Lawnmower Dog
| "Lawnmower Dog" | |
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| Rick and Morty episode | |
Snowball standing on Summer's bed, equipped with a robotic exoskeleton.
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | John Rice |
| Written by | Ryan Ridley |
| Original air date | December 9, 2013 |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
"Lawnmower Dog" is the second episode of Rick and Morty. It premiered on Adult Swim on December 9, 2013, was written by Ryan Ridley, and directed by John Rice. In the episode, Rick gives Jerry a device to enhance the dog's intelligence, whilst Rick and Morty get lost in the dreams of Morty's math teacher. The episode was well received, with approximately 1.5 million viewers when airing.
The title is most likely a reference to the movie The Lawnmower Man (1992), in which a scientist enhances the intellect of a simple-minded gardener.
Morty's dog Snuffles angers Jerry by continuously peeing on the carpet. Upset, Jerry asks Rick for a device that could make Snuffles smarter. After warning Jerry of the consequences, Rick makes the device, and it makes Snuffles smart enough for him to be able to do things like a normal human like going to bathroom. Meanwhile, Rick plans to enter the dreams of Morty's math teacher, Mr. Goldenfold, in order for him to increase Morty's grades, thus letting Morty adventure with Rick more often. The two enter Goldenfold's dream. The dream takes place on a plane, and Rick, strapping a fake bomb to himself, pretends to be a terrorist threatening to blow up the plane if Goldenfold doesn't give Morty better grades but Goldenfold decides to fight back, and pulls out two machine guns. Rick realizes that Goldenfold has more control over his dreams than he had anticipated, and also reveals that if they die in the dream, they die in real life.
Meanwhile, Jerry is showing the family how he is using Snuffles's increased intelligence to his advantage. Snuffles is starting to develop the ability to speak, and Rick didn't put more batteries in the device, which would enable him to have more intelligence and power.
Still stuck in the dream, Rick tries to negotiate with Goldenfold using his idol, Mrs. Pancakes, as a human shield. Instead, chaos descends on the plane. The doors to the plane are opened, and everyone gets sucked out. Mrs. Pancakes finds a parachute and opens it, while Goldenfold has already landed the plane. Rick and Morty grab onto Pancakes, but Goldenfold has created a device to pluck Pancakes out of the sky and leave Rick and Morty to fall in a pool of lava. The two then incept themselves into Pancakes' dreams to slow time down. Pancakes' dreams are of an intergalactic sex club and S&M dungeon, filled with dominatrices. Rick plans to blend in using an S&M outfit, but a lingerie-clad Summer makes the two feel uncomfortable, making them standout. A centaur guard threatens to kill them, and they venture, once more, into another dream. In the centaur's dream, the three have to run away from a knockoff of Freddy Krueger, named Scary Terry.
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