#basic rick

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Regarding the questions around when Diane was omegaed based on Field of Dreams, I think there are two main considerations.

Different dimensions don’t seem to necessarily be ‘in sync’ with each other timewise. In Rick’s crybaby backstory, he still seems to be fairly young when he spies on a Rick with a Summer and Morticia who appear to be around 17 and 14. My headcanon is that all dimensions were synced when the Central Finite Curve/Citadel was built. Therefore, if Diane was omegaed when our Beth was around 17, it could be possible that other Beths were older or younger and so experienced this at a different age - hence why sober Rick says Beth ‘was so little’.

Morty is making assumptions about sober Rick’s Diane. While she also would’ve been affected by the Omega Device, it’s possible that she did genuinely leave him and Beth years before she was erased.

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Did anyone else take this as MIT Rick being Christian (or at least believing in God to some extent)? I've heard that AA is religious, so that could've contributed. Either way, it's a very interesting detail.

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What do you think would’ve happened if Mort had successfully run away and if he had found the Rick of his dimension? I don’t think that was actually his plan because his diary mentions ‘Z’, but it would be interesting to see. Good/basic/MIT/sober Rick immediately accepts Morty, but a lot of that is probably because Morty confirms his old theories were true. If Mort had shown up, with no knowledge of any of that, would Rick have accepted him? Would he have tried to let the family know? Would he have agreed not to tell the family but not taken Mort in? Would he still have taken Mort in but eventually their relationship would’ve still gone the same way (with Mort stumbling across/asking about his old stuff)?

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Morty you didn’t ruin good/basic/MIT Rick’s life! He did that himself! He chose to treat Uli like shit/neglect her and not apologise or take steps to make it right, he chose to start drinking again.

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It’s so sad that good/basic/MIT Rick’s main desire was to help get Morty back to his family considering that he lost his; Diane was omegaed, Beth cut him off before around the time Summer was born (he might not have ever got to meet her), and he never got to meet (or likely even know about) Morty. Of course, we know he was interested in that stuff himself and knowing that it was possible likely reignited that desire, but his main goal was just to help heal a family after he destroyed his own.

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What are we calling the alternate family?

Good

Basic

Something else

Remaining time: 4 days 20 hours

The subtitles called them ‘good Jerry’ etc so I’m inclined to believe that’s the ‘canon’ name. However, I get why people would call them basic, especially since a Rick calls that Rick ‘a basic Rick’. I get ‘MIT Rick’, but that doesn’t really work for the whole family.