Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his good-hearted but fretful grandson Morty Smith, who split their time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures. Roiland voices the eponymous characters, with Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer and Sarah Chalke voicing the rest of Rick and Morty's family. The series originated from an animated short parody film of "Back to the Future", created by Roiland for Channel 101, a short film festival co-founded by Harmon.
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"Rick and Morty" is an American adult animated television series created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, which premiered in 2013. It revolves around Rick, an eccentric, alcoholic scientist who takes his grandson Morty Smith on dangerous, outlandish adventures throughout the cosmos and alternate universes. The following is a list of characters from the "Rick and Morty" television series.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Introduction
Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his good-hearted but fretful grandson Morty Smith, who split their time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures. Roiland voices the eponymous characters, with Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer and Sarah Chalke voicing the rest of Rick and Morty's family. The series originated from an animated short parody film of "Back to the Future", created by Roiland for Channel 101, a short film festival co-founded by Harmon.
Rick and Morty | Introduction
The character was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, who first met at Channel 101 in the early 2000s. In 2006, Roiland created "The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti", an animated short parodying the "Back to the Future" characters Doc Brown and Marty McFly, and the precursor to "Rick and Morty". The idea for "Rick and Morty", in the form of "Doc and Mharti" was brought up to Adult Swim, and the ideas for a family element and Rick being a grandfather to Morty were developed.
Morty Smith | Development
The character was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, who first met at Channel 101 in the early 2000s. In 2006, Roiland created "The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti", an animated short parodying the "Back to the Future" characters Doc Brown and Marty McFly, and the precursor to "Rick and Morty". The idea for "Rick and Morty", in the form of "Doc and Mharti" was brought up to Adult Swim, and the ideas for a family element and Rick being a grandfather to Morty were developed. Roiland considers his voice for Rick to be a "horrible Doc Brown manic impression".
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Development
For instance, in the first-season episode "Rick Potion #9", after turning the entire world population into monsters, Rick and Morty move to a different dimension, leaving Summer, Beth and Jerry behind.
Rick and Morty | Premise and main characters
Mortimer Smith Sr. is one of the title characters of the American animated television series "Rick and Morty". Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Morty is an anxious 14-year-old based on Marty McFly from "Back to the Future". Known for his awkward, anxious, low self-esteem, second-guessing, and doubtful personality, the character has been well-received. He is the good-natured and impressionable grandson of alcoholic mad scientist Rick Sanchez, and can be somewhat easily manipulated. Others sometimes refer to him as Morty Smith C-137 in reference to the designation given to his grandfather by the Trans-Dimensional Council of Ricks, in reference to his original universe, "C-137"; whether this is his actual universe designation is unknown.
Morty Smith | Introduction
An early incarnation involved Morty and Summer going about frozen time when they are confronted a time policeman—which evolved into the time-traveling testicle monsters. These characters were originally inspired by Stephen King's miniseries "The Langoliers". This version was cut because they deemed it too "basic" with nowhere to go for a potential second act. One deleted element of the splitting time was referring to it as a "time quake"; an early version featured Rick berating Morty for wearing "shorty shorts", which caused time to split. The reason for the fractured time was ultimately re-developed into something more specific to the characters.
A Rickle in Time | Writing
Despite this, he's shown to be intelligent and resourceful at times and as the series progresses he learns how to use many of Rick's devices and even manipulates Rick into taking Jerry on an adventure. By the end of season three he displays an uncanny degree of common sense as well as a deep understanding of Rick's twisted mind, as seen in "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender". The character was inspired primarily by Marty McFly from "Back to the Future".
List of Rick and Morty characters | Morty Smith
The actors and actresses listed below lend their voices to the corresponding animated characters.
Rick and Morty (season 1) | Cast and characters
Rick also, in some episodes, desperately tries to regain his family after losing their trust. The creators wanted him to look like he was in control strategically, but not at all when it came to personal matters. In "The Ricks Must Be Crazy", Rick reveals that he powers his flying car with a battery that contains a miniature universe, or microverse, whose inhabitants unknowingly provide the required electricity. The inhabitants cease doing this after one of their scientists does the same thing for his own universe, and discovers that this is what Rick has done to his universe. Rick remorselessly destroys the miniature universe inside his own miniature universe, killing everyone inside.
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Fictional character biography
The general formula of "Rick and Morty" consists of the juxtaposition of two conflicting scenarios: an extremely selfish, alcoholic grandfather dragging his grandson along for interdimensional adventures, intercut with domestic family drama. Co-creator Dan Harmon has described the series as a cross between Matt Groening's two shows "The Simpsons" and "Futurama", balancing family life with heavy science fiction. The series is inspired by British-style storytelling, as opposed to traditional American family TV stories. Harmon has stated that his inspiration behind much of the concept and humor for the series comes from various British television series, such as "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Doctor Who".
Rick and Morty | Comedic style
Nearing the end of the episode, Rick knows that his own microverse would power his battery, or he dispose of it and create a new one. Rick's intelligence is portrayed to transcend that of metaphysical beings, as demonstrated in the episode "Something Ricked This Way Comes", where he outsmarts Satan.
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Fictional character biography
The actors and actresses listed below lend their voices to the corresponding animated characters.
Rick and Morty (season 3) | Cast and characters
The actors and actresses listed below lend their voices to the corresponding animated characters.
Rick and Morty (season 2) | Cast and characters
Rick later claims to Morty in a rant that he planned this because Jerry had planned to betray him. As Jerry leaves, Summer ignores him and Rick waits for him to leave. Summer comes to terms with the separation and reconciles with him. In "The Rickchurian Mortydate", Jerry and Beth reconnect and she calls off the divorce.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Jerry Smith
Zeep Xanflorp, a scientist in the microverse, creates his own microverse, thus stopping the flow of energy to Rick's car. The episode largely takes place in Zeep's microverse, with Rick, Morty and Zeep attempting to escape it.
The Ricks Must Be Crazy | Introduction
He figures that the audience will only understand developments from Morty's point of view, but stated "we don't want to be the companions. We want to hang out with the Doctor, we idolize the Doctor, but we don't think like him, and that's really interesting." Occasionally, characters will acknowledge an episode's narrative or hint at the presence of a fourth wall, suggesting that they are aware of the fact that they are characters of a TV show. Thereunder, Troy Patterson of "The New Yorker" notes that "Rick and Morty" "supplies an artful answer to the question of what follows postmodernism: a decadent regurgitation of all its tropes, all at once, leavened by some humanistic wistfulness." Sean Sebastian of "Junkee" says that the show can be both hilarious and deeply disturbing at the same time as it excels at the "intersection between big ideas, flippancy and wit."
Rick and Morty | Comedic style
Harmon describes Rick as a self-interested anarchist, who doesn't like being told what to do. He believes that the character's life on a larger scale has caused him mental illness, and opines that "the knowledge that nothing matters—while accurate—gets you nowhere". Matthew Bulger of "The Humanist" notes that the creators of the series are trying to communicate the message that we need to focus on human relationships and not preoccupy our minds with unanswerable questions, in order to find a sense of purpose and live a better life. Eric Armstrong of "The New Republic" notes that Morty represents the audience, as he is "mostly there to react to Rick's deranged schemes".
Rick and Morty | Philosophy
"Rick and Morty" has been described as "a never-ending fart joke wrapped around a studied look into nihilism". The series addresses the insignificance of human existence as compared to the size of the universe, with no recognizable divine presence, as described by Lovecraft's philosophy of cosmicism. The characters of the show deal with cosmic horror and existential dread, either by asserting the utility of science over magic or by choosing a life in ignorant bliss. However, as Joachim Heijndermans of "Geeks" notes, none of them appear able to handle the absurd and chaotic nature of the universe, as Jerry gets by through denial, and Rick is a "depressed, substance-addicted, suicidal mess".
Rick and Morty | Philosophy
The character is transformed by the truths he discovers during his interdimensional adventures with his grandfather. However, instead of sinking into depression, Morty accepts these truths that empower him to value his own life.
Rick and Morty | Philosophy
"Rick and Morty" is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The series follows Rick Sanchez, an alcoholic, nihilistic super-scientist, and his easily distressed yet good-hearted grandson, Morty Smith, on their adventures to alternate dimensions and planets. These adventures commonly cause trouble for Morty's family, Jerry, Beth, and Summer, who are often caught up in the mayhem. The series premiered on December 2, 2013 on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. On May 10, 2018, Adult Swim announced a long-term deal with the creators, ordering 70 new episodes of "Rick and Morty" over an unknown number of seasons.
List of Rick and Morty episodes | Introduction
Talking about the style guide the animators of the show have to follow, season three art director Jeffrey Thompson explained that the characters are often drawn with odd or asymmetrical features, in order to avoid looking "too normal to live in the "Rick and Morty" universe." When recording dialogue, Roiland does a considerable amount of improvisation, in order to make the characters feel more natural.
Rick and Morty | Animation and voice recording
Richard Sanchez is one of the two eponymous protagonists from the Adult Swim animated television series "Rick and Morty". Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Sanchez is a misanthropic alcoholic scientist inspired by Emmett "Doc" Brown from "Back to the Future" and Mister Fantastic from Marvel Comics. Known for his reckless, nihilistic behavior and pessimistic personality, the character has been well received. He is a sociopathic mad scientist who seems to know everything in the universe and thus finds life a traumatizing and pointless experience. However, despite assuming himself to be the smartest person in the universe, there have been times where he has been wrong.
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Introduction
Richard "Rick" Sanchez (voiced by Justin Roiland) is a sociopathic, nihilistic, grouchy, crude, rude, narcissistic, self-centered, alcoholic mad scientist who is the widow father of Beth Smith and the maternal grandfather of Morty and Summer. He is about 70 years old according to season 3. His alcoholic tendencies lead his daughter's family to worry about the safety of their son Morty. An extremely intellectual character - frequently referred to by himself and others as the Smartest Man in the Universe - that views his time as valuable, he disparages the usefulness of many ordinary human conventions such as school, marriage, and even love, though he displays genuine affection towards his grandchildren and daughter throughout the series.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Rick Sanchez
In "The Rickshank Rickdemption" it is revealed that Rick actually turned himself in, in a scheme to destroy the Federation's economy; when the Council of Ricks interferes, Rick also takes the opportunity to take down the Council of Ricks. Rick also orchestrated "sending" Jerry away for his earlier attempt to convince the family to turn him into Federation custody, and making Rick "the de-facto patriarch of the household". However, Rick's attempt at driving Jerry away was unsuccessful, resulting in a diminished role in the family. The character was inspired primarily by Emmett Brown from "Back to the Future".
List of Rick and Morty characters | Rick Sanchez
"Rick and Morty" was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The duo first met at Channel 101, a non-profit monthly short film festival in Los Angeles co-founded by Harmon. At Channel 101, participants submit a short film in the format of a pilot, and a live audience decides which pilots continue as a series. Roiland, then a producer on reality programming, began submitting content to the festival a year after its launch, in 2004. His pilots typically consisted of shock value—"sick and twisted" elements that received a confused reaction from the audience. Nevertheless, Harmon took a liking to his humor and the two began collaborating.
Rick and Morty | Development
Zack Handlen of "The A.V. Club" wrote that "[Rick] slowly realizing that he loved his grandkids and his daughter (and tolerated his son-in-law) no matter how many times he swore at them helped to give the character some necessary depth", and that "behind all the catchphrases and the crazed energy ... There's something dead and sad and fucked up in the guy".
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Reception
Morty's 17-year-old sister, Summer, is a more conventional teenager who worries about improving her status among her peers and sometimes follows Rick and Morty on their adventures. The kids' mother, Beth, is a generally level-headed person and assertive force in the household, though self-conscious about her professional role as a horse surgeon. She is dissatisfied with her marriage to Jerry, a simple-minded and insecure person, who disapproves of Rick's influence over his family. Different versions of the characters inhabit other dimensions throughout the multiverse and their personal characteristics can vary from one reality to another. The show's original Rick identifies himself as "Rick Sanchez of Earth Dimension C-137", in reference to his original universe, but this does not necessarily apply to every other member of the Smith household.
Rick and Morty | Premise and main characters
Different versions of the main characters inhabit other realities and dimensions. Other Ricks are mostly similar to the "main" Rick, though some have unique features which set them apart. Most other Mortys seen in the show are far more timid and weak-willed than the main Morty, an exception being "Morty C-137". They are all voiced by Justin Roiland.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Alternate-universe versions of the main characters
The following characters are seen when Rick and Morty watch the inter-dimensional cable in the episodes "Rixty Minutes" and "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate":
List of Rick and Morty characters | Characters seen on inter-dimensional cable
Rick reveals that the past events were a ploy for Clone Morty to make an Omega Detergent by combining the seed and baby-alien goo, and do the laundry to perfection.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality | Plot
Although it was originally intended for the season to consist of fourteen episodes, as a result of production delays it eventually comprised only ten.
Rick and Morty | Episodes
In "The Rickshank Rickdemption", Morty is angry at Rick for abandoning them and convinces Summer not to do so, and even comes close to killing Rick when it appears that he is threatening Summer's life, though in the end after Rick returns home, Morty is glad to have his grandfather back. However, in "The Rickchurian Mortydate", Morty refuses to be at Rick's side when he decides to leave and stays with his parents and Summer. In "Raising Gazorpazorp" he accidentally impregnates an alien breeding robot, which gives birth to his half-alien son, Mortimer Smith Jr. Throughout the series, several characters mention that Morty has a learning disability, and he often displays low self-esteem.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Morty Smith
A lot of crazy crap happens, as is Rick and Morty's wont, but a lack of standout jokes or interesting character moments renders the proceedings mundane. I didn't find 'Childrick of Mort' tiresome like I did 'Never Ricking Morty.' It's just whatever."
Childrick of Mort | Critical response
For example, "Rick Potion #9" was the second episode written for the series, but was instructed to be animated as the fifth, as it would make more sense within the series' continuity.
Rick and Morty | Writing
This was shown in "Auto Erotic Assimilation", when Rick connects with Unity, an ex-lover who is a collective hive mind of assimilated individuals from the planet they occupy.
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Personality
This season began production in January 2013.
Rick and Morty (season 1) | Production
Mortimer "Morty" Smith (voiced by Justin Roiland) is Rick's neurotic 14-year-old grandson who is frequently dragged into Rick's misadventures. Morty is a good kid but he is easily distressed. He is often reluctant to follow Rick's plans, and he often ends up traumatized by the unorthodox and morally questionable methods Rick uses to 'fix' situations. The main Morty the episodes follow is referred to as the "Mortiest Morty" by Rick due to his courage, which nearly every other Morty lacks due to their main use being makeshift cloaking devices, in which "Morty waves" cancel out a Rick's "genius waves" (a concept Morty takes offense to).
List of Rick and Morty characters | Morty Smith
Rick Sanchez from Earth dimension C-137 is the father of Beth Smith, and the grandfather of Morty Smith and Summer Smith. He is said to have been away from the family for several years prior to the events of the show. He frequently travels on adventures through space and other planets and dimensions with his grandson Morty. In the third season of the show, it is revealed that he is 70 years old. Rick is portrayed as a mad scientist; utilizing his mathematical and scientific prowess in conjunction with apathy and egotistical cynicism, he emerges safely from any situation, regardless of the consequences of his self-preservation.
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Fictional character biography
The T.I.A.'s black-bearded scientist and chief inventor. Mort blames him for his baldness (he had tried a new hair-strengthening concoction on Mort's then-lush mane, which made the hair fall out instead) and therefore the doctor is the unwilling prime recipient of Mort's practical jokes. His inventions, which are intended to assist Mort and Phil in their assignments, often fail quite spectacularly, mostly because they either achieve the opposite of what they are supposed to do, or work perfectly but fail at the most inconvenient moment. His name comes from bacteria.
Mort &amp; Phil | Professor Bacterio
In the pilot, Rick is revealed to be an atheist, as he tells Summer that "there is no God." Harmon has said that "anarchist" is a close ideological descriptor of Rick. In "The Rickshank Redemption" Rick professes his longing for the Szechuan sauce once available at McDonald's as a promotional item for the 1998 film "Mulan". Rick is a polymath who is agnostic about scientific specialties; he seems to exhibit expertise in areas raning from electrical engineering to nanomedicine to quantum mechanics to nuclear biology. Rick has been stated to be pansexual by Justin Roiland, one of the show's creators and executive producers.
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Personality
The episode "Mortynight Run" reveals that one of the Ricks, keenly aware that every Jerry is incapable of surviving off of Earth, created a daycare where every Jerry is dropped off by their Rick and Morty during adventures should they attempt to accompany them. It is revealed in the same episode that in some dimensions, Beth has left Jerry and remarried. By the end of "The Wedding Squanchers", having attempted to talk his family into selling Rick out, Jerry becomes the only member of the family to benefit from the Earth joining the Galactic Federation. After the federation collapses, Jerry puts his foot down and tells Beth it is him or Rick, but Beth chooses her father and tells Rick she and Jerry are getting a divorce.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Jerry Smith
Rick Sanchez of the American animated series "Rick and Morty" began as a parody of "Doc" Brown.
Emmett Brown | Influence
On a trip to an alternate dimension, Rick, Morty, and Summer discover that Rick's car battery is malfunctioning. Rick takes Morty inside the car battery to repair it and leaves Summer waiting in the car, instructing it to "Keep Summer safe." Morty discovers that the car battery is actually a 'microverse battery', containing an entire universe to supply power to the car. Rick gave "gooble box" technology to an intelligent species to generate electricity, but unbeknownst to them he takes a majority of the generated power. This leads Morty to question Rick's ethics. Rick and Morty discover that a scientist and microverse citizen named Zeep Xanflorp (Stephen Colbert) has made his own 'miniverse', which renders gooble boxes obsolete.
The Ricks Must Be Crazy | Plot
Rick creates a clone of his grandson Morty in their garage, demanding that he do the laundry. With the chore complete, Rick explains the clone is not of use anymore and shoots him. Clone Morty appears in Purgatory, but is given the choice to return to the garage. The next chore is to obtain a device from outside the garage, but since the clone is not allowed to leave, he summons a being called Mr. Youseeks that imitates his every motion to aid in his task. The device is revealed to be faulty. Rick says to order another, but the computer must be repaired to do so.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality | Plot
The writing staff first meets and discusses ideas, which evolve into a story. Discussions often include anecdotes from personal life as well as thoughts on the science fiction genre. After breaking the story—which consists of developing its consistency and logical beginning, middle, and conclusion—a writer is assigned to create an outline. Roiland and Harmon do a "pass" on the outline, and from there the episode undergoes several more drafts. The final draft of the script is last approved by either of the co-creators. Harmon has admitted that his perfectionism can sometimes be disruptive and cause writing schedule delays. For the most part, this was the reason why the third season of the show consisted of only 10 episodes instead of 14, as was initially intended.
Rick and Morty | Writing
Rick provides only one escape: jumping into a vat of fake acid to fake his death, the ultimate capitulation to Rick's "vat of acid" idea and intellect. Morty begrudgingly obeys. Satisfied that his point is proven, Rick reveals they have been in an alternate dimension this entire time, as he did not want to waste their home dimension.
The Vat of Acid Episode | Plot
In 2006, Roiland was fired from working on a television series he regarded as intensely creatively stifling, and funneled his creative energies into creating a webisode for Channel 101. The result was "The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti", an animated short starring parodies of Doc Brown and Marty McFly, characters from the "Back to the Future" film trilogy. In the short, which Harmon would dub "a bastardization, a pornographic vandalization", Doc Smith urges Mharti that the solution to all of his problems is to give him oral sex. The audience reacted to it wildly, and Roiland began creating more shorts involving the characters, which soon evolved beyond his original intentions and their obvious origin within the film from which it was culled.
Rick and Morty | Development
He is formally referred to as Rick Sanchez C-137 by the Trans-Dimensional Council of Ricks, in reference to his original universe, "C-137". Both Rick and Morty are voiced by Roiland. Volume 1 of the "Rick and Morty" comic series follows the Rick and Morty of Dimension C-132 while most episodes of subsequent installments follow the Rick and Morty of "C-137"; the video game "Pocket Mortys" follows the Rick and Morty of C-123.
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Introduction
Many episodes are structured with use of a story circle, a Harmon creation based largely on Joseph Campbell's monomyth, or The Hero's Journey. Its two-act structure places the act break at an odd location in the stages of the monomyth: after The Meeting with the Goddess, instead of Atonement with the Father. Roiland has stated his and Harmon's intentions for the series to lack traditional continuity, opting for discontinuous storylines "not bound by rules". He has also confirmed that the writers avoid revisiting old tropes from the show's past, "in fear of that coming off as disingenuous fan service." In producing the series' first season, episodes were occasionally written out of order.
Rick and Morty | Writing
His reaction to the mundane requests asked of him by Morty and other family members suggests he considers himself wholly superior to them, though in several instances throughout the series he shows a lonelier side. He frequently 'burp-talks' words in the middle of a sentence while speaking, presumably as a result of his alcoholism. He is identified as Rick Sanchez of Earth Dimension C-137. In "The Wedding Squanchers", Rick, alongside Squanchy and Birdperson, were revealed to be freedom fighters against the Galactic Federation who labeled them terrorists with warrants for their arrest. In order to guarantee the safety of his family, Rick leaves a tip on where he can be found as he surrenders to the Galactic Federation and is incarcerated in one of their prisons.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Rick Sanchez
Even series co-creator Dan Harmon hates a certain segment of his misogynistic fan base." Cameron Williams of "Junkee" attributed this "toxic behavior" to the rise of an aggressive type of entitled fan in the past decades, and examined the motivation of these people, noting that "it’s hard to feel special when you’re a face in the crowd of millions of people. A lot of bad behaving fans look for an excuse to be oppressed so they can separate themselves from the mainstream." Emily Gaudette of "Newsweek" said that, with the spike in popularity, the show has obtained an army of online devotees, and commented on groups like the self-described "Real Ricks", who identify themselves with the series' main character and believe that high intellect is an excuse for mistreating others.
Rick and Morty (season 3) | Fanbase reactions
The show revolves around the adventures of the members of the Smith household, which consists of parents Jerry and Beth, their children Summer and Morty, and Beth's father, Rick Sanchez, who lives with them as a guest. According to Justin Roiland, the family lives outside of Seattle, Washington. The adventures of "Rick and Morty", however, take place across an infinite number of realities, with the characters travelling to other planets and dimensions through portals and Rick's flying car. Rick is an eccentric and alcoholic mad scientist, who eschews many ordinary conventions such as school, marriage, love, and family. He frequently goes on adventures with his 14-year-old grandson, Morty, a kind-hearted but easily distressed boy, whose naïve but grounded moral compass plays counterpoint to Rick's Machiavellian ego.
Rick and Morty | Premise and main characters
In "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri", it is revealed that Rick did indeed make a clone of Beth, as there is another Beth fighting a new and improved version of the Galactic Federation, having usurped Rick as the "Most Wanted" in the galaxy. However, Rick erased his memory so that he does not remember which Beth is the original and which is the clone, which results in both Beths not caring about the truth or about Rick. The character description for Space Beth in the "Pocket Mortys" update that accompanied "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri" initially identifies her as "Clone Beth", despite the episode itself not confirming whether or not she is the clone.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Space Beth
Book 1 of the "Rick and Morty" comic series (comprising the first two volumes of the series) follows the Rick and Morty of Dimension C-132 while most issues of subsequent instalments follow the Rick and Morty of "C-137"; the video game "Pocket Mortys" follows the Rick and Morty of C-123.
Morty Smith | Introduction
Rick chastises Morty to buy another one, arguing that "Nobody's out there shopping with this fucking virus." In the post-credits scene, a toy commercial for "The Citadel of Ricks Story Train" plays out, which includes the Jesus and Story Lord characters and the Story Train Rick and Morty.
Never Ricking Morty | Plot
9", confessing that the Morty from her reality is dead, and he is her brother from another reality. He then concludes by saying "Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody's gonna die... Come watch TV?" Summer agrees to stay, and the two of them go back downstairs to watch TV with Rick.
Rixty Minutes | Plot
The Weingartens invented a street denizen named Horace who tells arcane jokes other characters do not understand.
Barney &amp; Clyde | Characters and story
Jesse Schedeen of "IGN" wrote that "the episode unfortunately ranks among the show's bigger misses". Steve Greene of "IndieWire" awarded the episode with a "B" rating describing it as a spoof of high-fantasy, with two incredible guest cast contributions keep this goofy chapter afloat.
Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty | Critical response
Summer's collar transports her back to her time, but one of the Mortys' collars is broken. With the garage falling away piece by piece, the Morty with the broken collar falls into the spaceless void and Rick jumps after him. He gives Morty his collar and accepts it, but spots Morty's collar floating below him. He hurriedly fixes it, and all three are reunited in their own time. Meanwhile, after getting ice cream, Beth and Jerry hit a deer with their car. As an animal surgeon, Beth attempts to help the deer at a veterinary hospital, but notices a gunshot wound in its side.
A Rickle in Time | Plot
The Beths escape on their own as Rick is confronted by Birdperson (now Phoenixperson), who almost kills him before being shut down by Space Beth (with Jerry's effective use of puppeting and the invisibility belt). In the aftermath, Rick retrieves the memory tube containing his memory of creating the clone Beth, having erased his own knowledge of which Beth is the original one. No one else in the family wants the truth. Rick watches the memory nonetheless, only to learn that Beth asked him to decide for himself whether he wanted her in his life; his response was to use a centrifuge to randomize who was the original.
Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri | Plot
However, Randal did not know at that point that he used a racial slur and claimed he used the term "porch monkey" to refer to lazy people of all racial backgrounds in general.
List of View Askewniverse characters | Randal Graves
Gaudette noted that these groups do not represent the "Rick and Morty" fanbase, but they "tend to suck all the oxygen out of the virtual room." Series co-creator Justin Roiland said on his Twitter account that he sees more good than bad in the series' fanbase, and chooses to focus on that.
Rick and Morty (season 3) | Fanbase reactions
He is credited with directing the following episodes:
Dominic Polcino | "Rick and Morty" episodes
The episode "The Vat of Acid Episode" won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program".
Rick and Morty (season 4) | Accolades
In January 2007, the strip's creators had Mort die of a heart attack, just weeks after his wedding to Mrs. Cohen. He died during a heated argument with Donald Rumsfeld, who had begun visiting the cafe after his ouster as Defense Secretary. For reasons yet to be revealed, Mort came back to life in February 2009.
Rudy Park | Story and characters
The series frequently uses slapstick humour whereby the characters constantly suffer mishaps - such as falls from heights, explosions, and being crushed by heavy objects. Thanks to cartoon physics, the effects rarely last more than one panel.
Mort &amp; Phil | Introduction
The character has received positive reception. Speaking of Rick's relatability and likability, Dan Harmon stated that "we’ve all been Rick. But Rick really does have bigger fish to fry than anybody. He understands everything better than us. So you give him the right to be jaded and dismissive and narcissistic and sociopathic". Emily Gaudette of "Inverse" wrote that fans have "come to love [Rick] over two seasons of misadventures". David Sims of "The Atlantic" noted Rick's "bitter amorality" and called the character "a genius who comfortably thinks of himself as the universe's cleverest man and is grounded only by his empathy toward other people, which he tries to suppress as much as possible", therefore writing that Rick's selflessness at the end of the episode "The Wedding Squanchers" is "the most surprising twist possible".
Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) | Reception
She is glad when Rick comes back home again, but Jerry, sick of Rick, forces her to choose between Rick and himself. Beth chooses Rick over Jerry, leading to their implied divorce. In "The ABC's of Beth", it is revealed that Beth shares the same sociopathic tendencies as her father. Rick offers to make Beth a clone of herself to tend to her family while she can explore the multiverse. In "The Rickchurian Mortydate", she begins to believe that she herself is the clone and goes to Jerry for help. Beth realizes that she loves Jerry, and calls off the divorce, renewing her bond with her family and no longer insecure about Rick abandoning her again.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Beth Smith
Rick and Wasp Rick learn about Morty's theft and rampage from Holographic Rick. The three Ricks follow Morty, who uses a ferrofluid to turn himself into a monstrous cyborg abomination. As Morty is rescued, Holographic Rick is assimilated to the fluid and attempts to destroy the remaining Ricks and Morty, only to be stung and killed by Wasp Rick. Upon arriving home, Jerry and Beth chastise Rick for turning Morty into an "Akira", but Morty defends him and assumes full responsibility for his actions. Rick and Morty agree to split the differences in their adventures in ranting monologues.
Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat | Plot
The couch gag for the episode, "Mathlete's Feat", which aired on May 17, 2015, features Rick and Morty from the Adult Swim series "Rick and Morty".
The Simpsons opening sequence | "Rick and Morty"
David Sims of "The A.V. Club" gave the series an "A−". In reviewing the first two episodes, he complimented the animation for its "clean, simple style". He stated that while the series has "a dark, sick sensibility", he praised its "effort to give each character a little bit of depth", further applauding Roiland's voice talent for the eponymous characters.
Rick and Morty | Critical reception
Rick expresses his disgust for the quality of modern television, and replaces the Smith family's normal cable box with a device that allows them to watch shows from infinite realities. Rick flips through the channels to show the endless possibilities, including a reality where Jerry is a famous actor. Jerry, Beth and Summer, excited, beg Rick to show them their alternate lives. He pulls out a pair of Inter-Dimensional Goggles that will allow them to see through the eyes of their alternate selves. Morty stays with Rick and the two continue to watch various commercials and clips from alternate realities.
Rixty Minutes | Plot
Harmon says in an interview with "Fast Company" that he believes the episode's concept was first pitched by a writer asking, "What if we started the episode this way, with [Rick] turning himself into a pickle?" The reason for this would be that "he'd want to prove himself", and the therapy plot was used to "keep addressing the divorce story of the season." Character designer Kendra Melton says that "there's probably at least 100 versions of that rat suit". Maximus Pauson, also a character designer, states that the one used in the final episode was one that "emphasized the pickle-ness".
Pickle Rick | Production
Gerald "Jerry" Smith (voiced by Chris Parnell) is Summer and Morty's insecure 35 year old father, Beth's husband, and Rick's son-in-law, who strongly disapproves of Rick's influence over his family. Jerry used to work at a low-level advertising agency until he was fired for incompetence. Generally insecure, he is frequently led into conflicts stemming from opportunistic posturing, while his marriage is sometimes jeopardized by his wife's reactions to his poor relationship with Rick. Beth views Jerry as meek under his boasts, ultimately fearful of confrontation. However, it is strongly suggested that in spite of their problems, they are emotionally co-dependent.
List of Rick and Morty characters | Jerry Smith
The following is a list of characters from "The Walking Dead" comic book series, created by Robert Kirkman. Plot structure and characterization between the comic and television series can be similar, derivative, or in many cases almost entirely irrelevant.
List of The Walking Dead (comics) characters | Introduction
It describes how the main character of the story leaves their comfort zone to pursue something they desire, how they are forced to adapt to an unfamiliar situation in order to achieve their goal, and how the story has changed them, as they return to their comfort zone. "Emmy" magazine, however, reported after an interview with Harmon that the writing team planned "to shake things up with a more anarchic writing style." This meant a rather deconstructive approach, where instead of focusing on story structure, attention would be given primarily to cultivating ideas, jokes, and pieces of dialogue, and then the stories would be built around those moments.
Rick and Morty (season 4) | Writing, recording and animation
Sarah Carbiener, one of the new female writers, said that she managed to learn many things from her experience as a member of the writing team. She explained that a story that for other shows would have been an entire episode, for "Rick and Morty" it will be only its first few minutes. Therefore, the team had to write a large amount of story in a very short time.
Rick and Morty (season 3) | Renewal and staff additions
Animation for the show is done using Toon Boom Harmony, post-production work is done in Adobe After Effects, and background art is done in Adobe Photoshop. Production of animation is handled by Bardel Entertainment in Vancouver, Canada. Roiland's cartooning style is heavily indebted to "The Simpsons", a factor he acknowledged in a 2013 interview, while also comparing his style to that of Pendleton Ward ("Adventure Time") and J. G. Quintel ("Regular Show"): "You'll notice mouths are kind of similar and teeth are similar, but I think that's also a stylistic thing that... all of us are kind of the same age, and we're all inspired by "The Simpsons" and all these other shows we're kind of subconsciously tapping into." John Kricfalusi's "The Ren & Stimpy Show" was another strong influence for "Rick and Morty", which is why, according to Roiland, the small "w-shaped mouths" that the characters occasionally make is a reference to a similar expression that Ren frequently makes.
Rick and Morty | Animation and voice recording
The third season of "Rick and Morty", an American animated television series created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, originally aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered with "The Rickshank Rickdemption", which aired unannounced on April 1, 2017, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' prank. As a result of production delays, the remaining episodes began airing weekly nearly four months later, on July 30, 2017. The season comprised ten episodes, and its initial airing concluded on October 1, 2017. The premiere picks up where the second-season finale left off, as the show continues to follow the adventures of the members of the Smith household.
Rick and Morty (season 3) | Introduction
With the exception of the narration for a "Simple Rick's" commercial (voiced by Jeff B. Davis) and a single line from a young Beth Smith (voiced by Sarah Chalke), this episode was entirely voiced by Justin Roiland as the various Ricks and Mortys.
The Ricklantis Mixup | Introduction
Rick and Morty safely return to their universe, while Zeep realises he must stop his experimentation with miniverse technology and return to gooble boxes, or else Rick will throw away the battery and destroy his world.
The Ricks Must Be Crazy | Plot
He stated that "We've gone from having zero spec scripts [in the running from female] candidates, to having five or six of them, so it's looking very likely that season three will have one, potentially two gals in the room." Eventually, four female writers were added to the staff, and—counting out the co-creators of the show, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon—the writing room for the third season was gender-balanced. The writing staff consisted of eleven writers, who collectively wrote and repeatedly rewrote each episode. Harmon noted that the writers' ideas were blended and refined during the writing process, and that the name of the writer that appeared in the opening credits of an episode is usually that of the person who had been assigned to prepare the episode's outline.
Rick and Morty (season 3) | Renewal and staff additions
"A Rickle in Time" is the first episode in the second season of the American animated television sitcom "Rick and Morty", and the twelfth overall episode of the series. Written by Matt Roller and directed by Wes Archer, the episode first aired on Adult Swim in the United States on July 26, 2015. The title of the episode is a pun to the novel, "A Wrinkle in Time". In the episode, Rick, Morty, and his sister Summer—having restarted time after freezing it in the season one finale "Ricksy Business"—are in a quantum-uncertain state of existence. An argument leads to the creation of two alternate timelines, which need to be stitched back together fast if they are to escape quantum collapse.
A Rickle in Time | Introduction
First appearing in "Clerks", Rick Derris was played by Ernest O'Donnell, (a childhood friend of Kevin Smith). Rick is a sexual deviant in the Askewniverse. In "Clerks", while bragging about being more physically fit than Dante Hicks, he reveals to Dante that he had sex with his ex-girlfriend Caitlin Bree during their five-year relationship. In "Mallrats", Gwen Turner, T.S. Quint, and Brodie Bruce recall an incident at a costume party in which Derris and Turner had sex on a pool table. While Turner thinks it was a trivial event, Bruce and Quint remember the event very well because Derris and Turner were having sex on a pool table while dressed as Jackie Gleason and Burt Reynolds, respectively, from "Smokey and the Bandit".
List of View Askewniverse characters | Rick Derris
Rick caves and crafts a special remote, which Morty takes without waiting for an explanation of how it works. Morty commits numerous crimes and pranks, resetting himself each time to avoid any consequences. Eventually, though, he begins a relationship with a girl, falling in love with her. When they end up stranded in the mountains after a plane crash, Morty considers using the remote, but calls for rescue instead, since the last save point was right before they met. However, after they are rescued, Jerry inadvertently activates the remote. Morty then fails to recreate the relationship and accidentally overwrites the save point.
The Vat of Acid Episode | Plot
Dan Harmon notes that initial designs for the rats were "too adorable" considering that Rick murders many of them, with Melton corroborating that "we arched the back a lot more, put some boils on him, got rid of some fur". According to Harmon, the writers gave more detailed instructions to animators than for most episodes, in particular "about the process of hacking the cockroach to give Rick mobility." "Pickle Rick" is one of Harmon's favorite episodes of the season. During the writing process, he was undergoing a divorce and had entered therapy, which influenced his work; he says of the speech Dr.
Pickle Rick | Production
The idea for Owlchemy Labs to work on a virtual reality video game for "Rick and Morty" came after series co-creator Justin Roiland invited the development team to his residence to play games. The first drafts of dialog were written by Owlchemy Labs and rough voice recordings by Producer Andrew Eiche were sent to Roiland as a template for the final performance.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality | Development
Lundy's show included banter with his created characters. Among them:
Ron Lundy | Characters
The producers also likened his appearance to that of a primary school teacher and believed this gave the character more credibility. The Professor's glasses were initially red and more prominent, but in the end the producers preferred a more discreet option and in a darker tone. Morte, who does not wear glasses in real life, developed a tic of pushing back his glasses during casting; this was written into the character. The Professor's fascination with origami was proposed by Morte.
Professor (Money Heist) | Development
The Glorzo turn hostile, but Rick uses a specifically tuned musical note which causes the Glorzo to involuntarily reproduce, killing them en masse. As they die, several Glorzo accuse the trio of destroying them simply for trying to advance their civilization. Upon returning home, Rick and Morty start feeling severe stomach pain. Fearing they are about to lay eggs, they say their final goodbyes to each other, but it turns out to be a regular bowel movement.
Promortyus | Plot
He added that too many of the season's episodes were weak, since the show focuses on character development only in its first half, resulting in an uneven season. He considered the season to be a disappointment, rating it 6.5 out of 10. Kayla Cobb of "Decider" focused on the dynamism displayed by Beth and Summer, as the characters broke the stereotypical conventions of the first two seasons. Cobb stated that "Season 3 is the first time "Rick and Morty" really to its leading ladies, and it was a horrifying delight." Julia Alexander of "Polygon" highlighted the philosophical conflict between nihilist realism and life in ignorant bliss as the season's main theme, and noted that "after an introspective season built on the importance of self-realization and reflection, "Rick and Morty" third year ended on a total reset," with Beth and the kids reuniting with Jerry in the season-finale, as they seek comfort through escapism and ignore the realities of their lives.
Rick and Morty (season 3) | Critical response
A persona of the show, regardless of her actual identity, remained the "mind-reader Pearl Tangley."
Norman G. Baker | As inventor
"Den of Geek" writer Joe Matar observed "previous "Rick and Morty" plot developments, reminding us of the show’s commitment to its persistent multiverse" in a premiere he considered as the series' best.
The Rickshank Rickdemption | Release and reception
The series was spoofed in season 2 episode 8 of "Rick and Morty", entitled "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate", in a segment where a "Plumbus" was being made. The series was later parodied in a Captain Disillusion video describing how hoax UFO videos are made. The show is also frequently parodied by Huggbees in his YouTube series "How It's Actually Made".
How It's Made | Parodies
Writing began in June 2018, with Roiland saying that—alongside maintaining product quality—this time around, the writers would have to work faster, so that the episodes get released quicker. Additionally, Harmon expressed his intention to let the show move forward by collaborating with the animators and making any necessary corrections along the way, instead of applying his perfectionistic tendencies in the earliest stages of writing. In July 2018, Harmon and writer Mike McMahan posted images from the writers' room on social media, which showed "Story Circles" drawn on a blackboard. This eight-step storytelling formula developed by Harmon (a simplified version of Joseph Campbell's common narrative framework known as the hero's journey) was used in previous seasons to outline the narrative arc of an episode.
Rick and Morty (season 4) | Writing, recording and animation
We're three episodes in to "The Other Five", and so far each one has been (at least in part) a rant about how hard it is to write Rick and Morty. I hope the next two episodes manage to fully embrace the smart sci-fi deconstruction that made the show so unique in the first place." The episode won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.
The Vat of Acid Episode | Critical response
Aside from "CHiPs," Rosner also created the central characters and developed the core format of "Lottery!"
Rick Rosner | "Lottery!"
"The Ricks Must Be Crazy" is the sixth episode in the second season of the American animated television sitcom "Rick and Morty", and the seventeenth overall episode in the series. Written by Dan Guterman and directed by Dominic Polcino, the episode first aired on Adult Swim in the United States on August 30, 2015. The title of the episode is a reference to the 1980 film "The Gods Must Be Crazy". In the episode, Rick and Morty go inside Rick's microverse car battery, an entire verse that generates electricity to power Rick's car, unbeknown to the citizens of the microverse.
The Ricks Must Be Crazy | Introduction
Jerry uses a severed piece of shelving and a tomato to show that his game has improved, and the delighted Meeseeks all cease to exist. Morty and Rick arrive in a medieval fantasy world to begin their adventure. They stop at a poor village that requests their help to steal a giant's treasure in order to raise money. Morty and Rick climb up a giant beanstalk to the giants' world, but an accident sees them arrested for murdering a giant. They are tried in a Giant's Court, but are acquitted through a technicality.
Meeseeks and Destroy | Plot