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Rick and Morty Drinking Game
The **Rick and Morty Drinking Game** turns the show's tics into cues: Rick's mid-sentence burp, the green portal,...
You watchRick and Morty
You needDrinks + friends
Triggers14 drink rules
Best with2-15 players
The Rick and Morty Drinking Game turns the show's tics into cues: Rick's mid-sentence burp, the green portal, the swig from the flask, Morty's 'Aw jeez'. Because those happen every couple of minutes across seasons of roughly ten 22-minute episodes, a single episode is one of the fastest TV show drinking games there is - it fires triggers faster than a full hour of most dramas.
That speed changes with the season. Season 1 leans on 'Wubba lubba dub dub' and 'Morty, Morty, Morty' in every scene; by Season 3 the catchphrase is gone and the serialised episodes - the Citadel, Evil Morty - spend more time on plot than on burps. Pick a standalone adventure for a fast game and a Citadel episode for a slower one.
How to set it up
- Choose between a standalone adventure (Pickle Rick, Meeseeks, Interdimensional Cable) for a fast round and a Citadel or Evil Morty episode for a slower, plot-heavy one.
- Rule on stacking. Rick often burps, swigs and calls Morty stupid in the same breath - decide whether that is three sips or one, because a standard Rick rant can otherwise finish a glass.
- Assign one person to Beth and one to Jerry, because their B-plot happens in the kitchen while everyone is watching the garage, and the wine and the pathetic moments slip by.
- Keep a die or coin handy for the Interdimensional Cable episodes, where the shows-within-the-show are improvised and the regular trigger list barely applies.
The rules: drink when…
The heart of the game: 14 triggers. Read them out before you press play, keep the ones your group likes, cut any that would fire every minute, and remember that a "drink" is one sip.
| When this happens… | …you drink |
|---|---|
| Rick burps in the middle of a sentence | Sip twice |
| Rick takes a swig from his flask | Sip twice |
| A green portal opens with the portal gun | Sip |
| Morty stammers 'Aw jeez' or panics | Sip |
| Rick says 'Morty' two or more times in a row | Sip |
| Rick calls someone or something stupid | Sip |
| The pair land on a new planet or dimension | Sip |
| Jerry does something pathetic and gets mocked | Sip |
| Summer rolls her eyes or tries to act cool | Sip |
| Beth sips wine or mentions her horse surgery | Sip |
| A Meeseeks or recurring side character shows up | Sip |
| A character breaks the fourth wall | Sip |
| Someone shouts 'Wubba lubba dub dub' | Sip |
| Rick launches into a nihilistic speech about the meaningless universe | Drink for 3 seconds |
How to play
Build the list for the episode
For a Season 1 episode keep 'Wubba lubba dub dub' and the double 'Morty'. For Season 2 onward swap those for Jerry, Summer and Beth, who have their own storylines by then. For the Citadel episodes count only the main Rick and Morty and drink on the portals.
Count the burps carefully
Rick burps mid-sentence, not between sentences, and a long monologue can hold three. Count once per line of dialogue - that keeps the double sip meaningful without turning one rant into a full drink.
Use the nihilism speech as the big beat
Rick's 'nobody exists on purpose' style speech happens once an episode at most, usually near the end when he comforts or crushes Morty. That is the three-second drink; the burps and portals are just the background noise.
Plan for 22 minutes
One episode is around 22 minutes and can hit forty triggers on the full list. Two episodes is a full session; the ten-episode season, with 'Wubba lubba dub dub' trimmed off, is a weekend project.
Variations & house rules
Rick vs Morty
One player drinks whenever Rick belittles Morty, the other whenever Morty stands up to Rick. It turns their whole dynamic into a running tally that flips back and forth all episode.
Interdimensional Cable
Only for the two Interdimensional Cable episodes and the anthology-style ones. Drink every time the channel changes and take an extra sip when a fake commercial is finished before its punchline. Ants in my eyes Johnson counts double.
Meeseeks and Destroy
Watch the Season 1 Meeseeks episode. Everyone is a Meeseeks and picks a task at the start - refill the snacks, keep score, hold the remote. Drink each time a Meeseeks appears on screen, and whoever has not done their task by the end of the episode finishes the round with two sips.
Pro tips
The Interdimensional Cable episodes are improvised sketches with almost no Rick-and-Morty dialogue, so the burp, flask and 'Aw jeez' triggers barely fire in them.
Pickle Rick and Rick Potion #9 are the densest standalone episodes for the core list - both are wall-to-wall Rick monologues, portals and Jerry humiliation.
Beth's wine fires more often in her therapy and marriage-trouble episodes from Season 2 and 3, while Summer's eye-roll is at its peak whenever she is dragged along on an adventure.
Drink responsibly: Rick burps and swigs in nearly every line, so a 22-minute episode on the full list can pass forty sips - shorter than a drama, but faster. A movie-length game adds up fast, so keep the pours small, water between drinks, and swap any trigger for a sip of water whenever you like. See our safety guide.
Frequently asked questions
Which Rick and Morty episode is best for a drinking game?
Any standalone adventure from Seasons 1 to 3. Rick Potion #9, Meeseeks and Destroy, Total Rickall and Pickle Rick all pack burps, portals, 'Aw jeez' and a Jerry humiliation into 22 minutes. The Citadel and Evil Morty episodes are slower on catchphrases because the plot takes over.
Which season is best for a Rick and Morty drinking game?
Season 1 for the catchphrases - 'Wubba lubba dub dub' and the stacked 'Morty' are at full strength - and Season 3 for the best mix of standalone chaos and family scenes with Beth, Jerry and Summer. Later seasons still burp on schedule but the catchphrase list needs updating.
How many episodes can we play in one sitting?
Two or three. An episode is 22 minutes and on the full list it delivers a trigger every 30 seconds or so, which is faster than an hour-long drama. A full ten-episode season on the complete list is not a single-night game.
How do you handle the Citadel of Ricks episodes?
Count only the main Rick and Morty for the burp, flask and 'Morty' triggers, otherwise a room of a hundred Ricks finishes everyone's drink in a minute. Drink on the portals and the Council of Ricks, and use Evil Morty's appearance as the three-second drink instead of the nihilism speech.
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