Rick and Summer travel to various planets that are about to be destroyed by natural cosmic events. Their goal is to party "guilt-free" because nothing they do matters in the face of imminent total destruction . This arc highlights Summer's cynical, "Rick-like" personality as she eventually sabotages Rick’s relationship with an alien named Daphne . Key Themes and References

The episode serves as a parody of Captain Planet and the Planeteers and takes its title from the 2006 climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth . It is notable for having two separate storylines where Rick and Morty do not interact for the majority of the episode . The episode follows two distinct narrative arcs:

Morty falls in love with Planetina , an elemental superheroine summoned by four "Tina-Teers" (parodies of the Planeteers) . After Morty rescues her from her now middle-aged, exploitative handlers, they begin a relationship. However, it takes a dark turn when Planetina becomes an eco-terrorist, murdering hundreds of people to "save the planet"—a line Morty eventually realizes he cannot cross .

is the third episode of Rick and Morty 's fifth season, which originally aired on July 4, 2021 .