GWAR Will Destroy The ‘Rick And Morty’ Pop-Up Bar That Cartoon Network Killed

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The Rick & Morty pop-up bar in Washington D.C. is coming to a bloody end. No, really.

The bar’s creators are making the most out of Cartoon Network shutting the Wubba Lubba Dub PUB that never opened after the Adult Swim network threatened a lawsuit. The PUB was supposed to open in August and stay open until October, with multiple Rick & Morty-themed rooms and some special cocktails. There was even a special entrance for people who dressed like Rick Sanchez.

But the doors never opened because of the threat of lawsuit, meaning all the fun artwork and fixtures from the bar will never actually get used. According to Washingtonian, Cartoon Network insisted that anything Rick & Morty from the shuttered pop-up needed to be destroyed, and that’s exactly what will happen as part of a new pop-up bar Drink Company, who originally planned the bar, will do. Rockers GWAR will show up to the D.C. location on Thursday and destroy the Rick & Morty artwork as part of a new GWAR-themed pop-up.

“They’re going to come in and kick some things around, and break some things, and let Gwar be Gwar,” says Drink Company president Derek Brown told Washingtonian. “We just want to make sure we follow the letter of the law.”


According to the Washingtonian, GWAR will show up on Thursday to make a show of breaking some fine, if copyright infringing artwork. It will also launch a new pop-up and help the company take care of what could have been a nasty legal problem

That evening at 5 PM, one section of the three-bar space will reopen as Gwar PUB (Pop-Up Bar), featuring more than 30 years of the Richmond-based band’s real-life stage props and costumes. Not familiar with Gwar? “It’s a kind of sci-fi, horror, comedy show with metal and a touch of Damien Hirst,” Brown explains. Members of the band will make cameos on opening night. The pop-up will run through Oct. 31, when there will be a special Gwar Halloween party.

The whole thing is a great way for the pop-up bar to get more exposure, sure, but it’s a fun way to make the most out of a looming legal nightmare. Fan art is one thing, but Cartoon Network clearly wasn’t happy with a company making money off Rick Sanchez and family with the help of some booze. This a pretty cheeky way of making things right, though.

(via Washingtonian)

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