Oh no.
For years my mom has argued with me about her belief that Rick & Morty plagiarizes my early 2000s flash cartoon, The Fear Hole, about a portal full of monsters. Otherwise the two just have mad science, dimensional portals and goofy alienlike creatures in common but she thinks that’s SO specific she wishes I would sue cartoon network. Last this came up I had to show her other examples of these tropes to demonstrate I didn’t invent them and she was just like *eye roll* okaaaay sweetie I still think they copied you but I’ll drop it for nowwww
Anyway now there’s a Rick and Morty episode about a phenomenon called a Fear Hole, which is a portal full of monsters. And it’s an easy coincidence but I am absolutely never going to hear the end of this now 😢