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HONG KONG: Eagle-eyed Hong Kong fans of the adult cartoon sitcom Rick and Morty have spotted oblique references to the city’s democracy movement in the latest episode of the cult sci-fi show.<\/p>\n
Final DeSmithation, the fifth episode of the sixth season, aired last Sunday (Oct 2) and featured a characteristically chaotic storyline involving an imprisoned alien making fortune cookies.<\/p>\n
Towards the climax, a series of numbers and letters flash up on the screen that, to the uninitiated, might look random.<\/p>\n
But the codes – GFHG19SDGM, 721DLLM and 19HK831 – were quickly seized on by Hong Kong viewers who spotted and explained their significance this week on Reddit and the local forum LIHKG.<\/p>\n
The first is widely used as shorthand for the Cantonese protest chant “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” – a slogan that has since been declared illegal in the Chinese financial hub.<\/p>\n
The other two reference significant dates during the 2019 protests – namely a Jul 21 attack on protesters by government supporters, and police beating protesters inside a subway station on Aug 31.<\/p>\n
DLLM is also internet shorthand for the most popular curse in Hong Kong – an insult to the recipient’s mother – which was frequently shouted by police and protesters at each other.<\/p>\n
“Thank you to the producers of Rick and Morty,” wrote one user under a post on LIHKG that had received nearly 5,000 upvotes.<\/p>\n
Others fretted that the episode might get removed in Hong Kong, which has embraced greater censorship since the 2019 protests.<\/p>\n
“If this receives exposure and the company kowtows, someone might lose their job,” one user wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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