Rick and Morty are part of the Dark Towner Universe...sorta...

 Ok, not EXACTLY but hear me out here. No Stephen King has never written about Rick and Morty, but Rick and Morty sure use plenty of Stephen King book references in the show. Since Rick and Morty come back for their third season tonight and the Dark Tower hits theaters on Friday, I thought I'd include all the Stephen King references (and other horror characters) that are in the show...so far. Honestly, I think me and the creators would be good drinking buddies.

1) Lawnmower Dog-

The second episode and they already are  paying homage to Kings work. The Lawnmower dog is, of course, a reference to the Stephen King short story the Lawnmower man. The episode also pulls from Animal farm, A Night mare on Elm Street and Inception. Oh! and the "Freddy" character says bitch a lot.. like a certain drug dealer we all know.

2.). Something Ricked This Way Comes-
 The title is a reference to Ray Bradbury's novel and film of the same name, Something Wicked This Way Comes. The Show however is pretty much based on the Stephen King book/movie, Needful things. Not to mention that the episode also references Pet Cemetery. Other references include Summer finding and using a monkey's Paw during the episode and the song The devil went down to Georgia is kinda referenced as Mr. Needful plays the fiddle

3.)  A Rinkle in Time-
 The Langoliers (book and TV show reference)
It's possible that the 4th dimensional beings in this episode are a reference to the monsters from the Langoliers. (the langoliers is about monsters who eat the past)







Other interesting Horror References 


M. Night Shamanaliens-The episode pulls from Inception, the name from the director.

Rick Potion #9-In this episode Rick and Morty Cronenberg the world. That's a reference to David Cronenberg the dude famous for all those monster movies in the 80s. Also Summer repeats a Jaws monologue.

.Auto Erotic Assimilation-This episode is a play on Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It also mentions face huggers from the movie Aliens.

Look who's Purging Now-The Purge..obviously.

Lastly, one of Summer's teachers was a Vampire! In Big trouble in little Sanchez her coach was a vampire.