5. The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy
🎞️ S3 E5 🚫 Hard pass

Rick and Morty

Is Rick and Morty S3 E5 OK for kids?

5. The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy

Rick takes Jerry on a sympathy adventure to a resort where everyone is immortal when there, and Jerry meets some old acquaintances of Rick's who want payback.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Rick and Morty S3 E5, “5. The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Rick takes Jerry on a sympathy adventure to a resort where everyone is immortal when there, and Jerry meets some old acquaintances of Rick's who want payback.

Across the episode we counted 20 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (5); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (9). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Nudity & bodies 5 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E5:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • I mean, I've wondered about having a vagina.
  • You're asking me to lure Rick to his death? I'm only asking you to go on a ride with Rick, get off the ride without Rick, and go home to your family, where you can wonder about having a vagina.
  • Boob-ya! And that's when Malakai the Squid came, rips off his face, and beneath it is my face.
  • Hey, Jerry, triple trunks here says he knows a place where the ladies drop panties for anyone bi-pedal.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E5:

  • Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
  • " Oh, yeah, Ethan? What do you have in common with Tricia Lange? A mutual love of French cinema? The belief that a carbon tax is the only viable solution to climate change? Or could it be her massive stripper titties?!

Violence & injury 4 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E5:

  • It's It's no time to be thinking about who did or didn't play a role in your attempted murder.
  • I'll leave out the part where you tried to murder me And I'll leave out the part where you admitted to sabotaging our marriage.
  • But there comes a time in every man's life when he must choose the foundation on which his legacy will be built One of compromise or one of blood.
  • That would be called a knife, Jerry.

Swearing 9 moments

How Swearing shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E5:

  • I mean, you never made me the pants, so So, you thought I was gonna drive you into the middle of the galaxy and shove you into the vacuum of space with your dick hanging out?
  • Jeff Goldblum? What the are you talking about, Jerry? Jesus! Holy shit! Yo, what's up, "Big Chill"?! Don't go into the telepod! Hey, maybe we would have fun on a fake adventure.
  • That's what I thought, bitch.
  • I have shit on my ass.
  • I'm starting to believe you because I just finished merging with your essence for an endless epoch, and I'm already back to thinking you're an asshole.
  • What was that? Summer! I'm coming, Summer! What the hell happened?! How do we get her back to normal?! I don't know, man! This thing is pretty complicated.
  • No, no, this sucks.
  • Morty! Don't "Morty" me! I tricked Rick into taking Dad on an adventure because I thought I could get a break from this kind of but no! Like father, like damn daughter!
  • God damn it! Go ahead.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.