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Rick & Morty Season 4.5 Trailer Confirms Return Date (Unless It’s April Fools)
Adult Swim reveals the release date for Rick and Morty season 4.5 in a new trailer, unless it’s an April Fools joke. Fans of the animated sci-fi comedy from Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon were ecstatic when new episodes finally arrived last November, but were less ecstatic when they realized only five of the season’s ten installments had been released and there would be another wait for the other five.
In typical Rick and Morty fashion, that wait has stretched on with little hint when it will be ending. Indeed, fans have extra reason to be frustrated this time around as season 4 got off to an amazing start, featuring some instant-classic moments including Rick’s darkest episode ever – which revolved around his private toilet – and a hilariously elaborate takedown of heist movies that may have featured the series’ most mind-bending plot acrobatics. The first half of season 4 also included the returns of some beloved past characters, including the Meeseeks, Mr. Poopybutthole and Gearhead.
If the new Rick and Morty season 4.5 trailer is indeed legit, the back half of season 4 will feature at least one more long-awaited character comeback. The new clip just dropped by Adult Swim promises the show will return on May 3, 2020, though the fact that it appeared on April Fools Day is leading to some understandable skepticism. See the trailer in the space below:
If the trailer is in fact real and not some kind of genuinely twisted and evil April Fools prank, it looks like the second half of season 4 is set to be action-packed. There may not be a ton of legitimate reveals in the clip, but the big one has to be a brief appearance by classic Rick and Morty character Snuffles, the Smiths’ pet dog who underwent accelerated evolution after receiving an IQ boost from Rick to help with his peeing problems. Snuffles made his one and only appearance (outside of being shown in family pictures) in season 1 before leaving Earth to seek out others of his kind. By the clip, it appears Snuffles has indeed found a new planet filled with highly intelligent former pets, including cats in mechanical suits like his (and super intelligent cats and dogs apparently still don't get along).
Of course, the big character returns in the first half of season 4, which were all teased in trailers, turned out to be comically anti-climactic for the most part (and may have only existed to make a joke about how trailers often feature footage that misleads audiences), so there’s no guarantee Snuffles will get anything more than a token appearance. As for the question of whether the trailer is legit or an April Fools joke, it’s most likely it is legit and the return date of May 3 is real. Rick and Morty of course is known for pulling stunts on April Fools after it surprise released the first episode of season 3 on April 1, 2017, but dropping a fake trailer with a fake release date would be too cruel even for that show (and would frankly be a joke too lame for such a funny group of people). A truly good twist would be another April Fools episode release, or even a surprise full half-season drop, but there’s a high probability that won’t happen and fans will indeed have to wait until May 3 for more Rick and Morty.
