They actually reference the off screen Atlantis adventure, Rick mentions how he fornicated with a mermaid and Mr.Nimbus said “I knew it was you”

The part about Morty being 14 there was a line he said at one point saying "I've been 14 for years now"

This aged like a fine milk.

Instead of Mortys origin story, it was Ricks origin story this whole season.

I'm glad that I wasn't the only one to think that something was slightly amiss with the Rick & Morty we are seeing so far this year. I would be absolutely on board with this being Evil Morty's Origin story.

morty not being to a full week of school in “several years” because of ricks adventures, yet only being 14, implies that rick has been around for those years. which makes sense with the viewed memories from close rick counters of the rick kind because he would have seen this morty when he was younger.

Turns out the writers WERE just being inconsistent with the characters, and even all the smaller details like dates talked about in the theory. Every thing that mentioned has being "totally out of character" was random and without purpose.

I'm Back. Sorry the theory was incorrect. It was the other way around, It was Rick's Origin Story

Conspiracy theory: Every time there is a continuity error in the show it’s actually the episode switching to an alternate but very similar reality.

"Stop asking questions. Stop doing meta-commentary. Just have fun." - Fascist Morty

Well, this was obviously disproved by the last few episodes of season 5 but I think that the theory still holds some merit to it. Instead of it being "Evil" Morty's backstory, it may just be how over time Morty C-137 becomes "Evil" Morty as is hinted by Evil Morty when he says that all of us are Evil Morty once we get sick of Rick. We've witnessed our Morty getting smarter and going on more solo adventures, as well as how he is getting increasingly aggressive and emotionally unstable, also realising that Rick doesn't care for him at all and would abandon/replace him without a second thought. The entire season seems to present the idea of how Evil Morty is just like all the other Mortys, but just wanted to break the cycle. Perhaps the box of "time travel stuff" could play a part soon too.

Well now we know the Rick and Morty we’ve been watching is C-137, some I’m curious to see how the continuity errors will be explained. This would’ve made a lot of sense before the finale. I’m thinking the last 2 episodes could’ve been our Rick and Morty, and maybe the first 8 episodes of the season are a different Rick and Morty? Not sure, hope season 6 explains all.

They DID address that Rick and Morty went to Altantis in the Mr Nimbus episode and fooled around with some hot mermaids! Mr Nimbus: "I KNEW that was you!" (That's my only contribution to this theory)

The real cincher for this theory, is if it's revealed the Rick we're watching reminisces with this Morty about being around for his childhood, or something to that effect. 137 Morty didn't spend any time with his grandpa until the start of the show, but we also know 137 Rick did spend time with a Morty at a young age, specifically Evil Morty.

(SPOILERS). You were right (KINDA) it is his origin story. When evil morty is explaining his reason that he’s evil he says he’s evil because he’s sick of Rick which is something you see happening through out the show.

Looks like instead the Morty we’ve grown to love is indeed The One True Morty. And he will help protect Rick’s cover when they go after the Rick that killed our Rick’s family.

8:35 the only loophole to your theory is that in Season 5 episode 3, as Planetina flies away from Morty’s house after Beth kicks her out, as she flies away, if you freeze frame it and zoom in to the top right of screen, we actually see the graves where Rick and Morty from C-132 were buried in the backyard. This was intentionally drawn there, which means, the Rick and Morty in season 5 are the ones from C-137 who are now in C-132, as confirmed by season 5 episode 3.

Jessica also acted like she’d never been on a date with Morty before, or met Rick previously. Which she has?

I think the issue is implying or otherwise assuming that Evil Morty is so special to begin with. I'm saying this because in the season 5 finale, Evil Morty implies that all Mortys in the Rickverse eventually become evil when they learn the truth behind their existence: "If you've ever been sick of him [Rick], then you've been evil too. There you go kid. Now you're Evil Morty. Sooner or later, we all are...on this side of the curve." So what that says to me is that the only reason they have yet to become evil is because they don't know about the Central Finite Curve. What that further implies is that Evil Morty was the first one to understand this and that's why he's so unlike his counterparts. He isn't special, he just beat the rest of the Mortys to the punch. Since Evil Morty needed C-137's memories specifically to access the other side of the Multiverse, that implies that our Rick is the only living Rick that knows about the Curve. So what does that suggest? This itself might be a nod to Evil Morty's true origin story because if our Rick was the only one left who knew about the Curve, then how did Evil Morty know about it to begin with? Although it's true that the Ricks on the Council of Ricks knew about the Curve too since they helped to build the citadel, I don't think they're connected to Evil Morty and they probably never told their own Mortys about what they knew (assuming they had one or still have one). I also believe that C-137 killed the Ricks on the Council BEFORE Evil Morty could access their memories. So my theory is that after our Rick's family died, the family that he slipped into belonged to Evil Morty, the version of Rick's family that he never got to have. He raised Evil Morty to be like himself and perhaps he shared the knowledge of the Central Finite Curve with that version of his grandson. Otherwise, how would he know unless Evil Morty found out about the Curve when he scanned C-137's memories all the way back when they first introduced Evil Rick. But I don't think that's the case because Evil Morty even says to C-137 "You can't escape your past Rick", which suggests to me that the two know each other (then again, he did read most of Rick's memories after their first encounter way back with Evil Rick, so maybe not -- it could just be a taunt and nothing more). At the end of "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind", Rick says something ominous to his Morty to the effect of "don't become too smart for your own good", further casting suspicion (in my opinion) that C-137 had something to do with Evil Morty's backstory involving the Central Finite Curve. That knowledge probably broke Evil Morty and transformed him into an evil version of Rick's grandson. Perhaps this is why our Rick is so reluctant to share anything about what he knows with our Morty to prevent the same outcome from repeating itself. Perhaps Evil Morty and C-137 had a falling out, so that Morty slipped into another Rick's life (Evil Rick) and began his quest to free himself from the Rickverse while our Rick simply found another family. If you're looking for an origin story, I'd say that this is likely the case. The only other possibility I can think of is the theory going around that the reason why C-137 never found the Rick that killed his family is because that Rick somehow escaped to the other side of the Multiverse and THAT is how Evil Morty knew about the curve. Perhaps that Rick is his true Rick and not C-137 after all. But honestly, there are so many unknowns to Evil Morty's backstory specifically that pretty much anything goes at this point. The only thing we know for certain is that he isn't Rick's original grandson since that Morty never got the chance to be born in the first place. Everything else is a tossup.

its so funny too watch back on this and see how wrong he is

"Morty can't be 14 now after 4 season" Ash Ketchum: Yes

Morty being 14 still is a writers joke… in the story train episode, there’s a cut away with summer going to college and Rick is all emotional and says something like I never thought this day would come I thought you were going to be 17 forever

Goddamn this whole theory was so good that I just assumed it was true throughout the season and I kinda got let down when it wasn't :(

wow so the season sucked so bad that they thought there was some inner meaning

I think it’d be funny if the writers made a 2 hour long special that had lots of character growth, emotion, drama, and action only for the ending to cut to the house with the caption “Meanwhile in dimension C-131” revealing the entire thing took place in another universe and that the real Rick and Morty just sat around watching TV all day.

There's one giant flaw that disproves this entire theory -- in S5E1 with Mr. Nimbus, Rick says "I've already been to war with Atlantis when I D-Day'd that mermaid puss" which is a direct reference to C-137's trip to Atlantis, proving the Rick in S5E1 is Rick C-137.

GG, looks like it really was just mismatches in the plot done by new writers XD

This video is why I always tell RAM fans that it's not that deep.

Whoa hold on here Mat Pat. This Rick and Morty is in fact the ones that did go to Atlantis. In episode 1, right when negotiations fail with Mr Nimbus, Rick does mention being in Atlantis smashing mermaid's and Mr Nimbus responds "i knew that was you!". So it does appear to be 1 and the sane.

welp, that really flopped

They used the portal gun to travel to and from Atlantis. So even if it is located in an ocean on Earth, we can assume they travelled to Atlantis in a dimension where there is no Mr. Nimbus.

Didn’t Rick tell Mr. Nimbus about his time in Atlantis and Mr.Nimbus responded by saying, “I knew that was you!” Wouldn’t this exchange prove we are still on the same timeline?

What about Summer saying "protect Summer" to the car in order to try to unlock it? And Morty asking "Why are all old guys so jacked"? How can alternate Morty and Summers know about canonical stories?

Waiting for the follow up, cause the Season 5 finale was even crazier than this theory

Boy was this theory wrong lol

About the whole "morty still being 14" thing, I'm pretty sure the creators have said something about not having any birthday episodes as they want the characters to stay the same age, even if they have several Christmas episodes and such. Cartoon characters not aging isn't exactly anything new.

"How confusing will the entire Rick and Morty timeline be?" "Yes"

This video did not aged well

Aaaaaaaaaaaand it was just the new writers, after all

Didn't Rick tell Nimbus he screwed some mermaids and Nimbus yelled "I knew that was you!". Showing that Nimbus did not fully know Rick and Morty went to Atlantis.

*Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon watch video. Crosses off possibility* "Welp, can't use that anymore."

5:43 In the end credits, Rick and Morty say that they had sexual intercourse with mermaids, and in S5 E1, Rick tells Mr. Nimbus that he “f***ed a mermaid” and Nibus responds with “I knew that was you!” There’s a chance that Rick and Morty were sly enough to do their business and leave without Mr. Nimbus noticing. But hey, that’s just an idea, a Gamer Idea

It's easy to visit Atlantis if you go to a universe where there is no treaty between Nimbus and Rick.

Goddamnit, if this is actually right I’m gonna wish I hadn’t seen this.

It may just be to put people off the scent, but Rick specifically references the Atlantis adventure to which Mr. Nimbus responds, "I knew that was you"

big oof at the season ending huh?

That aged well

People make this theory EVERY SEASON, I have given up on it. That being said, the 2 Christmas’ throughout the show is something I had being paying attention to for a while, and I too was confused when Beth said he was 14, but I wrote it off as an Ash Ketchum thing.

Not sure this theory is 100% true, but it's gotta be close. I keep noticing this season how Rick is constantly getting saved from death (Mr. Nimbus saves him, in Ep 8 he gets saved a couple times inside Bird Person). Just weird that the alleged Rickest Rick keeps getting bailed out.

I love how I can watch Rick and Morty over and over and still you manage to notice things I couldn't, what you do is very impressive and fun to watch, thanks so much for the amazing content you put out.

one thing i noticed as to why planetina doesn't feel bad about killing people is that she's missing the one most important element of all. "Heart" She's literally a captain planet rip off with out the element of Heart to help ground her to loving all creatures of the world.

"Why the 2010 glasses?" Well... It would be in a bad taste to celebrate 2020, wouldn't it?

also, Rick does not have his signature drool in most of these

Welp episode 10 threw this theory right out the window

It’s way easier watching these knowing he’s wrong

Rick contradicts himself all the time. He just says what he needs to say in the moment to continue doing whatever he wanted to do. There are already been instances of him trying to connect with someone in a loving way. Like that hivemind episode.

When planetina was outside morty’s window you can see the uneven grass from when they buried themselves so we know that at least that episode was c137 Rick and Morty

the actual twist was better than this sorry

I mean, I feel like Rick has changed over the last 3 seasons. It doesn't feel too out of character to see him change.

Rick wasn't actually in love with that alien, he was just attracted to her elbows lmao

Okay seriously with the amount of rick and morty theories, this is stepping into fnaf territory.

Amazing theory but kinda doesn’t work bc towards the end of the season they do refer to themselves as C1-37 soooooooo

This didn’t age well

Something interesting is that there're already 4 episodes and they haven't used the portal pistol at all

"there is no way morty is a 14 year old in the start of season 1 and still in season 5" meanwhile ash ketchum, being ten years old for more than 20 seasons

My theory is there's another Rick who is the Prime rick who is the main bad guy.

Oh my God, this really IS just a shitty season.This might just be THE best wrong theory episode ever.

imagine the "epic cannon" was jus background on ricks car

This may be going onto the list of theories that could actually be true

Well that didn't age well. The characters changes aren't extreme at all. Like people need to go back and watch season 1-4 because it's clear morty has got more violent because Rick has been constantly telling him nothing matter they destroy 2 previous worlds they lived in.

Well this didn't age well.

In episode 5 the spaceship and Summer talk about “keep summer safe”.

Season 5 could be seeing both rick and mortys ours and the other evil morty

We’re all here after the finale

Aged like milk.

YES YES YESSSSSS, please be THIS and not bad writing!

Plot Twist: We've been watching Interdimensional Cable this whole time. 🤷‍♂️

so uh. Season 6 is out...

Big time speculation theory here. What if Rick created the central finite curve specifically to prevent bill cipher from accidentally discovering one of the other ricks and tracking down our Rick who is speculated to have known Stanford Pines. Seriously it kindof makes sense if you look at it that Bill is smarter/more powerful than Rick when first encountered by young Rick.

Theory: Remember the anime style youtube special. The theory Matpat made said that season 5 will show morty will turn into Rick. I think this is right. But I think it is a figuritive change. I think Morty will become characteristicly more like Rick with (his heartbreak, mass murder and most likely further events in the season) and not like evil Morty. Hey, but that's just a theory.

While it’s true what happens at 5:47 in that episode is weird near the end of it rick says he will destroy Atlantis like he destroyed “that mermaid puss” meaning that the events of that episode in 5:47 should happen before mr nimbus and not after

Although this theory was proven false, it's still my personal headcanon. What if it did happen? Imagine the goosebumps seeing Rick get put under the rubble and Morty looks at him then kills him with a gun and flies off while putting on an eyepatch

A swing… and a miss!

Rick won’t let himself fall in love

Obviously something’s off when jerry is finally useful

0:10 finally somebody else says it well madonna also said it as well "tell me love isnt true, its just something that we do"

Season 6 and Morty is still 14.

About continuity shifts, we also got a lot if Beth being a horse surgeon despite the galactic confédération making horse "healthy forever". That's odd to say the least

The most unrick Rick would have the most unmorty Morty.

I think that the show was trying to do an examination of its own Nihilism with season 5 and all the details that appear to be meaningless. Historically the show has been very very intentional about including small details to explain a larger story arc. This season however seems to be an attempt to remind the audience that nothing has a purpose or actually matters, existence is absolutely random and I believe the randomness of season 5 is supposed to be a reflection of that part of existence. The show has always and is still about how existence is absolutely random and meaningless, and instead of getting caught up in trying to create meaning out of nothingness we should instead just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Wait isn't dimension C-132 the comic book dimension? So that would mean the Rick and Morty that died in Rick Potion #9 are the comic book version?

I had a feeling matpat would be calling this the origin story

In the episode that came out last night summer does a throwback to the “keep summer safe” episode. Edit: It was just confirmed that the first episode of the season was evil Morty‘s origin story but the rest was not.

I feel like some people don't understand how theories work

this theory has technically been proven wrong!

"A cocky Morty, can lead to some big problems" - Rick

Morty, becoming evil morty has crossed my mind a few times before, morty probably will fall out with rick, then somehow hold a grudge on rick

after this season i felt like evil morty might just be the evil rick that killed rick's familly, changed himself into a morty in order to escape rick's wrath and went so far to escape out of the central finite curve. All just to finally be free of the rickest rick

Wow the ending of season 5 just threw this whole video down the drain lmaooo

But Mat that's impossible since we see when planetina is flying away, we see dead rick and mortys Graves in the back of the house if you look really closely, which means for at least the planetina episode that is indeed canon, hmm mabye instead of a different timeline, we are watch 2 separate timelines take place at the same time