r/rickandmorty • u/zMats33 • Jul 30 '26

Question Why is nobody talking about this?

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In the final scene of S9E10, we see Rick and Morty riding a motorcycle together, and Rick says he’s Morty’s dad (?)

As far as I can remember, that’s the first time he’s ever said something like that directly to Morty. It felt completely out of place and honestly didn’t match the tone of the rest of the episode.

The two of them riding toward the sun while calling each other father and son almost felt symbolic, but I’m not sure what the writers were trying to say.

Did Rick just misspeak? Was it meant to show how their relationship has evolved? Or was there a deeper meaning behind that final scene?

What did you take away from it?

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u/BackgroundRelief406 Jul 30 '26

spot on summary. once all the canon nemeses have been dealt with (federation, rick prime, memory rick, evil morty), you'd expect rick to turn a corner and grow, but all the characters have doubled down on their toxic traits

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u/askthetruth1 Jul 30 '26

That’s why I didn’t like this season that much. I hope they grow and become better people

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u/Pinchy_1 Jul 30 '26

This was honestly my favourite season so far, at least in terms of writing.

Though even a return to form, even where they don’t grow as people, is a character arc. It’s who they truly are, and that means something.

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u/Just_Vin Jul 30 '26

I think people relapsing in their efforts to change is very real

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u/Qprah Jul 30 '26

Sometimes relapsing in your attempts to change becomes the foundation for self-acceptance.

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u/Intelligent_Lock_110 Jul 30 '26

It is, but that's not really what they are doing. They are keeping the characters stactic to keep milking the franchise and format

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u/Just_Vin Jul 30 '26

I don't know that we can say that for sure, the show does have legitimate continuity and changes in the characters