Rick And Morty Fans Cooked Up A Spicy Theory About The Golden Portals And Diane

According to a theory posted to Reddit by u/4thvariety, Rick’s ex-wife, Diane, could be the show’s next big villain now that the Central Finite Curve is gone. Pointing out that Diane doesn’t appear to exist in any of the universes we’ve seen thus far, the Redditor hypothesizes that universes inside the Central Curve are all universes where Rick has rid himself of Diane. If true, that would mean universes outside the Curve contain infinite Dianes, all of whom are infinitely mad at Rick for abandoning them. (The Rick we’ve been following for six seasons, whose Diane was killed by a rogue Rick, may be an outlier, the theory posits.) The dark implication here would be that the necessary criterion for a Rick to be considered the smartest being in his universe is that he removes Diane from that universe.

If any of this is true, which is admittedly a big “if,” then it suggests Diane is the smartest being in existence, and probably the only threat Rick knows he can’t take on. It also means Evil Morty has traveled to one of the universes that has a Diane and has brought with him the portal tech necessary to travel back into the Central Finite Curve. In summary, as the theory’s creator put it, “Diane is coming, she is smarter than Rick and she is mad as hell.”

While this theory has a low chance of coming true, it does answer a big potential plot hole in the show — namely, where are all the infinite versions of Diane? After all, we’ve seen countless iterations of Rick and Morty. But should it turn out to be true, Diane would undoubtedly be the greatest enemy Rick could imagine.