The funny thing I haven't seen people really talk about is that Rick and Morty is, for better or for worse, 100% a modernization of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Everything people don't like about it is what they wouldn't like about Douglas Adams if he were new
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Like the pitch for HHGG is "Doctor Who if the Doctor were a completely irresponsible dipshit" (Ford in the original BBC series is deliberately Doctor-esque) and that's exactly what Rick and Morty is
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The original draft of HHGG as a radio play even has that grimdark idea of multiple timelines built into it It has Ford give Arthur a speech that he could easily take him to a parallel universe where the Earth wasn't destroyed but he'd just go insane from knowing the truth
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Once something's happened to you like watching your home planet be destroyed due to a bureaucratic error you can't ever be normal or convince yourself the world makes sense again You might as well become a universal hitchhiker like Ford (Who is a constantly drunk asshole)
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Replying to @arthur_affect
honestly the doctor as a constantly drunk asshole makes 100% more sense than the doctor as an eternally optimistic warrior for sentient beings
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Replying to @sophienotemily @arthur_affect
I thought it was supposed to be a parody of back to the future though - rick and morty being doc and marty. could be both I suppose
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It started as a parody of Back to the Future and then they rapidly stripped away as many of those elements as they could so as not to get sued
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