FUN FACT: I quit my job as a McDonald's crew worker a week before the schezwan sauce episode aired. I still can't believe I dodged that bullet that quickly.
@@tanimation7289 If you knew the McDonald's I worked at and the kind of area it was in, then you would know that there was an incident at that McDonald's every day.
@@tanimation7289 Don't know, I didn't stick around long enough to see. Knowing the kind of people that visited that McDonald's there probably was a Rick and Morty related incident. Why do you even care?
I think people "relate" to Rick the same way they "relate" to the joker: because self improvement is hard and pretending to be a genius nihilist is easy.
You can relate to someone even though they might be extremely different, you know? There only needs to be a tiny amount of similarities for relation to happen. If it's Rick, you don't also have to be a super scientist capable of whatever. Rick is an extremely self-destructive, self-serving, co-dependant and heavily unsatisfied person who sometimes gets a bout of extreme depression and nihilism. He has almost every single flaw you can put into a person. Ofc, some people will find him relatable, they only need to relate to at least one aspect of Rick. It's for the same reason that Bojack Horseman is relatable to some people. He also has a bunch of flaws in one package. These characters sometimes help these people process their feelings.
I agree, but strip away the sci-fi trappings, genocide, and slavery on a universal scale, and Rick is just an old man that keeps fucking up his life and the lives of those around him, almost in spite of himself and even when he seems to be succeeding in other aspects of his life. That's not a role model, to be sure, but I can relate to that a little bit. He's almost like a murderous Britta.
Agreed. I kinda wished he used a mixture of both hus Old shadowy avatar (for more cáustic reactions) and as a "once an episode" summary at the end he offers his "Serious most civilized opinión"
It makes me glad I’m not in school anymore. I was a teenager when the first Borat came out and when Napoleon Dynamite came out and I haven’t seen those movies but I deeply resent them for being non-stop quoted by my unfunny classmates.
I actually like the part where Dr. Wong talks to Rick. Not because I find it to be a “deep analysis of his character” or anything but just because you can see that it makes Rick miserable. And I enjoy seeing Rick being miserable.
Guys bragging about how similar are to Rick are hilarious, because they are just a bunch of Jerries in denial by having nothing to add and nothing interesting to say.
I think we should all want to be a bit like Jerry- he's dorky and things don't work out for him, but he keeps on going anyway. He's capable of being cruel, but he's also capable of being incredibly loving and of making people feel confident in themselves (Beth, "Doofus" Rick, Glootie, ect). Jerry isn't a bad guy.
It hilarious because the show's about how stupid smart people can be. Rick's as co-dependent on the family as Beth and Jerry are, it's just he has a way to technically replace that dynamic with a very close facsimile. He's given up on idealism and is trying to find some value in his life from his connections, but can't admit that 'weakness', though he kind of does at the end of S3, despite calling it toxic.
@@HarpsiFizz Jerry is hated for the wrong reasons. At least he loves his family and is 100% faithful to his wife. I'm pretty sure that Rick hates Jerry so much because Jerry didn't abandoned his family like a coward. For a person to be like Rick is pretty much someone who wants to be a terrible person who abandons their children aka the deadbeat dads
Yes... by did he turn himself into a pickle? He has a portal gun. He could have simply... went to another universe. Or he could have just... left Earth that day. Heck, he probably could have made some sort of cloaking device. Him turning himself into a pickle, the actual reason he chose being turned into a pickle so he could skip therapy, is never explained.
@@habstab6551 because he's an overachieving hedonist with a narcissisic addiction to novelty and self-destruction and has access to woo woo scifi technology so why the fuck not
@@habstab6551 It could be an example of Rick subconsciously wanting therapy, or some form of mental help at least, but procrastinating at the thought of it. So instead of doing literally ANYTHING else that was within his abilities, like making a robot copy or using mind conteol, Rick chose his own path of "least-resistance" and instead turned himself into a pickle while leaving the families minds alone and keeping to the same universe. Of course that's my armchair psychologist/therapist opinion and analysis, so feel free to disregard it.
@@habstab6551 But he also didn't want to let his daughter know that he was avoiding going to the therapists on purpose, thus him immobilizing himself in a state preventing him from going and feigning that there was no solution to change him back currently.
@@CoryTheNorm Honestly it works to me IMO. Rick really doesn't care, he'd rather focus on short-term fun experiences. He's washed up. That's what I got from the scene, but it's ok if you don't like it.
Jerry works best when he's with Rick, since he won't stand for his shit (which I'm sure is why Whirly Dirly Conspiracy is loved even by those who otherwise hate the season).
Interesting, because I think the episode that leaned hardest into their character dynamic was one of the best, and the time I most consider the B Plot to outshine the A Plot. Space Therapy vs Tiny Rick.
Rick Sanchez is one of those "You missed the point by idolizing them" characters along with Joker, Deadpool, Walter White, V, Patrick Bateman, Eric Cartman, Rorschach, Alex Delarge, and Tyler Durden
Or Kriea from Star Wars knights of the old republic 2 , but she more on the camp of “villains who have people who unironical said they didn’t do anything despite what they actually did”
I mean I wasn't a big fan of Jerry, but I did side with him when he called out Beth's deniability. One particular segment was when Jerry asked Beth how much they were going to suffer because of her father. Beth seemed to agree only for her to beg Rick to never leave when he pops in two seconds later. I facepalmed.
Jerry’s a fine guy I think, sure maybe he’s a coward in the science fiction segments but…most people would be. I’d be pretty upset at the guy who abandoned my wife as a child and then came into my family acting like he had some high-ground and constantly hurts everyone.
Apparently so. Rick is a cool character, but I never once thought of being that kind of guy. Only way would be at gunpoint and I had to choose to be like either Rick or..his AWFUL Daughter whos even WORSE and not at all cool.
@@HeilRay thats how I feel. Its obvious the show was made for us to laugh. imagine, if people said they relate to master shake from aqua teen wouldn't that be weird?
@@dongojangle106 No I think maybe he means Abraham Lincoln from that Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian movie with Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Robin Williams, and Hank Azaria
Regarding the A and B plot thing: the audio commentary on South Park constantly talks about that. On almost any episode that has a single plot, they talk about how they should do more episodes like that. Then in the very next episode, they are right back to an A and B plot, and regret making it like that since each plot had enough material for two separate episodes. If the show wasn't made in six days, they would've had enough time to split it up into two episodes. And the funny thing is, they have literally never learned. They are aware the show is better, and they personally prefer it, when the show only has one plot.
I love these creators but they really need to reconsider what they want South Park to be. The show had political satire but it was never the sole focus, so when they try to have EVERY episode make some kind of "real life commentary" it's super unnecessary and tedious
@@misterdewott8766 especially you kinda don't give a crap often if you are outside of the US. no, the US doesn't matter to each and every individual in the world no matter when and what happens there.
@@Finngrinder But you know who it’s important to? *AMERICANS*. And the creators! Animation is art, and South Park, both the show and the town, represent Trey and Matt and their psyche.
@@Finngrinder Aside from that, how much of it will still be funny in a rerun? Or on the DVDs? One of the first times they did a direct take off of a real life event was having Kenny as a stand-in for Elian Gonzalez. How many people even remember that that was a thing? Or if they do, do they remember much of anything about it? I recently rewatched Hot Shots: Part Deux, and it has a ton of jokes about George H. W. Bush. One of them literally doesn't work unless you remember that, during Desert Storm, he always pronounced Iraq as "e-rock".
@@MissSallyB1 I director did not say this. He just doesn't want people to elevate his work to the point where nothing he puts out later holds up. It's a lot of pressure on him to replicate the amount of attention Kimi No Na Wa received.
Trying to understand Rick reminded me whenever family guy tried to humanise Quagmire, even though he was a terrible, awful person who the show really wanted you to care about him.
@@najibosman6497 I guess the joke is that Herbert is telling Chris's family to have Chris stay away from the n@zi the same way Chris should avoid Herbert.
Something they did better than most family guy clones (or family guy itself) was the relationships between the characters. This stuff had always been involving in the background and that made the show feel more complete and human than other adult shows. The problem of season 3 was putting the focus on it. The small steps in the background were nice and endearing, but season 3 shows that they can't actually write with the relationships front and centern.
People who relate to Rick also probably think, unironically, that Pennywise, Alex, or Arthur from It, A Clockwerk Orange, and Joker respectively are the HEROES of those stories. They're also probably Nu-Ra Catra stans.
In Joker, Arthur Fleck is the closest the film has to a protagonist. But the film has no heroes. Everyone is either a villain or a victim, if not both.
@@HydraSpectre1138 Yeah, that is also the problem, even if Arthur was initially kind of a hero he eventually devolves into a villain and his actions are longer justifiable. Still credit were it's due at least we are not only shown that Arthur was initially a decent person but get to see how he slow becomes a Villain, what, action, choices and decisions he and even those around him made that ultimately lead to his tragic down fall and the down fall of others.
I wonder if the "wrong!" in that episode was a reference to 2 stupid dogs, where the guy would say "isn't that cute? But it's wrong!" For some reason, my brain equates the two. Probably because it's a positive, then a sudden negative with the word "wrong" being stressed
The reason why the therapist behaves the way she does in this episode because she isn't really talking to the Sanchez, she is talking to the audience, she is essentially telling the part of the audience, that didn't get it yet, that Rick sucks. "But what about show and no tell?", well clearly showing wasn't enough for a lot of people watching the show, specially the young ones.
You know, Mr Enter brings up that Rick being an awful person being lost on the audience and writers as a whole reminds me of EmpLemon's video on this series, and the M.A.A.D Fandom it spawned when it became mainstream. If you guys are interested about what Mr Lemon has to say about this, look him up; While he does bring this particular episode up, it's really just to help show how this show, and it's fanbase, "fell from grace", so to speak. It's a real eye-opener. :)
Emplemon has the opposite view of Mr.Enter. He believed that the familiy dynamic was what the show was actually about at it's core and moving away from that and towards rick being potrayed "the smartest man in the world" is what ruined the show. I personally don't agree fully with either perspective.
"TheMysteriousMrEnter" *-Isn't in a shrouded mysterious cloak* It's like getting to know the Mysterious Stranger from Fallout on a personal level. He ain't exactly Mysterious or a Stranger at that point.
Why Jimmy? Is that name in this case a reference to something or am I unaware of something here ? Also for the record this new Avatar gives me a Shaggy Rogers from Scooby Doo vibe in the look
You gonna review the new Animaniacs? The only part of Pickle Rick I liked is the therapist tearing his ass apart but that satisfaction lasted 5 minutes and him and Beth just went back to their shitty behavior immediately. Oh, and the animation was top notch for the rat fight scenes.
fun fact: the new animaniacs was executive produced by wesslley wild, the same person behind seahorse seashell party but it was actually good and funny
The episode lawnmower dog was a reference to the pierce brosden movie lawnmower man where pierces character turns a mentally stunted man who mowed lawns into a super genius that goes out of control as a result: a virtually identical plot to the one with snuffles/snowball, that's why it's called LAWNMOWER dog.
Rick and Morty’s biggest problem for me is that it tries to make... let’s face it, VERY two-dimensional characters appear more three-dimensional than they actually are.
Partly Agree. To me one of my least favourite character choices was giving Rick a clearly defined backstory as a motivation for a stupid meta-joke that contradicts his character and creates a plothole. So I guess Rick isn't really that nihilistic after all since he's out for revenge against Rick Prime, I mean that literally goes against the concept of nothing in life mattering to him. Then it creates a plothole, in S3E01, it's stated that you can't alter the details of a memory so Rick in a stroke of genius created a new memory for himself. Well, I guess it wasn't that genius as what was stated to be impossible is now possible for no reason.
I do like the direction the series is going in now. S7 wrapped up the whole Rick vs Rick Prime storyline pretty nicely, not the best episode but it didn't need to be. They've also used Evil Morty to stop the whole Rick = God and is the smartest man in the universe Bullshit which is very nice and creative. So who knows, perhaps we'll go back to seeing pop-culture parodies and simple concepts.
I hated the Vindicators episode. It would have been one thing if it was just a deconstruction of Superhero tropes which is something I like a lot. But it was a bunch of Rick complaining, the heroes complaining, them dying for no reason other than basically Rick set up the saw thing which... was stupid... and I feel the episode could have been good if they didn't basically make Rick be all like "I am smarter than you guys and don't try to be smarter and Morty should be miserable of course." Heck Infinity War, which is part of the very thing the episode trying to parody that is the MCU, is a better Vindicators than Vindicators!! Most of the characters die due to a character that's clever than the rest, the main flaws of the characters are actually what DO cause their downfall such as the infamous Star Lord scene, there's fights between the heroic characters but not because they hate each other or because of cheating drama (which thanks I hate it Vindicators) but because they're under a lot of pressure to stop Thanos.
I also hated how Supernova basically got away with both attempted and successful murder. Rick let Crocubot and Million Ants die, even though neither were as bad as the others, but Supernova? "Eh, it's fiiiine!"
Rick may be a super scientist, and the "smartest guy in the universe", but in nearly every episode he always manages to come out on top with little to no conflict whatsoever. He does have flaws, but they don't prevent him from achieving his goals. In other words, he's too invincible. And if someone is too invincible, then there's no sense of tension or investment. I guess that's why it feels refreshing to hear Dr. Wong's speech at the end, describing how Rick uses "...intelligence to justify sickness". Maybe it's just me, but the show often frames Rick as "correct" when he's suppose to be in the wrong. And those who do challenge him, or his philosophy, are often framed as "in the wrong". That's just how I feel anyway.
What I do find most interesting about that scene was the fact that Dr. Wong basically gave Rick a slap of reality he really needed in such a way he actually seemed to ponder it for a bit after the appointment. Every time other characters slap Rick with the reality of his actions, he’s able to easily brush it off. But not Dr. Wong. Maybe it’s because she approaches with with detached, brutal calmness rather than the raging anger Rick usually receives.
@Sunday Sinkers agreed. black hat seems like a classical "fanfic OP charcater who everyone bows their heads to because his word is the gospel". which I hate so much. especially how he is portrayed a "he is better an more powerful than aku, vilgax, darkseid, (insert random evil villanous character of any show that has even been produced, or brodcast in cartoon network or related), EVAH", which makes me wonder "if so, why is he even doing the slow shtcik of selling things to villains"? I kidna wish he was protrayed as something like a "underdog demon" that instead of doing "classical faustian deals" he wants to profit from them in style and all theatrical by selling to villains. that sure he can be more powerful than normal humans (hence easily bullying flugg, dementia and the robots) but he is not omnipotent. I mean, i loved the short where flugg makes his house so tighly protected that "the suppsoedly omnipotent blackhat" can't get into his own house. so i kinda wish they stuck to "black hat looks powerful, and he kinda is, but it isn't as much as he boasts too" and let the fanbase be the one to protray him like segata sanshiro and chuck norris. I would also love if it was revelaed that black hat has a "heroic alter ego" because he also wants to profit from heroes.
I said it on the announcement video, but the thing that bugs me the most about this episode is that it won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program while Time's Arrow from Bojack Horseman didn't even get nominated. Which really just goes to show how much they value quality.
Bojack actually succeeds with humanizing less than likeable characters and it comes down to the fact that they know how to show and tell unlile Rick and Morty.
@@zacharystarbuck1842 Then again that was *never* the point of Rick and Morty, and it's why season 3 was such a pisspoor ensemble of episodes- because it tried to be something it wasn't.
@@No_Sleepee I agree full heartedly. Rick and Morty worked best when it used movie parodies as its foundation. In the second season, it had great wordbuilding but it because too serious and tasteless.
I would like to add that Rick & Morty also had a moment of decency for Rick where he heroically risked his life to save Morty, risking dying in the vacuum of space. And this moment was completely ruined later when we learn that if Rick dies he will just come back to life in another dimension. For the sake of laughs this show decided to take a moment where Rick was actually painted as selflessly risking his life and say he wasn't in any danger. Fuck Rick Sanchez.
I think while the creators always had in mind that Rick's intellect and capabilities had always left him suffering in silence and that this characteristic was going to be a slow burn throughout the show's lifetime. However, the misbehavior of the fanbase attempting to ape Rick that winds up making them look like pathetic, egomaniacal douchebags and painting the franchise in a bad light, meant this aspect could no longer be subtextual and is now text. Season 4 could be seen as the creators doing damage control by having Rick finally face consequences and that his character IS NOT A ROLE MODEL.
@@bluishwolf But is it a positive change? This idea that "anything is better than nothing" seems to have crept in, and I gotta say, it's a bit ridiculous. I'd much rather they didn't mess with his character at all than try to assassinate it because someone on twitter felt intimidated by how "powerful" a cartoon character is. That's the stated reason for the B plot in the Pickle Rick episode, by the by, they wanted an excuse to drag Rick down. It's as if him being a deeply unhappy, depressed drug addict and alcoholic with a barely-functioning family isn't, somehow, low enough.
In Rick's defense, he's probably had and lost his family so many times that he's merely going through the motions and may possibly be struck with the realization that his existence will never end. He is a nihilist after all and despite all his dismissal of life, death seems to consistently escape him. I'm curious if there is already the theory that Rick is the a deranged allegory of if god was an Atheist with creators remorse.
Well, Rick invented "Operation Phoenix" so that he'd never die. His mind gets transported to a clone of him. Rick chose to be unable to die, yet he's still miserable with his existence.
"Rick is a deranged allegory of if god was an atheist with creators remorse" Why does that reminds me of the joke about Homer making a "Idiot Flanders" song that got so popular he hated it and got sick of it?
2:47 No one cares but this was actually a skit done by a completely sane guy on the Sczechuan sauce launch day. He went around scaring people with his Pickle Rick persona in a way like Filthy Frank would've.
As someone who saw Emplemon's video on the Rick and Morty fanbase a while ago, it's funny how both him and Enter liked the show before Pickle Rick, think that Pickle Rick began a downward turn, but with completely opposite perspectives on the value of analyzing Rick's character, and what the show is supposed to be in the first place. The duality of man
The A plot and B plot of Pickle Rick *are* linked. They're both essential to the themes of the episode. The episode is about the absurd length Rick goes just to avoid something that a healthy person wouldn't be threaten by. He's killing people and putting himself through a harrowing experience to avoid even aknowlging his problems. Despite all of his genius and all his power he fails to get out of therapy.
"To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand that copypastas are the lowest form of humor, and using one puts your intelligence on par with a spam email bot with only negative things to give the rest of society, because it's basically an admission that you don't really understand the concept of humor!" YES! THANK YOU!
@Jessica Buttgereit Seriously? Family Guy has won emmies? But isn't it treated as a running gag within the show itself that Family Guy has never won an emmy?
@@HunterStiles651 Which is funny because in the Family Guy/Simpsons Crossover episode where Homer chucks a bunch of Emmy awards at Peter he proclaims: "Hey that's not fair I don't got any of them."
I have mixed feelings about the episode because on the one hand I kind of liked the segment of Rick being a pickle and it was actually kind of awesome to see him destroy the government and etc. but the counselor Half part was boring why did they add that that’s all I Gotta say
I liked seeing the ingenuity Rick brought to play. A lot of stuff he just pulls out of his pocket, but that took effort at the start at least. But yeah, the halves don't match and they found the worst therapist which drove the whole family away from some badly needed help
@loafhero, the only time I’ve seen B plots matching up in A plots done really well are in anime series like Zatch Bell for example which Mr Enter also thinks it’s his most favorite Shonen Jump anime/manga series, and in other mediums of entertainment I also agree with Mr Enter that a cartoon series, tv series, or movie series if they’re going to going to have an A plot and a B plot than they should overlap each other and being told well. For example in Zatch Bell in one of Mr Enter’s Admirable Animation video he did a video on where how Kiyo’s A plot of being a teenaged Japanese high school honor student he doesn’t have all the time in the world to look after Zatch all the time, so the A plot of the episode is Kiyo making a toy for Zatch to play with until Kiyo isn’t busy with school life to spending time with Zatch, and the B plot revolves around another Madamoo owner that has same thing with their life too except they’re in the wealthiest neighborhoods in Japan until the Madamoo is killed because they’re forced to fight on Earth for every 1,000 years or so, and Zatch after becoming Madamoo King wants to abolish the death match system.
@@tobsonasanya4765 she used pointed questions and leading in order to provoke angry reactions in already tense people, as well as trying to turn Rick into a scapegoat She also attacked Rick, someone she had never met, with a surface layer diagnosis based purely on her own bias and the fact that he didn't want to come to family therapy
I remember watching an episode of Rick and Morty when my mom was in the room, and she said that Rick's language reminds her of her brother. Just take that as what you will.
My reasoning for disliking this show is I find Rick Sanchez to be a really annoying and unlikable character. (Yes I know he's SUPPOSED to be like that, but that doesn't mean I find him any less unlikable.)
@@WeegeeSlayer123 If you watch the 4th season, skip the "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty", which is the 4th episode. It's horrible and will definitively leave a bad taste in your mouth. The rest it's good tho.
@@tobsonasanya4765 it’s not bad but it certainly isn’t the best to come out of Rick and Morty. It’s just okay. Season 3 as a whole was just okay for the most part.
18:20 The boat on caring about Rick as a person has long since passed. Yeah, long since passed... And caught on fire. And sunk. And then detonated in a random antimatter-thermonuclear fireball that destroyed the entire country the harbor was located in.
It’s so funny how much I agree. It’s like it’s always Sunny in Philadelphia tried to make an episode where they explained why Dee was insecure and try and get you to care and understand why she does what she does. Like they did an amazing therapist episode and I know it’s not animation but it’s outrageous tv for adults like Rick and morty
5:54 Remeber the episode of Ed, Edd, n Eddy when Ed got grounded and his parents took down the stairs so he couldn't come out of the basement (his room is in the basement btw)? Then again, that was funny as hell lol
05:41 And now we add The Boys on that list of media where superheroes can be jerks. The sad part is that this episode won an Emmy. Think about it. This episode, which is just about Rick being a pickle and a therapy session, won an Emmy. This (along with the Vat of Acid episode winning one but not Bojack Horseman) made me lose interest with the Emmys.
Is making a show about superheroes being jerks a bad thing? it's mostly about execution rather than the idea itself, and Personally, the boys did it pretty well.
I hope that Season 6 gives us Peanut Morty. No, seriously. That would be a very funny reference to Pickle and Peanut to have Pickle Rick and Peanut Morty. The amalgamation of titles is right there in front of you. November 22, 2020, 2:28am
You know what I would have loved? When, instead of some analysis of Rick and his family at the end, the therapists just stand up, walks to the door and says: "I don't know what you are, but you surely are not human. There is nothing I can do for you, you are all beyond help." And than just leaves the room.
Hiring female writers didn't make the show bad, hiring writers because they're female regardless of qualification probably had something to do with it though
How I'd describe this show is "I couldn't get into it because of the fandom" like it's super toxic. For example it's mostly people screaming pickle rick, asking for that sauce and causing a disruption, and saying you need a high IQ to enjoy the show. I'm sure there might be some nice people in that fandom but they are basically hidden by "the ones we don't talk about"
Bro, superheroes being "deconstructed" as asshole celebrities has been happening a lot longer than Hancock. Like since at LEAST the 80s, possibly even the Silver Age.
I never got why so many people idolize Rick, when he's someone that's explicitly portrayed as someone you _shouldn't want_ to be. It's like idolizing Bojack.
People didn’t idolize Bojack because he was often portrayed as pathetic. Rick isn’t until much later in the show. People idolize anyone who has power and uses it for shits and giggles. It’s why there’s so much worship of billionaires who do shitty, wasteful things with money while no one cares about the philanthropic ones.
I don’t agree that the family shouldn’t be analyzed because they’re “bad people”. I think shows like Bojack and Rick and Morty. I think we are seeing more imperfect characters that reflect us as people since we as people are trained to act in our self interest. I liked the therapist speech because it was calling Rick out. He thinks he is about a mental health professional simply because he’s good at science, but she can see big flaws he is unwilling to address. If you watch that psychology video with Gloria where she picks from 3 types of therapy, there is one that strongly reflects what the Dr say.
@@CrraVideos Thing is though, the interaction and Rick’s actions before, during and after the therapy session do show Wong’s point. Also, tell rather than show does work in these sort of monologues. The Free Churro episode of Bojack Horseman is entirely a tell rather than show episode through a monologue, and everyone (besides me) seems to worship that episode.
@@BlueAversion Yes, but that is the *entire* episode, its a change of pace being withing a pshyco pickle killing people with rat bones and a therapist telling stuff, its.... weird, its one way or another, but both ruin the pace and the episode
The thing is that bojack is about character. He doesn't always go through some crazy and stuff. Most of the time it's him doing bad things because he's an asshole. But he gets called out for and i love how he's trying to change. Rick and morty was about a crazy grandpa going on adventures with his grandson. I also think that the way they handle the characters in s1 and 2 was far better. There was a lot that left the audience question the characters' action without fucking saying everything like the therapy scene.
I can agree with this. I know it was a bad moment to most people, but for some reason I just couldn't hate it. It was the only moment I actually liked. This seems to explain it perfectly. I DON'T relate to Rick at all. But I still liked that scene. I think it was that someone finally decided to be done with all of Rick's junk. She wasn't going to put up with it or buy into it like his pansy family. I liked that. But even though it was a lot of talking, the scene afterwards still shows that he doesn't care what she says. He's not going to change. That was shown clearly. I also agree with you there. Good to see that someone sees it the same way.
@meanybean I’d appreciate it if you’d not bring that topic here. I understand that you don’t like Hazbin Hotel, but I don’t want to start any fights just because I quoted that show.
I love being able to not think critically about shows and just enjoy them (or maybe even get swept up in the hype). You definitely made some good points here.
If Rick was in character, he would have let the therapist say whatever she wanted to say, then go into his own spiel that made her break down crying, then sell her to some aliens.
You can taste the salt each time someone makes a sarcastic remark about Picked Rick. The fact that people are mad over something so simple is astounding.
I personally really like the pickle Rick episode and there isn’t really a rick and morty episode I dislike but I can totally see why someone wouldn’t like it.
Same here, if you only watch the Pickle Rick parts of the episode, it might be more watchable since Mr Enter mostly criticized the therapist segments of the episode.
I used to love Rick and Morty back in like 2015. I got into from Gravity Falls and I bought a lot of the comics and remember staying up for new episodes... I remember wore a Rick and Morty shirt to school and only a few people knew it. When season 3 came out I wasn't as much into it so u didnt watch it, and then came the memes that made me hate it.
I think a large part of the show's decline is Dan Harmon increasingly using the show to vent his psychological problems and bitter worldview. The guy has issues and it taints a lot of his professional relationships and output.
Season 5 tells that there are 2 types of ricks 1 that abandons his family and 2 the ricks who dose not abandons his family but a rick from a alternate time line who kills beth and her mother. So the ricks who don't abandons their family finds a dimension where his daughter is still alive and is in her life. Which isn't healthy
So am I the only person who likes both the A and B plots? As well as the therapists dissection of Rick? Like we've seen Rick go through heavy character development before remember when he sacrificed his life to pull Morty out of the Schrodinger's cat Dimension. Sure he changed his mind but that was at the very last minute when an unknown variable came into play, before the other caller came into sight he was giving up his life so Morty could continue to live. I'd really only say it was the very first season where Rick and Morty just tried to be a comedy after that every episode in my opinion at least from what I watched could be looked at in two ways the most directed forward way would be to say it's just a comedy show (which is fine). The other way would be to look at it as social commentary through a comedic medium.
I like Wong's monologue, because it's the first thing in the show to put Rick in his place. There's no magic bullet to defeat her. It's her laying out the facts about why Rick is miserable, and he can't do shit because if he does, he admits that everything she said is RIGHT.
16:45 Credited this being the subplot is no excuse for subpar performance, yet it’s a psychology session. Literally the entirety of that scenario involves talking, the ‘telling no showing’ issue. If the dynamic was exclusive to Rick and the psych MAYBE it could’ve been grounded (acknowledged as another antithesis to the show) w/ a more focused script. In Treatment (HBO) is a great example of relying on the back-and-forth dynamic if interested.
I remember there were accusations that the therapist was a mary sue due to how quickly she had Rick and his issues figured out. At first I was skeptical, I mean, Rick's not a complex guy. I'd figure any therapist worth their salt could have Rick figured out pretty darn quick. THEN I saw a picture of the writer for the episode and it all fell into place. Three Words: Author, Self, Insert.
@@Air_Serpent It's not a matter of speeding things up, like I said, any therapist who actually worked for their degree could get a pretty good grasp on Rick pretty darn quick. The issue, is that THIS therapist looks like a Rick and Morty version of the writer of the episode.
@@magmos6346 somehow I didn’t read that in your comment the first time, even though it’s clear. Thanks for being nice about it. I looked at her and yep- 100%
It's easy to try to pander to the internet and offer "memes" for it, Scoob tried to do that and you know what it worked... then it quickly faded. Trying to pander to meme culture is essentially offering nothing.
FUN FACT: I quit my job as a McDonald's crew worker a week before the schezwan sauce episode aired.
I still can't believe I dodged that bullet that quickly.
real intelligence is making the sauce yourself.
You only dodged a bullet if your McDonald's has had the incident.
@@tanimation7289 If you knew the McDonald's I worked at and the kind of area it was in, then you would know that there was an incident at that McDonald's every day.
@@texasgamer2148 Yes but was it related to Rick and Morty?
@@tanimation7289 Don't know, I didn't stick around long enough to see. Knowing the kind of people that visited that McDonald's there probably was a Rick and Morty related incident. Why do you even care?
I think people "relate" to Rick the same way they "relate" to the joker: because self improvement is hard and pretending to be a genius nihilist is easy.
That’s true!
God, now I'm just imagining a pickle rolling down those stairs...
People that relate to the Joker are being edgy about it (And I find it funny). People that relate to Rick are genuine and it disgust me.
You can relate to someone even though they might be extremely different, you know? There only needs to be a tiny amount of similarities for relation to happen. If it's Rick, you don't also have to be a super scientist capable of whatever. Rick is an extremely self-destructive, self-serving, co-dependant and heavily unsatisfied person who sometimes gets a bout of extreme depression and nihilism. He has almost every single flaw you can put into a person. Ofc, some people will find him relatable, they only need to relate to at least one aspect of Rick.
It's for the same reason that Bojack Horseman is relatable to some people. He also has a bunch of flaws in one package. These characters sometimes help these people process their feelings.
I agree, but strip away the sci-fi trappings, genocide, and slavery on a universal scale, and Rick is just an old man that keeps fucking up his life and the lives of those around him, almost in spite of himself and even when he seems to be succeeding in other aspects of his life. That's not a role model, to be sure, but I can relate to that a little bit. He's almost like a murderous Britta.
"When it came out in 2013" and with that I aged 40 years
Thank you Toa Matau
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I think I may have aged 26 years
And seeing a Bionicle aged me another 40 years. My joints are fucked. Put me in the home.
That was 7 fucking years ago!?!
I feel like I've aged 40 years since pickle rick aired
Unpopular opinion, I miss MrEnters old avatar with the shadowy cloak
He looks like yanderedev now which isn’t a compliment
@@ppen5549 I think it is more like a Danganronpa sprite
Agreed. I kinda wished he used a mixture of both hus Old shadowy avatar (for more cáustic reactions) and as a "once an episode" summary at the end he offers his "Serious most civilized opinión"
The new one isn't nearly as expressive and flexible.
I completely understand why he changed it, but doesn't mean that I like it.
@@reasyrandom Wait, I’ve been living under a rock, why’d he change it?
Can you imagine the horror of being a middle school teacher when Pickle Rick dropped???
It makes me glad I’m not in school anymore. I was a teenager when the first Borat came out and when Napoleon Dynamite came out and I haven’t seen those movies but I deeply resent them for being non-stop quoted by my unfunny classmates.
@@Nightman221k I'm just glad I graduated in 2016, otherwise, I'd lose my freaking mind!
@@Nightman221k GOSH.
@@Nightman221k same good thing I got out of school on 2016 good fuck
@@Reapermaskhybrid same
not particularly an unpopular opinion, this is the most scrutinized episode of the whole show. glad to see it covered though
I'd say most memed on, especially outside the fandom, but within it, it's pretty much worshipped, from what I've seen.
I remember a lot of people used to really love it when it first premiered.
@@TheFriendlyWeirdo Yea I haven't really seen anyone trash the episode except for the people that hate it due to the memes
yeah general consensus is that it isn't good.
@@ddjsoyenby the general consensus is that it's a good episode.
I actually like the part where Dr. Wong talks to Rick.
Not because I find it to be a “deep analysis of his character” or anything but just because you can see that it makes Rick miserable. And I enjoy seeing Rick being miserable.
They already made Rick go miserable bwfore Pickle rick and it was funny and the audience did not feel Miserable: The joke was on a Cob.
agreed.
@Al X. Andra They may not be relatable to you my friend.
@Al X. Andra Bold of you to assume so.
@Al X. Andra Yes, although I never specified if it was the Sanchez family with whom I relate.
"Spongebob's had a million memes!"
Some of them still hold up too! That's pretty rare!
Hell, Mr. Enter even referenced one--"HOOPLA!"
( trow a brick )
@@angeldariogaribaydelatorre6395 Ha Ha Ha WRONG
Seasons 1-3 are pretty much unbeatable in the comedy department.
Spongebob was the lord of the memes.
@@hamishstewart5324 the only thing that can beat spongebob in comedy is animaniacs
Guys bragging about how similar are to Rick are hilarious, because they are just a bunch of Jerries in denial by having nothing to add and nothing interesting to say.
I think we should all want to be a bit like Jerry- he's dorky and things don't work out for him, but he keeps on going anyway. He's capable of being cruel, but he's also capable of being incredibly loving and of making people feel confident in themselves (Beth, "Doofus" Rick, Glootie, ect). Jerry isn't a bad guy.
It hilarious because the show's about how stupid smart people can be.
Rick's as co-dependent on the family as Beth and Jerry are, it's just he has a way to technically replace that dynamic with a very close facsimile.
He's given up on idealism and is trying to find some value in his life from his connections, but can't admit that 'weakness', though he kind of does at the end of S3, despite calling it toxic.
Jerry lost his virginity and got a wife before any of those wannabe ricks did tho
@@HarpsiFizz Jerry is hated for the wrong reasons. At least he loves his family and is 100% faithful to his wife. I'm pretty sure that Rick hates Jerry so much because Jerry didn't abandoned his family like a coward. For a person to be like Rick is pretty much someone who wants to be a terrible person who abandons their children aka the deadbeat dads
@@katie2275 He also owns a house and doesn't live in his parents' basement.
To be fair, Rick LIED when he said he turned himself into a pickle "just cuz". He did it specifically to get out of therapy
Yes... by did he turn himself into a pickle? He has a portal gun. He could have simply... went to another universe. Or he could have just... left Earth that day. Heck, he probably could have made some sort of cloaking device. Him turning himself into a pickle, the actual reason he chose being turned into a pickle so he could skip therapy, is never explained.
@@habstab6551 because he's an overachieving hedonist with a narcissisic addiction to novelty and self-destruction and has access to woo woo scifi technology so why the fuck not
@@habstab6551 It could be an example of Rick subconsciously wanting therapy, or some form of mental help at least, but procrastinating at the thought of it. So instead of doing literally ANYTHING else that was within his abilities, like making a robot copy or using mind conteol, Rick chose his own path of "least-resistance" and instead turned himself into a pickle while leaving the families minds alone and keeping to the same universe.
Of course that's my armchair psychologist/therapist opinion and analysis, so feel free to disregard it.
@@habstab6551 But he also didn't want to let his daughter know that he was avoiding going to the therapists on purpose, thus him immobilizing himself in a state preventing him from going and feigning that there was no solution to change him back currently.
If it's that how you get out of seeing a therapist then I have to do it.
Fun fact
The therapist is a self insert so the writer can act smug and say "she taught that sexist Rick a lesson"
Actual thing she said
Link to that direct quote? Not to her saying it’s a self insert, but that other thing you said
@@CoryTheNorm If that end scene made people idolize Rick, then that’s not the show’s fault.
@@CoryTheNorm Honestly it works to me IMO. Rick really doesn't care, he'd rather focus on short-term fun experiences. He's washed up. That's what I got from the scene, but it's ok if you don't like it.
@@CoryTheNorm That’s fair and fine. BTW, I love your YTP work.
@@CoryTheNorm The editing is awesome!
"If brushing your teeth is boring, you're doing it wrong."
How are you brushing your teeth to make it exciting?
Glue flashing LED lights to your toothbrush
@@DogFishMane Ah, the gamer rig...
@@DonVigaDeFierro yeah I'm part of the electric toothbrush master race
Waterpick. Mix flossing and brushing teeth into one step.
I thought brushing your teeth was supposed to be boring.
Holy shit truuuuuuue. Beth and Jerry B plots drag this show so hard.
Pretty sure they are a means for Dan Harmon to vent about his marital woes.
@@nullakjg767 Plus they wanted to shill Susan Sarandon by having her character school Rick and the entire family.
Sometimes, but they're still two of the best characters. Beth because she's complex and Jerry because he's hilarious.
Jerry works best when he's with Rick, since he won't stand for his shit (which I'm sure is why Whirly Dirly Conspiracy is loved even by those who otherwise hate the season).
Interesting, because I think the episode that leaned hardest into their character dynamic was one of the best, and the time I most consider the B Plot to outshine the A Plot. Space Therapy vs Tiny Rick.
They saved most of Eddy's abusive family for the movie but Ed and Edd had a lot. "What happened to the stairs?"
Oof
That's disturbing.
One of my favorite parts of the show! Hilarious, yet so dark when you think about it lmao
Rick Sanchez is one of those "You missed the point by idolizing them" characters along with Joker, Deadpool, Walter White, V, Patrick Bateman, Eric Cartman, Rorschach, Alex Delarge, and Tyler Durden
And Dexter Morgan
Bojack horseman
At this point, people would unironicly bow and kill for Shao Khan!
And Goku and Peter Griffin
Or Kriea from Star Wars knights of the old republic 2 , but she more on the camp of “villains who have people who unironical said they didn’t do anything despite what they actually did”
I mean I wasn't a big fan of Jerry, but I did side with him when he called out Beth's deniability. One particular segment was when Jerry asked Beth how much they were going to suffer because of her father. Beth seemed to agree only for her to beg Rick to never leave when he pops in two seconds later.
I facepalmed.
Hey at least Jerry has some entertaining moments.
@@mrboerger1620 Out of the two, I and my dad gladly pick Jerry over Beth.
@@nakagamipenguin If that’s the case, then it was a smart move to focus on them as separate characters in separate episodes in season 3.
Jerry’s a fine guy I think, sure maybe he’s a coward in the science fiction segments but…most people would be. I’d be pretty upset at the guy who abandoned my wife as a child and then came into my family acting like he had some high-ground and constantly hurts everyone.
When people say they relate to rick.
Does rick and morty, need to have the beavis and butthead type warning. before every episode or something?
Apparently so.
Rick is a cool character, but I never once thought of being that kind of guy.
Only way would be at gunpoint and I had to choose to be like either Rick or..his AWFUL Daughter whos even WORSE and not at all cool.
@@HeilRay thats how I feel. Its obvious the show was made for us to laugh. imagine, if people said they relate to master shake from aqua teen wouldn't that be weird?
@@goldylover1000
"You look at them, and tell me theres a God."
A quote from Shake perfectly fitting of them.
I think EmpLemon hit the nail on the head. Rick and Morty has a m.a.a.d. fanbase.....
@@goldylover1000 master shake is very relatable imo
I only know who said the "House divided against itself" quote since it was in the Lego Movie
....what the fuck are they teaching you people...
President Abraham Lego?
@@dongojangle106 No I think maybe he means Abraham Lincoln from that Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian movie with Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Robin Williams, and Hank Azaria
That was a part of one of Abram Lincoln’s speeches, it also a except of the Bible as well.
@@inky5574 Lincoln was also in The Lego Movie though he twisted the speech by the end.
Regarding the A and B plot thing: the audio commentary on South Park constantly talks about that. On almost any episode that has a single plot, they talk about how they should do more episodes like that. Then in the very next episode, they are right back to an A and B plot, and regret making it like that since each plot had enough material for two separate episodes. If the show wasn't made in six days, they would've had enough time to split it up into two episodes. And the funny thing is, they have literally never learned. They are aware the show is better, and they personally prefer it, when the show only has one plot.
I love Matt and Trey and South Park, but man I wish they would follow this.
I love these creators but they really need to reconsider what they want South Park to be. The show had political satire but it was never the sole focus, so when they try to have EVERY episode make some kind of "real life commentary" it's super unnecessary and tedious
@@misterdewott8766 especially you kinda don't give a crap often if you are outside of the US. no, the US doesn't matter to each and every individual in the world no matter when and what happens there.
@@Finngrinder But you know who it’s important to? *AMERICANS*. And the creators! Animation is art, and South Park, both the show and the town, represent Trey and Matt and their psyche.
@@Finngrinder Aside from that, how much of it will still be funny in a rerun? Or on the DVDs? One of the first times they did a direct take off of a real life event was having Kenny as a stand-in for Elian Gonzalez. How many people even remember that that was a thing? Or if they do, do they remember much of anything about it?
I recently rewatched Hot Shots: Part Deux, and it has a ton of jokes about George H. W. Bush. One of them literally doesn't work unless you remember that, during Desert Storm, he always pronounced Iraq as "e-rock".
Mr. Enter: I'm going to review "Your Name" as an animated atrocity
Weebs: Aims sniper rifle
even the director wishes people would stop latching to it, so there ya go
@@MissSallyB1 I director did not say this. He just doesn't want people to elevate his work to the point where nothing he puts out later holds up. It's a lot of pressure on him to replicate the amount of attention Kimi No Na Wa received.
I like the movie I'm looking forward to seeing them ripping the tread out of the movie you cannot love something without criticizing
Anime Atrocities
Did he say it was going to be an Atrocity? I thought he just meant it would be his next review in general.
4:48 I understood this spongebob reference, thank you!
HOOPLA!
Sounds like a lotta-
Ha ha ha WRONG
I also thought of that.
I really wish Morty had picked up Rick's pickle body, and snapped it in half: Payback for all the traumatic events up to that point.
Honestly, I that would have been funny cause he probably wouldn’t have seen it coming since he expects Morty to stay more or less docile.
Latter he gets killed in many bodies.
I once read a fanfic where pickle Rick got eaten.
@@yuki_1002 chewed or just straight up V O R E
@@CorporalTailsDude I don’t remember. But I read it on wattpad.
I feel like rick and morty is pretty much the greatest reason to learn how to be a fan and not a fandom
fanboy
That makes no sense
makes a lot of sense actually, and it's so damn true
@@staticsyndrome2011 fancy seeing you here lol
Trying to understand Rick reminded me whenever family guy tried to humanise Quagmire, even though he was a terrible, awful person who the show really wanted you to care about him.
That's always been my problem with family guy is they try to make you feel bad for purely awful people like herbert the pervert.
@@garretstevens742 I am not sure if Herbert had a storyline. People say the other characters are so bad, Herbert is the only close to being charming.
@@jstevinik3261 he had one with a nazi old man who befriended Chris leaving him to be sad and expecting us to feel bad for a pedophile
@@najibosman6497 I guess the joke is that Herbert is telling Chris's family to have Chris stay away from the n@zi the same way Chris should avoid Herbert.
@@jstevinik3261 why did you censor nazi
Something they did better than most family guy clones (or family guy itself) was the relationships between the characters. This stuff had always been involving in the background and that made the show feel more complete and human than other adult shows.
The problem of season 3 was putting the focus on it. The small steps in the background were nice and endearing, but season 3 shows that they can't actually write with the relationships front and centern.
Any
Small brain: saying you relate to Rick
Big brain: relating to Mr. Meeseeks
People who relate to Rick also probably think, unironically, that Pennywise, Alex, or Arthur from It, A Clockwerk Orange, and Joker respectively are the HEROES of those stories. They're also probably Nu-Ra Catra stans.
In Joker, Arthur Fleck is the closest the film has to a protagonist.
But the film has no heroes. Everyone is either a villain or a victim, if not both.
@@HydraSpectre1138 Yeah, that is also the problem, even if Arthur was initially kind of a hero he eventually devolves into a villain and his actions are longer justifiable. Still credit were it's due at least we are not only shown that Arthur was initially a decent person but get to see how he slow becomes a Villain, what, action, choices and decisions he and even those around him made that ultimately lead to his tragic down fall and the down fall of others.
I Hated how the entire third season (and season 4) was focused on Beth and Jerry. and "The ABC's of Beth" was the icing on the cake for me.
4:46 gotta love that sounds like a load of hoopla reference
I wonder if the "wrong!" in that episode was a reference to 2 stupid dogs, where the guy would say "isn't that cute? But it's wrong!" For some reason, my brain equates the two. Probably because it's a positive, then a sudden negative with the word "wrong" being stressed
Mfw King of the Hill is more accurate on the issues of mental health then Rick and Morty, and uses it for a punchline.
In a specific episode or in general?
@@j.c.2240 Wait "that boy aint right" kid was in effect not right?!?
@@urt1202
Pardon?
The reason why the therapist behaves the way she does in this episode because she isn't really talking to the Sanchez, she is talking to the audience, she is essentially telling the part of the audience, that didn't get it yet, that Rick sucks. "But what about show and no tell?", well clearly showing wasn't enough for a lot of people watching the show, specially the young ones.
yeah. it really shows when she comes back in season 4 only for a "Jerry is stupid" joke
even doing the asinine family guy slow zoom in.....
So the writters are trying to emotionally manipulate us, but they are really bad at that
@@urt1202 manipulate buy saying rick is bad?
You know, Mr Enter brings up that Rick being an awful person being lost on the audience and writers as a whole reminds me of EmpLemon's video on this series, and the M.A.A.D Fandom it spawned when it became mainstream.
If you guys are interested about what Mr Lemon has to say about this, look him up; While he does bring this particular episode up, it's really just to help show how this show, and it's fanbase, "fell from grace", so to speak. It's a real eye-opener. :)
Thanks. I will give it a look.
Emplemon has the opposite view of Mr.Enter. He believed that the familiy dynamic was what the show was actually about at it's core and moving away from that and towards rick being potrayed "the smartest man in the world" is what ruined the show. I personally don't agree fully with either perspective.
A yes, downward spiral.
Thanks man. That was one of the best YT videos i've watched in a while.
I've seen that video! It's really good!
So now that you're not hiding in a dark cloak, can we call you "Jimmy Enter"?
"TheMysteriousMrEnter"
*-Isn't in a shrouded mysterious cloak*
It's like getting to know the Mysterious Stranger from Fallout on a personal level. He ain't exactly Mysterious or a Stranger at that point.
Why Jimmy? Is that name in this case a reference to something or am I unaware of something here ? Also for the record this new Avatar gives me a Shaggy Rogers from Scooby Doo vibe in the look
@@lloydlandrum3040 Friendly cursed reminder that Shaggy's real name is Norville
@@dx.feelgood5825 And? I mean while I know that he is known better as Shaggy at this point
@@lloydlandrum3040 Jimmy is my go to name for everyone, idk why
You gonna review the new Animaniacs? The only part of Pickle Rick I liked is the therapist tearing his ass apart but that satisfaction lasted 5 minutes and him and Beth just went back to their shitty behavior immediately. Oh, and the animation was top notch for the rat fight scenes.
I hated the therapist as she was an sjw
@@theletsplayer4921 Literally how. Do you just throw that word around without knowing what it means
@@theletsplayer4921 you're an sjw
Didn't he say in a post or a video that he didn't like Trump? Where do people get this information?
fun fact: the new animaniacs was executive produced by wesslley wild, the same person behind seahorse seashell party
but it was actually good and funny
The episode lawnmower dog was a reference to the pierce brosden movie lawnmower man where pierces character turns a mentally stunted man who mowed lawns into a super genius that goes out of control as a result: a virtually identical plot to the one with snuffles/snowball, that's why it's called LAWNMOWER dog.
Although in plot terms, it is closer to the things that Enter mentioned.
Rick and Morty’s biggest problem for me is that it tries to make... let’s face it, VERY two-dimensional characters appear more three-dimensional than they actually are.
Eh how
Partly Agree. To me one of my least favourite character choices was giving Rick a clearly defined backstory as a motivation for a stupid meta-joke that contradicts his character and creates a plothole.
So I guess Rick isn't really that nihilistic after all since he's out for revenge against Rick Prime, I mean that literally goes against the concept of nothing in life mattering to him.
Then it creates a plothole, in S3E01, it's stated that you can't alter the details of a memory so Rick in a stroke of genius created a new memory for himself. Well, I guess it wasn't that genius as what was stated to be impossible is now possible for no reason.
I do like the direction the series is going in now. S7 wrapped up the whole Rick vs Rick Prime storyline pretty nicely, not the best episode but it didn't need to be. They've also used Evil Morty to stop the whole Rick = God and is the smartest man in the universe Bullshit which is very nice and creative.
So who knows, perhaps we'll go back to seeing pop-culture parodies and simple concepts.
I'm so hyped for this.
The Vindicators episode is just 20 minutes of a married couple arguing.
Married? I think you mean "Cosmic woman are $1U+$ that sleep around and cause Drama that destroys the group with a manlet and A Crocbot.
My least favorite episode. Pickle Rick is second least.
I hated the Vindicators episode. It would have been one thing if it was just a deconstruction of Superhero tropes which is something I like a lot.
But it was a bunch of Rick complaining, the heroes complaining, them dying for no reason other than basically Rick set up the saw thing which... was stupid... and I feel the episode could have been good if they didn't basically make Rick be all like "I am smarter than you guys and don't try to be smarter and Morty should be miserable of course."
Heck Infinity War, which is part of the very thing the episode trying to parody that is the MCU, is a better Vindicators than Vindicators!! Most of the characters die due to a character that's clever than the rest, the main flaws of the characters are actually what DO cause their downfall such as the infamous Star Lord scene, there's fights between the heroic characters but not because they hate each other or because of cheating drama (which thanks I hate it Vindicators) but because they're under a lot of pressure to stop Thanos.
I also hated how Supernova basically got away with both attempted and successful murder.
Rick let Crocubot and Million Ants die, even though neither were as bad as the others, but Supernova? "Eh, it's fiiiine!"
@@reasyrandom God I couldn't stand Supernovas attitude in general. She was just so depressing throughout the entire episode.
Rick may be a super scientist, and the "smartest guy in the universe", but in nearly every episode he always manages to come out on top with little to no conflict whatsoever. He does have flaws, but they don't prevent him from achieving his goals. In other words, he's too invincible. And if someone is too invincible, then there's no sense of tension or investment.
I guess that's why it feels refreshing to hear Dr. Wong's speech at the end, describing how Rick uses "...intelligence to justify sickness". Maybe it's just me, but the show often frames Rick as "correct" when he's suppose to be in the wrong. And those who do challenge him, or his philosophy, are often framed as "in the wrong".
That's just how I feel anyway.
Correct
Hence, the fanbase
What I do find most interesting about that scene was the fact that Dr. Wong basically gave Rick a slap of reality he really needed in such a way he actually seemed to ponder it for a bit after the appointment. Every time other characters slap Rick with the reality of his actions, he’s able to easily brush it off. But not Dr. Wong. Maybe it’s because she approaches with with detached, brutal calmness rather than the raging anger Rick usually receives.
@Sunday Sinkers agreed. black hat seems like a classical "fanfic OP charcater who everyone bows their heads to because his word is the gospel". which I hate so much. especially how he is portrayed a "he is better an more powerful than aku, vilgax, darkseid, (insert random evil villanous character of any show that has even been produced, or brodcast in cartoon network or related), EVAH", which makes me wonder "if so, why is he even doing the slow shtcik of selling things to villains"?
I kidna wish he was protrayed as something like a "underdog demon" that instead of doing "classical faustian deals" he wants to profit from them in style and all theatrical by selling to villains. that sure he can be more powerful than normal humans (hence easily bullying flugg, dementia and the robots) but he is not omnipotent.
I mean, i loved the short where flugg makes his house so tighly protected that "the suppsoedly omnipotent blackhat" can't get into his own house. so i kinda wish they stuck to "black hat looks powerful, and he kinda is, but it isn't as much as he boasts too" and let the fanbase be the one to protray him like segata sanshiro and chuck norris.
I would also love if it was revelaed that black hat has a "heroic alter ego" because he also wants to profit from heroes.
@@frankielovejoy9928 yeah. i liked that. i don't relate to rick but it was so refreshing to see him not being able to counter anything she said
My humor has been degraded to the point where I laughed my ass off at "fence"
Same
Then you'll die laughing at "Fence 2" 😂😂😂
now we need an Admirable Animation on The Ricklantis Mixup
He stopped Admirable Animations.
@@WarmLusamine shameful
@@WarmLusamine why?
@@WarmLusamine why?
The Vat Of Acid Episode was the height of season 4
Let the Hundred Year Comment War begin
To be fair, you need to have a very high IQ to watch and understand the sho- nah, nah, I still have some fucking dignity lol
Hey Kim!
How's your gout?
Wrong post
The comments seem pretty civil actually....
I said it on the announcement video, but the thing that bugs me the most about this episode is that it won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program while Time's Arrow from Bojack Horseman didn't even get nominated. Which really just goes to show how much they value quality.
Bojack actually succeeds with humanizing less than likeable characters and it comes down to the fact that they know how to show and tell unlile Rick and Morty.
@@zacharystarbuck1842 Then again that was *never* the point of Rick and Morty, and it's why season 3 was such a pisspoor ensemble of episodes- because it tried to be something it wasn't.
@@No_Sleepee I agree full heartedly. Rick and Morty worked best when it used movie parodies as its foundation. In the second season, it had great wordbuilding but it because too serious and tasteless.
@@zacharystarbuck1842 hasn't rick and morty showed and tell
@@zacharystarbuck1842 wasn't season 2 better than 1 lol
I would like to add that Rick & Morty also had a moment of decency for Rick where he heroically risked his life to save Morty, risking dying in the vacuum of space.
And this moment was completely ruined later when we learn that if Rick dies he will just come back to life in another dimension. For the sake of laughs this show decided to take a moment where Rick was actually painted as selflessly risking his life and say he wasn't in any danger.
Fuck Rick Sanchez.
I think while the creators always had in mind that Rick's intellect and capabilities had always left him suffering in silence and that this characteristic was going to be a slow burn throughout the show's lifetime. However, the misbehavior of the fanbase attempting to ape Rick that winds up making them look like pathetic, egomaniacal douchebags and painting the franchise in a bad light, meant this aspect could no longer be subtextual and is now text. Season 4 could be seen as the creators doing damage control by having Rick finally face consequences and that his character IS NOT A ROLE MODEL.
That fence shit... that's some hilarious stuff, honestly and unironically XD
Character Decay: The opposite of character development. Rick had a good character arc and then it was wasted by an edible green oval.
A character who goes through an arc but doesn't change is a static character, which is the opposite of a developed one. Decay is still change.
@@bluishwolf But is it a positive change? This idea that "anything is better than nothing" seems to have crept in, and I gotta say, it's a bit ridiculous. I'd much rather they didn't mess with his character at all than try to assassinate it because someone on twitter felt intimidated by how "powerful" a cartoon character is. That's the stated reason for the B plot in the Pickle Rick episode, by the by, they wanted an excuse to drag Rick down. It's as if him being a deeply unhappy, depressed drug addict and alcoholic with a barely-functioning family isn't, somehow, low enough.
@@MrNickPresley Rick should probably have remained a static character. Morty seemed to be intended to be the dynamic one between the two.
Id say it was wasted by rick getting freed immediately in the season 3 premiere
In Rick's defense, he's probably had and lost his family so many times that he's merely going through the motions and may possibly be struck with the realization that his existence will never end. He is a nihilist after all and despite all his dismissal of life, death seems to consistently escape him. I'm curious if there is already the theory that Rick is the a deranged allegory of if god was an Atheist with creators remorse.
Well, Rick invented "Operation Phoenix" so that he'd never die. His mind gets transported to a clone of him. Rick chose to be unable to die, yet he's still miserable with his existence.
@@alexvaughan1013 almost like he has a bad case of munchausen. Too miserable to wanna live, but too selfish to die.
"Rick is a deranged allegory of if god was an atheist with creators remorse"
Why does that reminds me of the joke about Homer making a "Idiot Flanders" song that got so popular he hated it and got sick of it?
@@DBourkeport wait, Munchausen? what is that ?
2:47 No one cares but this was actually a skit done by a completely sane guy on the Sczechuan sauce launch day. He went around scaring people with his Pickle Rick persona in a way like Filthy Frank would've.
As someone who saw Emplemon's video on the Rick and Morty fanbase a while ago, it's funny how both him and Enter liked the show before Pickle Rick, think that Pickle Rick began a downward turn, but with completely opposite perspectives on the value of analyzing Rick's character, and what the show is supposed to be in the first place. The duality of man
I find that ironic too XD
The A plot and B plot of Pickle Rick *are* linked. They're both essential to the themes of the episode. The episode is about the absurd length Rick goes just to avoid something that a healthy person wouldn't be threaten by. He's killing people and putting himself through a harrowing experience to avoid even aknowlging his problems. Despite all of his genius and all his power he fails to get out of therapy.
"To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand that copypastas are the lowest form of humor, and using one puts your intelligence on par with a spam email bot with only negative things to give the rest of society, because it's basically an admission that you don't really understand the concept of humor!"
YES! THANK YOU!
Is anyone else creeped out by the expression his avatar has when he puts his hands behind his head?
I kinda liked the more "anonymous" character he used better.
I like that Expression. It is the best way to describe "Cringe"
@@avirus7893 same
@@avirus7893 I like to think they're the same character =)
He looks like he's getting blown
I just wanna remind everyone that this episode won an Emmy
@Jessica Buttgereit Seriously? Family Guy has won emmies? But isn't it treated as a running gag within the show itself that Family Guy has never won an emmy?
@@HunterStiles651 Which is funny because in the Family Guy/Simpsons Crossover episode where Homer chucks a bunch of Emmy awards at Peter he proclaims: "Hey that's not fair I don't got any of them."
There's even a episode in season 16 were the characters tries to get a emmy
@@spongebobplushiestuff8612 Emmy-Winning Episode
So has _Pinky, Elmyra, and The Brain._ Yeah, I don't understand that one either.
LOOOK AT ME MORTIEEE! IM PICKLLLEEEE REEEEEEEE!!!- ** BOOM!!! Gunshot from a functioning civilian**
Do you honestly think that there are any of those left? I haven't seen a functioning civilian in ages.
@@WH40KHero Blame the frikkin' government.
I have mixed feelings about the episode because on the one hand I kind of liked the segment of Rick being a pickle and it was actually kind of awesome to see him destroy the government and etc. but the counselor Half part was boring why did they add that that’s all I Gotta say
I liked the Action of that part but absolutely hated the councelling.
I liked seeing the ingenuity Rick brought to play.
A lot of stuff he just pulls out of his pocket, but that took effort at the start at least.
But yeah, the halves don't match and they found the worst therapist which drove the whole family away from some badly needed help
@loafhero, the only time I’ve seen B plots matching up in A plots done really well are in anime series like Zatch Bell for example which Mr Enter also thinks it’s his most favorite Shonen Jump anime/manga series, and in other mediums of entertainment I also agree with Mr Enter that a cartoon series, tv series, or movie series if they’re going to going to have an A plot and a B plot than they should overlap each other and being told well. For example in Zatch Bell in one of Mr Enter’s Admirable Animation video he did a video on where how Kiyo’s A plot of being a teenaged Japanese high school honor student he doesn’t have all the time in the world to look after Zatch all the time, so the A plot of the episode is Kiyo making a toy for Zatch to play with until Kiyo isn’t busy with school life to spending time with Zatch, and the B plot revolves around another Madamoo owner that has same thing with their life too except they’re in the wealthiest neighborhoods in Japan until the Madamoo is killed because they’re forced to fight on Earth for every 1,000 years or so, and Zatch after becoming Madamoo King wants to abolish the death match system.
@@Dingobabee worst therapist??
@@tobsonasanya4765 she used pointed questions and leading in order to provoke angry reactions in already tense people, as well as trying to turn Rick into a scapegoat
She also attacked Rick, someone she had never met, with a surface layer diagnosis based purely on her own bias and the fact that he didn't want to come to family therapy
I remember watching an episode of Rick and Morty when my mom was in the room, and she said that Rick's language reminds her of her brother.
Just take that as what you will.
language because of the curses or the whole nihilsitic schtick?
My reasoning for disliking this show is I find Rick Sanchez to be a really annoying and unlikable character. (Yes I know he's SUPPOSED to be like that, but that doesn't mean I find him any less unlikable.)
@loafhero I didn't watch season 4 because season 3 left such a bad taste in my mouth.
@WeegeeSlayer watch season 4 it's INFINITELY better
@@WeegeeSlayer123 If you watch the 4th season, skip the "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty", which is the 4th episode. It's horrible and will definitively leave a bad taste in your mouth. The rest it's good tho.
HONESTLY;
WHY Would or COULD anyone want to see an Unlikable D-Bag committing heinous actions, and getting away with them?!
Being a huge rick & morty fan myself , this is an episode i wouldn't want to watch over & over .
why. it ain't bad
@@tobsonasanya4765 it’s not bad but it certainly isn’t the best to come out of Rick and Morty. It’s just okay. Season 3 as a whole was just okay for the most part.
4:45 Can't believe you animated that! That's amazing!
18:20
The boat on caring about Rick as a person has long since passed.
Yeah, long since passed... And caught on fire. And sunk. And then detonated in a random antimatter-thermonuclear fireball that destroyed the entire country the harbor was located in.
Damn, I really like this episode. It's so funny and the therapy shit is what I live for.
Nice to see someone else who enjoyed the therapy part. It’s probably just personal tastes, but I enjoy both the sci-fi aspects and the drama.
It’s so funny how much I agree. It’s like it’s always Sunny in Philadelphia tried to make an episode where they explained why Dee was insecure and try and get you to care and understand why she does what she does. Like they did an amazing therapist episode and I know it’s not animation but it’s outrageous tv for adults like Rick and morty
5:54 Remeber the episode of Ed, Edd, n Eddy when Ed got grounded and his parents took down the stairs so he couldn't come out of the basement (his room is in the basement btw)?
Then again, that was funny as hell lol
05:41 And now we add The Boys on that list of media where superheroes can be jerks.
The sad part is that this episode won an Emmy. Think about it. This episode, which is just about Rick being a pickle and a therapy session, won an Emmy. This (along with the Vat of Acid episode winning one but not Bojack Horseman) made me lose interest with the Emmys.
the boys is dumb imo
Is making a show about superheroes being jerks a bad thing? it's mostly about execution rather than the idea itself, and Personally, the boys did it pretty well.
@@Arlesmon I never mentioned it as a bad thing. That’s where I give the show credit for going that route.
In the long run, emmys dont mean jack
I hope that Season 6 gives us Peanut Morty. No, seriously. That would be a very funny reference to Pickle and Peanut to have Pickle Rick and Peanut Morty. The amalgamation of titles is right there in front of you. November 22, 2020, 2:28am
A review from Mr. Enter always makes 2020 better.
Have you guys seen the Animaniacs reboot yet? 👍
@Killin9J0k3 895 Yeah. Removing 2 sexy attractive female characters for being "too innapropriate." Is a total dick move.
The trailer did call the characters "sellouts".
it might be a LITTLE controversial for a couple of reasons, but it's still pretty funny
@@avirus7893 but didn’t they remove like most of the original supporting cast tho
@@davadreviewer5509 That sucks too
You know what I would have loved?
When, instead of some analysis of Rick and his family at the end, the therapists just stand up, walks to the door and says:
"I don't know what you are, but you surely are not human.
There is nothing I can do for you, you are all beyond help."
And than just leaves the room.
Hiring female writers didn't make the show bad, hiring writers because they're female regardless of qualification probably had something to do with it though
Like he said in his video reviewing the High Guardian Spice trailer: IT DOES NOT WORK
The female writers must have blackmailed or threaten Dan Harmon to hire them.
@@chasformer3091 that's usually the way women get into power.
@@chasformer3091 Or they don't put in any effort, because they know that Dan Harmon can't fire them without looking bad.
@@trabant3060 Ok MGTOW
How I'd describe this show is "I couldn't get into it because of the fandom" like it's super toxic. For example it's mostly people screaming pickle rick, asking for that sauce and causing a disruption, and saying you need a high IQ to enjoy the show. I'm sure there might be some nice people in that fandom but they are basically hidden by "the ones we don't talk about"
Most anime series are like that in a sense
most fandoms are like this, so yeah
Bro, superheroes being "deconstructed" as asshole celebrities has been happening a lot longer than Hancock. Like since at LEAST the 80s, possibly even the Silver Age.
I think he meant in movies. Although he is wrong there too, anyone see mystery men?
I just really like the episode for the action scenes.
same
YOU DON'T GET IT! HE TURNED HIMSELF INTO A PICKLE!!
Mr enter: the biggest problem with the episode is......
*I'M PICKLE RICK*
I never got why so many people idolize Rick, when he's someone that's explicitly portrayed as someone you _shouldn't want_ to be. It's like idolizing Bojack.
People didn’t idolize Bojack because he was often portrayed as pathetic. Rick isn’t until much later in the show.
People idolize anyone who has power and uses it for shits and giggles. It’s why there’s so much worship of billionaires who do shitty, wasteful things with money while no one cares about the philanthropic ones.
Self improving is harder than pretending to be a nihilistic genius
@@BloodWiredHe’s accurate so it’s hard to idolize him
Just so people know, Dr. Wong IS a self-insert character from one of the new writers.
Thumbnail: Surrounded by an army of Pickle Ricks.
Me: I’d be pissed off if I was surrounded by pricks all day.
I don’t agree that the family shouldn’t be analyzed because they’re “bad people”. I think shows like Bojack and Rick and Morty.
I think we are seeing more imperfect characters that reflect us as people since we as people are trained to act in our self interest.
I liked the therapist speech because it was calling Rick out. He thinks he is about a mental health professional simply because he’s good at science, but she can see big flaws he is unwilling to address.
If you watch that psychology video with Gloria where she picks from 3 types of therapy, there is one that strongly reflects what the Dr say.
Yeah, but is a show dont tell thing. Its not the same that showing about their character than "oh well, you're like this".
@@CrraVideos Thing is though, the interaction and Rick’s actions before, during and after the therapy session do show Wong’s point. Also, tell rather than show does work in these sort of monologues. The Free Churro episode of Bojack Horseman is entirely a tell rather than show episode through a monologue, and everyone (besides me) seems to worship that episode.
@@BlueAversion Yes, but that is the *entire* episode, its a change of pace being withing a pshyco pickle killing people with rat bones and a therapist telling stuff, its.... weird, its one way or another, but both ruin the pace and the episode
The thing is that bojack is about character. He doesn't always go through some crazy and stuff. Most of the time it's him doing bad things because he's an asshole. But he gets called out for and i love how he's trying to change.
Rick and morty was about a crazy grandpa going on adventures with his grandson. I also think that the way they handle the characters in s1 and 2 was far better. There was a lot that left the audience question the characters' action without fucking saying everything like the therapy scene.
I can agree with this. I know it was a bad moment to most people, but for some reason I just couldn't hate it. It was the only moment I actually liked. This seems to explain it perfectly. I DON'T relate to Rick at all. But I still liked that scene. I think it was that someone finally decided to be done with all of Rick's junk. She wasn't going to put up with it or buy into it like his pansy family. I liked that. But even though it was a lot of talking, the scene afterwards still shows that he doesn't care what she says. He's not going to change. That was shown clearly. I also agree with you there. Good to see that someone sees it the same way.
“This is going to be very entertaining!”
- Alastor, Hazbin Hotel
@meanybean I’d appreciate it if you’d not bring that topic here. I understand that you don’t like Hazbin Hotel, but I don’t want to start any fights just because I quoted that show.
@meanybean You’re not wrong
I love being able to not think critically about shows and just enjoy them (or maybe even get swept up in the hype). You definitely made some good points here.
If Rick was in character, he would have let the therapist say whatever she wanted to say, then go into his own spiel that made her break down crying, then sell her to some aliens.
I’m willing to stand by the notion that this episode wouldn’t be as hated if it weren’t for the whole Schezwan sauce debacle.
That was in Episode 1, the most beloved one in Season 3.
@@reasyrandom I thought Ricklantis Mixup was the most popular episode in S3? I think it's the best written one in any case
@@scottski02 I think they're both put on a pedestal.
I like the episode but I understand what people didn't like it. Pickle Rick was kinda funny.
Same. I love the show and episode but I get why people don’t
You can taste the salt each time someone makes a sarcastic remark about Picked Rick. The fact that people are mad over something so simple is astounding.
I personally really like the pickle Rick episode and there isn’t really a rick and morty episode I dislike but I can totally see why someone wouldn’t like it.
Same here, if you only watch the Pickle Rick parts of the episode, it might be more watchable since Mr Enter mostly criticized the therapist segments of the episode.
Okay that first pickle Rick video was actually essentially a comedy sketch,way to take it out of context .
I used to love Rick and Morty back in like 2015. I got into from Gravity Falls and I bought a lot of the comics and remember staying up for new episodes... I remember wore a Rick and Morty shirt to school and only a few people knew it.
When season 3 came out I wasn't as much into it so u didnt watch it, and then came the memes that made me hate it.
I think a large part of the show's decline is Dan Harmon increasingly using the show to vent his psychological problems and bitter worldview. The guy has issues and it taints a lot of his professional relationships and output.
It was never Harmon...
@@WarmLusamine Yes. It was. There are even explicit references to his kinks like mannequin legs.
Was not expecting to see your real life model. Keep up the good work. Also saying you relate to Rick is saying you relate to Modern Peter Griffin
I honestly don't care for Rick and Morty period, but this episode is just...no.
Season 5 tells that there are 2 types of ricks 1 that abandons his family and 2 the ricks who dose not abandons his family but a rick from a alternate time line who kills beth and her mother. So the ricks who don't abandons their family finds a dimension where his daughter is still alive and is in her life. Which isn't healthy
Animated Atrocities talking about one of the fan favorite Rick & Morty episodes.
You better be prepared for that toxic community.
3:46 I am ashamed to admit I find this unironically funny.
I really laughed at that what is wrong with me
F E N C E
There's nothing wrong with that.
Honestly, how you analyze this episode is how I feel about anything that becomes a meme.
Nice pic, bro
So am I the only person who likes both the A and B plots? As well as the therapists dissection of Rick? Like we've seen Rick go through heavy character development before remember when he sacrificed his life to pull Morty out of the Schrodinger's cat Dimension. Sure he changed his mind but that was at the very last minute when an unknown variable came into play, before the other caller came into sight he was giving up his life so Morty could continue to live. I'd really only say it was the very first season where Rick and Morty just tried to be a comedy after that every episode in my opinion at least from what I watched could be looked at in two ways the most directed forward way would be to say it's just a comedy show (which is fine). The other way would be to look at it as social commentary through a comedic medium.
If i wanted to see a therapy session id go see a psychitrist
@@reptile1677 and?
I wouldn't say this is an unpopular opinion since a lot of people hate this episode. It is only liked because of the meme
I think it's the other way around. A decent episode that became hated because of the meme.
@@cde3003 it just felt to me like people hate this episode. It's still ridiculous how pickle rick was even a meme.
I like Wong's monologue, because it's the first thing in the show to put Rick in his place. There's no magic bullet to defeat her. It's her laying out the facts about why Rick is miserable, and he can't do shit because if he does, he admits that everything she said is RIGHT.
18:45
that's not what therapy is for.
@@alecrutz6979 She's a bad therapist. Doesn't reduce the value of the scene.
@@wamba2652 she ain't
As a die hard Rick and Morty fan, this is one episodes I enjoy ironically
16:45 Credited this being the subplot is no excuse for subpar performance, yet it’s a psychology session. Literally the entirety of that scenario involves talking, the ‘telling no showing’ issue. If the dynamic was exclusive to Rick and the psych MAYBE it could’ve been grounded (acknowledged as another antithesis to the show) w/ a more focused script.
In Treatment (HBO) is a great example of relying on the back-and-forth dynamic if interested.
Glad I'm not the only one tired of hearing this dumb episode being quoted.
the funny thing is Autistic people are more capable of having high IQs and intelligence than normal people
I remember there were accusations that the therapist was a mary sue due to how quickly she had Rick and his issues figured out. At first I was skeptical, I mean, Rick's not a complex guy. I'd figure any therapist worth their salt could have Rick figured out pretty darn quick. THEN I saw a picture of the writer for the episode and it all fell into place.
Three Words: Author, Self, Insert.
To be fair, sometimes you have to speed things up, even if it means a lack of realism.
@@Air_Serpent It's not a matter of speeding things up, like I said, any therapist who actually worked for their degree could get a pretty good grasp on Rick pretty darn quick.
The issue, is that THIS therapist looks like a Rick and Morty version of the writer of the episode.
@@magmos6346 somehow I didn’t read that in your comment the first time, even though it’s clear. Thanks for being nice about it.
I looked at her and yep- 100%
I would say it, at the very least, gave us memes, but the memes it gave us are the scourge and bane of my existence.
It's easy to try to pander to the internet and offer "memes" for it, Scoob tried to do that and you know what it worked... then it quickly faded. Trying to pander to meme culture is essentially offering nothing.
@@Shift_Salt Yeah, absolutely.
Between Emplemon’s analysis of this episode and now Mr. Enter’s, I can safely say the *Pickle Rick* dragon has at last been slain.