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created by

Justin Roiland Mark Justin Roiland (born February 21, 1980) is an American voice actor, animator, writer, and producer. He co-created the Adult Swim animated sitcom ''Rick and Morty'', for which he voiced the protagonists Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith from 2013 ...

and

Dan Harmon Daniel James Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American television writer and producer. He is best known as the creator and producer of the NBC sitcom ''Community (TV series), Community'' (2009–2015), creator and host of the comedy podcast ' ...

. The series follows

Rick Sanchez Rick Sanchez is one of the two Title character, eponymous characters in the Adult Swim animated television series ''Rick and Morty'' and resulting Rick and Morty (franchise), multimedia franchise. Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, he i ...

, an alcoholic, nihilistic

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, and his easily distressed grandson,

Morty Smith Mortimer Chauncey "Morty" Smith Sr. is one of the Title character, eponymous Character (arts), characters from the American animated television series ''Rick and Morty''. Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, and voiced by the former for the ...

as they travel to parallel dimensions and exotic planets with extraterrestrials. These adventures commonly cause trouble for Morty's family (

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, Beth, and

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), who are often dragged along as well. The series premiered on December 2, 2013, on

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's late-night programming block

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. On May 10, 2018, Adult Swim announced a long-term deal with the creators, ordering 70 new episodes of ''Rick and Morty'', through to a tenth season. At a

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panel in 2024, it was announced that the series had been renewed for an additional two seasons, renewing the show through season 12. The eighth season premiered on May 25, 2025.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2013–14)

Season 2 (2015)

Season 3 (2017)

Season 4 (2019–20)

Season 5 (2021)

Season 6 (2022)

Season 7 (2023)

Season 8 (2025)

Ratings

Other media

Anime

A six-minute short film titled ''

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'' aired unannounced on Adult Swim's

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programming block on March 29, 2020, during the hiatus of the fourth season of ''Rick and Morty'', before being uploaded to Adult Swim's

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channel the following day. Written and directed by , and produced by and

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and executive producer , the episode features a different animation and art style than usual, and is heavily themed around

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, specifically ''

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''. The short stars

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as "Rick WTM-72" and as "Shogun Morty", the pair reprising their roles from the Japanese dub of the animated series. Another eight-minute short film titled ''

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'' aired unannounced on

on July 26, 2020, debuting on YouTube slightly after. Written and directed by , produced by , animated at , and starring Tadano and Chiba as Rick and Morty, as Jerry, "AI Driver", and "Hologram Transvestite", and as "Hologram Girl", the episode explores the conflict between President Morty and Rick C-137. A third short film, titled ''

Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil) ''Rick and Morty: ~SUMMER meets GOD~ (Rick meets Evil)'', also known simply as ''Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil)'', ''Summer Meets God'', and ''Rick Meets Evil'', is a Japanese-language, Japanese anime short film based on the American televisio ...

'' and also written and directed by Takashi Sano, was released on YouTube on August 2, 2021 and aired on Adult Swim the following day. A fourth short film, titled ''

The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara ''Rick and Morty: The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara'', or simply ''The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese CGI-anime short film based on the American television series/ franchise ''Rick and Morty'', and parodyin ...

'', directed by Masaru Matsumoto and written by Naohiro Fukushima, was released on YouTube on October 10, 2021 and aired on Adult Swim the following day. A fifth short film, titled ''

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'' and featuring the return of ''Samurai & Shoguns Kaichi Sato as writer and director, was released on YouTube on November 12, 2021 as part of the 2021 Adult Swim Festival.

Webisodes

''The Non-Canonical Adventures'' (2016–2021)

On October 26, 2016, Adult Swim began releasing a

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shorts, '' Rick and Morty: The Non-Canonical Adventures''. Written and directed by Lee Hardcastle, the shorts follow ''Rick and Morty'' characters into

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of scenes from various science-fiction and horror films. The title of each short is the same as that of the film the short is parodying, and each episode ends with the Adult Swim logo sintegrated in the scene. On November 1, 2019, Hardcastle released a video compiling all the shorts, while also releasing the last ten previously unreleased shorts. Additional shorts were later released in 2021.

Other webisodes

''Vindicators 2'' (2022)

On May 20, 2021, Adult Swim announced a short

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series entitled ''The Vindicators'' was in development, alongside spin-offs from other Adult Swim shows like ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell ''Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell'' is an American sitcom on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late night programming block. The series made its official debut on April 18, 2013, on Adult Swim. The show is a live-action workplace comedy about Gary ...

''. The ten-episode series premiered on Adult Swim's

channel—each episode runs between two and three minutes. The series centers on the characters Supernova, Vance Maximus, Alan Rails, Crocubot, Million Ants, and Noob Noob previously introduced in the Season 3 episode " Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender". Each episode is written by Sarah Carbiener and Erica Rosbe, and directed by Maite Garcia. The series is produced by

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Animatic scene

In August 2016, Adult Swim posted an "animatic" scene entitled ''State of Georgia Vs. Denver Fenton Allen'' on YouTube. This consisted of the voices of Rick and Morty reenacting a transcript of a real-life court case of the same name. The visual animation consisted of only basic, black-and-white sketches. In October 2016, a fan-made fully-animated production version of the scene was released on YouTube, with the title ''Judge Morty: State of Georgia Vs. Rick Allen.'' It was later blocked by Turner on copyright grounds, but many fans have since reuploaded the video online.

Notes

References

External links

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