Dan Harmon's Story Circle | Rick and Morty | adult swim

Dan Harmon shares the circular journey characters often take during a Rick and Morty episode.
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[@alex_hiller]

Love hearing about storytelling methods from Bird Person.

[@NBC.SATURDAY.NIGHT.LIVE.]

Phoenix person now or PP lol

[@ywnrnf6028]

Cybird.

[@EnlightenedByKnowledge]

@@NBC.SATURDAY.NIGHT.LIVE. May I suggest CPWP?

[@marginis]

Huh, I could've sworn that was Ice T doing a bit of an accent.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

99 likes Now 100

[@HedgeHogTail_]

I love how Dan Harman doesn't know if they swapped the right Jerry. Even he doesn't know which makes it even better.

[@erikgreen1990]

first episode of season 6

[@waynefilkins8394]

I would say there's a high chance it was the right Jerry. If there are infinite universes then there would be a really high chance that something would be noticeably different, and the wrong Jerry would be like "wait a minute", but then again there would also be a high chance it's exactly the same....I want to say a "higher chance" that it's different but when dealing with infinity there is no "higher" so I guess that brings us back to 50/50 and this comment is pointless lol. The big question is, if it isn't the real Jerry, but the world is so similar that he has yet to find anything different about the world, does it even matter that it's a different Jerry? Are they really "different?". It's just the same as the switchoff when Rick and Morty had to abandon the original family to go to another one, which makes it not really matter at all lol.

[@TheDukeofDavid]

I love how Dan is ashamed of being white. Hes recently said hes ashamed of being white unironically. Hes racist imo and the worst kinda white person, he doesn't deserve to be in Hollywood

[@seanpvs101moviesproduction3]

Dan Harman >>>>>> Justin Roiland

[@MuteMar]

It's part of the philosophy they use writing the show. Rick and Morty started with a dynamic and Roiland’s chaotic comedy. The show was written as a funbox where they maintain the dynamic + get to keep writing for it. When you only decide what you need to you have more freedom for later episodes. The joke that they don't care enough to check + just take a jerry is a part of the episode, but it came from a philosophy that they use in a later episode + makes it better, I think, I haven't watched it in a while.

[@brunoromero4520]

I just realized Jerry got the same switcharoo situation that Beth did, but there wasn't any speculation or theories or further thought into it because no one cares about Jerry

[@thomastakeshita4979]

Actually there was a major fan theory that was semi-confirmed by the creators related to that scene

[@eylonavraham8921]

@@thomastakeshita4979 which one?

[@thomastakeshita4979]

@@eylonavraham8921 search "Why Rick And Morty's "Ticket Theory" Could Actually Be True" I think it's known as the jerryboree theory or something.

[@thomastakeshita4979]

If someone I know finds this comment I'll shit my pants and die.

[@TheKrazykyleman]

There are 110% theories about it lol and it's been confirmed

[@CrossGuy2020]

"Its a bad show" Dan Harmon

[@MSGSlayer1]

For kids.

[@carolynfoster1541]

Bad like the way a plate of succulent ribs, fresh off of the BBQ, smothered in a carcinogenic coal dust crust and dripping with saturated animal fats. It's only bad when you're done. Capiche?

[@kian-ch7wz]

He said it's a bad show for kids

[@Lucas-up9wq]

Great example for fake news.

[@lampewick344]

It’s-a-bad-a-showww

[@EmilyCarrollCello]

The hero's journey is like decorating a fancy wedding cake. Dan Harmon's story circle is the writers' equivalent of the Wilton cake decorating method. Professional bakers were making elaborate cakes for centuries, but the Wiltons designed better tools and figured out how to teach the basic elements in simple ways, so that anyone could learn how to make a beautiful birthday cake over the course of a few weekends. Nowadays, cake decorating is a very achievable hobby for a lot of busy people. Of course, only experience will make you an expert, but like the Wilton method, the story circle flattens the learning curve so you can create a viable product a lot sooner.

[@MontyPilkington42]

You know a lot about cake.

[@EmilyCarrollCello]

@@MontyPilkington42 Thank you for noticing. I decorated my own wedding cake. It was good but not great.

[@babauranai]

@@EmilyCarrollCello how would you make it better if you did it again?

[@EmilyCarrollCello]

@@babauranai wow great question! It was a beach wedding and the main colors were gold, royal blue and light sky blue. There was a popular "watercolor" effect that I used on the sides of the cake. If I had a do-over I would use less blue dye, because the colors came out too dark and bright when I wanted more of a periwinkle. I used a lot of 70s-style stringwork that bakers don't do much of these days...one can always improve technique, but I wish I had done the embellishments all in white instead of gold. And I wish I had incorporated peach on the cake somehow...I kept thinking having peach in the color scheme would be too much, but I ended up adding peach to the bouquets at the last minute and it looked great.

[@understatedwalrus]

@@EmilyCarrollCello Time for a vow renewal ceremony that is secretly just to show off your improved cake skills!

[@evilbritishguy3581]

I quite like Matt Stone and Trey Parker's advice on storytelling as well as this. As long as you can link each story beat with 'therefore' , 'but' or 'meanwhile' instead of 'and then...', you can write almost anything you want.

[@TraceMistDump]

Where did you learn that advice? It sounds very helpful!

[@4fterd4rk13]

@@TraceMistDump "6 Days to Air" a documentary about the inner-workings of of creating South Park episode in 6 days.

[@recoil53]

I like that, things have consequence - intended or not rather than a series of things that happened.

[@stripes8812]

My favorite part is @2:48 where it confirms Jerry is a character so pathetic his creator doesn't even care enough to keep track of which version of Jerry is in a given situation.

[@piratecheese13]

"and we'll never know" exactly like how we'll never know who is original Beth.

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

It's both; I've talk with Justin about it and the show was meant to be in a way that you can decide in your own mind which one is which.

[@bad72690]

YeaH bUT PocKEt MoRTYs

[@DoctorX17]

Too bad Rick doesn't subscribe to quantum analysis, that'd tell you if it was the right Jerry Not that it really matters, they're all pretty useless

[@Stalitic]

The real one is the hunger games one from the original universe

[@fuzzykitten0569]

Well if the real beth decided to stay why would rick build her a clone ?

[@DodaGarcia]

The story circle approach seems to work far better for Dan Harmon than for anyone else, because there seems to be a lot more to it that he understands intuitively and therefore can't really verbalize. It has clearly served him stupendously well, but it gets annoying when others try to teach it - the fact alone that everyone teaches it differently proves nobody really understands it as well as he does. The most grating though is when folks forget it's a story outlining tool, not a story analysis tool, and insist in shoehorning this model in every single story that exists. There is more than one kind of story structure, and I'll bet anything that Dan is far more flexible about how he applies it than these people believe.

[@tommytwo-times9053]

These story outlines are all about the dynamics of life. Chaos in order in chaos in order, building up towards a crescendo, and the aftermath of said crescendo. A writer who is honest learns these rules intrinsically imo

[@joieparris9786]

I've been feeling that, thanks for putting it into words

[@mintybadgerproductions]

Yeah, the "changed" part doesn't really work for most sitcoms (ironic given Rick and Morty is a sitcom) since they usually revolve around the fact that the main characters don't change, or at the least change very slowly, because if they did, they'd lose the traits/flaws that made them funny in the first place.

[@SpawkenToons]

We now know that Jerry actually got swapped 😅

[@KSIDDHESH]

I really love how they have constrains of the direction of the story , how the story is supposed to go fixed in the form of this story circle , but each and everytime they nail the story telling part of the episodes and none of it seems even a bit repetitive though all of it basically follows the same scheme/route. Truly an inspiration.

[@alexisborder]

The message that I took away from this episode is that intervening with situations, even when your intentions are good, can sometimes make things worse, and that you need to step out of your emotional/moral bubble and look at things realistically before you act. As Jerry said in "Close Rickcounters of the Rick-kind", "If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's that before you get anywhere, you gotta stop listening to yourself.".

[@justsayingguy]

video about hero journey circle... you learn something arent suppose to learn... just saying

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

@@justsayingguy How do you know he's not supposed to learn it?

[@sisterelizee2722]

🤦🏾‍♀️💆🏾‍♀️🙋🏾‍♀️ This one over here needed to read this comment.

[@kennycooper294]

yes as al pacino said in glengarry glen ross you never open your mouth until you know what the shot is

[@ashantisimons2369]

The genuine genius of this. I use it to plot my stories, and understand stories I love. It's amazing what's in your mind dan

[@j.michaelmiller4689]

This sounds pretty much exactly like The Hero's Journey. I do like the idea of a circle instead though (basically same thing in a different way for people who might grasp it better)

[@tommybro5313]

It is the same thing.

[@takahashierik]

It's a simplified hero's journey to fit in a 20-minute episode with multiple plotlines. And then it has to fit in the larger narrative of the season as well

[@j.michaelmiller4689]

I literally said that's what it is. And you all are coming to argue that I'm correct? I'm a writer with a degree specifically in writing FOH 🤣

[@SirHarryDave]

I’d argue the hero’s journey is more of an anthropological tool for examining stories across cultures and not that great for outlining and writing a movie or an episode of tv. The story circle breaks it down into it base elements, making it more manageable for writers

[@Daedalus117]

@@SirHarryDave it's definitely not relevant to anthropology anymore. The version used in hollywood comes from Christopher Vogler, who adapted it for movies

[@rickestofricks7705]

in other words time old classic storytelling technique called the heroes journey

[@RobbieStacks90]

I think you're overthinking this one.

[@eksortso]

Could be he's avoiding the term "hero" for his protagonists.

[@octosalias5785]

Harmon is very much a student of the heroes journey, the circle is just a simplified version

[@rickestofricks7705]

definitely overthinking it XD

[@rickestofricks7705]

also the way i was taught the heroes journey was the circle... hmm circle, interesting shape ;}

[@TimmyJoePCTech]

Bonobo beat???????????????? Sweet!

[@VaughnCampbell]

Yea man! I realized that right away!

[@cuujo9980]

*laughs* "It's s bad show. It's a bad show for kids." lmao

[@BrightofNight]

It’s important people know Dan Harmon didnt invent this idea by the way. It’s a classic story trope known as the heroes journey. No shade to Harmon or R&M I just don’t want a bunch of bootlickers not knowing the truth.

[@theharmonholedamon2008]

The story circle happens by its self in a good story, dan just simplified it for everyone

[@eliasfarah9370]

this is legendary used in community and worked perfectly and now the same is happening with Rick and morty

[@SirBlackReeds]

What if both of their successes are actually owed to other persons?

[@poopingducks]

"He may have gotten switched with another Jerry and we'll never know." So about that...

[@enkryptron]

At this point in the show, everyone has been swapped with different versions of themselves across time and space.

[@johnmrudy]

So glad this video got re-upped! I was missing it

[@RushProductions19]

We were learning about the "Hero's Journey" writing structure in my English class. My teacher is so cool for showing this

[@tozarkt9805]

Ah, the best part of making a character is the psychological torture you give the character, which is accompanied by an odd thrill. Dan obviously knows this!

[@Nanako52]

This is an excellent and simple version of The Hero's Journey!

[@irabernstein]

What do you think of this... Rick IS Morty and so they have to umm.. starwars episode 3 or back to the future it where maybe morty loses his virginty turning himself into a rick, creating a beth and mr poopybutthole?

[@freem8son86]

When you've got movies like Tom Cruise in them, you can't lose

[@RobbieStacks90]

Top Gun sucked and so did Mission Impossible 2.

[@DeSaxofoonVanPeter]

@@RobbieStacks90 Why would we listen to some rando on the internet? I take my movie advice from reputable sources, like my friend Free M8son here.

[@RobbieStacks90]

@@DeSaxofoonVanPeter I'm not a "rando", I'm a reputable source for culture.

[@DeSaxofoonVanPeter]

@@RobbieStacks90 Where's your movie review show hosted at an actual movie theatre? With a catchy name? Hmmmm?

[@RobbieStacks90]

@@DeSaxofoonVanPeter I don't need all that. I'm a lone wolf, I operate from the shadows like a true warrior.

[@thomasdye7503]

I'm curious if this story circle is applied to a larger scale like do entire seasons have a circle they fallow or does the series as a whole have one or at least multiple?

[@buffnipz]

Look up Dan Harmon's Story Structure 101 articles on the Channel 101 Wiki. He explains in detail what you're asking but here's a snippet: "A feature film's job is to send you out of the theater on a high in 90 minutes. Television's job is to keep you glued to the television for your entire life. This does not entail making stories any less circular (TV circles are so circular they're sometimes irritatingly predictable). It just means that the focus of step (8) is less riling-things-up and more getting-things-back-to-where-they-started."

[@smatchimo645]

Adult Swim still down with the Bonobo after all these years. Remember hearing him on a bump some time ago.. Noctuary was my first track i ever heard from him as well. Noice

[@nolanduarte]

He looks like he ate the pizzagate.

[@feedyourface604]

Laughing so hard!

[@RishiAgrawal]

This just goes to show how great Rick and Morty is, and how much thought goes into it.

[@lexruptor]

Not really, no. It goes to show how little Dan actually contributes

[@Supernova33427]

So basically Dan uses a simplified version of the heroes journey to create parts of the episodes of his show. Interesting.

[@CHOICE_]

It's funny because jerry was swapped lol

[@jamespires3383]

I have that portal gun shirt and every time dan wares that thing i look around for mine

[@TheSunshineGroup]

Wears*

[@sawderf741]

Yeah i got the shirt too

[@kingtreedede7303]

How tf did you edit this without changing the misspelled wears

[@atchmon902]

Finished my first piece of fiction. Writing/English comp were my worst classes. I accidentally followed the circle pattern without knowing it. I was just breaking down and using how my favorite movies told their story. Especially the part where the MC suffers a loss.

[@jamesquinn6662]

The virgin story circle The chad hero's journey

[@Four-S]

I think you ACCIDENTALLY flip flopped it there mate ;)

[@bigchungus9880]

4 Seasons NO It’s just a copy of the hero’s journey and I’m tired of everyone praising it when it’s not that good

[@NetoSutam]

@@bigchungus9880 its the same with another name lol

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@@Four-S Really? A circle is more of a Chad than a journey? False.

[@walrus2515]

@@bigchungus9880 Harmon reduced the monomyth’s length and then generalised each step to apply to more than just fantasy. They’re not the same. Furthermore, he credited the monomyth as being the idea from which he drew the bulk of his inspiration. So, it’s not a rip-off.

[@1nfamoustruth]

"He might have gotten swapped with a different Jerry" "We will never know"

[@kissmyairs81]

Great, you repeated the last sentence. Funny. Yea right. You are extraordinary. Like pathetic

[@EditUnivers75]

@@kissmyairs81 Yup, you sound you like watch rick and morty alright.

[@mohnjarx7801]

This is just "The Hero's Journey"

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

The hero's journey has way more than 8 points.

[@nicolovecchio4600]

If you were wondering, the song is Noctuary by Bonobo

[@angeldelgado7120]

" It's just a circle. You'd think it be so damn complicated."

[@johanliebert4622]

Shut up.

[@JosephDutra]

When you think about it, Pixar follows the same structure too. That's probably why they're so successful.

[@themeatpopsicle]

This was an Adult Swim short a long time ago. I was stoked when they incorporated it into season 5's premier

[@jimmickens8564]

Now we know that it actually was a different Jerry

[@wailelbani9815]

The Hero with a Thousand Faces !

[@8justintracy8]

Thank you for this! I will share with my Playwrighting students!

[@theblessedkabir8706]

What we can't understand is 1. *Nasa Research* 2. *Dan and Justin Theory to Rick and Morty*

[@t-nbell7013]

I think all the unanswered questions will be revealed in the movie

[@bullshitdepartment]

@@t-nbell7013 theres a movie?

[@t-nbell7013]

@@bullshitdepartment No but I wish they did make one

[@walrus2515]

It’s Dan’s theory. Not Justin’s.

[@punkrockdavid]

Dan harmonds analysis and theory on story writing could be in writing theory for the rest of history.

[@rafidhoda]

Wow! Thanks for sharing your framework, Dan!

[@motoaddict2011]

All i want to say is thank you so much for making this beyond genius animated show that i can enjoy as an adult! And thank you the simpsons couch gag, for introduce me to your show

[@harrisont2004]

I never realised how much character development was in this show until I saw this video

[@cheesypoohalo]

It's worth re-visiting the first season after you've watched all the episodes, the difference in how the characters behave is very apparent. Morty is more naive, Summer is just a teenage girl stereotype, Jerry actually holds more respect and manages to save the day on a few occasions, Beth hates what her life has become but still often admits that she loves Jerry, and Rick is a lot less cruel and a lot more drunk and manic.

[@harrisont2004]

HonkyTonks Ikr, Morty’s development’s my favourite I love how he’s slowly becoming less scared and just more messed up as the show progresses. Rick now seems wayy less drunk but idk if that just happened naturally in the voice acting as the show progressed (perhaps a canonical reason is he got a device to deal with the alcohol or something idk). I think the best character development is when it’s seamless like this for sure

[@THCYourHighness]

The best part of this is the fact that the creator of the show doesn't even know if they got the right Jerry back 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@diceland512]

dope song choice, haven't heard this in years

[@DanialStreetFighter]

And now we know what happened to Jerry.

[@TheCheesyNachos]

Unsurprisingly this also seems to describe Community quite well

[@autumngogogoat]

This is literally the heros journey lol. Dan Harmon didn't invent it REEEEEEEE

[@wyler5725]

He has said probably 100+ times that he took the Hero’s Journey and simplified it for a quick outline of an episode of television. He’s a big Joseph Campbell fan and learned how to write stories by reading Campbells work.

[@BlindGardener]

Everyone knows. And no one said he invented the concept.

[@spritemultipack]

This is just the heroes journey by Joseph Campbell except adapted for serialisation, we get the other parts from the overarching storyline. Fucked up to take credit for it

[@georgeianta2088]

Dan Harmon's story circle? This is the hero's journey and no it isn't patented by Dan

[@Stbuster31]

he knows that

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

He knows that. Stop acting like you've exposed him.

[@breakbird2122]

he seems to expose himself a lot tho 0:13 / 3:20

[@LenoxHillPartners]

This is the classic hero’s journey. Homer.

[@LeMayJoseph]

So it's the Hero's Journey for Dummies, basically.

[@RJWdevelopment]

Okay, all of you who are saying, "Bah! This is just the Heroes Journey!" How many of you can actually name all the story beats in the Heroes Journey in a useful way, optimized for 22 minute television? Joseph Campbell, the legend himself, who most popularized the concept for our modern times, distilled it down to 17 beats spread out over a 3 act story. 17! How do you keep a room full of writers pulling an all-nighter on track with both an A plot and a B plot with something like that? You can't. So you come up with a simple 8 point Story Wheel based on a thousands of years old mythological adventure story structure, adapted to modern needs. It's elegant and gorgeous. Did he invent something totally new? I don't know, is a screw better than a nail? They're basically the same shape and do basically the same job but in very different ways, and you would use them in a different time and place.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

Thank you.

[@paperchasindude6578]

Dan Harmon's a genius writer I wish I can be like him

[@RobbieStacks90]

Dude, Rick and Morty sucks, I could definitely make a funnier cartoon if I had decent artistic ability. Put Voltron back on Toonami, it's been like 800 years. That show was the sh--, form blazing sword

[@MohaymenPK]

💯💯💯

[@redalphatails6614]

Well practice makes perfect! Work on your writing skills and you can be just like him!

[@DoltonI]

My fellow human, I have been summoned to inform you that you are fanboying and have lost your ability to sensibly judge someone's skill compared to others. Though Dan Harmon is no doubt a capable writer, he is by no means revolutionary in our time. However, do not take this so negatively: for the bar you strive to reach, is in fact, much lower than you believe.

[@RobbieStacks90]

@@DoltonI Exactly, I have hundreds of pages of way funnier material written down in a marble notebook in my bedroom, but Turner won't listen to them because I don't have the connections. I'm just one of those "dime a dozen" guys with an English degree who can't catch a break.

[@mujariwa3696]

Nice use of Bonobo's music in the background there.

[@zoppie]

It's not the first time in a sci-fi series that a main character would be swapped with a double. On Deep Space Nine, the original Miles O'Brien was killed off in one episode and replaced with his own double for the remainder of the series.

[@thebatman4848]

Direct and simple.

[@ItsDanbo]

I remember that the vindicators episode was the one Harmon hated cause it didn’t follow this circle

[@JUTUUBFAN]

That was an offhand joke he made that got misunderstood and turned into a full-on video essay about how this episode doesn't follow the circle. Harmon later debunked it.

[@-cheemssenpai-2289]

The fact that i’m just grade 7 and my teacher told us to watch this

[@NickWalkerWilliamson]

Of course, this thing is just a fucking circle. You'd think it was so goddamn complicated.

[@guillermojrboy3292]

This confirms it. I'm a fkn Jerry.

[@rufatray2485]

Well, this is the Joseph Cambell's model. Journey of a Hero.

[@5uperM]

Dan Harmon rediscovers wheel.

[@aditkiranrachuru7477]

In other words monomyth.

[@jasonbonham2057]

Exactly.

[@salvataz]

Pretty despicable that he didn't even attempt to give some credit to a century old theory that he's blatantly ripping off, and instead just make it seem like it's his own creation. At least mention Joseph Campbell. Just lost a ton of respect for this show.

[@TBSEminem]

@@salvataz actually if you read his detailed guide somewhere on the net,you will see that he mentions that his story circle is a simplified version of joseph campbells heros journey

[@skaffen]

A lot of writing methods look alike, that doesn't mean it is inspired or even "ripped off" like some are pretending, from an old book. I'm glad you've read the monomyth theory but it doesn't mean it has any kind of prevalence just because you fell the urge to use your knowledge and show to other people that you know something more.

[@skaffen]

@@salvataz A lot of writing methods look alike, that doesn't mean it is inspired or even "ripped off" like some are pretending, from an old book. I'm glad you've read the monomyth theory but it doesn't mean it has any kind of prevalence just because you fell the urge to use your knowledge and show to other people that you know something more.

[@sandwich5697]

Wish it was more precise and explicit on each steps

[@luCid.the.book.]

I'm from a reality set 3 years in this realities future and let me tell you... We do know about Jerry 😉. Also I LOVE THE 8 PART STRUCTURE

[@SharpDesign]

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to become a Rick.

[@chrishodgson5430]

That's pretty interesting.

[@iangoodisDMX]

Awesome stuff. Gotta watch the whole series. I didn't start with it. So i have to catch up. Not watching out of order

[@user-fs1lc2cj5s]

You will have a blast. It’s the number one rated cartoon of all time for a reason

[@eksortso]

I'm three episodes into Season 4. There are some controversial episodes on the way, I know.

[@dustymiller7120]

I miss Harmontown!

[@andrimatthiasson5718]

i was hungry so i went to the fridge to search for food. i found food and took it, so i would return with food.

[@broadwaybabywmh]

I kind of praise Dan Harmon for making a much more simplistic version of. Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth

[@zkaonegyakwav1040]

Rumor has it that Dan puts his workers in a cage and numbers them rather than naming. Ha I joke, this is a movie reference, no-one take that seriously/personally. Creators and consumers of media should understand that art is subjective and if it is able to be interpreted in it's entirety, the purpose of entertainment will be achieved. The problem is the multitude of filters that any piece of information has to pass through. Including but not limited to: education, race, gender, social/economic background, emotional intelligence, IQ, upbringing, personal and religious beliefs etc. For the most part creators get this balance right but at the end of the day it is a numbers game; even it this wasn't the case, not every instance will pertain to every individual. Don't underestimate the circle. It wields great power. As does Dan, Justin and the team. Genius status in regard to Rick and Morty is well earned. Come to think of it, anything that these two are involved in has been for the most part, timeless. By the way, I never did ask why I had been given such worth in terms of degree centrality within your network? Probably should've asked that earlier. I don't particularly see myself as extraordinary or particularly exemplary in any way. anywho, 🤖 ✌️ .

[@MichaelNguyenn]

Cloned Beth with abandoned Jerry? Tin foil hats anybody?

[@georgios_5342]

I mean he did protect all love through sacrifice

[@SpontaneousKid1612]

Harmon is a low key genius.

[@BlindGardener]

Please stop commenting that he didn't invent the concept. Everyone knows. That's not the point here..

[@blackunicorn-9669]

Dan Harmon:No geek No Hipster He Maniac

[@capitalv8062]

I want more behind the scenes of all of adult swims shows.

[@PrimoPete]

It's almost as if........ the Campbellian hero's journey... WORKS....

[@ColonelSanders17]

Some really good stuff. Good story telling.

[@jimv8957]

Dan Harmon's Story Circle is literally the Hero's Journey............

[@BlindGardener]

As he himself says all the time.and as everyone knows.

[@evilmonkee42]

Don't lie Harmon! That Story Circle looks an awful lot like the schematics to a interdimensional portal you'd use to go mine other Harmon's story ideas, but with extra steps.

[@theansweris9]

Remember when he made an entire episode about a circle

[@reesedurazo8626]

Real Genius of cartoons

[@g0rgth3b0rg]

We will never know if Jerry was swapped according to Dan. LOLZ

[@elib1937]

2:02 sounds like Justin Roylands laugh

[@andarted]

Dan messes up the heroes journey, he removed the last step: - *Changing the world* The protagonists has changed on its journey and comes back. Now she or he shares his development with the community and changes the world. This last step makes him a "hero", someone who change the world. Without it, the whole Journey has no impact and no relevance.

[@pfft5275]

Which is exactly why it works for a TV show. Everything has to start over again in the next episode.

[@Why-bc7wl]

andarted it’s Dan own modification of the hero’s journey, to fit in a episodic Story. That’s why he didn’t call it a hero’s journey

[@Paul_Sergeyev]

I don't understand one thing. If there are infinite universes there must be infinite amount of Ricks and therefore infinite amount of "adventures". Rick uses unharmed worlds to do his adventures (which usually lives them devastated) and get out, and it seems that with infinite universes Rick can keep going forever, but if there infinite ricks, on every universe of that infinity must be a rick of that infinity and therefore there should be no unharmed worlds for Rick to adventure on and they all should be destroyed.

[@alexugattis7964]

What's the song playing in the background??

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

You ever break this circle down into 4 acts?

[@ckihooligan]

Sound's like Joseph Campbell's monomyth, The Hero's journey. Any view on the differences?

[@wyler5725]

Harmon made his circle by studying Campbell. There really isn’t a difference at all. He just made the monomyth into a template/guide that he calls the story circle.

[@ooLevityoo]

Useful simplification of Campbell's Monomyth

[@thomasdoubting]

Its a grate epesode for kids! Sometime you will fall and getting backup can be hard.