ESCAPE FROM CRYSTAL MOLE PEOPLE KINGDOM
In an underground crystal cave, Rick and Morty flee a castle.
Their bodies covered in treasure - Crowns over their heads. Necks and sleeves covered in necklaces. Rings on all of their fingers. Arms clutching big open treasure chests.
As they flee, they drop bits of treasure, leaving a treasure trail.
The mole king appears on top of the castle.
Mole king: Seize them!
Trumpets are sounded. Some mole people give chase.
Rick: Run, Morty! Run!
Rick and Morty flee through a tunnel at the end of the cave where their bore vehicle awaits.
Rick trips on a rock and falls, spilling his treasure. He is injured. Morty stops, drops his treasure to help Rick.
Morty assists an injured Rick into the bore vehicle. With Morty still outside the vehicle, Rick (in a head injured stupor) reveals a lit stick of dynamite in his hand. He drops the stick to Morty and points at the pursuing mole people. Morty throws the dynamite, exploding and caving in part of the tunnel.
Morty enters the bore vehicle and make an escape upward to the surface. The mole people burrow through the cave in and continue the chase.
Rick: Morty. Ice pack.
Morty scrounges around the backseat of the bore vehicle to retrieve the item. The backseat look like a garbage dump. Filled with dynamite, fast food wrappers, empty bottles and cans, boxes of clothes and papers, etc.
Tunneling upward, Morty steers and sees the pursuing mole people through the bore vehicles rear view mirror. Rick (in an head injured stupor) leans over to momentarily take control of the steering. He pulls the steer stick upward and the bore vehicle makes a loop, looping around the pursuing mole people. The mole people are in front of the bore vehicle and are slaughters by bore vehicles big forward facing drill.
Still more mole people pursue.
A beeping sound emanates from the vehicle console.
Morty: What's that beep sound mean?
Rick: Water.
Morty responds by going to backseat to fetch Rick a bottle of water.
Morty hands Rick his water.
Rick: No. Water.
The bore vehicles hits an underground aquifer. The pressure of the water overwhelms the bore vehicle propelling it backwards like a big bullet projectile.
The vehicle hits the pursuing mole people and keeps going.
Further back, some mole people are gathering the dropped treasure when they take notice to sound of rushing water down the tunnel. The bore vehicle hits them, too.
Further back in the crystal cave, the mole king on a king carrier/litter is making his way to entrance of the tunnel. The bore vehicle hits them, too.
The bore vehicle goes airborne, propelled backwards by the force of the water, it punches a hole straight through the castle before crashing to the ground on the opposite end of the cave. The castle wobbles before crumbling to the ground.
Water from the aquifer begins to flood the crystal cave. Morty looks in horror from his window at the drowning mole people.
Rick: Morty. Lets go, Morty. Lets go.
The bore vehicle drills a tunnel through the wall of the cave and leaves the scene.
MORTY MAKES A U-TURN. DESTINATION - THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
The vehicle bores upwards to the surface of Earth. Morty at the controls. Rick resting, eyes closed, holding an ice pack over his head.
Rick: Morty. Headache medicine.
Morty goes to the backseat. Scrounging through the backseat garbage to retrieve the item, he finds a book - "Journey to the Center of the Earth" Morty returns with the item, along with the book.
Morty gets an idea.
Morty: Hey Rick. Can we go to the center of the Earth?
Rick: No. Morty. We're not going to the center of the Earth.
Morty: Please.
Rick: No. We've had enough adventure for today. Don't even think about it.
Morty: Oh, alright.
Morty sets the book on dash board and continues on steering upward.
The travel is long and boring. Rick is asleep. Morty steering. Mortys eyes dart between the cover of the book and the seemingly endless tunnel in front of him.
The cover art of the book allures him. Temptation sets in. Overwhelmed by temptation, Morty makes a U-turn downward.
Some time passes with Rick half wake.
Rick: Are we home yet?
Morty, looking nervous, doesn't answer.
Rick becomes more awake.
Rick: Morty. How much further?
Rick opens his eyes and realizes what is going on.
Rick: Morty. What are you doing?
Morty: We're going to the center of the Earth like we agreed to.
Rick: Morty. I distinctively remember saying not to go the center of the Earth.
Morty: Oh.. Well I guess I might of misheard you.
Rick escalating angry
Rick: *sigh* F***ing shit Morty. You know what I said. Turn this thing around right now.
Rick leans over to take control of the vehicle with Morty struggling against it.
Rick: Right now. Morty. Right now.
Morty: No. Don't. Stop it, Rick.
Suddenly, the bore vehicle collapses through the dirt and fall from the ceiling of a cave. It crashes onto a cliff ledge of the cave. Rick and Morty have fallen into hell.
Part 2
LUNCH WITH SATAN. MEET THE DEAD
The bore vehicle is perched on top of high cliff ledge. Hell looks like desert badlands in perpetual sunset. The tunnel the bore vehicle dug through the ceiling of the cave looks like a hole has been punched in the sky with sunlight beaming straight downward like a searchlight.
Rick: Morty. Headache medicine.
The cylindrical bore vehicle begins to roll, tumbling Rick, Morty and the garbage inside like raffle tickets. The hatch door swings open and Rick and Morty fall out, dangling over the edge of the cliff by their hands. Pieces of garbage falling over them down the cliff.
A hell vulture (larger than man-sized) soar over the badlands. It looks over at Rick and Morty and does a double take. It calls to another hell vulture and the two soar towards them. They land on the bore vehicle, ignoring Rick and Morty, the two birds poke their necks into the bore vehicle digging through the garbage within.
In their search, the birds kick up garbage that hits Rick and Morty on their heads. They kick up rocks that hits Rick and Morty on their heads. The rocks knock them unconscious, they lose their grips and begin to fall down the cliff.
The hell vulture abandon the bore vehicle, and make a soaring save of Rick and Morty before they hit the ground. In a clearing, they land.
Vulture 1: Yummy, yummy. Something for my tummy.
Vulture 2: Something to eat. A little something to feast.
A hell bear (larger than man-sized) wanders the badlands, overhears the hell vultures and investigates. It wanders up behind the birds.
Bear: What have you got there?
The birds startled, turn facing in the bear, hiding unconscious Rick and Morty behind them.
Vulture 1: Nothing. Nothing at all.
Vulture 2: We do not have anything at all.
Bear: Really?
The bear approaches forward. Grabbing the birds by the neck, it slams them to the ground, looking over their bodies to see Rick and Morty.
Bear: Why what is this?
Vulture 1: It's mine. Not yours.
Vulture 2: Finders keepers.
The bear examines Rick and Morty. Sniffing.
Bear: Funny. They don't smell like the others. Somethings different. This doesn't seen right at all. I'm calling it in.
The bear takes out his smartphone and calls someone. The birds give a disgruntled expression as the bear finishes his call.
Bear: Alright. See you in a bit. (hangs up) They're coming with me.
Vulture 1: But we were about to eat them.
Vulture 2: Well you're no fun to be around.
Bear: Sorry. You know the rules. Law of the jungle as it is called.
On the back of the hell bear, unconscious Rick and Morty lay as it slowly wanders off and away from frame. The hell vultures still disgruntled at the loss of a meal.
The end of Part 2
Part 3
In the badlands of hell, the hell bear, with Rick and Morty unconscious on its back, has stopped its journey to have a conversation with a hell tortoise.
Tortoise: Hello, Burt.
Bear: Hi, Tom.
Tortoise: Pleasant day.. or is it night time?
Bear: I believe it's called twilight, Tom.
Tortoise: Gone caught yourself a meal I see.
Bear: These two? Oh no. I claimed them from a couple of vultures out south. They're not dead so I'm taking them to see the reaper. I figure he'll be able to sort this out.
Tortoise: Not dead? They're not moving. Are you sure?
Bear: I'm positive, Tom.
Tortoise: Why don't you take them to Satan?
Bear: Satan? You know how he can be about these things.
Tortoise: Ha ha. Yes, I know.
Bear: Best if he is left out of this matter. The less he knows, the better in my opinion.
Tortoise: Agreed.
While the bear and the tortoise continue on with conversation (he bear speaking of his bad knees), close up shot of Mortys face as he gains consciousness. Before Morty can scream, Ricks hand covers his mouth. The two sneakily slide off the hell bears back and make a run for it into the badlands.
Having run quite a distance away before the hell bear takes notice:
Bear: Hey wait!
Morty turns his head back to the call of the hell bear while in sprint and trips on a rock. Morty stumbles forward crashing into Rick. The two tumble down a sloped incline and come to a stop at the bottom of the incline.
Around them are many naked starving Rick bodies busy at work with pick axes and shovels moving dirt. A Rick body takes notice of Rick and approaches.
Rick body in assertive anger.
Rick Body 1: Hey you. Where did you get those clothes?
He says as he pulls on Ricks lab coat.
More Rick bodies take notice of Rick and approach in the same manner; questioning and pulling on his clothes. Rick is being mobbed by Rick bodies with the angry mob growing in numbers.
Where did you get those clothes? many say.
Where did you get that Morty? many say.
Morty is being mobbed by Rick bodies, each pulling and trying to claim possession of Morty.
Some Rick bodies pull possessions from Ricks pockets.
One Rick body has what looks like a baseball sized disco ball in his hands.
Rick Body 2: Hey. What's this do?
Rick body 2 pushes a button on the device and it begins to levitate above the crowd.
Another Rick body has a Zune music player in his hands. He pushes a button on the device and it begins to play the song 'Disco Inferno' by The Trammps.
To the sound of 'Disco Inferno', the baseball sized disco ball begins to spin and behave like a disco ball - beaming streams of light from its facets. This draws the collective attention of the angry mob, they pause, looking up at the disco ball in confusion.
The hell bear arrives to the scene; looking down from the top of the incline.
Rick eyes grow wide. He grabs Morty and pulls them both to the ground.
The disco ball explodes, knocking out the crowd. Knocking out the hell bear.
The smoke clears. Rick and Morty are on their bellies looking up to two demon guards.
A hell donkey pulls a cart overloaded with chicken cages filled with live Rick bodies. Rick and Morty are on board in chicken cages as the cart slowly wanders off away from frame.
The hell bear gains momentary consciousness to witness this before passing out face down on the ground.
The end of Part 3
Part 4
In a dungeon cavern, Rick bodies skewered on long metal pikes roast over a large fire pit; a gigantic fat bellied ogre sits in squat position, hunched over as its head presses against the roof of the room; many goblins (smaller than man sized) are busy at work, sharpening pike ends on a grinder and holding live struggling Rick bodies to be skewered by other goblins. A large pile of chicken cages stuffed with Rick bodies await their fate.
Grind grind. Sparks fly. The end of a pike is sharpened.
A Rick body struggles as goblins hold him.
A short distance away, other goblins with the pike held out like a spear make a running start toward the Rick body.
The shot turns to a shot of the wall where a shadow of the Rick body is skewered.
The ogre picks the skewer and sets it to the fire pit. Another body to roast.
The ogre chews on a roasted Rick body skewer like barbecue ribs before discarding the pike to a pile on the floor. Next cage.
The ogre pucks with two fingers another cage from the pile and dumps Morty onto the floor.
Morty is surrounded by a circle of goblins who close in around him to a tackle. Holding onto each limb, they pull Morty to a butterfly position.
Morty terrified as his outstretched bottom is centered with the sharp end of a pike a short distance away.
The ogre receives a phone call and answers, pinching the phone between two fingers.
As the ogre continues its phone call, goblins holding the pike take a running start toward Mortys bottom, but right before they make the skewer, the ogre plucks Morty up off the floor. The goblins, still in run, end up pole vaulting into the fire pit.
On the phone with one hand, holding Morty by his ankle upside down with the other hand, Morty is held at eye level to the ogre. The ogre squints at Morty.
Next scene. Rick and Morty are escorted up a flight of stairs by two demon guards; being poked by their tridents.
The end of Part 4
Part 5
A door opens, Rick and Morty are tossed out onto the floor like bouncers do to unwanted patrons. The door closes.
Facing the door, Rick curses at the guards. Morty, hearing a growl, turns to face a hell dog (large, three headed, three tailed). Morty is frozen in terror.
A vocal dog call summons the hell dog away running to it's caller - a figure in the shadows - Satan. Satans form is introduced slowly in shadow and silhouette. Glowing green eyes, but his face is never shown (looks traditional, like cartoon South Park representation).
The hell dog, friendly and playful as Satan pets it. From a waist sack, Satan reveals a bloody shank of meat. Dangling over the noses of the dog, it sits up in obedience. Satan tosses the shank and the dog gives chase away from frame. Satan approaches Rick and Morty.
Morty: ...The devil!
Morty, in full blown panic, backing away quickly to the door, he pushes, pulls, struggles to open the door.
Satan: I am. You are Morty Smith. Pleasure to meet you.
Satan extends his hand for a handshake. Morty still in panic, still struggling with the door.
Rick to his feet.
Rick: Satan, Morty. Morty, Satan.
Satan rests a hand on Ricks shoulder.
Satan: Good to see you again, Rick.
A moment of awkwardness as Satan and Rick stand in silence while Morty panics with the door.
Satan: Join me for lunch.
Rick: Okay.
Satan walks out of frame. Rick approaches Morty. With a look of disapproval, Rick fatherly slaps Morty across the face. Morty comes to his senses.
Walking through another room filled with treasure, Rick and Morty follow Satan.
Morty: I don't understand what is happening.
Rick: We're just going to have lunch and go home.
Rick, with trepidation in his voice, mutters to himself.
Rick: Have lunch. Go home..
From the treasure room to a balcony, a table is set waiting for them. They all have a seat.
From out of curtains, three beautiful naked demon women, carrying domed silver platters present lunch - McDonalds fast food.
An antique record player on a stand on the balcony plays jazz music. The hell dog, with the shank of meat in a mouth, wanders in and rests beside the record player stand.
Lunch time.
A moment of awkward silence broken by Morty.
Morty: Are you going to kill us?
Satan: No. Are you going to kill me?
Morty: No..
Satan: Good. Enjoy your lunch.
Rick lifts the bun on his burger to briefly examine its contents. He chews slowly.
The lunch scene play outs where Rick has an established relationship with Satan. Rick doesn't like Satan, but is showing manners because Rick knows what Satan is capable of. Morty is naive and unknowledgeable of Satans powers and behaves like a kid would. Satan is trying to seduce Morty. Rick knows this, but can only stand back and watch in hidden anger because he's trying to show manners. Morty is also unknowledgeable of Rick relationship with Satan.
Satan: So Morty. Tell me about yourself.
Morty: Umm.. I'm just a normal guy I guess. Nothing special about me.
Satan: You're the grandson of Rick Sanchez.
Morty: Umm.. yeah..
Satan: Rick is quite a special person. A very special person. Do you know that, Morty?
Morty: Umm..
Satan: And that makes you a very special person also. You two are very special people to me. Morty, would you like a tour of hell?
Morty: Umm..
Satan snaps his fingers and the balcony separates from the side of the castle. It gently floats over the badlands.
From over the badlands, a pack of hell pumas (larger than man-sized) feast on a Rick body. They sniff upward and spot the balcony. Growling, some leap up futilely in an attempt to snatch Rick and Morty.
Satan: Enjoying your lunch, Rick?
Rick: Yes.
The balcony floats over a dig where many starving naked Rick bodies with pick axes and shovels are moving dirt. Demon guards stand watch.
Morty: What is going on down there? Why are there all those Ricks?
Morty looks concerned and confused. Rick gives a look of bitter shame.
Satan: You do understand, Morty, what hell is about?
Morty looks down over the balcony, then looks at Rick. His face saddens. Rick looks back in defeat.
Satan: Morty. Rick is just fine. Aren't you, Rick?
Rick: Yes.
Satan: Just fine. Here, have an apple pie. I know you will enjoy it.
Morty thinks. With conviction in his voice.
Morty: No.
Rick: Morty. Show your respect to Satan.
Morty: No. I will not.
Rick gets upset. Rick and Morty have an argument; Rick still trying to keep matters, Morty is out of control.
Satan attention is directed elsewhere as he notices protesting Rick bodies against demon guards at another dig.
Satan: Excuse me for a moment.
Satan walks off the balcony and levitates down to the badlands. His body begins to slowly enlarge as he approaches the protesters from behind. At skyscraper height, with black clouds forming at his waist side, Satan forms a green lightning bolt in the form a trident in his hand.
The ground just below the protesters feet uplifts around their ankles, immobilizing them. The protesters look upward behind them in terror as the green lightning bolt is struck down upon them. They burst into green flames, melting like toy soldiers before exploding into clunky pieces.
Satan returns to the balcony in normal form and returns to his seat.
Satan: Enjoying the apple pie, Morty?
Morty with apple pie in his mouth.
Morty: Yes.
The end of Part 5
Part 6
ROCKET BACK TO THE SURFACE. BLOW THE HOLE & RETURN HOME. CODE 4 - GET IN THE BUNKER
On a floating balcony overlooking hell - Rick, Morty and Satan are seated at a table finishing lunch. Beside the table, an antique record player on a stand plays jazz music. A hell dog rests beside the record player stand.
Lunch is over.
The sound of slurping from a straw, Satan sets his empty beverage cup on the table.
Satan: I love McDonalds. They serve good food. Wouldn't you agree?
Rick and Morty answer simultaneously.
Rick: Yes.
Morty: Yes.
Awkward silence among them.
Rick: Um.. Thank you for lunch?
Satan: Tell me, Rick, how did you get here?
Rick: Well I did a lot of regretful things in my life and..
Satan: Morty. Where did you and Rick come from?
cut to - a dig in the badlands. A starving naked Rick body stops digging to wipe the sweat from his brow, he looks up to notice Rick, Morty and Satan on the balcony. Other Rick bodies notice as well. Word spreads. Eventually, the whole dig of Rick bodies are staring and pointing at the balcony, talking amongst themselves.
- cut back to the balcony
Morty: Umm.. Through a hole.
Satan: What hole?
Morty: The hole that we made.
Morty points off in the distance to the hole in the ceiling of hell. Light shining downward like a searchlight.
Satan: The two of you dug a hole.. to hell?
Morty: Uhh..
Rick: It was completely by accident. I swear to you. Morty is very very sorry. Aren't you, Morty?
Morty: Yes.
Rick: I promise it will never happen ever again.
Way off in the distance, down a wide trench of the badlands (the trench is like a road stretching in a straight line directly below the balcony), a hell donkey pulls by rope the bore vehicle towards the direction of the balcony. The donkey lets out a honk.
Satan: Does this belong to you?
Morty: That's what we dug the hole with.
The sound of jazz music scratches to a stop - then crash. The antique record player has been knocked over from its stand by the hell dog who now has its forelegs on the balcony guard railing, barking downward at a dig.
At the dig, the Rick bodies are 'ghosting out'; outer skin flaking off like dust, they shake furiously, revealing their inner ghostly form. The Rick ghosts begin soaring upward, all around and soaring pass the balcony. Like sperm swimming out a urethra, the ghosts begin escaping from hell through the hole.
Rick, Morty and Satan are on their feet. The hell dog is now barking upward at the ghosts.
Morty: What? What is happening?
Satan: Rick.
Rick in a fearful stammer.
Rick: Yes, Satan. Don't worry. I'll fix this. You can count on me. Me and Morty are just going to..
Rick grabs Morty by his collar and pulls him, both falling off the balcony. They land in a cart full of donkey manure. Out of the manure, covered in it, Rick and Morty hitch a ride on the donkey (horse sized) beside it.
Off they go, racing down the trench to their bore vehicle.
Rick in a self reflective, philosophical tone of voice:
Rick: You make a copy of a book, and you burn the original copy. The contents live on, but the actual physical book is still gone. It's kind of a trip if you stop to think about it.
Morty: What are you talking about, Rick?
Rick: All these Ricks are my soul, Morty.
Morty: Yeah. I figured that out.
Rick: The essence of who I am. Uninhibited by the higher functioning regions of my psyche. Try to imagine me drunk and angry, and then multiply that by a few hundred thousand.
Morty: Okay. I got it.
Rick: They'll bring hell on earth if they're allowed to reach the surface. We can't let that happen, Morty.
From above the trench, hell pumas spot them. They leap down into the trench and give chase.
From above the trench, the hell bear appears accompanied by the grim reaper.
The bear points to Rick and Morty.
Bear: There! Help them!
The grim reaper enters the trench, in pursuit of Rick and Morty, while the hell bear enters to trench to intercept the hell pumas and hold them off.
The hell pumas are intercepted by the hell bear. They fight.
Rick and Morty reach the bore vehicle. Morty untying the ropes from the donkey. Rick inside the vehicle. From out the bore vehicle hatch door, a big wooden crate drops before Morty, it crashes and breaks on the ground spilling lots of dynamite.
Rick: Morty. Dynamite time.
Back further down the trench, the hell bear fights, but is overwhelmed by the hell pumas who continue their chase down the trench.
Rick and Morty have finished stuffing the bottom and surrounding ground of the bore vehicle with crates of dynamite. They make their way into the vehicle and close the hatch door. Rick starts up engines and the big forward facing drill of the vehicle begins to rotate up to speed.
The grim reaper reaches the bore vehicle. From his seat, Morty turns his head to see the grim reaper banging his arm on the window. Morty freaks out.
Grim Reaper: Hey! Hey!
The grim reaper looks down and sees all the dynamite. Fear on his face. He looks over to see the rushing hell pumas approaching.
The grim reaper with outstretched arms at the approaching pumas.
Grim Reaper: No! Don't! Stop!
The rushing pumas knock over the grim reaper to get to the bore vehicle; clawing at the vehicle.
Window glass breaks. Rick is pulled out of the bore vehicle by the pumas and is being mauled.
Morty: Rick!
Rick: Morty. Seat belts.
Mortys eyes dart to the dynamite detonator in Ricks hand. In a panic, Morty struggles with his seat belts.
A puma takes a bite from Ricks midsection.
Rick: Ahh.. F***. Drop.. Dead..
Rick presses the dynamite detonator.
EXPLOSION. Very large cloud of smoke. Like a rocket ship, the bore vehicle is propelled upward, punching a hole in the ceiling of hell.
The end of Part 6
Part 7
Roaring upward towards the surface of Earth, the bore vehicle accelerates to mach speed. Morty pressed back against his seat, his face warping against inertial pressure.
Scene cuts to - Ricks underground laboratory beneath the Smith residence. A clone machine lights up and auto-activates; a body begins to form.
In the living room of the Smith residence, Jerry, Beth, and Summer are leisurely gathered. Everyone is seated; Jerry on his smartphone, Beth reading a book, and Summer flipping channels on the television with a remote.
Jerry with urgency.
Jerry: Stop, Summer. Give me that remote.
Summer passes the remote to a standing Jerry focused on the television. On the television is the image of movie Back to the Future characters Doc Brown and Marty McFly. Jerry presses a button on the remote and the channel changes to puppet show Sesame Street, the image of characters Bert and Ernie. Jerry presses the remote again, back to Doc and Marty. Then again, back to Bert and Ernie. Jerry eyes narrow.
Summer: What is it, dad?
Jerry: I'm not sure..
Suddenly, a wet naked Rick rushes into the room in a panic.
Rick: Code 4! We have a code 4!
Everyone panics.
Rick: Lets go! Lets go! Lets go!
The family is rushed out to the backyard to the entrance of a subterranean fallout bunker; Jerry, Beth, and Summer are hurried in with Rick at the doorway.
Rick: I'll be back when it is safe. Be strong. Remember your training. We'll get through this together. Beth. Summer. I love you both very much.
Rick closes the fallout bunker door. Jerry, Beth and Summer look back like scared puppy dogs.
In the garage of the Smith residence, Rick (in a rush) hobbles in while trying to dress himself. Rick removes a tarp revealing a very large crate. The words "Property of the United States Government" stamped across the side of the crate. With a crowbar, Rick pries off a side panel, revealing a miniature atomic bomb.
Out of the garage, Rick in his spaceship soars; atomic bomb in tow.
Scene cuts back to Morty in the bore vehicle. The bore vehicle rockets through the now fully submerged crystal mole people kingdom. It continues upward to the surface of Earth.
The crust breaks. The bore vehicle is airborne momentarily before crashing down onto the ground. The front facing drill of the vehicle red hot and worn to a nub.
The vehicle has landed on mountainous terrain some distance away from civilization. The vehicle rolls slightly, the hatch door swings open, garbage pours out into a pile along with Morty on top of the pile, on his back, panting in exhaustion from his journey. Mountain goats gather around Morty, eating the garbage.
Rick appears.
Rick: Morty. Get up. Lets go.
Morty still in a daze.
Rick: Here. Help me with this.
The atomic bomb is positioned near the lip of the bore hole. Rick and Morty begin pushing the big heavy bomb into the hole. It's a struggle.
As Rick and Morty struggle, Ricks phone rings. Rick answer and stops pushing. Morty, preoccupied with the bomb, doesn't notice.
From the opposite end of the call, the song "Happy Birthday" is heard being sung.
Rick: Yes. I'm fine. Thank you. Everything is under control. Yes. Yes. I understand. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Thank you for the call. Okay. Bye. (hangs up)
Rick back to pushing the bomb.
Rick: Hurry, Morty. Push harder.
And down the bomb falls down the hole. From the vantage of the hole looking up, Rick and Morty both panting with hands on knees.
Rick: Alright.. Lets.. (catches his breath) Lets get out of here..
Next scene. Serene shots of the mountainous wilderness followed by a shot of Rick and Morty in the spaceship, floating some distance away.
Morty looking out the window. Rick staring at his wristwatch.
Countdown shots of wilderness matched to Ricks voice.
Rick: Five.
Matched with a shot of the wilderness.
Rick: Four.
Another shot of the wilderness.
Rick: Three.
Close up shot of a lizard.
Rick: Two.
Close up shot of a bird.
Rick: One.
Close up shot a mountain goat eating garbage.
Rick: Zero.
Close up shot of Ricks lips saying 'zero'.
EXPLOSION/ IMPLOSION of the mountainous terrain. Very large.
Rick smiles in success. Morty in shock and awe.
Suddenly, an adjacent mountain explodes - VOLCANIC ERUPTION. Smoke, ash, debris, and Rick ghosts ejecting up and out at high speed.
Rick frowns in frustration. Morty in shock and horror.
The end of Part 7
Part 8
It's a disaster zone for the city residents nearest the volcanic eruption. The sounds of panic, police, fire, and ambulance sirens as the residents digest and respond to what is happening. Ricks spaceship zips across overhead the city; racing home.
Scene cuts to - up above to the peaceful clouds - heaven. An angel looking downward at the scene below.
Angel: Hey, Rick. Come have a look at this.
Angel Rick walks into frame; looks downward.
Angel Rick: Jesus.
Angel: This looks bad. We should do something.
Angel Rick walks away from frame. On a soft patch of cloud, he lays down on his back. Relaxed and at peace, Angel Rick strums his harp.
Angel Rick gently shakes his head.
Angel Rick: Nah.
The other angel scratches the back of his head in confusion.
Next scene. In the Smith residence garage, a radio broadcast news of the volcanic eruption and resident response while Rick is busy carefully selecting and gathering equipment. Morty enters and stands at the doorway (in a change of clean clothes, drying his hair with a towel).
Morty in an apologetic voice.
Morty: Hey, Rick.
Rick: Yes, Morty?
Morty: Umm.. I wanted to tell you.. that I'm sorry.
Rick: It's okay, Morty. You were only behaving normally given the extraordinary circumstances. I should have known better. That's a failure on my part. Ultimately, I'm responsible. This is my fault. But, hey. You're here to help me now, right?
Morty smiles.
Morty: Yeah.
Rick: Hey, Morty. Catch.
Rick tosses Morty a pill bottle.
Rick: They'll help keep your wits about you. Swallow one whenever your nerves get to you. It will be useful for what may lie before us.
Rick: Morty, help me out here. I need you to gather every piece of popular media relating to ghosts and the paranormal. Every movie, magazine article, book, everything. And meet me at the writers room in five minutes. Can you do that?
Morty: You got it, Rick.
Morty turns to leave the garage doorway, but is called again by Rick.
Rick: Oh, and Morty.
Morty: Yeah, Rick?
Rick friendly 'bro point' gestures Morty.
Rick: You're the man, Morty.
Morty big smiles, turns and leave the garage doorway.
Next scene. Black darkness. A door opens, shining light in.
Rick: Morty. Get the lights.
Lights on, revealing a writers room; one large round table, chairs.
Rick enters carrying laboratory equipment. Morty with an armful of stacked books, magazines, DVDS, etc.
Rick: Set those on the table, Morty.
Rick says as he sets ups the laboratory equipment on the table.
Rick: We're really fortunate. News report has it that we're upwind from the blast fallout. That will allow some time for us to formulate a solution to our problem. I have to be honest with you. I have a very limited understanding of ghosts. The supernatural is outside my scientific expertise. But we're going to remedy that right now.
Rick finishes setting up the laboratory equipment. In an large metal cylinder container(part the laboratory equipment), Rick puts a pile of popular media in. He closes the container and sets it on the table.
Rick: Alright, have a seat, Morty. Obviously, we don't have the time to research through all this material, so I built this. It's a sublimation machine. Through a chemical process, all this physical media will be transformed into a breathable gas to which we will then inhale and fill our brains directly with the knowledge necessary to resolve our problem. Alright, let's get to it. we don't have time to spare.
Rick turns a valve on the laboratory equipment and out a pipe end emits a yellow gas.
Rick has a seat beside Morty and passes him a pad of paper with a pen.
Rick: Alright. Just take in some nice deep breaths. And jot down whatever comes to mind.
The yellow gas slowly fills the room.
Morty: Umm.. Rick.
Rick (coughing) Morty, please focus. We don't have much time to work with here.
The entire frame is yellow.
The end of Part 8
Part 9
Black darkness. A door opens, shining light in. Lights on, revealing a bathroom. Jerry stands at the doorway.
Jerry: Well, okay then.
Scene cuts to - interior of the subterranean fallout bunker. Summer sits on a cot, crying in her hands. Beth appears and sits beside her.
Beth: Sweetie, what's wrong?
Summer: They don't understand..
Beth: Who doesn't understand?
Summer: The writers.
Beth slight paranoia.
Beth: Writers?
Summer: The writers of the show, mom. They don't understand how to write for women. They're like not even trying. It's like they don't even care about us.
Beth: Honey.. They care. I'm sure the writers are doing the best they can.
Summer cries.
Beth: Summer.. I care about about you.
Summer: Thanks, mom.
Beth: You want to make out?
Summer stops crying.
Summer: Okay.
Beth and Summer begins making out on the cot.
Next scene. The city. The Rick ghost/spirits (like fireworks) begin raining down upon the city, passing through building ceilings, settling and possessing objects, people, etc.
A Rick spirit passes through a house, through a refrigerator, and settles into a jar of pickles. A woman opens the fridge and take the jar. The glass jar shakes violently before exploding in the womans hand. On the floor, flops out a animated pickle Rick (a pickle possessed by the Rick spirit).
A series of scenes of this nature that allow for a variety of Rick ghost forms.
Rick spirits falling upon a cemetery and zombies rise from the dirt.
Rick spirits falling upon a zoo, possessing various animals.
Rick spirits falling upon the city street, possessing car and trucks.
The various possessed things take on a 'Rickish' ghoul facial form (no pupils, sharp teeth).
Next scene. The writers room. Morty is face down on the table, passed out. Rick shakes Mortys shoulder to wake him.
Rick: Morty. Morty, wake up.
Morty wakes up in a daze; face up with a sticky pad note stuck to his forehead.
Morty: huh.. Wha? What happened?
Rick with a pen stuck to his forehead, also in a daze.
Rick: I think I'd overdone it with the gas. Looks like we've been out for about several hours. How are you feeling?
Morty: I'm okay, I guess.
Rick: Good. Good. Okay. We lost a lot of time here. Lets hurry and get to work.
Scene cuts to - fixed shot of the top of the entrance to Ricks underground laboratory beneath the garage while Rick speaks.
Rick: It came to me while I was under the gas. Ghosts always return home to haunt the house of their former residency. It's a thematic trope common in ghost stories. So the first thing we aught to do is secure the house, Morty. It's very important that we secure the house.
The underground entrance door opens, Rick climbs out with a box full of equipment, followed by Morty whose upper torso is out of the entrance. Frame pulls back, revealing that the house is gone (looks like it has been pulled from its foundation like a tornado hit it). Rick stands dumbfounded holding the box.
Rick: Hmm.. Well, shit.
Morty: What should we do now, Rick?
Rick: Umm.. I don't know. I don't know. What do you think we should do? Ghostbusters?
Morty: Ghostbusters.
The end of Part 9
Part 10
To the beat of the theme song to the movie Ghostbusters, close up shots of Rick and Morty dressing and gearing up to Ghostbusters movie apparel and equipment in Ricks laboratory.
Rick and Morty finish dressing.
Rick: You ready for this, Morty?
Morty: Oh yeah.
Rick: Do you know how to use one of these things?
Morty turns on his proton blaster.
Morty: I've seen the movies.
Rick: Alright, lets do this.
To the song of 'Ghostbusters' by Ray Parker Jr., montage scene of Rick and Morty battling the Rick ghost possessed things throughout various places of the city (streets, homes, buildings, etc.).
To a scene of Rick and Morty battling a ghost - Ricks voice overlay.
Rick: Morty, breathe!
Scene cuts to - close up shot of Mortys face as his eyes open, he is laying on the ground of the city street in front of a tall burning building wearing a oxygen mask, being treated by several firefighters. Mortys Ghostbusters outfit is singed. Rick stands witness in his Ghostbusters outfit and gear.
Morty: Huh.. Wha.. What happened?
Firefighter 1: Smoke inhalation from the fire put you out. You're lucky to be alive.
Morty: What? Rick, I thought we were busting ghosts?
Rick: Morty, you set fire to a chandelier and blacked out from the smoke. The whole building is on fire because of you. Lieutenant Tom here saved your life.
Firefighter 2: Hello, Morty.
Morty: Huh.. What? I don't understand.
The sound of police sirens as a police car arrives on scene. Two officers exit their vehicle and approach Rick and Morty.
Rick calmly.
Rick: I'll handle this.
Rick approaches the officers.
Rick: Hello, officers.
Rick swiftly pulls a large revolver handgun from his person, shoots and kills both officers.
Rick, in a panic, rushes and grabs Morty to flee.
Rick: Morty, lets go! Get in the car, Morty!
Rick and Morty flee to the family car. Rick driving away from the scene.
Morty: Oh my God, Rick. Oh my God. What have you done, Rick?
Rick: Morty, if you haven't been paying attention, we have a much bigger ghost problem on our hands right now that only we can effectively handle. We can't let the law or anyone else get in the way of that. This is for the greater good, Morty. Do you understand?
Morty: You didn't have to kill them, Rick.
Rick: Morty. They wouldn't understand the severity of the situation like we do. They couldn't help us. They'd only get in the way, ask questions, slow us down, and make our work harder to do.
Morty: Oh my God. This feels so wrong. This feels so wrong, Rick.
Fast zoom in and out of Mortys eyes - Morty is now standing beside Rick in a room that is on fire. Morty and Rick in Ghostbusters outfit and gear.
Rick: Morty. Morty, are you okay? You're zoning out on me here.
Morty: Huh.. Yeah. Yeah. I'm okay, I guess.
Rick: Morty, we only have one option left. We have to jump from this window. It's the only way out.
A monstrous groan shakes the burning room.
Rick: Morty, come on. We don't have time to think this over.
Morty looks out the window, it's a long way down. He looks back at the burning room.
Morty: Okay, Rick.
Out the window of the burning building they leap. Falling multiple stories, they fall through the canopy of the front door entrance, falling on top of firefighters (including lieutenant Tom) just as they are rushing in through the front door entrance. The firefighters break their fall. Rick and Morty continue, fleeing to the family car, they drive away from the scene.
Suddenly, a giant multi-storied sized McDonalds character Grimace busts through the front side of the building. It lets out a monstrous groan.
Next scene cuts to - the writers room. Rick (dressed normally) slams his Ghostbusters outfit and gear on the table in frustration.
Rick: Lets not do Ghostbusters.
Morty (dressed normally) hands Rick a cup of coffee.
Rick: We have to do something more manageable. Something with less collateral damage. Any ideas?
Morty: How about Doom?
Morty passes a copy of the Doom video game from the table to Rick.
Rick: Doom. Doom. One of those ultraviolet, hyper addictive, machine gun shooter based video games you kids obsess about?
Morty shamefully.
Morty: Yes.
Rick: Wasn't this game identified as a possible contributing factor to a certain school shooting?
Morty shamefully.
Morty: Yes.
Rick sips his coffee, narrows his eyes.
Rick: Alright, lets do it.
Morty is ecstatic.
Next scene. The roar of the gun. Close up shot of Morty on the city street, (dress like video game character Doomguy) firing a Gatling gun until it is out of ammo. Morty face nervous and sweaty from adrenaline fear delirium.
Rick enters frame (dressed like video game character Doomguy).
Rick: Morty. What the f*** are you doing?
Morty: Wha.. What? I'm shooting ghosts..
Rick: Those were normal people, Morty.
Morty: What?
Rick: Morty, the ghosts are over there.
Rick point across the street to where the ghosts are.
Morty: But they were all running towards me and..
Rick: They were running away from the ghosts over there.
Rick again points across the street.
Morty: What?.. I'm confused..
The sound of police sirens.
Rick: Oh, shit. Morty. Lets get out of here.
Rick and Morty run away out of frame.
The end of Part 10
Part 11
In the writers room, Rick paces in front of a whiteboard. Written on the whiteboard: popular media titles all crossed off. Morty sits at the table. On the table: a used pile of various popular media outfits and gear.
Rick pacing back and forth, talking aloud to himself.
Rick: Nothing's working. We've tried all of this stuff here and none of it works. We have to be more original and try something new. Some new, creative, out of the box solution to our problem. Think Morty. Do you have any ideas?.. Morty?
Morty is taking huffs from the sublimation machine on the table.
Rick: Morty, what are you doing?
Morty: It's not that bad in smaller breaths. It feels pretty good.
Rick: Really? Well shit, pass it here. Let me try.
Rick sits beside Morty, inhaling a deep breath from the sublimation machine. He exhales yellow gas.
Rick gets intoxicated.
Rick: Oh yeah, this feels pretty.. uh.. This is pretty good.
Time passes. Rick and Morty get heavily intoxicated huffing yellow gas. The pile of used popular media outfits and gear gone (used up in the sublimation machine).
Rick, heavily intoxicated, laments.
Rick: I don't understand people sometimes. I mean I try and I try and it's still never enough, you know? I mean what do you people want from me? All these high expectations. It's a lot of unnecessary heavy pressure for me on my mind to have. It's like just leave me alone sometimes, you know. I don't know, I just want this day to end.
Morty, heavily intoxicated, is zoned out.
Rick: We're out of gas. We have anything left? What else can we put in this thing? Morty, give me your shoes.
Morty, heavily intoxicated, is zoned out.
Rick: F*** my life.. Alright. Okay. I'm an adult. I can handle this. I just need.. I just need an idea. Just one good idea. God show me the light! Just one big bright idea, please!
Rick breaks down, crying into his hands.
Rick realizes an idea and stops crying. In an eureka moment, his eyes go wide and sober, he stands to his feet, triumphantly pointing a finger in the air.
Rick: I got it!
Morty passes out, slamming his head down upon the table.
The end of Part 11
Part 12
The sun is setting on the city in chaos as Rick ghost possessed things run amok terrorizing city residents. Police, fire and ambulance personal overwhelmed. Buildings on fire, etc.
The family car drives alone on streets amidst the chaos. Morty driving, Ricks upper torso hanging out of the passenger side window.
With a megaphone in hand, Rick yells.
Rick: Hey all you trouble making mother f***ing Rick ghosts! I'm talking to all of you! The living Rick Sanchez here would like a word with you, so lets talk! Lets all talk together right now!
Ricks pleas catches the attention of the Rick ghosts, who de-possess their objects and begin following the family car in their ghost/spirit (like fireworks) form. The car amasses a following.
The car hits a pothole. Jostling Rick. Rick turns to Morty.
Rick: Watch it, Morty.
Morty: I'm sorry, Rick.
Rick shakes his head in annoyance. Rick turns back to Morty.
Rick: Alright. Stop the car right here, Morty. Honk the horn a few times.
Morty stops the car and honks the horn.
The Rick ghosts begin congregating from all over the city, amassing a massive cyclone of spiraling Rick ghosts in the middle of the street in front the car.
From the trunk of the car, Rick and Morty retrieve a device (looks like a really big light bulb attached to a car battery and a microwave oven).
Rick: Careful Morty. It's very delicate.
Morty: What is this thing, Rick?
Rick: Just pray that it works, Morty. We'll only have one shot at this.
Morty: What do you plan to do, Rick?
Rick: I'm going to try to save my soul.
Rick and Morty set the device down on the street.
Rick: Alright Morty. Do you have that speech written for me?
Morty: Right here, Rick.
Morty hands Rick a piece of paper. Rick reads.
Rick: Awful. Just awful. I can't use this. I'm going to have to make it up on the spot. Wish me luck.
Morty: Good luck.
Rick: I don't want you around to see this, Morty. I want you to go back to the lab and wait for me there, okay?
Morty: But Rick..
Rick: No buts Morty. I care about you too much to risk it.
Morty: Okay Rick.
Rick: Give me a hug.
Rick and Morty hug.
Rick: I love you, Morty.
Morty: I love you too, Rick.
They stop hugging.
Rick: Okay now go. Get out of here.
Morty gets in the car and begins to drive away from scene.
Rick, friendly 'bro point' gesture, shouts.
Rick: You're the man, Morty!
Rick winds down, speaking to himself.
Rick: You're the man..
In the middle of the street, the massive cyclone of spiraling Rick ghosts begin to coalesce into a single massive Rick ghost of gargantuan proportion.
With its back turned to Rick, the massive Rick ghost reaches over and grabs the roaming giant multi-storied sized McDonalds character Grimace off its feet. The Rick ghost bites Grimaces head off and chews, tossing the rest of the body behind it. Over, above and pass Rick, the Grimace body crashes into a building. The Rick ghost turns to face Rick. From a crouching position, the ghost stands up to full height. Ricks eyes goes wide, he swallows nervously.
With megaphone in hand, Rick speaks. A crowd of people gather to witness. As Rick speaks, the crowd reacts to his speech with doubt, cheers, etc.
Rick: YOU! You.. you.. you... you stop it right now! I'm demanding you! PLEASE! Please.. please.. please.. stop it right now. I'm begging you, please. You don't need to do this. Why are you doing this to me? To yourself? Why am I doing this to myself? I'm only trying to get through life. My life. Regrettably, I've made a few choices I would later regret, but that's part of life. That doesn't make me a bad person.
The Rick ghost gives a sarcastic 'yeah right' expression.
Rick: Alright. F*** it! F*** you! I am a bad person. That's who I am. It defines my character. I love being an asshole! And I love being a genius. It's give me license to be an asshole and get away with it. I mean who's going to stop me? Who's stopping you? No one, but myself.. Look deep down inside is black and bitter like a raisin, but the outside has a thin layer of sweetness. I'm like a candy M&M, if M&Ms had raisins. Bad analogy. What I'm trying to say to you is what I'm trying to say to myself. I should indulge in the better half of me more often. The part of me that is pleasant to be around, that is forgiving, patient and tolerant of others. The part of me that loves and cares about something other than myself. That's the good part of me that's a part of you, too because you're a part of who I am. You'll always have time to change for the better. If we try, we both can change together.
The crowd cheers. The Rick ghost cries.
Rick: This day has changed me deep down inside. I stand here, staring at my soul and I don't like what I see. And I don't know if I can change it and it scares me. All of this destruction is because of me. Because of who I am. I wish I could just run away from it. Or bury it in the dirt like I've done in the past, and make it go away. But I can't. But if I can save this soul from damnation, it's a cause worth trying to do.
The crowd cries. The Rick ghost cries.
Rick: I remember taking Beth to her first dance recital here at the school. She was so so nervous. She didn't think she was able to do it. Do you remember what we told her? Falling down is just part of taking big steps forward. So don't be afraid to fall a little along the way. She danced so beautifully that night. I can still remember.
The crowd cries. The Rick ghost reminisces
Rick: This place is my home. It's where I grew up in. These people around you make it a community. A community worth living in.
The crowd cheers. The Rick ghost considers.
Rick: I can't lie to myself. How do I reason with my soul? How do I convince my soul to do the right thing? I wish things were different. If only I could turn back the clock and start everything all over again and make different choices in my life. But that's a fantasy. I have to live with the reality. They say the strongest lessons in life transform you. I sure hope it's true.
Rick holds his head down. The Rick ghost sympathetic.
Rick: Oh. and one more thing..
Rick holds his head up. From his coat pocket, he retrieves a pair of black 'cool guy' shades, and puts them on. A sly smile grows on Ricks face. Rick give a friendly 'bro point' gesture to the Rick ghost.
Rick: Gotcha!
The sound of a ding from the device Rick and Morty set on the street. A display on the device reads: 'Fully charged'.
The Rick ghost gives a look of confusion.
From his hand, Rick presses a button to a detonator to the device.
An electric squeal sound as the light bulb of the device illuminates, expanding and engulfing the entire city in a radial dome of blinding light.
Then, the sound of a pop, and the blinding light flickers and fades to nothing. The light bulb of the device had burst, emitting black smoke.
The Rick ghost opens its eyes, looks around.
Rick stands slightly hunched, wearing black shades with fingers in each of his ears. He removes his fingers from his ears and stands upright.
Lifting his shades over his eyes with one hand, Rick looks around.
Rick: Well, shit..
Rick is suddenly snatched up by the Rick ghost. His black shades drop to the ground.
Close up slow zoom shot of the Rick ghost with its mouth open, about to eat Rick.
Close up slow zoom shot of Rick held upside down, being pinched by the Rick ghost. Rick screaming in horror.
Scene cuts to - Ricks underground laboratory. Morty making his way down by the ladder. He turns and to his surprise sees a wet naked Rick.
Rick: It didn't work.
The end of Part 12
Part 13
In Ricks underground laboratory, Rick (dressed) works on constructing another device. Morty appears at the doorway with cup of coffee for himself.
Morty: Hey Rick.
Rick: Yes, Morty.
Morty: I was thinking.. We can just run away.
Rick pauses his work.
Rick: Morty.. We both know that would be the wrong thing to do.
Morty resigns.
Morty: Yeah..
Rick: So lets not do that, okay?
Morty: Okay Rick.
Next scene. In the subterranean fallout bunker, Beth and Summer sit at a table, silently eating canned food. Jerry appears.
Jerry: Where does Rick keep the toilet plunger around here?
Beth: Try one of the blue bins in cubby number twelve.
Jerry walks out of frame and then back with a toilet plunger.
Jerry: Got it.
Beth smiles at Summer. Summer smiles back.
Next scene. In Ricks underground laboratory, Rick continues work on the device.
Rick: Hey Morty. Help me out here.
Morty: Yes, Rick.
Rick: Check one of the red bins in cubby number fifteen and see if you can find a socket 5 A route converter diameter 3 for me.
Morty: You got it, Rick.
Morty leaves the room.
Rick mutters to himself, trying to work out the device.
Rick: Socket 5 A route converter diameter 3..
Ricks smartphone rings from his coat pocket, he answers.
Rick: Hello? Yes?
The song 'Happy Birthday' is heard sung on the opposite end of the phone.
Ricks belt undoes itself (it's controlled by Satan), and suddenly whips up, creating a noose around Ricks neck. The phone drops to a lab table. Feet off the ground, Rick dangles, his belt as noose around his neck. Ricks pants fall down, hanging around his ankles.
As Rick chokes, Morty re-enters the room, focused on the sockets he has retrieved.
Morty: There weren't any socket 5 A route converter diameter 3s in cubby number fifteen, only socket 5 A route converter diameter 5s and diameter 7s, Rick.
Morty looks up to see a choking Rick hanging midair, pants down over his ankles, belt like a noose around his neck.
Morty: Oh my God! Rick!
Rick falls to the floor (Satan releases his control of the belt). Rick crawls up the lab table to his feet and picks up the phone.
Rick: Hello? Yes? Okay. Okay. I understand. Thank you for the call. Bye. (hangs up)
Rick pulls his pants and tries to composes himself.
Rick: I'm sorry you were here to see that, Morty.
Rick says while rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.
Next scene. Rick, determined, marches into a room while fastening his belt to his pants. Morty follows. Rick starts up the clone machine.
Morty: What are you doing, Rick?
Rick: We need help, Morty. We can't do this alone.
Rick pushes buttons on clone machine console. A clone is formed.
Morty: Are you sure about this, Rick?
Rick: We don't have many options left, Morty.
Morty looks nervous.
A wet naked Rick clone is poured out to the floor. The Rick clone stands to his feet.
Rick: Okay. I need your help. You know I don't normally do this, but this is an emergency as you are well aware of. There is only so much me and Morty can do given the time constraint and we need an extra mind to crunch some hard numbers.
Rick retrieves a piece of paper from his coat and hands it to the Rick clone.
Rick: I've complied a short list of possible formulations that need to be double checked before we proceed any further. Some calculus and little light algebra, nothing too difficult..
The Rick clone gives Rick a 'quick eye dart' look before suddenly grabbing a tray of tools off a cart and tossing it into Rick person. As Rick is momentarily stunned, the clone searches Ricks coat pockets and retrieves his spaceship keys.
The Rick clone makes a run for it, pushing Morty away as he rushes to the laboratory entrance ladder.
Morty checks on Rick. Rick and Morty chase after the clone up the ladder.
Out of the underground laboratory to the front lawn, it's too late. Rick and Morty stand looking up as Ricks spaceship flies off, piloted by the Rick clone.
Rick looking up, staring at the distant spaceship.
Rick: Well, at least I have you, Morty.
Morty sneaks off away from frame.
Rick: Morty?
The family car is heard starting. Rick notices.
Rick rushes to the family car, banging on the driver side window with his arm.
Rick: Morty! Morty, what the f*** are you doing?
Rick opens the driver side door and pulls out a panicky Morty to the ground.
Rick: Morty!
Morty: I'm sorry, Rick! I got scared!. I got scared, Rick!
Rick: Take your pills, Morty. Where are your pills?
Rick retrieves a pill bottle from Mortys pocket. He opens the bottle and pouring out a handful of pills into his hand. Rick shoves them into Mortys mouth, pressing his hand against Mortys mouth.
Rick: There. Swallow Morty. Swallow them all.
Morty swallows the pills and becomes sedated.
Rick stands over Morty (panting) who lays on the ground, spilled pill bottle, beside the family car with driver side door open. The car engine hums.
Rick exhausted.
Rick: F***ing shit, Morty. F***ing shit..
The end of Part 13
Part 14
In Ricks underground laboratory, a tired, emotionally and physically exhausted Rick works on completing a device. He sits on a stool beside a lab table, working away.
Morty appears.
Morty: Hey Rick. Can I get you a cup of coffee or anything?
Rick: No, Morty. I'm fine. I appreciate the offer, though.
Rick checks his wristwatch.
Rick: It's late, Morty. You should get some rest.
Morty: I want to help you, Rick.
Rick smiles.
Rick: Thanks, Morty.
Morty: What are you working on?
Rick stand up to stretch his back a little.
Rick: A trans-dimensional telephone.
Rick turns the device over to reveal what looks like a rotatory telephone connected to an antenna and various circuit boards.
Rick: Out there, somewhere, some other version of myself within the infinite multiverse has succeeded where I have failed. I plan to give him a call.
From the table, Rick opens a thick yellow pages like phone book of Ricks. Thumbing through the pages, he stops.
Rick: Okay, this one.
Rick places a hand on the phone receiver, but it begins to ring. Rick goes eyes wide and pauses, and with trepidation, answers the ringing phone. He slowly sit back on the stool.
Rick: Hello?
Rick goes instant angry.
Rick: That's what I was about to call you for!
Rick slams down the phone receiver and angrily slaps the trans-dimensional telephone off the table before breaking down and cries in a 'head down in crossed forearms' position on the table. Morty goes to console Rick.
Scene cuts to - an empty bar. The sound of a dial tone. A depressed Rick sits alone at the bar holding a trans-dimensional telephone receiver to his ear. He hangs up the phone. Outside the window of the bar, a view of chaos; buildings on fire, people fleeing, etc as Rick ghosts run amok. Rick takes a drink.
Rick: No help. What else is new? I did this to myself, I guess. Only one thing left to do.
The bartender is a Rick ghost possessed zombie.
Rick stands up to leave.
Rick: Thanks for the drink.
Rick exits the bar, strolling down the street, he is unfazed by the chaos around him.
Rick gets in his parked spaceship and sits in contemplation. Rick turns to the backseat to a bloody dead Morty; eyes open. He leans over with his palm and closes Mortys eyes.
Rick sits in contemplation. From the glove compartment, he retrieves a large revolver handgun.
Shot of outside the spaceship, the sound of a single gun shot. Then the continuous sound of the spaceship horn.
Rick has shot himself in the head. Head slumped forward against the steering column, honking the horn.
Shot of the spaceship as it is park on the street amidst the chaos. The continuous sound of the spaceship horn.
Scene cuts back to - Rick crying in his laboratory. Rick stops crying and tries to compose himself.
Rick: Alright.. Alright.. Just.. Just another setback. I can manage this. I just need to make another phone call.
From his coat pocket, Rick retrieves his smartphone and browses his contacts until he finds - GOD.
Rick presses the call button on the smartphone and holds it against his ear. Ringing.
Rick: Pick up. Pick up. Pick up. No answer. Predictable. F*** YOU, GOD!
Rick screams into the smartphone in angered frustration.
Rick shakes his head, clutching his smartphone tightly with both hands.
Rick: Alright. One last phone call. I told myself I wasn't going to do this, but I'm running out of good options.
Rick presses the call button on the smartphone and holds it against his ear. Ring to an answer.
Rick: Connect me to Evil Morty.
Rick holds the smartphone to his face in video chat mode.
Operator: Video chat connecting.
From Ricks smartphone, Evil Morty appears onscreen seated behind a desk.
Rick in a stammer.
Rick: Evil Morty. It's Rick Sanchez. I don't like you. In fact, I hate your guts, but I'm calling you because I need your help. It's about Satan. Will you please help me?
Evil Morty is silent, unmoved, looks nervous, he sweats. A hand rests on his shoulder, the hand of Satan.
Rick goes silent sober.
The end of Part 14
Part 15
FIRST STOP - THE PET STORE
In the dark of night, the family car speeds through the road; Morty driving, Rick occupied by his smartphone.
Rick: Time to pick up the pace. Things are going to move very fast.
Morty: What's the plan, Rick?
Rick: Have you heard of something called the Codex Gigas?
Morty shakes his head 'no'.
Rick: Also known as the Devils Bible, this eight hundred year old medieval manuscript was believed to contain the entirety of human knowledge at the time. According to legend, a disgraced monk by the name of Herman the recluse was punished for his sins against the church and sentenced to immurement.
Morty: Immurement?
Rick: It means buried alive.
Morty mouths 'oh'.
Rick: As a bargain against such a punishment, the monk offered a plea: the creation of a single grand book of such magnificence as it would glorify the church forever and free him of his sins. The church agreed, but only allowed the monk one night to complete his work. At about midnight that night, the desperate monk made a special prayer, and traded his soul to the Devil in exchange for completing the book. Hence the name, the Devils bible.
Rick: Within the books three hundred and ten pages holds a secret passage, a Satanic incantation and solution to our problem.
Morty: How do you know so much about this book, Rick?
Rick: I'm reading the description from Wikipedia.
Morty mouths 'oh'.
Rick: The book is currently on display at the public museum here in the city. We have to get the book and return home to read the incantation.
Morty: You got it, Rick.
Rick: But, first we need to make a stop at the pet store.
Morty: Why?
Rick: Morty. You can't have an authentic unholy Satanic ceremony without the customary animal sacrifice. It wouldn't be complete.
Morty mouths 'oh'.
Rick: Morty, look out!
Morty resumes attention to the road, the car sharply swerves and dodges a large flying structure.
Morty: Holy f***, Rick. What was that thing?
Rick with head out the passenger side window looking backward.
Rick: I think that was our house.
Next scene - interior of an abandoned pet store. Rick and Morty with flashlights.
Rick: Morty. Get the snakes, frogs, mice and cats. I'll get the birds, dogs, rabbits, and small reptiles. Alright, let's go.
The two separate, raiding the pet store for animals.
Rick: Quickly, Morty. Grab as many as you can handle.
Rick: Don't forget the fish, Morty. Get some fish.
Morty fishes fish from the tank with a net.
Rick: Oh, and some hamsters, Morty. Can't forget the hamsters.
Morty gets hamsters.
Rick: Chinchillas, Morty. The Chinchillas.
Morty gets chinchillas.
The two reunite, both holding cages and tanks of animals with dogs and cats on leashes.
Rick: Alright. You got everything, Morty?
Morty: I think so.
Rick at the pet store doorway, holding the door open with his foot for Morty to pass.
Morty: Should we pay for these?
Rick: Pay who? The place is abandoned.
Morty: Maybe we can leave some money.
Rick: Nah. Morty, when will you learn. This is all for the greater good. The greater good, Morty. Come on. Lets hurry and get to the museum.
Morty and Rick exit the pet store with the animals.
Rick: Move those legs, Morty.
The end of Part 15.
Part 16
ZOMBIES AT THE MUSEUM. MORTY THE SPELL CASTER
The city at night. In the middle of the street, a gathering of police, firefighters, and onlookers observe in fear and awe of the massive Rick ghost of gargantuan proportion.
The Rick ghost has a prolonged facial expression of tense stressed frustration, then relief. The gathering of people recoil in disgust and disbelief.
The Rick ghost has defecated in the middle of the street. It smiles gleefully, pointing and dancing proudly at the defecation.
The firefighters have had enough.
Firefighter Captain: Let em have it!
The captains signals firefighters with a fire hose. They attempt to blast water at the ghost, to no effect, as the water passes straight through it; drenching police and onlookers on the other side.
The Rick ghost responds by swiping at a fire truck, sending it flying towards the direction of the fire fighters. The fire truck knocks over a fire hydrant, creating a geyser of water in the middle of the street, soaking the fire fighters, some police and onlookers.
Next scene. Outside of a museum, the family car is parked; stuffed with pet store animals in cages, tanks, leashes. From the museum entrance doors, Rick and Morty rush out carrying a very very large book, the Devils Bible.
They set the book on the hood of the car. Morty holds a flashlight to the book. Rick quickly thumbs through the pages, tearing off the ones he needs.
Rick closes the book and pushes it off the hood of the car.
As Rick rolls the torn pages up and tucks the roll beneath his armpit.
Rick: Alright. That's it. We got what we came for. Now lets gets home and end this thing.
Morty nods.
Ricks smartphone rings from his coat pocket. He answers.
Rick: Hello? Yes. Yes, I have it. Yes, I'm on my way now. Morty? Yes, he's here. Um. Okay.
Rick holding out his phone to Morty.
Rick: Morty. Satan wants to speak to you.
Morty: Me? What? No. I don't.. Hello?
A magical green mist emanates from Ricks smartphone. Morty freaks out and drops the phone. The mist encircles Morty. Morty is lifted low from the grounds. The green mist enter into Mortys mouth and nostrils. Morty falls back to the ground.
Morty: What? What just happened?
Rick picks up the phone from the ground, holding it to his ear.
Rick: The great Satan has gifted you the power of the dark arts. You should be extremely grateful.
Rick continues his conversation on the phone.
Rick: Morty's just fine..
Morty staring at his hands, talking to himself.
Morty: How does this work?
Rick concludes his conversation on the phone.
Rick: ..Alright. I understand. Thank you for the call. Okay. Bye. (hangs up)
Rick to Morty.
Rick: How are you feeling, Morty?
Morty: Um..
Ricks smartphone rings from his coat pocket. He answers.
Rick: Hello? WHAT? When? (checks wristwatch) Alright. Thanks for the heads up. Bye. (hangs up)
Rick to Morty in a panic.
Rick: Come on, Morty! Lets go! We have to get out of here right now!
The sound of bells. A clock tower begins to chime the hour.
To the sound of bells. Back at the street, the Rick ghost begins to transform from translucency into an amalgam of solid individual naked Rick bodies.
The gargantuan amalgam of Rick bodies begins to wobble, before collapsing, creating a massive tidal wave of naked Rick bodies, barreling down the street toward Rick and Morty.
Morty stands awestruck.
Morty: Holy f***!
Rick: Morty, hurry! Grab the animals and get back in the museum, Morty!
Rick says as he loads his person with pet store animals from the car.
Morty follows suit, and begins gathering animals from the car.
Rick (with animals) rushes into the museum entrance with Morty (with animals) lagging behind.
The massive tidal wave of naked Rick bodies barrels on.
Morty enters the museum. Doors swing to a close, Morty continues rushing away.
Then BAM, CRASH, SHATTER. The slamming of the massive tidal wave of Ricks against the museum rocks the building like an earthquake.
Morty loses his balance and falls to floor, dropping cages, tanks, etc. A fish out of water flops in front of a fallen Morty.
The end of Part 16.
Part 17
The museum. Alone in the dark. Morty on the floor alongside pet cages, animal tanks, and leashed cats and dogs. Moonlight shines in through broken windows.
Morty gently scoops up the flopping fish and returns it to a fish bowl. A shadow casts behind him. He turns to see a naked Rick clutching his broken arm approach from out of shadow.
Then more naked Ricks appear from out of shadow.
Mortys eyes grow wide. The moonlight shines. The naked Rick bodies begin to rapidly decompose into Rick zombies.
Morty panics and runs away. The Rick zombies limber toward Morty, some feasting on the pet animals.
Morty runs through hallways as Rick zombies crawl into the museum through broken windows and fall into the museum through holes in the ceiling.
Morty is cornered, surrounded by zombies closing in. In fear, with outstretched arms, miraculously a burst of green energy emits from Mortys hands, knocking back and away the mob of zombies. Morty stares at his hands momentarily before making a run for it.
The zombie chase continues with Morty discovering how to use the magic gifted to him by Satan.
Morty makes a dinosaur bone exhibit and stone statue come to life who help fight off the zombies.
Morty runs in and out of paintings with zombies giving chase.
A series of sequences of this nature.
Morty eventually rushes into a library, and barricades himself in by pushing a cabinet in front of the door.
RICKS SATANIC RITUAL AT THE LIBRARY
Morty exhausted pants, turns to see Rick who has made a clearing at the center of library. Pet cages, tanks, dogs and cats on leashes. Rick is setting candle sticks around.
Morty approaches Rick who is still setting candle sticks.
Morty: Rick.. Rick.. There are zombies out there... Rick.
Rick: Lots of zombies. I'm aware. We're surrounded.
Morty: What are we going to do?
Rick: Well, we can't make it home, so I'm going to try to perform the ceremony from here and recite the incantation remotely by phone.
Morty: Will that work?
Rick: We can pray. Seriously, Morty. We are out of options at this point.
Rick: Morty, are you okay?
Morty: I feel weird.
Rick: It's the Satanic black magic coursing through your veins. The effects should..
The sound of windows shattering interrupts Rick. Zombies crawling in. The sound of library doors breaking. Zombies crawling in. The sound of the roof cracking. Zombies falling in.
Rick and Morty look over.
Rick: F***. Looks like this is it, Morty.
Rick looks defeated. Morty looks sad and concerned for Rick. Morty musters courage.
Morty with assertiveness.
Morty: Rick. Perform the ceremony. I got this.
Rick: How?..
Morty illuminates his hands with green energy.
Morty: I'm the man, Rick.
Rick big smiles. He gives Morty a fatherly 'slow motion soft cheek punch nudge' gesture to Mortys cheek. Morty smiles.
The end of Part 17.
Part 18
The library at night fills with zombies; crawling in through broken windows and doors, falling in through holes in the ceiling. Morty approaches; standing courageously with hands illuminated by green energy, ready to face them.
Morty goes blasting away, firing bursts of energy from his hands, knocking away patches of the zombie mob.
Meanwhile, Rick begins the Satanic ceremony. Removing his lab coat, Rick dons a black hooded robe. He reads a spell from one of the torn pages of the Devils Bible, igniting all the set candles.
As Morty fights on and becomes increasingly more comfortable and confident in his abilities, the Satanic black magic corrupts him. Morty gradually transforms huge, muscular, demonic, clothes torn off until he is a full blown horned demon monster with glowing green eyes.
Shots are cut between Morty and Rick, but for clarity will not be written in that format.
Rick, with smartphone in hand, calls home to the laboratory answering machine.
Ricks voice: I'm not home. You know the drill. Bye.. (beep)
Rick reads a spell into the phone from the torn pages of the Devils Bible, causing the Smith residency land to shake. Lights go on in the subterranean underground bunker as Jerry, Beth, and Summer register what is happening.
A toilet pipe breaks. Jerry laments.
Jerry: I spent all day fixing that toilet..
Rick continues, he strokes a pet rabbit in his arms, before lifting it up by the ears with one hand, and swiftly with a dagger in his other hand, severs its head from its body.
Using the severed rabbit head as a paintbrush, Rick paints a bloody pentagram on the floor while reading a spell into the phone. The paint strokes correspond to the creation of a massive earth chasm to hell in the form a pentagram with the Smith residence at the center. The shaking of earth causes the destruction of the laboratory (the clone machine is destroyed), and causes an earthquake like event for the subterranean underground bunker (the lights go out).
Morty fights.
Rick is now robe-less, shirtless, sacrificing pet animals and smearing their blood on his bare chest. With each animal sacrifice, the chasm becomes stronger (glowing red and drawing in air).
A shot where Rick reads from his pages and fails to notice a zombie creeping in front of him. Morty blast the zombie before it is too late.
Rick reads from a page, stops and goes eyes wide. He reads again from the page, stops, eyes go narrow. He pauses in contemplation, looks left, right, taps his feet. Deep breath, exhale. He presses his dagger against his pinky finger. Closes his eyes. Takes a deep breath and cuts off his pinky finger.
Morty fights and hears the Rick howl in pain from a distance.
Rick, with bandaged hand, tosses his severed pinky finger on top of the pile of sacrificed animals.
Morty now, full transformed into a horned demon monster, dominates the zombie mob. Approaching forward, he slips on a pile of books, sending him crashing into bookshelves. The bookshelves falls over causing others to fall over like dominoes. Morty falls backwards into a bookshelf with books falling, hitting Morty on the head and knocking him out. The whole bookshelf falls on top of Morty and an unconscious Morty shrinks and transforms back to his normal self (naked).
Rick pours a bowl of dog food in the center of the pentagram for a pet dog. As the dog eats, Rick raises a dagger above his head.
A naked Morty crawls out from under the bookshelf to flee from approaching zombies. Morty backing away, slips on a pile of books, falling backwards Morty fires a burst of green energy. The energy hits the pet dog.
The dog transforms into a monstrous wolf beast and attacks Rick, biting Rick on the neck and shaking him limp.
Morty realizes what he has done.
Morty: Oh my God. Rick!
Morty fires green energy at the wolf beast causing it to explode into chunks. Morty rushes to Rick.
Morty: Rick! Rick! Are you okay?
Rick is hunched over clutching his neck. He transforms into a werewolf beast monster to Mortys shock.
A raging werewolf beast monster Rick.
Rick: They want a fight? Lets give them a fight!
Rick and Morty are surrounded by zombies. They close in. Rick and Morty fight, but are outnumbered by the zombie mob who are now holding Rick and Morty by their limbs. Rick and Morty screaming in terror.
Suddenly, three green portals open with a pair of Rick and Mortys exiting each portal.
The portal Ricks speak simultaneously and in unison.
Rick: Alright, Morty. We should be safe from the zombies in here. Uh.
Everyone pauses and stares at each other in awkward silence.
The portal Ricks say 'sorry' softly and leaving with their respective portal Mortys one by one with the last portal Morty slowing reaching out his hand for this dimensions Morty before being taken by portal Rick and exiting through their portal. The portals close.
The zombie resume attacking. Rick and Morty resume screaming in terror. The zombies tear Rick and Morty to pieces.
The end of Part 18.
Part 19
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RICK. WELCOME TO HELL.
The massive earth chasm to hell in the shape of a pentagram with the Smith residence at the center roars; glowing bright red and drawing in the surrounding air.
From all over the city, Rick zombies who have been terrorizing residents are drawn unwillingly to the chasm; transformed back into their spirit/ghost form and sucked down the chasm back to hell.
Residents breathe a sign of relief.
At the library, zombies feasting on a dead Rick and Morty, transform back into spirit/ghost form and are sucked away through the walls of the library.
The sun rises on the city. The calm aftermath of destruction for the city residents.
Jerry, Beth, and Summer emerge from the subterranean fallout bunker, greeted by destruction and a sunrise.
Next scene. Up above to the peaceful clouds - heaven. Morty stands alone. Around him, families reuniting. Two angels approach Morty.
Angel: Morty Smith. Hello, I'm Saint Thomas. Welcome to heaven.
Morty: Heaven?
The angels smile. Morty looks around at the families reuniting around him.
Morty: Where is Rick?
The angel looks at the other angel who shakes his head 'no'.
Angel: I'm sorry, Morty. Rick didn't make it.
Mortys eyes swell up in tears, he breaks down on his knees, crying in his hands.
Morty cries alone as families reunite around him.
Next scene - static shot of - top view of the interior of the library, looking down on a dead werewolf beast monster Rick.
accompanied by an audio overlay - laboratory answering machine.
Ricks voice: I'm not home. You know the drill. Bye.. (beep)
Woman's voice: Good morning, Mr Sanchez. We were unable to reach your number so we thought to try your home. This is Denise Prichard, congregate service representative calling on behalf of God in response to an unanswered phone call made to our head office.
Cut to static shot of Ricks destroyed laboratory; answering machine.
Woman's voice: God would like to apologize for missing your call, and sincerely hopes he has not caused you any unwanted distress or disillusionment in any way.
Cut to shot of Beth, Jerry, and Summer surveying the land that was once their house.
Woman's voice: Your faith in God is very important to us.
Cut to a series of shots of the city residents as they personally survey the destruction aftermath.
Woman's voice: As a valued member, we would like to remind you that God has faith in you. And that the kingdom of heaven will always be here, awaiting your arrival. We know you can make it, Rick.
Woman's voice: God thanks you deeply for your understanding and would like to offer you a special parting sermon by our pastor Jonathan Gibbs.
Pastor's voice: Renew the faith. Look around. Everything around you is because of God. Everything is of Gods creation.
Shot of city destruction.
Pastor's voice: God allows everything to exist. Without him, there is nothing. Be humble, be grateful for what he allows you to experience in his world.
Shot of city destruction.
Pastor's voice: Be reminded of his greatness, because at times, we may grow forgetful of the truth.
Shot of city destruction.
Pastor's voice: God is good.
Shot of crying people.
Pastor's voice: God is just.
Shot of paramedics trying to save a dying person.
Pastor's voice: God is merciful.
Shot of dying people.
Pastor's voice: God is compassionate.
Shot of dead bodies.
Pastor's voice: God is here for you. God loves you.
Shot of misery.
Cut back to - shot of - - top view of the interior of the library, looking down on a dead werewolf beast monster Rick.
Pastor's voice: Believe in him for he is God.
Woman's voice: Thank you, pastor. We sure hope your spirits have been uplifted today. May God wish you and your loved ones a very blessed day, today, Rick. Be well.
Slow zoom in on Ricks eye until the frame is all black.
Black silence. From Ricks POV, the grim reaper appears and takes Ricks hand. Then black again.
A whispering voice:
Voice: On the count of three.. One. Two. Three..
A chorus begins singing the song 'Happy Birthday' as Rick POV opens his eyes.
Rick (werewolf beast monster form) is seated at a table, wearing a birthday cap, surrounded by starving naked Rick bodies singing the song 'Happy Birthday'. Rick is in hell.
Satan stands beside Rick proudly as three beautiful naked demon women present Rick with a birthday cake.
Satan rests a hand on Ricks shoulder.
Satan: Happy first birthday in hell, Rick.
The birthday cake is set before Rick. The chorus finishes the song.
Satan: Don't forget to make a wish.
Rick with an expression of awkward depression.
the end.
credits roll
end credit scene begins.
Music video. To the song 'From here on out' by The Killers - a red Cadillac drives across the open road in the wilderness. Squanchy driving, Rick in passenger, Morty backseat.