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Rick is a mad scientist who drags his grandson, Morty, on crazy sci-fi adventures. Their escapades often have potentially harmful consequences for their family and the rest of the world. Join Rick and Morty on AdultSwim.com as they trek through alternate dimensions, explore alien planets, and terrorize Jerry, Beth, and Summer.
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.
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Rick Sanchez is an seventy-year-old alcoholic mad scientist who has moved in with his horse-surgeon daughter Beth Sanchez-Smith after spending nearly twenty years distant from his family and divorcing Beth's mother. He often takes her anxiety-ridden fourteen-year-old son Morty (And occasionally her seventeen-year-old daughter Summer) on bizarre adv...
Rick Sanchez (Voiced by Justin Roiland (seasons 1-6); Ian Cardoni (seasons 7-present))- A scientist with genius-level intellect (Somewhat restricted by his alcoholism and possibly several mental il...Mortimer Morty Smith (Voiced by Justin Roiland (seasons 1-6); Harry Belden (seasons 7-present))- Rick's generally good-hearted but socially awkward and anxious fourteen-year-old grandson. Rick take...Beth Sanchez-Smith (Voiced by Sarah Chalke)- Rick's daughter, Summer and Morty's mother and Jerry's wife, who is also a cardiac surgeon for horses. She and Jerry often have conflicts of ego stemmin...Jerry Smith (Voiced by Chris Parnell)- Summer and Morty's highly insecure father, Beth's husband and Rick's son-in-law, who hates Rick for endangering his son and apparently turning his wife and da...Development
The series' two co-creators, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, first met at Channel 101, a yearly short film festival co-organized by Harmon. Roiland, who first worked as an associate producer of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, began submitting shorts to the festival in 2004. Most of his pilot shorts relied on shock value for their humor and generated confused reactions from audiences. In spite of the audiences' reactions, Harmon took a liking to Roiland's sense of humor and began collaborating...
Animation
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 Adventure Time's Pendleton Ward and Regular Show's J. G. Quintel: "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." According to one of...
Cast
Several guest appearances were featured during the first season. Among them were Tom Kenny, Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Alfred Molina, John Oliver, David Cross, Rich Fulcher, Claudia Black and Virginia Hey of Farscape fame, Jess Harnell, Phil Hendrie, Dana Carvey, and Aislinn Paul and Cassie Steele of Degrassi fame.The second season has featured appearances from Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Andy Daly, Jemaine Clement, Christina Hendricks, Patton Oswalt, Alan Tudyk, Tara Strong, Kevin...
The series was first announced during Adult Swim's 2012 Upfront presentation. Adult Swim ordered ten half-hour episodes (not including the pilot) to comprise the first season. Matt Roller, a writer for the series, confirmed via Twitter that the network renewed Rick and Morty for a second season, which premiered on July 26, 2015.
It has been suggested that Rick and Morty carries some of its messages in a philosophical vein, including criticism of certain western attitudes towards science such as scientism (the belief that scientific social viewpoints are the only ones of any worth to the human experience), existentialism and the debate of searching for meaning in life versu...
In Popular Culture
A 2015 episode of The Simpsons, "Mathlete's Feat" opened with an elaborate couch gag featuring Rick and Morty. Matt Groening described it as "probably the most ambitious and lengthy couch gag" on The Simpsons to date.
Comics
At New York Comic Con 2014, editor in chief of Oni Press James Lucas Jones announced that a Rick and Morty comic book adaptation would be released in early 2015. On April 1, 2015, the series debuted with its first monthly issue, entitled "BAM!" The series is written by Zac Gorman and illustrated by CJ Cannon.Artist Tom Fowler wrote a multi-issue story arc that began in March 2016.
Dota 2 Announcer Pack
On August 10, 2015, a Rick and Morty-themed announcer pack was released for the competitive multiplayer video game Dota 2. The announcer pack can be purchased by players and replaces the Default announcer and Mega-Kills announcer with characters from Rick and Morty voiced by Justin Roiland.
Feb 10, 2024 · Although fans of Rick and Morty can still look forward to some new content in 2024, as Rick and Morty: The Anime has been confirmed to premiere on Adult Swim this year, bringing with it a fresh take on the sci-fi mythos. Who Will Appear in Rick and Morty Season 8?
- Sam Hargrave
- Associate Editor (Content)
- Chris Parnell, Justin Roiland, Sarah Chalke
From 2017 to 2019, Adult Swim released a series of claymation short films called Rick and Morty: The Non-Canonical Adventures on YouTube. They were created by Lee Hardcastle, and parody films in the horror and science fiction genres.
Nov 19, 2023 · Rick, Morty, and Evil Morty join forces to take on Rick's greatest nemesis, the vengeful Rick Prime. Catch all-new episodes of Rick and Morty Sundays at 11p on [adult swim].
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