Rick Prime

He is the alternate version and archenemy of Rick C-137, having ruined the latter's life and family by killing his wife and daughter. This led Rick to invent the portal gun and embark on a futile quest for revenge for decades, which ultimately transformed him into the broken, depressed, and destructive man he is today. Later, it is revealed that Rick Prime is the true grandfather of the main version of Morty Smith, as well as his step-family, who would later be adopted by Rick C-137 after he abandoned them.

Although his exact motives are unknown, he apparently spent a great deal of time visiting different Ricks across the multiverse and delivering the Portal Gun formula to them. However, Rick Prime proves to be incredibly spiteful and petty. He was surprised and furious when Rick C-137 refused to accept the Portal Gun formula, and was disgusted by the original Rick's benevolence. Then, out of spite and pettiness for being rejected, he kills Diane and Beth. It is presumed that he did this to manipulate Rick and make him as terrible as himself and his other counterparts, and also to prove to Rick that his kind nature could be easily destroyed, which, unfortunately, proved largely correct.

Being the equivalent of Rick, the two share many identical characteristics, such as blue hair, gray skin, and a unibrow. What sets him apart from other Ricks, however, is his short hair combed back, his mysteriously youthful appearance, and his grayer skin tone than any other Rick. He is always seen wearing a navy blue shirt with a red stripe underneath a vest, as well as navy blue pants with a crooked belt.

Rick Prime is essentially the embodiment of all of Rick's worst attributes. He is an arrogant, nihilistic, narcissistic, and presumptuous scientist with a god complex. He doesn't care about anyone and believes that the only thing any Rick needs are his infinite selves. Therefore, he dislikes "teaming up" with others. He prefers not to be found and enjoys isolating himself, although he loves building elaborate bases where he can provoke whoever enters.

Although his exact motives are unknown, he apparently spent a great deal of time visiting different Ricks across the multiverse and delivering the Portal Gun formula to them. However, Rick Prime proves to be incredibly spiteful and petty. He was surprised and furious when Rick C-137 refused to accept the Portal Gun formula and, out of disgust at Rick's benevolence and pettiness at being rejected, he kills Diane and Beth. It is presumed that he did this to manipulate Rick and make him as terrible as himself and his other counterparts, as well as to prove to Rick that his kind nature could be easily destroyed, which, unfortunately, proved largely correct.

He proves to be as intelligent and strategic as Rick C-137 himself, or even more so. In "Solaricks," he sets various traps and installs extra pre-recorded holographic screens to distract and confuse Rick, while simultaneously taunting him. With his eyes fixed on the recordings, he can track Rick's every move in the present, as if he were looking at his counterpart. In "Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation," he finds a way to be in multiple universes at the same time, or at least makes it seem that way, to confuse Rick. He also demonstrates an indignant and petulant side by pretending to be a naked clone, shaking his backside at Rick and Morty to mock them, and his subsequent encounter with Jerry Prime confirms that it was indeed him.

Interestingly, he doesn't display the hostility of his counterpart towards Jerry, praising Jerry Prime for "breaking free" and even calling him "tough" when he slits his throat, albeit condescendingly. Being the psychopath he is, however, he cares no more for his son-in-law than for the rest of his family, openly admitting that he "never came close to understanding the concept" before coldly killing Jerry Prime, despite the latter posing no threat to him.

In "Unmortricken," Rick Prime ends up being consumed by a growing sociopathic pride, using his Omega Device to exterminate other dimensional variants related to Ricks out of pure spite. He delights in sadistically provoking his nemesis psychologically with images of his deceased original wife, using advanced machines to attack him, including giant Diane robots, which he boasts about even after death, destroying all aspects of Rick-C137's existentialism. Furthermore, he becomes overly arrogant and confident to the point of underestimating his enemies and leading them to his base of operations, taunting them with their own weaponry, to the point where Evil Morty manages to paralyze him when he lowers his guard long enough to seal his fate and deliver him to the enemy.

superhuman intelligence
Mastery of manipulation and psychological warfare
Inexhaustible resources
Immense scientific knowledge
Technological genius
Engineering expertise
Brilliant inventor
Strategic mind
Combat skills
Charisma
Evasion
Provocations
Intimidation
Regeneration
Precision in shooting
Fourth wall awareness
With the Portal Gun:
Distortion of reality
Universal trip
Dimensional teleportation
With Cybernetic Enhancements:
Enhanced strength
Speed
Enhanced Agility
Enhanced Durability
Enhanced Vigor
Enhanced Resistance

Rick Prime is perhaps the most powerful and brilliant being in the Multiverse, mainly because he is one of only two versions of Rick who acquired knowledge of time travel, which he shared with others in a grand plan. Furthermore, he is capable of creating incredibly advanced time manipulation equipment, even managing to deceive Rick C-137 himself while remaining hidden for decades without fail. He also demonstrates this during his final battle against his nemesis, Rick Sanchez, and Evil Morty, when he deduced their predictable attacks, even neutralizing his main enemy's attacks.

His skills and equipment are apparently very similar to those of C-137, but more advanced and superior to the latter, nearly killing the Rick of the main timeline during their final confrontation. Furthermore, he seems to possess some kind of regenerative ability, which he uses to quickly heal the neck wound after Jerry Prime stabs him, and even instantly regenerated body parts and clothing after the battle with Rick, which left them both mutilated and defeated. He may be immortal or possess some ability that defies aging, as he appears to be exactly the same age he was when he met Rick. He also possesses an inexplicable ability to appear in multiple places at once, making him virtually impossible to track.

Superhuman intelligence: Rick Prime and Rick C-137 were the only Ricks who actually invented interdimensional travel. This implies that Rick Prime was the first Rick to create interdimensional travel. Intelligent enough to evade Rick C-137 for decades and imprison other Ricks who tried to kill him. Was able to track Rick C-137's movements using a pre-recorded message. Created the Omega Device, which can erase someone from existence in all infinite dimensions. Rick Prime can disable portal guns, even Evil Morty's portal gun. Can construct large invisible structures. Intelligent enough to spread fake clones of himself across multiple timelines to make him harder to track, with some of these clones even capable of imprisoning Rick Prime's pursuers.

Technological Genius/Hyper-inventor: His intelligence allows him to create powerful and sophisticated devices and weapons, virtually without flaws. He created the Omega Device, a weapon capable of erasing an individual from existence in all infinite dimensions.

Cybernetic Enhancements: Most of his body has been enhanced with advanced cybernetics, increasing his strength, speed, stamina, and agility to superhuman levels. These enhancements can house various embedded weapons and tools.

Self-regeneration/Immortality: He possesses a regenerative ability, which he used to instantly heal severe injuries. This immortality is also linked to a system of "backup" clones (similar to Operation Phoenix) scattered throughout the multiverse, to which his consciousness can be transferred after death. Evil Morty deactivated this ability by destroying all of his backup clones in the final episode of season 7, "Unmortricken".

Interdimensional Travel/Portal Creation: He invented the portal gun, which allows him to instantly travel anywhere in the multiverse. He is one of the very few beings (along with C-137 and Evil Morty) to possess and understand this technology.

Combat Skills: Rick Prime is an experienced fighter and tactician, capable of fighting effectively with his fists or any weapon. His skills were superior to those of C-137, nearly killing him during their final confrontation.

Psychological manipulation: He is extremely manipulative and cunning, capable of psychologically abusing and tormenting his enemies, particularly Rick C-137, for his own benefit.

Like most Ricks in the Central Finite Curve, Rick Prime would become a scientist in adulthood and have a wife named Diane and a daughter named Beth, but would eventually become negligent and indifferent towards them, choosing science over family and eventually abandoning them mercilessly. Unbeknownst to him, Beth would later marry a man named Jerry and give birth to two children, Summer and Morty, the latter being the very Morty who serves as the deuteragonist of the series.

Some time later, he would encounter another version of himself from Dimension C-137 who, like him, was a minor inventor, married to a woman named Diane and father of a daughter named Beth. Rick Prime entered Rick C-137's dimension while trying to perfect his portal technology and attempted to convince him to become an interdimensional traveler. However, unlike himself, Rick C-137 chose to stay with Diane and Beth, considering his family more important, much to the other's frustration and confusion. Rick Prime left the dimension, but not before killing Diane and Beth with a bomb while Rick C-137 watched in horror. Bitter with vengeance, Rick C-137 eventually invented the portal gun and killed many alternate versions of himself in his attempts to find and kill Rick Prime.

At some point, Rick Prime found out about Rick C-137's mission to kill him, so he went into hiding, but in any case, Rick C-137 never had the chance to find him and get revenge, so he ended up settling down with the aforementioned Morty and an alternate version of his family.

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