# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/221 "2015-10-06T14:46:11Z")
Great episode. But man a year and a half on that cliffhanger? Brutal. ---
**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, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/222 "2015-10-06T17:29:07Z")
This of course means Rick lied in the pilot, they would never have passed through customs. He always expected a shootout. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/223 "2015-10-07T01:18:06Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Disliked the stinger, spoiled the mood. I generally find the winking meta-comments in the series to be more lame than funny, although I didn’t mind the episode Total Rickall which played with sitcom conventions. In particular, I thought the Mr. Poopybutthole bit ran on too long. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/224 "2015-10-07T04:16:56Z")
What if Rick’s cheap dig ends up recorded and effecting Jerry? “Glory hole operator?” “What is a glory hole?” ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/225 "2015-10-07T16:12:41Z")
Not a bad episode. The alien UPS was funny. Jerry’s wedding-reception chatter was just as awkward as you’d think. The screaming sun and the tiny planet (driving a species extinct just to make one breakfast’s bacon!) were good. I can wait for S3… but it won’t be easy. > [@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_.” > [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > But Rick had literally just killed someone with it… I guess that makes him the first! Reminds me of Blue Raja from _Mystery Men_, who uses silverware as weapons, but never knives (“I’m not Stab Man, I’m not Knifey Boy!”). > [@Geek\_Mecha](#): > > 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… I thought the same. Best lines: RICK: “Weddings are basically funerals with cake.” RICK: “Being nice is something stupid people do to hedge their bets.” ALIEN ANCHORWOMAN: “Spaghetti? Kangaroos? I’ve gotta check this place out.” FELON: “What are you in for?” RICK: “Everything.” ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/226 "2015-10-07T16:31:40Z")
I predict Morty calls on the Council of Ricks to get Rick out. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/227 "2015-10-08T00:55:09Z")
So, anyway, Mr. Beauregard still appears in the opening credits (the pillowfight scene). Was he a real, human, friend of the family??? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/228 "2015-10-08T04:25:37Z")
No. Proven in “Total Rickall” to be an alien parasitical memory… but still in the opening credits! ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/229 "2015-10-08T07:50:58Z")
We still don’t really know enough about how the galactic federation operates or the conflict Rick was part of to judge it exactly. I really don’t like this because the show is asking us to pick a side with limited information. Imprisoning Fart to stop him from alerting his species and cleansing the universe of all carbon based life certainly seemed a prudent move, I wonder who paid for the attempted hit on Fart? A rival galactic super power? On the other hand they appear tyrannical in some respects, conquering a planet like earth and proclaiming it as the newest member of the federation, Jerry willingly took the drugs offered so they aren’t forced drugging people anyway. If Rick’s great cause is simply against government order or control of any kind and he is just for chaos or anarchy it makes him seem pretty childish. Same way the show asks us to laugh at Morty and Summer’s naive planetary mindset and moral system, and agree knowingly with Rick while not understanding exactly what less provincial moral system it is we are agreeing with. ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/230 "2015-10-08T18:06:22Z")
My guess is that Rick’s war with the Federation has something to do with Morty. Birdperson had a photo in his apartment of himself posing with Morty as a baby, but Morty’s only 14 years old, and Rick had been gone for 15 years before returning to Earth. Perhaps Morty is actually an alien, or a clone, or a product of some Federation experiment? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/231 "2015-10-08T18:08:18Z")
> [@grude](#): > > …the show asks us to laugh at Morty and Summer’s naive planetary mindset and moral system, and agree knowingly with Rick while not understanding exactly what less provincial moral system it is we are agreeing with. True. And a provincial moral system might still be more benign/utilitarian than the alternative(s). What were your favorite eps this season? For me: “Mortynight Run” (especially the unlicensed Jerry daycare) “Total Rickall” (all of the bizarre false-memory parasites filling up the house) “The Ricks Must Be Crazy” (the ship defending Summer, the miniature universes, Colbert’s guest-star turn) ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/232 "2015-10-08T18:14:22Z")
Gonna have to go with “Get Schwifty” as my favorite of the season - the A-plot and B-plot were both solid and played off one another, the guest stars were great, and let’s face it - the title song was a _jam_. [I even bought the t-shirt.](http://zenmonkeystudios.com/product/rick-morty-schwifty/) _I’m Mr. Bulldops!_ ---
**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:** [October 8, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/233 "2015-10-08T19:10:35Z")
S2 episode guide: [Rick and Morty (season 2) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_and_Morty_(season_2)) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/234 "2015-10-08T20:13:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > What were your favorite eps this season? For me: > > “Mortynight Run” (especially the unlicensed Jerry daycare) > “Total Rickall” (all of the bizarre false-memory parasites filling up the house) > “The Ricks Must Be Crazy” (the ship defending Summer, the miniature universes, Colbert’s guest-star turn) For my top 3 of this season, I’d probably drop “Total Rickall” from your list and add “Big Trouble in Little Sanchez.” I really loved Beth and Jerry’s marriage counseling-gone-awry. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/235 "2015-10-08T22:05:41Z")
I’d go with Mortynight Run, Get Schwifty and The Ricks Must Be Crazy as top 3, with Total Rickall just a smidge behind. A Rickle in Time (spltting into parallel universes), Auto Erotic Assimilation (Unity) and the finale in the next tier. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/236 "2015-10-10T15:09:08Z")
I’m not sure how you guys can be emotionally invested in the welfare of Rick and Morty. Rick has committed genocide, and Morty has gone on a murderous spree. I rather hope things don’t go well for them, like with Walter White, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/237 "2015-10-10T15:28:26Z")
That murder spree was perfectly legal! ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/238 "2015-10-10T16:01:59Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > I’m not sure how you guys can be emotionally invested in the welfare of Rick and Morty. Rick has committed genocide, and Morty has gone on a murderous spree. I rather hope things don’t go well for them, like with Walter White, for instance. Ugh, you’ve got what the intergalactic call “a very planetary mindset.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/239 "2015-10-10T17:12:23Z")
Wubba lubba dub dub! ---
**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 10, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/240 "2015-10-10T17:37:48Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Wubba lubba dub dub! Rikki-tikki-tavi, beeyotch! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=13)