10 TV Characters Who Broke Their Own Rules

10. Rick Used Time Travel - Rick & Morty

Fans of Rick and Morty quickly found out that the former is a man of some very strong principles. He doesn't believe in school or the education system, he believes that he is the smartest man in the universe, and he has a distinct hatred for time travel.

Ricky has said that he doesn't respect time travel, because if Ant-Man and the Wasp can do it, then he's not interested. However, in spite of such a claim, and the creators of the show holding similar reservations, Rick has in fact travelled time.

In the very first episode, no less, on the very first adventure of the series, Morty breaks his legs after a horrific fall. Rick uses his portal gun to go to a future dimension where they have a cure. Rule broken, immediately.

Then there is season four's Rattlestar Ricklactica, where the titular heroes are forced to keep travelling back in time to interact with previous versions of themselves while trying to set right a crumbling serpent society, including the cliched one last trip back to tie everything up at the end. Maybe Rick isn't quite as principled as he likes to think.