# 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:** 60
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1182 "2023-08-30T13:30:39Z")
And this is why I don’t tell Real People1 I like RIck & Morty. 1 - You all realize that you are actually very sophisticated Turing Simulators. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1183 "2023-08-30T14:46:27Z")
He’s been fired. That’s all we know and the show producers aren’t saying. Rumors I’ve heard include: AI voiced, rotating guess stars, spliced together old Roiland tracks, complete voice changes like Solar Opposites and Aqua Teen Hunger Force did. ETA: I’m betting on a soundalike. So, soooo many voice actors (and non-voice actors) do credible imitations. ---
**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, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1184 "2023-08-31T00:27:02Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > and Aqua Teen Hunger Force did. Wait, who got replaced on ATHF? ---
**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:** [August 31, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1185 "2023-08-31T00:31:23Z")
Didn’t happen. Who said that? Everyone knows it was Squidbillies! ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1186 "2023-08-31T05:36:39Z")
I am expecting a joke in the first episode where Rick’s voice won’t activate some sort of tech that uses voice recognition, maybe the spaceship. ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1187 "2023-09-13T21:27:52Z")
NBC has a new article profiling several women who say Roiland took advantage of them. > **[Justin Roiland used his ‘Rick and Morty’ fame to pursue young fans, text...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna102729)** > > Roiland’s former fans and dates described disturbing interactions with the animator, with many playing out over texts. One woman said the ‘Rick and Morty’ creator sexually assaulted her, another said she was left ‘traumatized.’ (Warning: This article... ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1188 "2023-09-25T21:20:12Z")
Here is a trailer with the new voices. I would not have noticed much if I did not know in advance. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BKYJ5AIOU9I/maxresdefault.jpg "Rick and Morty | Season 7 Official Trailer | adult swim") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYJ5AIOU9I&t=1) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1189 "2023-09-25T21:29:09Z")
Was that Klimpaloon at the 43 second mark? ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1190 "2023-09-26T00:05:42Z")
The voices are pretty spot on. Rick’s belching yells are a bit off but not enough to be distracting, I don’t think. Morty is pretty good. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1191 "2023-09-26T00:20:13Z")
I can tell a bit with Rick, though I would have not blinked an eye had I not known he was replaced. Morty seemed spot on. It’s confirmed they are not A.I., but sound-alike voice people. No idea who, yet, as they have been keeping it quite quiet. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1192 "2023-09-26T09:39:46Z")
Nice song choice for the trailer… ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1193 "2023-09-26T16:04:50Z")
I thought the opposite - Rick seemed damn near perfect, but Morty sounds a tiny bit off. I noticed Mr. Poopybutthole makes an appearance, I wonder if they had to get yet a third voice actor for him. And what about Mr. Meseeks? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1194 "2023-09-26T16:37:45Z")
I assume its not one person doing both voices any more? ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1195 "2023-09-26T16:56:33Z")
It has been confirmed that it is not one person. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1196 "2023-09-26T17:10:51Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I thought the opposite - Rick seemed damn near perfect, but Morty sounds a tiny bit off. That is my perception as well (but not enough to be distracting). ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1197 "2023-09-26T19:27:10Z")
Heresy, but…I might just prefer this version of Rick. I found the belching-growliness a little much at times. This slightly mellower version might actually be easier on my ears. Morty veered between indistinguishable and a little shrill/young-sounding. Both are good enough for government work as far as I’m concerned. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1198 "2023-09-27T00:43:48Z")
Scott Aukerman as Rick is the rumor I am hearing. I think it is kind of fun they are hiding the names, but I presume the closing credits of the first episode will reveal who is voicing the characters. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1199 "2023-09-27T15:50:17Z")
They say they’re withholding the names so that the voice actors get a chance before the more toxic fans make their lives miserable and poison the well before the shows even air. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1200 "2023-09-27T20:08:59Z")
The sad thing is that they are very much making the right call. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1201 "2023-10-08T23:50:10Z")
Just to bring this back around from Doylist to Watsonian: on a binge watch before the season starts, something got me wondering: why doesn’t Rick — who literally keeps a box of time-travel stuff on his shelf — engage in time-travel wackiness when hunting the guy he thinks ruined his life? He clearly knows his way around the subject; when Morty figured he’d just made things worse — in the episode where he gave a book on time travel to those snakes — he confidently and correctly relayed a quick _“Trust me, Morty: we helped them press on the gas pedal; we just got to wait for them to blow by a cop.”_ And things then played out like he figured, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=61)