More like Rick and Morty
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Rick and Morty follows Rick Sanchez, a cynical mad scientist, and his fretful grandson Morty as they split time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures across an infinite number of realities. The show pivots on two colliding scenarios: ordinary family drama and a misanthropic grandfather pulling his grandson into escalating chaos. If that dynamic hooks you, you're drawn to animation that doesn't soften dark ideas, sci-fi filtered through family, and comedy that smuggles real unease behind the laughs.
About Rick and Morty
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. The series follows the misadventures of Rick Sanchez, a cynical mad scientist, 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 traveling 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 a misanthropic grandfather dragging his grandson into hijinks.
From the Wikipedia article Rick_and_Morty, available under CC BY-SA.
Films like Rick and Morty
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Re-Animated
A kid gets a cartoon creator's brain transplanted into him and starts seeing things others can't.
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D.A.R.Y.L.
A seemingly normal 10-year-old is secretly a government-built robot with superhuman reflexes and intelligence.
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Tangles
A young woman returns to her oddball hometown family to care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's.
Games like Rick and Morty
More series like Rick and Morty
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Rick and Morty: The Anime
The Smith family's interdimensional life continues — same chaotic bonds, now rendered in anime form.
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Frankenstein Family
Mad-scientist parents and surgically altered children try, absurdly, to pass as a normal family.
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American Dad!
The eccentric Smith household — patriarch, housewife, college daughter, and alien housemates — navigates everyday absurdity.
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Uncle Grandpa
A supernaturally optimistic figure drags others into surreal adventures powered by pure imagination.
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Freakazoid!
A manic, unhinged superhero barrels through absurd confrontations with zero concern for conventional logic.
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Family Guy
A dysfunctional family anchored by a bumbling patriarch stumbles through dark, politically incorrect comedy.
Frequently asked
What should I watch after Rick and Morty?
If you want more animated sci-fi chaos with a dysfunctional family, Rick and Morty: The Anime is the obvious next step, while Family Guy and American Dad! scratch that irreverent adult-animation itch.
Are there any games based on Rick and Morty?
Rick and Morty: Pocket Mortys is a creature-collecting RPG that sends you battling rival Ricks across the multiverse, and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality drops you straight into Rick's garage in VR.
What animated shows are similar to Rick and Morty's mad-scientist humour?
Frankenstein Family follows a household of mad scientists and genetically modified siblings trying to pass as normal, and Freakazoid! delivers the same manic, self-aware comedy energy in superhero form.