When the Rick and Morty comics retold the story of the critically-acclaimed episode Pickle Rick, one of the biggest changes was their antagonists, giving the opportunity to bring back one of the series' earliest villains. While Rick's escapades as a pickle remained mostly the same, the secure complex he accidentally infiltrates isn't full of foreign guards but actually Robodogs. This leads to a confrontation with their ringleader, the Smith family's former pet and leader of the Robodogs, Snuffles who makes it clear that Rick is no longer his friend nor is his escape an option.
Introduced in the pilot, Snuffles is a small, white-haired fluffy dog whose issues with potty training makes Jerry ask Rick to create something to help him better obey commands in the Season 1 episode "Lawnmower Dog." Rick creates an IQ-enhancing helmet that does exactly that, but it eventually proves to be the family's downfall. Becoming more and more disgusted at how humanity treats canines, Snuffles figures out how to amplify his intelligence and after building himself a mech suit, the newly christened "Snowball" takes over the Smith family and begins manufacturing weapons to help dogs take over the world. Although it appears that Snowball is successful at worldwide domination, it proves to be nothing but a fabricated dream concocted by Rick which helps Snowball change his mind. Instead of taking over Earth, he and the other Robodogs take a group of liberated dogs to create a planet of intelligent dogs in another dimension. Besides the occasional cameo in a flashback or picture, Snuffles and the Robodogs have not been seen since.
In the Emmy award-winning Season 3 episode, Rick turns himself into a pickle to avoid attending family therapy but ends up alone in the sewers. Unwilling to die, he manages to build an advanced exoskeleton made from insect and animal body parts which he uses to escape. Unfortunately the toilet he emerges from is in a secure complex full of armed guards who mistakenly attack him, causing the resourceful mini-scientist to retaliate. In Rick and Morty Presents Pickle Rick #1 by Delilah S. Dawson and CJ Cannon, this version of events has subtle changes here and there but when Rick explores the secure complex, he discovers his future enemy/ally Jaguar being walked by Robodogs. When he tries to reason with them, they attack to which Rick incapacitates them and warns those watching, which include Snuffles, that he's coming for them if they don't let him go.
Rick and Morty enjoys playing with tropes within the many genres it references and its supporting cast of characters often make cameos. The Rick and Morty comic cleverly replaces Pickle Rick's primary villains but has them follow a similar train of thought. Instead of guards who compare Rick to a mythical bogeyman, the Robodogs believe him to be the dangerous entity cats speak of called "the Catbane." Instead of killing his pursuers like he gleefully did originally, Rick transforms them into a variety of fruits courtesy of his portable "Fruit Gun". Rick's interference frustrates Snuffles who sees his plans falling apart thanks to one of his previous owners who also has no problem rubbing his nose in it.
When confronted by both Jaguar and Rick, Snuffles doesn't try to run or bargain like the original administrator but stands his ground, failing to convince Rick of his superiority or lack of fear. Rick zaps Snuffles with another weapon which deactivates his suit and intelligence modifiers, bringing him back to his previous status as Morty's simple yet loving dog. Although Rick's breakthrough in therapy takes a different turn, it was nice to see the return of a villain from the earlier years of Rick and Morty who may still make an reappearance in the show's upcoming seasons.