Rick and Morty appear as Kratos and Atreus in God of War: Ragnarok ad

In a promo spot that appeared alongside Sunday’s premiere of season 6 of Rick and MortyThe duo Kind of took on the roles of Kratos and his son Atreus to promote this year’s God of War Ragnarok.

In the ad, Rick shaves his head and smears his face with red paint to imitate Kratos’ iconic facial tattoo, before handing an ever-hesitant Morty a toy bow and arrow and pushing him through a portal to the Nine Realms (the worlds of Norse mythology in which the 2018 God of WarAnd this is the sequel. There, Morty suffers the indignity of a crow attack while Rick gets his hands on Kratos’ Leviathan Axe “and other unannounced upgrades.”

This is why? Good question. “Why do we have to do anything, Morty?” asks Rick. “Money?” suggests his grandson. “Yeah, but not this time,” says the scientist, unconvincingly.

Rick and Morty were previously promoted for PlayStation. In 2019, they made a funny clip. Death Stranding. Morty may also play the Warner Bros. fighter MultiVersus.

God of War RagnarokThis is one of the few games with a release date in late 2022 that remains elusively important. It’s out on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on Nov. 9. I suspect that, like Rick, we’ll be glad enough to throw ourselves into the Nine Realms when it arrives.