Why Rick and Morty is Hot Garbage—Irresistible, Hot, Soulless, Rotten Garbage
A Brutal Takedown by Someone Who Knows Animated Turds (Because I’ve Made a Few)
Alright, listen up. I already know half of you are about to furiously type a 3,000-word Reddit response about how Rick and Morty is actually “deep” and “satirical” and “the smartest show ever made.”
I see you.
I respect your passion.
I do not care.
Because here’s the thing—I am an animator. I literally make cartoons for a living. I know exactly what it looks like when an animated project crashes and burns. Just watch my own work. Seriously, some of my cartoons compete for Olympic-level cringe.
And let me tell you: Rick and Morty isn’t bad in the way a dumb cartoon should be bad. It’s bad in the way a dude who read one Nietzsche quote, drank 14 Red Bulls, and won’t shut up about “how society works” is bad.
This show tricked us all into thinking it was genius. I, too, was once bamboozled. But today, I’m here to tell you the truth:
This show is hot, soulless, rotten garbage.
Let’s get into it.
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Reason #1: This Show Thinks It’s Smarter Than You (And That’s Annoying as Hell)
You ever met a guy who starts every conversation with, “Well, ACTUALLY…” and then proceeds to explain something you already know, but in the most obnoxious way possible?
Yeah. That’s Rick and Morty.
Every episode screams, “LOOK HOW SMART WE ARE!”—but it’s just nonsense with technobabble.
Meanwhile, Futurama was out here actually being smart—with real science jokes, hidden math references, and Easter eggs that required a Ph.D. to catch.
But Rick and Morty? Oh, no. They gotta explain the joke five times per episode, just in case you missed how “genius” it was.
It’s like watching someone laugh at their own joke while repeatedly punching you in the face with a portal gun.
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Reason #2: The Fans Are the Absolute Worst (And the Show Encourages It)
Oh, you thought I wouldn’t bring up the Szechuan sauce riot?
You sweet, naive fool.
Remember when an entire horde of unwashed fans started screaming in McDonald’s because they didn’t get a packet of sauce that was literally just sugar water with soy sauce in it?
That was the moment we should have realized this show was a problem.
But the worst part? The show encourages this behavior.
It loves its rabid fanbase who act like they’ve achieved enlightenment because they “get” Rick and Morty.
News flash: You are not Rick. You are not a misunderstood genius. You are Jerry.
And I should know, because I, too, am Jerry.
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Reason #3: The “Dark Humor” is Just Misery With a Laugh Track
Wow. Another episode where Rick is a narcissistic sociopath who ruins everyone’s life, and the moral of the story is “Nothing matters, Morty!”?
How fresh. How original.
This isn’t deep. This isn’t brilliant. It’s just lazy writing disguised as genius.
Dark humor doesn’t have to mean “make everything as awful as possible.” Shows like Gravity Falls proved you could balance weirdness, existential dread, and comedy without turning into an unrelenting misery spiral.
Meanwhile, Rick and Morty is just a Groundhog Day loop of Rick burping, insulting Morty, and killing someone for shock value.
This isn’t a cartoon. This is a nihilistic PowerPoint presentation.
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Reason #4: The Show Has Been Running on Fumes Since Season 3
At some point, Rick and Morty became the TV equivalent of reheating leftovers from two nights ago and pretending it’s still a five-star meal.
Season 1 and 2? Genuinely creative.
Season 3? Starting to lose steam.
Season 4? Wait, are they just recycling the same three storylines?
Season 5? WHAT EVEN IS THIS SHOW ANYMORE?
It’s like they realized they only need to repeat the same three beats in every episode:
1. Rick proves he’s the smartest man alive.
2. Morty cries.
3. Nothing matters.
Wow. So deep. So philosophical. Let me go write a 2,000-word essay about this on Reddit.
(Side note: you know a show has lost the plot when Family Guy is aging better than it.)
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Final Verdict: Rick and Morty is Overhyped, Overrated, and Over Itself
At the end of the day, Rick and Morty is just a show for people who want to feel smart without actually being smart.
It’s a show that had potential, but instead of evolving, it just doubled down on its worst qualities—smugness, nihilism, and increasingly lazy writing.
Yes, you can still enjoy it. No, I will not stop you.
But don’t sit here and pretend this is “the smartest show ever made” when Futurama, Gravity Falls, and Venture Bros exist.
Now, if you disagree and want to scream at me, please:
✅ Light me up in the comments
✅ Troll me on my YouTube channel!
✅ Tell me my taste is garbage, which, honestly, is fair—have you seen the cartoons I make?
(*Seriously, I know what animated disasters look like. I’ve personally created several.)
Or, if you’re feeling truly chaotic, let’s rank which show fell harder: The Simpsons or Family Guy. Coming soon, because wow, what a race to the bottom.
🔥 Now go forth and argue. 🔥
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Next Up: The BoJack Horseman Post
Next, we’re going all in on the nightmare that is BoJack Horseman, aka:
“The Show That Made Me Deeply Uncomfortable (And Not in a Good Way).”
Because I’m still trying to mentally process whatever interspecies nonsense was happening there.
You ready for this? Let’s do it.
