History Recap / RickAndMortyS5E8RickternalFriendshineOfTheRicklessMort

* IHatePastMe: Rick is ''very'' unhappy that the memory of his 35-year-old self is tagging along on his mission.

* {{Retcon}}: Sort of, with the battle of Blood Ridge. The battle itself isn't retconned, it's exactly what we were told, it's Rick's attitude toward it that changed, from thinking of it with a certain fondness and considering Bird Person's most glorious moment in "The Weeding Squanchers" to something he doesn't like to think about.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Based on how old Beth and Jerry were when the latter got the former pregnant with Summer, and how old Summer is now, Beth and Jerry are 34 or 35 years old. Rick has been stated in past episodes to be about 70, which would indicate he himself was around 35 when Beth was born. This episode, though, shows Rick's 35-yeard-old self, and makes it clear that this is a point in his life when he'd ''already'' lost his version of Beth, who appeared to be somewhere between 6-10 years old when she died, which would mean Rick was actually in his 20's at the time of Beth's birth.

* BittersweetEnding: Rick is able to resuscitate Bird Person, but Bird Person, despite thanking Rick for the rescue, is disappointed in him for only mentioning his hybrid daughter when BP was ready to die as a desperate measure to convince him to live, rather than just telling him right away, to keep his best friend from being too busy raising a child to still spend time with him. They part on civil enough terms, but Bird Person makes it pretty clear he's not in a hurry to see Rick again anytime soon.

** Bird Person has been shown to have sympathy for Rick at his worst, complete with asking Morty to cover for his grandpa. This episode has him setting boundaries with Rick, silently thanking him for saving him while calling him out for even considering hiding the existence of his daughter. Bird Person bids him goodbye civilly.

* BittersweetEnding: Rick is able to resuscitate Bird Person, but Bird Person is disappointed in Rick for only mentioning his hybrid daughter when BP was ready to die as a desperate measure to convince him to live, rather than just telling him right away, to keep his best friend from being too busy raising a child to still spend time with him.

* BaitAndSwitch: We're led to believe that Rick is so unenthusiastic about revisiting the Battle of Blood Ridge because it ended so poorly it traumatized [[SeenItAll even him]]. It turns out the battle ended in their favor; the reason Rick doesn't like remembering it is because it ended with him offering to take Bird Person on further adventures due to Rick having feelings for Bird Person, which BP rejected because he was put off by Rick's nihilist attitude about the battle they just won.

* BaitAndSwitch: We're lead to believe that Rick is so unenthusiastic about revisiting the Battle of Blood Ridge because it ended so poorly it traumatized [[SeenItAll even him]]. It turns out the battle ended in their favor; the reason Rick doesn't like remembering it is because, it ended with him offering to take Bird Person on further adventures due to Rick having feelings for Bird Person, which BP rejected because he was put off by Rick's nihilist attitude about the battle they just won.

* CharacterDevelopment: Rick, who shows disdain for variations of himself, including throughout this episode, is suddenly civil to Bird Person's memory of him preserving itself by jumping into his mind. He tells him he doesn't have to be an enemy just for existing, and even offers to give him a physical body of his own.