S0E9: Rick and Morty The Non-Canonical Adventures: Re-Animator

In "Rick and Morty - S0E9: Episode 9," Rick and Morty find themselves on a planet where they encounter a species of intelligent tree people. Naturally, things go sideways pretty quickly. Rick, being Rick, decides to exploit the situation for his own gain, which leads to the usual mix of chaos and destruction. Morty, meanwhile, tries to mediate between Rick's antics and the tree people's customs, but it's like trying to reason with a hurricane. Predictably, Rick's actions provoke the tree people, leading to a full-blown conflict. Morty’s attempts at diplomacy fail spectacularly, further complicating matters. In the end, Rick pulls one of his classic escape plans out of his hat — involving some sort of makeshift weaponized device — and they manage to flee the planet just as everything falls apart behind them. Back home, Morty laments the day's events while Rick shrugs it off as another successful adventure. The episode closes with them bickering over what constitutes "success," as if they hadn't just narrowly avoided disaster.