Rick and Morty Griefing Thread - Now With 300% More Incest!

[Mr. Bung]

Second episode was probably one of my least favorite of all since it was just the same shit over and over, but I did like the third episode's B plot with Rick and Summer. Interplanetary shenanigans are the best parts of the show imo.

Morty is becoming a fucking psycho. We're only into episode 3 and he's already been on two killing sprees, though definitely justified in episode 3.

 

[God of Nothing]

Second episode was probably one of my least favorite of all since it was just the same shit over and over, but I did like the third episode's B plot with Rick and Summer. Interplanetary shenanigans are the best parts of the show imo.

Morty is becoming a fucking psycho. We're only into episode 3 and he's already been on two killing sprees, though definitely justified in episode 3.

I'm going to be extremely disappointed if it goes back to status quo or just maintains a new status quo. It's fresh to see Morty competent instead of the forced retard sidekick who can't do literally anything good intentionally when in Rick's presence, but the killing sprees are going to get old fast if it's the same shit.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I'm going to be extremely disappointed if it goes back to status quo or just maintains a new status quo. It's fresh to see Morty competent instead of the forced retard sidekick who can't do literally anything good intentionally when in Rick's presence, but the killing sprees are going to get old fast if it's the same shit.

Given that speech he was yelling at Beth, it does seem like he’s sick of being looked down on. The killing with the other universe involved him using Rick’s stuff to be badass, but him killing the Planeteers was all him doing it on his own. So that was pretty cool,, specifically the fire ring stuff like someone said earlier.

 

[Jack Awful]

Didn't like this episode. It got better towards the end, but not enough to be a good episode. The twist in the A plot was pretty good, but something about the episode just left me with this deep feeling of disgust. Planetina annoyed me (even if that's the point, she still made it hard to watch) and so does Summer's new "I don't give a fuck" persona. The B plot was meh too. The show at least got a couple laughs out of me, which is better than most shows.

I guarantee we'll be seeing tons of Planetina profile pics on pronoun Twitter from now on and how she's "actually the hero".

 

[God of Nothing]

Given that speech he was yelling at Beth, it does seem like he’s sick of being looked down on. The killing with the other universe involved him using Rick’s stuff to be badass, but him killing the Planeteers was all him doing it on his own. So that was pretty cool,, specifically the fire ring stuff like someone said earlier.

Yeah, that was fire.

Didn't like this episode. It got better towards the end, but not enough to be a good episode. The twist in the A plot was pretty good, but something about the episode just left me with this deep feeling of disgust. Planetina annoyed me (even if that's the point, she still made it hard to watch) and so does Summer's new "I don't give a fuck" persona. The B plot was meh too. The show at least got a couple laughs out of me, which is better than most shows.

I guarantee we'll be seeing tons of Planetina profile pics on pronoun Twitter from now on and how she's "actually the hero".

She should've annihilated China and India for that to be true

 

[Mr. Bung]

I'm going to be extremely disappointed if it goes back to status quo or just maintains a new status quo. It's fresh to see Morty competent instead of the forced retard sidekick who can't do literally anything good intentionally when in Rick's presence, but the killing sprees are going to get old fast if it's the same shit.

Morty is best with his genuinely friendly demeanor and that touch of awkwardness to those around him, and with the idealism/optimism in his attitude to balance out Rick's eternal cynicism/pessimism. As long as the prior attributes are met it's an additional improvement to his character when he takes matters into his own hands when he needs to as we've seen so often this season. Otherwise, it's lame. The show does not need another Rick.

 

[God of Nothing]

Morty is best with his genuinely friendly demeanor and that touch of awkwardness to those around him, and with the idealism/optimism in his attitude to balance out Rick's eternal cynicism/pessimism. As long as the prior attributes are met it's an additional improvement to his character when he takes matters into his own hands when he needs to as we've seen so often this season. Otherwise, it's lame. The show does not need another Rick.

The show would've been a dozen times better if they had Rick be around as a background character and Morty was the protagonist going through his insane reality-hacking grandpa's things.

 

[AHorseNamedKat]

Rick and Morty is a sad reminder that since the Great Awokening, even when a brand-new property beats unimaginable odds and ends up being good, it's woefully short-lived.

I will maintain that the first season was downright brilliant. Each episode contained either a riveting, colorful adventure, a genuinely creative premise, or hilarious improvisation. Occasionally, it even hit the trifecta. Season 2 was okay, but a huge step down, and 3 was mediocre if not outright bad. The episode plots became increasingly stale and stupid, and the characters inconsistent and terrible. Jerry, for instance, went from sitcom dad spoof to Shitty Stupid White Man. (Possible self-flagellation on Harmon's part?) Summer went from ditzy, materialistic high school girl with occasional ability and resourcefulness to Generic Strong Female Protagonist (TM).

And people have already mentioned Rick going from an often distasteful alcoholic who was at serious risk in any given adventure to a demigod, ultra-powerful protagonist with titanium plot armor whose victory is a foregone conclusion.

I didn't watch Season 4 except for catching the Plot Train episode, which was one of the most embarrassing, obscene examples of writers masturbating on screen that I have ever witnessed, an absolutely insufferable, indulgent, onanistic exercise no one had the basic sense or decency to pull the plug on.

For those brave souls giving Season 5 a shot, how would you compare it to Season 3?

 

[Mr. Bung]

Jerry, for instance, went from sitcom dad spoof to Shitty Stupid White Man.

For those brave souls giving Season 5 a shot, how would you compare it to Season 3?

Jerry was a piece of shit in season 1. Rick moved into the house and insecure Jerry feared he would basically take charge of the family (he wasn't wrong) but the ways he tried to one-up Rick were just stupid and pathetic even as an "average man." Season 2 and beyond Jerry goes from the Alpha to the Omega of the family, he's a lot more submissive and somewhat more agreeable but still gets shit on from all directions. Sure there's some sympathy for him. Rick basically came in and stole his family and now he's so low in the pecking order his kids take shits on him. He has his moments in later seasons and can even be a likable character at times. But overall he's always been a dumbass who just won't learn from his mistakes and keeps digging his own grave deeper and deeper.

As for season 5, it's still too early to tell. To me the first episode was pretty good, the second episode sucked, and the third had its moments.

 

[AHorseNamedKat]

Jerry was a piece of shit in season 1.

Sure, but no more than Rick himself was. Obviously, Jerry was jealous and it was set up as a typical stuffy authority figure vs. cool rebel situation where the audience was meant to sympathize with the latter.

However, Jerry's claims about Rick were correct and he was also the only adult who seemed to care about Morty's well-being, Beth included. Jerry also had a degree of actual authority and respect within the family.

Remember the Season 1 episode, "Rick Potion #9", where everyone becomes Cronenburgs within a certain reality? The post-credits scene shows Jerry as a badass, macho, gun-toting survivalist who Beth is madly in love with.

Can you possibly imagine a scene like that in later seasons, where Jerry becomes the most spineless, idiotic, treacherous, pathetic piece of shit imaginable, a "Fucking White Male" pinata for the writers? I can't.

 

[Mr. Bung]

Sure, but no more than Rick himself was. Obviously, Jerry was jealous and it was set up as a typical stuffy authority figure vs. cool rebel situation where the audience was meant to sympathize with the latter.

However, Jerry's claims about Rick were correct and he was also the only adult who seemed to care about Morty's well-being, Beth included. Jerry also had a degree of actual authority and respect within the family.

Remember the Season 1 episode, "Rick Potion #9", where everyone becomes Cronenburgs within a certain reality? The post-credits scene shows Jerry as a badass, macho, gun-toting survivalist who Beth is madly in love with.

Can you possibly imagine a scene like that in later seasons, where Jerry becomes the most spineless, idiotic, treacherous, pathetic piece of shit imaginable, a "Fucking White Male" pinata for the writers? I can't.

You know, it is pretty funny how we're supposed to sympathize with Rick but when the veil is lifted he's shown to be the bigger asshole and shit disturber. Season 1 starts off really getting people on Rick's side because Jerry is just a boring average suburban dad and then here comes cool scientist grandpa will god-like powers and wit to whisk Morty away on all sorts of crazy scientific adventures! But oh, Jerry wants Morty to stay in boring old school. We can't have that! Boooo, hiss! Jerry is dumb and anti-science! Rick is so cool! Jerry is lame and dumb!

Rick gets a pass to be a complete asshole, but Jerry doesn't because he's not interesting enough to make up for it. At least, as you mention, even with the loss of his son the original Jerry of C-137 does get a happy ending in that post-apocalyptic world because he gets his family back and they love and respect him.

 

[OmnipotentStupidity]

I didn't watch Season 4 except for catching the Plot Train episode, which was one of the most embarrassing, obscene examples of writers masturbating on screen that I have ever witnessed, an absolutely insufferable, indulgent, onanistic exercise no one had the basic sense or decency to pull the plug on.

Nah man: the second episode? It's like the Story Train episode on Xanax. At least every part of the Story Train was different and had random non-sequiturs throughout to make it somewhat interesting. It had a goal, a plot. The second episode is just: "This family is a decoy. But are they real? Nope turns out that family is a decoy. But are they real? Nope turns out that family is a decoy. But are they-" for 22 minutes straight. And it didn't even matter in the grand scheme of things because none of those families were real, and the real family just fucked off and had a cool adventure off-screen. By the time things actually started getting interesting, the episode was almost over.

You want non-sequiturs to break the pace? Fuck you, you're getting repeat jokes. You want emotional plot beats? Meh, we'll consider it but then pull the rug out from under you to show you how self-aware we are. Cool set pieces or intergalactic adventures? "Yo gee wouldn't it be funny if the Smiths were at, like, a pool? Bro wouldn't it be funny if the Smiths were puppets cuz haha cute puppets amirite? Just kidding puppets are DUMB." (We get it Harmon, you're still bitter about Community Season 4, so is everyone else. Stop shoehorning that shit into this show; you're becoming the thing you hate.)

Like I give it all this shit, but it's not even really that bad. It's just frustratingly meh. Like the show went on autopilot for an episode. They couldn't even be bothered to care about their own meta-masturbating, yet they were adamant enough to keep this joke going for so long for some reason, despite it not being funny anymore after the first 2 minutes; how do I put it: it's the most "eyes-glazed-over" episode of the show I've seen to date.

 

[Mr. Bung]

Also, it seems to indicate some serious contrarianism in woke politics. The environmentalists were corrupt and basically pulling a Pretty Baby, selling Girl Captain Planet's virginity to the highest bidder. Not to mention the explicit plot point that the murder of the coal miners as the breaking point for Morty telling her to fuck off, along with the miners being portrayed in a positive light AND the voting line.

Makes you wonder if this episode somehow got approved/made while Harmon and Roiland (but Harmon in question) was looking the other way, given how conservative it's politics were.

Wanted to point out that season 4, episode 1 also really seemed to poke fun at the woke crowd. Hologram Rick was basically an SJW who was telling Morty that he and others were privileged for having a physical form, and kept mentioning that just because Rick is the real Rick and physical, it doesn't make him any more important or superior to hologram Rick, among other things. Then near the end of the episode hologram Rick takes on a powerful physical form and is seen enjoying it. When they call him out for all his SJW talk about how holograms are just as good as the physical he basically says "Fuck that shit, this form is awesome and so much better!"

They seem to be saying that if for example a SJW black or a feminist who was always fighting for their kind and always complaining about white people or men respectively was somehow turned into a white person or a man, they would gladly take it and even relish it.

 

[Cin Red]

Rick and Morty is a sad reminder that since the Great Awokening, even when a brand-new property beats unimaginable odds and ends up being good, it's woefully short-lived.

The best joke I heard was when people said the show about a deranged inventor trying to get a young boy to lick his balls needed diversity in the writer's room. Not many would've had the vision and courage to create something like that, but once the ratings came in he suddenly had to share the success with those who probably would've otherwise condemned it. I think season 1 was a guilty pleasure for them, and their calls for more representation were so they could continue to enjoy it without scorn. It's like that onion article about a woman taking a half-hour break from being a feminist so she can watch Say Yes to the Dress without worrying about the harm it's doing to society.

 

[Andrew Neiman]

Planetina annoyed me

I bet you spend all day eating food out of single-use plastic containers and throwing them out the window.

 

[Geralt of Rivia]

I never understood why people liked this show, it's literally made by a faggot who had simulated sex with a baby doll. Can only expect great things from that.

 

[MasterDisaster]

Justin Roiland struggles with taking his ideas to the next level. If you've ever watched any of his earlier stuff the only thing he made with an ounce of continuity was Mr. Sprinkles. His best ideas were short, self contained cartoons or eventually they start to implode because the joke can't be sustained for a full 22 minute episode. Justin wants to send Rick and Morty on stupid adventures but Dan wants to make shit super woke and have deep, underlying messages.

On the opposite end another creator ran into a problem similar to this. Jhonen Vasquez. Jhonen wanted to take Invader Zim in a more story driven direction at one point but Nickelodeon wanted to keep the show quirky and random.

I suggest if you want more Roland nonsense give season one of Solar Opposites a try. It has a recurring C plot so good people want it to be it's own show. Season two ain't as good.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

What a fucking disgusting episode. It's very much gone into full written by child molester territory with Summer going into mass orgies with her grandfather, and Morty having off screen sex with a woman old enough to be his mother.

The plot itself just happens. Planetina was basically "hey remember that 80's tv show!", I thought there will be at least a twist about the heart guy not appearing, but no, the original planeteers are evil (not even in an interesting crazy environmentalist method). And afterwards Planetina does increasingly violent things that suit more the 18 year old yuppie leftist than an actual intelligent person who cares about the environment. You'd think the writers will lampshade stuff like Morty going on 200 mile journey to save a rabbit being a net negative on the environment, or actually use the connection with Rick to use some invention that will completely change Planetina's world view and actually justify her being violent.

The B-plot is disgusting and has the usual trope of a female character owning Rick despite him should knowing better. It's also pointless and doesn't contribute in any since Summer and Rick change their personality every fucking episode.

 

[Gaear Grimsrud]

I was obsessed with this show in the first season, but now it feels like just another show on tv.

I don't think it's just because it's not new anymore, and the sheen has warn off. I think the writing just isn't as good.

And it also took a quick turn towards the self-referential. That's a slow death for any show that gets popular.

 

[RumblyTumbly]

I think, so far, Season 5 has been better than Season 4 (not hard to do), but its still not what it once was.