Although Rick and Morty’s co-creator said the series would steer clear of one sci-fi trope, the Adult Swim hit indulged in this genre staple way earlier than viewers might expect. Rick and Morty has never taken itself too seriously, so it is no surprise to learn that the anarchic sci-fi comedy doesn’t follow its own rules. Rick and Morty’s season 7 ending shocked viewers when the episode revealed that Rick wasn’t really part of its story at all, and Rick and Morty season 8 is likely to feature similarly subversive twists that are designed to keep viewers guessing.
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However, it is still striking to realize how fast Rick and Morty abandoned one rule that had been around since its inception. Series co-creator Dan Harmon has said numerous times that time travel is one sci-fi staple that Rick and Morty has no time for, since it enviably becomes convoluted and over-complicated. This is ironic, considering Rick and Morty began as a parody of the Back to the Future movies, but it is an understandable line of reasoning. What is surprising is the realization that Rick and Morty began breaking, or at least fracturing, these rules even in its early years.
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