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One does not truly reveal their core self until they are hangry, and the mere concept of shame becomes non-existent.

Take, for example, when McDonald’s brought back its Szechuan McNugget sauce this weekend, first introduced in 1998 as part of the chain’s promotion for the Disney film Mulan. At the time, it was a temporary featured menu item.

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Then, this April, in its Season 3 premiere, Ricky and Morty referenced the sauce. In the episode, Rick desperately wants to taste the sauce one more time, which led to countless fans of the McDonald’s relic to start a petition online to bring it back.

Lo and behold, McDonald’s did indeed bring it back, but for a limited time and only in select locations in the U.S. The company teased the Szechuan resurrection when it first sent show creator Justin Roiland a bottle in July, later announcing it would be offering it in restaurants exclusively on October 7.

On the Saturday, fans turned up in droves at McDonald’s restaurants demanding the condiment, with some locations seeing hundreds line up for the sauce. The crowds became so rowdy in some locations, particularly when the sauce ran out, that police were called to help manage the tensions and fights breaking out. Some were seen on social media as they held back crowds screaming “we want sauce!”