8. Morty's Mind Blowers
🎞️ S3 E8 🚫 Hard pass

Rick and Morty

Is Rick and Morty S3 E8 OK for kids?

8. Morty's Mind Blowers

Rick shows Morty a room filled with memories Morty begged him to remove from his mind, and things go off the rails when Rick starts restoring them.

📺 Where to watch

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 E8, “8. Morty's Mind Blowers”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Rick shows Morty a room filled with memories Morty begged him to remove from his mind, and things go off the rails when Rick starts restoring them.

Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (1); Suicide & self-harm (3); Swearing (12); Alcohol & drugs (1). 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

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E8:

  • The Floop Floopians achieve an eternal orgasmic afterlife, so long as they're killed by a great warrior.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E8:

  • I also dabble in precision, and if you think you can even approach it with your sad, naked, caveman eyeball and a bubble of [BLEEP.]

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E8:

  • So, you want to get shot in the head, or Well, as long as the wound is fatal, I don't really mind where you shoot me.

Suicide & self-harm 3 moments

How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E8:

  • We don't know what drove him to take his own life, but we want to remember the good things.
  • Oh, my God, what have I done? What have I done? Jesus, I made that guy kill himself! Only in a literal sense.
  • Suicide pact!

Swearing 12 moments

How Swearing shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E8:

  • I-I can't go on like this with the Truth Tortoise shit in my head.
  • Got you now, you son of a bitch.
  • Assess this with cold indifference, you beany-headed prick! Hey, keep it down! Just our luck, menagerie beneath the "boulder people" of Granitor Seven.
  • Ah, shit, Morty, get behind me.
  • It's, like, hello, Saturn, after ten moons, time to stop naming and start numbering, you know? What's Wh-What's with you assholes? Morty, please, don't do this.
  • asshole, Rick! Take it easy, Morty, come on.
  • relax! Come here! Let go of me, you little bitch! I'm gonna grab you by the scruff of your Take that! Ohh! - Umm.
  • What the hell is this?! This, Morty, is my archive of all the experiences you've begged me to remove from your life, lest you go insane.
  • Are you serious? Half the crap we've seen, and you think that sounds crazy?
  • They have a hell, and it does not look good.
  • I know, it's like, is that a demon slug in your stomach, or are you just happy to Sorry! Well, I guess it's nice to know the whole family sucks!
  • Yeah, well, I crossed every line I had when this bastard tried to kill Jessica! Okay, see those two fleshy sacs under his chin, Morty? Grab 'em.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Rick and Morty S3 E8:

  • air, you're the reason this species is a failure, and it makes me angry! You're drunk.

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