Part of the charm exhibited by Rick & Morty is in its gorgeous diversity of universe-building — and, at the same time, beating the trope of common sense into a messy pulp. Most of the creatures that populate the episodes are not only extremely weird, but downright nonsensical, whether in terms of origin, nomenclature, or even physiology.
On the other hand, a few of them border on the vulgar, such as the Cronenbergs (who just became worse every time Rick attempted to fix the situation.) There is a rather blurred line between strangeness and grossness, and many aliens often flit between these two categories. This isn't the case every single time, however.
10 Strange: Morty, Jr.
When Morty "mates" with a Gazorpian sex-doll, he unwittingly initiates the species' reproductive cycle, resulting in the birth of an adorable fusion with a terrifying growth rate. Morty, Jr. is torn between his human nature and his Gazorpian one, and being at odds with both nearly causes him to destroy the world.
He later learns that the best way to prevent him from going on a violent rampage is by becoming a writer, an artform he picks up at a rapid pace, soon becoming world-renowned.
9 Gross: Eye Worms
The eye worms, as their name itself implies, are quite disgusting, and that's 0nly talking about their appearance. These things are basically a long blue serpentine cylinder topped with a massive lemon-colored eye.
Eye worms also leak out a weird azure mucus along the path of their movements, as snails and slugs do. They are extremely destructive, as they possess the capability to "sterilize" every organism they happen to come in contact with.
8 Strange: Fart
The being known as Fart is apparently a massively powerful extradimensional entity with the power of alchemy, so to speak. In other words, it can convert elements from one form to another, which is why it's kept captive in the first place.
However, when Morty saves its life (before killing it), it reveals that it intends to gather up the remainder of its species and return to this universe, consequently vanquishing life as they know it. Fart is one of the very few entirely gaseous life-forms shown in the series.
7 Gross: Testicle Monster
The Testicle Monsters are enormous misshapen beasts that possess obviously predatorial mouths, in addition to elongated tentacles, bulbous "legs", and an odd number of differently-sized eyes.
The appellation for this creature is nowhere near as vile as what it does, though. Testicle Monsters do not consume their prey. Their poor victims suffer a far worse ignominy until they presumably perish of thirst, hunger, or, more likely asphyxiation.
6 Strange: Snake Adolf Hitler
How the history of Snake Planet turned out almost exactly like that of Earth is a mystery, but the fact remains that there is an Adolf Hitler version on this world. Unlike earth, however, this character has seized total power over his people, and with the help of time-travel, created way too much havoc with the fabric of space-time.
This is why he is constantly under threat of being secretly murdered by other snakes from his future. Snake Adolf Hitler disappears when Shleemypants decides that Snake Planet has gone too far.
5 Gross: Memory Parasites
The Memory Parasites have one of the most incredible powers displayed in the storyline — they can install fake memories of weird characters into the brains of their hosts, although their only flaw is that these recollections cannot be negative in nature.
In their actual form, they resemble deep-sea tubeworms, except with uncoordinated arms and legs attached haphazardly to a contorted torso. When they are killed, Memory Parasites burst into a puddle of reddish-pink slime.
4 Strange: Mr. Poopybutthole
The thing about Mr. Poopybutthole is that he's an incredibly warm and friendly character (who usually appears at the end of a season to hint at upcoming adventures.) He's supposed to be a teacher, as shown when he lectures his students on African-American Womens' Studies, specifically the poet, Maya Angelou.
However, Mr. Poopybutthole is an exceptional martial artist, which is believable to a point, but the combination of all these factors with his utterly screwball personality and eternally euphoric demeanor is just discomfiting.
3 Gross: Hamsters In Butts
In an infinite array of universes, there have to be an infinite variety of aliens, but the evolution of Hamsters In Butts into their present state is more a question of why rather than how.
They live inside the human rectal cavity of different people, establishing homes and thriving families. Their hosts may or may not be sentient, and do not say a single word, while the hamsters have built themselves a fully-functioning civilization. More importantly, what happens when the human has to go to the bathroom? There has to be some trauma involved there.
2 Strange: The Cromulons
Depicting planet-sized heads as living beings is already too much of a stretch, but how on earth do the Cromulons "feed on the talent and showmanship of less-evolved lifeforms"? Do they naturally speak English or are their dialogues somehow translated when people hear them?
And then there is the matter of their weaponry: without a body, is it even possible for them to construct their world-teleportation devices as well their overwhelmingly powerful plasma cannon. Do they force other civilizations to do their bidding?
1 Gross: King Jellybean
King Jellybean is a grey blob with a few hairs vaguely scattered across the top of his head (?), and visually he isn't really exceptional either way. Unfortunately for Morty, his attempt to assault the poor boy reveals tendencies that are far more repulsive than anything else.
Worse, it looks like Morty isn't his first victim, since the village officials discover several photographs showing King Jellybean in compromising situations. Good thing Grandpa Rick is around to take care of him.
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