Rick And Morty: Which Universe Is Every Main Character From?
After a decade in the interdimensional spaceship, "Rick and Morty" is still going strong. The Adult Swim series, co-created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, has just started its 7th season, and it's the first to drop without the involvement of Roiland, who also used to do a bunch of different voices for the series, including the titular duo.
With so many seasons in the rearview mirror, there are still many multiversal matters regarding "Rick and Morty" that could easily have fans scratching their heads. For instance, which dimension is each character from? When it comes to that, the show's history can be somewhat muddled, but we do have the definitive answers, thanks to Adult Swim.
The Cartoon Network's night block dropped a video that quickly and succinctly explains where all six of the Smith-Sanchez family members are from and how they ended up where they are today. With fans often debating the topic of who is from where, this should help to offer a clear canonical answer on the subject, even if the family members themselves are increasingly less worried about it at this point in "Rick and Morty."
The timeline begins when Rick Prime, who invented the portal gun and discovered multiversal travel, approaches Rick C-137, who is our Rick. Uninterested in joining Rick Prime and his Council of Ricks, C-137 blows him off. This causes Rick Prime to retaliate by killing C-137's wife and daughter, Diane and Beth Sanchez.
Rick Prime and Rick C-137 have unfinished business
Though we don't know it in the beginning, this is basically the inciting incident of "Rick and Morty." When Rick "returns" after having disappeared for years, this is actually Rick C-137 taking Rick Prime's place. This is where Morty Prime enters the story, the character who has been our Morty from the start.
From here, Morty asks Rick to make him a love potion so that he can seduce Jessica (Kari Wahlgren). Unfortunately, this causes the entire Prime world to be destroyed after Rick tries to cure the world twice, creating a breed of Cronenberg mutants that take over the world.
Rick and Morty then move to dimension C-131, where their alternate selves have recently died. After burying the dead bodies, they assume their places in the family in this reality. This is where our current Summer (Spencer Grammer) and Beth (Sarah Chalke) join the show, along with Jerry (Chris Parnell). Sadly for Jerry, he's going to end up somewhere else, though.
The next change comes when Jerry stows away on Rick's spaceship, and Rick drops him off at a Jerry-centric daycare called Jerryboree. At the end of the episode, when Rick and Morty return to pick him up, there's a mix-up with their ticket stub, and Jerry C-137 gets swapped for Jerry 5126, who is now our current Jerry.
Everyone has buried themselves at least once
Then comes Beth's existential crisis at the end of Season 3. Helping in the unique way that only he can, Rick decides to create a clone of Beth so that she can have her independence while also keeping her family happy. It is unknown which Beth is which at this point, but since they're both central characters and are from the same universe, it doesn't really matter. Luckily, we have the non-subtle moniker of Space Beth to differentiate the two, and just from looking at them, it's pretty obvious which one is Space Beth.
After Rick accidentally sends everyone back to their own reality, however, Rick and Morty need to retrieve Jerry from universe 5126. After they do, they try to return to universe C-131, but it is destroyed after Jerry C-131 releases an alien called Mr. Frundles (Roiland), who eats the whole planet in a matter of minutes.
This brings us finally to the Parmesan Dimension, where the whole family takes the places of their dead selves yet again. This is where Season 7 picks up from, and though there's no major distinction between this dimension and the previous one, things could get awkward if someone asks for "parmeesian" at an Italian restaurant.