Which 1990 sci-fi film inspired the title Total Rickall?

The Rick and Morty episode “Total Rickall” takes its title from the 1990 science-fiction film Total Recall.

The connection is a playful word substitution: “Recall” becomes “Rickall,” combining the film’s title with Rick’s name. The reference also fits the episode’s story, in which parasitic aliens implant elaborate false memories into the Smith family. Characters remember shared experiences that never happened, creating the same broad theme of uncertainty between genuine and manufactured memory.

The film Total Recall stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid, a man whose memories and identity become central to a conspiracy involving Mars. It was directed by Paul Verhoeven and adapted from Philip K. Dick’s 1966 story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” “Total Rickall” premiered in 2015 as season 2’s fourth episode.