Rick and Morty spoilers: Real reason Rick turned himself into Pickle Rick revealed

However, another theory has surfaced which could alter fans’ views on the deranged inventor’s self-destructive behaviour in season three.

Writer and Rick and Morty specialist Cori Burcham took to Screenrant to lay out the theory and defend Rick’s unpredictable behaviour in the episode.

First of all, they explained how Rick’s explanation is actually a reference to Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park, which viewers may have missed the first time round.

When Morty asks Rick about his experiment he replies: “The reason anyone would do this, if they could, which they can’t, would be because they could, which they can’t.”

source: express.co.uk