Ep 208 - S8E9: Morty Daddy

The penultimate episode of Season 8, Morty Daddy, is upon us. Did any one else foresee the return of Morty Jr.?

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MAIN THANG - S8E9 Morty Daddy

Episode Details

• Air Date: 7/20/2025
• Written by: Beth Sterling
• Directed by: Eugene Huang
• Guest Stars: Charlie Day and Eliza Coupe

Broh-nopsis: Summer and Rick dine out, broh. Fancy restaurant stuff. Morty reconnects with somebody from his past

Our Synopsis: Do you hear that? No sirens, not clickity-click of little spiders… it’s cause right now, the Precogs aren’t cooking a thing

Discussion

• Title Reference: Big Daddy I was assuming
• My-Morty Rickport (alternate title, you can have this one for free, writers)
• Theme
• Parenthood and restoring connections with your parents?
• Making peace with Morty Jr’s Mom
• PrixCogs Restaurant 
• Minority Report Precogs using Rick to get what they want
• Favorite Bits
• Is someone requesting pancakes?
• The vibrations (rule of threes)
• Phone
• Reservations
• (our) Vibrator
• “It’s okay to hate your kids morty” -Beth
• Downbeat The Game, The Show
• The “soft canceling”
• I love when restaurants have a big tank (there is a precog swimming in it)
• Avocado Toast
• Rick’s Gar-bage Por-tal
• Easter Eggs in the garbage area
• Plumbus
• Boob World hat
• Butter Robot
• Morty-O’s Spaghetti
• Is there a garbage creature based on PeeWee’s drawing board?
• Salvatron trying to kill Morty and Morty Jr
• It looks like there is Lava Cake in the precog kitchen after Rick talks about it at the table
• The ‘cogs’ setting summer up to hang out with Rick
• The Enchanted Goblin stage show, based on a book series Morty Jr. wrote, that HAPPENS to be in the garbage portal (It’s like their bible down there)
• The secret handshake
• I need a dry person to hand me stuff
• She was finest I’ve ever had, top 3, top 5 at least
• Morty Jr not actually dying (you inferred)
• Ranking women as “trash planet talk”
• The cog car chase that turns the van into a food truck
• Morty reading and being the target audience for Enchanted Goblin
• Rick really hates The Goonies
• The cut to Morty Jr’s new book (with goofy looking Morty)
• Best/Worst Parts
• Food truck in the garbage portal
• If I may… I would never ask for onions on my hot dog (Post credits)