Rick and Morty Season 9 Opening Drops Early — Watch the New Title Sequence Before the Adult Swim Premiere

Rick and Morty is back this month, and Adult Swim just dropped the Season 9 opening credits. It feels like the show hit the reset button in a good way: the new leads sound fully settled after last season, and the whole thing has that early-era chaotic energy again.

The new opener is out, Season 9 lands this month

Adult Swim shared a first look at the Season 9 opening sequence ahead of the premiere. The show returns Sunday, May 24 at 11:00pm ET/PT, rolling out across 170 countries in 42 languages. In the U.S., new episodes will be up for digital purchase shortly after they air. If you want to binge instead, the full season is set to hit streaming on August 31, though Adult Swim has not said where it will live yet. Until then, Seasons 1-8 are streaming on HBO Max and Hulu.

Where Rick and Morty stands heading into S9

Adult Swim already committed to Rick and Morty through at least Season 12, and the show is getting close to the end of that big post-Season 3 mega-order you have heard about forever (the oft-cited 100-episode slate). Story-wise, Season 6 and 7 tied off a bunch of long-running threads, and Season 8 leaned back into stand-alone weirdness. So far, there is no sign of a big slow-burn villain or mythology arc dominating Season 9 either, which probably means more jokes, more one-off sci-fi nightmares, and less homework.

Episode titles (aka the pun buffet)

• There's Something About Morty
• Rick Days, Seven Nights
• Rick Fu Hustle
• A Ricker Runs Through It
• Jer Bud
• Erickerhead
• Mortgully: The Last Rickforest
• Rickuiem Mort a Dream
• Salute Your Morts
• Field of Dreams

Adult Swim's very normal synopsis

"Rick and Morty is back, baby! Season Nine is all certified bangers. No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop, made by real humans with real human traits like back hair and cysts. Please watch, or we'll have neglected our families for nothing."

Yes, they really went with 'No AI slop' and 'back hair and cysts.' Subtle? Not remotely. But it does underline the vibe this year: loose, loud, and very human.

Bottom line: new credits are out, the show returns May 24 at 11pm ET/PT, digital purchases hit right after, full-season streaming lands August 31 (platform TBD), and if you want to catch up, Seasons 1-8 are on HBO Max and Hulu. Feels like the series knows exactly what it wants to be again. We'll see how wild the ride gets.