Nobody Talks About Rick and Morty

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[@muffin8460]

PICKLE RICK!!!!!

[@laurenjohnston9886]

Respond

[@The_Wosh]

Damn, only in north America

[@tbspromotions]

Ive heard many bad things about this litter...

[@Pl-lineAs]

please do a phineas and ferb ranking

[@JD-iu6rv]

The whole Szechuan Sauce incident was like a realization that people were taking the show way too seriously. I remember a couple years back when people said “Nothing matters, We’re all gonna die someday so who cares?” Unironically. Even though the show didn’t want you to idolize Rick. I know people who don’t want to talk about the show out of embarrassment

[@michaelstrong5383]

I even remember the *"HAVE A HIGH IQ TO UNDERSTAND..."* meme going around, and some people unironically believed that.

[@anomalocaris2593]

That is what made it so funny when smiling friends made fun of that. Still my favorite joke of season 1

[@LegendGamer-dj8om]

"I know people who don’t want to talk about the show out of embarrassment" that's a chronically online personal problem you guys have

[@unknownsoldier6731]

lol I’ll proudly talk about the first two seasons. Even season 3.

[@andykishore]

They made McDonald's embarrassed too.

[@blake2521]

According to some there were barely any Rick & Morty cosplayers where adult swim was holding a panel. Being overtaken by smiling friends ones instead

[@jdi4003]

Was there, I don't remember seeing a single Rick and Morty thing at comic con, don't mean cosplayer, T-shirt or merch, I mean a single thing Rick and Morty related.

[@strife312]

Smiling friends has earned it.

[@michaelstrong5383]

I'm genuinely curious to see what Smiling Friends cosplay would even look like. I guess Mr. Boss and a Glep doll would be easy, but what about all the other characters?

[@bounceysteve]

I immediately thought of the strange things are happening toy story meme

[@gasparg643]

@@michaelstrong5383maybe like full body suits or human versions

[@Mangacide]

Rick and Morty could be a good semi-serialized show if the creators weren't too busy hating everyone for enjoying that aspect.

[@RandomSkyeRoses]

It's why I like solar opposites more

[@ey3z4ya]

​@@RandomSkyeRosesguarantee you're the first person to ever say that

[@Ike_Sham]

Idk man I disagree strongly, it's hard for a show to do sum like that if the writers aren't into it

[@Jray181818]

First two seasons were the best. Everything after that was hit and miss.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

that's why solar opposites is better.

[@TTYLIG]

Rick and Morty is such an interesting series because it seems like it was not ready for the mainstream. Like when an amazing music artist who’s just doing what they love with no expectations suddenly becomes the biggest name in the industry and they just don’t know how to handle it. The show was meant to be a super niche weird animated show with a small cult following but it became so big that it had to fight against the crushing weight of its own success.

[@Matty002]

no no, you have to give credit to the annoying humans it had to deal with too. rick and morty does not exist without high IQ memes

[@ShyGuyXXL]

I wanna see an alternate version of the Pickle Rick episode where Beth is like, "I mean, you don't need arms and legs to go to therapy.", so she just picks up the pickled Rick and puts him in her purse, so he's forced to just sit there and do therapy.

[@miguelgranados8089]

THANK YOU! Been thinking about this since the episode came out

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

They could actually do something funny with that, maybe he keeps starting up wackier scenarios to interupt his sessions but the therapist won't let them get away

[@xandertrejo]

They would just have Rick claim to be a victim for being forced into therapy

[@thewolf9851]

So you want the show to be boring?

[@ShyGuyXXL]

@@thewolf9851 It would just be a funny 30 second clip. A what-if scenario. Like from one of those anthology episodes like Morty's Mindblowers.

[@usmaanilyas8639]

Rick and Morty is one of those shows that I like, but I can't walk in the streets wearing a Rick and Morty shirt without feeling immediate shame

[@JamJuice101]

Dude I own two shirts and I actually don’t give a shit If I’m caught in 4k in public wearing one of them, you just gotta be oblivious to what you wear that’s all. That goes for any other merchandise clothing of any media that I would possibly own (I’m literally wearing a Sonic shirt right now).

[@AccursedHawk]

Sounds like a personal issue

[@gabrielmagalhaes859]

I feel ya, same for me with Hazbin

[@rawmaw]

I'm sorry, but I remember working at a small somewhat local grocery store just a few years ago. And on a late shift this bald 50-or-so-year-old dude walked in with a full set of Rick and Morty hoodie and pants that fit as a set, R&M shoes and a single R&M earring. Quite the sight to behold. Never saw that champ again, but what a character he sure was. So, to summarize: Who cares. Dress how you want, if this bald 50-year-old guy could do so shamelessly, you probably can too.

[@LegendGamer-dj8om]

@@rawmawthats a personal issue lol

[@Johnny2Cellos]

HEY I'm doing what I can I was a pretty vocal critic of seasons 4-6 as a whole, but I was honestly shocked by how much I felt like season 7 had reinjected some life back into the series. Maybe not as consistently, but truly some of my favorite episodes in years. My coverage of the season also performed better than pretty much anything from seasons 4-6. I do think the fanbase is still pretty robust, despite the show being a pretty common target in online discourse. It's just not COOL to like it anymore.

[@CV_Goose]

Season 7 is weird, it has insane ups but also insane lows. But i definitely enjoyed it more than season 6, especially the finale.

[@undeadsweetheart7508]

EXACTLY

[@kirbyofthestarsfan]

As somebody who quit watching the show around Season 3, ghosted the show until Season 7, and is now binging all these 4 seasons of episodes I missed out on, I've fallen back in love with the series now that I got so much material to pick from lol I might like the show more *now* than when it was at its popularity peak (Season 3), there's been lots of bangers in all these recent seasons, my newfound tastes in irreverent humor have also made me more tolerant of some of the raunchier jokes in these seasons lol, there's lots of episodes in the later seasons I care much more for than some from S1 or 2

[@racool911]

I think season 6 was more consistent than 7 ngl

[@Hachellle]

Yeah season 7 has some of the best episodes of rick and morty, but also some of the worst

[@jazzd193]

the writers was trying to do "the lore is not important to the story" and "here's some important lore for the story" at the same time made people lose interest because any scene can be either one.

[@Voidakari]

^ This is what I found most annoying about the show ( besides the incest stuff )

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

The giant incest baby episode totally shattered any interest I had to see the series through to the end

[@GramGramGenX-ln5sc]

For me it was the whole dragon sex thing...

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

@@GramGramGenX-ln5sc yeah that too

[@DIsjaiel]

@@GramGramGenX-ln5sc how can you watch like 4 seasons of this show but that’s the episode that made you draw the line wtf

[@GramGramGenX-ln5sc]

@@DIsjaiel I'm a slow line drawer, lol.

[@jas-c3610]

I didn't interested in this show after 2nd season, what the fu¢k is happening there now?!

[@blockyoxwinkle5829]

You know what Rick and Morty reminds me of? Archer. That show had such a huge cultural impact, but it fell off hard. Yet it still has a loyal following that has kept it alive. As for the direction Rick and Morty has taken, I think it's better in a new way. 3 through 5 felt like they didn't know what they wanted. Where as 6 and 7 felt like they started to figure out how to evolve.

[@GhostBoyJames]

Archer shot itself in the foot when they did THREE coma seasons.

[@HyphenMint]

@@GhostBoyJames FR, I'd rather be in a coma than rewatch those seasons.

[@stickysweet1084]

@blockyoxwinkle5829 OH yeah, Archer was huge and then those coma seasons happened for too long.

[@katlyndobransky2419]

@@GhostBoyJamesit’s such a shame that’s what did the show in… I thought they were creative and were something different but to have THREE WHOLE SEASONS of episodes is wild. When you’re binge watching it’s not bad. The show still holds up

[@Lastjustice]

@@GhostBoyJames I get the show was running the same ground over and over, as they basically started off as spy/Bond spoof and ran thru all the material they had to lampoon. They kept trying switch gears to keep the show from doing same thing over and over. They had to do something else, so they use the coma stories to shake things up. The final seasons basically ultimately are about Archer owning his status quo and reclaiming it every being knocked off his game. The show never had a long term story to tell, and just kind managed to finish with a complete thought rather than have a sudden ending that didn't give the viewer any closure.

[@tylerbertram7065]

How did Rick and Morty go from a parody of sci-fi movies and Tv shows to a parody of itself.

[@Coconut-219]

> New small thing becomes popular. > New thing expands. > Hires 'activist' writers. > Becomes old irrelevant thing nobody cares about. > Repeat. For decades TV shows have always been plagued with "gradual decline" as they get a little long in the tooth, but more recently we've way more shows than usual go from insanely popular in seasons 1 or 2 to dropping off a sheer cliff in season 2 or 3 because of (certain corporate management changes).

[@SwizzleMix]

​@@Coconut-219 cringe

[@gamerdude4720]

@@Coconut-219the problem wasn’t “the woke mob” who totally exist, the problem was the writers kept teasing people with “look! Something cool and interesting!” And then pulling the rug out underneath the viewers because “lol you shouldn’t care, why do you care? It’s cringe you care.”

[@shadowednight1600]

@@gamerdude4720 Smiling Friends is also kinda guilty of that too, given they killed Bill Nye. Maybe it's a Warner issue

[@reesejones9230]

Whats the song at 5:00

[@MrFilgueiras.]

I honestly feel that Rick and Morty got so much better in later seasons, Fear Hole is just PEAK, it feels like they're finally playing the series straight, not toning down the comedy, but actually giving a shit about their characters, it's sad that the damage has already been done, because the series is just so much better without the writters constantly reminding us that "this is a cartoon, nothing matters, stop caring, stop watching!!", even most of my friends that used to watch it stopped

[@feIon]

yeah fear hole was a god tier episode and it really felt like it couldve been a season 1 idea

[@AzureRadio]

Ep 5 and 10 are some of the best episodes in the entire series, I can confidently say that 10 is in my top 3 and I am very close to saying it's my #1. When I tell people about the new season I tell them that, the season is a mixed bag, but the highs are stupid high. The middle episode was a great episode and paid off lore, and the finale was pure perfection. They definitely released this season well. Heck even "That's Amorty" was amazing

[@imaltheia]

right? the only reason i picked it back up after s3 was because i heard about fear hole. binged s4-s7 in like two days. i had way more fun than i did watching s1-s2 back when it was most popular.

[@BrandonTrex]

I didn’t have very good hopes for the most recent season (the season 7 premiere was easily the worst premiere yet). But man, a lot of the later episodes like Unmortricken and the fear hole one made it worth watching. Except for the numbericons episode, that one was just boring.

[@scary_jere69]

I wouldn’t say it got overall better, probably the same level of some early seasons, I think it got more inconsistent with higher highs and lower lows, like some of the new episodes are straight god tier but some are straight garbage

[@8-Biter]

When a show constantly tells you that nothing matters and it constantly shows that everything in the show can be easily replaced, how can they expect anyone to care about what this show does?

[@RealJiren]

But people did care about Rick's story, no?

[@animefan2454]

Yeah, the scene where Rick switches Beth out made no sense to me cause both of them aren't his daughter.

[@CoOlKyUbI96]

@@RealJirenfor a while. But then that stopped mattering too

[@Kurotama11]

The show tells you this, but then *shows* us the complete opposite more often than not….shoot, they even straight up say after one of the universe ending episodes that there are only like 2 or 3 exact copies that they could jump to

[@motor4X4kombat]

Just like the boys

[@nps86]

Ah, the life cycle of popular culture in media, we meet again. Underground -> Popular with Youth -> Popular with Mainstream -> Peak -> Oversaturation -> Decline/Plateau -> End -> Nostalgia -> Possible Revival -> End -> Nostalgia -> Forgetten / Remake The why it progresses from stage to stage always changes but ultimately it always goes down like this.

[@goldenovaries]

Yup

[@JamesLawner]

The accuracy 👌🏼

[@Xen8008]

Smiling friends just has all of the magic that modern Rick and Morty lacks. People just prefer a show that embraces fun and surrealism instead of the relentless nihilism that Rick and Morty revels with.

[@chaseburns7980]

I watched Zachary Hadels content for 13 years and watched him on lets plays. Smiling friends is so unfunny to me, I know about every joke they are gonna make.

[@Mae4Ever]

@@chaseburns7980 t. Rick and Morty fan

[@user-lr8ow2jg4e]

@@chaseburns7980 He's still funnier current rick and morty. I know every jokes they'll make and won't.

[@strayorion2031]

I liked how when rick prime told rick "I made you, what would you be without me?" to which rick answers "Let's find out" feels like writers made a parallelism with them as rick and the creator as rick prime as he was being fired from the show

[@lonzoformvp5078]

id love it if it were true, but sadly s7 was written and even mostly done before roiland got fired. The new voice actors just dubbed over roiland's lines iirc

[@koichidignitythief7429]

It's kinda a cool but cliched line. I know I heard it in Transformers 3 but I could've sworn I heard similar lines in other films.

[@theprophetofhate7188]

@@lonzoformvp5078 And this is why I will do everything in my power to make sure no one watches anything post this point. They fired the creator over FALSE allegations, no justice, no due process. The second time AS has done this. Let AS go the same the same way roosterteeth did, cancel culture works both ways... about time companies figured that out.

[@TheComebackKing20]

​@@theprophetofhate7188Jesus christ get over it already.He was texting minors and being inappropriate,he deserves zero sympathy.

[@theprophetofhate7188]

@@TheComebackKing20 Literally never happened, phone records proved it you conspiracy nut. Give me 5 minutes and you will have done far worse based on the same measure of ~evidence~ you've accepted. Using the same app no less...

[@coolguyayden]

Season 7 was the first time in ages where people actually posted clips on Twitter because they found them particularly impactful or funny. Goes to show that all they really had to do to make the show relevant again was to try a little bit. I really hope they keep up this energy for season 8 and the upcoming anime.

[@thewolf9851]

Yeah because Twitter is a sign of how successful a show is

[@bigglou]

@@thewolf9851it is to the network to see if the show is trending.

[@Mae4Ever]

Twitter isn’t real life.

[@JustGoVegan]

What a strawmen, yes twitter isnt life but thats not what the comment said you idiots. My gosh

[@Electric_Mercenary]

Video's title: Nobody Talks About Rick and Morty The video: Talking about Rick and Morty False advertisement 0/10

[@jumentoqueanima]

Clickbait. D:

[@waldemarpolcyn6936]

oh dangit i wanted to make that joke :

[@MrOgyny]

But this IS a nobody making the video. So, nobody is talking about it.

[@jumentoqueanima]

@@MrOgyny Nah Mark is cool.

[@TreeskoTHQ]

@@MrOgynyyou are literally projecting. That’s really sad. 😂

[@retarlil1909]

The fans were shit, the writers were bitter, eventually everyone else got tired of it

[@YodaOnABender]

Just a few years ago you couldn’t escape this show. Now you only see a few people who say they’re fans of it and it gives you a 50/50 idea of what kinda person they are

[@EWOODJ]

You sure about that last part?

[@urlhnd]

i also generalize people based on the shows they like, way to go champ

[@YodaOnABender]

@@urlhnd because the Rick and Morty fan base have done absolutely nothing to give people that impression of them…

[@urlhnd]

@@YodaOnABender you wanna say the same about black people or any other minority you don't like

[@YodaOnABender]

@@urlhnd no fucking way did you just call Rick and Morty fans an oppressed minority lmao This is the most fucking Redditor shit I’ve ever heard

[@julianx2rl]

They broke their continuity and sense of disbelief. They turned to their audience following the plot and called them stupid. I don't know what reaction they were expecting, but mine was to stop watching the show altogether.

[@stickysweet1084]

@julianx2rl I can see why they did that to their fans. A lot of the fanbase started to get adventure time and SU levels of annoying.

[@ginogatash4030]

​@@stickysweet1084 still, it's probably not a good idea to mock them for being invested in "da lore" only to continue dropping more of it.

[@ty32oo50]

I could understand why You said Steven universe but how so adventure time

[@yami122]

@@stickysweet1084 Attacking your own fanbase is never Wise Particularly sends only a small percentage of the actual fan base to the ones that are going to be loud and obnoxious so Insulting anyone who actually cares about the show It's gonna make you not care about the show cause who wants to watch something that's insulting them Obviously the creators of the show hate you so I give them your time of day and honestly it it's kind of bizarre seeing The creators of a show actively hating on the very fan base that is keeping their show going their paycheck is because people are watching their show And caring about their show and they reward that royalty of giving them your time of day by spitting in your face no thanks Me and a lot of their other viewers took that spitefulness and decided to stop watching the show leading to that smaller paycheck

[@OneShotMan2]

@@stickysweet1084 this is the first time iv heard someone talk about how adventure time and steven universe fanbase was toxic

[@GBlockbreaker]

as someone that has pretty great disdain for post season 2 Rick and Morty, i will say, the Hole episode was by far the best episode in the entire series, it genuinely shocked me how good it was when i first watched it

[@feIon]

FACTS

[@gummidon1618]

After watching that episode I literally sat there with my jaw dropped for a solid couple minutes

[@Lastjustice]

I felt like the first season had the most weak link episodes. Especially the pilot, it was pretty terrible. So much of it was just trying way too hard to where fell on it's face. i feel like the 3rd season was where the show stopped trying worship rick as it challenged him and started letting people actually prove him wrong. I like people periodically knocking him down a peg as Rick gets into insufferable poochie levels when he gets too far up his own ass. When he fails he actually has to take a step back and reassess his situation taking personal inventory of whatever is happening. He isn't growing quickly, but he makes progress. When he gets over on everyone, it justifies all his delusions and he doubles down on them even harder. I get some people like Rick basically being a walking meme and always getting his way, but I prefer it be a more of a balacing act.

[@user-lr8ow2jg4e]

@@Lastjustice S3 was when his status transitioned from mentally ill drunken scientist to -GOD- Mary sue. S1-2 wanted you to know he wasn't too good upstairs despite his IQ. S3 was when they downplayed his craziness and tried to use him as a mouthpiece.

[@TheDigitalApple]

Not to mention people also hate Rick and Morty and blaming it for pop culture references, snark and 4th wall break humor being done to death by Hollywood now and becoming unfunny.

[@Cubeytheawesome]

Wait, self awareness jokes aren’t funny? 😢

[@BH-98]

@@Cubeytheawesomethey were, until they were oversaturated in the show & in other popular media

[@andykishore]

@@Cubeytheawesome When the show runs those jokes into the ground, of course it's going to get old.

[@hulmhochberg8129]

Tbf Deadpool also had a part in this.

[@Varooooooom]

@@TheDigitalApple Still being done to death. Recently, DC’s “The Flash” also tried their hand (unsuccessfully) at multiverse stuff.

[@JoahDiaxLive]

I really enjoy the newest season. Honestly, the show seems to be in a way better place now that Justin is gone.

[@helpimarock66]

I like Smiling Friends as a show, but I gotta be honest, the hype that's been around it from the start (dating all the way back to the pilot in 2020) is incredibly obnoxious. Because psychic pebbles has this large pre-established dedicated fandom, there were tons of people memeing the series, talking it up and begging people to watch so that adult swim would greenlight it. When it finally did get greenlit and it started coming out, I felt like half the positive reviews for the show on KZbin were people giving a genuine review and the other half were people talking it up for the sake of talking it up (kind of like a review-bomb, except with hype). I think Smiling Friends is a good show with a lot of creative ideas, but I fear it's going to have the same fate as Rick and Morty due to how much people are talking up and over-hyping it when it's only just released it's second season. They're creating unreasonably high expectations for a show that's essentially a high-budget animation shitpost and I think that's eventually going to lead to it losing its steam prematurely in the same way as rick and Morty. I think people need to learn to just let a good show be a good show. Acting like an animated program is the next big thing right out the gates is so obnoxious and inadvertently hurts the shows reputation as opposed to building it up.

[@xandertrejo]

I feel like the writers of smiling friends are way less cynical so the show itself might not lose steam.

[@youraveragemachine1013]

Honestly this. People trying to gaslight themself into being hype so much that once they do it a long period of time they got tired of it and start blaming other problem for why they arent as hype anymore. We really need to learn to enjoy a show just as a show instead of treating everything like either a masterpiece or the biggest failure.

[@belnonaodh1520]

I remember being one of the people begging everyone to watch Smiling Friends when the pilot was out and... yeah. I deliberately avoid theory-type videos because it goes so hard against the spirit of the show, and I'm a big pre-established fan of PsychicPebbles and the other Oneyplays bois, but it feels off to see all the jokes broadcast by the fanbase as Oneyplays references when they're just jokes that referenced the same thing they referenced once on Oneyplays years ago.

[@user-lr8ow2jg4e]

@@youraveragemachine1013 The thing is Rick and Morty's decline was largely due to the shift in direction and decline in quality of writing in the show. Unless Smilling friends becomes serialized and they decide the writing room isn't diverse enough, it will still continue stronger with each step having a NET POSITIVE influence on adult animation as a whole.

[@zachfinemusic]

The issue with Rick and Morty is that it seems they couldn't decide whether they wanted to be a serialized or episodic show. They introduce storylines like Rick turning himself into the citadel of Ricks, hinting at a character transformation, only to revert right back. They also set up an intriguing storyline about evil Morty but fail to capitalize on it. This lack of direction, combined with the new voice actors, makes the show feel boring and frankly unwatchable.

[@chalk2396]

The new voice actors are great wtf are you talking about

[@TheBlueLink3]

They do both. I don’t get why this is so hard for people to understand. Many shows do this.

[@TheNickelGhost]

I agree about the episodic vs serial problem, but I'd say it's not necessarily a problem that the show didn't capitalize on all the lore bits (like the citadel and evil Morty). IMO the problem is more that the show put tons care and effort into making these lore bits, despite the fact the writers mostly intended them to be a target for parody only ("it's only a cartoon, these things don't matter!"). I personally dropped the show around S3 because I liked the show more for its absurd humor and unserious tone up till then, but I still empathize with all the viewers who became attached to all of the throwaway "lore" just to be constantly slighted by the staff (who themselves kept flopping over how much they cared about it)

[@omarmansuri7099]

It's more like character growth is super inconsistent. Morty especially changes on a dime. Between the naive noob and jaded ass to something in between. You don't know which Morty you will get in each episode.

[@TheLastApostle]

Youre one of those people who ruined it to begin with by making it more than it was in your head. People need to stop putting shit on a pedastal then shitting on it when it doesnt live up to your sky high expectations. Everyone should have known it could not live up to its first season. It just impossible to keep that kind of quality going. Its still a good show. Better than 90% of tv

[@TJS-Real-]

Nobody talks about it? But he turns himself into a pickle, funniest shit I’ve ever seen!

[@jakeford12]

Like I haven’t heard that joke a million times before.

[@TJS-Real-]

@@jakeford12 yea that is the point, but it’s the funniest shit I’ve ever seen

[@Dontwanttoliveanymore]

I got a pickle Rick tattoo.

[@fightthepowerman]

​@@Dontwanttoliveanymorewhere?

[@haka-katyt7439]

His pickle rick​@@fightthepowerman

[@fryguy9704]

I remember when people were saying how Rick and Morty was the crowning jewel of Adult animation and how no one can top it, now all people talk about the troubled history of the creator and how Smiling Friends is better than

[@Binks182]

That's the thing, the first 3 season were almost perfect

Did you forget a word?

[@Cubeytheawesome]

Everybody knows Xavier Renegade angel is the crown jewel

[@mistertagomago7974]

@@Binks182 But three is considered where it fell off.

[@andykishore]

It's weird to think that Smiling Friends has dethroned Rick and Morty as the king of Adult Swim.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

What's there to talk about? I think part of the problem is that it started off so strongly. Then they just kept trying to one-up episode after episode until it's just chaos.

[@UMAtronic]

I read this in Jane's voice lol.

[@jinxthatsme2317]

Also, they managed to make Rick a much less compelling character with that backstory reveal. Not because backstories are inherently a bad thing, but because they just reused the fabricated one from season 3. I actually think it would’ve been more interesting to see why he walked out in his family as well as what compelled him to return after so many years. Especially since the season 2 finale showed that Rick felt some remorse for leaving Beth when eavesdropping on her argument with Jerry.

[@yamil8003]

The shows tag line used to be "Science makes sense, Family doesn't". Now they have completely thrown that out the window in favor of making a show about the "Smartest man in the universe".

[@JamJuice101]

If you haven’t heard, it’s getting its next season next year. I guess since Roiland isn’t in the show anymore they have to actually take their time to cook, which is good since I think they could actually improve the show that way.

[@gross_grl]

they actually got an order for 70 eps a couple years ago, rick and morty isn't going anywhere for a while

[@jiovek]

they got 3 more seasons, we don’t know if they’ll get a renewal after season 10 tho

[@andykishore]

It's renewed up to season 10 at least.

[@shadowednight1600]

Taking time and doing it right is good. Maybe they felt rushed, but now with Smiling Friends perhaps that is the shot in the arm they needed to get back on track

[@omarmansuri7099]

Ya. hopefully they use it well. Curious to see how the anime turns out though.

[@mike_the_mouse_offical]

Smiling friends just captures the magic Rick and morty had in its early days culturally

[@michaelstrong5383]

Only without the pessimism

[@micjimster4845]

Ive noticed every decade for the last 30 years has had their own fad adult cartoon. In the early 90s it was the simpsons, in the late 90s it was south park, in the 2000s it was family guy, in the 2010s it was rick and morty and now in the 2020s its hazbin and smiling friends.

[@muffpuff5632]

@@micjimster4845 just had to shoehorn hazbin in with the actually good shows didn't you

[@yurifairy2969]

I'm sure Smiling Friends will drop the ball too, and then the next actually good adult cartoon will take its place.

[@micjimster4845]

@@muffpuff5632 no matter what you think of it, it's popular :/

[@BrianRocksNow]

The moment Rick and Morty lost it's brilliance for me was when my friends and I went to try and get some of the McDonald's szechuan sauce. We were in the Army at the time and had no clue what the actual fanbase was like. We just enjoyed the show. For the first time ever, the videos popping up online were genuinely pretty accurate to what we saw in the line of roughly 150 people, many in cosplay. We decided it wasn't worth the embarrassment and left the parking lot. I think I lasted half a season after that day and just stopped thinking about the show in general after that.

[@RobIsTired]

I have numerous reasons for dropping Rick and Morty: 1) dip in quality. Each season seemed to get worse and worse. 2) the writing got lazier and the attempt at fan service failed to land. 3) fatigue kicked in. 4) Dan Harmon. An old short of his started to get spread around the Internet. In which, he participates in an act of pedophilia. I know it was with a doll, but it's cringey humor at best and deeply disturbing at worst.

[@El_iE]

I love Rick and morty and ignore the public opinion cuz it’s just a dumb show with characters i personally love. I’d be happy if they’re in any situation (except rise of numericons…) and enjoy their chemistry. Even if it’s losing down in quality and is less « smart » i’d probably watch it for 100 years

[@oodlesofnoodles23]

My thoughts as well. I don't expect a cultural revelation every season, I just expect a decent TV show. And it's still decent/above average, so I don't really get the criticism. Like, I enjoyed the numericon episode as a stylistic parody of 90's action shlop, idk it was fun in how derivative it was And the spaghetti episode was fantastic too lol

[@the_dave_026]

​@oodlesofnoodles23 honestly I think the show has been better since the loss of Roiland

[@oodlesofnoodles23]

@@the_dave_026 I didn't connect it to the loss of Roiland, but rather the unburdoning of the writing. It doesn't feel like they're forcing themselves to write massive arcs anymore, if it happens it happens, but they're also happy with writing stupid one off side episodes. That kept the season light and enjoyable to me

[@the_dave_026]

@@oodlesofnoodles23 absolutely, I don't think roiland leaving was the cause of the change necessarily, but "unburdened writing" is a great way to put it

[@El_iE]

@@oodlesofnoodles23 Exactly. The fear hole for example feels like a perfect episode imo. It doesn’t have lore and is set up like a classic rick and morty adventure but has a brain fuck that won’t be too important in the lore probably.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

You said it in your American dad vid but my god that die hard episode is genuinely worse than any family guy episode I’ve seen

[@Tyler-fd7bf]

What if Rick & Morty was called… Freak & Hornby, and instead of traveling dimensions, they traveled bedrooms and got freaky

[@Albert_YTC]

The stuff with Rick and Morty inside Roy was great tho

[@GhostWind78]

@@Tyler-fd7bfso rick and morty?

[@jumentoqueanima]

​@@Tyler-fd7bfLmao.

[@Maya-ls3ky]

@@Albert_YTCIDK why people hate on that episode so much the shit inside Roy was extremely creative

[@maybefaith23]

No views in 30 seconds? That’s actually perfectly understandable, not everyone has the time to watch a video immediately after it’s uploaded.

[@Personperson98]

Lol

[@vloggingwithsam4811]

Nah he fell off

[@ruptakruptak439]

Finally seeing some evolution on this mandatory joke

[@RafaelMartinez-mg5lg]

You get a star for breaking a pattern.

[@R-vj7kd]

Nobody Talks About LS Mark

[@nickcolman3599]

The season 7 finale is probably my favorite episode of the show overall.

[@benlee7565]

Yeah, I haven’t seen all of the other newer episodes, but imo that horror hole episode captures what the best the shows has to offer. Hard to pinpoint exact aspects, but the general “vibe”(?) is on point.

[@FuchsiaNeko]

Amazing how i keep forgetting that they're still making Rick and Morty episodes

[@topcat59]

I honestly wish they used unity more, since I really like the idea that she’s the only character that truly understands how lonely Rick is due to her getting a chance to see the world through his eyes when they first met.🐱

[@michaelstrong5383]

Her introduction episode back in season 2 was one of my favorites from the show, especially the ending.

[@BH-98]

I was pleasantly surprised when she came back in season 7

[@nickthebabba7767]

What if Rick & Morty was called… Freak & Hornby, and instead of traveling dimensions, they traveled bedrooms and got freaky

[@Fotononf]

𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂

[@kingrobotnik6950]

I don’t know if the world is ready for that corn parody 😂

[@GiroEXE]

I would watch that in a heartbeat

[@Andrew-ww1hz]

What if it was Dick and Farty, that would be funni I think

[@dytamic]

*incest*, my friend. *incest.*

[@just-aduck155]

rick and morty fans switching to smiling friends is so real because if i see one more recommended video of someone trying to take that show's lore and characters so super seriously im gonna cry.

[@sinjinreed2091]

For me it was how they fumbled the Evil Morty plot, where I thought the fan theory was much more interesting: Evil Morty was our Rick’s original Morty. Our Rick-the Rickest Rick-was shown to be different from all of his variants because he actually cared about his Morty despite abusing and belittling him at every turn. The theory went that our Rick actually stayed to help raise his Morty and treated him like an equal, teaching him everything Rick knew. Until something happened and they were separated. Our Rick then went to another universe and adopted a new Morty (C-137), and started treating him like a disposable commodity because he essentially was. On some level, our Rick still cared about Morty, even though he knows he shouldn’t. Evil Morty then became obsessed with finding his Rick and destroying the toxic master/slave system of Ricks and Mortys because “Ricks don’t care about Mortys.”

[@sunburstkisser]

I watch Rick and Morty solely for Jerry, I can't even lie

[@CaptainCat101]

Rick and Morty is a show I would have been more than happy to check out, if the vocal fans weren't so infamous.

[@micjimster4845]

Yeah, the whole culture around really made me resent the show for a bit.

[@michaelstrong5383]

As an ex-R&M fan myself, I totally get it. Even I cringed during the "Schezuan sauce" craze.

[@vacdek]

Yeah but now Smiling Friends fans are getting up there exponentially

[@primepm8861]

​@vacdek Haven't heard anything about the Smiling Friends fan base. Mostly I just see comments of people imitating Zach Hadel's propensity for random rhetoric. I know some Hazbin fans were fairly divisive about the voice cast changes.

[@vacdek]

@primepm8861 check out when Adult Swim released the Rick and Morty "anime" trailer. All I saw was Smiling Friends fans going ravage

[@Nonjola]

Honestly, I believe Rick & Morty rose to popularity primarily due to the internet culture of its time, unlike shows such as The Simpsons or Bob's Burgers. Now that the trend has passed, interest in the show has waned. Its success was driven more by memes than by its creativity, characters, or plot.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I'm definitely just watching it out of habit at this point. It was never really a chortler.

[@kotzpenner]

It was the age of the edgy internet nihilists. Now that it’s over and these people became cringe, viewers demand positive messages again, getting them from Smiling Friends.

[@jeffreyquinde6707]

I wouldn’t sell this show short in terms of its old popularity. It was genuinely a strong, refreshing show during the early seasons.

[@Maya-ls3ky]

@@kotzpennerYup Rick and Morty was born at a time when being an edgy internet Reddit Atheist was “The big thing” That fad has passed and all Rick and Morty has is overused unfunny and cringey meta humor now

[@kotzpenner]

@@Maya-ls3ky yeah exactly

[@BH-98]

Season 7 definetly felt like a huge improvement compared to seasons 4-6 which just felt like they were insulting the people watching it.

[@TheBlueLink3]

Never got that vibe from season 6.

[@BH-98]

@@TheBlueLink3season 6 still had the over reliance on unfunny meta humour & uninteresting plots like 4 & 5, though not as bad

[@THEZMX195]

I think the difference between this show and something like American Dad is that this show always teased lore and depth. Dan Harmon does this with all his projects...same thing happened with Community. He makes "smart edgy" characters and has them interact with "deep tough topics" but then gets mad when fans actually enjoy and engage with the work. Shows like American Dad can introduce a character who is just a punchline and only appears once every 90 episodes and it's fine...because they don't have a unique dynamic with the show/cast. But when you create a character like EvilMorty who is "smarter" than Rick...you can't get mad when people want to see more of that. I kept watching all the way through season 6 hoping it would get better. And now that season 7 is out. I watched the first 2 episodes and realized "why should I care about any of these characters if the show doesn't care" and so now I stopped watching. I don't care how good it gets, how "deep and smart" it is...I'm just done. Also there's only so many times a character can break the 4th wall and say "see this scene is a blatant metaphor for (insert social commentary)..aren't we smart" ...that style of writing gets old after a decade

[@phabiorules]

Honestly, community was so much better than Rick and Morty because it was a lot more restrained. Even the last season of the show acknowledged it was running stale but instead of being “we acknowledge the problems so it’s funny”, it was more “this is why now is a good time to end it.”

[@actuallynotsteve]

Season 7 was arguably the best it's been since the beginning and the new voice actors really killed it. Ironically, getting Roiland out of his own show was the best thing that could ever happen to it.

[@pablocasas5906]

Speaking about the voice actor, weren't they replaced again for the new anime spin-off? I mean, it's happening in most international dubs

[@mimsycookiiess]

I 100% agree actually

[@isaacjohnson8796]

Nah Morty is really grating and some of those episodes were mid af like that ice T episode. The highs were about as good as season 2 but the season as a whole was mixed.

[@actuallynotsteve]

@@isaacjohnson8796 eh I feel like this season hit really hard if you're in your 30s+ but might not if you're younger than that. There's so much stuff that I don't think I would have related to when I was in my 20s

[@isaacjohnson8796]

@@actuallynotsteve might be the dumbest cope I've heard to defend a series but go off

[@joelow7879]

I personally loved season 7, best season since s2 tbh. It just finally feels like the soul is back in the show. The spaghetti ep, rick prime ep and fear hole ep could only be made by people who were genuinely passionate about the work they were making. Its a shame its not too popular cuz if people watched it they’d finally stop calling rick and morty a nihilistic show

[@loi_cy]

Season 7 had really high highs (the episodes you mentioned + burger and fries) but some really low lows (numericons was one of the worst in the series, and the premiere and the kuato episode was just painfully mediocre) I personally enjoyed it a lot too but it's hard to ignore those blemishes on an otherwise really good season

[@_rando_d]

Despite seasons 3-5 being (mostly) horrible, but with seasons 6 and 7 starting to show signs of being great again, the future of the show is actually promising. As for its popularity? Yeah I'm very concerned...

[@TheBlueLink3]

Season 3 is arguably the best season, and season 5 only had two weak episodes. I really don’t get this mentality.

[@_rando_d]

@TheBlueLink3 "mentality" opinion actually. I just think season 3 is the worst and season 5 only had 3 good episodes

[@TheToxicLake]

@@TheBlueLink3I’m glad you said this because it confuses me too. For me there’s like a couple less good episodes a season but I still enjoy it all (mostly). People act like season 1 and 2 are perfect and everything else is shit but it can all be great with flaws. Does help watching it baked tbf tho lol

[@eggshelf]

Season 5-7 suck major ass.

[@_rando_d]

@@eggshelf 7? Nah

[@AcidDoughnut]

'Ranking Every Rick and Morty Episode Ever' when?

[@stevenyukabacera160]

I wonder if they'll ever manage to make an episode that's worse than the sperm one

[@Bartatron-ru7qd]

after the 70 episode order has been completed and we have a 100 episodes

[@connorcook2089]

@@stevenyukabacera160 god i hope not

[@NicoleMay316]

That last season was one of my favorites. Tied with Season 2 as my favorite, but where S2 had a consistent quality, S7 goes all in each episode thanks to the lack of B plots resulting in many more peaks and lows. But that mentality made some of my favorite episodes. The Spaghetti one in particular was incredible. The hole was fantastic and I'd love to watch it blind again. And I do enjoy the lore episodes, even if they aren't able to hold on them and explore them a bit more than I'd want. Also Leg Rick got the hardest laugh out of me by far.

[@Exlayer-pk8hy]

They greenlit 7 more seasons when they were at season 2. It was doomed to go through seasonal rot to a degree and people naturally fell off.

[@TrashQueenAndKing]

Fanbase decay, Roiland controversy, Smiling Friends.

[@micjimster4845]

Ive noticed every decade for the last 30 years has had their own fad adult cartoon. In the early 90s it was the simpsons, in the late 90s it was south park, in the 2000s it was family guy, in the 2010s it was rick and morty and now in the 2020s its hazbin and smiling friends.

[@Fernybun]

You HAD to make it political didn't you?

[@godnmaste]

@@Fernybun ?

[@sindeviltrigger9268]

Man really said hazbin. Hazbin is now has been.

[@BronzeCat1]

Hazbin is NOT a big show

[@sonicfanboy3375]

​@@BronzeCat1Believe me, it is. The pilot has more than 90 milion views on KZbin. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not popular

[@BugsyFoga]

Probably because now that Smiling friends is the new big popular show now, It took away the attention Rick and Morty once had.

[@JowoeBunchaNumbers]

Rick and Morty's hype fell off long before Smiling Friends gained traction

[@SpeedsterBlur]

More like a decline in quality after season 3 finally compounding in finding out the show had a pedophile voicing the 2 main characters (along with many other characters).

[@BugsyFoga]

@@JowoeBunchaNumbers I still heard people chatting about the newer seasons before then

[@andykishore]

@@BugsyFoga It's weird to think that Smiling Friends has dethroned Rick and Morty as the king of Adult Swim.

[@kotzpenner]

No it sucked in S3 already, stopped watching and hopped on the anime train for a while. But now that Smiling Friends arrived, I have something to live for.

[@PolentaTaragnarock]

I was just thinking about how Rick And Morty lost its relevance. I think it was a mix of rapid seasonal rot, bitternes about its previous storytwlling successes and one of the worst fandoms to ever exist.

[@Alexwright12]

so much of the problems come down to the fandom being obnoxious and completely missing the point of the show in the first place (case in point idolising rick, completely missing the point of pickle rick and so on) and then the writers leaning into the edgy internet subculture that followed them, i think its only now that the popularity has died down and the writers have stopped pandering to that subgroup that the show has started to come out with genuinely interesting ideas again

[@arso0628Stuff]

Ls mark isnt late for once??? Impossible

[@Buboltz]

Now we can take the L out of his name

[@Folfah]

@@Buboltz sus pfp

[@Buboltz]

@@Folfah If you know you know, lol

[@Folfah]

@@Buboltz uwu

[@butterschunkmcdonalds5333]

What changed for R&M for me was the lack of improv. The first two seasons were so incredible because along with having such cool concepts for stories, The humor consisted of them... Almost not giving any jokes enough thought. Like example: "Its in theaters now...Coming this summer: Two brothers...In a van...And then a meteor hits, And they ran as fast as they could...From giant cat monsters" Stuff like that is what made the show so great to me, But somewhere around the third-fourth season, They just sorta stopped doing that kind of improv all around & You can tell every joke is something carefully thought out and written, Some might like this but for me it took away from what made the show so funny to begin with, It went from a hilarious show with some serious moments to a decently funny show that takes itself far too seriously. Ngl tho, Even after all these years, I still don't think the show is "Bad" Like people so vocally proclaim these days. I actually just got thru watching the newest season & Honestly? It was pretty entertaining. New voices were def notable at first but ill admit they did do a good job, By the 4th episode i wasn't even thinking about the voices anymore, So kudos for that. I think somewhere along the way people made liking R&M a "Cringe" Thing, And ngl the only thing that was ever cringe about it to me was never the show itself, Just more some of its fanbase. Reminds me of video games like Undertale or Omori, The games themselves are actually very solid, Honestly pretty damn great, But the fanbases probably turned off alot of people from playing them, And many just assume they are bad by the ways people talk about the games themselves because of said fanbase. R&M def isn't what it used to be, But even still, I would rather watch the last 4 seasons of R&M than the last 10 of Family Guy/American Dad. That's how bad those shows have gotten for me lol

[@thatdanjamesguy.330]

I’d definitely rather watch a lot of American Dad episodes from over the past decade than Rick and Morty. Stuff like the 200th episode (The Two Hundred), the western one (West to Mexico), the one where Roger realizes he’ll outlive the family (The OreTron Trail), the time loop Christmas episode (Yule Tide Repeat), or the one where Steve & Snot become Roger personas (Steve & Snot & the Quest for the OG 4Loko) are all fantastic and up there with the classic years. Really, American Dad became more inconsistent than outright bad, which is impressive for a show in its double digit seasons imo. It doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with modern Family Guy, which is just terrible all around.

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

Pretty sure people would say the same thing about Smiling Friends in a few years from now.

[@mrboerger1620]

Oh no

[@anyoneatall3488]

Absolutely

[@MattboyGenius]

I don't get it man. they write episodes about being pissed off at the fans for wanting more standalone adventures and then be annoyed that they are doing a more serialized plotline. It sounds like they just dont want to write the show anymore and honestly, Good! Dont! If every episode is Rick picking apart the episode for the entire runtime it stops being funny and feels like Dan Harmon is reading his diary to me. Everything after season 3 up until 6 is at best fine and at worst Genuinely awful. The latest season was okay and it felt refreshing. I didnt feel like I was watching a show written by people who hate that I'm watching it. Finale was one of my favorite episodes.

[@ReduckYT_]

Never thought I’d see the day where LSMark Mentioned EmpLemon. That is also one of my favorite vids from him

[@Artkatie]

Rick and Morty is one of those shows were it was really popular, but now it's barely even mentioned

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Fue reemplazado por smiling Friends

[@ntn6233]

Sounds like Game of Thrones

[@kitzkaz3238]

The worst part of Rick and Morty is they decided to listen to online buzz about the show, you can see it almost in real time how they let the fan voice sip through and how spiteful the studio was about it. Just as bad a West World changing the ending because some fans had a theory a little too close to how the writers wanted to end the show.

[@silver2797]

since this will be buried when they showed leg rick in that one weird cut away gag i genuinely laughed at it that is all, ive confessed my sins

[@Bartatron-ru7qd]

I'll know

[@NunuDaRat]

Me too 😂 but I was secretly thinking "oh God I hope they don't become family guy with the cutaways"

[@helwrecht1637]

“Smartest show on television” It was never that, it was just cynical. That’s not smart that’s teenage edgy

[@user-lr8ow2jg4e]

It's was a smartly written dumb show that became a dumbly written dumb show.

[@fateisnotthesameforall4811]

The "Two Brothers" improv bit for Interdimensional Cable will always be one of my favorites

[@fileunderf8786]

Rick and morty in terms of writing and visuals is one of if not my favorite ongoing piece of media rn. Kinda like how there was a lot of falling off and hopping on with mlp: fim in its second half that changed the vibe, i really like what the show became once it accepted it couldnt be what it used to anymore. Just a lot more consistent fun and genuine moments. Get how its not peoples thing though

[@Alexwright12]

this. it felt like most of seasons 3, 4 and 5 were the writers trying to recreate and one up what they had done in the shows first 2 seasons and keep the status quo, but once they finally accepted that things had to change, that what they did best was the ongoing story and that characters had to develop rather than stay static the shows quality improved alot. yes, season 6 wasnt perfect, but it was 100% a step in the right direction and season 7 has improved on that alot

[@WeedleWill]

Whenever I think of Rick and Morty, all that comes to mind is the bad boardwalk merch💀

[@KirbeyAlt]

I’m watching Rick and Morty for the first time right now, only starting a few weeks ago and I’ve just finished season 3. Seeing people say the drop off was season 3 feels insane because honestly it’s been the best so far, but who am I to say.

[@gumisharks5127]

This is where I think I need to become a youtuber because when you say you feel Rick and Mortys identity has changed, I say its been the same. The series predecated itself on mocking pop culture and sci fi junk as a bulk of its comedy, all that changed is the show realizing its both sci fi and now pop culture. But with its populatity finally dwindling down, it no lomger has reason to make fun of itself, because what you failed to notice mark, is that the show is now BACK to its niche audience.

[@mimsycookiiess]

I think this is a great analysis and I agree; and maybe it’s for the best that it’s back to being somewhat niche idk I always loved r&m and still do but people only know us for how bad the fandom was 😭

[@MrAshHere]

No one talks about it anymore since the allegations and confirmations, the voice changes killed it completely.

[@valley5882]

Honestly I didn't want to see "lore" for rick and morty, I just wanter to have an episodic series to be distracted and laugh, I honestly don't want to watch a show that is "good" I want to see a show that it's fucking great. I wanted to watch a show where all seasons were as strong as season 1 and 2... To be honest, I never thought a show like that could still be consistent with quality after a couple of years, it's obious that both Dann and Justin had the ideas for the first two seasons a long time ago, they probably worked in the stories long before they even had the idea for rick and morty itself, just some great adieas for a scifi show that were slowly improved over the years, you can't just produce original good ideas on command, those things come naturally, sometimes out of nowhere, and then you improve on them through many years... Also dropping a new season every year was doomed from the begining, I wish the high quality funny episodic show lasted longer but that's just wishful thinking, maybe wasnt possible in the first place

[@luciehaberzettlova7240]

0:09 isnt that guy who used to make youtube poops back in the 2010s

[@Coconut-219]

downwardsspiral - downwardsspiral - downwardsspiral...

[@2fortcow]

Yeah.

[@sonicfanboy3375]

He now makes essay videos

[@AnythingForSouls]

just gotta say all cats when they get older get kidney issues best way to deal with it is at around 9 years old start cutting back in protein heavy foods and move to a senior diet and they will be fine you dont need a magic litter for it.

[@wargex]

It's supposed to show when they do have kidney issues, do you have to have expensive kitty litter to find out? No. But I didn't comment to say that, I commented cause in 2025 they're releasing a new drug that's supposed to help fix the kidney issues and help cats live up till 30. Cool breakthrough.

[@D3kuskrub]

I don’t mind Rick and Morty a lot of the new episodes are not up for me especially the whole sex Dragon episode, but episodes like the hole keeps me coming back

[@_Whyro_]

Now that I think about it why can't ppl watch something just to have fun, like why should everything has to have a lore or something. Simpsons been going on for forever and it's just an episodic show. Or like more than half of the one piece is filler. And even if something isn't as popular as it's used to be or too popular why do ppl act like they have to hate it. Who do ppl care so much about something they don't even watch or what others watch. Ppl are taking others entertainment way too seriously

[@yashvrm]

Instead of focusing on the lore which we found a lot more interesting they just gave filler after fillers The show is all over the place last season finale episode was the only one that actually felt interesting after a long time

[@jinxthatsme2317]

Season 3 was the beginning of the end. Seasons 1-2 were truly something special and managed to deliver a satisfying arc for Rick in Wedding Squanchers before the writers decided to backpedal on all of that in favor of some boring divorce arc that amounted to nothing by the end of the season. The show needed to delve further into the galactic federation’s takeover of earth and Rick’s time in prison as well as the impact it had on the family dynamic. Not the rushed season 3 premiere we got.

[@nerdgeekman]

If Rick and Morty were to end at Season 2, imagine the cultural impact it could’ve had. I still like the show and I can see it’s improving. But nothing will ever top the first 2 seasons to me.

[@spct45]

Season 7 imo is definitely better than both 5 and most of 6. Kinda worth noting because usually with cartoons, each season gets progressively worse.

[@feIon]

you should definitely watch the fear hole episode

[@Alexwright12]

@@spct45 im gonna be honest, i didnt mind season 6, i dont think it was great (7 is way better) but it did have some pretty good episodes mixed in with a bunch of bad ones. season 5 had like.. maybe one or two episodes i liked but i think season 4 was just the worst the show had to offer by far.

[@spct45]

@@Alexwright12 Agreed. S4 is definitely where the momentum the show built up hit a brick wall but after S7, they did slowly regain some of that back.

[@TheToxicLake]

Great vid but I hate how people think the pickle rick joke is just them saying “look he’s a pickle lol” when it’s literally meant to be him being purposely silly avoiding therapy. The joke is that it’s stupid and the family all say that. But then the stupid joke also becomes and insanely fun action sequence which leads to the pay off

[@AnonYmous-yz9zq]

Rick and Morty gave my back my sense of humour when I needed it, its not perfect but it is inspired. The first rule of Rick and Morty ...

[@KTHfan5]

RICK AND MORTY IS STILL AMAZING! People just forgot about it because of smiling friends, and because they're upset that guy got fired (the show is still good, the episode 5 where Rick faced his enemy, the suicide spaghetti episode and the Fear Hole episode were insanely good)

[@sauci.8389]

0 views in less than -72.18 years? This LS Mark guy's channel is rotting.

[@oofjeff3735]

And yet season 7 was it's best season yet

[@bodhisattva71]

3:02 SKIP TO THIS PART!

[@DMWilhelm]

I'll be that guy who defends Pickle Rick. The nonsense premise was intentionally random and terrible just to put into perspective that Rick chose that as the episode's A-plot, just so he could avoid doing the mundane but necessary work of going to a therapy session with his family in the B-plot. It's a metaphor for alcoholism, Dan Harmon had some neat commentary about it.

[@Alexwright12]

the cultural conversation around pickle rick is fucking exhausting. but you're right. pickle rick isnt meant to be funny, its meant to be awkward and uncomfortable because the point isnt 'haha man turned himself into a pickle' its 'look at how insecure this man is that he's willing to do something this pointless just to avoid therapy'. yes the whole jaguar story is ridiculous but thats part of the point of the episode, rick will do this whole life-threatening action movie parody adventure just to avoid being open and honest with his family and actually even give therapy a try. i think its a solid episode over all with a smart premise and interesting point, but the way it was picked up by pop culture which just missed the point entirely has really tarnished it

[@Jormbis]

Catching up on Rick and Morty a few weeks ago made me realize why I liked the show in the first place. I personally can’t wait for more seasons.

[@boogiemann9363]

I don't like the "fans" of the show so I don't openly admit to watching it.

[@axeltheidiot404]

0:04 this is a sirtified hood classic

[@artydomi2466]

Smiling Friends > Rick and Morty

[@carlyknowles9276]

both have equal number of inc3st jokes tho You kiss your dad on the mouth?

[@RevelationWitten]

Yes sir.

[@VENG-k1d]

Dude really downplayed the show like i never even knew people had hate for the show this way before this video and the Pickle Rick episode is literally one of the best episodes dude

[@XEra404]

Opinions are valid I guess, but mine is that people who say the show dropped off after blah blah season are dumb. Season 6 was awesome, season 7 was awesome, season 5 has extreme highs and lows. Dude you are Burnt.

[@sirnutaku7716]

Remember when the funniest joke was I turned myself into a pickle, those uses to be the most amazing days ever this is defo no sarcasm

[@theguywhomakesstuffbutbetter]

This is one of the only shows that is actually unique and doesn’t steal from the news for episode ideas

[@pass_]

I guess redditors got tired of collecting pickle rick merch and moved on to... idk what are people into these days?

[@captainhydrodus4616]

Hazbin and bluey I think

[@c.d.rstudios4691]

Smiling friends

[@valentinkambushev4968]

Smiling friends, I think.

[@PunishedKrab]

Glup Shitto I think

[@Dan_The_Man0-0]

I’m ngl, i completely forgot the show even existed 💀

[@TexanKnights]

Edging to this rn.....