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Rick and Morty Call In Birdperson; James Gunn "No Closer to an Answer"

You would think Dan Harmon & Justin's Roiland's dimension-hopping (thought that might be on pause) duo and whoever it is they have in his camp working the day-to-day operations would give the man a break on the day that his show streams its final episode for the season. But apparently, that wasn't to be as Peacemaker series creator James Gunn shared more evidence in the growing mental & physical mind games that Rick and Morty have been playing with him since he's been filming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Mr. Meeseeks, Squanchy, Mr. Poopybutthole, Snowball, Morty, Rick… so who's next? How about Birdperson? Because that's who was also waiting for him. But even more concerning? Gunn gave us a glimmer of hope yesterday that he had some suspicions about who was doing it and why. Unfortunately, this time around? "We're getting no closer to an answer to who is doing this." Dammit…

In fact, Gunn threw some love at the Adult Swim series during a recent interview about his HBO Max series Peacemaker. When asked about his approach to end credits, Gunn responded by saying that he wasn't interested in using them just to introduce future concepts into the mix. "It has to do that we have those end credits of all the people who worked hard on the show and we want people to see their names," Gunn explained. Plus, they have some bonus stuff they would like to share with the viewers- just like a certain animated series: "But also, we always have some extra footage. I just think it's a nice little gift to give people. 'Rick and Morty' does it, too." So let's take a look at what Gunn found on his set today:

Here's a look back at the seventh day, when Pickle Rick entered the scene:

So now here's at what we thought was the final piece of the puzzle:

Here's a look at what else Gunn has had to share in a rundown of the "case file" from the beginning:

Here's a look at a previous tweet where Gunn revealed that the duo was upping their game and bringing in the big guns in the form of Snowball:

Here's a look back to when Mr. Poopybutthole entered the scene:

And here's a look back at Gunn's tweet that kicked off our obsession:

Rick and Morty: Tales from Alternate Dimensions

Directed by Masaru Matsumoto (Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars) and stemming from Sola Entertainment, the Halloween-inspired The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara sees Rick looking to build the ultimate AI toaster until a trip to Akihabara for spare parts takes a twisted turn for our dimension-hopping duo. Think screws. Now here's a look at The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara, followed by looks at four previously-released shorts:

Directed by Takashi Sano (Tower of God), produced by Sola Entertainment, and animated at Telecom Animation Film, the anime short Rick and Morty vs. Genocider finds Morty going on an adventure to Tokyo, Japan to try and help stop "The Genocider." And yes, it's beautiful, emotional, and some really weird stuff happens:

Sano returned with the new short (produced by Sola Entertainment and animated by Telecom Animation Film) Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil)– following up on his previous short, Rick & Morty vs. Genocider. Here's a look at the newest short, with a focus on Summer and Jerry that goes in ways we didn't expect:

Written and directed by Kaichi Sato, and produced by Studio DEEN, "Samurai & Shogun" finds Rick WTM72 (Yohei Tadano) and Shogun Morty (Keisuke Chiba) in a Lone Wolf and Cub-themed dimension. A nasty group of Ninja Ricks isn't willing to let go of Shogun Morty without a fight – an option that Rick WTM72 is more than willing to oblige. From there, we have a look at the follow-up short that was released last month continuing the story, Samurai and Shogun Part 2:

In the creative spirit of Samurai & Shogun by Kaichi Sato and Rick & Morty vs. Genocider from Takeshi Sano, here's a look at Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine– where even the "Rick-mobile" can prove deadly and you'll wonder like we do why Scary Terry isn't a downloadable character for a fighting game like Mortal Kombat:

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