Every Marijuana Reference in Rick and Morty
- Rick and Morty features surprisingly few direct marijuana references despite its psychedelic reputation, mostly including quick visual gags, legalization jokes, and modern edible mentions.
- One early reference is in the post-credits scene of “Lawnmower Dog,” where Rick and Scary Terry are shown smoking marijuana in a laid-back, stoner joke context.
- A brief marijuana legalization nod appears during the Hologram Rick sequence, with a clone holding a “Make it legal” sign as a blink-and-you-miss-it visual gag.
- More modern cannabis culture is portrayed in “The Last Temptation of Jerry” through a spring break party scene featuring weed gummies, highlighting contemporary forms of marijuana consumption beyond traditional smoking.
Despite its reputation for psychedelic sci-fi, interdimensional chaos and drug-fueled absurdity, Rick and Morty has surprisingly few direct marijuana references. That said, marijuana does appear through quick visual gags, legalization jokes or modern edible references.
Below is a breakdown of every clear marijuana-related reference in the aired series.
One of the show’s earliest marijuana references comes in the post-credits scene of “Lawnmower Dog.”
After Rick and Morty help Scary Terry deal with his anxiety and family problems, Scary Terry’s dream-world class is taken over by Scary Glenn, a hippie-style teacher who tells the class they need to learn how to chill.
Rick and Scary Terry are then shown as students, smoking marijuana and appearing satisfied with the new direction of the class. The moment is brief, but direct, turning the nightmare-class setup into a laid-back stoner joke.
During the Hologram Rick sequence, one of the Hologram Rick clones is shown holding a sign reading “Make it legal.”
The sign is a quick marijuana legalization reference, with the joke leaning on the familiar activist slogan. It is not part of the main plot, but it fits the episode’s chaotic string of hologram-Rick variations and political-culture gags.
The moment works as a blink-and-you-miss-it visual joke rather than a full marijuana storyline.
When Rick forces the family into a camping trip, Summer complains that she is missing Mike Triscuit’s drug party.
Rick responds by saying what the kids need is to level up with a “bong rip of nature.” The line is more of a marijuana-adjacent metaphor than an actual smoking scene, but the wording is clear enough to count as a cannabis-related reference.
The joke comes from Rick trying to reframe a forced family camping trip as its own kind of mind-expanding experience, using stoner language to make nature sound like a drug.
The show returned to marijuana more directly in “The Last Temptation of Jerry,” during a spring break party storyline involving Summer and Madison.
At the party, a character brings weed gummies and a PopSocket, while Summer and another partygoer argue over who gets to give them to Madison. The scene uses marijuana edibles as part of the broader parody of chaotic party culture, modern teen social climbing and absurd spring break behavior.
The reference is notable because it reflects the more modern cannabis landscape, with marijuana appearing not as a joint or bong, but as weed-infused gummies.