**NEWS FLASH: MULTIVERSE in CRISIS as RICK and MORTY FANS DISCOVER ‘SEASON 7’ WAS JUST a FAN FICTION WRITTEN by a SENTIENT PICKLE**

NEWS FLASH: MULTIVERSE IN CRISIS AS RICK AND MORTY FANS DISCOVER ‘SEASON 7’ WAS JUST A FAN FICTION WRITTEN BY A SENTIENT PICKLE

BURP – In a twist so meta it’s achieved self-awareness, the official Rick and Morty fandom has collectively imploded after a Reddit user named u/PickleRick_69_420 leaked what they claimed was the script for Season 7, Episode 1. The episode, titled “The Szechuan Sauce Singularity,” was immediately hailed as a masterpiece of nihilistic genius. Turns out, it was written by an actual pickle that gained sentience after being left in a lab for three years.

“We were all losing our minds over a plot where Rick builds a time-traveling spatula to recreate the McDonald’s sauce from 1998,” said one devastated fan, wiping tears with a “Wubba Lubba Dub Dub” handkerchief. “But it was just a fermented vegetable channeling existential dread.”

Adult Swim has not commented, but sources say the pickle is currently demanding a writers’ credit and a lifetime supply of brine. In related news, Jerry has been promoted to head of the multiverse’s Department of Redundancy Department, because honestly, nothing matters anymore.

#PickleGate