When the adult animated series “Rick
and Morty” premiered on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim late-night block way back
in 2013, viewers immediately latched on to the character design of mad
scientist Rick Sanchez. His attire of white lab coat and shock of white hair
standing on end looked similar to the equally eccentric but more kind-hearted
Dr. Emmett Brown from “Back to the Future.” His nephew and constant companion
in misadventures is the nice but panicky Morty Smith, pegged as similar to Doc
Brown’s own sidekick Marty McFly. Things finally came to a head this weekend
when Adult Swim released “Rick and Morty” teasers featuring “Doc Brown” playing
his “expy.”
Screen Rant has it that two short live-action teasers for “Rick and
Morty” were released by Adult Swim on September 3 and then 5 this past weekend.
The teasers were notable for having Rick Sanchez’ actor: Christopher Lloyd, who
portrayed the “Back to the Future” lead character who inspired the character of
Rick in the first place. The September 3 teaser was minimal in having Rick and
his nephew/sidekick Morty (Jaeden Martell from “It” and “Knives Out”) emerging
from a portal, with Rick announcing they are home and Morty grousing.
C-132 #rickandmorty pic.twitter.com/oq54C9C5TW
— adult swim (@adultswim) September 3, 2021
The second “Rick and Morty”
live-action teaser on September 5 made greater reference of the source animated
series, where Morty needles his uncle on wanting to eat a large pickle. “Haven’t
you learned anything,” asks Morty, only for Rick to take a bite out of the pickle
and declare, “Never!” Adult Swim fans would recall season 3 episode 3 (2017)
when the cynical, antisocial Rick turned himself into a pickle to avoid going
to therapy with his daughter and her two children (Morty among them). It is
interesting that Adult Swim labeled the teasers with the show’s in-universe
parallel-dimension labeling scheme, with series canon being C-137, teaser 1
being C-132, and C-1.21 for teaser 2.
C-1.21 #rickandmorty pic.twitter.com/wQAjqnXO5T
— adult swim (@adultswim) September 5, 2021
“Rick and Morty” season 5 began
on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim this past June, and ended on September 5. The
live-action teasers with Christopher Lloyd and Jaeden Martell might have been
hype for the season finale. They could also be early promotion for the already
green-lit season 6, premiering possibly next year. Said teasers certainly
intensified calls for a live-season adaptation of “Rick and Morty,” possibly a
movie, with Lloyd in the role. Animated Rick (and Morty too) are voiced by
series co-creator Justin Roiland.
Image courtesy of Daily Mail.uk
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