# 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:** 6
**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:** [August 25, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/101 "2015-08-25T16:56:52Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > Morty just wanted to get the family, so they could take them with them if they lose. Seems reasonable enough. That would also increase the number of planets they could go to if things go wrong. Also the lie was very quickly uncovered. Again, I think Rick lied in order to get Morty to stay and help him save the planet. ---
**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 25, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/102 "2015-08-25T22:57:08Z")
I really liked the most recent episode. I was also glad to see Birdperson come back. ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/103 "2015-08-26T00:09:30Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I really liked the most recent episode. I was also glad to see Birdperson come back. But what about Tammy? Were you happy to see Tammy? Birdperson without Tammy is like a Minnesota potluck without a [hotdish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotdish) ;). ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/104 "2015-08-26T01:37:35Z")
I was underwhelmed by the _Interstellar Idol_ episode. Less than the sum of its parts - just didn’t make me laugh that much. > [@Smapti](#): > > …(IIRC, the last time they did that, Rick said there were maybe only four or five universes total where they’d be able to replace themselves and fit in.) IIRC, it wasn’t that there were only that few universes as possibilities, but that they would only be able to do it that many more times. It was more of a meta joke as to just how often the audience would be willing to accept that kind of easy way out. ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/105 "2015-08-26T12:37:38Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > But what about Tammy? Were you happy to see Tammy? Birdperson without Tammy is like a Minnesota potluck without a [hotdish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotdish) ;). Of course. 🙂 ---
**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 31, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/106 "2015-08-31T16:22:05Z")
Last night’s episode wasn’t quite as schwifty as last week’s, but it worked better as a serious sci-fi outing. For once, Summer is the one who ends up traumatized (though I think Morty’s experience in the post-credits scene would probably haunt someone.) Rick having Inspector Gadget’s skis cracked me up. I thought they were going for an Avatar pastiche with the great tree somehow being the key to them escaping the teenyverse, but then they defied my expectations by just having Morty rant about how the tree people kill every third baby because they think it makes bigger fruit and last week he masturbated to a curvy piece of driftwood. ---
**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 31, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/107 "2015-08-31T21:41:36Z")
Really enjoyed the guest voicework of Stephen Colbert. And the bit with the cop (Alan Tudyk) and the drowned son was creepy good. ---
**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 1, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/108 "2015-09-01T19:07:38Z")
Yup. Much better than last week’s IMHO. I liked the regressively smaller universes and how each top scientist had Rick’s same idea - and his growing irritation with that, and his inability to see what a hypocrite he was. The fights between Rick and the big-headed scientist whom Colbert voiced were hilarious (and did you notice Colbert’s character used his signature eagle to carry away Rick’s viper?). I had to write down two bits of dialogue, in particular: SUMMER: “You know you’re kind of a dick, right?” CAR: “My function is to keep Summer safe, not to keep Summer ‘being, like, totally stoked about, like, the general vibe and stuff.’ That’s you. That’s how you talk.” MORTY: “This is Koo-alla, the spirit tree. For generations it has guided the… you have to get us the f\_\_\_ out of here! These people are backwards savages. They eat every third baby because they think it makes fruit grow bigger! Everyone’s gross and they all smell like piss all the time. I miss my family. I miss my laptop. I masturbated to an extra-curvy piece of driftwood the other day. Look, I don’t care what it takes. You two are putting aside your bullshit, and you’re working together to get us back _home_.” I think we should celebrate Ricksgiving every Aug. 30 (the day the episode aired) from now on. “Happy Ricksgiving, beeeeyitch!” ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/109 "2015-09-01T19:17:18Z")
Yeah, I enjoyed this episode much more than last weeks. In fact, I just finished watching it again. That melting son was brutally hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/110 "2015-09-01T19:19:32Z")
Easily one of the best of the series, if not the best. Additionally the perfect episode to introduce new people to the show. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/111 "2015-09-01T19:23:05Z")
I check this out a week ago because of this thread, since then I’ve watched every episode. What a fantastic show. For as light and funny as it is, it can get metaphysically deep in a way no other show I’ve seen can match. My lease favorite is Lawmower Dog and the best is Anatomy Park. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/112 "2015-09-01T19:33:49Z")
BTW did anyone expect some kind of reveal in the after credits scene that Rick’s universe was also a powercell in a higher reality? Maybe some fourth wall breaking snark about consumerism or something, I did. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/113 "2015-09-01T20:26:06Z")
I just watched the episode last night and my DVR cut off right as the credits started so I missed the after part. Would someone be so kind as to explain what happened? Nevermind. Found it on youtube. Great episode btw. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/114 "2015-09-01T20:27:27Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I just watched the episode last night and my DVR cut off right as the credits started so I missed the after part. Would someone be so kind as to explain what happened? Morty is daydreaming in his classroom when he suddenly transforms into a car(like Rick asked him to earlier) he crushes a classmate accidentally. ---
**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 1, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/115 "2015-09-01T20:47:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yup. Much better than last week’s IMHO. I liked the regressively smaller universes and how each top scientist had Rick’s same idea - and his growing irritation with that, and his inability to see what a hypocrite he was. I don’t think it’s so much that Rick doesn’t realize he’s a hypocrite, as that he doesn’t _care_ if he’s a hypocrite. His worldview isn’t completely amoral, but his compassion for other living beings is pretty much based on how useful they are to him, and he’s not above using other people’s morality against them even if he personally doesn’t believe it. (Note how when he argues with Zeep about the ethics of the pocket universe, he repeats Morty’s argument word for word.) He cares about his family, but he’s not above implanting nanobots in Morty without his knowledge or consent, abandoning Jerry at a daycare center on another planet, or cutting his losses and fleeing to another universe if things go south. …and that’s the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay the news goes. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/116 "2015-09-01T20:51:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t think it’s so much that Rick doesn’t realize he’s a hypocrite, as that he doesn’t _care_ if he’s a hypocrite. His worldview isn’t completely amoral, but his compassion for other living beings is pretty much based on how useful they are to him, and he’s not above using other people’s morality against them even if he personally doesn’t believe it. (Note how when he argues with Zeep about the ethics of the pocket universe, he repeats Morty’s argument word for word.) He cares about his family, but he’s not above implanting nanobots in Morty without his knowledge or consent, abandoning Jerry at a daycare center on another planet, or cutting his losses and fleeing to another universe if things go south. > > …and that’s the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay the news goes. I think it would be interesting to see a flashback of the kind of man Rick was before he left earth, or went to another reality in the multiverse. ---
**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 1, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/117 "2015-09-01T21:14:32Z")
I’m sure we’ll see it sometime. For all the talk of not caring about continuity and ongoing storylines… they certainly are playing around with it a lot. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/118 "2015-09-02T00:20:27Z")
My 23 year old co-worker and separately my 20 year old nephew have been bugging me to watch R&M for a while now despite the fact that I don’t like Archer, don’t generally like animated shows and don’t like the fantasy genre. They insisted that I would still love R&M. And they were so right. Holy crap that is some intelligent and though provoking humor. I spent most of last Friday night and Saturday binge watching the entirety of R&M and then watched my first show in real time on Sunday. I’m 51 and an engineer and my co-worker is a fairly newly minted technician. He told me that I remind him a lot of Rick so now I refer to him as my Morty which if you knew the two of us is hilarious, trust me. We could totally pull it off for Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/119 "2015-09-02T01:20:28Z")
I don’t blame Rick for being amoral or a drunk, we’ve seen plenty of messed up things in just the few episodes so far. How does morality even work when you zip daily to universes where all those rules do not apply,. He just wanted to have fun for an afternoon playing Roy, but Morty wanted to do the right thing and look where that got them. Morty has to eat breakfast every morning 20 feet from his own corpse, what is the amount of twisted shit Rick has to cope with? Dr. Who was a Time Lord, I assume they’re mentally equipped to handle this stuff. Rick is just a smart tourist. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/120 "2015-09-02T17:22:37Z")
I don’t know. Creating a planet of slaves to power your ship kinda ticks him above “smart tourist” in my books. Great episode. The look of disgust on Morty’s face as he grudgingly gives a double “peace among planets” to the crowd was killer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=7)