Rick and Morty is such a endearingly weird show that I feel that I need to address it in a blog post. It’s so odd that I must have went “Hahah, what the fuck?” about 10 times before the end of episode one.
By the end of the pilot, I just thought to myself that this is going to be a different kind of ride…
Misconceptions
There are misconceptions that are probably being perpetuated (to the detriment of society) though, like:
- Hepatitis C is not benign, despite how it (the monster character representing it in S01E03) attacked Hepatitis A
- The reason Pluto is no longer a planet anymore is not because of a civilisation living on it that has been digging for plutonium — it apparently doesn’t even have much plutonium, since its half-life is really short!
Some thoughts
- Graphics are secondary to storytelling, and need not be sophisticated for a show to be funny, educational, inappropriate, and endearing
- Parallel universes can induce strong melancholy, especially if you’ve had to bury your dead self to take his place in one
- Cartoons as a format for adults is alive!
I know a lot of hard work must go into producing something as seemingly silly as Rick and Morty, so I just want to say to the creators of Rick and Morty, thank you.
You guys — writers, producers, animators, voice artists — are awesome. Keep doing what you’re doing, please! If only just so that people like us can have a reason to say, rubba-dubba-dub-dub!
Originally published at Nick Ang.
