The full list of episode titles for "Rick and Morty" Season 5 are as follows: "Mort Dinner Rick Andre," "Mortiplicity," "Rickdependence Spray," "Amortycan Grickfitti," "Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular," "A Rickconvenient Mort," "Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion," "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort," "Forgetting Sarick Mortshall," and "Rickmurai Jack."
Following the precedent set by prior episodes of "Rick and Morty," the puns in these episode titles could be as simple as references to thematically similar works, or they could hint at a specific stories that will be parodied, as is the case with "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri."
For example, the title of the season premiere, "Mort Dinner Rick Andre," is a reference to the 1981 film "My Dinner With Andre," which is famously comprised almost entirely of a single conversation. The "Rick and Morty" episode referencing it in its title, then, could be an episode-length conversation between Rick and Morty, or it could simply feature a prominent dinner scene.
Other movies and TV shows referenced include spy romance "Duplicity," alien invasion film "Independence Day," George Lucas' ode to the fifties "American Graffiti," the climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," influential anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion," surrealist drama "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," raunchy comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," and the American animated series "Samurai Jack."
Fans of "Rick and Morty" will be able to find out exactly how the show references each of these works when Season 5 premieres on June 20.
