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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
    5.0/10(40 votes)

    #1 - Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie

    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
    6.3/10(71 votes)

    #2 - Rickdependence Spray

    S5:E4

    No shame, broh. We all do it, broh.

    Director:Erica Hayes
    Writer:Nick Rutherford

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  3. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 1 - How Poopy Got His Poop Back
    6.3/10(62 votes)

    #3 - How Poopy Got His Poop Back

    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
    6.5/10(67 votes)

    #4 - Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion

    S5:E7

    Check these ferrets, broh. Gotta keep it in the family though.

    Director:Jacob Hair
    Writer:John Howell Harris

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  5. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 7 - Wet Kuat Amortican Summer
    6.8/10(41 votes)

    #5 - Wet Kuat Amortican Summer

    S7:E7

    Summer and Morty spend time together with friends.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writer:Alex Song-Xia

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  6. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 4 - The Last Temptation of Jerry
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    #6 - The Last Temptation of Jerry

    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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  7. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 5 - Amortycan Grickfitti
    6.9/10(63 votes)

    #7 - Amortycan Grickfitti

    S5:E5

    Adults 'r' gone tonight, broh. Grab the keys.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writer:Anne Lane

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  8. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 6 - Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular
    7.0/10(68 votes)

    #8 - Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular

    S5:E6

    Gobble gobble, broh. Rick and Morty givin' thanks in this one.

    Director:Douglas Einar Olsen
    Writer:James Siciliano

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  9. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 6 - Rickfending Your Mort
    7.1/10(42 votes)

    #9 - Rickfending Your Mort

    S7:E6

    Morty gets audited.

    Director:Jacob Hair
    Writer:Cody Ziglar

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  10. Rick and Morty Season 2 Episode 8 - Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate
    7.2/10(120 votes)

    #10 - Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate

    S2:E8

    Jerry gets sick, and Rick sparks up the TV.

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

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  11. Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 9 - A Rick in King Mortur's Mort
    7.2/10(49 votes)

    #11 - A Rick in King Mortur's Mort

    S6:E9

    Things are heating up, y'know what I mean, broh?

    Director:Jacob Hair
    Writer:Anne Lane

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  12. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 3 - Air Force Wong
    7.2/10(45 votes)

    #12 - Air Force Wong

    S7:E3

    Rick and the President are back at it.

    Director:Jacob Hair
    Writer:Alex Rubens

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  13. Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 4 - Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty
    7.3/10(90 votes)

    #13 - Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty

    S4:E4

    Morty gets a dragon in this one, broh. It's a wild ride, broh.

    Directors:Anthony Chun, Wes Archer
    Writer:Jeff Loveness

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  14. Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 9 - Childrick of Mort
    7.3/10(81 votes)

    #14 - Childrick of Mort

    S4:E9

    Miracle of life, broh. Whole family in this one, broh.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writer:James Siciliano

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  15. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 3 - A Rickconvenient Mort
    7.3/10(76 votes)

    #15 - A Rickconvenient Mort

    S5:E3

    Reduce, reuse, broh. Might be too late.

    Director:Juan Jose Meza-Leon
    Writer:Rob Schrab

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  16. Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 9 - Mort: Ragnarick
    7.3/10(39 votes)

    #16 - Mort: Ragnarick

    S7:E9

    Rick seeks the infinite. Morty tries to help.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writers:Scott Marder, Jeremy Gilfor

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  17. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 7 - Ricker than Fiction
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    #17 - Ricker than Fiction

    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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  18. Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 7 - Full Meta Jackrick
    7.4/10(51 votes)

    #18 - Full Meta Jackrick

    S6:E7

    This one wrinkled my brain, broh.

    Director:Lucas Gray
    Writer:Alex Rubens

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  19. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 5 - Cryo Mort a Rickver
    7.4/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Cryo Mort a Rickver

    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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  20. Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 7 - Promortyus
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    #20 - Promortyus

    S4:E7

    Get off my face, broh.

    Director:Bryan Newton
    Writer:Jeff Loveness

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  21. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 8 - Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort
    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #21 - Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort

    S5:E8

    Friendship is hard. It's like a journey of the mind, broh.

    Director:Erica Hayes
    Writer:Albro Lundy

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  22. Rick and Morty Season 5 Episode 9 - Forgetting Sarick Mortshall
    7.5/10(59 votes)

    #22 - Forgetting Sarick Mortshall

    S5:E9

    Two crows, broh. These guys are mad smart.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writer:Siobhan Thompson

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  23. Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 9 - Morty Daddy
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #23 - Morty Daddy

    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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  24. Rick and Morty Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.6/10(369 votes)

    #24 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Rick moves in with his daughter's family and establishes himself as a bad influence on his grandson, Morty.

    Director:Justin Roiland
    Writer:Dan Harmon

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  25. Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 2 - Rick: A Mort Well Lived
    7.6/10(60 votes)

    #25 - Rick: A Mort Well Lived

    S6:E2

    Roy's our boy, broh.

    Director:Kyounghee Lim
    Writer:Alex Rubens

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie" is the worst rated episode of "Rick and Morty". It scored 5/10 based on 40 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".