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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Replying to @MiggyMystic
You're kind of in denial if you don't see that stuff in Adams I mean you know he was BFFs with Dawkins
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MiggyMystic
They both have a somewhat nihilistic perspective. The main difference is that Rick sees himself as being a sort of Nietzschian ubermench, whereas Adam's protagonists are generally more in awe of/befuddled by the vastness of the universe
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I mean the closest thing he has to a 'Rick' character is Zaphod Beetlebrox, and he's explicitly an idiot who has no idea what's going on
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Replying to @Media__Pundit @MiggyMystic
Ford's relationship to Arthur is absolutely Rick's relationship to Morty (and they're both riffing on the Doctor/Companion relationship)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MiggyMystic
I would say there are more differences than similarities. Ford introduces Arthur to the crazy wacky universe, but he's not a manipulative, abusive jerk- he's just irresponsible. If anything Zaphod fits that relationship better
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A funny comparison: In Dan Harmon's world, being super intelligent makes you Rick Douglas Adam's world, it makes you Marvin
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Funny thing is Marvin was based on Douglas Adams' depressed asshole comedian friend and kind of stands in in general for the whole species of depressed asshole comedians
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