ThinkGeek has a long tradition of posting fake products on April Fools’ Day. Many remain fake, like the Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet and the Voltron Cat Condo, but others become real products, including the U.S.S. Enterprise Flying Disc and the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag.
Will the Rick and Morty Plumbus be the former or the latter?
Though plumbuses are common household products (you probably have one in your bathroom and kitchen), it wasn’t until Rick and Morty Season 2 episode “Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate” that the world learned exactly how a plumbus is made.
ThinkGeek’s April Fools’ Day plumbus is an “artisan” version, currently priced at $49.99 instead of the more standard 6 ½ brapple price. It is also a joke.
But will it stay a joke? That seems unlikely. For one thing, the ThinkGeek plumbus looks like a real product. They definitely made at least one:
Unlike some of ThinkGeek’s other April Fools’ Day products, there’s nothing super outlandish about the product itself. It wouldn’t be prohibitively expensive like the Attack on Titan lawn ornament or as obviously silly as Magic: The Gathering Travel Edition.
Plus, Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland all but admits that a real plumbus is on the way:
@CookiesAndMil_ @thinkgeek all in good time
— Justin Roiland (@JustinRoiland) April 1, 2016
So while it may be an April Fools’ Day joke for now, expect to replace your normal home plumbuses with a ThinkGeek artisanal plumbus in the near future.
