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Which is how we get Jerry-oke (that’s karaoke, sung by Jerry), with Jerry getting excited that the bar has Smashmouth’s entire catalog and being the only one who sings all night. “Therefore we love hanging out with Jerry.” “His lameness is our candy,” adds another. That inspiration also extends to the particular logic and psychology of these demon characters when it comes to pain and pleasure, which is what starts this guys’ night ruse. The “Hell cube,” the designs of the demons, Beth’s later Hell look - that all very much checks out. (Chekhov’s faulty skin hooks, if you will.) Dan Harmon cites “Hellraiser” and the work of Clive Barker, in general, as the inspiration for this half episode. He’s not in danger - yet - but he is selling Jerry out to Hell demons as penance for the faulty skin hooks he sold them. Meanwhile, we learn that “guys’ night” is actually a way for Rick to pay off yet another debt. The only thing that works is for the two siblings to lie and tell the ship that Rick’s in danger. So when Morty says “DEFENSE SYSTEMS OFFLINE,” that does nothing. In fact, it doesn’t have much loyalty toward Morty either, despite all the adventures he’s been on with Rick. As it turns out, despite the “Keep Summer Safe” initiative from Rick back in the second season’s “The Ricks Must Be Crazy,” the ship doesn’t actually have too much loyalty toward Summer. “Amortycan Grickfitti” isn’t just a coming-of-age story for Summer and Morty - it’s also one for (surprisingly homicidal) Rick’s spaceship. To quote the song in all it’s cool guy rock music glory, “BRUCE CHUTBACK / NEWEST KID IN SCHOOL / JUST TRANSFERRED IN / HASN’T DONE ANYTHING EMBARRASSING YET / UNLIMITED POTENTIAL / ANYBODY’S GUESS / NO CREDIT IS PERFECT CREDIT / CHUTBACK IS THE BEST.” Of course, Chutback proves too cool for school - refusing sofa wine and playing Snake on his phone during interdimensional cable - until he reveals he wants to go for a ride in Rick’s spaceship. Summer’s interested in the new kid, and after some unnecessary arguing - Summer does call Morty “a creepy little grandpa’s boy” and fart in his face - and Rick telling the kids not to touch his stuff while he’s gone, they have Chutback over.Įven before Chutback’s introduction, it’s pretty clear just how much cooler this kid is than both Summer and Morty but his introduction takes things to the next level. While Beth initially says no parties or “vape… stuff,” that rule’s massaged when Morty says he has “a friend” coming over: new transfer student Bruce Chutback.
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The episode opens with Beth on her way to a seven-horse pregnancy (with all horse semen offscreen this week), Rick and Jerry off to their now usual guys’ night, and Summer being put in charge of Morty while they’re all away. Not just in moments like Jerry’s performance of Yello’s “Oh Yeah” over a montage of Summer, Morty, and the new kid raising their own figurative hell but in the tonal hyperviolence that these plots manage to culminate in, despite coming from completely different angles. While the two plots in this episode couldn’t be any more different if they tried, Anne Lane’s script manages to make them both stand on their own and feel like two perfect-fitting pieces of a puzzle. (In fact, the “translated” version of the synopsis even calls it the “guys’ night from hell.”) That it all leads to Rick (and Beth) literally going to Hell and back to save Jerry’s life marks a pretty important milestone in these characters’ lives. Grab the keys.” But going into this episode, the promotion was the Rick and Jerry guys’ night plot, whatever that would possibly entail.
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The Justin Roiland version of the episode synopsis even focuses on that aspect too: “Adults r gone tonight, broh. The former is perhaps to be expected, considering this week’s title inspiration, George Lucas’ 1973 coming-of-age film “American Graffiti”. That’s “Amortycan Grickfitti” in a nutshell, separating the kids (Summer and Morty) from the adults (Rick, Jerry, and Beth) in two plots that are just as youthful and adult as their respective subjects. Leave it to “Rick and Morty” to have an episode that’s one-half a coming-of-age (space) adventure and one-half a “Hellraiser”-inspired action-drama. SPOILER ALERT: Do not read until you have watched “ Rick and Morty” Season 5, Episode 5, “Amortycan Grickffiti.”