Rick and Morty
Ongoing Adventure Comedy Science-Fiction

Rick and Morty

📅 Dec 2013 📺 9 Season(s)
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Why it is worth knowing

Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science-fiction comedy created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. It follows scientist Rick Sanchez and his grandson Morty across dimensions while their family deals with the effects of Rick's inventions, absences and worldview. Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer and Sarah Chalke voice Jerry, Summer and Beth, while the title roles were recast beginning with season seven. The series mixes standalone parodies with continuing stories involving alternate Ricks, family history and the consequences of changing universes. New viewers should begin with season one, but they do not need to understand every piece of multiverse terminology immediately.

Themes and ideas

What Rick and Morty explores

Rick claims that an infinite universe makes meaning arbitrary, yet his strongest reactions repeatedly reveal attachment to family, pride and fear of vulnerability. Morty learns that adventure can make him more capable and more damaged at the same time. The multiverse allows characters to escape consequences physically, but emotional memory often travels with them. Family members seek approval from someone who treats dependence as weakness, creating cycles of rebellion and return. The programme tests nihilism rather than simply teaching it. If nothing has automatic cosmic importance, relationships may still matter because people choose to care and accept responsibility.

Season and episode guide

Season 1

11 episodes · 2013
  1. 1. Pilot (Dec 3, 2013)
  2. 2. Lawnmower Dog (Dec 10, 2013)
  3. 3. Anatomy Park (Dec 17, 2013)
  4. 4. M. Night Shaym-Aliens! (Jan 14, 2014)
  5. 5. Meeseeks and Destroy (Jan 21, 2014)
  6. 6. Rick Potion #9 (Jan 28, 2014)
  7. 7. Raising Gazorpazorp (Mar 11, 2014)
  8. 8. Rixty Minutes (Mar 18, 2014)
  9. 9. Something Ricked This Way Comes (Mar 25, 2014)
  10. 10. Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind (Apr 8, 2014)
  11. 11. Ricksy Business (Apr 15, 2014)

Season 2

10 episodes · 2015
  1. 1. A Rickle in Time (Jul 27, 2015)
  2. 2. Mortynight Run (Aug 3, 2015)
  3. 3. Auto Erotic Assimilation (Aug 10, 2015)
  4. 4. Total Rickall (Aug 17, 2015)
  5. 5. Get Schwifty (Aug 24, 2015)
  6. 6. The Ricks Must Be Crazy (Aug 31, 2015)
  7. 7. Big Trouble in Little Sanchez (Sep 14, 2015)
  8. 8. Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate (Sep 21, 2015)
  9. 9. Look Who's Purging Now (Sep 28, 2015)
  10. 10. The Wedding Squanchers (Oct 5, 2015)

Season 3

10 episodes · 2017
  1. 1. The Rickshank Rickdemption (Apr 2, 2017)
  2. 2. Rickmancing the Stone (Jul 31, 2017)
  3. 3. Pickle Rick (Aug 7, 2017)
  4. 4. Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender (Aug 14, 2017)
  5. 5. The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy (Aug 21, 2017)
  6. 6. Rest and Ricklaxation (Aug 28, 2017)
  7. 7. The Ricklantis Mixup (Sep 11, 2017)
  8. 8. Morty's Mind Blowers (Sep 18, 2017)
  9. 9. The ABC's of Beth (Sep 25, 2017)
  10. 10. The Rickchurian Mortydate (Oct 2, 2017)

Season 4

10 episodes · 2019
  1. 1. Edge of Tomorty: Rick, Die, Rickpeat (Nov 11, 2019)
  2. 2. The Old Man and the Seat (Nov 18, 2019)
  3. 3. One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty (Nov 25, 2019)
  4. 4. Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty (Dec 9, 2019)
  5. 5. Rattlestar Ricklactica (Dec 16, 2019)
  6. 6. Never Ricking Morty (May 4, 2020)
  7. 7. Promortyus (May 11, 2020)
  8. 8. The Vat of Acid Episode (May 18, 2020)
  9. 9. Childrick of Mort (May 25, 2020)
  10. 10. Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri (Jun 1, 2020)

Season 5

10 episodes · 2021
  1. 1. Mort Dinner Rick Andre (Jun 21, 2021)
  2. 2. Mortyplicity (Jun 28, 2021)
  3. 3. A Rickconvenient Mort (Jul 5, 2021)
  4. 4. Rickdependence Spray (Jul 12, 2021)
  5. 5. Amortycan Grickfitti (Jul 19, 2021)
  6. 6. Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular (Jul 26, 2021)
  7. 7. Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion (Aug 2, 2021)
  8. 8. Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort (Aug 9, 2021)
  9. 9. Forgetting Sarick Mortshall (Sep 6, 2021)
  10. 10. Rickmurai Jack (Sep 6, 2021)

Season 6

10 episodes · 2022
  1. 1. Solaricks (Sep 5, 2022)
  2. 2. Rick: A Mort Well Lived (Sep 12, 2022)
  3. 3. Bethic Twinstinct (Sep 19, 2022)
  4. 4. Night Family (Sep 26, 2022)
  5. 5. Final DeSmithation (Oct 3, 2022)
  6. 6. JuRicksic Mort (Oct 10, 2022)
  7. 7. Full Meta Jackrick (Nov 21, 2022)
  8. 8. Analyze Piss (Nov 28, 2022)
  9. 9. A Rick in King Mortur's Mort (Dec 5, 2022)
  10. 10. Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation (Dec 12, 2022)

Season 7

10 episodes · 2023
  1. 1. How Poopy Got His Poop Back (Oct 16, 2023)
  2. 2. The Jerrick Trap (Oct 23, 2023)
  3. 3. Air Force Wong (Oct 30, 2023)
  4. 4. That's Amorte (Nov 6, 2023)
  5. 5. Unmortricken (Nov 13, 2023)
  6. 6. Rickfending Your Mort (Nov 20, 2023)
  7. 7. Wet Kuat Amortican Summer (Nov 27, 2023)
  8. 8. Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie (Dec 4, 2023)
  9. 9. Mort: Ragnarick (Dec 11, 2023)
  10. 10. Fear No Mort (Dec 18, 2023)

Season 8

10 episodes · 2025
  1. 1. Summer of All Fears (May 26, 2025)
  2. 2. Valkyrick (Jun 2, 2025)
  3. 3. The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly (Jun 9, 2025)
  4. 4. The Last Temptation of Jerry (Jun 16, 2025)
  5. 5. Cryo Mort a Rickver (Jun 23, 2025)
  6. 6. The Curicksous Case of Bethjamin Button (Jun 30, 2025)
  7. 7. Ricker than Fiction (Jul 7, 2025)
  8. 8. Nomortland (Jul 14, 2025)
  9. 9. Morty Daddy (Jul 21, 2025)
  10. 10. Hot Rick (Jul 28, 2025)

Season 9

Rick and Morty is back, baby! Season Nine is all certified bangers. No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop, made by real humans with real human traits like back hair and cysts. Please watch, or we'll have neglected our families for nothing.

10 episodes · 2026
  1. 1. There's Something About Morty (May 25, 2026)
  2. 2. Ricks Days, Seven Nights (Jun 1, 2026)
  3. 3. Rick Fu Hustle (Jun 8, 2026)
  4. 4. A Ricker Runs Through It (Jun 15, 2026)
  5. 5. Jer Bud (Jun 22, 2026)
  6. 6. Erickerhead (Jun 29, 2026)
  7. 7. Mortgully: The Last Rickforest (Jul 6, 2026)
  8. 8. Rickuiem Mort a Dream (Jul 13, 2026)
  9. 9. Salute Your Morts (Jul 20, 2026)
  10. 10. Field of Dreams (Jul 27, 2026)

In-depth guide

Standalone adventures inside a continuing multiverse

The pilot establishes that Rick has returned to Beth's family and regularly takes Morty away from school for dangerous travel. Many episodes begin with a science-fiction device or parody that reaches a local ending: a theme park inside a body, a television receiving other dimensions or a society built around one rule. Other episodes continue the Citadel of Ricks, Rick's history, Birdperson, Evil Morty and the family's movement between realities. Season finales and premieres often carry more continuity than a typical middle episode. Watch in release order because apparently disposable jokes can later become character history, but do not expect every cliffhanger to replace the comedy format permanently. The series has continued beyond the seasons originally available in many databases, so episode totals and platform catalogues can change. Official listings are more reliable than an old article. The title-role voice transition begins in season seven while the characters remain in the same continuity.

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A family reacting to one powerful person

Rick's voice combines impatience, improvisation and sudden emotional avoidance, while Morty's speech turns uncertainty into an audible rhythm. Beginning in season seven, Ian Cardoni voices Rick and Harry Belden voices Morty after the production ended its relationship with Justin Roiland. Chris Parnell makes Jerry needy, defensive and occasionally more perceptive than Rick expects. Sarah Chalke gives Beth professional confidence mixed with unresolved need for her father's approval. Spencer Grammer lets Summer move from excluded older sibling to a capable participant whose willingness can worry Morty. Recurring performers expand alien and alternate characters, and guest casting often supports genre parody. The family ensemble is more important than exact imitation of one early vocal performance. Episodes work when an invention changes how these people relate, not only when Rick delivers a technical speech. Voice changes are production facts and do not create a new version of the story.

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Fast visual ideas and flexible genre parody

Animation lets the programme create planets, creatures and body transformations at a pace that live action would struggle to maintain. Designs often combine bright colour with deliberately unpleasant biological detail. Writers can begin from a recognisable film or television idea, then move toward a family argument that changes the parody's purpose. Ryan Elder's music supports both comic songs and unexpectedly serious closing scenes. Editing is rapid, especially when Rick explains invented science, but visual staging usually gives each episode one clear rule before escalating. Some episodes use anthology structures, fake television or repeated decoys, requiring viewers to accept uncertainty as part of the joke. The series' production history includes staff changes and public controversy, while many writers, directors, animators and voice performers contribute beyond its named creators. Discussion should credit that collective work instead of treating one person as the source of every successful episode.

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Nihilism is a defence, not the final answer

Rick is often correct that a universe contains countless versions of people and events. He is less reliable when he uses that fact to argue that nobody should expect care or accountability from him. His intelligence allows escape from many practical consequences, so emotional withdrawal becomes the area where power does not produce satisfaction. Morty sometimes adopts Rick's logic and discovers that certainty, revenge or unrestricted choice can hurt people he wanted to protect. Beth fears both abandonment and resemblance to her father. Jerry lacks Rick's competence but can still recognise forms of contempt that the family has normalised. The series is inconsistent by design and by long production: one episode may challenge Rick strongly while another enjoys his dominance. Viewers do not need one final philosophy to find value. The ongoing tension between cosmic insignificance and chosen attachment gives the comedy its emotional range.

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Strict adult-animation warning

Rick and Morty is not children's animation. It contains graphic cartoon violence, dismemberment, sex and sexual references, incest jokes, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, strong language, body horror, child danger and emotionally abusive family behaviour. Some episodes include sexual violence themes or particularly disturbing versions of familiar characters. It is intended for adults, and parents should not rely on the colourful animation as an age signal. Episodes are usually around half an hour, making the series easy to sample, but continuity benefits from release order. Viewers sensitive to suicide should check episode warnings, especially around certain Rick-focused stories. The show remains ongoing, so this page's database season count should be treated as synced metadata rather than a permanent final total. Voice-cast controversy does not require starting again at season seven; the story continues directly.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Rick and Morty need to be watched in order?

Release order is recommended because family changes and multiverse stories continue, although many individual adventures have standalone plots.

Why do Rick and Morty sound different in season seven?

Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden took over the title roles after the production ended its association with original co-creator and performer Justin Roiland.

Is Rick and Morty suitable for children?

No. It is adult animation with graphic violence, strong language, sex, substance abuse, suicide and disturbing themes.

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