I thought Needful things is the novel of SK with the same title. Mr. Needful gives away free stuff and curses people.Morty goes to Pluto with his father and loved by Plutonians because he was saying Pluto was a planet. but then gets beaten by them and comes back
Summer fell in love with the devil Mr. Needful bc he was being kind to her but n the end when he was as successful as Zuckerberg, he betrays her. In the end, Summer with his grandfather do bodybuilding and beats the devil and all the other like nazis, homophobic guy, animal abuser which was so fun
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Devil In The Details
southdavid15 May 2020
This is one of my favourite episode of "Rick and Morty" a wonderfully imaginative switch on a familiar idea and one of the funniest of the run so far.
Summer (Spencer Grammer) takes a job working at a mysterious new shop in town, run by Mr. Needful (Alfred Molina). The store offers items that grant mysterious powers but comes with a terrible cost. Annoyed by the hackneyed premise, Rick (Justin Roiland) vows to destroy him. Meanwhile, Jerry's (Chris Parnell) insistence that Pluto is still a planet brings him to the attention of Pluto's King, who begins to use him for his own political ends.
Love the Premise of the main story in this episode. Rick destroying the evil, for no real reason other than boredom is fantastic and executed really well, right up to the point he burns his own store down the moment he's won. Alfred Molina is an excellent guest voice too. The idea that most stores are inherently evil in some way or another works really well too. The late coda, or Rick and Summer buffing up and beating him up isn't quite as successful, particularly as it's not followed through on in later episodes.
Jerry and Morty's story is good too, with the shows other guest star Rich Fulcher as King Flippy Nips providing another vocal highlight.
Brilliant episode.
Summer (Spencer Grammer) takes a job working at a mysterious new shop in town, run by Mr. Needful (Alfred Molina). The store offers items that grant mysterious powers but comes with a terrible cost. Annoyed by the hackneyed premise, Rick (Justin Roiland) vows to destroy him. Meanwhile, Jerry's (Chris Parnell) insistence that Pluto is still a planet brings him to the attention of Pluto's King, who begins to use him for his own political ends.
Love the Premise of the main story in this episode. Rick destroying the evil, for no real reason other than boredom is fantastic and executed really well, right up to the point he burns his own store down the moment he's won. Alfred Molina is an excellent guest voice too. The idea that most stores are inherently evil in some way or another works really well too. The late coda, or Rick and Summer buffing up and beating him up isn't quite as successful, particularly as it's not followed through on in later episodes.
Jerry and Morty's story is good too, with the shows other guest star Rich Fulcher as King Flippy Nips providing another vocal highlight.
Brilliant episode.
Wow, just WOW
Malcom-Funk6 June 2014
I really can't believe it! So far, every episode has bested the one before and when you think it can't get better... This episode, like all the others, is just a nonsense-fest and everything just works out sooo beautifully. It doesn't hurt at all that this episode does not really display Rick and Morty working together as a team, but shows the two alternative duos, Rick and Summer, and Morty and Jerry, both story lines being absolutely weird and bizarre, just as you know them. Once again, the ending is really just perfect and every step on the way is pure fun. Jerry and Morty are really just two dummies together, witch is extra fun!
There's never been a bad one!
ericstevenson16 May 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is once again hilarious seeing as how it has this truly original and clever idea. People are going to a pawn shop owned by the Devil who gives away cursed items. Rick then finds a way to remove the curses, but keep the benefits of each item. It's hilarious just to hear Rick talk about all the ill effects of the items! It's just an episode where you have no idea what will happen next. It's even nice to see Rick and Summer bond, although it's only near the end.
The subplot with Morty and his dad is great too as it addresses that controversial issue of...Pluto not being a planet. It's great to take on a issue so many people debate about that doesn't have much importance in our lives. I guess his enemies more or less won at the end. In the scene after the credits, I kept thinking that it would have Rick and Summer beat up someone from the Westboro Baptist Church. They actually do! That alone is worth the full ****.
The subplot with Morty and his dad is great too as it addresses that controversial issue of...Pluto not being a planet. It's great to take on a issue so many people debate about that doesn't have much importance in our lives. I guess his enemies more or less won at the end. In the scene after the credits, I kept thinking that it would have Rick and Summer beat up someone from the Westboro Baptist Church. They actually do! That alone is worth the full ****.
Summer is an idiot in this episode.
tfoust-9045511 September 2021
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