It was viewed by General Nathan as a failure, but The President said it was their only hope. This song was unanimously acclaimed by the viewing Cromulons and the performance of this song led Rick and Morty to success, making them returning stars on the TV series Planet Music. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.It's schwifty time today Critical reception ↑ Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Fear the Walking Dead' Tops Night + 'Talking Dead', 'Naked & Afraid', 'Rick and Morty' & More.View the full transcript of this episode here.Ĭlick here to view this page's gallery. The weapon used to 'disqualify' planets looks very similar to the Forerunner Dreadnought from the Halo franchise.The plot of the episode, where a bunch of inhabitants from different planets are forced to compete in a game show where the losers' planets are blown up, is very similar to the episode, 'Win, Loose, and Kaboom!' from the animated series, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.Possibly being a reference to Tech N9ne's album 6's and 7's. When Ice-T bursts out from the palace, the numbers up front were 6 and 7.

Pharrell, Randy Newman, Billy Corgan, and The-Dream are referenced in this episode as they have been mentioned to have died due to the earthquake caused by the Cromulons.

This is a reference to Frasier Crane, a character from the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier played by Spencer Grammer's father, Kelsey Grammer.

Rick sarcastically calls one of the government employees 'Frasier' for suggesting that Vivaldi is the epitome of human musical achievement.

The songs in this episode were originally recorded for the Rick and Morty's Rushed Licensed Adventure game, but were later used to create the episode.

Principal Vagina is the secondary antagonist.

General Nathan is the main antagonist in this episode.

Justin Roiland makes a cameo appearance as himself in this episode, when he gets ascended by Principal Vagina, marked as 'thief'.

Arboles mentirosos roughly means 'lying trees' in Spanish.

It may also be a reference to one of Rick's catchphrases in Total Rickall: 'lick lick lick my balls!'

Rick jokingly asks Morty to lick his balls, which may be a nod to Justin Roiland's wildly vulgar short film The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti.

Almost all known Arbolian Mentirososians.

When the Numbericons attack with his father Helium-Q getting killed by a falling debris, Water-T leads the Alphabetrium inhabitants into fighting the Numbericons. In the post-credits, Ice-T returns to his planet upon his exile and is restored to his Water-T form. Meanwhile, the alien head cult quickly disbands after realizing it was all just a musical reality show. Nathan runs at the president with an M16 after all is saved, but Rick turns him into a snake. Rick and Morty, back together again, perform a new hit song, satisfy the Cromulons, and win the contest. General Nathan ends up losing it, betrays the president, and launches nuclear bombs at the host Cromulon as he was wanting to do the whole episode, however this barely effects him and in reply, he simply states ''BOO, NOT COOL!'' and he disqualifies Earth, but Ice-T returns and saves the planet from annihilation. Bird Person encourages Morty to have faith in Rick and sends him back to Earth. Morty gets lost and traverses several portal openings, eventually stumbling onto Bird Person's world. Jerry, Beth, Summer and Ethan get involved with a religious cult whose beliefs are based on their interpretation of the actions of the Cromulons. Ice-T reveals himself to be a jaded alien and leaves Rick alone. Rick and Morty team up with Ice-T to compose a new song, but Morty panics and steals Rick's portal device to save his family.

Rick then tells the President that any astronauts they had in orbit at the time are dead. The head is pleased and transports the entire Earth to an intergalactic musical competition, viewed by more Cromulons, where the losers' planets are obliterated. In desperation, Rick and Morty compose and perform the song 'Get Schwifty'. Unfortunately, an earthquake hit the Grammy Awards presentation, killing all of Earth's most famous musicians (including but not limited to Pharrell, Randy Newman, Billy Corgan, and The-Dream) with the exception of Ice-T who survived the earthquake. When the head exclaims, 'Show me what you got,' Rick travels to The Pentagon to inform the President of the United States that the alien head is a Cromulon, and it seeks a live performance of a catchy new song. When an alien entity appears with musical demands, Rick and Morty call on Ice-T to help them write a tune for an intergalactic song competition.Ī massive alien head appears over the Earth, interfering with Earth's gravity and spawning several global disasters in the process.

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