I'm sure you've seen the Kickstarter for the Rick and Morty Butter Bot and so I reached out to Albert Gajšak, CEO of Circuit Mess, to chat about his purpose and how Circuit Mess and Geek Club are focused on success.

Semi Pertinent News

• This is ALL pertinent news, today! If you haven't checked it out yet, head over to the Kickstarter to watch videos, see what modules they're planning to add, and, frankly, to see how cool this little thing is!

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Hey everyone! This is Brandon for Apathetic Enthusiasm and Interdimensional RSS. I wanted to let you know that we’ll be taking a hiatus for some undetermined amount of time. Maybe a week, maybe a month, maybe a year, but whatever time, not forever. 

The reason I’m giving you this message and not Travis is because he’s spending precious time with his wonderful family. They recently found out that his oldest daughter, Allie, was diagnosed with Precursor B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 

So to relieve him from the pressure of making him record all the time, because I’m definitely the one making him do this all the time, we’re going to take a little break. I may push out some content on my own, he may drop in, but it’s important for me to support him and his family (and to keep him off of this microphone for a minute)

If you want to support his daughter Allie and Travis’ family, there is a gofundme set up. There’ll be a link in the show notes, but you can also google Allie Menard. She’s the top search result there, and it’s for a good reason. She is an amazing kid and she has an amazing family.

There’s also an Allie needing money for court fines… that is a different Allie.

On behalf of Travis and his family, thanks for all your, positive thoughts, prayers, and support!

Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/xj842s-support-allies-fight-against-leukemia

The finale is here! Does it wrap everything up or leave us with more questions?

Semi Pertinent News

• Season 8 preview and more Seasons announced!
• Reddit Post of the Week

Main Thang

• Air Date: 10/17/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

Discussion Overview

• Morty in the VR again
• Love!
• That Frank Fella
• The post-credits scene and episode 1 rewatch

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We're onto the penultimate episode of the anime, exploring Elle's wish and Morty's decision.

Semi Pertinent News

• Invincible Fight Girl
• Reddit Post of the Week

Main Thang

• Air Date: 10/10/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

Discussion Overview

• Making tough choices
• Sacrifice for those you love
• CAW!!! From the post credits scene

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Feel, don't think, about the decision to listen to a new episode covering episode 8 of the Anime!

Semi Pertinent News

• Spencer's Dream Role on The Simpsons
• https://www.thepopverse.com/tv-simpsons-sideshow-bob-kelsey-grammer-spencer-rick-and-morty-lacc-2024
• LA Comic Con
• Reddit Post of the Week

Main Thang - (We start about 23:40 minutes in)

• Air Date: 10/3/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

Discussion Overview

• Big Family Fight on Earth
• Deja Vu and Repeating Time
• The Master Plan
• Favorite Bits
• Best/Worst Parts

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Episode 7, When We Meet in Our Dreams, is here and the threads are coming together to make a weird looking sweater!

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• Uzumaki Review
• Rick and Morty Multiverse Mania fan experience in Chicago!
• Reddit Post of the Week

Main Thang - (We start about 23:40 minutes in)

• Air Date: 9/26/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

Discussion Overview

• Fate vs Free Will
• What is Long Haired Rick doing?
• Favorite Bits
• Best and Worst Parts

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Welcome to the 6th episode of the anime, Free Will! We're past the mid-point which means we're hitting maximum clarity!

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• Butter Bot update
• https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2024/09/18/pittsburgh-digital-dream-labs-butter-robot/stories/202409180062
• Season 1-7 DVD review
• Reddit Post of the Week
• Shinydiscoballs
• 10th anniversary thingy

Main Thang - (We start about 23:40 minutes in)

• Air Date: 9/19/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

Discussion Overview

• Elle settles in on Earth with Morty
• Toby tries to put the moves on Elle
• Elle has some strange connection to Morty
• Do you think this is genuine or is there something nefarious afoot?
• Rick using holograms to hide Beth and Elle in the basement
• Elle is the anti-matter of Rick’s time bomb
• The longer that Rick doesn’t use the time bomb, the weirder things will get, but once he does, it will destroy Elle with it. 
• Why was this huge plot point glossed over?
• Space Beth Flashback Heist
• Space Saloons?
• Double crossed while trying to save Birdperson
• Elle does a double-double cross!
• Elle working with the federation because she lost her memories, of the… future?
• Elle saying she “won’t let fate control her.”  Significance? 
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• Tammy Backstory
• Ran away from her uncle's house and was captured by the federation
• Favorite Bits
• Wow, shredded lettuce! 
• Best/Worst Parts
• Elle’s explanation of how she exists in all times and the past is just how people interact with her. 

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The fifth episode of the anime has arrived, let's see what Jerry has in store for us!

Semi Pertinent News

• NYCC!
• Reddit post of the week!

Main Thang

• Air Date: 9/12/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

Discussion Overview

• Jerry is a hero
• Focuses on the difference between Cronenberg world Jerry and Jerry Jerry. 
• Third version of Jerry with all the training?
• That sword of power thing
• Mr. Nimbus sent some minions for the sword. 
• “Keep the fighting on land”
• Cut to Japanese crime syndicate scenes
• …who apparently know Jerry?
• Because of Superhero Jerry from the past? 
• Huge battle at the Smith house against the crime family
• Morty gets an offer to be successor of the crime gang?
• The Antiverse
• 4th wall break (Don’t expect the animation to get reversed)
• Smith family travels to the antiverse to get Jerry(s)
• Post credit scene - Is Rick going around mind wiping everyone?
• Favorite Bits
• Breakfast table show opener
• Jerry ignoring that lady when she wanted to kiss him
• I liked the freeze frames in the fight scene with the detailed art
• Best/Worst Parts
• It’s a Jerry Episode!
• The source of the sword was kind of confusing TBH
• The non-linear storytelling kinda got me mixed up again
• Training Jerry to not be a loser
• Monster attacks
• That inflation/crushing machine
• The pun punishment device

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The fourth episode is here and we're making memories!

Semi Pertinent News

• anime stuff!
• Reddit post of the week!

Main Thang

• Air Date: 9/5/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

• DiscussionOverview
• Episode opens with Rick hanging out in a Karaoke bar with two unknown pals and Rick is a huge downer when he brings up his dead daughter (what a buzzkill)
• Turns out this is Rick again mixed up in another Rick’s reality
• “This is what I get for overwriting reality so many times”
• Did you take this to mean that he has been time traveling or messing with time over and over again?
• Jerry’s Space Berry Cake (???)
• Jerry starts going through Rick’s stuff thinking he won’t be coming back
• Morty and Summer take off with Space Beth to look for Rick
• They ditch other Beth with Jerry
• Memory of Rick getting executed (with the Smith family watching)
• Elle saves Rick and Morty from some sort of Alien stomach 
• This appears to be the first time Rick meets Elle, but it turns out this is just due to the Ricks mixing up
• Conversation with Elle in the back of the car where she says Rick just has to validate her existence
• He asks her if he throws the “time-bomb” away if all will make sense again
• Then he is immediately in a desert and says “I wish someone would just explain this to me.” In a rare moment where Rick doesnt have everything figured out
• Random scene with Rick and Morty infiltrating a Galactic Federation ship, I guess to show Rick forming the team of resistance fighters that Morty later joins
• Side story where Morty goes undercover, gets nuggets, and topples a federation prison (how did Goldenfold get there?)
• Morty is more attached to Elle than Rick
• Elle is the orchestrator of all this time stuff 
• Is she a good guy or villain?
• Post credits family photo shoot?!?! They dont notice Jerry is missing (disappeared) 
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The third episode is here and we're with Alien Elle! Are things making more sense yet? Let's see!

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• Rick and Morty: The Animated Series
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85uTJLjjZ94
• Reddit Post of the Week
• It’s amazing what you can see when you go frame by frame
• Scottjones / 7k upvotes
• https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/1f72s19/its_amazing_what_you_can_see_when_you_go_frame_by/

Main Thang

• Air Date: 8/30/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

Discussion

• Morty searches through VR to find Elle
• He runs into a Rick that knows her
• Elle is from a race of aliens that can “remember the future.”
• Elle knows what will happen which feels like it limits stakes
• Morty and Elle work together to liberate an alien race from Galactic Federation rule. Morty becomes a hero
• Space Morty becomes the celebrity of the world
• Morty falls head over heels for Elle
• “Though she knows the future, she cannot change it, just like we can’t change the past.”
• Can perceive the moment of her death from the moment of her birth
• Why does Elle look confused when Morty says you don’t scare me at all if she can perceive the future and knows everything that’s gonna happen and everybody’s responses?
• You are the one regretting the future right now -Elle
• Summer busting in saying they have to go save grandpa

• Favorite Bits?
• The diner conversation about how the present exists between the past and future
• Best Worst Parts
• The mob boss that Trusts Elle?!?

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The second episode is here and we're Fighting Mother! Are things making more sense yet? Let's see!

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• ScreenRant Article
• https://screenrant.com/rick-and-morty-highest-rated-episodes-old-show-changed/
• By Ben Sherlock
• Reddit Post of the Week
• I knew I’d seen that haircut before - godlessaudio
• https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/1eywut5/i_knew_id_seen_that_haircut_before/
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Main Thang

• Air Date: 8/23/2024
• Written/Directed: Takashi Sano

Discussion

• Space Beth Adventure
• The bit between Space Beth and Summer where they are tracking Rick. That made almost no sense to me. What was I supposed to get out of the red dots other than that there were are ton of Ricks?
• Key line: “Time doesn’t really matter Summer, especially when it comes to my dad (Rick).”
• Space Beth has a really smart Smartphone
• The return of Tammy (Phoenix Tammy?)
• Morty crying about loving Elle in the VR game
• ANIME FIGHT SEQUENCE
• Beth telling Tammy she is a mom? That was hidden from both parents?
• Post Credits with Tammy seeing Birdperson and Bird Kid (Forgot their name)
•  Rick is doing some Time Travel?
• Lands at the Smith family home where a Rick is already living with the family. 
• Summer is young and Morty is a baby
• Meets the inventor of the Time Bomb?
• Rick C-137?!?! Stole the invention AND Family? Is this supposed to be the family’s OG Rick?
• “Dimensional Havok” caused by two Ricks fighting doen’t jive with OG canon
• Intro of President in Anime
• Why is he flying a fighter jet?
• Did that energy crisis stuff make sense to you?
• Is this the origin story for how Rick came to live with the Smith family?

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