Terminator homage
After Morty tries to correct his unfortunate encounter with the snake planet’s snake astronaut—a blunder which sees the snakes invent time travel—“Rattlestar Ricklactica” gives us a full-on Terminator homage, complete with Linda Hamilton-esque narration that grimly details the devastating “war between snake and machine,” with Morty revered as a sort of John Connor figure. To set things right, Rick and Morty have to go on their own adventure so that “snake time travel can eat its own tail”—as we see the snakes go back in time and snarl their own history (with appearances by Snake Lincoln and Snake Hitler) so horribly Rick and Morty’s ever-vigilant time cops must step in to intervene once and for all. Imagine what Judgment Day would’ve looked like if the Terminator movies had some of those guys at the ready?
