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Rick and Morty

February 18, 2023

This article is about the television series. For the media franchise, see Rick and Morty (franchise).

Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science-fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. It is distributed internationally by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. 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 that take place across an infinite number of realities, often travelling to other planets and dimensions through portals and on Rick's flying saucer. The general concept of Rick and Morty relies on two conflicting scenarios: domestic family drama, and an alcoholic grandfather dragging his grandson into hijinks.

Rick and Morty
Genre
Created by
Voices of
ComposerRyan Elder
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes61 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Dan Harmon
  • Justin Roiland (seasons 1–6)
  • James A. Fino (seasons 1–2)
  • Joe Russo II (seasons 1–2)
  • Mike McMahan (season 4)
  • Scott Marder (season 5–present)
Producers
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original networkAdult Swim
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Original releaseDecember 2, 2013 (2013-12-02) –
present (present)

Roiland voiced 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 cofounded by Harmon. Since its debut, the series has received critical acclaim for its originality, creativity, and humor. It has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program and won the award in 2018 and 2020. The series has also received two Annie Awards. At times, the series has been the most viewed television comedy for adults between 18 and 24. The popularity of Rick and Morty has made it a hundred-million dollar merchandising and media franchise.

The sixth season premiered on September 4, 2022, and consists of ten episodes. A seventh season was confirmed as part of a long-term deal with Cartoon Network that ordered 70 new episodes, which renewed the series through to a tenth season. In January 2023, Adult Swim cut ties with Roiland amid allegations of domestic abuse, and announced it would be recasting his roles.

Premise and main characters

See also: List of Rick and Morty characters

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.[2] 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 saucer.[3]

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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Different versions of the characters inhabit other dimensions throughout the show's multiverse and their personal characteristics can vary from one reality to another.[8] 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 apply to any other member of the Smith household.[9] 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 the original Summer, Beth and Jerry behind.[10]

Production

Development

 
 
Creators Dan Harmon (left) and Justin Roiland (right)

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.[11] 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.[11] Nevertheless, Harmon took a liking to his humor and the two began collaborating. In 2006, Roiland was fired from working on a television series he regarded as 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.[12] In the short, which Harmon would dub "a bastardization, a pornographic vandalization", Doc Smith urges Mharti to perform oral sex on him in order to go back in time.[13] 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.[13][14] Harmon would later create and produce Community, an NBC sitcom,[15] while Roiland would work primarily in voice acting for Disney's Fish Hooks and Cartoon Network's Adventure Time.[16]

In 2012, Harmon was briefly fired from Community. Adult Swim, searching for a more prime-time, "hit" show,[17] shortly afterward approached Harmon, who initially viewed the channel as unfit for his style. He was also unfamiliar with animation and his process for creating television focused more heavily on dialogue, characters, and story.[14] Instead, he phoned Roiland to inquire if he had any ideas for an animated series. Roiland immediately brought up the idea of using the Doc and Mharti characters, renamed Rick and Morty.[13] At first, Roiland wanted the show's run time to consist of one eleven-minute segment, but Adult Swim pushed for a half-hour program.[17] Harmon felt the best way to extend the voices into a program would be to build a family around the characters, while Adult Swim development executive Nick Weidenfeld suggested that Rick be Morty's grandfather. Having pitched multiple television programs that did not get off the ground, Roiland was initially very unreceptive to others attempting to give notes on his pitch.[13] Prior to developing Rick and Morty, he had created three failed animated pilots for Fox, and he had begun to feel "burned out" with developing television.[14]

The first draft was completed in six hours on the Paramount Pictures lot in Dan Harmon's unfurnished Community office.[18] The duo had worked out the basics of the story that day, sold the pilot, and then sat down to write.[14][19] Roiland, while acknowledging a tendency for procrastination, encouraged Harmon to stay and write the entire first draft.[18] "We were sitting on the floor, cross-legged with laptops and I was about to get up and go home and he said, 'Wait, if you go home, it might take us three months to write this thing. Stay here right now and we can write it in six hours.' He just had a premonition about that," recalled Harmon.[14] In the beginning, Adult Swim was unsure of Roiland doing both voices, partially due to the undeveloped nature of the character of Morty. Harmon wrote four short premises in which Morty took a more assertive role and sent it to Mike Lazzo.[18] Adult Swim placed a tamer TV-14 rating on the program, which was met with reluctance from the show's staff. The network's reason behind the rating was that it would soon begin broadcasting in prime-time, competing with major programs.[14]

The theme song for Rick and Morty by Ryan Elder was originally used in a rejected Cartoon Network pilot Roiland made called "Dog World", which was referenced in the episode "Lawnmower Dog".[20]

Writing

 
Mike McMahan at 2019 San Diego Comic-Con

Harmon has noted that the writers' room at the show's studio bears a striking resemblance to the one used for Community.[14] In comparing the two, he noted that the writing staff of Rick and Morty was significantly smaller, and more "rough and tumble verbally".[14] The first season writing staff consisted of Roiland, Harmon, Tom Kauffman, Ryan Ridley, Wade Randolph, and Eric Acosta, while writer's assistant Mike McMahan was also given writing credit. Described as a "very, very tiny little writers' room with a lot of heavy lifting from everybody," the show's writing staff, like many Adult Swim productions, is not unionized with the Writers Guild of America,[21] though in 2022 production staff at Rick & Morty filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board in a bid to join The Animation Guild.[22] The writing staff first meets and discusses ideas, which evolve into a story.[11] Discussions often include anecdotes from personal life as well as thoughts on the science fiction genre.[14] 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.[11] 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.[23][24]

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.[18] Roiland has stated his and Harmon's intentions for the series to lack traditional continuity, opting for discontinuous storylines "not bound by rules".[25] 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."[26] In producing the series' first season, episodes were occasionally written out of order. 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.[11]

Animation and voice recording

Animation for the show is done using Toon Boom Harmony, a vector-based 2D puppet software, which is a more economical option than traditional hand-drawn animation.[27] The post-production work is done in Adobe After Effects, and background art is done in Adobe Photoshop.[28] Production of animation is handled by Bardel Entertainment in Vancouver, Canada.[29]

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."[21]

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.[30] 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."[31] When recording dialogue, Roiland does a considerable amount of improvisation, in order to make the characters feel more natural.[32]

Roiland's firing

In January 2023, it was reported that Roiland was charged with felony domestic battery and false imprisonment in Orange County, California, in connection with an alleged incident in January 2020 toward an unnamed woman he was reportedly dating at the time. A hearing is scheduled for April 27, 2023.[33][34] Following the public revelation of the indictment, allegations against Roiland's personal conduct regarding his behavior to minors on social media were made.[35] The same month, Adult Swim announced that they had cut ties with Roiland and fired him from the show stating that the seventh season's production would continue and that his roles would be recast.[36][37]

Broadcast and ratings

Episodes

Main article: List of Rick and Morty episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
111December 2, 2013 (2013-12-02)April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)
210July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)
310April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)[a]October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)
410November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)May 31, 2020 (2020-05-31)
510June 20, 2021 (2021-06-20)September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
610September 4, 2022 (2022-09-04)December 11, 2022 (2022-12-11)

In May 2012, Adult Swim unveiled its development slate that included a Rick and Morty pilot from Harmon and Roiland,[39] which was eventually picked up to series in October 2012, as one of the network's first primetime original shows.[40] The first season premiered in December 2013 and concluded in April 2014. It comprised eleven episodes (including the pilot), and aired Mondays at 10:30 pm ET/PT.[41]

Two months earlier, in February 2014, the show had been renewed for a second season, with the press release noting that Rick and Morty consistently outperformed direct competition in its time slot.[42] Season two aired Sundays at 11:30 pm ET/PT, from July to October 2015, and comprised ten episodes.[43] In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Roiland said that Rick and Morty will remain "a big priority above anything else" for him in the future, and expressed his intention to keep the show growing.[44]

Adult Swim renewed Rick and Morty for a third season in August 2015, shortly after a successful second-season premiere.[45] The two co-creators and executive producers expressed their delight at the series' popularity.[46] The season premiered unannounced on April 1, 2017, as part of an April Fools' Day prank. The remaining episodes began airing weekly almost four months later, continuing in the same time slot from season two, and the initial airing concluded in October 2017.[47] Although it was originally intended for the season to consist of fourteen episodes, as a result of production delays it eventually comprised only ten.[48]

Following the conclusion of the show's third season, co-creators Harmon and Roiland wanted to have assurance that there would be many more seasons of Rick and Morty in the future, so that they would be able to focus on the show and minimize their involvement in other projects.[49] Additionally, Harmon had expressed his wish for the upcoming fourth season to consist of more than ten episodes.[50] In May 2018, after prolonged contract negotiations, Adult Swim announced a long-term deal with the creators, ordering 70 new episodes over an unspecified number of seasons.[51][52] Roiland was confident that this big renewal deal would allow the creators to minimize the gaps between seasons to no more than a year,[53] as they would be able to schedule their time around the show and "keep the machine going."[54] In January 2023, it was confirmed that the long-term deal had renewed the series through to a tenth season.[55]

In May 2019, the fourth season of Rick and Morty was announced to debut in November 2019.[56] The fourth season consisted of ten episodes split across two airings.[57] The first five episodes began airing on November 10, 2019,[58] while the remaining five episodes began airing on May 3, 2020.[59] The sixth season premiered on September 4, 2022.[60]

Ratings

Rick and Morty has been a ratings hit since season one,[61] with viewership doubling and tripling over their first six episodes.[62] The third season ended with the best ratings in Adult Swim history,[63] an 81 percent increase in overall viewers over the second season.[64] According to a Nielsen poll, the third season was the most watched television comedy of adults between the ages of 18 and 24.[65][66] The president of Adult Swim said that Rick and Morty "goes beyond just appealing to millennials," with statistics suggesting that people of every age tune in to the show.[64]

The fourth season started relatively strong, with its premiere reaching 2.33 million viewers (the show's average is 2.51 million).[67] However, interest soon appeared to taper off after the network decided to split the season in half causing a steep drop in the season's second half—about a 40% drop in viewership from the third season.[68] The fourth episode of the fourth season saw 1.62 million viewers, which was noted to not be impressive in its own right, but in that it showed consistent viewership especially when competing against shows like The Walking Dead in the same time slot.[69] The season five premier episode was posted on YouTube and had 1.7 million views within the first 12 hours.[70] The television premier saw 1.9 million views.[71]

The premier of season six was shown on September 4, 2022, and saw the highest ratings in telecast for women age 18 to 24 and 18 to 34 and non-sports telecast for male viewers age 18 to 24 and 18 to 34. The episode was also the number two most-viewed non-sports program overall for viewers age 18 to 49.[72]

Streaming service and home media

The show is available to watch in its entirety on Netflix in a number of countries, while the first four seasons are available to stream in the United States on both Hulu and HBO Max.[73] Following the conclusion of the show's third season, Adult Swim made a livestream marathon of Rick and Morty available to watch on its official website in select regions,[74] hoping to dissuade viewers from watching other illegal livestreams.[75]

In the United Kingdom, public-service broadcaster Channel 4 outbid Netflix and began airing the series with season 4, which represents its first pickup by an international television channel.[76] Season 4 was originally scheduled to premiere on Channel 4 in January 2020; viewer complaints resulted in the broadcaster moving the first episode forward to November 20 on E4.[77]

In Canada, the series initially premiered on Adult Swim on January 10, 2016.[78] In Quebec, it premiered on Télétoon's Télétoon la nuit block on May 18, 2018.[79]

The 10-episode third season, was released on DVD (2-disc set) and Blu-ray (single BD-50 disc) on May 15, 2018. Special features include exclusive commentary and animatics for every episode, "inside the episode", the origins of Rick and Morty, and an exclusive "inside the recording booth" session.[80]

Uncensored versions of the show are also available to purchase on various digital platforms, including iTunes and Amazon, with the digital releases of each season containing bonus material.[73]

Themes and analysis

Comedic style

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.[13][17] 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.[21] Comparisons have been drawn to House of Cosbys, a show created by Justin Roiland, for having similar bits such as characters announcing themselves (Mr. Meeseeks/Curiosity Cosby).[81] The series is inspired by British-style storytelling, as opposed to traditional American family TV stories.[11] 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. 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."[82]

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."[83] 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."[84]

Philosophy

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.[85] 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.[86] 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".[87]

Harmon describes Rick as a self-interested anarchist, who does not like being told what to do.[88] He believes that the character's life on a larger scale has caused him mental illness,[82] and opines that "the knowledge that nothing matters—while accurate—gets you nowhere".[89] Mental illness is a theme that is drawn on several times throughout the show, one scene in particular has Rick's therapist deliver a fiery explanation of his fundamental immaturity.[90][91] 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.[92] Eric Armstrong of The New Republic notes that Morty represents the audience, as he is "mostly there to react to Rick's deranged schemes". 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.[93]

Reception

Critical reception

Critical response of Rick and Morty
SeasonRotten TomatoesMetacritic
196% (28 reviews)[94]85 (8 reviews)[95]
291% (13 reviews)[96]—
396% (10 reviews)[97]—
496% (31 reviews)[98]84 (5 reviews)[99]
586% (22 reviews)[100]89 (5 reviews)[101]
691% (47 reviews)[102]86 (4 reviews)[103]

Rick and Morty holds an average approval rating of 95% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes for the entire series.[104] David Weigand of San Francisco Chronicle described it as "offbeat and occasionally coarse... the take-away here is that it works". He praised the animation direction by James McDermott for being "fresh, colorful and as wacky as the script", and states that the series possesses "shades of Futurama, South Park and even Beetlejuice", ultimately opining that its humor felt "entirely original".[105] Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times praised the series and stated that it was "Grandparenting at its unhinged finest."[106] In a review shortly after the second-season premiere, Sean Sebastian of Junkee said that although the crude animation and over-the-top voice acting might have discouraged some viewers to continue watching, Rick and Morty is "exceptionally well-made" and that "the more you dissect it, the more you find it has to say."[84]

Todd Spangler of Variety gave the series a lukewarm review; saying that though it "often seems … frenetic at the expense of being witty", it represents "a welcome attempt to dream just a little bigger".[107] David Sims of The A.V. Club gave the series an "A−". In reviewing the first two episodes, he praised its "clean, simple style" of animation, and said the series has "a dark, sick sensibility". He praised its "effort to give each character a little bit of depth", and applauded Roiland's voice talent.[108]

Industry impact

Several former Rick and Morty storyboard artists and crew members proceeded to develop their own shows or work on major new productions. Creator Justin Roiland and showrunner Mike McMahan have gone on to co-create Solar Opposites, an animated sci-fi sitcom that has been frequently compared to Rick and Morty.[109][110] McMahan also went on to create Star Trek: Lower Decks. Writer Michael Waldron would go on to write for Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Avengers: Secret Wars and has said that he and his colleagues are "cashing in on our ‘Rick and Morty’ street cred."[110] Show alumnus Jeff Loveness became a writer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.[110] Erica Hayes, the show's storyboard writer and director,[111] went on to work for Netflix's Big Mouth.[112][113] Alex Hirsch, who worked on the episode Big Trouble in Little Sanchez, would become an executive producer of Inside Job, another show that has had comparisons drawn to Rick and Morty for being similarly themed. Pete Michels, director of over twenty Rick and Morty episodes, was also a director of two episodes of Inside Job.[114]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2014 IGN Awards Best TV Animated Series Rick and Morty Nominated [115]
2015 Annie Awards Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production Nominated [116]
IGN Awards Best Animated Series Won [117]
2017 Teen Choice Awards Choice Animated TV Show Nominated [118]
IGN Awards TV Series of the Year Nominated [119]
Best TV Episode "The Ricklantis Mixup" Nominated [120]
Best Animated Series Rick and Morty Won [121]
Best Comedy Series Nominated [122]
Best Comedic TV Performance Justin Roiland Won [123]
2018 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Animated Series Rick and Morty Won [124]
Annie Awards Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production "Pickle Rick" Won [125]
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Ryan Ridley, Dan Guterman (for "The Ricklantis Mixup") Won
Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Short Form Hunter Curra, Kailand Reily, Andrew Twite, Joy Elett, Jeff Halbert and Konrad Pinon (for "Pickle Rick") Nominated [126]
Saturn Awards Best Animated Series or Film on Television Rick and Morty Nominated [127]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Animated TV Show Nominated [128]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Delna Bhesania, Barry Ward, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, Ryan Ridley, Dan Guterman, Mike McMahan, Tom Kauffman, Ollie Green, J. Michael Mendel, Jessica Gao, Wes Archer, Anthony Chun and Nathan Litz (for "Pickle Rick") Won [129]
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program "Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality" Nominated
2020 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Mike McMahan, Scott Marder, Keith Crofford, Rick Mischel, Richard Grieve, Mike Lazzo, Rob Schrab, James Siciliano, Wes Archer, Michael Waldron, Nick Rutherford, Lee Harting, Ollie Green, Sydney Ryan, J. Michael Mendel, Jacob Hair, Nathan Litz, Jeff Loveness and Albro Lundy (for "The Vat of Acid Episode") Won
2021 Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Animated Series Rick and Morty Nominated [130]
Best Voice Actor in an Animated Series Justin Roiland Nominated
Annie Awards Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production Rick and Morty (for "The Vat of Acid Episode") Nominated [131]
American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Animation (Non-Theatrical) Lee Harting (for "Rattlestar Ricklactica") Won [132]
Saturn Awards Best Animated Series on Television Rick and Morty Nominated [133]
2022
 American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Animation (Non-Theatrical) Lee Harting (for "Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion") Nominated [134]
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Broadcast Network or Cable Animated Series or Television Movie Rick and Morty Won [135]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Scott Marder, Keith Crofford, Ollie Green, Walter Newman, Richard Grieve, Rob Schrab, James Siciliano, Jeff Loveness, Sydney Ryan, J. Michael Mendel, Anne Lane, Albro Lundy, Nick Rutherford, Steve Levy, Lee Harting, David Marshall, Jacob Hair, Nathan Litz, and Wes Archer (for "Mort Dinner Rick Andre") Nominated [136]
Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Animated Series Ruth Lambert, Robert McGee Pending [137]
2023
 Annie Awards Best Mature Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production Rick and Morty (for "Night Family") Pending [138]

Other media and products

Rick and Morty has a multi-million dollar merchandising franchise.[139]

Possible feature film

Show creator Justin Roiland said in 2019 that he would love to make an R-rated Rick and Morty feature film.[140] In June 2021, producer Scott Marder confirmed that the creators and crew hope to eventually produce a feature film, with Roiland stating that it is more a question of "when", rather than "if".[141] In 2022, American filmmaker Zack Snyder expressed interest in directing a Rick and Morty science fiction movie.[142]

Spin-off series

On May 20, 2021, Adult Swim announced a short spin-off series centred on the Vindicators team (Supernova, Vance Maxiumus, Alan Rails, Crocubot and Noob Noob) previously seen on the episode, "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender" to be in development, alongside spin-offs from other Adult Swim shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell. The 10-episode series, Vindicators 2 was released in July 2022.[143][144]

On May 18, 2022, Adult Swim announced there would be a full spin-off series based on the anime shorts, directed by Takashi Sano.[145]

Cameos

Film

Rick and Morty, both voiced by Roiland, have a cameo in 2021's Space Jam: A New Legacy, as they claim to have experimented on the Tasmanian Devil but say they were disgusted by the results; thus, they voluntarily give him back to LeBron and the Looney Tunes by dropping him on their rocket's windshield.[146]

Television

Rick and Morty were featured in the couch gag at the beginning of "Mathlete's Feat", the final episode of the twenty-sixth season of The Simpsons. Said opening involved Rick accidentally killing the family when he crash-lands into their living room causing Morty to go on a mission to bring them back to life.[147]

Comics

Main article: Rick and Morty (comics)

On April 1, 2015, a Rick and Morty comic book adaptation debuted with its first monthly issue, entitled "BAM!"[148] The series was initially written by Zac Gorman and illustrated by CJ Cannon.[149] Artist Tom Fowler wrote a multi-issue story arc that began in March 2016.[150] Using the television series' established premise of alternate timelines, the first two volumes of the comic book expressly features the Rick and Morty (and supporting cast) of a different timeline, allowing the comics to tell stories without conflicting with the canon of the show.[151] From the third volume onwards, with the departure of Gorman as writer and his replacement with Kyle Starks, the series switched focus to display the off-screen adventures of the specific Rick and Morty of the television series, keeping in the canon of the show, with the Ricks and Mortys of different timelines forming the basis for backup stories.[152]

On August 29, 2018, a four-issue crossover comic with the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was released. The series titled Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons is co-written by Jim Zub and Patrick Rothfuss, and art by Troy Little.[153] A sequel mini-series, titled Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Chapter II: Painscape, was published in September 2018.[154] It was written by Jim Zub and Sarah Stern with art by Troy Little.[155] The Rick and Morty vs Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe Edition, by Rothfuss, Zub, and Little, was nominated for the 2022 "Best Graphic Album—Reprint" Eisner Award.[156]

 
McDonald's chicken nuggets and original szechuan sauce

Product tie-ins

McDonald's Szechuan Sauce returned to their menu nearly twenty years later after being referenced numerous times in "The Rickshank Rickdemption", the Season 3 premiere.[157] The sauce was announced to return to all McDonald's stores on February 26, 2018 due to popular demand from Rick and Morty fans.[158] On March 31, 2022, it once again returned to stores, featured as an app-only exclusive until April 4.[159][160]

Adult Swim and Wendy's have collaborated to create commercials featuring the titular duo.[161][162] They have also created Morty themed food trucks and restaurants.[163][164] In 2022, Wendy's offered Rick and Morty-inspired combo meals exclusively on Uber Eats and brought back their "Portal Time Lemon Lime" soft drink to promote the series' sixth season.[165] The promotion also featured a giveaway of Rick and Morty merchandise.[166]

Adult Swim released a promotional video advertising Death Stranding. The ad involves Rick and Morty traversing the world of Death Stranding to deliver packages to stations in order to rebuild human civilization while trying to avoid being harmed by hostiles.[167]

Notes

  1. ^ The third season of Rick and Morty premiered unannounced on April 1, 2017. The remaining episodes began airing weekly on July 30, 2017.[38]

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rick, morty, this, article, about, television, series, media, franchise, franchise, american, adult, animated, science, fiction, sitcom, created, justin, roiland, harmon, cartoon, network, nighttime, programming, block, adult, swim, distributed, internationall. This article is about the television series For the media franchise see Rick and Morty franchise Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network s nighttime programming block Adult Swim It is distributed internationally by Warner Bros Television Distribution 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 that take place across an infinite number of realities often travelling to other planets and dimensions through portals and on Rick s flying saucer The general concept of Rick and Morty relies on two conflicting scenarios domestic family drama and an alcoholic grandfather dragging his grandson into hijinks Rick and MortyGenreAdventure Animated sitcom Black comedy Science fictionCreated byJustin Roiland Dan HarmonVoices ofJustin Roiland seasons 1 6 Chris Parnell Spencer Grammer Sarah ChalkeComposerRyan ElderCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons6No of episodes61 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersDan Harmon Justin Roiland seasons 1 6 James A Fino seasons 1 2 Joe Russo II seasons 1 2 Mike McMahan season 4 Scott Marder season 5 present ProducersJ Michael Mendel seasons 1 4 Kenny Micka pilot Running time22 minutesProduction companiesWilliams Street Harmonious Claptrap Starburns Industries seasons 1 2 Justin Roiland s Solo Vanity Card Productions seasons 1 6 Rick and Morty LLC seasons 2 3 1 Green Portal Productions seasons 4 present DistributorWarner Bros Television DistributionReleaseOriginal networkAdult SwimPicture formatHDTV 1080iOriginal releaseDecember 2 2013 2013 12 02 present present Roiland voiced 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 cofounded by Harmon Since its debut the series has received critical acclaim for its originality creativity and humor It has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program and won the award in 2018 and 2020 The series has also received two Annie Awards At times the series has been the most viewed television comedy for adults between 18 and 24 The popularity of Rick and Morty has made it a hundred million dollar merchandising and media franchise The sixth season premiered on September 4 2022 and consists of ten episodes A seventh season was confirmed as part of a long term deal with Cartoon Network that ordered 70 new episodes which renewed the series through to a tenth season In January 2023 Adult Swim cut ties with Roiland amid allegations of domestic abuse and announced it would be recasting his roles Contents 1 Premise and main characters 2 Production 2 1 Development 2 2 Writing 2 3 Animation and voice recording 2 4 Roiland s firing 3 Broadcast and ratings 3 1 Episodes 3 2 Ratings 3 3 Streaming service and home media 4 Themes and analysis 4 1 Comedic style 4 2 Philosophy 5 Reception 5 1 Critical reception 5 2 Industry impact 5 3 Awards and nominations 6 Other media and products 6 1 Possible feature film 6 2 Spin off series 6 3 Cameos 6 3 1 Film 6 3 2 Television 6 4 Comics 6 5 Product tie ins 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksPremise and main charactersSee also List of Rick and Morty characters 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 2 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 saucer 3 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 naive but grounded moral compass plays counterpoint to Rick s Machiavellian ego 4 5 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 6 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 7 Different versions of the characters inhabit other dimensions throughout the show s multiverse and their personal characteristics can vary from one reality to another 8 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 apply to any other member of the Smith household 9 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 the original Summer Beth and Jerry behind 10 ProductionDevelopment Creators Dan Harmon left and Justin Roiland right 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 11 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 11 Nevertheless Harmon took a liking to his humor and the two began collaborating In 2006 Roiland was fired from working on a television series he regarded as 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 12 In the short which Harmon would dub a bastardization a pornographic vandalization Doc Smith urges Mharti to perform oral sex on him in order to go back in time 13 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 13 14 Harmon would later create and produce Community an NBC sitcom 15 while Roiland would work primarily in voice acting for Disney s Fish Hooks and Cartoon Network s Adventure Time 16 In 2012 Harmon was briefly fired from Community Adult Swim searching for a more prime time hit show 17 shortly afterward approached Harmon who initially viewed the channel as unfit for his style He was also unfamiliar with animation and his process for creating television focused more heavily on dialogue characters and story 14 Instead he phoned Roiland to inquire if he had any ideas for an animated series Roiland immediately brought up the idea of using the Doc and Mharti characters renamed Rick and Morty 13 At first Roiland wanted the show s run time to consist of one eleven minute segment but Adult Swim pushed for a half hour program 17 Harmon felt the best way to extend the voices into a program would be to build a family around the characters while Adult Swim development executive Nick Weidenfeld suggested that Rick be Morty s grandfather Having pitched multiple television programs that did not get off the ground Roiland was initially very unreceptive to others attempting to give notes on his pitch 13 Prior to developing Rick and Morty he had created three failed animated pilots for Fox and he had begun to feel burned out with developing television 14 The first draft was completed in six hours on the Paramount Pictures lot in Dan Harmon s unfurnished Community office 18 The duo had worked out the basics of the story that day sold the pilot and then sat down to write 14 19 Roiland while acknowledging a tendency for procrastination encouraged Harmon to stay and write the entire first draft 18 We were sitting on the floor cross legged with laptops and I was about to get up and go home and he said Wait if you go home it might take us three months to write this thing Stay here right now and we can write it in six hours He just had a premonition about that recalled Harmon 14 In the beginning Adult Swim was unsure of Roiland doing both voices partially due to the undeveloped nature of the character of Morty Harmon wrote four short premises in which Morty took a more assertive role and sent it to Mike Lazzo 18 Adult Swim placed a tamer TV 14 rating on the program which was met with reluctance from the show s staff The network s reason behind the rating was that it would soon begin broadcasting in prime time competing with major programs 14 The theme song for Rick and Morty by Ryan Elder was originally used in a rejected Cartoon Network pilot Roiland made called Dog World which was referenced in the episode Lawnmower Dog 20 Writing Mike McMahan at 2019 San Diego Comic ConHarmon has noted that the writers room at the show s studio bears a striking resemblance to the one used for Community 14 In comparing the two he noted that the writing staff of Rick and Morty was significantly smaller and more rough and tumble verbally 14 The first season writing staff consisted of Roiland Harmon Tom Kauffman Ryan Ridley Wade Randolph and Eric Acosta while writer s assistant Mike McMahan was also given writing credit Described as a very very tiny little writers room with a lot of heavy lifting from everybody the show s writing staff like many Adult Swim productions is not unionized with the Writers Guild of America 21 though in 2022 production staff at Rick amp Morty filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board in a bid to join The Animation Guild 22 The writing staff first meets and discusses ideas which evolve into a story 11 Discussions often include anecdotes from personal life as well as thoughts on the science fiction genre 14 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 11 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 23 24 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 18 Roiland has stated his and Harmon s intentions for the series to lack traditional continuity opting for discontinuous storylines not bound by rules 25 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 26 In producing the series first season episodes were occasionally written out of order 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 11 Animation and voice recording Animation for the show is done using Toon Boom Harmony a vector based 2D puppet software which is a more economical option than traditional hand drawn animation 27 The post production work is done in Adobe After Effects and background art is done in Adobe Photoshop 28 Production of animation is handled by Bardel Entertainment in Vancouver Canada 29 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 21 John Kricfalusi s The Ren amp 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 30 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 31 When recording dialogue Roiland does a considerable amount of improvisation in order to make the characters feel more natural 32 Roiland s firing In January 2023 it was reported that Roiland was charged with felony domestic battery and false imprisonment in Orange County California in connection with an alleged incident in January 2020 toward an unnamed woman he was reportedly dating at the time A hearing is scheduled for April 27 2023 33 34 Following the public revelation of the indictment allegations against Roiland s personal conduct regarding his behavior to minors on social media were made 35 The same month Adult Swim announced that they had cut ties with Roiland and fired him from the show stating that the seventh season s production would continue and that his roles would be recast 36 37 Broadcast and ratingsEpisodes Main article List of Rick and Morty episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired111December 2 2013 2013 12 02 April 14 2014 2014 04 14 210July 26 2015 2015 07 26 October 4 2015 2015 10 04 310April 1 2017 2017 04 01 a October 1 2017 2017 10 01 410November 10 2019 2019 11 10 May 31 2020 2020 05 31 510June 20 2021 2021 06 20 September 5 2021 2021 09 05 610September 4 2022 2022 09 04 December 11 2022 2022 12 11 In May 2012 Adult Swim unveiled its development slate that included a Rick and Morty pilot from Harmon and Roiland 39 which was eventually picked up to series in October 2012 as one of the network s first primetime original shows 40 The first season premiered in December 2013 and concluded in April 2014 It comprised eleven episodes including the pilot and aired Mondays at 10 30 pm ET PT 41 Two months earlier in February 2014 the show had been renewed for a second season with the press release noting that Rick and Morty consistently outperformed direct competition in its time slot 42 Season two aired Sundays at 11 30 pm ET PT from July to October 2015 and comprised ten episodes 43 In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Roiland said that Rick and Morty will remain a big priority above anything else for him in the future and expressed his intention to keep the show growing 44 Adult Swim renewed Rick and Morty for a third season in August 2015 shortly after a successful second season premiere 45 The two co creators and executive producers expressed their delight at the series popularity 46 The season premiered unannounced on April 1 2017 as part of an April Fools Day prank The remaining episodes began airing weekly almost four months later continuing in the same time slot from season two and the initial airing concluded in October 2017 47 Although it was originally intended for the season to consist of fourteen episodes as a result of production delays it eventually comprised only ten 48 Following the conclusion of the show s third season co creators Harmon and Roiland wanted to have assurance that there would be many more seasons of Rick and Morty in the future so that they would be able to focus on the show and minimize their involvement in other projects 49 Additionally Harmon had expressed his wish for the upcoming fourth season to consist of more than ten episodes 50 In May 2018 after prolonged contract negotiations Adult Swim announced a long term deal with the creators ordering 70 new episodes over an unspecified number of seasons 51 52 Roiland was confident that this big renewal deal would allow the creators to minimize the gaps between seasons to no more than a year 53 as they would be able to schedule their time around the show and keep the machine going 54 In January 2023 it was confirmed that the long term deal had renewed the series through to a tenth season 55 In May 2019 the fourth season of Rick and Morty was announced to debut in November 2019 56 The fourth season consisted of ten episodes split across two airings 57 The first five episodes began airing on November 10 2019 58 while the remaining five episodes began airing on May 3 2020 59 The sixth season premiered on September 4 2022 60 Ratings Rick and Morty has been a ratings hit since season one 61 with viewership doubling and tripling over their first six episodes 62 The third season ended with the best ratings in Adult Swim history 63 an 81 percent increase in overall viewers over the second season 64 According to a Nielsen poll the third season was the most watched television comedy of adults between the ages of 18 and 24 65 66 The president of Adult Swim said that Rick and Morty goes beyond just appealing to millennials with statistics suggesting that people of every age tune in to the show 64 The fourth season started relatively strong with its premiere reaching 2 33 million viewers the show s average is 2 51 million 67 However interest soon appeared to taper off after the network decided to split the season in half causing a steep drop in the season s second half about a 40 drop in viewership from the third season 68 The fourth episode of the fourth season saw 1 62 million viewers which was noted to not be impressive in its own right but in that it showed consistent viewership especially when competing against shows like The Walking Dead in the same time slot 69 The season five premier episode was posted on YouTube and had 1 7 million views within the first 12 hours 70 The television premier saw 1 9 million views 71 The premier of season six was shown on September 4 2022 and saw the highest ratings in telecast for women age 18 to 24 and 18 to 34 and non sports telecast for male viewers age 18 to 24 and 18 to 34 The episode was also the number two most viewed non sports program overall for viewers age 18 to 49 72 Streaming service and home media The show is available to watch in its entirety on Netflix in a number of countries while the first four seasons are available to stream in the United States on both Hulu and HBO Max 73 Following the conclusion of the show s third season Adult Swim made a livestream marathon of Rick and Morty available to watch on its official website in select regions 74 hoping to dissuade viewers from watching other illegal livestreams 75 In the United Kingdom public service broadcaster Channel 4 outbid Netflix and began airing the series with season 4 which represents its first pickup by an international television channel 76 Season 4 was originally scheduled to premiere on Channel 4 in January 2020 viewer complaints resulted in the broadcaster moving the first episode forward to November 20 on E4 77 In Canada the series initially premiered on Adult Swim on January 10 2016 78 In Quebec it premiered on Teletoon s Teletoon la nuit block on May 18 2018 79 The 10 episode third season was released on DVD 2 disc set and Blu ray single BD 50 disc on May 15 2018 Special features include exclusive commentary and animatics for every episode inside the episode the origins of Rick and Morty and an exclusive inside the recording booth session 80 Uncensored versions of the show are also available to purchase on various digital platforms including iTunes and Amazon with the digital releases of each season containing bonus material 73 Themes and analysisComedic style 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 13 17 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 21 Comparisons have been drawn to House of Cosbys a show created by Justin Roiland for having similar bits such as characters announcing themselves Mr Meeseeks Curiosity Cosby 81 The series is inspired by British style storytelling as opposed to traditional American family TV stories 11 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 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 82 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 83 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 84 Philosophy 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 85 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 86 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 87 Harmon describes Rick as a self interested anarchist who does not like being told what to do 88 He believes that the character s life on a larger scale has caused him mental illness 82 and opines that the knowledge that nothing matters while accurate gets you nowhere 89 Mental illness is a theme that is drawn on several times throughout the show one scene in particular has Rick s therapist deliver a fiery explanation of his fundamental immaturity 90 91 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 92 Eric Armstrong of The New Republic notes that Morty represents the audience as he is mostly there to react to Rick s deranged schemes 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 93 ReceptionCritical reception Critical response of Rick and MortySeasonRotten TomatoesMetacritic196 28 reviews 94 85 8 reviews 95 291 13 reviews 96 396 10 reviews 97 496 31 reviews 98 84 5 reviews 99 586 22 reviews 100 89 5 reviews 101 691 47 reviews 102 86 4 reviews 103 Rick and Morty holds an average approval rating of 95 on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes for the entire series 104 David Weigand of San Francisco Chronicle described it as offbeat and occasionally coarse the take away here is that it works He praised the animation direction by James McDermott for being fresh colorful and as wacky as the script and states that the series possesses shades of Futurama South Park and even Beetlejuice ultimately opining that its humor felt entirely original 105 Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times praised the series and stated that it was Grandparenting at its unhinged finest 106 In a review shortly after the second season premiere Sean Sebastian of Junkee said that although the crude animation and over the top voice acting might have discouraged some viewers to continue watching Rick and Morty is exceptionally well made and that the more you dissect it the more you find it has to say 84 Todd Spangler of Variety gave the series a lukewarm review saying that though it often seems frenetic at the expense of being witty it represents a welcome attempt to dream just a little bigger 107 David Sims of The A V Club gave the series an A In reviewing the first two episodes he praised its clean simple style of animation and said the series has a dark sick sensibility He praised its effort to give each character a little bit of depth and applauded Roiland s voice talent 108 Industry impact Several former Rick and Morty storyboard artists and crew members proceeded to develop their own shows or work on major new productions Creator Justin Roiland and showrunner Mike McMahan have gone on to co create Solar Opposites an animated sci fi sitcom that has been frequently compared to Rick and Morty 109 110 McMahan also went on to create Star Trek Lower Decks Writer Michael Waldron would go on to write for Loki Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Avengers Secret Wars and has said that he and his colleagues are cashing in on our Rick and Morty street cred 110 Show alumnus Jeff Loveness became a writer for Ant Man and the Wasp Quantumania and Avengers The Kang Dynasty 110 Erica Hayes the show s storyboard writer and director 111 went on to work for Netflix s Big Mouth 112 113 Alex Hirsch who worked on the episode Big Trouble in Little Sanchez would become an executive producer of Inside Job another show that has had comparisons drawn to Rick and Morty for being similarly themed Pete Michels director of over twenty Rick and Morty episodes was also a director of two episodes of Inside Job 114 Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee s Result Ref 2014 IGN Awards Best TV Animated Series Rick and Morty Nominated 115 2015 Annie Awards Best General Audience Animated TV Broadcast Production Nominated 116 IGN Awards Best Animated Series Won 117 2017 Teen Choice Awards Choice Animated TV Show Nominated 118 IGN Awards TV Series of the Year Nominated 119 Best TV Episode The Ricklantis Mixup Nominated 120 Best Animated Series Rick and Morty Won 121 Best Comedy Series Nominated 122 Best Comedic TV Performance Justin Roiland Won 123 2018 Critics Choice Television Awards Best Animated Series Rick and Morty Won 124 Annie Awards Best General Audience Animated Television Broadcast Production Pickle Rick Won 125 Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Broadcast Production Ryan Ridley Dan Guterman for The Ricklantis Mixup WonGolden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing Animation Short Form Hunter Curra Kailand Reily Andrew Twite Joy Elett Jeff Halbert and Konrad Pinon for Pickle Rick Nominated 126 Saturn Awards Best Animated Series or Film on Television Rick and Morty Nominated 127 Teen Choice Awards Choice Animated TV Show Nominated 128 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program Dan Harmon Justin Roiland Delna Bhesania Barry Ward Keith Crofford Mike Lazzo Ryan Ridley Dan Guterman Mike McMahan Tom Kauffman Ollie Green J Michael Mendel Jessica Gao Wes Archer Anthony Chun and Nathan Litz for Pickle Rick Won 129 Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program Rick and Morty Virtual Rick ality Nominated2020 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program Dan Harmon Justin Roiland Mike McMahan Scott Marder Keith Crofford Rick Mischel Richard Grieve Mike Lazzo Rob Schrab James Siciliano Wes Archer Michael Waldron Nick Rutherford Lee Harting Ollie Green Sydney Ryan J Michael Mendel Jacob Hair Nathan Litz Jeff Loveness and Albro Lundy for The Vat of Acid Episode Won2021 Critics Choice Super Awards Best Animated Series Rick and Morty Nominated 130 Best Voice Actor in an Animated Series Justin Roiland NominatedAnnie Awards Best General Audience Animated Television Broadcast Production Rick and Morty for The Vat of Acid Episode Nominated 131 American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Animation Non Theatrical Lee Harting for Rattlestar Ricklactica Won 132 Saturn Awards Best Animated Series on Television Rick and Morty Nominated 133 2022 American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Animation Non Theatrical Lee Harting for Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion Nominated 134 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Broadcast Network or Cable Animated Series or Television Movie Rick and Morty Won 135 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program Dan Harmon Justin Roiland Scott Marder Keith Crofford Ollie Green Walter Newman Richard Grieve Rob Schrab James Siciliano Jeff Loveness Sydney Ryan J Michael Mendel Anne Lane Albro Lundy Nick Rutherford Steve Levy Lee Harting David Marshall Jacob Hair Nathan Litz and Wes Archer for Mort Dinner Rick Andre Nominated 136 Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting Animated Series Ruth Lambert Robert McGee Pending 137 2023 Annie Awards Best Mature Audience Animated Television Broadcast Production Rick and Morty for Night Family Pending 138 Other media and productsRick and Morty has a multi million dollar merchandising franchise 139 Possible feature film Show creator Justin Roiland said in 2019 that he would love to make an R rated Rick and Morty feature film 140 In June 2021 producer Scott Marder confirmed that the creators and crew hope to eventually produce a feature film with Roiland stating that it is more a question of when rather than if 141 In 2022 American filmmaker Zack Snyder expressed interest in directing a Rick and Morty science fiction movie 142 Spin off series On May 20 2021 Adult Swim announced a short spin off series centred on the Vindicators team Supernova Vance Maxiumus Alan Rails Crocubot and Noob Noob previously seen on the episode Vindicators 3 The Return of Worldender to be in development alongside spin offs from other Adult Swim shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force Robot Chicken and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell The 10 episode series Vindicators 2 was released in July 2022 143 144 On May 18 2022 Adult Swim announced there would be a full spin off series based on the anime shorts directed by Takashi Sano 145 Cameos Film Rick and Morty both voiced by Roiland have a cameo in 2021 s Space Jam A New Legacy as they claim to have experimented on the Tasmanian Devil but say they were disgusted by the results thus they voluntarily give him back to LeBron and the Looney Tunes by dropping him on their rocket s windshield 146 Television Rick and Morty were featured in the couch gag at the beginning of Mathlete s Feat the final episode of the twenty sixth season of The Simpsons Said opening involved Rick accidentally killing the family when he crash lands into their living room causing Morty to go on a mission to bring them back to life 147 Comics Main article Rick and Morty comics On April 1 2015 a Rick and Morty comic book adaptation debuted with its first monthly issue entitled BAM 148 The series was initially written by Zac Gorman and illustrated by CJ Cannon 149 Artist Tom Fowler wrote a multi issue story arc that began in March 2016 150 Using the television series established premise of alternate timelines the first two volumes of the comic book expressly features the Rick and Morty and supporting cast of a different timeline allowing the comics to tell stories without conflicting with the canon of the show 151 From the third volume onwards with the departure of Gorman as writer and his replacement with Kyle Starks the series switched focus to display the off screen adventures of the specific Rick and Morty of the television series keeping in the canon of the show with the Ricks and Mortys of different timelines forming the basis for backup stories 152 On August 29 2018 a four issue crossover comic with the fantasy tabletop role playing game Dungeons amp Dragons was released The series titled Rick and Morty vs Dungeons amp Dragons is co written by Jim Zub and Patrick Rothfuss and art by Troy Little 153 A sequel mini series titled Rick and Morty vs Dungeons amp Dragons Chapter II Painscape was published in September 2018 154 It was written by Jim Zub and Sarah Stern with art by Troy Little 155 The Rick and Morty vs Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe Edition by Rothfuss Zub and Little was nominated for the 2022 Best Graphic Album Reprint Eisner Award 156 McDonald s chicken nuggets and original szechuan sauce Product tie ins McDonald s Szechuan Sauce returned to their menu nearly twenty years later after being referenced numerous times in The Rickshank Rickdemption the Season 3 premiere 157 The sauce was announced to return to all McDonald s stores on February 26 2018 due to popular demand from Rick and Morty fans 158 On March 31 2022 it once again returned to stores featured as an app only exclusive until April 4 159 160 Adult Swim and Wendy s have collaborated to create commercials featuring the titular duo 161 162 They have also created Morty themed food trucks and restaurants 163 164 In 2022 Wendy s offered Rick and Morty inspired combo meals exclusively on Uber Eats and brought back their Portal Time Lemon Lime soft drink to promote the series sixth season 165 The promotion also featured a giveaway of Rick and Morty merchandise 166 Adult Swim released a promotional video advertising Death Stranding The ad involves Rick and Morty traversing the world of Death Stranding to deliver packages to stations in order to rebuild human civilization while trying to avoid being harmed by hostiles 167 Notes The third season of Rick and Morty premiered unannounced on April 1 2017 The remaining episodes began airing weekly on July 30 2017 38 References Rick and Morty co creator Justin Roiland F the union CartoonBrew com September 15 2014 Archived from the original on March 24 2018 Retrieved March 24 2018 Roiland Justin JustinRoiland September 4 2016 Washington state outside of Seattle Tweet Retrieved September 30 2017 via Twitter Rick 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