
Toxic Rick soon tries to murder his detoxified counterpart.

The two end up working together to escape and cause havoc due to the Smith's codependent relationship. Jerry's perception of Beth manifests as a giant, Xenomorph-like beast while Beth's perception of Jerry manifests as a pathetic slug-like creature. The marriage counsellors at Nuptia 4 use a device that manifests the user's unconscious perception of their partner into a living, breathing monster.A giant slug-creature at the alien spa in "Rest and Ricklaxation" has a symbiotic relationship with the spa visitors due to this it genuinely loves swallowing stressed-out creatures and feeding on their negative feelings for 20 minutes, which in turn relieves these people of said stress.Subverted when we learn that they don't actually feed on this shit, it's just part of their reality television. The Cromulons in "Get Schwifty" feed on the talent and showmanship of less-evolved lifeforms.Rick is terrified of the planet, but it's never explained why. Everything is on a cob, down to a molecular level. Eldritch Location: Parodied with Cob Planet in "The Wedding Squanchers".It is unknown if this will end up as an episode, and whether or not they stole it from him, or the scene is implying darker subtexts. Eldritch Abomination: In the opening credits, the team is seen fleeing from a Cthulhu-esque creature with a smaller, baby version carried by Summer.Rick being Rick, it's entirely on him to do this in such a way that the passengers survive the landing. Ejection Seat: Rick's car has a "Passenger Purge" button, which dumps everyone in the backseat out of the bottom of the car.

They give Einstein a beat-down and warn him not to mess with time, apparently inspiring him to create his famous E=MC^2 formula out of spite. In fact, his hairstyle causes the Time Police to mistake the real Einstein for Rick from just seeing the back of his head. He mutters that he will mess with time, and writes the famous equation on a blackboard.

The first episode has no post-credits stinger.While Rick continues to be a substance abuser, he's much more of a Functional Addict for the rest of the show. The first real episode has Rick spend the first several minutes in an incoherent stupor, constantly repeating Morty's name and stumbling around.

It also featured a fairly explicit display of "Mharti" giving "Doc" oral sex. The short also crossed the line much farther and was much more vulgar than its current incarnation.
