# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1122 "2022-12-07T01:29:33Z")
I’m feeling even _worse_ about myself after watching again and seeing that Rick is once again proving that the vat of acid wasn’t a bad idea after all, Morty. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1123 "2022-12-12T05:01:20Z")
Heh. So we’re Morty and next season will be serialized and we’re along for the ride cause we asked for it. I assume. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1124 "2022-12-12T08:00:14Z")
I love this show. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1125 "2022-12-12T13:44:55Z")
You would’ve thought lightsabers would have a safety that would turn off the blade if you dropped it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1126 "2022-12-12T16:18:11Z")
You have to assume that everything that Rick does is intentional. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1127 "2022-12-13T21:44:05Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I was a little ‘meh’ about this one (as with the train one from Season 4, referenced in this one). Ordinarily I find meta humour kind of lazy, but this episode was so silly that I rather enjoyed it. Overall I liked this season more than the previous one, although I thought the dinosaur episode was kind of a dud. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1128 "2022-12-14T00:51:00Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Ordinarily I find meta humour kind of lazy, but this episode was so silly that I rather enjoyed it. > > Overall I liked this season more than the previous one, although I thought the dinosaur episode was kind of a dud. - I basically agree. I don’t see how anyone could say the creators have lost their way\*; they do know what they have and how to move it forward. I’m really looking forward to the next season! > \* not that anyone here IS saying that; it’s just an easily-found-on-the-Internet position taken about many shows that have the intense and specialized appeal of R&M. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1129 "2022-12-14T01:25:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You would’ve thought lightsabers would have a safety that would turn off the blade if you dropped it. They probably do. You don’t see lightsabers rolling around on the ground in the “on” position in SW media. (On while _throwing_ them, yes.) Also, the blade is narrower than the hilt. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1130 "2022-12-17T15:53:09Z")
Weird that nobody made the Night Family → Severance connection, unless no one has seen Severance in which case you all should drop what you are doing and watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1131 "2022-12-17T20:06:05Z")
Yeah i was thinking the hilt would catch on something. At best stuff would start gumming up under the hilt and the whole thing would sink, at best, verrrry slowly once it reaches dirt and rock ---
**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:** [December 17, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1132 "2022-12-17T20:14:55Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Weird that nobody made the Night Family → Severance connection, unless no one has seen Severance in which case you all should drop what you are doing and watch it. I’m only up to this episode now(I waited for the season to air) and my IMMEDIATE first thought was, “Oh, Severance.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1133 "2022-12-17T20:30:52Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Yeah i was thinking the hilt would catch on something. At best stuff would start gumming up under the hilt and the whole thing would sink, at best, verrrry slowly once it reaches dirt and rock Also, at a certain depth into the Earth, the heat and pressure is just going to melt the hilt of the lightsaber. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1134 "2022-12-17T23:14:39Z")
To all the lightsaber talkers-- you do realize that this is a cartoon and also lightsabers aren’t a real thing, right? Just checking. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1135 "2022-12-17T23:16:34Z")
Yes, everyone in this thread is aware that lightsabers are made up. Was this something you genuinely were unclear on? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1136 "2022-12-17T23:52:09Z")
Nope. Thanks for putting me at ease. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1137 "2022-12-18T01:06:15Z")
I’m halfway through the season and this is my favorite season since the first three seasons. Season 4 and 5 were a step down for me, with just a few highlights. I could have used more 'realistic video games", though. I like Street Fighter, but you have to live the entire day first and your anger-meter depletes and you might not even want to fight when you get to the other guy. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1138 "2022-12-18T03:50:19Z")
Dang, I never even got to say 1. All that pressure is going to just stop the lightsaber at some point even if the hilt were made of adamantium. 2. Even by their own ‘apparent rules’…when that caldera that somehow exists down there was pierced is when the world should have ended. otherwise it looked like the saber was just gonna fall into a pool of lava. 3. Pretty sure a small hole into the center of the earth wouldnt do anything. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1139 "2022-12-18T05:20:00Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Pretty sure a small hole into the center of the earth wouldnt do anything. IIRC, they were worried about the kyber crystal exploding when it reached the core. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1140 "2022-12-18T18:23:00Z")
Emily Litella: “oh. Never mind.” ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1141 "2022-12-20T00:53:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I said it last week: I do not care for virtuous Rick. Well doing the occasional nice thing for the two or three people he gives a shit about doesn’t make him nice, Rick is pure evil 99% of the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=58)