Rick and Morty
Warning : Spoilers for Rick and Morty season 6 , episode 8 .
WhenRick and Mortyseason 6 saw Rick inexplicably hold onto Pissmaster ’s suicide annotation , the show obliquely nod to his big conflict as a reference . Rick is almost all - powerful inRick and Morty , and his abilities rarely fail him ( outside of a few isolated incidents ) . Despite this , Rick is deeply infelicitous and misanthropic , oftentimes go wrong to ameliorate himself despite his best endeavor .
WhileRick and MortymockedSouth Parkin season 6 ’s airheaded , clear - hearted rejoinder episode , Rick and Mortyseason 6 , episode 8 , " Analyze Piss , " offered a more substantial , dingy insight into Rick ’s character . In the outing , Rick ’s decision to ignore the villain who search him out led Jerry to become an improbable paladin , while Pissmaster , one of Rick ’s would - be nemeses , accept his own life after a humbling defeat at Jerry ’s hand . When Rick discovered Pissmaster ’s eubstance and take his place , it was only a matter of clip before he bring out the secret of Pissmaster ’s suicide to Morty , and the reason he could n’t keep this secret to himself was the root of Rick ’s struggles .
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Rick Is Afraid of Responsibility
While Rick does n’t fear many of the absurd enemy that he and Morty face every week , there ’s good reason for this . Even world - warp villains likeRick and Mortyseason 6 ’s Previous Leonare no match for Rick ’s peerless super - genius , mean he is rarely in actual risk ( outside of his face - offs with Evil Morty and Rick Prime ) . However , what Rick does fear is responsibility , as his incredible ability arguably make him responsible for the safety not only of his contiguous family but of the rest of the cosmos . unluckily , Rick ca n’t contend with this idea and , as a upshot , invariably shifts his responsibility onto others .
Pissmaster’s Death Proved Rick Can’t Handle His Powers
Rick finger responsible for Pissmaster ’s suicide even though his circumstances put him in an impossible situation . To an extent , he was good . After all , Jerry would n’t have confronted Pissmaster ( which indirectly go to Pissmaster ’s suicide ) if 90s villains were n’t always seeking out Rick . However , as he noted toDr . Wong , Rick andMorty’santihero did n’t ask these villains to seek him out , so he is not single - handedly responsible for how ill Pissmaster took his loss to Jerry . Nonetheless , Rick still feels responsible because he has a deep - seated demand to keep in line his environment , and when this neglect , he passes his struggles on to whoever is closest to hand .
This tendency can be witness in Rick ’s pauperization to unlade hurt onto Morty ( who immediately offloads it onto the Smith phratry at large ) at the end of " Analyze Piss . " Rick kept Pissmaster ’s self-destruction greenback ( which both Summer and Morty Federal Reserve note was a unknown decision ) to bear witness Jerry was the one Pissmaster blamed for his demise , thus alleviating himself of any capableness . Part ofwhat makes Rick Rickis this desire to execute from his powers , as Rick ca n’t handle the responsibility that come with his near - limitless power . As a final result , theRick and Mortyantihero cling to evidence like Pissmaster ’s suicide note and offloads his veneration onto his loved ones in an attempt to exonerate himself .
novel episodes ofRick and Mortyseason 6 air Sundays on Adult Swim .
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