Rick and Morty....WTF is this demonic shyt?

[dem bath salts]

It's a smart show and explores existentialism. I usually mildly chuckle at the jokes but people really over hype it imo.

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

I love rick and north but it's corny whenever people say "you don't like this show? You just not smart enough to understand it

Me too

Thing is, OP is the one that started making assumptions and insulting peoples' intelligence

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

Yes, it is. The OP's on bath salts. It's like Back to the Future on steroids. It's about an alcoholic super genius (Rick) who drags his grandson (Morty) around on various adventures in different universes, dimensions, and realities. When the show first started, it was more self-contained and just focused on surrealism due to the adventures they went on. But right now, they've developed more of an emotional core and tried to give the characters more of a heart, dealing with the realistic consequences of their actions.

The thing about Rick and Morty is it's not just about gratuitous violence, swearing, and disturbing imagery. The show usually has a larger point to make about society, and has covered topics like alcoholism, existentialism, slavery, abandonment, therapy, and self-hate to name a few. The thing is, despite Rick coming off as a sociopath that just does whatever he wants and cares about nothing because he's too intelligent for it, he actually hates himself. He's in constant pain which is why he's always drinking and drooling, and he hates the possibility of being uncertain about anything (especially his own death) because it goes against who he is. In the last episode, him and Morty break down because of their adventure and Rick admits that he was not in control of the situation at all because they almost died and he would have been powerless to do anything about it. We get to see the realistic consequences of Rick's behavior: His daughter Beth is an irresponsible alcoholic like him, her marriage fell apart because of Rick's interference, and Morty even resents him to some degree due to everything he's done.

Rick and Morty is a really unpredictable show. It can do almost anything because of the sci-fi concept, and in every episode, it creates a unique universe with unique situations for Rick and Morty to go on. In one episode (my personal favorite), Morty follows Rick inside his car battery and he finds out that the battery's power is coming from a civilization with intelligent life (Microverse), essentially making them slaves. They find out that someone in the civilization created his own universe of intelligent life (Miniverse), and in that guy's universe, there was someone who created his own civilization called a Teenyverse. The Teenyverse guy ends up killing himself when he realizes his purpose was just to make power, especially when he remembers that he missed his father's funeral because he was too busy working.

The show really is deep and comments on how hopeless life can be sometimes. What if we're all just put here to serve someone else? What if everything we've ever done is all a lie and there's nothing to believe in because we're not even real people?

Also, the show is hilarious as fukk. They pack multiple jokes a minute into each episode so there are some you might not even pick up the second time you watch. That's why season three was delayed because the writing process is notoriously long and they have to do constant rewrites to make sure everything comes together well enough.

I could say more, but I don't want to write an essay. Just know that you'll regret not giving this show a chance and you're not demonic or a creep or a savage or a sociopath if you end up liking it. Those are the kind of people the show actually makes fun of.

Some episodes you could check out: "Lawnmower Dogs," "Meeseeks and Destroy," "Rick Potion #9," "Rixty Minutes," "A Rickle in Time," "Total Rickall," "The Ricks Must Be Crazy," "Look Who's Purging Now," "The Wedding Squanchers," "The Rickshank Rickdemption," "Pickle Rick," "The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy," "Rest and Ricklaxation."

You sold me with the first two paragraphs

 

[Elfuego]

I watch cartoons, thats my shyt
I can proudly say i have never seen an episode of love and hiphop,power, or any of that other garbage yall get obsessed about

 

[SunZoo]

That's true, Adventure Time is more 'for kids' but even that goes into territories that kids won't grasp until they're older.



That's the dope thing about cartoons they can simultaneously be for kids and adults at the same time. Each party will get something different out of the shows.

Steven Universe is a perfect example of a 'kids' that is still very much for adults with some of the topics they go into. fukk outta with some Daffy Duck

 

[Nick Barnes]

Show is dope y'all tripping.

 

[Fillerguy]

Who's bent out of shape?

This dude isn't really even a friend like that, he's a coworker that I'm friendly with, asked me to come by cause he was gonna give me a wireless gaming mouse that he don't need. I stayed to smoke a quick joint and shoot the shyt for an hour or two.

Nobody I associate with on a regular basis is into this corny psycho shyt.

No wonder the coli is an angry, violence obsessed place. Look at what y'all into.

Angry?im not the one venting about society's issues over a cartoon. So wait, Breh was letting his kid watch R&M while y'all smoked out. You got me, I fell for this thread thread. Repped

 

[GreenGhxst]

I fukk with rick and morty heavy

kind of sad I'm almost to the final episode

 

[chkmeout]

why is OP still in the green tho

 

[Capital Steez]

Eh, cartoons that delve into existential nihilism, the unfathomability of the universe, multiverse theory and free will aren't everyone's thing. I guess some posters got caught up in the violence and have no ability to understand themes, subtext and philosophical dilemmas. They did an episode based on Schrodingers's Cat so I wouldn't expect everyone to get it. Maybe you should stick to watching Power or Underdog.

/Thread

 

[SuperGrizzy]

Watch it!

 

[BaldingSoHard]

An calling it "cac humor" is ignorant. Once again you losers trying to tell me what is black and what isn't. Stop trying to shove all black people in the same box. The humor is for cacs? Sci fi ain't "black". shyt like fantasy can't be "black". What am I allowed to enjoy as a black man? What exactly do you lame nikkas approve of?

fukk outta here.

Malt liquor.
Big booty hoes.
Fatherlessness.
Loud music.
Being woke.

Basically, if white people were to make a caricature list about the preferences of black people, you will be called a CAC by coli-nobodies for deviating from that list.

 

[AmenhotepIV]

That show is tame compared to this

Yoooo

This right here made me lose faith in humanity brehs

Smh

 

[Capital Steez]

That's the episode I got hooked too, when he first gained intelligence and saw the show on Wolves I was



The Meeseeks episode is when I knew the show was on some other shyt

There's allegory's to black consciousness too. The dog no longer wants to be referred to as Snowball because it's his 'slave name'

 

[kwazzy100]

Grown ass kids who are unable to be entertained unless there is blood, gore, sex, rape, vulgarity, and/or over the top violence involved. Seriously, how pathetic are you?

To be fair, themes of sex, violence, swearing , and vulgarity are not new in Animated shows. Even little kid shows weren't shy on putting light touches of adult themes/references on their programs. If you look back on it, you'll be surprised it got the green light.
For example, let's start with the Bugs Bunny & Tweety show: although rare, but characters do say "ass" or "jackass", Bugs would cross dress and kiss men, over sized breast and thighs on women characters, and alcohol use
Ren & Stimpy : Do I have to say anything about this?
The Animaniacs: Constant adult humor, references to Hollywood stars and movies that were even R-Rated , a sexy nurse that all them goggle at, and sexual innuendos .
Steven Universe: I haven't watched the whole show, but know the show deals with self-acceptance , feminism, and pro LGBT. But the show isn't "vulgar" with its content compared to others. I'd still call it adult theme because I doubt kids will get the metaphors and symbols

A lot of kids shows will have tame, explicit content for them to watch. That's why kids watch South Park, Family Guy, Rick and Morty because it ups the ante when it comes to sexuality, adult themes, violence, swearing, and vulgarity. Without shows like Ren & Stimpy or Animaniacs, most adult shows wouldn't be here today.

Blood, sex, violence, etc were NEVER new when it comes to cartoons.