--- description: Cult cartoon comedy 'Rick and Morty' has fired up nostalgia for a long-discontinued McDonald's condiment. title: 'Rick and Morty' Fans Wants McDonald's to Bring Back Mulan Sauce image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Internet](/tag/internet/) ## Internet Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fans of _Rick and Morty_ Want McDonald's to Bring Back Its Szechuan Dipping Sauce ## Video: McDonald's Introduces A Nutella Burger [Watch (HLS stream): McDonald's Introduces A Nutella Burger](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JNIG8RHM.m3u8) (0:29)  _Published 2017-03-20. McDonald's Italy has introduced a sweet twist on burgers._ by [Ryan Kilpatrick](/author/ryan-kilpatrick/) ## Ryan Kilpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2017 9:57 AM CUT by [Ryan Kilpatrick](/author/ryan-kilpatrick/) ## Ryan Kilpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2017 9:57 AM CUT Cult cartoon comedy _Rick and Morty_ has fired up nostalgia for a long-discontinued McDonald’s condiment. Fans of the Cartoon Network program have been creating a buzz online since the season three premier, released unexpectedly on April 1, referenced a “Szechuan dipping sauce” offered by the fast food chain almost two decades ago, Mashable [reports](http://mashable.com/2017/04/03/rick-morty-mcnugget-sauce/?utm%5Fcid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#hSSjiS9x%5FPqF "undefined"). In the episode, eponymous mad scientist Rick Sanchez promises “nine more seasons until I get that dipping Sichuan sauce… or 97 more years.” The sauce was briefly served alongside McNuggets in 1998 to promote Disney’s animated feature _Mulan_, adapted from the Chinese legend of woman warrior Hua Mulan. Although Mulan herself hailed from northern China, far from present-day Sichuan province, the sauce is said to have combined the similarly un-Sichuanese tastes of sweet-and-sour and BBQ sauce, according to nostalgic Reddit users. More than 11,000 people have already signed a petition demanding the product’s return, and social media chatter even prompted a tweet from McDonald’s official Twitter account. With a live-action version of _Mulan_ expected to hit cinemas next year, many hoped that a re-introduction of the much-missed sauce could be forthcoming. \[[_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2017/04/03/rick-morty-mcnugget-sauce/?utm%5Fcid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#hSSjiS9x%5FPqF "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4722503/rick-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4722503/rick-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/"},"headline":"Fans of Rick and Morty Want McDonald's to Bring Back Its Szechuan Dipping Sauce","datePublished":"2017-04-03T09:57:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:09:53.745Z","description":"The sauce was fleetingly served alongside McNuggets in 1998 to promote Disney's animated feature Mulan","url":"https://time.com/4722503/rick-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/","keywords":["Internet","Mcdonald's"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Kilpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-kilpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/internet/","name":"Internet"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4722503/rick-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/","name":"Fans of Rick and Morty Want McDonald's to Bring Back Its Szechuan Dipping Sauce"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"McDonald's Introduces A Nutella Burger","description":"McDonald's Italy has introduced a sweet twist on burgers.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/JNIG8RHM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-20T20:14:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JNIG8RHM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4722503/rick-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/","duration":"PT29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4722503/rick-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```