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| “ | I’m sorry, Morty, it’s a bummer. In reality you’re as dumb as they come, and I needed those seeds real bad, and I had to give them up just to get your parents off my back. So now we’re gonna have to go get more. And then we’re gonna go on even more adventures after that, Morty. And you’re gonna keep your mouth shut about it, Morty, because the world is full of idiots that don’t understand what’s important. And they’ll tear us apart, Morty! But if you stick with me, I’m gonna accomplish great things, Morty, and you’re gonna be part of ’em. And together we’re gonna run around, Morty, we’re gonna… do all kinds of wonderful things, Morty. Just you and me, Morty. The outside world is our enemy, Morty. We're the only (belch) friends we've got, Morty. It's just Rick and Morty. Rrrick and Morty and their adventures, Morty. Rick and Morty, forever and forever, a hundred years Rick and Morty, s... things. Me and Rick and Morty runnin' around and Rick and Morty time. Aaall day long forever. All, a hundred days Rick and Morty forever a hundred times. Over and over Rick and Morty adventures dot com W W W dot Rick and Morty dot com W W W Rick and Morty adventures all hundred years. Every minute Rick and Morty dot com W W W hundred times Rick and Morty dot com. | „ |
| ~ Rick's speech. |
| “ | WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB! | „ |
| ~ Rick's Season 1 catchphrase. It is in bird language and translates to "I am in great pain. Please help me!", foreshadowing his dark and tragic past. |
Richard Daniel "Rick" Sanchez, of Earth Dimension-C137, is one of the two titular main protagonists (alongside Morty Smith) of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty franchise.
He is the maternal grandfather of Morty and Summer Smith, and the father of Beth Smith and Space Beth, as well as the father-in-law of Jerry Smith.
He is also the husband of Diane Sanchez. He cares about his family, mostly Morty, but usually doesn't really get along with his son-in-law, Jerry. Although there are times where he's the good guy, he has also committed some very villainous and morally wrong deeds as well.
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Portrayals
- He was initially voiced by the show's co-creator Justin Roiland (who also voicand Morty Smith in the same franchise and Lemongrab 2 in the Adventure Time franchise) up till Season 7.
- In Rick and Morty: The Anime, he was voiced by Yōhei Tadano (who also voiced Vegapunk in One Piece) in Japanese and Joe Daniels in English.
- Starting from Season 7 he is currently voiced by Ian Cardoni.
Appearance
Rick has bluish-gray hair, large eyes with small pupils and a large brow of the same color of his hair. Rick is always seen wearing a white cloat, a blue shirt, khaki pants with a belt to hold it and a pair of black shoes.
Biography
Past
Initially, not much was known about Rick's past, although some information had been revealed during the progress of the first two seasons of the series. It has been mentioned that Rick was absent from his family during twenty years until returning in the shows pilot, where he went to the Smith Family's House. It was also believed that he is a widower, because in the pilot episode, Rick tells Beth that the eggs she prepares surely would delight her mother if she were still present.
In later seasons, it is ultimately revealed Rick was originally a very good and happy man, who was about to abandon scientific pursuits for the sake of his family. A version of himself from another universe visited him and was disgusted, leaving a bomb to kill him in the garage; but it killed his wife and Beth instead when they were all leaving for ice cream. Rick dedicated himself to searching the Multiverse for the Rick who screwed up his life. However, despite murdering many Ricks, he failed to find the right one; he lost hope and began hanging out in the remains of his home, drowning his sorrow in alcohol. He nonchalantly killed the Ricks that came to kill him as ordered by the Council of Ricks. They ultimately offered a truce; allowing Rick to go to any universe where his daughter had grown up in the last 20 years, as Rick will select the universe belonging to Rick Prime, thus starting the events of the series.
Personality
| “ | You're like Hitler, but even Hitler cared about Germany or something! | „ |
| ~ Morty |
Rick is a genius scientist, capable of creating complex scientific inventions, including brain-enhancing helmets, dream-invading devices, portals to several different dimensions, cloning technology, cybernetic implants, various energy weapons and force fields, and the world's first amusement park inside the body of a living human. His brilliance can be muddled by his jaded personal views and his alcoholic tendencies. Rick is easily bored and does not do well with routine. When his curse removing store in the episode "Something Ricked This Way Comes" started requiring real work, Rick simply lit the whole store on fire and abandoned it. He regularly goes to other dimensions to harvest resources and will often willingly kill aliens to get them. He is willing to be extremely brutal such as when people betray him or his life or those close to him are in danger. He is usually portrayed as homicidal and having a large disregard for life, enough that he came close to bombing the world with neutrinos while drunk. He was shown to find killing fun during the Purge and was even willing to kill Morty's half-Gazorpian son due to the child's danger to everyone and unstable nature.
This does not make him completely heartless, however, as he has been shown to be shocked, startled or annoyed by the loss of life that he deems unnecessary, foolish, or unreasonable. He was annoyed at Morty for letting Fart live, resulting in a chase with local police that cost many bystanders their lives. In addition to that, he was panicked when Unity destroyed an entire city that Rick thought still had people in it since he was unsure if Summer and Morty were there or not. He also was shocked and upset by people he was close to dying or nearly dying, such as when Mr. Poopybutthole was shot and he ran to his side in fear for the latter's life. When Bird Person was killed by Tammy, Rick flies into a rage, mowing down multiple Federation troops. In "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate", Rick gasps when seeing Jerry being shot several times, and left mutilated. During the time of the Festival, he only watched the killing for a few short seconds before becoming overwhelmed by the violence and vomiting. Later, when helping Arthricia get revenge against the upper class, he felt he had done enough killing and began to find it gratuitous. In the past, Rick was a "hero" like Space Beth but eventually stopped, deeming it a “phase”. In Unmortricken, upon witnessing the death of his uncle, Slow Mobius, an enraged Rick would attack his uncle's murderer, later killing him.
Contrary to popular belief, Rick is not a nihilist. Although his commonly-stated viewpoint on life may be the typical nihilistic idealism that "nothing has meaning", he doesn't always put his money where his mouth is. Rick expresses love and emotion for his family and lovers on an almost episodic basis. Plot relevant instances include "The ABC's of Beth", which proves his fatherly love for Beth and "Auto Erotic Assimilation", where he's being dumped by Unity made him depressed enough to cry. Rick frequently reminds people that he's above everything that could hold meaning or value to him and made "I don't give a fuck!" his new catchphrase in "Ricksy Business", but this is all a mask. Rick is shown to care about maintaining relationships with others and holds a sentimental value of his family.
Rick has the tendency to be possessive and dominating of Morty, believing the boy to be his own personal helper. This doesn't prevent Rick from genuinely caring about Morty. He occasionally uses his own inventions to improve his grandson's life, such as invading the dreams of Mr. Goldenfold to help raise his math grades, though this could have been a tactic for Morty to skip more school to go on adventures with Rick . Rick also demonstrates being fairly protective of Morty, as shown in the episode "Meeseeks and Destroy", where he eventually sets aside his cynicism to allow Morty to have a positive adventure, and abruptly kills Mr. Jellybean as the two are leaving the fantasy world because of the previous attempted rape on Morty. He even tried to sacrifice himself for Morty in A Rickle in Time and accepted death, that is until he saw a way out of dying. He cried when seeing pictures of Morty and remembering Morty as a newborn reaching out to him, when he was held captive by Evil Rick, causing Evil Rick to mock him for his irrational attachment for Morty. Nonetheless, to his core, Rick's love or at least apathy for Morty only goes so far as he can throw him under the carpet. The numerous adventures where he constantly hurts and abuses Morty verbally, undermines his achievements, physically bullies him, forces him to make unethical and traumatizing actions and completely breaks down his confidence and self-worth have pushed Morty to several breaking points. In The Rickshank Rickdemption, Morty shoots Rick after being berated by his grandfather and sister as a screw-up, though that was Rick's plan. However, unbeknownst to him was that Morty had the intention to kill and did not know the gun had a fake shot. By season 5, Rick acknowledges how unhealthy his relationship with his grandson is and replaces him in "Forgetting Sarick Mortshall" with two crows. It started as a exaggerated joke to once again take Morty down a peg, but he claims that the fact the two birds prove as useful on adventures as Morty, Rick states that in actuality Morty's worth is no more than his new sidekicks. However, Rick does reunite with Morty in the last episode when he discovers he served as the crows' rebound, not the other way around. Ironically this gave him a brief moment of the insignificance he makes Morty feel in comparison to him. However, once Evil Morty reveals himself in "Rickmurai Jack" and Morty is offered a choice between helping Rick who was pinned down or join his evil counterpart, he chose to help his grandpa. Rick even told Morty that in their situation, Evil Morty had the best position. Once Evil Morty accomplished his goal in destroying the one thing that gave Ricks their control and dominance in each respective universe, Rick and Morty barley escaped the exploding Citadel. Rick, lost for words and shocked, lost his ability to use portal travel and was no longer the smartest being in his universe. Yet, he had attained a newfound bond with his grandson.
Rick and Morty have a strong bond, even though their relationship is strained due to Rick's cynicism, alcoholism, lack of conventional morality, and his tendency to push aside other members of the Smith family. Rick's carelessness is prevalent around Jerry, as he clearly doesn't respect him in any sense, and his relationship with Beth can be tumultuous at times. In "Raising Gazorpazorp" and "Something Ricked This Way Comes," Summer tags along on some of Rick's adventures. Rick initially had very little interest in her, but over time as the two spent time together, they have begun to develop a closer bond.
Rick is shown to have trouble taking orders from others. He is anti-totalitarian. As a result, Rick tends to dislike people with authority and government officials. He refuses to join the Council of Ricks, because he views them as a government. He also calls the guards at Intergalactic Customs "robots" and claims that he doesn't respect them, as he deems them bureaucrats and doesn't like "being told where to go and what to do". Rick also has a great dislike of standardized education, claiming that school "isn't a place for smart people" and a "waste of time", and insists that things such as studying and homework are pointless and stupid. He also thoroughly despise compromise as seen with the Night-people, who became frustrated with having to do the the chores that the Smith family didn't want to do awake. Particularly rinsing the dishes which was hard to take off hours later. Not only did Rick refuse the Night-Smiths request to clean the dishes better before sleeping the first time, but even after a long escalation and fight for control of day and night (which Rick lost), and the Night-people willing to have a truce in exchange for the earlier request, Rick chose to rather lose his free will than subjugate to their offer.
Rick claims to be atheistic, but holds seemingly contradictory beliefs on religion. At one point, he tells Summer at the breakfast table in the pilot, "There is no God" — yet in the "Anatomy Park" episode, he tells the family "Do you realize that Christ was born today? Jesus Christ our savior was born today-are you people even human? What kind of Christmas is this?" Although, this comment was most likely sarcastic. He also quickly recognizes Mr. Needful as "the devil", and when he's under the impression that he is going to die while one of the other sixty-three Ricks is chasing after Morty's lost collar, actually kneels and prays, "Please God, if there's a Hell, please be merciful to me" (significantly, when no one is around). However, when the 1/64th Rick succeeds, he retracts his statement yells "Fuck you God, not today, bitch!" So, this allusion to religion may have just been a sarcastic comment. When the Ricks recombine in the presence of Summer and Morty, he once again says "I did it! There is no God! In your face!" It's possible this is just due to Rick's ego and his complete confidence in his own abilities. In fact, in “Mort: Ragnarick”, Rick himself acknowledges that he is too atheistic to be channeled to any afterlife at all.
Rick is most likely just atheistic making religious jokes and references, as, in "Never Ricking Morty," it is revealed that the most uncharacteristic act Rick would do is resort and pray to Jesus Christ, as it crashes the entire "story train".
Despite his general disregard for others, he is shown to harbor deep emotional pain and sorrow, especially when it comes to his romantic relationships, such as with his late wife, Diane, and Unity. In "Rickmurai Jack," it is revealed that Rick loved Diane dearly. Her death left a permanent mark on Rick, leading him to go on a decades-long quest for vengeance looking for the Rick who killed her. His inability to find the Rick responsible for her death has haunted him, causing him to become an alcoholic to cope with the pain and turning him into the nihilistic mad scientist he is now. Rick also carried a rather deep bond with Unity, as shown in "Auto Erotic Assimilation." During an eventful day with Unity's hive mind avatars, Rick leaves to quickly freshen up and returns to find Unity and all the planet's inhabitants gone, leaving behind a farewell note for Rick explaining that, while Unity enjoyed its time with him, they could not be together. Unity calls out the fact that Rick mentally controls people, whereas Unity physically controls people; when they are together, they bring out the worst in each other. They are too alike in the sense that they both turn others into mirror images of themselves (in Rick's case, he does so through bad influence rather than assimilation).
Dejected, heartbroken, and alone, Rick returned home, where he was confronted by Beth over the alien hidden in the basement lair, and asked him to keep no more alien pets. To Beth's (and the whole family's) shock, Rick simply conceded and retreated to the garage, where he clumsily attempted suicide with a makeshift death ray. He first killed a small, Cronenberg-like creature he kept. Rick decides to euthanize the small alien. He thawed it out with a serum, comfortingly petting it as it cried out and screamed. He turned it to ash with the death ray before he sat down under it as it was about to fire again, only to pass out at the last moment, narrowly avoiding the ray as he flopped forward. He remained slumped over his workbench, passed out, for the majority of the day and night. Rick and Morty then visited Beta 7's world, where Unity is staying. Rick lashed out at Beta 7, insisting to see Unity again, but Beta 7 informs Rick that he's considered a "hostile entity" and threatened to attack the two unless they left. Rick reluctantly does, at Morty's urging to go to the movies.
Perhaps the ultimate downfall to Rick, which Dr. Wong concluded was both an unstoppable force and an inescapable curse in Rick's mind, is his intellect. Contrary to the belief that he truly does not care nor view things with any meaning or worth, Rick, to his core, chooses to treat the world as such to push everyone and everything away. One example which made an impression on Rick was Tony, the person who intruded his secret toilet place. Tony deduced that Rick, like him, was a shy pooper by circumstance rather than nature. He, too, had lost his wife like Rick and said that their search for a safe place to defecate was a "pointless bid for control," an attempt to take control in a universe which "takes whatever it wants". Pushing this away, Rick yet again promised he would be dead if ever returned. When he discovered Tony died in a ski accident due to living life free after having met Rick, the man returned to his safe haven. It is then shown that Rick had created an elaborate trap to mock Tony if he sat down on the toilet again with holograms and speakers laughing and making fun of him. Instead, Rick sits down himself with a sad, depressed look while being ridiculed by his own recordings, accurately being dubbed "King of Shit" and "saddest piece of garbage in the entire cosmos." Clearly, Rick respected Tony despite pretending otherwise, as evidenced by sparing him thrice and cursing at the alien's father at the funeral for thinking Rick was a friend.
Fittingly, Rick is the architect of his own destruction and author of his pain due to his behavior and (outwards) lack of compassion or apathy. Throughout season 4, Rick manages to alienate himself from evey single member of his family and loses control a significant number of times. Morty becomes independent from Rick from the first episode, completely obsessed with dying with Jessica shown from a crystal, Morty accidentally causes Rick to die and refuses to revive him until he is finished much to Rick's safety hologram's chagrin. Rick then has to endure an unending series of waking up in Operation Phoenix clones in other dimensions with "Fascist dystopias" as the default setting. Later on Morty demanded a dragon for helping Rick, which resulted in Rick trapped in a soul bond with the creature and having to escape a fantasy reality where his tech was powerless. By the end, Morty had found a way to work with his sister as a team. Jerry, despite his predicament in the previous season, stays much more respected and loved in the family and even manages to help defeat Phoenix Person which had just brutally injured Rick and would have killed him. Furthermore, both Rick's real and cloned daughter work together as a team in "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri," coming to the conclusion that whether one of them is fake and the other one real, the fact remains the same: their father is awful just the same. Having suffered and been saved by his entire family, Rick attempts a bid for control by finally revealing which Beth is which. None of them are interested, however, as all of them benefit from the situation one way or another and just lose more respect for Rick when he reveals he erased his mind, so even he doesn't know. They all leave him and Summer says he just tries to succer them in since he has lost control over them. Isolated, Rick decides to see it either way and sees he made the Rickest choice he could: swapping the labels and turning his back while the AI placed then. Finally conceding and realizing what a despicable person he is, Rick only mutters "Holy shit I'm a terrible father" in complete defeat. He turns to Phoenix Person for comfort, but he sees that his friend is still angry and willing to attack, so he turns him off. Isolated and alone, Rick steps to the door but hesitates and instead goes to his chair and sits down, utterly empty of anyone.
As of Season 6-7, Rick has apparently changed for the better and is actively working to become a more balanced person. He confides in Dr. Wong as a patient and seemingly regularly visits her for her professional opinion as a family therapist since the Pickle Rick incident.
In "Mort: Ragnarick", it is indirectly stated that Rick is neurodivergent, meaning he is either autistic (communication impairment), has ADHD (attention difficulty), bipolar disorder (abnormal mood swings), or obsessive-compulsive disorder (excessive obsessions leading to repetitive compulsions). Technically, this could also mean he has down syndrome (chromosome disorder), Williams syndrome (another chromosome disorder), dyscalculia (difficulty with math), dysgraphia (difficulty writing), dyspraxia (difficulty with coordination), Prader-Willi syndrome (metabolism disorder), social anxiety, or Tourette syndrome (repetitive, uncontrollable ticks), but these are unlikely, because he does not have distorted facial features, is a brilliant scientist canonically categorised as a super-genius, does not have demonstrated metabolistic abnormalities, and has never demonstrated physical or verbal ticks.
Powers and abilities
Despite being only a human, C-137 Rick is easily one of the most (if not the most) dangerous beings in both the universe and the multiverse. He has easily defeated some of the most powerful and dangerous beings and organizations around, sometimes while incredibly drunk. Although in recent times he has had help and luck on his side, Rick has survived his scientifically crazy adventures for decades, with the help of the very few allies and a lot of enemies.
Intellect
- Super genius-level Intelligence: Rick is unspeakably intelligent, and is frequently mentioned to be the smartest being in the universe. He has made numerous discoveries and invented numerous gadgets and substances. He seems to specialize in robotics above all else, and can easily work through or around most obstacles. Long-term planning, deception, and manipulation are effortless tasks for Rick, and he is skilled at recognizing deception, such as when he saw through a three-layered simulation and pretended to fall for it in order to eliminate his captors, or when he simultaneously destroyed the Council of Ricks, collapsed the Federation, and triggered his daughter's divorce in one fell swoop. He was also responsible for the creation of the Central Finite Curve, sealing off a part of the multiverse where Ricks are always the smartest men in their own universe from the wider multiverse. Rick is also incredibly clever, adaptable, resourceful, and capable of turning even a hopeless situation to his favor with nothing but his wits and some basic materials, his best example being him creating a bio-mechanical exoskeleton made of hostile rat and cockroach parts, while he was nothing but a talking pickle. However, Rick can also be surprised, usually when someone goes way beyond his prior expectations of them. Rick also cannot predict or interpret the actions of his drunken self, his alternate versions, or his other forms and clones.
- Scientific Prowess: He has extraordinary skills with the study and utilization of the field of science to produce mass inventions, conduct experimentation and perform accurate calculations. Rick has vast knowledge in a variety of branches of science as well (biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology, technology, geography, etc.) and are able to use his immense scientific expertise to create weapons, produce lifeforms or clones and experience various types of travel (time travel, space travel or extra-dimensional travel).
- Robot Engineering: Rick can create robots to serve his bidding under undying loyalty. Rick is a master robotic creator, as then there is no limit in creating a robot with an exceptional size, in large quantities or with special abilities such as mimicry, shapeshifting and many more.
- Chemistry Intuition: He can intuitively understand all types and forms of chemicals and chemistry.
- Psychological Manipulation: Rick possesses an incredible and innate understanding/knowledge of psychology and can use it for various purposes, often by changing the perception or behavior of others through underhanded, deceptive, or even abusive tactics.
- Hyper Inventing: Rick can create various items with almost no flaws. Rick is capable of creating powerful scientific devices, gadgets, and weapons that are capable of mass destruction.
- Mechanical Aptitude: Rick can intuitively understand the operation of any mechanical device and subconsciously/effortlessly create a schematic in his mind.He is able to make complex devices or weapons out of mere scrap and "garbage".
- Mech Piloting Intuition: Rick has formidable skill in piloting mechs (giant robots) and is able to use the amazing arsenal at hand from either at a distance using a remote or a cockpit inside the machine.
- Scientific Prowess: He has extraordinary skills with the study and utilization of the field of science to produce mass inventions, conduct experimentation and perform accurate calculations. Rick has vast knowledge in a variety of branches of science as well (biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology, technology, geography, etc.) and are able to use his immense scientific expertise to create weapons, produce lifeforms or clones and experience various types of travel (time travel, space travel or extra-dimensional travel).
Physical Fitness
- Peak Human Condition: Despite his advanced age and unhealthy habits, Rick still retains impressive physical strength and endurance.
- Cybernetic Enhancement: Rick was shown to have extensive cybernetic enhancements, however Rick has gone through and swapped multiple bodies, so it is unlikely that they were all enhanced.
- Near Superhuman Strength & Agility: When in bodies that are not old or human, Rick has displayed near-superhuman levels of strength and agility.
- High Alcohol Resistance: Due to his above-average liver, Rick can tolerate extreme amounts of it without notable effects.
Combat Prowess
- Exceptional Fighting Prowess: appears to be proficient at hand-to-hand combat, and can effectively use just about any melee or projectile weapon that he can get his hands on or build.
- Expert Trapper: Rick is also a magnificent and excellent trap builder.
- Weapon Improvisation: He can use or create improvised weapons, allowing him to pick up common things such as brooms, spoons, chairs, etc., and instantly use them effective offensive purposes.
Gear
- Gadget Usage: Being a human scientist and inventor, Rick has both made and bought an extensive and vast arsenal or various weapons, gadgets, vehicles, and other creations, having something for just about any occasion. However, there are a few things he usually keeps with him more often.
- Portal Gun: Rick's most infamous and coveted invention, the portal gun allows him to create a green portal that can allow him and others to travel instantly to any part of the universe, and cross into other dimensions. Because of this, Rick is incredibly difficult to capture or track. The gun can also be used as a makeshift weapon if needed. Opening a portal inside an object will slice it in half, and portals can used as traps by having objects or enemies fall out of them onto pursuers. Rick and his counterparts in other dimensions are the only beings who possess and can make a portal gun.
- Space Ship: A ship shaped like a flying saucer, this is the typical form of transportation for Rick in space. The ship is powered by a microverse full of slaves, and has numerous weapons, gadgets, and a sentient computer on board. It's implied that the ship has enough weapons and defenses to wipe out a large human army without trouble.
- Blaster: Rick often is seen carrying a basic alien side-arm when situations require violence.
Quotes
| “ | Morty: Are you listening to me you son of a b*tch parasite scum, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Y'know, you-you wanna live? Then open the blast shield door! Rick: Shut up Morty, you brainwashed little turf that not might be even be real cause' I'm brainwashed too? Morty: Y'know, this isn't easy for us, Rick, y'know? W-we all remember you as a friend. Rick: Oh, oh, oh, really!? Well, I remember you as a whiny little piece of sh*t, Morty! Morty: Oh-oh, yeah?! Rick: Yeah! I got about a thousand memories of your dumb little ass, and about six of them are pleasant! The rest is annoying garbage. So why don't you do us both a favor and pull the trigger?!?! Do it!! Do it motherf*cker!! Pull the f*cking trigger!! |
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| ~ Morty confronting Rick, also showing his suicidal tendencies. |
| “ | Please god, oh lord, hear my prayers!! YES!!! F**K YOU, GOD!!! NOT TODAY, B**CH!!! | „ |
| ~ One of Rick's rants. |
| “ | Sike! Just kidding! My new catchphrase is: I DON'T GIVE A F**K!!! | „ |
| ~ Rick's new catchphrase. |
| “ | Sometimes science is more art than science, Morty. Lot of people don't get that. | „ |
| ~ Rick to Morty about science. |
| “ | I'm a scientist; because I invent, transform, create, and destroy for a living, and when I don't like something about the world, I change it. | „ |
| ~ Rick expressing his views about science. |
| “ | And that's the way the news goes! | „ |
| ~ One of Rick's catchphrases. |
| “ | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, biatch! | „ |
| ~ One of Rick's catchphrases. |
Trivia
- Being an eccentric scientist, Rick and his parody version from "Doc and Mharti" are based on Doc. Emmett Brown from the famous film trilogy Back to the Future.
- Ironically, the latter then plays a live-action version of Rick Sanchez in the the trailers for Season 5.
- Despite being one of the main protagonists, loving and cherishing his daughter and grandchildren, Rick is in possession of a complex set of morals. He is a drunkard and dangerous scientist who has a negative influence on his family, most of whom who ends up in dangerous situations. Rick often looks down on his family because of he knows thing neither of them does, especially his son-in-law, who he actively hates.
- In My Little Pony Friendship is Magic episode Grannies Gone Wild, pony versions of Rick and Morty can be seen in a long line.
- His Pickle Rick self has become a famous internet meme.
- Rick noted to Morty that they can only kill and replace their doppelgangers a handful of times (before the Council of Ricks gets wise).
- Despite being noted to have experienced most things in the universe and multiverse that no one else has experienced before horrific or not, there are things that rick himself hasn't seen.
- In the Pilot, Rick states he hasn't seen the arachnid-like monster who tried to kill them in an attempt to retrieve mega-seeds from mega-trees.
- In Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty, after Rick scans the memories of the Talking Cat Jerry befriended, he witnessed something so horrific that it caused him to panic, then puked on the ground before demanding that the Talking Cat leave before complicating suicide.
- Rick also appears as a cameo in the new Space Jam: A New legacy movie (alongside Morty) throwing off and leaving the Tazmanian Devil to both Lebron and Bugs in space, explaining that they have failed to find a cure for which left both Traumatized. He then leaves them both by calling them ''DUM DUM's''.
- He was originally voiced by co-creator of the show, Justin Roiland, for the series' first 6 seasons. However, after Justin faced allegations of domestic abuse, workplace ce harassment, among other accusations, he was let go by Adult Swim and replaced by Ian Cardoni.
- He's essentially a younger expy of the Doctor. But DEATH BATTLE! pointed out Rick would lose due to his arrogance, less good technology and lack of centuries of experience held by the Time Lord.
External Links
- Rick Sanchez on the Rick and Morty Wiki
- Rick Sanchez on the Villains Wiki
- Rick Sanchez on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
- Rick Sanchez on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
- Rick Sanchez on the Protagonists Wiki
- Rick Sanchez on the Antagonists Wiki
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