# 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:** 38
**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:** [January 5, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/742 "2020-01-05T02:10:29Z")
Catching up. Lighter-than-air Jerry was hilarious. Loved the wedding picture on his phone of an unimpressed Beth carrying _him_. The snake episode was pretty good - enjoyed the references to _The Terminator_ and _A Sound of Thunder_ (and did you notice the poster for _Back to the Future_ in the Eighties snakes’ physics lab?), not to mention the cranked-up-to-11 killing-Snake-Hitler bit. I was a little taken aback by the snake sex once the professor entered the observation room, but hey, it’s _Rick and Morty_, so what the hell. I thought it was Liam Neeson doing the red dragon’s voice in the pervy dragon episode, but I see it was another Liam (Cunningham, of _Game of Thrones_). Good job. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/743 "2020-03-06T00:11:15Z")
The producers of R&M are piss’n me off bro! We wait forever for season 4, get 5 episodes and now more waiting! Grrr!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/744 "2020-03-06T14:55:15Z")
[Snake Jazz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v26_pOpZDw0) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/745 "2020-03-29T15:46:46Z")
[Ninja Rick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSF5yoD-vC4). Very good. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/746 "2020-03-29T19:48:39Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [Ninja Rick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSF5yoD-vC4). Very good. Cool. _Lone Wolf and Morty_. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/747 "2020-03-29T20:00:52Z")
[Beth\* singing](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MjXjmTs8nYg). (\*Disclaimer–not Beth.) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/748 "2020-04-01T10:14:43Z")
[The second half of season 4 debuts on May 3rd.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPDqQDTnJKE) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/749 "2020-04-01T14:06:47Z")
It looks like Snuffles is going to be back. ---
**Author:** ![Calavera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calavera/32/70_2.png) [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/750 "2020-04-01T14:11:51Z")
I read a youtube commentor on that video who suggested that the entire sets of clips shown is a psych out and none of that footage will actually be used. I like that theory. ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/751 "2020-04-01T14:48:27Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > It looks like Snuffles is going to be back. It’s Snowball. Because his fur is pretty and white. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/752 "2020-04-01T14:56:18Z")
> [@Calavera](#): > > I read a youtube commentor on that video who suggested that the entire sets of clips shown is a psych out and none of that footage will actually be used. I like that theory. IIRC, each season, the opening credits feature two real clips among all the fake ones. The bit at the end where they’re fighting some jacked up Abraham Lincoln looking guy is in this season’s opening credits. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/753 "2020-04-01T15:29:34Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [Ninja Rick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSF5yoD-vC4). Very good. Meh. Bloody and pointless (although I did like the callback to Fart’s song “Moonmen”). > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [Beth\* singing](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MjXjmTs8nYg). > > (\*Disclaimer–not Beth.) Pretty good, and with some well-placed callbacks. > [@Smapti](#): > > [The second half of season 4 debuts on May 3rd.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPDqQDTnJKE) Ooo, can’t wait! Check out Summer having a lightsaber duel with the late Birdperson’s treacherous ex-girlfriend Tammy at 0:46. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > It looks like Snuffles is going to be back. > [@cgg419](#): > > It’s Snowball. Because his fur is pretty and white. Correct. Snuffles was his slave name. And where are his testicles, **Ike Witt**? _Where are his testicles…?_ ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/754 "2020-04-01T17:33:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Snuffles was his slave name. And where are his testicles, **Ike Witt**? _Where are his testicles…?_ I can’t argue with that. However, Emperor Snowball did allow Morty to call him Snuffles and did not correct it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/755 "2020-04-08T18:34:07Z")
[The “other five” of the season begin airing May 3. 🙂](https://i.redd.it/rwukfj60ykr41.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/756 "2020-05-03T04:14:16Z")
Tonight, beyotches! \* Tonight!\* ---
**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:** [May 3, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/757 "2020-05-03T07:16:10Z")
Here’s what IMDB lists as the summary for this upcoming episode. It doesn’t seem like it’s truly the summary, but it’s kinda hilarious. I’ll spoiler it. We’ll see soon enough if it’s a real description, or someone messing around. Rick and Morty find a magic squirrel and travel to space where they do some over the clothes stuff ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/758 "2020-05-04T15:40:16Z")
The new episode was actually IMO pretty cruddy. (I’d have preferred the squirrel thing.) And WTF level of laziness did they have to not actually build a [www.story-train.com](http://www.story-train.com)? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/759 "2020-05-04T23:05:50Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The new episode was actually IMO pretty cruddy. (I’d have preferred the squirrel thing.) And WTF level of laziness did they have to not actually build a [www.story-train.com](http://www.story-train.com)? I agree. The episode seemed promising, what with all the meta/narrative-theory stuff, but it was just a jumble. And the framing story was weird, but not in a good way—with Rick going all far-right shill-for-capitalism, which didn’t seem either funny or pointed. I have a feeling the writer had a nightmare after spending an evening looking over an old narratology textbook and watching _Snowpiercer_. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/760 "2020-05-04T23:55:37Z")
I thought it was brilliant. Here’s a couple of references I haven’t seen covered in YT videos. There’s a Jacob’s Ladder bit. This isn’t so much a reference but I thought it was funny. When Morty is forced to invent a story that passes the Bechdel Test…he struggles mightily until, of course, telling a story about a woman’s period. LONG time ago, I used to complain that all-woman plays (And this was well before Mindy Kaling’s “Matt and Ben”) would not fail to reference their periods and their men troubles. And that except for Judy Tenuta (!) stand-up comdiennes work would unfailingly comment on their vaginas/periods…and boyfriends. Until Ellen Degeneres came along and i said “At last!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/761 "2020-05-04T23:58:36Z")
[quote=“Sherrerd, post:759, topic:679380”] I agree. The episode seemed promising, what with all the meta/narrative-theory stuff, but it was just a jumble. And the framing story was weird, but not in a good way You’ll notice there was no teaser. Just an ad of sorts for Adult Swim and weird way of conflating six feet apart with this being episode six. NONE of the episode was canon. The entire thing was a commercial for the train. And a comment on corporate activism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=39)