8 TV Scenes Everyone Always Gets Wrong

What was meant to represent the epitome of Rick Sanchez's flaws as a character was instead coopted by a fandom hellbent on missing the bloody point of the whole thing.

Pickle Rick, as an episode, as a concept, was made with one purpose: to expose Rick for the sad, lonely, emotionally stunted manchild he is. He turns himself into a pickle for the sole motive of getting out of having to go to therapy. He then goes on this insane adventure where he builds himself a body out of rat guts, fights a building full of armed soldiers, blows up that building full of armed soldiers, and then finally makes it to his therapy session. Where the therapist proceeds to give Rick the dressing down of his life.

Now, granted, the fact that Rick takes nothing away from this dressing down but eye-rolling annoyance in the long run might be why so many fans missed the point being made here. But let's be real with ourselves, someone who idolizes Rick would have missed the point anyway.

Pickle Rick is a truly hilarious episode of a truly hilarious show. But a good many of its hardcore fans don't realize that the episode is laughing AT them, not with.