Toxic Rick

when an alien mental detoxifier extracts his psychological impurities into a containment tank. Because the machine filters traits based on Rick's own definition of "bad," this green, slimy counterpart embodies his extreme narcissism, volatile anger, arrogance, and entitlement, while completely lacking any moral restraint or empathy for strangers. Crucially, because Rick views his own genuine emotional attachments as a weakness, Toxic Rick inherits a fierce, codependent love and protective instinct for Toxic Morty. Driven by pure ego, he escapes the detoxifier and attempts to reshape Earth into a toxic wasteland using a global broadcast tower, but he is ultimately defeated and forced to merge back into the original Rick when Healthy Rick exploits this lingering affection by poisoning Toxic Morty to save him.