Rick and Morty Confirms Major Jerry Fan Theory

Rick and Morty has finally returned for the highly anticipated sixth season of the series, and the big premiere episode had finally cemented a long held fan theory about Jerry Smith’s true universe! Every new episode of Rick and Morty launches a thousand theories among fans about what can connect to other things in the show’s universe, and sometimes these theories are actually right on the money as an episode of the series pays it off later. This is especially true for the Season 6 premiere as it confirmed some pretty big things fans have been wondering about with the series’ lore overall.  

Jerry theories are plentiful in the series too, but it turns out that the Jerryboree theory was correct. As Rick and Morty Season 6’s premiere, “Solaricks,” revealed when Rick had reset portal travelers and sent them all back to their original universe of origin, Jerry discovers that he’s not the original Jerry that we first met in Season 2. He wasn’t the original Jerry either (as further revealed in the episode itself), but as Jerry realizes himself, he indeed was swapped out with “Season 2 Jerry” during the end of the Season 2 episode, “Mortynight Run.” 

Rick and Morty Season 6’s premiere confirms that following the end of the fifth season, the titular duo was left without the use of Rick’s portal gun. He tries to reboot the portal fluid when he gets an opportunity, but a mistake instead resets portal travelers and sends them all to their own universes. It’s here that Jerry’s involved with this as well as he, Rick and Morty realize that he was swapped out at the Jerryboree daycare seen in the second season. So funny enough, the Jerry that has gotten so much development since then has been a completely different Jerry.

This comes into play when the Smith family rescues Jerry from his original universe, which has a “Season 2” version of the family that’s constantly cold to one another and fighting. They treated Jerry like garbage like in the earlier seasons, but our Jerry gets to have a victory when he tells his original family that he’s become a multiversal traveler since they have last seen him. This Jerry even realizes that he’s become a better person through his divorce with Beth and more. 

Considering we also see the original Season 1 Jerry in the episode too (and he’s become a self-actualized person), it’s a pretty good premiere for Jerries overall. How did you feel about Rick and Morty confirming this Jerry theory? Did you call it? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!