Definitely Not Rick and Morty

Definitely Not Rick and Morty
Active since 2017-04-03
The Definitely Not Rick and Morty ARG centered around eBay auctions for Szechuan dipping sauce.
Type	[[List_of_Investigations#Investigation|Investigation]]
Creator	Unknown
Discovered	2017-04-03

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This is a potential ARG relating to the Rick and Morty TV show. This page is maintained in collaboration with /r/SzechuanSauceSeekers

Background

On April 1st, 2017, there was a surprise airing of a long awaited new episode of Rick and Morty. The episode featured a sequence about a 1998 McDonalds promotion, which offered "Mulan Szechuan Teriyaki Dipping Sauce", promoting the release of the 1998 Disney Film Mulan. Following the airing, a slew of 'Zigerian' scammers took to eBay to capitalize on the sauce hype, attempting to sell fake sauce-related items. Some of these items were: packets, pictures of packets, screenshots of listings of photos of packets, etc.

Amidst the chaos of fabricated listings, one posted by the mysterious DefinitelyNotDanHarmon reached $100,000 before being taken down due to questions of authenticity. Screenshots of the listing can be viewed here (link?). Reports confirming the listing are available from this article and an inverse.com article. Since then, it has surfaced that DefinitelyNotDanHarmon is part of an ARG. We know that he has taken to Reddit and has assembled r/SzechuanSauceSeekers in effort to retake his rightful place as the DEFINITE Unofficial AUTHENTIC sauce distributor on eBay, and to uncover the mystery behind The GOLDEN PACKET. DefinitelyNotDanHarmon has appeared on Reddit, masquerading as a team of five users, including:

• u/ObviousViralCampaign
• u/rain-rain-throwaway
• u/AlsoNotDanHarmon
• u/AlsoAlsoNotDanHarmon
• u/AlsoAlsoAlsoNotDan

Sauceposts

There is a number of posts on the reddit with the tag "Saucepost", which is where most of the posts occur with images that contribute. These images often use enchiper.it and QR codes for information. The QR codes often lead to a TV Tropes wiki page.

Sauceposts Must Die" - the most bizarre saucepost yet from "DefinitelyNotDanHarmon

Main QR Code:

When scanned it leads to http://bit.ly/Szchuan or http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkSecret

Other QR Code (Bottom Left):

When scanned it returned

The real DefinitelyNotDanHarmon returns to Ebay 4/13/17. Prices starting at $0.01! Don't get bamboozled! https://youtu.be/ubNFViNtA80

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BY FAR the best szaucy image to spread in your travels right now. Contains short, text only ARG pitch with link to Jerry's eBay thread post on r/szechuansauceseekers . SPREAD DAT SAUCE BABY ITS COMING INSIDE YOU.

QR Code:

When scanned it returned

We are starting a revolution. Join us! If you think you can handle IT that is. The Secret of the Szechuan Sauce awaits you. http://bit.ly/SZECHUANjoinus

http://bit.ly/SZECHUANjoinus leads to this reddit post.

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IT cannot be stopped.

Middle QR Code:

When scanned it returned

R̶E̶̵̷V̸́̀͘E҉̶̕͢L͏̴̢A͢T̴̵͜͞Ì̀͘͡0̸̵̵̕Ń͏҉͠

Left QR Code:

When scanned it leads to http://bit.ly/ITiscoming or http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LaterInstallmentWeirdness

Right QR Code:

When scanned it leads to http://bit.ly/ITcantbestopped or http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EndOfSeriesAwareness

Left encipher.it (http://encipher.it/?DnRw):

The password for it was the text given in the middle QR code (R̶E̶̵̷V̸́̀͘E҉̶̕͢L͏̴̢A͢T̴̵͜͞Ì̀͘͡0̸̵̵̕Ń͏҉͠) and returned

This is the #RickAndMorty crosspromo that should have existed but never did. The sauceposts destroyed it. The sauceposts must die.

This page is a work in progress, and will be updated as new leads emerge.