What if Morty had psychic powers? Like, full-on Mob Psycho 100 style.
Hear me out: Morty has god-like psychic abilities, but he literally just wants to be a normal teenager. He keeps it a complete secret. He even made Jerry and Beth promise to never, ever tell Rick about it when Rick moved back in.
And the funniest part? Rick has absolutely no idea. Rick walks around acting like he’s the god of the universe because of his science, while Morty is sitting right next to him sweating bullets, trying not to accidentally blow up a planet with his mind because he got a C- on a math test.
"But how would Rick not notice during adventures?"
Think about the Purge episode! In this au, Morty goes crazy, but he’s wearing that high-tech suit. Rick probably just thought, "Wow, the kid is really using the suit's weapons to absolute perfection," while Morty was actually just using his mind to tear everyone apart because the suit couldn't keep up with his rage. Every time they survive something impossible, Rick takes credit for his tech, and Morty is just like "Yeah... sure... your tech saved us, Rick..."
ALSO, think about Jerry.
Jerry knows about the powers, and you know he would use his own son's god-like abilities for the most pathetic, lazy things ever.
Jerry would definitely come into Morty’s room like: "Hey, uh, Morty... I know you’re trying to suppress your world-ending powers, but can you use your mind to change the TV channel? The remote is all the way over there and my back hurts." Or he makes Morty float the lawnmower so Jerry doesn't have to push it.
Imagine Morty constantly holding back his power, suppressing his emotions, just to survive high school, Rick's chaotic BS, and his dad asking him to psychically open a tight jar of mayonnaise.
Rick: "I'm the smartest man in the universe, Morty! I can do anything!"
Morty, holding back a literal psychic apocalypse because a bully pushed him: "Aw man, geez Rick, yeah, you're the boss."
