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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 8 - Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie
    4.4/10(13262 votes)

    S7:E8

    Our heroes realize that math is hard, but saving the universe is harder.

    Director:Lucas Gray
    Writer:Rob Schrab

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  2. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 4 - Rickdependence Spray
    5.7/10(18650 votes)

    S5:E4

    Morty has the idea to use a horse breeding mount to extract his semen, but after Rick tries to use it to create a weapon, thinking it was horse sperm, he ends up creating sperm monsters that threaten the entire country.

    Director:Erica Hayes
    Writer:Nick Rutherford

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  3. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 1 - How Poopy Got His Poop Back
    6.2/10(13274 votes)

    S7:E1

    Rick tries to help a friend get back on his feet.

    Director:Lucas Gray
    Writer:Nick Rutherford

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  4. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 7 - Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion
    6.3/10(13647 votes)

    S5:E7

    Summer enables Rick's addiction to collecting giant combining robots, and the family becomes The Family.

    Director:Jacob Hair
    Writer:John Howell Harris

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  5. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 4 - The Last Temptation of Jerry
    6.3/10(8569 votes)

    S8:E4

    Broh is risen. The Smiths learn the true meaning of Easter. Kind of. Broh.

    Director:Douglas Einar Olsen
    Writer:Heather Anne Campbell

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  6. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 7 - Wet Kuat Amortican Summer
    6.4/10(10013 votes)

    S7:E7

    Summer and Morty spend time together with friends.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writer:Alex Song-Xia

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  7. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 9 - Morty Daddy
    6.6/10(6434 votes)

    S8:E9

    Summer and Rick dine OUT, broh. Fancy restaurant stuff. Morty reconnects with someone from his past.

    Director:Eugene Huang
    Writer:Beth Stelling

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  8. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 7 - Ricker than Fiction
    6.7/10(7257 votes)

    S8:E7

    Rick and Morty write the next installment of their favorite movie franchise. Pure cinema, broh.

    Director:Douglas Einar Olsen
    Writer:Rob Schrab

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  9. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 3 - Air Force Wong
    6.8/10(10815 votes)

    S7:E3

    Rick and the President are back at it.

    Director:Jacob Hair
    Writer:Alex Rubens

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  10. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 5 - Amortycan Grickfitti
    7.0/10(13868 votes)

    S5:E5

    Summer and Morty steal Rick's car to impress a new kid at school. Meanwhile, Rick and Jerry have a guys' night from hell.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writer:Anne Lane

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  11. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 6 - Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular
    7.1/10(14134 votes)

    S5:E6

    Rick is out to prank the President on Thanksgiving, but a confusion leads to a national crisis. Rick's made a real turkey out of this plan.

    Director:Douglas Einar Olsen
    Writer:James Siciliano

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  12. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 2 - Valkyrick
    7.1/10(8773 votes)

    S8:E2

    Space Beth calls her dad for a ride, broh.

    Director:Jacob Hair
    Writer:Scott Marder

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  13. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 5 - Cryo Mort a Rickver
    7.1/10(7618 votes)

    S8:E5

    Broh! Rick and Morty wanna rob a ship in cryosleep. But people are light sleepers, broh.

    Director:Fill Marc Sagadraca
    Writer:Nick Rutherford

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  14. Rick and Morty Season 9 Episode 3 - Rick Fu Hustle
    7.1/10(8202 votes)

    S9:E3

    You haven't lived till you've chested up at Trader Joe's, broh.

    Directors:Fill Marc Sagadraca, Daniel Cole
    Writer:Rob Schrab

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  15. Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 4 - Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty
    7.2/10(18141 votes)

    S4:E4

    Morty asks Rick for a dragon and Rick finds a wizard of another dimension who makes a soul bonding contract between Morty and a dragon called Balthromaw. Meanwhile, Jerry meets a talking cat in his bedroom

    Directors:Anthony Chun, Wes Archer
    Writer:Jeff Loveness

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  16. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 2 - The Jerrick Trap
    7.3/10(11352 votes)

    S7:E2

    Rick teaches Jerry that he works smarter, not harder.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writers:James Siciliano, Albro Lundy

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  17. Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 9 - A Rick in King Mortur's Mort
    7.4/10(9661 votes)

    S6:E9

    Morty starts a war on worlds after debunking the entire existence of the Knights of the Sun and is forced to take extreme measures in order to put an end to it all.

    Director:Jacob Hair
    Writer:Anne Lane

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  18. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 6 - The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button
    7.4/10(7734 votes)

    S8:E6

    The brohs goes to a theme park Rick loves. Beth and Space Beth stay behind and regress or something.

    Director:Eugene Huang
    Writers:Heather Anne Campbell, Jess Lacher

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  19. Rick and Morty Season 9 Episode 9 - Salute Your Morts
    7.4/10(5874 votes)

    S9:E9

    Morty and Summer go to camp, broh. Beth and Jerry home alone, broh.

    Director:Brian Kaufman
    Writer:Garrick Bernard

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  20. Rick and Morty Season 9 Episode 4 - A Ricker Runs Through It
    7.5/10(7125 votes)

    S9:E4

    Remembering passwords is hard, broh. Special characters, broh.

    Directors:Fill Marc Sagadraca, Daniel Cole
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Rick and Morty Season 2 Episode 8 - Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate
    7.6/10(18606 votes)

    S2:E8

    Jerry gets sick, and Rick sparks up the TV.

    Director:Juan Meza-Leon
    Writers:Ryan Ridley, Justin Roiland, Dan Guterman

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  22. Rick and Morty Season 9 Episode 5 - Jer Bud
    7.6/10(6712 votes)

    S9:E5

    Morty's reunion with his old pet Snowball, who has done well for himself on a dog dominant planet. Jerry gets some swagger thanks to an insatiable worry worm.

    Director:Brian Kaufman
    Writer:James Siciliano

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  23. Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 9 - Childrick of Mort
    7.7/10(14276 votes)

    S4:E9

    Rick, Morty, Beth, Summer and Jerry share a galactic adventure.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writer:James Siciliano

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  24. Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 3 - Bethic Twinstinct
    7.7/10(12529 votes)

    S6:E3

    Thanksgiving brings Space Beth home, with the two Beths forming a bond. Morty has the most realistic gaming console ever.

    Director:Douglas Einar Olsen
    Writer:Anne Lane

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  25. Rick and Morty Season 1 Episode 7 - Raising Gazorpazorp
    7.8/10(19546 votes)

    S1:E7

    Morty convinces Rick to buy him a sexy robot. Later Rick and Summer spend some quality time together.

    Director:Jeff Myers
    Writers:Eric Acosta, Wade Randolph

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie" is the worst rated episode of "Rick and Morty". It scored 4.4/10 based on 13262 votes. Directed by Lucas Gray and written by Rob Schrab, it aired on 12/3/2023. This episode scored 1.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rickdependence Spray".