"Rick and Morty" season 3 is one of the most popular animated shows on the small screen. This Adult Swim show regularly spawns different memes that would take the internet by storm. When the show returned, fans went crazy over the show's mention of McDonald's Szechuan sauce.
With that, many were looking for the 19-year-old condiment. This sauce was released by McDonald's in 1998 during a tie-in with Disney animated film "Mulan." McDonald's added a new dipping option for its Chicken McNugget with the Szechuan sauce. However, the sauce was just a limited-edition product and was not always offered by the fast-food chain.
While everyone forgot about the sauce, the writers for "Rick and Morty" did not forget it at all. In fact, it was mentioned in the premiere of the show's season 3 in an offhand joke about Rick who was looking for the sauce. Many fans called out McDonald's to revive the product.
In response to the request from "Rick and Morty" fans, the fast-food chain revived the Szechuan sauce for just one day this month. However, it was only available at certain locations and in limited quantities. Since there were only few condiments released, it resulted in chaos in some stores and some fans got infuriated at the staff and workers.
In an interview with TMZ, the show's co-creator Justin Roiland said that the whole mess started as a joke and it surprisingly exploded into a real-world issue. Roiland said that he is hoping that McDonald's will release enough Szechuan sauce for everybody. He also commented that the whole thing is absurd, and it already became a collector thing.
Roiland also pointed out how some fans behaved in McDonalds. Although the re-release was poorly executed, Roiland is critical of those who misbehaved toward the food chain's staff since they were just doing their job.He even said that those who got the sauce "can try selling it for $1,000 so they can pay their bills and feed their children."
