It’s a tough call on which Rick reigns supreme. Tiny Rick had the catchier song, but Pickle Rick ended up with a higher body count. “Rick and Morty” fans aren’t any closer to resolving this debate, as it’s the wild west out on various Reddit posts.
Numerous threads have emerged on the site of viewers debating whether Tiny Rick or Pickle Rick is best, and it’s hard to draw any definitive conclusions. On the Tiny Rick side of the argument, Redditor u/AnChaan thought the character had greater potential, “Tiny Rick, he could have been expanded upon given enough time on it.” Others seem to think the meme-ification of Pickle Rick soured them on the character, with u/sam_m0ss writing, “Pickle Rick was funny for a but, but tiny Rick is timeless. I will always find that episode entertaining no matter how many times I watch it.”
For the Pickle Rick stans, the character simply did cooler things, as one user wrote, “Pickle. Rick was undone by his own hubris, said never mind that s***, became a badass, and had a hilariously awesome action movie just to avoid therapy.” Similarly, u/Zet_the_Arc_Warden found this version of Rick a bit more active: “With Tiny Rick the punchline was that he was just a smaller version of himself. With Pickle Rick I feel they did a bit more.” Of course, some fans have the right idea by combining the two characters, resulting in Tiny Pickle Rick, which would probably just be Cornichon Rick. Just don’t get him next to a charcuterie platter.