Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 5 Credits Explained
Rick and Jerry unexpectedly team up in the fifth episode of the sixth season of “Rick and Morty.” In the episode “Final DeSmithation”, Rick helps Jerry avoid the outcome announced by a fortune cookie. The cookie predicts that Jerry will eventually have a relationship with his mother. Although Rick doesn’t take the advice seriously, he soon discovers the truth about fortune cookies, which sets the stage for an incredible adventure. Once the adventure is over, however, we return to the routine existence of the Smith family. Here’s what Morty’s experiences in the “Rick and Morty” season 6 episode 5 post-credits sequence indicate regarding the fate of the rest of the family. Spoilers follow!
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Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 5 Release Credits: What is Morty Watching?
The title of the fifth episode of the sixth season of “Rick and Morty”, “Final DeSmithation”, alludes to the film series “Final Destination”. The characters in the film series struggle to avoid meeting a tragic end. Along the same lines, Rick helps Jerry avoid a dark fate announced by a fortune cookie. The team learns that the cookies are made from space worm droppings. The CEO of the Fortune 500 company that produces fortune cookies is located by Ric and Jerry. After taking out the boss, Rick uses a black hole to eject him and the space worm. Eventually, Rick steps in to stop Jerry from having sex with his mother.
Rick and Jerry’s journey takes up most of the episode, while the Smith family as a whole is absent. We see Beth, Summer, and Morty leaving the house to spend the day at the zoo at the start of the episode. The Smith family is seen again in the episode’s post-credits scene. At the zoo’s gift shop are Morty, Summer, Beth, and Space Beth. Morty watches a TV ad in the store. In the ad, the zoo issues a public service announcement reminding visitors not to ingest zebra-specific animal foods. However, when they continue to eat animal products, people start getting sick. The ad that ends with people killing each other for pet food puzzles Morty.
Presentation of the episode
The episode’s intro, in which Jerry declares his love for the zebra meal at the zoo, is hilariously referenced in the post-credits sequence. As Morty tries to figure out what the twisted and sinister ad means, the episode’s theme is maintained. Morty comes to the conclusion that the zoo depicted in the ad is actually a human zoo and the animals are actually the ones feeding the humans. The ad itself feels like a “Twilight Zone” episode as it begins as a live show from the zoo and quickly turns into a bloody crime scene.
Ultimately, the bizarre and sinister commercial in the episode’s post-credits sequence gives the idea of zoos a humorous spin. It twists the sci-fi cliché of humanity mistreating animals and gives the idea of a human zoo a fascinating new twist. Plus, it explains Jerry’s particular preoccupation with zebra food and gives viewers a glimpse into the madness the Smith family has to deal with on a daily basis. The fact that Summer, Beth, and Space Beth are in a human zoo makes no difference to them, and Morty mumbles to himself as he ponders the publicity implications. The post-credits segment is just an additional humorous interlude and does little to add to the episode’s narrative.
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More information
- The title “Final DeSmithation” refers to the long-running horror series Final Destination.
- For the benefit of anyone born after the mid-80s, Taxi was a sitcom about a group of New York taxi drivers that ran from 1978 to 1983. It is famous for launching the careers of Andy Kaufman , Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd.
- When Jerry tells Beth that Sleepy Gary ruined her gag reflex, he’s referring to a fictional lover created by an alien parasite in the brilliant Season 2 episode “Total Rickall.”
- Over Beth’s shoulder, we briefly see a photo of Snuffles, the family dog given intelligence thanks to one of Rick’s inventions in the Season 1 episode “Lawnmower Dog.” Snuffles then left Earth to find smarter pooches.
- Rick enlists the Eye of Thundera to help transform him into an intelligent suit. The Eye of Thundera is found in the hilt of Lion-O’s Omens Sword in ThunderCats.
About the movie
- Jerry’s effect-rich costume change is based on the Japanese manga/anime Sailor Moon, the story of a schoolgirl who transforms into the eponymous hero via a characteristically economical animated sequence.
- Besides being the corporation that controls the fate of Rick and Morty, the Fortune 500 is also Fortune magazine’s list of the 500 largest corporations in the United States.
- Jerry’s mom previously appeared in the Season 1 episode “Anatomy Park.”
- Rick mentions that Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Prime Ministers and Billy Zane are all present at the Fortune 500 CEO presentation. Billy Zane clearly operates in high power circles – he was also present during Derek and Hansel’s walk at Zoolander.
- The poo creature of fate looks like a giant tardigrade. The first season of Star Trek: Discovery also featured a giant tardigrade, powering the ship’s prototype spore reader.
- When the Guardian of the Creature – the one who wants to marry the beast – mentions Margaret Howe and a dolphin, he is referring to a scientist who took part in a controversial NASA-sponsored experiment in the 1960s.
- When the family visits the zoo in the post-credits sequence, Morty is disappointed to discover that humans are the exhibits of the zoo. As his reaction suggests, this is a rather overused trope in science fiction, most notably used in The Twilight Zone episode “People Look Alike Everywhere.”
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