven’t seen Evil Morty kill anyone that wasn’t a Rick, a Morty or a Crystal alien monster.

Best breakdown and analysis of this episode I've seen so far, great job.

@WhitneyVision

6 ай бұрын

Aw man, thanks so much, that’s so great to hear! I appreciate it!!!

14:56 The omega device removes all versions of that being. So evil morty wouldn't be able to erase other morties since it would kill him aswell.

@abhishekprajapati1504

6 ай бұрын

Precisely.

Amazing breakdown as always, Whitney! I’m really glad you covered this one - this was one of the best R&M’s in a long time

The fact that Evil Morty said that there was a chance of alt Summers coming after him felt like foreshadowing...lolz

I like this idea that Evil Morty is just someone that wants to be given equal respect. Only our Rick has ever given him that, so although he's not gonna join the gang any time soon, I bet he does enjoy pur Rick's company even though some grudges can't be easily erased.

You know now i realized c-137 rick and evil morty needed eachother to kill rick prime It wasnt possible to take him one on one

This was very well put together and narrated. Thanks for the awesome vid

WOW... Whitney... I love Rick and Morty and I watch a few of the other R&M reaction channels, but your analyses are WAY WAY more thoughtful and thought-provoking than any other ones I've watched yet ! Your channel should be BLOWIN' UP, BABE ! You hit all the callbacks they do plus a couple more regularly but your insights into the motivations of Rick and Evil Morty in this episode are really perceptive and well reasoned. Like your brilliant observation on what makes Rick the most Rick isn't that he's the most loner, or the most violent, but that he has the most genuine Rick / family balance... The show is "Rick and Morty" after all, not "Rick's Adventures Through the Multiverse" or something like that. I'm really glad I looked you up after a couple of years and found this channel !

Love your review. You put context and scenes from the previous episode instead of just telling it, which helps makes things clearer to recall.

Always love your insight and breakdowns

Oh great KZread algorithm, please bring other animation nerds to Whitney's channel. 🙏

I think Rick is in shock because Rick Prime told him something about Dianne that he didn't know....and it changed everything for Rick. Rick Prime's body was also missing from the chair. My gut feeling is that Rick Prime actually had a good reason for deleting her from existence and Rick just found out about it.

Was referred to your channel today from MT at Heavy Spoilers and so happy to make the jump to you to watch my R&M breakdowns! Fantastic work :)

I saw another examination of this episode from a different channel and almost didn’t think there’d be a point in watching this one. However, it’s pretty cool to see so many new points and theories I’ve never thought of. Not bad.

Out of all the breakdown channels, I am so glad to have found you. You don’t just gloss over the surface level events that occur, but also add thoughts and insights into what the characters may think/feel, as well as the motivations behind their actions. Thank you

@WhitneyVision

6 ай бұрын

So glad you like my videos!!! ❤

@paulwalsh2344

5 ай бұрын

@ snowbear441 YESSS ! AGREE 100% ! I just found Withney's channel last night and IMMEDIATELY subbed... couldn't be arsed to do that for even the biggest of the other channels. WhitneyVision should be blowin' up !

"a thousand vengeful summers" sounds like a good title for something

I wouldn't be surprised if Evil Morty ended up hanging out with the family now and then, maybe even being close with Space Beth or maybe getting therapy from Dr. Wong?

Love your analysis!

I think Evil Morty is definitely warming up to them, gradually realizing over time that this Rick isn't so bad, wanting to go on adventures with them like Whitney mentioned, but I feel there could be even more hidden meaning to his lines about "vengeful Summers" than an excuse... What if part of him actually fears the idea of a Summer who might possibly be capable of beating him - more so than a vengeful one? Like a Genius Summer or an Evil Summer who's a "smart bitch" instead of a dumb one, taking after Rick more. If a particularly intelligent Vengeful Summer has her Wolverine claws with her, she might be able to sever Evil Morty's Iron Spider arms with the adamantinite. Maybe there's already a vengeful Evil Summer out there somewhere that Evil Morty secretly fears, and it's HER he could use their help with later when he says they might be useful to him at the end. So not only is he starting to like them more, but he's also realizing that with their help, he'll be able to take down greater threats he can't face alone. Almost like seeing how well they work together and how alone Rick Prime was might have caused Morty to start reflecting on his own isolation and how he may actually need others.

never thought id enjoy a non anime episode explanation breakdown video, but i actually enjoyed this so ill subscribe and look forward to more.

Had to comment again because my wife said Whitney, Tommy, and MT are the only KZreadrs I like. She’s just not a big KZread watcher but she likes you all. She says she’s so happy you all are back together and I couldn’t agree more.

This begs the questions, if Beth C-137 was killed by the same device as her mother Why is there still multiple Beths across the universe?

Been waiting on this!

I think rickest rick needed to fill his loophole by killing Diane. He was the first to do it, then he was the last. And the only way to keep the experiment going was keep doing it, hurting himself for ever to keep himself in agony and vengeful (also company), since there's no more Diane after all. But anyway there's infinite cosmos beyond the rfc, he only has to WANT to leave.

I was soooooo surprised from this crazy episode, and my instinct was hoping youre analysis will come soonnnnnnnn Yay Whitney you the best!

@roco7711

6 ай бұрын

Your analysis is accurate as f , btw

Hey. That was really really good take of the episode.

Fantastic breakdown, thanks!

Awesome as always 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Just real quick, im willing to bet someone else already mentioned it, Wife-Beater Rick in the black goo cage, is actually Die-Hard Rick. He has the same outfit on as John McClaine and no shoes on. Which is a callback to the Blitz and Chitz episode where morty's conciousness is trapped in the Roy game, also John McClaine loves his wife and the whole point of the movie is to protect his wife, Rick Prime killed his wife so hes doing a "die-hard" to take Rick Prime down.

@paulwalsh2344

5 ай бұрын

Yeah... Die Hard Rick is better than Wife-beater Rick...

In the minute 4:28 when evil rick tries to unalive himself you can see he is doing it with a broken plate shard its an Easter egg to breaking bad on walter white's first unalivement

Great video!

I'm fairly certain EM created the Eye Patch and the button he pressed was simply the garage door closer, not a receiver. Edit: p.s. really like your final thoughts and ideas regarding Morty wanting companionship of some kind

He can finally focus on finding the szechuan sauce !

Hey, I'm glad new rockstars forwarded to you. Thanks for your breakdown!

What happened to the wife of the three eyed alien that ends up with slow Morbius’ widow? That’s got to be an Easter egg from a previous episode. Love your videos!

@paulwalsh2344

5 ай бұрын

Wasn't his species one of the three ones that crash landed on the Glorzo home world in "Promortyus" ? So maybe his wife was on yet another ill-fated expedition and sh*t an egg ?...

How does Rick being drunk make him defenseless against (evil) Morty? Rick being Drunk is literally his default setting.

HI Whitney love your vids

Its crazy how enthusiastic the person narrating sounds compared to other breakdown channels

Whitney never fails to rail me from behind

@freddiemedley5580

6 ай бұрын

👀

@spaceaxolotl6196

6 ай бұрын

Bro WTF

@WhitneyVision

6 ай бұрын

Lmao

@zan31669

6 ай бұрын

​@@freddiemedley5580I guess she approves it

@Alex_agamer

6 ай бұрын

There is zero double meaning to that🤣

She sounds like she should be cartoon networks talk host . Love the voice.

“Shaddap ya goth” 😭😭 I’m rolling omfg

Love your videos ❤️

This was my fav episode in a long while!

Maybe Rick and Dr Wong will end up together... I think that would be cute and really good for Rick's well being. I also really did love seeing Rick in both Morty's working together not to mention that Brie fight scene between Rick Rick prime and evil Morty was wicked 🔥 I also have to wonder if this is the true end of Rick prime... At least most of the ricks have clones stored in vets all over the place throughout multiple dimensions and are able to transfer their consciousness from one body to the other... So perhaps Rick prime isn't completely dead... Maybe we will in the next season or so see him return with him actively hunting c-137? Honestly with this show the possibilities are endless.

Awesome observations

Oh, by the way, I loved your analysts. Its rare that I actually watch a post in full instead of fast forwarding because some parts are boring at times with other posts.

Nice breakdown

one thing you miss is our morty was able to work on a robot rick that was the first time seeing it and was able to use it as a rocket launcher. it was when evil morty was pushed to far that he started making things. maybe our morty giving a push could because smarter that our rick

This episode makes me change my favourite episode from 3x1

I think the turtleneck Rick and Morty is either referencing the rock like u pointed out, or its referencing that old school death row records turtleneck chain picture cause they mentioned that specific picture in solar opposites when they took a family photo like death row records 😂😂 great video girl! Keep up the great work! Ur kickin ass! Much love!🤘🔥

15:00 I don’t agree because you gota realize that before they were in a pond, but outside the finite curve they are in the ocean, and no longer the biggest fish. Not only could characters we know seek revenge, but I bet a weapon like that would attract outside attention, maybe multiverse authority organizations or competing warlords, or thieves.

I was confused by the green blood at first

Hey, I'm first time on this channel and I just want to say that it's cool that Milhouse runs his own KZread channel now. Good to hear you!

Well done.

All love to the ending of season 5 but when rick first fell into the trap and talks to old rick was absolutely my favorite part. Old rick: *“He killed my wifffeee!”* All Ricks: *”We know.”*

I’m too casual a viewer to keep the storyline straight but evil morty is my favorite part of the show, this episode was epic but left me with vague memory and questions. Your video is awesome compared to a few others I’ve watched to make sense of it. The Real Deal.

I think evil Morty Is surprised to see a Rick who isn’t mean spirited, he realized What Our Ricks purpose was and saw that not all ricks are monsters some just had their hands Forced into this. I hope we get some more evil Morty in the future (hopefully in the series finale or even just a random episode like this one) cause I think Evil Morty isn’t the antagonist, He’s our Rick’s Equal wether he likes it or not and our Morty is the one thing that keeps them grounded to reality.

@AyKrax

5 ай бұрын

Evil Morty thinks every Rick is Rick Prime. Rick C 137 pretends to be Rick Prime. Rick Prime is basically Joker Thanos & Jigsaw throw into a blender who essentially makes clowning on Rick C137 his life mission and joy. "Wife guy" 😭💀

Rick trying to shoot the Rickest Morty randomly throughout the episode was really funny.

My favorite quote from this episode was: "what are you, without me?" "Let's find out"

Evil Morty 100% want's companionship. Season 6, episode 1: Morty tells Rick "Nobody quits twitter". That's defiantly foreshadowing

I do still wonder what rick prime's motivations were. Like after discovering portal travel how did he get to the idea that killing Diane and making other ricks hunt him was the best thing to do with it? I'm guessing he saw Diane as holding ricks back from true greatness or something?

damn your evil morty theories interesting

Nux had a super cool take on Prime Rick. Prime Rick being a more sociopathic version or Rick percieves any Rick that chooses his family over science as both being and thinking of himself as better than him because Prime Rick isn't capable of love to the same capacity as our Rick who chose his a life with his loving wife over being a science god essentially.

@hunterwillis3775

6 ай бұрын

Whoa the idea that Morty found some enjoyment in company that respected him is interesting. I think maybe our Rick and Evil Morty will have a building chemistry based on both of them having a need for others in their lives in some sense and being so compatible for each other. It would be interesting if our Morty and Evil Morty developed some sort of rivalry over this.

Green blood, nice touch

11:56 ~ Wrong, Beth, Space Beth and Jerry are washing Space Beth's Ship. Not Rick's

That was a very good Video

Damn, the portal fluid even spilled on his tounge.

Excellent analysis. I've come to believe that Prime's motivation is an overwhelming need to be the best Rick, to prove himself to be the best Rick, no matter who gets hurt in the process. He obviously doesn't define "best" in a sense of moral fortitude or compassion for others; he just wants to be the most talented and most intelligent Rick out there. I don't think he necessarily needs an audience (although he'd like one) since he goes to incredible lengths to hide and protect himself, but he does need to feel like all other Ricks are beneath him. He leaves his isolation to harm other Ricks not to draw them in, but to prove to himself that he's better than this or that Rick he's becoming insecure about. That's essentially it; it might seem like a hair split of difference but I think it's one that's vital. Prime is C-137 unmoored from all values beyond a desire to prove to himself (and primarily himself, far more so than others) that he's the best, even if that means wiping out family from existence. He won't believe he's the best unless he's able to destroy any Rick he wants at any time. Erasing Diane from all existences was, at least to me, probably over something as trivial as proving to just a few Ricks that he was more intelligent and more powerful than them. The consequences of doing so be damned; he needed his quick fix of feeling superior to a Rick or two, even if his actions created innumerable new enemies and would eventually lead to his own downfall. Uncle Slow's death may've been somewhat of a joke, but it showed that even Prime is hurt by the deaths of "family," meaning he was probably hurt over annihilating Diane from the multiverse. However, he destroys Uncle Slow to teach Rick (and the Mortys) "a lesson," that Prime's better than they are, so they better believe that he is so he can finally believe that he is. The pain he inflicts on himself doesn't matter, the danger he exposes himself to doesn't matter, the need for more isolation and hiding doesn't matter...nothing matters beyond finding a way to get himself to believe that he's genuinely the best. Nothing matters beyond an overweening need to feel superior, with all his actions emerging as a consequence of acting on that need. Prime needed to feel like he was the best, and he was perfectly willing to behave like a fool to satisfy that need.

Brilliant anti-demonetization trick, making the blood green! 👏👏👏

this is the best episode of Rick and Morty in the entire series

Once again, a breakdown worth the wait. Easter eggs and call backs that nobody else saw and cunnilingus jokes that can't be beat! Keep up the amazing work!

I don't think I would say Evil Morty is smarter than Rick, a lot of the stuff he uses seems to be modified Rick tech as well as him taking plenty of L's this episode. Rick had already basically figured out how to catch Rick Prime, Evil Morty just made a suggestion on how to narrow the search (which actually ended up failing because it was a trap). I would say Evil Morty besting Rick Prime is way more about Rick underestimating Morty's rather than Evil Morty just being smarter.

@humourlessjester3584

6 ай бұрын

I think Evil Morty better encapsulates the "I stand on the shoulder of giants" quote, even though he'll never admit it. In that he is better and smarter than Rick but not in a quantifiable comparison, but rather that everything he builds is an improvement of what other Ricks have built. So his intelligence is basically Rick's intelligence, plus adding his own takes on Rick's inventions and always making a better version of them.

Rick prime laughed as he died. . . I don't believe he's completely gone.

@gmork1090

2 ай бұрын

Heh. Laughing as you die is pretty based.

I think evil morty didn't use the device actual lines up with his statement "To ensure his future privacy". He obviously couldn't use it on all mortys due to him removing himself in the process and using it on the other Sanchezes in any orientation would ensure that someone would be after him. If he were to eliminate every member or multiple members, then the ones left will seek him for revenge. Not to mention, the device doesn't eliminate the memory of people being eliminated; so someone will take notice and eventually seek him out, to satiate their curiosity or endeavor. Also forgot to add another detail which would add more to his statement is that the device also didn't remove the influence of the target that it eliminated. Meaning ricks garage is at everyone's disposal (my proof is when they eliminate Mr. Slow. His wife and kids were still there after he was deleted).

The giant diane robots in the final battle chamber, what videogame are they a reference to? It seems so familiar but I can't place it.

When Rick called Prime "the real deal" I just took it at him aknowledging Prime was the actual Rickest Rick.

it makes sense evil morty would be smarter he has his own experiences and knowledge plus he downloaded Rick's mind and he's the smartest man in a lot of dimensions

Not that it was confirmed but I'm pretty sure the other Rick's are parodies of: Die Hard, James Bond, The Fugitive and obviously Indiana Jones. Not sure about the nerdy one though

Every person has an ideal and a true version of themselves. Who we want to be and who we truly are, without pretense or denial, are two very different things. Rick Prime and evil morty were both the ideal. But our rick and morty are the truest version of their aggregate personas. They're true to themselves, or at least open to being true. Rick continues to let go of the bitter past, and morty stands up for himself more each episode. We are watching the process of personal acceptance and maturity, for both characters.

I really want to hear Whitney do a Louise Belcher impression

14:56 I think it’s because if it isn’t a summer that goes after him then it will be a morty and he can’t use the device on a morty because that would kill him as well

when rich shoots rick primes face it looks like how gus died in breaking bad

That was an excellent breakdown /analysis of episode 5. I don't really have anything to add, but I will say...I'm getting secondhand anxiety for Rick. I mean, Evil Morty making his return and helping Rick track down Rick Prime and serve him on a silver platter sounds like a finale episode on paper. However, it seems like Evil Morty was and still is Rick's biggest villain. He has outsmarted Rick at every turn and now has his life in the palm of his hand. I'm sure Rick will try and figure out a way to kill him so I'm excited to see how things unfold throughout the season. I don't think they'll put a button on that storyline this season but maybe next season. Evil Morty is a serious threat and I don't see how Rick can beat him, especially at this point.

Evil Morty has fallen prey to power of infinity. With it, his greatest achievement is escapism from idiot-ricks that live in the shadows of portal gun's inventors. He is his own worse enemy. He is needy but he doesn't admit it. He acts in certain ways, so Rick would act in way he wants without him asking. With the Mortiest Morty, he wants him to come with, and he plays it wrong. He mentions infinite Summers, so the Summer from his universe is also a smart Summer and is part of the Council of Summers, perhaps comparable to Space Beth in combat, but closer to the techs then Space Beth.

i love all the loki terns in here

"The Rickest Morty is smarter than the Rickest Rick".

I could be wrong but I think the ship in the driveway belonged to Space Beth. Otherwise, great analysis! New subscriber here.

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Wanted to point out that the point of the Jetsons reference and evil morty seeing all the portal users was a reference to him being outside the central finite curve. Rick is not the smartest man in the universe outside the curve. In those variations of the universe other people and races are smart enough to make their own portal tech.