Rick Sanchez of Dimension C-137 is a Fighter from the Rick and MortyUniverse in MultiVersus. He was revealed on July 22nd, 2022 at San Diego Comic Con and was released on September 27th, 2022, during the Open Beta period.
Rick Sanchez C-137 is one of the titular central protagonists of the 2013 Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty, created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. Rick, alongside Morty, first appeared in the short film The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti, a parody of Universal's Back to the Future film series. When the two pitched the idea to Adult Swim, the channel pitched Rick and Morty, with the first episode airing on December 2, 2013. Rick, like Morty, was voiced by Roiland until 2022 following allegations of domestic violence and abuse, with Multiversus being one of Roiland's last roles as the character, albeit through archived dialogue.
Rick is an alcoholic, nihilistic, reckless, and megagenius scientist who's considered by many to be the smartest man in the universe, as well as its most wanted criminal. He's Beth's father, Jerry's father-in-law, and Morty & Summer's grandpa. While not an actual villain, Rick has done enough heinous acts throughout the show to solidify himself the title of an antihero.
Official Biography
Website
Let me deus ex machina this sh*t and go home!
A nihilistic mega-genius and one of the galaxies most wanted. Earth-hailing scientist Rick Sanchez has seen just about everything reality has to offer. Nearly always accompanied by his grandson Morty, the two of them have saved the galaxy and the space/time continuum dozens of times.[2]
In-Game
Come on guys. It's Rick. He's a genius.
Let me deus ex machina this sh*t and go home!
Default Variant
Rick's default look is based on his design from Rick and Morty.
Official artwork from Rick and Morty.
Lore
If the events depicted in his Reveal Trailer are to be taken as canon, than Rick is implied to have gotten himself involved in the story by his own volition, as he is seen entering Trophy's E.D.G.E. via one of his portals, stopping a fight between Reindog and Wonder Woman and bringing multiple Meeseeks with him.
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Skills
ATTACKS
GROUND
AIR
SIDE HOLD 🡆 + J
PLASMA RUSH Rick slides forward with a plasma wall in front of him.
NEUTRAL J
TRIGGER HAPPY Rick CHARGES a weak but fast lazer PROJECTILE from his blaster. At full CHARGE the shot moves slowly, but deals KNOCKBACK. AMMO applies to full CHARGED shot.
SHOOTING GUNS IN THE AIR! Same as ground.
SIDE 🡆 + J
YOU LIKE AUGMENTS? Rick COMBOS his enemy with plasma sword slashes and a kick, ending with a rocket PROJECTILE from his arm cannon.
PERSONAL SPACE Rick CHARGES a blast from his belt forcefield.
UP 🡅 + J
LASER WHIP, BABY! Rick CHARGES an upward swing with his plasma whip.
SHOVE IT WAAAY UP THERE Rick CHARGES and shoves the Mega Seed upward. Hitting allies with the Mega Seed will grant them an EDUCATED BUFF that reduces COOLDOWN duration. Enemies receive a SILENCED DEBUFF stopping them from using COOLDOWN abilities. On COOLDOWN, Rick instead pokes up.
DOWN 🡇 + J
YEAH, FART BOMB! Rick throws a fart bomb in front of him, hitting enemies upward. COOLDOWN applies.
COLLATRICKAL DAMAGE Rick sends a blast downward with his rocket boots, dealing an IGNITE DEBUFF.
SPECIALS
GROUND
AIR
NEUTRAL K
MEESEEK AND DESTROY Rick summons a Meeseeks that runs forward. Press up input after summoning the Meeseeks to have him uppercut instead. Down input will make the Meeseeks ready a golf club swing. Golf club Meeseeks will swing when an enemy gets near him or if a PROJECTILE gets close, REFLECTING it.
MEESEEKS, UP HERE! Rick summons a Meeseeks to help keep him in the air. The meeseek will flap a few times before disappearing.
SIDE 🡆 + K
PORTAL THEORY Rick aims then summons a portal, and can summon a max of two. Allied PROJECTILES teleport between portals if there are two available. Fighters can also teleport through the portals, but portals can only teleport one fighter before shrinking and becoming restricted to PROJECTILES. Rick will immediately teleport after summoning a second portal. If there is only one portal, teleporting through it will bring the fighter to a new portal next to Rick. Allies can press DODGE to teleport through a portal. Fighters will get teleported if they are KNOCKED BACK into a portal. While on COOLDOWN, Rick instead shoots forward on his rocket skiis.
AERIAL PORTAL STUNTS Similar to ground, but if Rick has not already summoned a portal, he will summon two. One will be at the location he is aiming and the other will be next to him.
UP 🡅 + K
OBVIOUSLY A JETPACK Rick CHARGES then launches upwards using his jetpack.
GOIN' EVEN HIGHER Same as ground.
DOWN 🡇 + K
POLYMORPHRICK RAY Rick fires a polymorph PROJECTILE that detonates after a short duration. Allies receive a MORPHIZED BUFF that increases their size, DAMAGE dealt and the size of their PROJECTILES. Enemies receive a POLYMORPH DEBUFF that turns them into a tiny Reindog. POLYMORPHED enemies are unable to attack and receive increased DAMAGE. COOLDOWN applies.
Adjusted the launch speed of jab 3 rocket so that it’s based on charge time.
Longer charges increase speed of the rocket.
! Air Up Special
Another attempted online fix for the movement occasionally not happening.
We haven’t been able to reproduce this bug, but found some issues that might be causing it. Let us know if this bug happens again after the attempted fix.
Tony Huynh reveals Rick is an Expert character.[3]
July 22 2022
Rick was revealed to be a playable fighter in MultiVersus.
Trivia
Rick's quote from the official website originally incorrectly said "day ex machina" instead of "deus ex machina". Player First Games CEO and CoFounder Tony Huynh thought that this change could've been intentional.[4]
The quote was eventually fixed on September 1st, 2022.
The quote was also taken near-verbatim from an episode of Rick and Morty, where it is correctly pronounced "deus".
Rick was meant to appear on the Tech Tests/Closed Alpha title screen alongside a Mr. Meeseeks, but they were both scrapped due to Rick not being revealed in time and were placed by Finn and BMO instead.
Although the Rick we see in-game is the one from the C-137 dimension (the main Rick from the show), he has two recycled voice lines in which he states that he's either the Rick of the D-716 dimension or the Rick of the D-716B dimension.
Rick's Grounded Neutral Special is named after the Meeseeks' debut episode.
Rick, Harley Quinn, and Morty are, currently, the only Fighters in the game who can swear if the player has toggled the "Mature Language" option on in the Settings menu.
Batman and The Man in Black also say the "badass" and "ass" swears respectively, but the game doesn't count them as being mature language.
In the Open Beta, Rick and SEAL Team Rick, as well as Morty and Evil Morty, were originally voiced by Justin Roiland (via his archived recordings from the first five seasons of Rick and Morty), before being replaced by Ian Cardoni following a controversy.
