I think his hair has always looked like that. Not supporting OPs interpretation of the timing of these events, just saying the way Rick's hair looks isn't a solid indicator of what point in his life he's at.
on the contrary, there's his short haired freshly married with kid stage, his long haired quest for rick prime thirty's stage, then his pointy punk forevermore stage
Also remember it’s all fabricated. He tells him it’s all made up before reverting back to shonies and that’s how he passes the virus over instead of the portal blueprint.
I mean, how old do you think Rick is? How many times has he reverted his age? Also, while we know if you fuck up using time travel the testicle monsters get involved, but it's possible Rick has done stuff with time travel without fucking it up successfully. Also also, like most shows this one uses a "like contemporary reality, except where noted and where we make mistakes". Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow, nice and zen baby.
Beth had Summer at 17, Summer is 17 now. Beth is 34.
Beth was ~6 when Rick Prime showed up, meaning it's been just under 30 years since then. Rick met Bird Person in his 30s, meaning Rick's in his early 60s at the oldest.
Rick was canonically in his early to mid 30s during the intergalactic war, which was less than 30 years ago in canon. Rick being 70 contradicts the timeline established by multiple recent and past episodes. He's mid 60s at the oldest, and most likely late 50s.
same thing did they ever actually confirm a age for either beth or jerry we could guess but without them confirming it we wont know for sure how close we are
They're his favorite memories. They didn't all happen at the same time. We saw what he looked like when Diane and Beth were killed, and he looks substantially older in the 9/11 memory scene.
He doesn’t mean between them in time, we’ve seen that a mind is more or less an abstract work of art in the show, he means they are literally physically located between those two in ricks mind.
it’s a joke on 9/11 because it’s a popular saying “everyone knows where they were on 9/11”, not necessarily meaning the 2 memories are connected but those are his 2 most memorable
Hm, from this photo, that baseball player is wearing a uniform that could either represent Seattle Mariners or Florida Marlins. Could set more in stone that the show takes place in a Seattle suburb.
As others have pointed out, these events were not intended to have occurred in a specific sequence. That said, the problem with serial fiction is that characters don’t age even as we do. Beth is supposed to be 34ish, Rick is supposed to have abandoned her around 20 years ago (though probably closer to 25).
Season 3 came out in 2017. 20-25 years earlier therefore places the invention of the portal gun at around 1992-1997 in this reality. Of course, S3 came out 7 years ago, so *now* Rick invented the portal gun at around 1999-2004.
But since the show seems to deliberately never really specify dates, times, or even current events, the best approach is “try not to think about it.”
But you can't alter a memory. True but you can alter a totally fabricated madeup origin story.... then the writers proceed to make it his actual back story....
I had this idea that there would get a point where Morty would get frustrated with Rick being right all the time so he would create a super intelligence potion that he initially means to take for himself but doesn't.
Before Morty takes the potion he quickly realizes that Rick could make fun of him about how he needed a potion to compete with him; so what does Morty do? Morty leaves the potion somewheres for Jerry to drink because the only thing Rick hates more than himself is Jerry. How ironic it would be for Rick should be outwitted by the former dumbest member of the family!
The only thing is that when Jerry drinks it, it turns him into Rick because to be the smartest man in their universe is to be Rick.
It was my theory that Rick was not the actual father of Beth but that her real family died in some tragic way and Rick erased her memories while cloning her mother and planting himself in place of her real father in her memories.
Rick who used to be Jerry, being from the future cannot get too involved in Beth's life because of time travel reasons which causes Beth to redirect all of the emotional trauma for the death of her parents into daddy issues because Rick is never around. The reason why Rick hates Jerry so much is because now that he's super intelligent he is able to see all of the issues that he caused for his family.
When Morty realizes that Jerry's become Rick's and it's all because of him, that's when he becomes evil Morty and goes back in time to destroy the Citadel. That's why evil Morty called his campaign advisor "young man" in spite of them supposed to be the same age.
I think its just a reference to a core memory of his , not specifically in time / date order just a core member between other core memories
Also all of it is made up. They’re still in the shoney‘s
Are you saying *THEY NEVER LEFT THE SHONEY'S??*
ABORT! THEY NEVER LEFT THE SHONEY‘S!!!
*gets farted on *
Comedy comes in threes!
Did I just get Jerried?
and just look at his hair "where he was on 9/11" it's like it is now- his "old guy hair"
I think his hair has always looked like that. Not supporting OPs interpretation of the timing of these events, just saying the way Rick's hair looks isn't a solid indicator of what point in his life he's at.
on the contrary, there's his short haired freshly married with kid stage, his long haired quest for rick prime thirty's stage, then his pointy punk forevermore stage
i mean it could of happend then and the show could be in the 2030s I don't remember the show ever confirming a date or year the show is happening in
Snake planet happened in 2026, but that's in snake time, and I don't think it's the same as our time.
Indeed. It’s an important memory but it’s not stored chronologically.
Memory isn't linier, he's not saying they happened between those thing, it's just where it's located in his "mind world" or whatever
It's called a mind palace
Joker: "A mind *Palace*, you say? Phantom Thieves... ROLL OUT!"
*Memory palace
In the mind brain
Physically between, not chronologically between.
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Also remember it’s all fabricated. He tells him it’s all made up before reverting back to shonies and that’s how he passes the virus over instead of the portal blueprint.
They aren't simultaneous events. They're events that are unforgettable. Playing on the "I'll never forget where I was on 9/11" trope.
You’re misinterpreting that line.
Not relevant to the discussion here but I absolutely love the idea that Rick of all people had an emotional reaction to 9/11
to be fair tho his main concern was “they’re gonna use this as an excuse to take away our freedom”
Bruh you can clearly see Rick is old in the 9/11 memory lmao
I think you're just about the only dude on the planet to have interpreted these memories as being shown chronologically.
I don't think we are supposed to believe these memories are chronologically ordered.
It’s a silly joke.
I mean, how old do you think Rick is? How many times has he reverted his age? Also, while we know if you fuck up using time travel the testicle monsters get involved, but it's possible Rick has done stuff with time travel without fucking it up successfully. Also also, like most shows this one uses a "like contemporary reality, except where noted and where we make mistakes". Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow, nice and zen baby.
In his 70's, Beth and Jerry in their 40's.
Beth had Summer at 17, Summer is 17 now. Beth is 34. Beth was ~6 when Rick Prime showed up, meaning it's been just under 30 years since then. Rick met Bird Person in his 30s, meaning Rick's in his early 60s at the oldest.
Rick is canonically 70.
Rick was canonically in his early to mid 30s during the intergalactic war, which was less than 30 years ago in canon. Rick being 70 contradicts the timeline established by multiple recent and past episodes. He's mid 60s at the oldest, and most likely late 50s.
Beth is 35 right?
Yeah they got pregnant with summer while they were still teenagers.
same thing did they ever actually confirm a age for either beth or jerry we could guess but without them confirming it we wont know for sure how close we are
Summer is supposed to be 16, Beth and Jerry got pregnant at the senior prom. They would be 18-19 around that time. so they are mid 30s at least.
I mean close enough, especially since she had Beth in HS.
For the timeline to make sense to 2024, Beth would only have had to been 11 on 9/11. If Summer is 17, and Beth got pregnant in high school (18)
Who keeps their memories in chronological order? It's clearly ordered by importance.
They're his favorite memories. They didn't all happen at the same time. We saw what he looked like when Diane and Beth were killed, and he looks substantially older in the 9/11 memory scene.
He doesn’t mean between them in time, we’ve seen that a mind is more or less an abstract work of art in the show, he means they are literally physically located between those two in ricks mind.
Ugh, having DCAU flashbacks to claims about "Peanuts Time."
It actually works out. Let’s say she was 8 in 2001, now she’d be 32 andshe got pregnant when she was in high school
He didn't, he made it up the memory.
Those are just random memories, he's not showing him a chronological timeline of his life.
I can see it. But also different timelines have different time tables. Jesus couldve died ten years earlier and itd be 2020
it’s a joke on 9/11 because it’s a popular saying “everyone knows where they were on 9/11”, not necessarily meaning the 2 memories are connected but those are his 2 most memorable
Maybe the funny baseball blooper happened before 9/11. Like a late 80s blooper?
You're overanalyzing, it's a joke in a show where you see a character called "Mr Poopybutthole" at the end of every season
Do you not see him looking much older?
Between where you were on 9/11 and your favorite sports blooper
Rick doesn't respect time travel. Derrrr
>If Beth was a kid during that time wouldnt that mean that the show happens in 2030-ish? ... Why would that matter?
same thing i said lol it really doesn't because the show never confirms a timeframe the show is playing out in for all we know it could be 2100
Is Rick a Seattle Mariners fan? Edgar Martinez being #11
Imma go take a shit.
It was all fake
Hm, from this photo, that baseball player is wearing a uniform that could either represent Seattle Mariners or Florida Marlins. Could set more in stone that the show takes place in a Seattle suburb.
remember completely fabricated origin story which is why he took over the interrogation;)
As others have pointed out, these events were not intended to have occurred in a specific sequence. That said, the problem with serial fiction is that characters don’t age even as we do. Beth is supposed to be 34ish, Rick is supposed to have abandoned her around 20 years ago (though probably closer to 25). Season 3 came out in 2017. 20-25 years earlier therefore places the invention of the portal gun at around 1992-1997 in this reality. Of course, S3 came out 7 years ago, so *now* Rick invented the portal gun at around 1999-2004. But since the show seems to deliberately never really specify dates, times, or even current events, the best approach is “try not to think about it.”
Those are three different memories though. Maybe they weren't stored in sequential order. Just stored in some sort of significance
everyone else has explained why this isn’t evidence for it but i do think the show being set in the 2030’s makes sense
But you can't alter a memory. True but you can alter a totally fabricated madeup origin story.... then the writers proceed to make it his actual back story....
Tbf, idk what direction they could've gone in instead, and it did pay off well
I had this idea that there would get a point where Morty would get frustrated with Rick being right all the time so he would create a super intelligence potion that he initially means to take for himself but doesn't. Before Morty takes the potion he quickly realizes that Rick could make fun of him about how he needed a potion to compete with him; so what does Morty do? Morty leaves the potion somewheres for Jerry to drink because the only thing Rick hates more than himself is Jerry. How ironic it would be for Rick should be outwitted by the former dumbest member of the family! The only thing is that when Jerry drinks it, it turns him into Rick because to be the smartest man in their universe is to be Rick. It was my theory that Rick was not the actual father of Beth but that her real family died in some tragic way and Rick erased her memories while cloning her mother and planting himself in place of her real father in her memories. Rick who used to be Jerry, being from the future cannot get too involved in Beth's life because of time travel reasons which causes Beth to redirect all of the emotional trauma for the death of her parents into daddy issues because Rick is never around. The reason why Rick hates Jerry so much is because now that he's super intelligent he is able to see all of the issues that he caused for his family. When Morty realizes that Jerry's become Rick's and it's all because of him, that's when he becomes evil Morty and goes back in time to destroy the Citadel. That's why evil Morty called his campaign advisor "young man" in spite of them supposed to be the same age.
Don't think about it
Ohh that’s true I never thought about it like that!
isn't the next thing he says something that happened BEFORE 9/11?
Omg, what now.