When the Smiths awoke again, he revealed that, chained to his wall, were various other reject decoys of Rick. Underneath, this Rick had a grotesquely sewn-together face. While trying to escape from the squids in the woods, one of the Smith families was kidnapped by a Rick who was wearing a loose mask of Rick's face a la Texas Chainsaw Massacre. With each generation of decoys, they began to possess less and less of the original Rick's intelligence and each one began to get lazier and lazier therefore, after a few generations of decoy-made decoys, the quality wasn't the best.

In a theory that Rick describes as an 'Asimov Cascade Failure,' each Rick began to realize that the decoys made decoys themselves, oblivious to their own decoy status. These decoys, however, are the first time so many Smiths have taken over one dimension. Here is each type of Smith family decoy and how they were created, explained. The Smiths have also frequently jumped through dimensions when the one they're currently inhabiting is no longer suitable. The Citadel of Ricks, which has appeared frequently, is composed entirely of the infinite spectrum of Ricks. In season 4 episode 10, 'Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri,' Beth's 'clone' returned to kill Rick and to settle once-and-for-all who was the original and who was the clone. This certainly isn't the first time Rick and Morty has played with the concept of infinite realities and the idea of clones. Related: Rick & Morty Promo Gender-swaps A '90s Icon The episode quickly devolves into a battle royale of Smiths killing Smiths until only the original - or what can be assumed to be the original - family is left. It sets off a chain reaction of destruction, as each creator is also revealed to be a decoy. Every time the squids destroy a decoy family, the Rick that built them can sense their destruction, creating a chain reaction of death and existential crises. Their creators were notified of their destruction, revealing their decoy identity. Luckily for the Smiths, this family wasn't the original they were decoys, meant to distract their enemies. Rick and Morty season 5 episode 2, 'Mortiplicity,' opens with a family of Smiths being killed by an army of squid aliens.

In the end, only one family could remain, though whether or not they were the original Smiths remains to be seen.

The Rick and Mortyseason 5 episode 'Mortiplicity' reveals the existence of infinite Smith family decoys in one of its most confusing episodes yet - but what does each type of decoy mean, and how were they all created? Most of the decoys look identical to the original Smiths, but some vary wildly in their composition, resembling Texas Chainsaw Massacre lookalikes and the Smiths as puppets. WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Rick and Morty season 5, episode 2, 'Mortiplicity.'

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