>Young Beth was just misunderstood and needed her father's atten-
A ray gun A whip which forces people to like the bearer Invisibility cuffs A parent leg-trap A lightning gun A teddy bear with anatomically correct innards Night-vision googly-eye glasses Sound-erasing sneakers False fingerprints "Fall-asleep" darts A lie-detecting doll An indestructible baseball bat A ladybug-shaped taser A fake police badge Location-tracking stickers Rainbow-colored duct tape Mind-control hair-clips Poison gum A pink sentient switchblade
NO, SHE WAS EVIL LIKE RICK!
Michael Morgan
She knew her dad could make cool stuff and she knew he liked stuff that could hurt people.
Luis Howard
>NO, SHE WAS EVIL LIKE RICK!
smart*
Nicholas Long
>Barely was a character and was more of a prop for two whole seasons >Has the best possible implications for development since the show could go on about how Rick's abandonment and general ignoring of her has warped her psyche to justify Rick's emotional abusiveness to her and her family >"Oh yeah, she was always a sociopath" I mean, it's not terrible but it feels like they just took the easy way out of character development.
Michael Bell
My theory is that Beth has a deep need to control people, whether they want to be subjugated to her will or not.
A lot of these devices could be used for forced, covert hypnosis.
Not that she knew it at the time. They were just unconscious manifestations of her own messed-up psyche.
Nolan Bell
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Elijah Adams
it's pretty terrible- the implications were there with the marriage counseling and other instances where Beth clearly showed that she's not very empathetic and maybe even devoid of emotion.
she also shot Mr. Poopybutthole.
Brandon Wilson
I think she just wants to be loved and liked, and unfortunately it warped into a need to aggressive force her will on others. And when she couldn't, she'd use the knife on the teddy bear.
Kevin Richardson
>fake police badge
Could someone explain this one to me, how would she use this?
Eli Bailey
>small blond girl walks up to you with a police badge >"Fweeze, your under awwest!" >aww >immediately tasered till you shit yourself
Tyler Hall
Loli Beth wore a cute police uniform and had a fake police badge to trick people that she was a cop
Sebastian Lee
To explain away her presence if she was caught standing over someone she had rainbow duct-taped.
Alternately, to get someone naive to get too close to her.
Thomas Bailey
Is it adequate to assume that the reason Jerry and Beth's marriage fell out then wasn't just because of her abandonment issues with Rick but also because Jerry finally asserted himself against what she wanted instead of being compliant? Did she purposefully trap him in marriage by deciding to keep Summer?
David Morales
I mean, the marriage counseling episode where her inner self was literally a controlling, omnicidal alien queen kind of got that point across already.
Robert Rogers
I've always suspected that Beth was every bit the monster Rick is. Why else would she be blind to his flaws? It's not just paternal affection, it's the fact that she can't perceive Rick's flaws because they're flaws she shares with him.
I wonder if Beth might not even be the final boss of the show. Would be pretty mean-spirited, but it's definitely in play at this point.
Kevin Lopez
>Eyepatch-Morty is evil because his Beth is a fully-realized evil Beth who didn't hug him enough >final boss is a Rick-tier Beth >tfw she's C-137's original Beth tfw our Rick is the real final boss
Blake Myers
She's blind to his flaws because she's desperate for his attention and validation jesus christ this was established in the fucking pilot episode just because the writing is terrible doesn't mean every time the writers forget something means its a new theory.
Zachary Thompson
>the Rick of one universe's Beth never came back >she falls deeper and deeper into the darkness inside her, driving away (or maybe even killing) her Jerry and Summer >her Morty gets more and more fucked in the head, but also more and more confident
And then he put on an eye patch.
Anthony Brooks
But that was what Jerry saw in Beth, and the whole point of that episode was even though they are both very toxic people that feed each other they aren't as one dimensional as they paint the other.
Though I guess season 3 sort of takes away that point now.
Samuel Phillips
I think Beth will be truly happy, when she finds a man she can subjugate and actually wants to be broken.
She doesn't really want a marriage of equals, she wants to have a husband who will obey her.
Ayden Gray
I hadn't noticed that she has no friends.
Daniel Mitchell
>Young Beth in cop outfit approaches adult man >"Put your hands against the wall, mister!" >She starts to pat him down >But can only reach his lower area >"Whoa, you're LOADED, mister, this is a BIG crime you're committing..." >She says while licking her lips
I-I can't continue but just imagine what happens next
Juan Russell
>imagine what happens next Get out of my head, Charles
Owen Sanders
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Robert Mitchell
Her primary interest is more likely non-consensual hypnotism, done in such a manner that she is never caught.
Joseph Smith
Help! Something about this thread is giving me massive Deja Vu and it is fucked up. I'm having visions of Megatron standing near a river!
Jordan Thompson
>she also shot Mr. Poopybutthole. If for no other reason, she is a monster for this alone.
Joseph Moore
you think loli beth did "adult" things to her victims?
Liam Wilson
Seriously. She can't be abandoned, disliked, or divorced if the other person has no free will of their own.
Kayden Watson
Sociopaths can be created by nurture not just nature. Simple Rick's daughter was probably okay because parenting. At least until her dad was abducted to make wafer filling with his brain juices.
Joshua Hill
Rick is the final boss.
Ethan Garcia
DUDE
Dominic Jackson
No I don't. I think Beth's behavior is a reaction to Rick being an insufferable smartass father.
With hypnotism, she can be loved and liked by everyone without fear of abandonment. And she wins all the arguments.
Hunter Peterson
>A lightning gun Was that a Quake reference?
Nolan Evans
>Simple Rick Being a good father and loving your family makes a you a simple person according to that train wreck Harmon
No wonder he beat his ex wife and is a flaming alcoholic
Aaron Turner
Shadman please
Bentley Wright
Simple doesn't mean dumb, just uncomplicated.
Daniel Ross
Loli Beth and Father Rick prequel mini-show when?
Parker Bell
Simple is another way of calling someone stupid
Hunter Turner
Gotdammit shad
Jackson Green
Simple Rick was just what Rick considered a good life, he hates knowing how shit the multiverse is and just wants to be able to enjoy the simple things.
Joseph Howard
I got a question, if there was a prequel show of just loli beth and adult rick, how would you guys want it to be like?
Matthew Robinson
Have you ever referred to someone you know as simple? Did you mean it as a compliment?
Joseph Bailey
are you ok buddy
anyway i dont know why any of you would assume ricks telling the truth. especially considering the fact that that rick didnt actually raise that beth. he is basically just assuming that the timeline of this beths early childhood is identical to his beths.
Sebastian Peterson
Only stupid people think simplicity=stupidity
Angel Fisher
>A sentient switchblade So it's like one of those talking guns from the Borderlands games, yes? Loud Bane noises.
Thomas Parker
Yeah
Jack Parker
In this context it just meant "simple things", did you even watch the fucking episode? The line is literally >his name is Simple Rick, but he's no dummy. He realized long ago that the greatest thing he ever created was his daughter >I LOVE DADDY >cut away to Rick crying tears of joy over the simple life he always wanted
Isaiah Clark
Why not call him content or happy Why not family Rick or father Rick You don't call someone simple unless you're insulting them
James Mitchell
Someone send this to Shad. I think he would fancy this scenario.
Henry Perry
If he was so stupid, why'd they need to siphon out his happiness in order to pretend they had it as good as he did?
Jordan Turner
You're a real simpleton aren't you, you lack basic understanding of words having multiple meanings based on context.
Christian Thomas
So a complex person is lesser when compared to a simple person?
Christian Sullivan
>tfw our Rick is the real final boss I always expected that. This series will end in either 5th Impact, or Morty becoming the best of Rick and Jerry.
Michael Flores
The context is a fucking commercial Do you believe Oscar Myer has the best bologna?
Henry Smith
>HE'S NO DUMMY
Xavier Brown
You think Rick values simple people?
Jace Barnes
Obviously, my bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R
Asher Ortiz
since the first season it was apparent she was batshit with the HORSE surgeon thing
what is it about crazy women and horses?
Brayden Miller
You I like
Julian Morales
wow, shadman
Camden Perry
Shad pls leave
Jacob Myers
>The context is a commercial >The people making the commercial consider themselves greater than every living being ever and constantly shit on reality >One out of a billion of them is "simple" the rest are complex genuies Are you a simpleton?
Ethan Taylor
Because they're too smart to be happy
I know how dumb that sounds but remember who's writing the show
Matthew Wood
>The people making the commercial consider themselves greater than every living being ever >so unhappy they have to synthesize another Rick's emotions and make cookies out of them just to feel for a moment the simple joy of Rick's fulfilled life Come home, to Simple Rick's.
Ian Torres
Because Simple tested better.
There's certain markets where different words are key. Older market groups tend to like, "traditional," "simple" "original" and other such advertising gimmicks.
Once you learn about what advertising is and how it works you see it everywhere and you can't turn it off.
Jeremiah Russell
Face it Dan or Justin You had a Freudian slip
Ethan Hill
I really hope shadman doesn't use Sup Forums. I didn't think about Shadman until I saw all the other posts and now I'm scared.
Grayson Jackson
yeah someone get shadman on this
Hunter Lopez
>Loli beth gets interested in Ricks work and shows aptitude >go on adventures >rick grows fond and it starts to cloud his judgement over what loli beth is doing >loli beth discovers the 'truth' whatever it may be >on an adventure in a dire situation Loli beth betrays her father and kills him >becomes a Rick Hunter And then fill in the blank about some evil that all ricks cause.
Hunter Lewis
He lives a simple life but he's no dummy. He doesn't care about fancy shit, he knows family is what really matters. I don't know how you took this positivist message and tried to turn it into "Dan thinks people who love their families are retarded".
Joseph Thompson
Have you ever heard Dan speak?
Parker Long
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty.
Charles Torres
I know Dan is an insufferable cunt but this scene doesn't have his stink.
Aiden Rogers
YAMERO
Levi James
wait, he beat that obnoxious redhead? i like him a little now.
Cameron Ramirez
whenever i visit this fucking website i immediately regret it, yall need to an hero right this second (or is that meme too vintage fr today's 14 year olds?)
Ethan Lopez
Shade get on this man!
Luke Allen
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Julian Bennett
Erin wasn't obnoxious She actually made Dan bathe
Justin Foster
What? where are you getting all these tidbits? Link please.
Grayson Foster
>You had a Freudian slip Sometimes a cigar is just a penis, user.
Luke Roberts
Harmontown I used to listen
Sebastian Sanders
That's what Rick told her, she was in denial.
Isaiah Rogers
It's pretty funny how all the whiny baby millenials that gather here have a hate erection for Dan Harmon. No wonder everyone rushes to apply some moral message to the show, you obviously want so badly to fight some idealogical war with Harmon because his podcast words hurt your feelings.
John Peterson
>retconning this heavily in the third season already Dan is fuck
Josiah Martin
What was with Rick's monologue at the end? He sounds like an edgy 14-year old. Being really smart doesn't automatically make you a sociopath.
Xavier Jones
Remember who's writing the show
William Lewis
You sure about that?
Jackson Sanchez
Being smart makes you understand and open more paths to doing things that may or may not be illegal with the latter happening a lot as the former.
Parker Russell
Or is his intelligence just his excuse?
He might be academically smart, but he isn't emotionally mature
Jack Gray
>entire internet goes on tirade over Rick-intellectuals >next episode fellates aid "intellectuals" Brilliant.
Adam Sullivan
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Ethan Phillips
>the final boss of the show There isn't going to be any final climax to Rick and Morty. Justin just seems to want it to be as pragmatically successful as he can, and Dan has said that the fans are reading too deeply with their theories and that it's just a goofy sitcom.
Kevin White
>Strip the man's clothes off >Apply invisible handcuffs >Play hide and go wrestle with invisible handcuffed friend
Xavier Young
A whip that makes people like you and invisibility cuffs.
Yes.
Cameron Bennett
The fact that she's always been just fine with her father's abominable treatment of her family and her monstrous form during the couples' therapy episode were always clues that there was a big screw loose somewhere in there.
Asher Bennett
>An indestructible baseball bat
I've been thinking about that one. If it's truly indestructible it must be the strongest object in the entire multiverse. No matter what it hits; it's the other thing that breaks.
Does this mean Rick can not destroy it? Is it possible for Rick to make an object so indestructible that he himself can not destroy it?
Julian Ramirez
>No matter what it hits; it's the other thing that breaks. No, it is just that the baseball bat won't break. It's probably not completely invincible, given how Rick made it for a child.
Noah Sanchez
If Rick can make something that can’t be destroyed, wouldn’t he be able to make a weapon that could destroy it? This is Rick after all.