


The short also crossed the line much farther and was much more vulgar than its current incarnation. The short that the show was based on, "Doc and Mharti," had the title characters having totally different names, was animated much more sloppily, and was a parody of Back to the Future.Early-Bird Cameo: "Get Schwifty" appears on Summer's MP3 player in the Point & Click web game before Season 2 premiered.After hearing this announcement, the Headists realize that they had been misinterpreting things the whole time, resulting in the dissolution of the Headist church. Earth is declared the final winner of Planet Music. Meanwhile, Morty joins Rick to successfully perform a song and impress the Cromulons. Further misunderstanding lead to Principal Vagina being removed from his position as church head. Summer and Ethan then save Beth and Jerry. This angers the Cromulons, which the Headists interpret as disapproval of Beth and Jerry's sacrifice. Elsewhere, Rick attempts to perform a new song but fails. They begin feeling torn between liking this new respect and missing their daughter's old personality.īeth and Jerry eventually decide on attempting to remove Summer from the religion, but are labeled blasphemers and sentenced to be sacrificed. Summer becomes obsessive about the religion, she is joined by her boyfriend Ethan who plays guitar and the two of them learn the 'seven contemplations of the head' by singing them.Īlthough Beth and Jerry seem opposed to this new religion, they enjoy the positive effects it has on Summer, who begins showing her parents much more respect, as well as performing chores such as cooking every meal. The first sacrifices are at the Ascension Festival, where they sacrifice three "unwantables", wearing signs which read "Thief", "Goth", and "Movie Talker". They begin sacrificing those who they deem to be immoral by tying them to a bunch of balloons and letting them float up towards the heads. The town appears to turn into a Headistic theocracy under Principal Vagina. Soon after Headism begins to officially form, with Gene Vagina as its leader. With Cromulons now filling the sky, the rest of the churchgoers begin praying as well. Beth begins voicing doubts, but is cut off when Earth is teleported to another part of the universe to compete on Planet Music. The Cromulon enjoys the song and leaves, causing those at the church to believe that Principal Vagina's praying pleased the Cromulon. While Principal Vagina prays, Rick and Morty perform "Get Schwifty" for the Cromulon, as he is actually casting for an intergalactic music contest called Planet Music. All hail the one true god: the giant head in the sky." He then exits the church to pray in the street. At this church, Principal Vagina declares, "The old gods are dead, fuck all previously existing religions. Following the initial appearance, many people gather at the local church, including Jerry, Beth, and Summer, as well as Principal Gene Vagina.


It's name is likely a parody of hedonism, which is a sub-philosiphy of utilitarianism.Ĭentered around the worship of the Cromulons, Headism began soon after the first Cromulon appeared above Earth and caused drastic weather changes. Headism is the name of the religious cult started by Gene Vagina in the episode Get Schwifty. The Ascension: one of the rituals of Headism.
