# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/41 "2015-07-31T04:56:14Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I’ve seen a couple episodes > > seems like typical [as] fare: only funny if you’re a marijuana addict This is a totally ridiculous criticism, are you sure you saw the show being discussed? AS has plenty of nonsensical absurd humor shows, stuff like Aqua Teen or Xavier. R&M is nothing like that, it has a clear plot usually involving scifi concepts. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/42 "2015-08-01T02:52:09Z")
Watched through it on Hulu over the last couple days. Really, really good. The belching shtick gets kind of old after a while and, in my opinion, just gets in the way of the great writing. ---
**Author:** ![Garula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/43 "2015-08-01T03:11:20Z")
Adult Swim has quite a lot of terrible, nonsensical, surrealist crap. Shows that are basically trying to out random each other with no no plot or thematic coherence. Tim and Eric are a blight upon humorkind. But Rick and Morty definitely shouldn’t be grouped with those. Yeah, it definitely goes to some pretty weird places, but there’s always a thread of logic connecting what’s going on. That’s a big part of why the humor works so well for me, because you can end up with an insane situation like Meseeks taking a restaurant hostage and see how every step leading up to that point made sense. Anyways, great show. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/44 "2015-08-01T14:02:50Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I’ve seen a couple episodes > > seems like typical [as] fare: only funny if you’re a marijuana addict Sounds like it went over your head. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/45 "2015-08-01T14:09:59Z")
I loved Rick and Morty from the pilot on; but I’m a sucker for absurdity, chaos, and imagination mixed in with my humour. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/46 "2015-08-03T18:05:35Z")
Last night’s episode might be my favorite so far. Between killing a bunch of people for no reason, murdering his friend, and “Roy”, Morty might have even worse PTSD now than he did after having to bury himself. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/47 "2015-08-03T21:34:22Z")
Did you catch the Mister Meeseeeks cameo in the background at the arcade? Jerryboree was hysterical. I like how Rick didn’t really care which Jerry he took home. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/48 "2015-08-03T23:40:33Z")
“Roy” was great. There’s no way that Harmon/Roiland weren’t referencing one of the best _Star Trek: TNG_ episodes ever, _The Inner Light_. But turning the idea into a video game was fantastic (and feels strangely inevitable). ---
**Author:** ![Garula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/49 "2015-08-04T04:14:52Z")
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. I ask because if he was being nonlethal, that would add more sting to the carnage of the main plot. Sure, KM is a psychopathic killing machine, but keeps the damage to an absolute minimum while Morty’s good intentioned meddling gets hundreds killed. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/50 "2015-08-04T04:52:54Z")
> [@Garula](#): > > 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. I’m no xenobiologist, but those guys look like they had exoskeletons - hard to make a sleeper hold work on bug-people with an exterior carapace. Also KM _really_ enjoyed killing people. But, you know, like I said - I’m no xenobiologist. Still I’d think killing a few redshirt guards beat hundreds dead and massive infrastructure damage to gear world any day. Besides they’re just [robots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5A5Mb__fiA) :D. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/51 "2015-08-04T16:47:04Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Still I’d think killing a few redshirt guards beat hundreds dead and massive infrastructure damage to gear world any day. Besides they’re just [robots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5A5Mb__fiA) :D. Oh, come on. That’s like calling a Chinese person “Asiaface”! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/52 "2015-08-05T16:36:18Z")
I was baffled when RAM appeared on _The Simpsons_ for the couch gag awhile back, having never heard of the show before. After seeing an ad for the S2 premiere, I watched the show and liked it very much - weird characters, subversive humor, bizarre aliens and impressive animation. I’ve watched several excerpts on YouTube and have added the show to my DVR list. Good stuff. A bonus for me, as an _Archer_ fan, is Chris Parnell doing the voice of the dad. > [@Tarwater](#): > > …it still follows an eccentric scientist and his young friend… Grandson. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/53 "2015-08-10T15:24:23Z")
Complete marijuana addict here: Last night’s episode was Moral Orel levels of dark and touching. Loved it. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/54 "2015-08-10T15:47:21Z")
I saw a bit of the show on American TV when my sister and I were staying in a hotel in NYC last month. I thought it looked intriguing, so when I got home, I watched a bit of it online. I’ve seen the first few episodes, and I’m enjoying the show so far. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/55 "2015-08-10T21:38:25Z")
Complete non-smoker/drinker/drug-taker/fun-having person here: Last night’s episode was excellent, one of the best. Such fantastic displays of emotion from both Rick and Jerry. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/56 "2015-08-13T15:52:31Z")
What happened with Rick, the small alien and the gadget in the garage at the very end of the most recent episode? Did he kill it, and then almost commit suicide himself before drunkenly passing out? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/57 "2015-08-13T16:24:57Z")
Well: [SPOILER]That is largely how I understand it, yes. He gets dumped by Unity, who essentially tells him that he’s too self-centered for even a hive mind to deal with. He understands that it’s probably right, and it kind of breaks him. He heads back home, and acquiesces to anything that is asked of him. He kills the small alien, then obviously intends to kill himself. I like to think he realizes that would be just another string of selfish acts, and puts his head down in realization of the the fact that if he doesn’t want to remain only a selfish bastard in the memories of those he loves, he has to continue living. But for whatever reason he puts his head down before he’s annihilated, and passes out until the next day. [/SPOILER] ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/58 "2015-08-13T16:33:35Z")
Thanks. Why’d he kill the small alien? Why not return it to where it came from and release it there? Was it suffering and he was “putting it out of its misery”? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/59 "2015-08-13T17:19:26Z")
My take on the small alien: It’s like a thing you can buy. A small alien that does not want to be alive (like Meseeks), and can be frozen and thawed easily. To test equipment like the one he has. Also Rick passed out and that was all that saved him. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/60 "2015-08-13T17:32:41Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > My take on the small alien: > > It’s like a thing you can buy. A small alien that does not want to be alive (like Meseeks), and can be frozen and thawed easily. To test equipment like the one he has. > > Also Rick passed out and that was all that saved him. My view is that Rick is an hedonismo-anarcho-nihilist who throws himself (and all others) to the fortunes of the cosmic wind while playing with loaded dice. He would probably call himself a realist. He’s still growing as a character, but as he is now… what’s the life of a small Alien? Know your role people, whether you pass butter, are a child rapist/king, or a conjured non-magical genie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=4)