# Rick and Morty -- the new animated show from Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [January 21, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380 "2014-01-21T17:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/201 "2015-09-29T02:29:46Z")
I liked this episode, and I thought it was funny that they acknowledged the uneven quality of this season: > [@](#): > > **Morty** : I gotta tell you, Rick. It’s great to be in the spaceship, just the two of us, you know? > > **Rick** : I agree. It’s nice to get back to the basics after an intense, mixed bag of a year. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/202 "2015-09-29T07:36:51Z")
I liked that line too, though I was pretty underwhelmed with the episode. Not as bad as last week’s, but near there. Maybe because it just seemed so… _predictable_. And a lot of it was just blasting away. I have no problem with the ultra-violence, but I watch the show for the jokes not the blood. ---
**Author:** ![McDoogins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@McDoogins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDoogins)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/203 "2015-09-29T21:13:10Z")
I’ve seen all the episodes except for the mini Rick clone one. Good show, my favorite is the one with the Council of Ricks and Evil Morty with the eye-patch. [quote=“Garula, post:49, topic:679380”] One thing I noticed, when Krombopulos Michael was infiltrating the compound place, was he killing the guards or just knocking them out? It looked a lot like he was just using sleeper holds (the TV shorthand for non-lethal knockouts), but there was also a crunching sound.QUOTE] By the way, why the Hell did Morty kill that omnipresent cloud Fart? ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/204 "2015-09-30T06:51:55Z")
> [@McDoogins](#): > > By the way, why the Hell did Morty kill that omnipresent cloud Fart? Fart told him he was going to go back to his universe, get all his cloud buddies, return to our universe and cleanse everything. Which is why Morty freaks out so much when Rick jokes that he found a wormhole full of his buddies. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/205 "2015-09-30T11:25:23Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > I just discovered this show and am working my way through season 1, but I really love the voicework - the slight stumbling of both Rick and Morty. I literally (REAL literally, not Internet literally) had tears running down my face at Rick’s reaction to the Lucky Charms parody in “Rixty Minutes”. “Kid, when you’re selling cereal - you’ve, you’ve, you’ve got to pump the gas. Gotta put the pedal to the metal, OK?” I’m a few weeks late to the party, but this quote is about a year-old episode anyway, so what the hell. The thing that got me was Tophat Jones screaming,“Demons! I see demon’s a-comin’!” during his death scene. So over-the-top. The miltiverse TV episode sucked. The b-plot was the best part. The commercials were lame. I read on the internet (with all the reliability that entails) that Justin got drunk and did unscripted TV & commercial improv. I’m thinking they at least need to have a plot or situation in-hand before they get drunk and improv dialog, 'cause as gold as the first episode was, this one was lame. Interesting that both episodes had strong b-plots with Beth and Jerry, though. The “purge night” episode was better, but not exactly gold. Let’s hope for a strong finish to the season next weekend. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/206 "2015-09-30T12:27:11Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Fart told him he was going to go back to his universe, get all his cloud buddies, return to our universe and cleanse everything. > > Which is why Morty freaks out so much when Rick jokes that he found a wormhole full of his buddies. He even sang about it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/207 "2015-09-30T15:26:58Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > The commercials were lame. I read on the internet (with all the reliability that entails) that Justin got drunk and did unscripted TV & commercial improv. Say what you will, I’m still looking forward to the premiere of _Alien Invasion Tomato Monster Mexican Armada Brothers Who Are Just Regular Brothers Running In A Van From An Asteroid And All Sorts Of Things: The Movie_. Hell, I’ll settle for season 1 of Ball Fondlers on Blu-Ray. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/208 "2015-09-30T16:07:37Z")
_The Purge_/“Return of the Archons” episode was meh. A few good lines, though: MORTY: “That’s horrible!” RICK: “Yeah… you wanna check it out?” MORTY: “I’m not watching.” RICK: “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your medal’s in the mail.” RICK: “Oh, Morty, how could I refuse, after all you’ve done to blackmail me?” RICK: “A spoon, Morty? A _spoon_? There’s a pile of silverware and you throw me the one thing that never killed _anybody_.” ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/209 "2015-09-30T16:15:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > RICK: “A spoon, Morty? A _spoon_? There’s a pile of silverware and you throw me the one thing that never killed _anybody_.” But Rick had literally just killed someone with it. If anyone likes comics, Oni Press is putting out a Ball Fondlers special issue of the Rick and Morty book. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/210 "2015-10-05T18:04:16Z")
Well, the season finale started out schwifty, but then it took a hard left squanch. Surprisingly dark ending with Rick turning himself in to the tune of “Hurt” and the Smiths being dropped back on Federation-occupied Earth. The stinger with Mr. Poopybutthole was delightfully meta and at least offered a smile to end the season with after such a huge downer. I spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out why “Tammy’s” cyborg parents looked and sounded so familiar until the credits revealed that they were being played by James Callis and Tricia Helfer - i.e., Dr. Gaius Baltar and Number Six! A nice little easter egg, considering how they must have been living undercover on Earth for years. I guess I’ll have to find something else to get schwifty to “for a year and a half or maybe more” until season 3, when I presume the Smiths are going to launch a prison break and somehow liberate Earth from the Federation. (Maybe in the meantime I’ll be able to figure out what the hell a plumbus does.) ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/211 "2015-10-05T19:29:34Z")
Good season ender… started out a bit boring, and I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, and then boy did it. The little sequence where they try to find a new planet to live on was great, I just love the sci-fi moments like that. And then of course the super-depressing ending… given what we already saw after 2x03 shouldn’t be surprising. But jeez what a cliffhanger, I CAN’T WAIT ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF OR MAYBE MORE ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/212 "2015-10-05T19:58:33Z")
Poor Birdperson. Killed at his wedding and his last thought was that his love had betrayed him. In any culture, that would be considered a dick move. Did you see the wedding band’s instruments? The drums were obviously testicles and the cymbals were nipples. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/213 "2015-10-05T19:58:42Z")
A thought occurs to me. Rick was gone for so many years because he (and Birdperson, and Squanchy, and several others) were fighting a small-scale guerilla war against a Federation that rules the galaxy through police oppression and drugging, which considers him a terrorist, and from which he’s already escaped their penal colony once. Rick’s backstory is _Blake’s Seven_. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/214 "2015-10-05T20:54:31Z")
The “finding a new Earth” sequence reminded me of Arthur’s similar quest in The Hitchhiker’s Guide. Also, the bit where Rick turned himself in had the perfect comedic balance - the bittersweet “. . . oh” when you realize what he’s doing, and then the fact that he just had to slip a dig at Jerry in there. That ending, though . . . ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/215 "2015-10-05T21:29:53Z")
Quite a gut-wrencher of an episode. I wonder when Season 3 will start. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/216 "2015-10-05T21:34:25Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > The “finding a new Earth” sequence reminded me of Arthur’s similar quest in The Hitchhiker’s Guide. You know, one could probably eventually get used to the Sun screaming all the time. > [@](#): > > the bittersweet “. . . oh” when you realize what he’s doing, and then the fact that he just had to slip a dig at Jerry in there. “I’m just doing what’s right for the galaxy here. I’m Jerry Smith, and I love sucking big sweaty cock and licking disgusting furry testicle-sacks.” “…Umm, okay.” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/217 "2015-10-05T22:28:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A thought occurs to me. > > Rick was gone for so many years because he (and Birdperson, and Squanchy, and several others) were fighting a small-scale guerilla war against a Federation that rules the galaxy through police oppression and drugging, which considers him a terrorist, and from which he’s already escaped their penal colony once. > > Rick’s backstory is _Blake’s Seven_. Here’s another thought: The years Rick spent fighting the guerilla war has caused him to suffer from PTSD. That could account for a lot of his hostile and moody behavior along with his drug and alcohol problems. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/218 "2015-10-05T22:47:43Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > The years Rick spent fighting the guerilla war has caused him to suffer from PTSD. That could account for a lot of his hostile and moody behavior along with his drug and alcohol problems. No disagreements there. This episode certainly explains a lot of why he distrusts the government and his general cynicism. I found it interesting that when they played “Hurt” (which works so well for Rick) over the closing scenes, they deliberately left out the final verse; [QUOTE=Trent Reznor] If I could start again A million miles away I will keep myself I would find a way [/QUOTE] That verse of the song always seemed to imply, to me at least, that the singer wishes he could have found a way to be true to what he is without having hurt the people around him. It’s the part of the song that offers the singer a chance at redemption. Does Rick believe that he’s beyond saving? Probably. Is he truly beyond saving? I don’t think so - and it’d make a great conclusion to that story arc if they use the final verse for a dramatic moment in the season 3 premiere. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/219 "2015-10-06T07:47:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The stinger with Mr. Poopybutthole was delightfully meta and at least offered a smile to end the season with after such a huge downer. Disliked the stinger, spoiled the mood. So the insectoids are the dominant species, and the assassin’s species is either a different caste or something, interesting. Why couldn’t they take Rick earlier, Tammy knew where he was obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/220 "2015-10-06T08:34:25Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Disliked the stinger, spoiled the mood. > > So the insectoids are the dominant species, and the assassin’s species is either a different caste or something, interesting. > > Why couldn’t they take Rick earlier, Tammy knew where he was obviously. I loved the stinger. It was kinda funny, then it got awesome when he flipped out on the pizza delivery guy and ended up rolling on the floor with pepperoni stuck to him, taunting us about how long it would be until the next episode. They didn’t take Rick earlier, because, as Birdperson said, there were 17 wanted felons at his wedding. One Rick vs Rick + 16 others. A highly unlikely long-con, but it’s a cartoon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=12)