Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
Rick and Morty S4 E8, “8. The Vat of Acid Episode”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 5/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Morty challenges Rick to build him the real-life equivalent of a "save game" function to live without consequence. Also, there's a giant vat of acid.
Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 4 themes: Violence & injury (2); Suicide & self-harm (2); Swearing (12); Alcohol & drugs (2). 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
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Rick and Morty S4 E8:
- You brought fake crystals and a gun?
- Beats real crystals and no gun.
Suicide & self-harm 2 moments
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Rick and Morty S4 E8:
- Oh shit, suicide by cop!
- if you wanna suicide by cop.
Swearing 12 moments
How Swearing shows up in Rick and Morty S4 E8:
- Oh, Jesus fucking Christ. Come on.
- Holy shit. What the fuck?
- fuckin' his own pee hole.
- Jesus fucking Christ, enough already!
- The fuck is wrong with you?
- Oh, shit, I almost parked.
- Just admit it was a shitty idea!
- You're a piece of shit.
- Son of a bitch.
- I did it, you little son of a bitch!
- the damn acid, don't use a rat,
- Oh, God. What the hell!
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Rick and Morty S4 E8:
- friendship, Heroin Keith.
- Big man, big genius. Big lonely drunk.
Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.