10 Long TV Running Gags You Never Even Noticed

Rick and Morty is another show that rewards those who pay close attention, though here's a running gag so slight and unassuming you might've spaced on it entirely - Rick never wears a seatbelt.

Aside from the brief appearances of "Detox Rick" and Pickle Rick, Rick doesn't wear a seatbelt throughout the show - a nod towards his cavalier attitude towards his own safety, to be kind, and generally suicidal levels of despondence.

Rick's refusal to wear a seatbelt isn't ever directly brought up in the show itself but is nevertheless a neat morsel of character shading which confirms the kind of place he's in.

Only in his alternate healthier states is Rick every shown wearing a seatbelt. Now that is character development.