That gave off more of a Rattatouie vibe to me.
I never did see Ratatouille–so I gather one or more of the animal characters “rides” one or more of the human characters? Maybe that was the intended reference. Or maybe it was some third thing.
…I wonder what will happen as the G.I.S. Baby grows. And in how many universes does one exist??? Will there be a Citadel of GISBs?
A rat rides on a human’s head and controls him like puppet by pulling his hair.
Ah, just like in real life.
Just watched the latest two eps. Not wonderful, but some good laughs. The turkey-pardon ploy, and Rick and the President each trying to be three steps ahead of the other, was fun. Loved the stereotypical anime characters giving their ultimatum to Morty in the back of the limo - inappropriate laughter, grimaces, glitching eyes, weird teeth and all. I lost track of all the movie references, but caught Scarface, The Godfather, Pacific Rim and Ratatouille, for sure. Funny to have a Thanksgiving episode airing in the middle of the summer, too.
And now I want to visit BoobWorld!
Yes! I noticed that.
Definitely.
It was in general sweep a Goodfellas reference (the voice-over, the spaghetti at the end) and the car/ferret bomb was from Casino.
Oh, and nobody has mentioned this yet, but Giant Incest Space Baby is named Naruto.
I thought that was an in-universe nickname/reference.
Not sure what you mean by that.
I meant that calling him “Naruto” in a sentence like “Whoa, easy now, Naruto” didn’t necessarily mean that that was his name. But since fandom has taken that to be his name, I won’t argue.
Just rewatched the sequence, and Summer calls him Naruto twice. Once could be a sarcastic remark, but pretty sure twice is meaningful. (Second time: “Put that down, Naruto, your great-grandpa is in there.”)
Ah. Yeah, that second one does make sense only as an actual name. Thanks.
The giant space baby is a 2001 reference.
Yeah, kinda, I guess.
Absolutely. Isn’t there some “Also Sprach Zarathusa”-ish music when the baby first turns up in space?
Hey, while we’re at it, surely the ferret-feet-of-the-Gotron shots were a reference to A Christmas Story.
But, sure: 2001 for any baby floating in space (giant or any other size; I don’t think Kubrick’s baby’s size was established.)
I didn’t care much for this episode. It was light on laughs aside from the garage trying to put the moves on the passerby in exchange for batteries and hard drives. The whole “journey to the center of the mind” story has been done before and this didn’t really add anything new to it, though the interplay between Rick and Memory Rick was pretty good. Rick is still a nihilist who only cares about himself - he only fought against the Federation because it was fun, and he only cares about saving Birdperson because he wants to hang out with him.
There may have been a slight revelation when the two Ricks are talking about Beth and Memory Rick calls her “a version of our dead daughter”. Has Beth always been a clone? If so, was the vision of Rick’s past way back in the S3 opener actually true and not just something Rick made up to keep Cornvelius Daniel distracted inside the Shoney’s? Perhaps the season finale (which is now a two-parter that we have to wait until Labor Day weekend for) will elucidate.
Best line of the episode;
Rick: “Let’s bring you to life and get a beer.”
Memory Rick: “Wait. If I live, will I turn into you?”
Rick: “Probably.”
Memory Rick: “Maybe you could just remember us getting a beer?”
I liked it. It showed a lot of background stuff, and I liked Memory Rick.
My favourite line was in the opening - “As soon as you guys are gone, the potential for a new Pickle Rick starts skyrocketing”
I don’t think so, because then why would she have been a kid in the Froopyland episode? I think this Beth didn’t die, but this Rick’s original Beth did (but who knows, with all the jumping)
Wasn’t she Cronenberg-ed?
The Cronenburg episode is way before the Froopyland one.