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Last Night’s ‘Rick and Morty’ Told Us What We Already Knew — In This Show, Death Is Merely A Math Problem

The funniest joke of Rick and Morty Season Seven thus far wasn’t actually spoken in Season Seven — it’s a slow burn from all the way back in Season One when Rick hilariously claimed, “I can’t cure death.”

That quote came from the Christmas episode “Anatomy Park,” which will celebrate its 10-year anniversary on Saturday while we once again gear up for the winter holidays with a reflective, vaguely spiritual Rick and Morty episode. A decade after Morty’s daring escape from the dying body of a homeless Santa Claus who housed Rick’s microscopic amusement park, the notion that death ever posed a serious threat to the plans of the smartest man in the Central Finite Curve is as quaint as capturing Bigfoot in a Pokeball.

‘Merry Little Batman’ Gives the World an Adorable Dark Knight

“Sweet” and “adorable” tend not to be words associated with Batman, but then again, neither is Christmas. Which is why Merry Little Batman, which premiered yesterday on Prime Video, is an endearing addition to a franchise that’s been in our lives on the big or small screen in some capacity since we were born. This is hardly the first time someone came up with the idea of making the Dark Knight funny, but this animated movie’s kid-friendly vibe and generally good-natured spirit is rare for Gotham’s most famous resident. Even when the humor gets too juvenile and the plot goes slack, Merry Little Batman is a minor little yuletide treat. It’s fun to see Bruce Wayne as a sappy single dad.

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