BONUS Episode - SDCC2025 Rick and Morty Panel Brief Recap

We open up emotionally about the fantastic season 8 finale of Rick and Morty!Semi Pertinent NewsHaunted Hotel - Dan's new Netflix SeriesSept 19th Will Forte, Eliza Coupe, Skyler Gisondo, Natalie Palamides, and Jimmi Simpson.Rick and Morty Season 8 on HBO Max - Sept 1stWatch it all againMAIN THANG - S8 RecapOur Synopsis: Season 8 recap time!DiscussionHow'd we do with our predictions?Favorite episodesLeast favoriteSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We open up emotionally about the fantastic season 8 finale of Rick and Morty!Semi Pertinent NewsSDCC Comic Con PanelPanel MembersSpin Off Announcement President Curtis with Keith DavidOther thoughtsLive Table readPanel MembersThe CurRickous Case of Bethjamin ButtonHighlight of the conDan Harmon Social Media MinuteTalk about RaM cast following us, lolMAIN THANG - S8E10 Hot RickEpisode DetailsAir Date: 7/27/2025Written by: Albro Lundy & James SicilianoDirected by: Brian KaufmanGuest Stars: John Rhys-Davies and Tom DavisBroh-nopsis: Brohhhh. Broh. Sometimes we try weird stuff to let go of the past, broh. Our Synopsis: Rick is more emotionally open, but at what cost?DiscussionTitle Reference: Hot Rod? Hot Fuzz?ThemesLetting go of your pastTaking the risk to try new things and be open to what scares youInteresting note about how the Omega device messes with the mind making Beth only think that she remembers DianeBeing open to trying to get close with BugAnneMemory Rick trying to keep his family togetherGaslighting the past doesn’t make it realEscaping with Memory DianeFavorite BitsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We got to check out the Season 8 finale on the Green with Adult Swim. It airs tonight, but here are our early reactions!Semi Pertinent NewsHaha, You Clowns is funny as heckMAIN THANG - Season 8 Finale ReactionsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Travis and Brandon got to hang out in San Diego for Comic Con, and they got to check out Adult Swim's panels! Semi Pertinent NewsPresident Curtis was announced!MAIN THANG - SDCC Panel RecapSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The penultimate episode of Season 8, Morty Daddy, is upon us. Did any one else foresee the return of Morty Jr.?Semi Pertinent NewsSDCC this week!That’s it, that's the newsDan Harmon Social Media MinuteLaptop fansMAIN THANG - S8E9 Morty DaddyEpisode DetailsAir Date: 7/20/2025Written by: Beth SterlingDirected by: Eugene HuangGuest Stars: Charlie Day and Eliza CoupeBroh-nopsis: Summer and Rick dine out, broh. Fancy restaurant stuff. Morty reconnects with somebody from his pastOur Synopsis: Do you hear that? No sirens, not clickity-click of little spiders… it’s cause right now, the Precogs aren’t cooking a thingDiscussionTitle Reference: Big Daddy I was assumingMy-Morty Rickport (alternate title, you can have this one for free, writers)ThemeParenthood and restoring connections with your parents?Making peace with Morty Jr’s MomPrixCogs Restaurant Minority Report Precogs using Rick to get what they wantFavorite BitsIs someone requesting pancakes?The vibrations (rule of threes)PhoneReservations(our) Vibrator“It’s okay to hate your kids morty” -BethDownbeat The Game, The ShowThe “soft canceling”I love when restaurants have a big tank (there is a precog swimming in it)Avocado ToastRick’s Gar-bage Por-talEaster Eggs in the garbage areaPlumbusBoob World hatButter RobotMorty-O’s SpaghettiIs there a garbage creature based on PeeWee’s drawing board?Salvatron trying to kill Morty and Morty JrIt looks like there is Lava Cake in the precog kitchen after Rick talks about it at the tableThe ‘cogs’ setting summer up to hang out with RickThe Enchanted Goblin stage show, based on a book series Morty Jr. wrote, that HAPPENS to be in the garbage portal (It’s like their bible down there)The secret handshakeI need a dry person to hand me stuffShe was finest I’ve ever had, top 3, top 5 at leastMorty Jr not actually dying (you inferred)Ranking women as “trash planet talk”The cog car chase that turns the van into a food truckMorty reading and being the target audience for Enchanted GoblinRick really hates The GooniesThe cut to Morty Jr’s new book (with goofy looking Morty)Best/Worst PartsFood truck in the garbage portalIf I may… I would never ask for onions on my hot dog (Post credits)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 8! Only two episodes left! It's time for a long awaited Jerry episode in NoMortLand!Semi Pertinent NewsOoooh Rick and Morty Panel at SDCCNot to mention all the other stuff that is happening at SDCCMAIN THANG - S8E8 NoMortLandEpisode DetailsAir Date: 7/13/2025Written by: Albro Lundy & James Siciliano Directed by: Fill Marc SagadracaGuest Stars: Ryan RidleyBroh-nopsis: The funemployed life, broh. Jerry makes a friend just as jobless as he is. Our Synopsis: Life isn’t easy on the road, but it’s worth the trip, EagleMan. DiscussionThemeFavorite BitsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

With only a few more episodes left, can Rick and Morty tell us how James Gunn can better use a story circle? Let's discuss! Semi Pertinent NewsComic Con Announcement?  Based on last year’s timing, we should hear something this week.  Fingers crossed!‘Rick and Morty’ Boss on How James Gunn and Zack Snyder Agreed to Parody Themselves and Their Dueling ‘Superman’ Takes (EXCLUSIVE)https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/rick-and-morty-james-gunn-zack-snyder-guest-star-how-1236447096/“They were good sports,” said “Rick and Morty” exec producer Scott Marder. “Both of those guys sort of implied that this is the show they watch when they have downtime.Series co-creator Dan Harmon also got excited about the idea of both Gunn and Snyder showing up — and joined in to write that “Superman” dialogue between the two. “When he heard that they were on board and they were coming in, he sort of cracked his knuckles and wanted to make sure the episode lived up to and was worthy of them, having to deliver those lines,” Marder saidDan Harmon Social Media MinuteAvocado RantsMAIN THANG - S8E7 Ricker than FictionEpisode DetailsAir Date: 7/6/2025Written by: Rob SchrabDirected by: Douglas Einar OlsenGuest Stars: James Gunn & Zack SnyderBroh-nopsis: Rick and Morty write the next installment of their favorite movie franchise.  Pure cinema, broh. Our Synopsis: Harmon won’t stop promoting his story circle in this one.  We get it, Dan! Love you Schrab. DiscussionTitle Reference: Title can be a reference to the Marc Foster movie with Will Ferrell from 2006 or the 1994 album from Bad Religion featuring the songs Infected and a re-recording of 21st Century Digital Boy (which has their original version on the 1990 album, Against the Grain)ThemeMovie franchises and the lack of creativity in HollywoodComic Book MoviesFast and FuriousTransformersLots of jokes about the writing process and inside humor that might be more funny the closer you get to HollywoodNot the first time we have gone down this road (Story Train as a prime example)Favorite BitsReintroducing each character in the 9th movieDon’t just stand there Redwood! Shoot him!Rick and Morty being whiny fans “You’re ruining my childhood!, which is still ongoing”Movie-lizer“Invented it during the title sequence.”“Citizen Kane doesn’t strike again”“I’m 14, I’ve never seen Citizen Kane!”The Movie-lizer “Last Action Hero’d” us. The 2007 Kia SpectraThe on-screen story circleMaximum Velocitree 3: Tell No Lies (the one where they bring George Washington back to life)Zombie Thistle turning Morty into a cactus The entire Snyder/Gunn chat in the WB CommissaryWas the portal green?Samantha the Hench-weedKeeps calling Morty “mother”James Gunn doing the wife voice to Jerry (and the fact that a professional writer like him comes up with “Come into the kitchen for some lemonade)“Lunch is ruined!” At the start of the prison riotSon of Thistle’s Twit-tok (I’mma doomsdayin’)Shoulda listened to Snyder (when the machine is too heavy)“Then, as fate would have it…”The NYC action sequence“You saved the world from another unarmed man”“They outdone the Gunn”Why was it called a Sundae?Best/Worst PartsThe Velocitree song in the tune of Barenaked Ladies One WeekListener Suggorstions and Short OutsYouTube@anthonyBeal91So, that weird teddy bear was a throwback to ABC's of Beth. In that episode, Rick shows her all of the things she asked him to make for her. In that long list was a teddy bear with anatomically correct innards. I thought that was fantasticSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What's it like to be young and psycho? Let's ask Beth on a brand new episode of Rick and Morty! Semi Pertinent NewsRobot Chicken, Self Discovery SpecialCelebrating its 20th anniversary this yearAdult Swim’s long-running stop-motion comedy series returns with a brand-new special that takes aim at iconic reality shows and personalities from across Warner Bros. Discovery networks. “Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special” premieres Sunday, July 20 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on Adult Swim, and will be available to stream the following day on Max.Dan Harmon Social Media MinuteTaco LawyerMAIN THANG - S8E6 - The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin ButtonEpisode DetailsAir Date: 6/29/2025Written by: Heather Anne Campbell & Jess LacherDirected by: Eugene HuangBroh-nopsis: The brohs goes to a theme park Rick loves. Beth and Space Beth stay behind and regress or something. Our Synopsis: Being a working Mom is hard, but being a psychotic 10 year old is worse. DiscussionTitle Reference: The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThemeBeth’s tragic childhoodEarth Stereotypes Social MediaPATREON! https://www.patreon.com/apatheticEnthusiasmInstagram: @RickandMortyPodcast / @RickandMortyPodBluesky: Rickandmortypod.nsky.socialX: @RickandMortyPodEmail: [email protected] this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Heyyyyy! Halfway through the season and we're going on some kind of rodent race!Semi Pertinent NewsSmiling Friends S3 coming this fallAnd on contract for seasons 4 and 5Dan Harmon Social Media MinuteNeil on Joe Rogan (Bluesky)MAIN THANG - S8E5 Cryo Mort a RickverEpisode DetailsAir Date: 6/22/2025Written by: Nick RutherfordDirected by: Fill Marc SagadracaBroh-nopsis: Broh! Rick and Morty wanna rob a ship in cryosleep. But people are light sleepers, broh.Our Synopsis: One second you’re robbing a cryo ship and the next second you are involved in class warfare. Tale as old as timeSocial MediaPATREON! https://www.patreon.com/apatheticEnthusiasmInstagram: @RickandMortyPodcast / @RickandMortyPodBluesky: Rickandmortypod.nsky.socialX: @RickandMortyPodEmail: [email protected] this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We get suppppper special guests Harry Belden and Ian Cardoni, the voice actors from Rick and Morty! Semi Pertinent NewsNone other than us getting to hang out with these guys! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/interdimensional-rss-the-unofficial-rick-and-morty-podcast2041/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy