Needful Things
Here’s a Stephen King connection! In the episode, “Something Ricked This Way Comes,” the Devil comes to town and opens up a shop called “Needful Things.” This is in reference to the 1991 Stephen King novel of the same name. The plot of this episode is also similar to that of the book.
It’s the age-old debate of “supernatural versus science.” In this instance, the Devil represents the supernatural while Rick barges in and attempts to one-up the former in the science camp. We love when Rick and Morty intermittently sprinkles nods to literature, especially notable sci-fi and horror authors like Stephen King.