Film Theory: Did Rick CLONE Beth – SOLVED! (Rick and Morty)

I cut this out of the episode, but I'm seeing this question show up in the comments, so let me clarify:

– The clock in the garage is ALWAYS stuck at that time in every scene you see it, at least in this episode. So the time it reads can't be used as a part of putting together an accurate timeline of events. Good job looking out for it, though!

I think relying on clocks and daylight is pretty flimsy when we're talking about a guy who can literally do anything. Pretty sure he could make a clone in quicker than 3 hours he probably only did that with Tommy to spend some time with Beth. Nothing Rick does is by accident.

I guess she is real. Becauae Rick wouldn't leave memory of her having idea of cloning herself.

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this could be different dimensjons????????

Just pointing out that ther is a clock at 4:25 which says its 2pm

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To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewers head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenevs Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

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But it took 3 hours from a finger to a whole human. Beth is already human so wouldnt cloning take much less time ?

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Sorry, only here to get this off my notifications. Too many rips on ol' Goku for my taste matpat, TOO MANY.

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Just saying Rick may have changed Beth after the scene in the living room. We know the creators of Rick and Morty like having things happen off camera, and Beth may have been happy about deciding to leave so she could be happy just waiting for the clone to be created. also, the prossess of cloning may have been shorter because everything was sitting right there in the garadge from the cloning of Tommy.
I enjoyed this video verry much, thanks and i cant wait for next season.
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But what if the pizza scene was like a week later or a few days later?
Also, what if Rick already had a clone of Beth ready in case something happened? You'd think with how smart he is he'd have at least a clone of Beth, Summer, and maybe Morty ready just in case of an emergency.

My thought is that the Beth at the end of the season is a clone. The explanation described in the video doesn't really convince me otherwise –mostly on account of the stretch that the gang has to travel four hours to stop an execution. It never mentions how far they travel in the show. Fictional places (especially in cartoons) can have whatever facilities it needs to further the plot. Factor in the multi-verse-ness going on in Rick and Morty, and the jump to conclude that Rick and Beth traveled out of town doesn't have much to go on (what if they're in a universe where every town has an execution chamber? What if its a universe where the only execution chamber in the US is two blocks away? What if the nearest execution chamber is out of state? What if the final scene of the episode actually takes place the next day (after a clone has been created)? What if Rick stopped time again to make this clone? The show never says and I think an argument like this one needs to be back up by citations from the source material, not the outside world).

Anyway, I suspect Rick lies about tracking the family down to kill Jerry because the truth -that he came to bladerunner Beth- would force the real Beth to have to come home. He respects his daughter's decision to leave and changes his mind at the last minute because he isn't willing to throw that away even if it means having to deal with Jerry again while the real Beth is Dr. Who-ing up in other dimensions.

Moreover, I'd argue Beth being a clone opens up the possibility for the the original Beth to come home one day to find that the clone of herself -who Rick tells her is EXACTLY like her in every way except she chose to stay at home instead of roaming the universe- has gotten back with Jerry, re-opening the can of worms that is Beth's attempts to find her place in life.

The end of this season was too… perfect. Even the comment at the end: "it'll be just like season 1" raises a red flag for me. Similarly, the ending o season 2 seemed pretty wrapped up too, right? Rick sacrifices himself to save his family… except nope…, first episode of the next season reveals it all part of a complicated plot to destroy the government and get rid of Jerry. I suspect the opening of season 4 will disrupt the ending of this season as well.

^^ Just my thoughts after watching the episode. I think this video's theory has holes in it regardless; I can't take the leap that they had to travel so far. Whether its mentioned by the creators or not; if its not brought up in the show/book/movie itself, I don't think it can be used to to make argument likes this. Should rely solely on the source material.

I had already concluded Beth's decision from the way she looked at those photos, and was surprised to hear people found the ending ambiguous—Rick's behavior in the next episode reinforced my opinion, and it's nice to have more evidence of this.

Anyway, MatPat, I've been thinking about another detail the R&M crew seems to keep consistent: portal colors. I haven't heard anyone talk about this, but if you look at the colors of portals in the show, even from the Season 1 pilot, Rick's portals are green, and everyone else's are blue. The president's portal was blue in the S3 finale; the bug people's portal was blue in the S1 pilot, until Rick dialed it to point to their own reality. In the April Fool's S3 pilot, Rick's original portals were blue, until he did some special math (which he faked) and made them green. I'm wondering if there are more details there that I am missing—something else the creators are trying to say. Something less obvious than "Interdimensional portals are green while regular portals are blue." I figured if anyone would be able to extract meaning from that, it'd be you. Thoughts?