Rick and Morty (2013)
Rick and Morty is a 2013 animation series created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. It stars Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer and Sarah Chalke.
Rick Sanchez is the smartest man in the universe and possibly the worst grandfather in it. He drags Morty, his anxious teenage grandson, through portals into other dimensions, alien economies, and the wreckage of his own choices, then comes home to a family that never quite forgives him. Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland wrap hard science-fiction premises around a bitter comedy about addiction, nihilism, and the people who love a genius anyway. The plotting is dense, the canon fractures across infinite realities, and the show earns its cruelty by taking its ideas seriously.
Quick answers
What is Rick and Morty about?
Rick Sanchez is the smartest man in the universe and possibly the worst grandfather in it. He drags Morty, his anxious teenage grandson, through portals into other dimensions, alien economies, and the wreckage of his own choices, then comes home to a family that never quite forgives him. Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland wrap hard science-fiction premises around a bitter comedy about addiction, nihilism, and the people who love a genius anyway. The plotting is dense, the canon fractures across infinite realities, and the show earns its cruelty by taking its ideas seriously.
When was Rick and Morty released?
Rick and Morty was released on 2 December 2013.
How many episodes does Rick and Morty have?
Rick and Morty has 91 episodes across 9 seasons.
Who made Rick and Morty?
Rick and Morty was created by Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland and Ryan Elder.
Where can I watch Rick and Morty?
Rick and Morty is available on Adult Swim, DirecTV On Demand, HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, Hulu and MAX (Via Amazon Prime).
Where to watch Rick and Morty
Stream: Adult Swim, DirecTV On Demand, HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, Hulu, MAX (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV
Watch free: Adult Swim
Rent: Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
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Cast
- Chris Parnell as Jerry Smith (voice)
- Spencer Grammer as Summer Smith (voice)
- Sarah Chalke as Beth Smith (voice)
- Justin Roiland as Rick Sanchez / Morty Smith (voice)
- Kari Wahlgren as (voice)
- Ryan Ridley as Paul Fleishman (voice)
- Dan Harmon as Additional Voices (voice)
- Tom Kenny as Additional Voices (voice)
- Maurice LaMarche as Additional Voices (voice)
- Ian Cardoni as Rick Sanchez (voice)
- Harry Belden as Morty Smith (voice)
- Nolan North as Additional Voices (voice)
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A few thoughts on Rick and Morty
Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy runs on the same blend of cosmic scale and deadpan futility. For that acid wit paired with genuine feeling, the game Disco Elysium sends a wrecked genius stumbling through a world that keeps undercutting him. Both suit viewers who like their sci-fi cynical and their jokes load-bearing.
Adult animated comedies that treat sci-fi as an excuse for chaos
Rick and Morty turns interdimensional science into fuel for family dysfunction and black comedy, and this crowd works the same seam. Solar Opposites and Farzar come from creators who cut their teeth on this very show, Krapopolis applies the same anything-goes irreverence to myth instead of physics, and The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, Tripping the Rift, and American Dad! keep the alien absurdity running at full volume.
Animated science fiction willing to get genuinely dark
Rick and Morty earns its laughs by taking its nihilism and violence seriously, and this group matches that nerve. Love, Death & Robots and Secret Level anthologize sci-fi nightmares in miniature, Murder Drones and Twilight of the Gods push animated violence past what most adult cartoons attempt, and Suicide Squad Isekai, Creature Commandos, and The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act all let their humor curdle into something bleaker.
Chaotic geniuses who drag reluctant sidekicks into cosmic trouble
Morty never asked to be Rick's copilot, and these stories run the same lopsided dynamic. Disco Elysium hands its wrecked detective a partner stuck managing his every bad decision, Doctor Who has dragged ordinary companions through centuries of danger since 1963, The Venture Bros. straps two sons to their father's disastrous science schemes, and Future Man gets recruited by soldiers he never asked to trust to help save the world.