I will never forgive Adult Swim for cancelling MDE

obnoxious man of potassium yea that’s the channel your looking for. That’s MDE

@Narwhal YT it just gives me a yt channel

Aqua teen hunger force was apparently cancelled because the unaired season 5 premiere “boston” was leaked

Given MDE's notoriety, I suspect their show on Adult Swim, *World Peace*, was most likely on borrowed time from the outset.

obnoxious man of potassium Million Dollar Extreme, look up MDE.tv on YouTube.


EmpLemon becomes a psychologist, circa 2020


I feel like this video really overlooked season 4 ..... Rick’s power is really pulled out from under him as his family realizes he’s not as great as he thinks he is. The family drama is stronger than ever as Jerry returns to the house and Morty finds an identity of his own. This video made some really apt points about but I think it was a little too pessimistic in the end, but that’s just me. I think it dipped in the middle but has found its footing as a great show.

yeah I stopped watching in season 3 cos it just wasnt compelling anymore, but season 4 is really good


Sadly, fandoms are often toxic. However we need to remember, that they also created many beautiful things.

@GoldenChainy None of those things are inherently good.

@Bio-error 1d10t: User unable to create name. Yea alot of fanart and fanfics are good have you never seen good ones?

@GoldenChainy You actually consider fanart and fanfics to be a good thing?

You know it's terrible when people are talking about "being in the fandom" as opposed to "being a fan of X"

@W;P Art, animations, fangames, stories, theorys. That kind of stuff

I can't think of anything good a fandom has produced

@TurquoiseCrow They colonize, yes, but they have root nodes.

Something that I’ve realized over the years is, no, fandoms are not inherently toxic. That toxic group of people that ruins the experience for everyone? They’re the same people in every fandom. Those people fandom-hop like nobody’s business between whatever piece of media is most popular this week, wreck everything, and leave. The vast, vast majority of people in fandoms are just normal people.

Fandoms are much like bacterial colonies.
Most are toxic, but some are like SCOBY/Yeast.
As above, so below, as within, so without, as before, so after.

I disagree, fandoms are often not toxic in themselves. Most of the time there is a large group that nobody cares about (since they aren't fans themselves) until the toxic ones step out and get given a megaphone by people who love to hate on the toxic people.


They turned the main protagonists character development into a pickle morty! It’s the funniest shit I’ve ever seen.

MyNickIs Nick I knew that that comment wouldn’t make it big in the long run so I tried replace it with something even more unfunny

@Offended De 2.0 Grammar & spelling? In the future?? <br>This past has already fallen.

@Offended De 2.0 Grammar & spelling? In the future??
This past has already fallen.

@Pioxys <br>You should've went back and learn how to spell future

@Pioxys
You should've went back and learn how to spell future

Nice job editing the comment from "The majority of the people commenting on this video haven't watched the first minute"

yeah im hear too and havent even reached a minute

I watched it in the furute, and travel to the past to comment.


season 4 ep 1 killed my interest in the show by making rick truly immortal.<br>Rick in the teaser for season 5: 'MoRTy I'm gOiNg tO dIE!'

season 4 ep 1 killed my interest in the show by making rick truly immortal.
Rick in the teaser for season 5: 'MoRTy I'm gOiNg tO dIE!'


"The truth about butt world? Poop rick?" <br>I am crying 😂

"The truth about butt world? Poop rick?"
I am crying 😂


does any one know the name of the pam pam pam pam pam pam music ?


What in the Kendrick Lamar reference is this??


People think they're smart by watching a TV show when they'd impress me more if they read a book that wasn't Harry Potter.


"Most people know it as that episode with that annoying meme"

I have to disagree. Most people who don't constantly peruse meme sites think of it as nothing but another episode. One they generally like, at that. This is where the "required IQ" meme really took off, as it was the show admitting it's not always going to be witty, cutting, and philosophical; but also will gladly indulge in pure nonsensical humor, which in this case they turn into the plot of the episode. Pretty poorly, but they still do it.

Most people who watch the show only really think of it as another animated comedy show that can occasionally surprise with a very well written joke here and there, from what I've gauged.

The people lauding it as the most intelligent show ever and the people taking the piss out of it because it very visibly diverged from any sort of pretentious intellectualism are the vocal majority. Most people I've talked to have seen the show, think it's funny, and don't obsess either way.

Saying "most people" in this context is erroneous because "most people" don't make their voices known, it's just a vocal minority of both sides. (Not to mention any posts about Rick and Morty being intellectual are satire nowadays)

I may make up a really slim percentage of people who had never heard of pickle rick before watching the show ,but I am among a really slim percentage of people who have never heard of pickle rick before watching the show so - I honestly liked the episode , when I was watching it I thought the episode was sort of like a parody for intense action films like John Wick , watching rick get all jacked up I never for a second thought ‘omg wow rick is so smart 😍’ I just thought that it was a load of hilarious bullshit ,hence was making a parody out of action films . It was entertaining enough. As for the therapist scene I think that was important to keep the fandom grounded, the fandom had come to point where people were trying to worship and emulate rick, the therapist while talking to rick might as well have been talking to the audience, it made Rick appear human ,and flawed and tried to put his ego in check, that he needed help to change for the better and people didn’t like that .

I think its an exceptional show in the first 2 seasons and there are a few episodes from seasons 1-3 that are some of the best ive seen in a long time. that being said season 3 really is a dissapointment, i havnt watched through season 4 yet but from what im hearing..... I think of it like I do futurama, I love futurama is every episode amazing no but there are some that are some of the best tv out there. Bojack horseman is another that I feel is a great show but some eps really drag it down. I really appreciate that Rick and Morty deals with beliefs and hard situations that most shows just don't, especially animated shows.

Yeah pretty much everyone I speak to IRL doesnt really have strong opinions about R&M

Totally agree. People have a tough time separating "internet" from "reality". Just because morons on YouTube comments are echoing some dumb obnoxious opinion everywhere, doesn't mean it's a reflection of society.

I don't constantly pursue "meme sites" Pickle rick was impossible to avoid.

I dont like that episode, it's just kind of weird, and not good weird, I don't like the pilot episode very much either, I like Rick and Morty as a show but some episodes are trash, I don't think theres a decent show out there that you could say dosent have a few bad episodes.

if you are referring ot the pickle rick episode, that episode was trash

I don't disagree with any of your observations/critiques of the episode, either. Basically a long winded post saying "most people" was completely the wrong term to use.


It's people analyze something till it has no where else to go. Stop killing things with your questions. It's like a bunch of 3 year olds who just lernt to say why.....lol. If you be quiet you will actully take in whats in front of you, now sit down and shut up my teacher used to say....A beautiful thing of the past.


hey i think someone forgot to turn off their ps2 in the background audio of your video, i can hear the gran turismo 3 menu music


I wonder what the rate of Rick suicide is, or Rick on Rick violence.


@Leone Maledetto I liked it episode 7, don’t get mad at me. I didn’t like episode 4 it made me uncomfortable.

@Ghostly makes me wanna rip my brain out of my head

@Leone Maledetto Yeah I wasn't all that excited for this season but the Planetina episode made me think that we were on an upward swing, even with how lame they've made Rick, I fear watching this latest one

@Vape Lord Yoda Episode 1 felt like something out of season 2. I seriously thought the show was making a comeback and going back to it’s roots, but then episode 2 was a disappointment, episode 3 didn’t even feel like the show, and episode 4 is just awful. Also, I still have no clue why the writers made Rick OP to begin with. He was never OP in the first two seasons. Rick was someone who relied on his ship, portal gun, and laser pistol to get him out of conflict. So when those things got compromised in an episode, it made for some really great conflict like the purge episode, gazorpazorp world, dimension 35-c, the giant’s world, etc.

@Highlander Episode 1 is one of my favorite of the series by far loved every second of it. Episode 2 is like so dumb that it’s good. It’s just a fun little 20 mins but it might get repetitive and probably not good for rewatching. Episode 3 I thought was pretty good. The music is great and the A plot with Morty and Planetina I very much enjoyed however the B plot was lame. They basically took the B plot of episode 3 and made it into episode 4, which sucked badly.

@Highlander I thought the planetina episode was strangely good, except for the b plot with summer having sex romps. The rest was unsatisfying, yet that did not prepare me for the sperms. I had no idea it could get this bad.

I haven't seen it yet, but what did you think of the first 3 episodes of the season?

@Vape Lord Yoda they gave Rick a hundred different superpowers, realized they made a superman with no cryptionote and if you have an unbeatable character there can be no tension in the plot!

So now they have to stealth nerf him. No consistency, no steaks.

@Leone Maledetto I didn’t even notice until my friend mentioned it; there hasn’t been one portal (from ricks portal gun) this season. That’s fucking ridiculous. And now that I think about it majority of Season 4 didn’t feel like they used portals too much. Maybe that’s a huge problem? Idk I’m just really disappointed in the direction of the series.

@Vape Lord Yoda don't wait for Rick and Morty to be good again

Wait for something to become as good as Rick and Morty was! It feels like lighting in a bottle but it's art. There will always be good art as long as we have the freedom to make it!

@Leone Maledetto You might be right. Maybe the gold era is gone forever. Maybe the hiring of the new female writers really hurt them bad. I wish the old days could come back.

@Vape Lord Yoda not so sure anymore, with the new Diversity hires from the end of season 2, add the General socialist bend culture took in the US got I doubt they can do any better.

This is them. Bad propaganda, clap back grossout. Us EMPLEMON subscribers are big fans of downward spirals!

Me. I’m truly disappointed in what the show has become. Seasons 1-2 were lightning in a bottle.


I just found your channel, it's unbelievably underrated! your commentary and analysis are on point also your editing is fucking amazing! you deserve over 1 mill subs


I love how he actually made an entire commercial. Good bit. Good job staying committed to your plans.


The first 2 seasons are awesome and definitely on another level Atleast for me.
Iv watched about 4 of your videos so far.
Really enjoying this channel right now


I definitely have close friends that think Rick is a master genius for being a nihilist


Man I love your take, the show introduced a central plot but at the same time the plot mattered so little they might as well have not done it


This is one of the best commentaries on the show. Well done.


I remember being so excited for season 3 and I really liked the pilot for it, but I don't even remember if I got to the p*ckle rick episode because it just became that unappealing and I haven't touched the show in a couple years. Emplemon did a good job articulating how I felt after the show's peak with season 2


That has to be the single best commercial I've ever seen. Well done, good stuff my guy!


i agree rick has gotten overpowered and that it's ruined tension, but i think it opens the door for a totally new dynamic that revolves around his god complex


A rare good take on Rick and Morty, thanks for reminding me why I love this show


Morty used to contrast Rick. You related to Morty through his humanity and understood Rick through his cold logic.

That contrast is weaker now and the show suffers for it. Morty has increasingly become like Rick.


The dark comedy doesn't hit when the entire theme of the show has become nihilism


I love this show for the comedy, the sci fi elements, the lore, and the interdimensional travel. I believe in alternate dimensions/timelines so its cool.


I have it on personal authority that Rick and Morty is God's favorite show.


Honestly I think the show has been trying to ground itself more recently with the final half of season 4 I think the Vat of Acid episode is a huge turning point back to the earlier seasons as for once Ricks actions seemed to have a more proper tone the the tone of that episode made it feel really cruel that he would go through all that trouble just to teach Morty to not question him and after Morty went on his own personal adventure he came back with a speech about living for something usually the episode would b played for a sardonic laugh but Morty genuinely loses a lot of respect for Rick after that eventually culminating in the finale where the whole family abandons Rick choosing to live with more purpose and heart then Rick


I am so very confused, why are we eulogizing this show?  It is Still one of the greatest shows of all time


For me season 3 was absolute peak, pickle rick being one of the best. Completely disagree with nihilism and don't think it's like the smartest show or w/e. I always really hated jerry, just unbearable every moment he was on screen outside of when he was miserable without bringing someone else down with him.


Wow you nailed it. I never realized how lame it is that they made Rick Godlike. He fist fights a literal God in season 4


I mean I think the show just is more interested in developing Morty as a character after season 2. Morty changes a lot, he becomes more capable in almost every way not just jaded, and even then I dont think he's really all jaded


I remember that April fools day because what was SUPPOSED to air that day was the new episode of Samurai jack, a show that 4chan's /co/ board had been living for. <br>for rick and Morty to air in it's place as an EPIC PRANK xD when the show had already been labeled as annoying, arrogant, and cringe, further cemented the hatred for it for allot of people.

I remember that April fools day because what was SUPPOSED to air that day was the new episode of Samurai jack, a show that 4chan's /co/ board had been living for.
for rick and Morty to air in it's place as an EPIC PRANK xD when the show had already been labeled as annoying, arrogant, and cringe, further cemented the hatred for it for allot of people.


By far the best analysis I've seen that isn't clickbait!

But I think it has more to do with the behind the scenes with Justin Roland and Dan Harmon, or specifically Dan Harmon. Roland thought his part in rick and morty was the driving force but after solar we know better..... Dan and spotlight makes him nervous, look at his track record


It's its own feeling when you watch a show, love it for reasons unknown to you, and need to have your feelings explained to you by a YouTuber... It's somewhat hurtful


Rick and morty is unique.

But it’s the same as every other show.

Something great at some point.

Yet at one point ruined by the fandom.

Yet, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Provided people aren’t still pissed at a crude comic made years and years ago that has nothing to do with it.


Breaking Bad is another good example of a show changing because it got popular

and also a good example on how to end a show at its peak.


God, I love this show.<br>(Why don’t I watch it on Hulu anymore?)

God, I love this show.
(Why don’t I watch it on Hulu anymore?)


I gotta say, i must be in the minority then. When the first season was ongoing, i watched something like 6 or 7 episodes, never found it even slightly guffaw-inducing funny but rather forced and trying very hard to be "clever", and dropped it at that. I deeply enjoyed Futurama, and still enjoy much of the Simpsons.


I love Futurama.  My heart still hurts that its over, but holy shit Rick and Marty came out at just the right time. The season spaces could have been shorter but its just about on track now. We should end up having the same number of episodes. What I love the most about both Futurama and Rick and Morty is how each episode has a science or physics based thing at the heart of the episode or a science fiction based device like a mind switcher or time machine or a shrink ray/grow ray or a multiverse battery. I love a good crazy space adventure, I love the crazy gadgets . And I love the jokes. You can tell now that the first few Futurama seasons, the humor is outdated and heavily censored for TV. Rick and Morty is balls to the wall with the humor and gore or sexual content. I love any cartoon with a lot of sci-fi and outter space stuff, there just aren't a lot of shows in this setting. And for anyone that doesn't like the newer episodes,  I have to disagree,  the vat of acid episode is now one of my all time favorite episodes. Its an instant classic. Go watch it if you haven't.


Glad I was able to experience Rick and Morty.


It has a lot of flaws in the third season but it is still better then 90% of the other Television out there


I remember staying up all night just to watch robot chicken, and I saw a SINGLE episode of Rick and Morty,


Ugh... a show that hires people based on what is between their legs instead based on how well they do their job deserves to fail.
Though that is to be expected from Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, the two degenerates (even though they are quality entertainers).
To everyone who is fine with that type of hiring, I just hope that when you need a doctor, you get treated by a doctor that got their job based on the arbitrary quotas that needed to be filled instead of them being a good doctor. :)


To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily fromNarodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick and Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existencial catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Rick and Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.


To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎


for what it is, I find Rick and Morty a very... sitcom-y show. At least in one aspect - for me at least it was very forgetable. a lot of scenes in this video, memes, pop-culture etc. I do not remember seeing. Ive seen every season as soon as it went live, but I just cant recall most stuff people show/reference from the show. Its good fun, yes, I enjoyed watching it, but much like sitcoms I dont remember its jokes, most characters etc. The fandom would have me believe my IQ is too low to understand the jokes so they make no sense beyond the initial shock value of most of it but I just think its a very fun series with clever humor, much above the level of similar media, but not much more than that and people just give it way too much credit


this is what happens when the fans make the creators so tired of their own show because of all those stupid theories, and their reactions to said theories being wrong, that they dive bomb the planned stories just to try and get it over with, so they can make the show they actualy want to make.


Then he turns himself to a pickle, funniest shit I've seen.


Nah, hiring the women was the problem. Harmon treated his writers arbitrarily and suffered for it.


I agree with this video, but I feel like season 4, even thought its terrible beginning is fixing these problems


The family drama part is a little construed. Both for Star Wars and Rick and Morty, the "family drama" is just a reflected complication of; in Star Wars, morality and love, and Rick and Morty as more of search for meaning and attachment, while developing change between characters.


When people watch Rick N Morty, they're just expecting another Futurama. They wanted whacky sci fi stuff with robots n lazers and timey whimey stuff. What you end up getting is content more relatable to real life, which to some people, looks like actual science fiction...
That may have sounded a lil pretentinous idk.
Keep up your good work Emp <3


About 16 years ago I suffered a severe case of M.A.A.D. from Basil Fawlty from Fawlty Towers.


The problem is that whenever a show/movie gets mainstream attention, it's bound to attract the cringe pundits.


"Rick and Morty got popular because it's a clever family drama. By the way, most people watch it because of literally every other aspect."

Am I the only one seeing the issue with the way he rationalized this?


Calling Star Wars sci-fi is like calling Lord or the Rings sci-fi. There are no scientific elements in it, nor explanation of technology. It also takes place in a "galaxy far far away", making it solidly fantasy. Star Trek takes place in an Earth future and focuses heavily on science and explaining technology.


Fuck man, Adult Swim in general has aired some of the greatest television to ever exist.

Also, anyone who says “hurr durr Im A rIcK” is probably a bad person who nobody likes, so maybe I guess they are? Hm, interesting.


I resent myself for letting this video sit in my watch later for so long.


I mean if season 3 is the worst season then its of course the darkest show in the sense of being a dark age for the series


holy shit this video is actually sponsored by Keeps I thought it was just a bit :D hahaha well played sir


I'm putting it down, the best mid roll ad on YouTube and there are some absolute bangers.


Just found you today on a video about villains, and I really like that video and this one so imma subscribe, keep up the awesome work man


I originally watched the first two seasons and thought they were okay, and then I never watched any more.


This is just a problem with shows in general.... when the fans start to basically write the show.

Wait, couldn't this logic fit other shows like the Office or videogames like Team Fortress 2


rick and morty fandom was like the portal fandom. i dont like being judged as a asshole for liking a 20mins show

@Izaiah Florés the cake is a lie these 4 words explains why


thats why i like rick and morty so much. if it was just about science, i wouldn't be invested in it. Rick and Morty is ultimately about this dysfunctional family. There are many differences in each dimension, but the one constant is that their family has issues. That universal fact is something that they can never get away from.

They can try, but they'll never succeed. Its a fate they'll have to bear. I don't care too much about the science, and in fact it kinda doesn't matter. The show explains the science enough to where it makes sense so you don't even need to understand the concepts before watching.

the magic that was in the first 2 seasons was amazing. i still enjoy rick and morty even now, but the initial start up is why i even started to like the show.


Just makes me wish more people watched Venture Bros


Ah its 3:21 pm and just finished finished futurama's meanwhile. Indeed, what a great ending to a great series!


5:02 wait, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey was number 8 below Rick and Morty? I mean, yeah, I think it was a good show but I guess I just didn’t realize that it was that popular


"Welcome to the age of the fandom."<br>Me: "TAke me back! I want to go back!"

"Welcome to the age of the fandom."
Me: "TAke me back! I want to go back!"

@azalla lol way past that, but mentally? Accurate.


Huge respect for putting gex in the video


I've never watched Rick and Morty. When you said that starting season 3 quality went down and Rick got unexplicable super-powers, I called it that they hired chick writers. It's obvious. But you can;t say that. "Intellectuals" have a dogma that chicks are above criticizim and that my line of thinking is blasphemy -- even though chicks themselves constantly make jugements based on being a chick or a guy.


12:33 nice Unabomber reference. It was used perfectly.


I mean it just sounds like a tug of war, not as one-sided as you make it out to be. The fanbase is a group of people, not a force of nature. Fans see rick as nihilistic, so they make his caring side more obvious. Then fans got mad at them for writing more clearly ("the mystique of Rick's psychology" are you fucking kidding me man?), so they made the scenarios more nonsensical. So the fans got mad at the power scaling, so the writers emphasized the interpersonal conflicts. Then the fans got mad that the story was about a dysfunctional family... and on and on...

The writers tried to please the fans and messed up the flow, same as george lucas and the prequels. Their best move should've been telling the fans to shut the fuck up.


Trammell Starks, I tip my hat to you good sir. Nice choice in music 10:48


if nothing matters, you may as well be in a good mood.


whyv odes it have to matter so much every season have fun its entertaining and has like 1000 episodes to go have faith in Dan Harmon for all his faults he can write the shit out of a show look at community


I dunno, i dont agree with the fandom part. I dont have to be a weeb to enjoy anime, and i dont have to have above avg iq to enjoy rick and morty.


Star Wars is Science Fantasy, hence its popularity.

Star Trek is Science Fiction, hence it being niche.

I'd argue Rick and Morty leans towards science fantasy.


It’s a good show, people need to just see it as a show, not a fucking religion.


No one: Rick and Morty is too deep for you to understand.

Me: Futurama with Pickle Rick go brrrrrr!


Honestly, jerry. His character is something disgusting and something deserving of respect. I urge you to find your own opinions on him and share, n if youre interested, ask me why i think this so.


3:40 Ah yes the show that had a bunch of people camping out in line at McDonald's and paying exorbitant prices for a sauce no one actually liked. Culturally significant indeed. Oof.

5:39 I mean the same thing happened that happens with everything, the honeymoon period ends and, some people, remember they can think for themselves and decide that maybe it wasn't the show of the century. Everyone else bandwagons at one end or the other.

11:48 Connecting there being no empirical, scientific reason to care about others and exploiting the goodwill of others is a pretty far stretch.  That it wouldn't make a difference whether or not you did exploit the good will of others is bafflingly strange. Generally when you exploit the good will of others they catch on sooner or later and abandon you. Being surrounded with no one, and being surrounded by those you care for is a massive difference.

That aside, I like the honest look into the trouble the show's had on and off the screen.

That sauce was good you take that back you monster man


I know what made people hate rick and morty, Dan Harmon putting his foot in his mouth talking about politics. He should of stayed out of it but he thought he was big enough he couldn't be touched.


Hype dying off is the best thing it can have I feel. I've got hope it'll get better


3:56 ok but bruh that morty in the front is wearing his mask under his nose


Who says the show has gone down hill? Is it because they don't like waiting 2 years between seasons? Because that show is golden.


Emplemon, my favorite video essay channel slash part time YouTube pooper

The phrase "part time pooper" put a smile on my face.


What ruined the show for me is that it started to seen like a woke propaganda piece. Simply using the show to not-so-subtley push the political message of the current year, at the expense of its own integrity


31:00 oh yeah i get it its a rick and morty reference


<i>"September 2013 saw the end of one of the greatest episodic comedies of all time as Futurama aired its final episode."</i> Okay, but... what great episodic comedy ended that same day?

_"September 2013 saw the end of one of the greatest episodic comedies of all time as Futurama aired its final episode."_ Okay, but... what great episodic comedy ended that same day?


For me this is the definitive analysis of the show. I don't think I've seen a better dive into why the show is both so loved and hated.


If you rearrange the letters in "Cinema Hypothesis", you get "Depression"


„There is nothing else like it on television.“ except solar opposites lol


holy shit, quickest 35 minutes ever. nice one emp


Honestly I got a sense that Rick and Morty in season 4 was now trying too hard to be Rick and Morty again sort of like when Community was when Dan Harmon was fired. Like I still like the show with Rick and everything now but like others have said the show became popular, it couldn't just simply be what Justin and Dan wanted it to be, the fandom had to clash and interfere with their vision. Or maybe all this change in the show is symbolic for that the show can be whatever, like a hamster or donut shop without consequences being an entire huge reveal commentary on why it doesn't matter you love or hate the show cause it doesn't matter like this comment and everyone else's opinion on it or the anyone's really in any piece of media. But something less depressing and pathetic love this vid EmpLemon, great analysis.


I think you're taking the show too seriously.

"Nothing matters, everybody's gonna die, come watch TV".

Also Solar Opposites works because it's not Rick & Morty.


idk bruh i liked season 3 and didn't notice anything wrong or different about it and upon watching this i don't think id watch it with any different attitude in the future


It really sucks that fandoms suck so much


I personally think that ricks nihilism is because of all that he’s done. He has such a god complex that when bad things happen he often doesn’t care at the moment. However, over time he comes to look back on his actions and realizes he’s ruined and destroyed so many peoples lives. He seems to feel guilt for his past actions but can’t allow anyone to see him as weak or emotional. So he decides to drink and push others away when his emotional side starts to get too attached.


So 1 and 2 were infinity war, the rest is endgame. Got it!


It all started with that damn McDonald sauce....


25:42 do people idolise Cartman?! Oh no, it’s worse than I thought!


Wrong.
The Sherlock Holmes fandom was a massive cultural phenomenon before TELEPHONES were available.
And before that, political parties and religions. They are cut from the same cloth as fandoms.


This video is an essay that is written in my writing style, and it's fucking weird.


People are more depressed nowadays because of the economy and class struggles.


The passive criticism again Film Theory is fucking beautiful


I love these videos they’re nice background noise


This is a commentiquette level ad with 10x the production value.


Already got me with the Kendrick reference


"stars wars tell the story of a dysfunctional family" lol


32:16 dayum, how come season 3's premiere has such low numbers compared to everything else? Was something big happening the same day?


Writers get added to the shows all the time with no ill consequences. These gendr quotas killed the show and wrote mary sue Rick becasue they lack any real hardships irl and can't relate to problems. They don't want to crunch either.

But EmpLemon can't say that, because he is now a big channel, and if he doesn't suck up to w*men, they will cancel him.


i agree and disagree with some of the criticism of season 3


The fandom is cancer and so were the new writers on season 3.


The whole fanbase in a nutshell:

r/im14andthisisdeep

The whole fanbase in a nutshell:

*r/im14andthisisdeep*


took me a long time to realize that you were doing a sponsored bit


come on man like I want to watch the show and I like it but the fandom just makes it so cancerous that I don’t even want to actually say that I like it feels bad good video though has some really good points that I still can’t be good but I still can and yet still have flaws good video man don’t look at my profile pic I swear to God I can’t change it it physically doesn’t work fuck YouTube.

ҜeѶIn cAυѕeĐ ❾1➀ 옻


And then season 4 came out and was an incoherent, stupid, poorly written mess that amplified everything bad about the show while simultaneously stripping away everything that made it unique and clever.


0:00 Yoooo, right out the gate with some esprit! Great music taste, my guy!


i just enjoyed the show the only evidence of a bunch of casuals as the fandom was seeing cring tik tok compliations but i mean tik tok ruins everyithyng


The real question is why you own a slightly worn out pickle Rick costume

And why you have footage of flossing in it


Have this man watch season 4 the family dynamic change dramatically end of the season 4


Maybe the reason the show is so garbage nowadays is because he's now living in an alternate universe where nothing matters


nowadays people will make a fandom out of anything.<br>like the youtube channel Dream.

nowadays people will make a fandom out of anything.
like the youtube channel Dream.


Adult Swim’s anime block back in the day  >


You Give me mad LEMMINO vibes, take that anyway you want


who else feels like Good Show m.A.A.d Fandom was inspired by Good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar


Season five will come out atalong with Halflive 3 and the final books of GoT.


Hey man, can you lead me to where you found that sound at the beginning of the video?


Sometimes I think this is just setting me up for a Penn Jillete ‘SHUT THE FUCK UP’ and a dive bomb descent into a Poop, hasn’t happened yet on my 5th watch. Questionable emp


I heard that Tom Davies (Geowizard) original music in there, that's cool m8


The entire music in the background is from gran turismo I sware to god


This is "just a theory" but if you listen to the Harmontown podcast (now cancelled by Dan himself) you realize Dan's divorce affected season 3 HEAVILY which is why season 4 is a little better.


I’m sorry but the second I heard espirit at the start I subscribed


That Gorillaz beat in the background is SCHLANGIN


I can hear Gorillaz "We are happy landfill" in the background at 25:40


Hey, you used the music from the Walk Across Wales in a Straight Line!


MatPat: Sees this
MatPat: Begins having aneurysm

MatPat: *Sees this*
MatPat: *Begins having aneurysm*


Why are the Simpsons always so green in these?


7:28 Thanks. Now I want to play Gran Turismo 3


I still really like Rick and morty but I almost never talk about it partially because all the cringe that it spawned (the McDonald's sauce craziness and all trash the musicall.y)


I’d say BoJack Horseman does a better job on the theme of dysfunctional families and relationships anyways.

Additionally, the season with a strong focus on MeToo and Diane's vietnamese heritage (I think it was 4) was soooo good. It was really one of the few times female (and Migrant) issues, media culture and all that stuff were genuinely well portrayed and it hit me really hard for an animated TV show.

It does a better job of having female writers too.


It was good. Season 4 ruined it completely though. Absolutely fucking awful.


Gray video!  but change the title 😹😹😹 you even know what m.A.A.d means ??


i thought rebel taxi chanced his voice.
turned out it was just emplemon.
is this the first episode of a possible future collaboration?


there will Never Ever be another cartoon like Rick & Morty.


Never admit you like this show.... and also never admit you think it's a low brow, vulgar, terrible show that's only popular because it's an edgy slapstick cartoon.

In other words the first rule about Rick and Morty is we don't talk about Rick and Morty.


I'll wait for you, I'll wait for u forever. × the 🐋's


Adult Swim is like what YouTube should have been.


Idk, I like Season 3, because it feels like the show's making fun of itself.


To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎


I see what you did there with the title 👀


This is very poorly written. Almost too many instances where you speak as if its an objective fact when it can be interpreted in the complete opposite way.


Bushworld Adventures > Anything else Dan Harmon has touched<br>DEBATE ME COMMIES

Bushworld Adventures > Anything else Dan Harmon has touched
DEBATE ME COMMIES

Community is running in circles around literally anything you can think of

<i>We are going to Bendigo to get me cubes, Morty.</i>

_We are going to Bendigo to get me cubes, Morty._

@Alberto C. Routwell SAAAAAAXTON HAAAAAAAAAALE

@Based Battle Droid
"prime minister"
CEO ✔

@Based Battle Droid
-"prime minister"-
CEO ✔

Didn’t he have something to do with community?


Thanks Mattoons for letting me know about this amazing video and channel.


And emplemon turns himself into a pickle, funniest shit I've ever seen


No one going to acknowledge he’s playing a black heart revenge beat in the very beginning?


That pickle Rick sleeping bag is pretty dope though.


Bruh I respect how you used “We Are Happy Landfill” as music talking about the fandom

Nice Gorillaz song that should have been released on Demon Days rather than a side album.


There will never ever be a game like Kid Icarus Uprising

I dumped so many hours into it as a kid. Even without my nostalgia, it was an amazing and unique game. I'd love to see emplemon cover this.

I'm just hoping they make a new switch game

there will never ever be a show like mde presents world peace

There probably will<br>Might take 25 years though

There probably will
Might take 25 years though


If you ask me Futurama was a better show than Rick and Morty overall.


That one imbecile: GUYS I HAVE AN ORIGINAL THEORY: WHAT IF MORTY WAS IN A COMA AND EVERYTHING IS A DREAM

I think the whole purpose of what he does is to provide a different perspective on a subject, but with that being said, those perspectives are unoriginal and bland.


Rick and Morty: A dumb show with great writing and a terrible fandom


I cant wait for when pickle rick comes up


There’s a good definition for the references. It’s called “Key Jingling”.


I started watching again once the "pickle Rick" memes stopped 😆


i watched the whole sponsored segment in complete disbelief


“Stay tuned for the Downward Spiral
after these messages.”

I love how ironic that the song played in the season 2 finale was Hurt by Nine Inch Nails in the album The Downward Spiral.

“Stay tuned for the Downward Spiral
after these messages.”

I love how ironic that the song played in the season 2 finale was Hurt by Nine Inch Nails in the album *The Downward Spiral.*


Aqua Teen Hunger Force was one of the greatest shows of the 2000s

I still think that show defines Adult Swim next to Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

@Elis D Yea it has the stupidest formula but works really well.

William TOAD I’m gonna become a newcomer fan of that show relatively soon.😉🙂😌😄


I didn't like season 4. 3 episodes in I just stopped.


Metalopocalypse is one on Adult Swims most underatted shows tbf

@john titor The awkward whale scientists was the worst section by far.

@Kenneth Westervelt Its stuck in limbo from what i know

@Kenneth Westervelt elaborate on your point about "cringe comedy" moments.

Eh, I think it's perfectly rated. The people who should love it, pretty much do. It's got some unnecessary Family Guy/Office space cringe comedy bits that take it down a notch IMO. Will the story arc end? Who knows? At least we got some damn good songs and a different style of metal lyrics out of it.


hol up, season 4 ended? Huh, the finale felt like just another episode more... there are some episodes in season 3 and season 4 that I really really like and some jokes that I find very funny but yeah season 2 was the peak.


Ahh, Rick and Morty.<br>My favorite family drama

Ahh, Rick and Morty.
My favorite family drama


sounds like it suffered the same fate as most show like sword art online and game of thrones


lmao i watch this show cause it's funny i don't care for philosophy


Bro fandoms for a lot of shit suck. I like dragon ball and my hero but a lot of people in their fandoms garbage lol and yea rick and mortys fandom god awful. Im ashamed to show i like it still lol


I want to like Rick and Morty, but unfortunately my IQ is just too small

@Mr. Drip guess that just proves my point that my brain is not big brain.


So why are the simpsons green on this channel?


I did not expect that advertisement... A CINEMA HYPOTHESIS!!!


Good critique of media planning, arc writing, episodic writing, and character writing. Some good insights. Nice job Emp.


Considering I just injected the entire 4 seasons into my veins over two days, this perspective on the shifting tone of the series was rather interesting. I didn't quite notice the shift as much but that's probably a consequence of timescale as much as tidbits of the original themes sticking around despite the midway shift, nevertheless I still got the underlying message loud and clear by the end of my ride. Great content as always and great analysis of the core evolution of the show.


I've watched two of your videos now and you blow my mind with your accurate analyses and fair conclusions. You have my subscription and views. Keep up the good work!


I always thought Season 3 didn't feel the same, and I think you really hit the nail on the head: they changed the way they were writing the show. That said, I still think the show's headed in a good direction. I liked Season 4 a lot more than Season 3 (even if the gratuitous pop-culture references get annoying, coming from a character like Rick), and the end of that season has me hopeful for what's coming in Season 5.


This reminds me so much of the transition between Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat in Doctor Who. Davies kept the character relatively “grounded” in terms of power level; sure he has a magic time traveling box and multiple lives, but he’s still very fallible and prone to error. He’s just a guy who happens to have enough smarts and tech to muddle his way through saving people from bad guys. Once Moffat took control, the Doctor became an invincible force of nature charged with saving the entire universe from various threats. At that point, so much of the interest was lost without the relatability (Matt Smith did his best, bless him, but you can’t perfectly cover up bad writing with good acting)


If I could use one word to describe the show “it’s a very unique show”


I was also in high school watching the show when it first started, the problem is it went mainstream, as much as people knock on "hipster types" you can't argue that the fanbase of shows getting too big can hurt them in the end, one the popularity exploded it was cool know that so many others enjoyed this show I've been watching for awhile, but then it got to a point where it was affecting my enjoyment of the show, like the whole "sauce thing" made me embarrassed to be a fan.


The first two seasons definitely stand on their own. Some of the best tv ever made imo. I did really like S3 as well but I feel like S4 went off the rails a bit. I will still await S5 eagerly and I hope they can get at least some of the magic back. I haven't been so excited for a show like I was after I discovered R&M since I don't know, maybe when Avatar TLA came out? The first two season really are that good.


In my first semester of college, I watched a lot of Adult Swim because I hadn't fully embraced youtube by that point. Rick & Morty looked like a great diversion from all the the Seth McFarlene shows and the promos were really unique. I watched it and I really liked season 1 and then season 2. I was liking it even more than the Venture Bros. By the time season 3 really came around, it did feel different. By the end of it, I was more interested in Ball Masterz, on after Rick & Morty. I haven't watched the 4th season and I might never. It'll still probably be fun, but I can think usually find more interesting things to watch. Maybe it'll draw me back in, but there isn't anything really worth watching on Adult Swim anymore.


I've never ever seen a Rick and Morty episode, but this video made me want to watch the first 2 seasons. Thanks!


The pickle Rick episode was my first Rick and Morty episode and actually got me into the series. Funny how the episode that got me into it is the same that put people off😂


I love the advertisement. Thank you for making me not want to skip it. Quality entertainment.


I love rick and morty. I love the science, the philosophical undertones, the characters, all of it.

I even like how they split between serialized episodes and one off episodes like interdementional cable. I feel like it really shows Rick and morty off in a way that’s special.

Some of the actions in previous episodes have consequences in the future, but then again some episodes have actions that don’t matter in the future ones. I think that’s cool.

I don’t know what I’m trying to say. I just like how some episodes have more consequences then others. Kind of like real life. Some actions in real life have larger and more severe consequences than others.

I’m a big fan of Rick and morty and I don’t despise the newer seasons at all. I like them just the same as the old ones. Because they hold to the same formula. Cool characters, philosophical undertone, and cool sci-fi. They also stick to the winning formula in other ways as well. Some episodes in the newer seasons have actual real consequences, while other episodes are just one offs like the original interdementional cable. To me, the seasons aren’t that different. Characters are still developing, some episodes matter, some episodes dont, and there is cool science.

Also, I just want to say something. While at times Rick can seem unstoppable like you said, season 4 makes it very apparent he isn’t. Rick actual got beat up several times in season 4 and it just shows as a reminder that despite him seeming unstoppable, he isn’t.

I may be going on to long but I really like the show in how it goes about serialized and episodic episodes. And sometimes they throw in serialized aspects into episodic episodes. Does that make sense? Like in interdementional cable, gazorpazorpfield came on and Rick says “hey gazorpazorp, isn’t that where the whole sex robot came from? Remember that whole thing?” (That’s not word for word but that’s the gyst), and I think that’s cool. Adding some world building and serialization into other wise episodic episodes is a nice bonus. Long story short, I like how they have serialized and episodic episodes and I like how they sometimes add serialized undertones to otherwise episodic episodes (if that makes sense lol).

I think people are too hard on the show. If you really sit back and look, the show hasn’t changed that much. We still get reminders that Rick isn’t unstoppable, we still get cool science concepts, we still get character development, we still get cool world building and story, and we still get cool whacky one off episodes mixed in with serialized episodes with an underlying story.

And that’s another thing I like. The story of Rick and morty isn’t always flat out pointed out or stated, in some episodes the story is an underlying theme that you have to see for yourself and it adds to the greater story as a whole. Just a cool balance between all. Like in the first episode of season 4 at the end rick says “there is a lesson here but I’m not gonna figure it out”. I think that could be a message to the audience that not all the story points are gonna be pointed out, some have to be inferred and figured out on your own.

For example, I think one of the cool character developments and story points is with how Beth learns to not be so subservient to Rick and to not be so afraid of him leaving. This is a theme throughout the whole show I think you forgot to mention. And it hits a sort of climax for Beth in the 4th season. In the very first episode rick grabs morty to go on an adventure and Beth says “dad there is a way we do this now”. I just think there are a lot of different individuals stories mixed into a greater story that all the seasons tell nicely.

Point being, the show isn’t in a downward spiral. It is still doing all the great things it has been. It might do them a bit differently sometimes, but different isn’t bad. It’s different. Hell the whole show is different from every other show out there.

It would take way to long for me to type out each individual character arc, individual story, and how they each contribute to the greater story as a whole, but the point being is they are still there, even in the later seasons which people seem to hate on. You get my point. The awesomeness in the first two season is still there in the two most recent seasons.

I like Rick and morty. Basically what I’m trying to say lol.


I feel like people focus on the aspects of the show that indulge nihilistic behavior and miss the fact that the entire show is a cautionary tale for nihilism.


Honestly I thought it was great to think I was the only one who watched Rick and Morty on Adult Swim, a channel that I thought it was so stupid that not even adults would tune in to it, I love the dark humor and references that sometimes goes over my head, it makes me want to dig in more, Rick being an unstoppable force that defies other characters and it’s sci fi themes, its pretty good. I want to know what’s going to happen to Evil Morty.

I also love some of the fandom that makes nice art work, like Rick being the Joker or PennyWise.


Great video; nice to give some credit to predecessors that paved the way like Futurama and Simpsons - but how could you leave out Venture Bros?!? Criminal!


The first episode of season one is still one of my favorite episodes of television I’ve seen


I remember the first time I watched Rick and morty. It was around 2:00AM and I watched the parasite episode while drinking a monster energy. I loved the humor and watched all the way to the end of season 3. I knew season 3 felt off but never could point out why. I wish the family drama and extremely depressing themes that weren’t just there for shock value. I also gotta say that the fandom went too far. After the Szechuan sauce indecent I ended up dropping the show. I still have fond memories of the show but I wish it could have lived up to what it tried to set up in season two. Also fandoms can sometimes be cool like the Hazbin hotel fandom bringing the show to such popularity that it got picked up by A24 to have its first season produced.


I learned how to separate a fandom from a show when I learned about supernatural


I feel like everyone loves the show its just that they dont want to be known that they are fans


Maybe it was because I never ever engaged with the fandom and avoided it like the plague, but not only do I think that Rick and Morty was a good show, but I would go so far as to call it a great show. And I absolutely agree that the fandom is absolutely garbage. The whole Szechuan sauce obsession and pickle rick and all of that. But I never really noticed a big "change" in the quality or direction of the show. You make good points about how the fandom changed the show but I never really noticed a change until you pointed it out. And even if there WAS a change, I don't watch the show to look super deep into it trying to get the meaning of life from it, I watch it because I like the characters and the environments and creative the show can be. Things like the vat of acid episode are what (to me) make the show so good. That whole episode was about rick doing something because he wanted to and eventually ended up as him doing something purely because he could or to get his point across. I'm honestly glad less people are watching it because the less people that watch it, the less likely it is that people start raving about how you have to have a high IQ or start worshipping pickle rick. I honestly love the show and season 4 kept delivering. I only hope that the fandom dies off and people forget about all the cringe that surrounded the show so that it just becomes another show I like to watch and not something to be looked down upon.


I offer an alternative interpretation of Pickle Rick and the rest of Season 3.

Rick had become a seasoned killing machine because of how many near-death situations he had been in with Morty.


I feel like the Pickle Rick episode gets a bad rap because of the fandom. I thought it was a really insightful take on the importance of therapy and how important it is for people who may identify as "Ricks." And yeah, it was heavy-handed and condescending and way too on-the-nose, but so is therapy.


A few years ago when the show was at it's all time high, not too long before series 3 came out I was clubbing and some strangers came up to me through the night...as they do with my spikey outfits. Anyway some of them brought up Rick and Morty. I wasn't invested in the show like they were and they would drone on about it. A couple of them literally stopped talking to me because I didn't want to talk about JUST that show...really it was weird. The show is alright and I was happy to talk about it a bit but some people seemed to fall in love with the damned thing.


You may be on point with M.A.A.d. House and Scrubs had everyone in my high school emulating House, Dr. Kox, and the custodian.


that was a really good ad not gunna lie i didn't mind watching it in fact i wanted it to continue


To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Emplemom. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick and Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existencial catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Downward spiral tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.


I swear I have never heard a bad take from this channel


Can't I just like the show but think nothing of it? Thats how I've felt after watching Rick and Morty. Good show, enjoyed it but moved on quickly. It's just a show, surely it had it's peak but again, nothing can be great forever. I've just enjoyed it but I didn't try to look for deeper meaning.


Love the show, wouldn’t be caught dead wearing the shows merch


Imagine thinking the show that destroyed adult swim is even comparable to futurama


You had me you almost had me up until 16:11 xD


You know I used to get the downward spiral thing, but now less than a downward spiral its you becoming an actually good commentary channel, since nowhere to go but up. Level headed takes in my view. And about the writers thing, saying its because theyre women is just absolutely wrong, but saying theyre completely unrelated and mandated women who have nothing to do with the series is about right. Maybe theyre not unrelated, I dont know, but from what Ive heard they just dont know what the idea is fully.

 And theres a small possibility that maybe being women is the issue due to different social issues and overall behavior, but I dont think thats the cause of the issue at all, its mostly the obligatory gender quota.

You know I used to get the downward spiral thing, but now less than a downward spiral its you becoming an actually good commentary channel, since nowhere to go but up. Level headed takes in my view. And about the writers thing, saying its because theyre *women* is just absolutely wrong, but saying theyre completely unrelated and mandated women who have nothing to do with the series is about right. Maybe theyre not unrelated, I dont know, but from what Ive heard they just dont know what the idea is fully.

 And theres a small possibility that maybe being women is the issue due to different social issues and overall behavior, but I dont think thats the cause of the issue at all, its mostly the obligatory gender quota.


Editing. The editing was super coooool. Keep doing this 👏👏👏


I like the show, and will be hyped to see the next episode or season. Maybe buy some merch like a shirt or a figurine or even a poster.

However it ends there, when when I was a huge doctor who fan I wasn't ever deep into the fandom. I enjoy rick and morty like I do my favorite movies. It isn't my life but I do enjoy it. Some episodes I don't like, some I adore, just a show I really like and that's it


That's one of the main and best reason people love the show, an Invincible overpowered God that has unlimited power and intellect


Maybe I am just a dumb man. However, I really liked the therapist talk in Rick n Morty. It really opened my eyes to what Rick was, and I think there are many other mysteries left in the show. I don't think that talk ruined everything. I actually had that mind-blowing moment when she talked. I watched it a few times, and I thought about what she was saying for a while. I think it was one of the best scenes because it actually made me think. It turned my brain on.


This video actually made it all make sense for me, why I began to hate what the show had become.  It pointed out every single flaw I had with season 3 (except for one thing, I'll get into that later), and even spoke, verbatim, my exact thought process behind it... but I could never figure out exactly what made the series tick up until I finally had the time to watch this video.  I was introduced to this show by my sisters, and I watched all of what was available from the first two seasons (S3 was in production at this time).  With season 3, I watched its premiere on April 1st, but that was it.  Seeing Pickle Rick when that episode premiered made me lose interest in the series.  One of my friends that I introduced to Rick & Morty wanted to sit down and watch season 3 with me, and though he could see some of the flaws I saw, he was actually somewhat irritated with how much criticism I had until he began to see everything I was pointing out.  Even the ads, for how much of a chuckle they get out of me for how much they seem to be self-aware, are just marketing and consumerism having taken control.  I knew that was one of the biggest flaws of the show from S3 forward, alongside the characters not being the same and the show's distinct charm being all but absent, but what made the first two seasons so great was so simple, yet so deep in the background - the show, at its core, was a family drama layered underneath improv, science fiction, and comedy, and seasoned with a little bit of blatant self-awareness.  And it took this video to make me realize, and piece together the puzzle of just how it all went wrong.

In other words, this video is incredible.  Great job, Lemon.


You make a ton of great points. You are probably right that the fandom has influenced the show, but Rick is the smartest man in the universe. So smart in fact that he knows he's in a show. That's why he is a nilist, that's why he knows nothing matters. He knows to some degree he cant die, he can only be cancelled. When you talk about the family becoming more nilistic that becasue they too are coming to terms with being inside a television show.  When you say that they jumped the shark, they didn't, they are burning through all the good ideas to stay alive. Sure they are catering to the fandom, but the fandom is what gives them literal life.


A combination of futurama, regular show, and Freddy got fingered... a combo I would have never thought of but it’s pretty accurate.


Rick and Morty should've ended in season 2. It was a really good finale.


Idk I even like the third season. But the fourth definitely makes this video ring true


The problem with fandoms is the loud minority usually shapes everyone's opinions on all the people who enjoy that media. Go in depth to just about any "toxic" or "cringe" fandom any usually a majority of the fans are normal people who like said media


I loved the first season but after that I lost interest. It just felt it kinda went down a weird route and it lost its identity


I interpret Rick turning into a god as jerry leaving the family lifting a moral
‘Ball and chain’, rick constantly had to be careful around morty because of what jerry wanted, and Ik that sounds hypocritical since Rick almost kills morty in every episode seasons 1-2,
But tbh that’s the most logical answer for it


As somebody who enjoys Metal, I know what it is like to see MAD fans.


Anyone else still remember watching the first season on YouTube when it first came out on adult swim, with the pitches shifted?


I get the dissatisfaction with Rick being unbeatable with body augments in season 3. It isn't that exciting, but I don't actually agree that it breaks his character. After being imprisoned, having Beth divorce Jerry, Morty being traumatized, and Summer becoming more and more like him, I think he's more paranoid now than he's ever been. What Emp said about his character being about realizing his actions have consequences ties into this well; he knows that the action that will have likely THE most devastating consequences would be his death, so now he's doing everything he can to make sure he doesn't loose a fight. This leads to him being overconfident in season 4 when he tries to fight an actual god and is only saved when Morty crashes a ship into the god's brain. Rick knows that now that he's starting to care and take into account future consequences, his death would be more painful to his family than ever.


The ending of futurama was so sad and sweet it was great


14:15, the windows of the building look like a character looking down at rick. The way they draw the eyes 👀


It's a very good point that the show is about a dysfunctional family. Though personally, that's my least favorite part of the show.


In TV Tropes terms, Rick can be characterized as a Straw Vulcan.


"...a show unlike anything the network had produced before..."<br>Frankenhole: Am I a joke to you?

"...a show unlike anything the network had produced before..."
Frankenhole: Am I a joke to you?


That one part that roasted film theory S L A Y E D me!


6:46 Damn, Beth is taking care of Bojack


yet another example of how power structures, hierarchies and consumer cultural memes self-perpetuate. We all want a big, evil baddie to point the finger at, but we're really the ones doing it.


remember: those that idolize rick are missing the point. Just because our lives won't matter millions of years from now that doesn't mean that we can't work to improve the lives of our friends and family in the now. I do my damndest to help my sister raise my Nephew because I care about the two of them deeply, and I want my nephew to have a healthy upbringing that will net him a better adulthood later in life. If someone were to tell me my efforts were a waste and that my nephew wouldn't matter in a million years I'd punch them in the mouth and say 'it may not matter then, but it matters now' and that statement would invalidate their whole sentiment


I felt like something changed in the season3 and couldn't figure out what , well I think you are straight on point , also like yeeaahhh I would be ashamed of being fan of it too

@NrettG I haven't seen anything like that since I just watched it on Netflix , it's on Netflix in Europe

The one thing that sticks out to me from changing is the hype around the third season. Before it was just a build up of two great seasons and with it ending on a cliff hanger everyone was excited to see it back. With April Fools coming around everyone was shocked and ready to watch it all. What went wrong in my opinion is that they kept playing the episode all night long with previews of the upcoming season. You kept hearing schean sauce, kept seeing Pickle Rick, and saw the small shorts of the show.

I feel like thats where it started at least.


Ok so I fully get what your saying, but tbh when I rank the series I go 1- season 4 (best season, every episode except Special ricktims morty was fantastic, and I thought the characterization was perfect for everyone) and then season two, Then one, then 3. I just think 3 is pretty average, I don’t think the entire last half of the show is low quality


pickle rick is funny its just people took it WAY too far.


6:42 oh how right you are, but how wrong you put it. The real story behind Rick and Morty is that Rick is Morty and Morty (Citadel) is Rick, so it literally is about their identity.


The anti-fandom is also annoying
"Oh I like rick and morty"
"CRINGE!!!!! DONT YOU KNOW THE FANDOM IS CRINGE!!!!!!"

Oh no, it's an anti-anti-fandom comment, shit's going too meta

i hate when a show has a toxic fandom  then you cant make refs anymore

That's absolutely true but the difference is that the anti-fans are half right, perhaps that they talk about the negative aspects of the fandom and not the positive ones which they are mistaken it as whole. In my opinion, these "haters" are pretty much aware of the toxic fandoms but I don't want to defend them since both anti-fans and toxic fans are equally worst at their best for these reasons:

- Haters always belittled someone for little to no reason and used their "criticism" to insult your efforts and insult you with no mercy whatsoever. But there are times that they are correct about something went wrong on the Internet, even their points are cynical and mean-spirited.

- Toxic fans are killjoys who ruined pretty much everything. The positive side is having fun and enjoying what they love, while these morons always making an unhealthy obsession of the things they love and acting like a chatterbox. This makes people get irritated and take a full blame on the show which it's wrong but I can't blame them.

Occasionally, the fandoms do damage the show but they aren't aware that they unintentionally destroyed it. If you are a toxic fan who questioned why the show was ruined in the first place, then that's on YOU. If I said "occasionally", then that's the time they went too far.

Remember when Cyberpunk 2077 was delayed by the developers to fix the issues but the fans were so impatient that gave death threats on them just to force them to release? Well, it's basically a huge disappointment because of said issues and the developers got caught into the legal battle with lawsuits. Well, all the glitches in the game are the rewards for being such an impatient moron. You deserved what you get.


Sounds like it became a victim of it's own success.


Don’t let this distract you from the fact that rick and morty is the funniest shit you’ve ever seen


Handiquacks was a typical Adult swim show, wonder how their brainstorming sessions looked.


I also hate it when a show completes its arc unsatisfyingly like Voltron and then fades into obscurity.


me and my dad recently watched three seasons of rick and morty. my dad now frequently yells "I'M PICKLE RICK" with no provocation. send help


I dont think you understand the therapist scene. Sure it blatantly explains the issues, but i don't think thats the part intended for the audience. Firstly because pretty much all of it was easily assumed already, and the scene after is way more important

Beth and Rick both have their flaws spelled out to them directly. No filter. What do they do with that? Nothing. They don't accept those flaws and deny them. I feel that was more what they were getting across.


those taps on the iPad are timed perfectly with the song 3:44


God I miss the old adult swim, in England it’s now on E4 it’s on at 11 and is mainly rick and Morty re runs, I miss watching the devil swallow a kitten while at 2 in the morning.


I don’t know why but for some reason I take this video as gospel. I keep coming back to it


My friend had an inflatable pickle rick chair. I'm glad that our other fat friend popped it by sitting on it.


7:28 you don't just put Gran Turismo music in a video about Rick and Morty's philosophy


Sorry man, I really like your videos, and opinions are opinions, but I gotta say I disagree HARD.

Rick and Morty is a great show, and it got lucky and became mainstream. Sure, there have been some changes through the years as the show goes on, but it’s still a great show. Pickle Rick became so popular because of the commercial, IMO. It’s still actually a great episode, you’re not really giving it enough credit. Season 3 was the weakest probably, but still had some of my all time favorite episodes in it too. Point being, Rick and Morty has a deal with adult swim, and they’ll be making more episodes for a long time.


ngl when i watched the pickle rick episode, I thought of how before he was at the appointment how awesome he was fucking up those rats and all the cool fighting and stuff, and after he was explained by the therapist, he was boring and just angry and wanted it to end already.
Sounds to me like they deliberately put it in to point out how if they actually gave anything away it'd ruin the show through a lack of mystique surrounding those situations.

I mean I could be assuming a bit much, but it's always felt like it's a dig at the audience for wanting something they shouldn't get (the truth and not theories) because it'd be destructive for what they're wanting it for (the show).
Rick and Morty works best when it's not tied to the drama, and simply explores it in a way that makes it enjoyable and thoughtful. Too much of an attempt to have "intelligent humour"  ruins the joke half the time and I feel the creators knew this.

oooooo listen to me making think words i m smart omg look at my inteligent

nah but legit I feel like it was a dig at the audience for being.... well, full of assumptions for the show.


I honestly had no idea that people turned sour on this show. Is this what happens when non-stoners watch shows best enjoyed stoned and take them far too seriously? It's just a funny show. I get digging deep into art, but I don't think this is really the best show for that. It has insights and deeper meanings, sure, but it's meant to be entertaining, which it is generally. Chill out and enjoy life.


rick and morty for me will never replace futurama


Rick and Morty with Super Mario Odyssey music is way too fitting.


"Basically just Rick and Morty with extra steps" 🤣🤣


Yo you really should give more credit to solar opposites. It's a completely different show.


Emp, every time I hear the Adult Swim theme, I think about Mankind getting dumped off of the cell due to your Never Ever wwe video.


I'm not clever enough, but there's a joke about Keeps and the show growing the beard in there somewhere


"To be fair, you have to have a very high EQ to understand Rick and Morty." the description bugged.


cinema hypotsis
dude

I wanna congrat the genious behind all this monumental video. My life will never be the same


How about season 4? Im just curious as to what you think about it. I havent watched it but wagching this video makes me want to see how it is


I watched a couple episodes that people said were the "best" and it was fucking cringe, not funny and juvenile. Good video though


I think Season 4 didnt have the magic Season 1 and 2 did


So Rick is downward spiral just like Emplemon?


God,those shots at game theory where so hard.


Happy to see you pop up in my recommendations again. Glad to see you again man


I'm going to keep watching but at 19:19 you're wrong. Susan Sarandon or Dr. Wong (racist name by the way) is incapsulating the obvious through the lens of psychiatry. She not telling the audience anything they don't already know, unless of course you've never sat in on a family therapy session. The brilliance of that particular scene is that the show finally is taking a very hard look at the dysfunction of Beth and Rick even going so far as to foreshadow what would happen in season 4. That's what good writers do. They understand where they're going and why the destination matters as much as the journey. Rick & Morty the show (not the characters) reflect back at us our own human nature.

I promise you: anyone who hates this show hates themselves and only wants to be the most Rick of Ricks. Watch it again, I'm right.

edit: i hate adult swim since their handling of Metalocolypse. I'd been with AS since the beginning and I honestly don't know what happened to them. I assume they became so full of themselves they fancied themselves above their own content, as if they could exist without it. as if THEY are the talent. I'll never watch AS again... I pirate Rick and Morty. Sorry Dan.


That ESPIRIT came outta no where good video too


I wish you would have addressed the controversial baby clips from Chris. To me, that’s why I didn’t hop into the show late.


hmm interesting take i understood the pickle rick episode in a different way  coming from the angle if y take all the family and plot and logic away from rick y see what he really is a smart unstable psychopath that enyoys violence killing and andterror more then anything else if never seen him animated so "happy" or alive  as when he just was murdering everything and when the scene with the therapist happend he was like fuck this i love murder and basic instinctive needs and i dont need some deeper reason for it always thought that the therapis thought she had it figurred out with some depper meaning and not realising she had a creature of instinct infront of her as to changing him to a killing machine from that point on i thought he was just applying his sience to murder instad of all the different stuff he did before and so would rationaly get much better at killing stuff anyway was interesting vid wanted to present my way of loking at it and would love to hear some anwsers sorry for the abyssmal spelling i am high on so many painkillers for my back pain atm ^^


Imagine having your show peak at season 2

This post was made by the boondocks gang


I’ll never forget the time that Adult swim hosted a show for Tf2

@Mr. Metro Also it was only rumored that expiration date was for a show.

It was for the love and war update if I remember correctly

@Mr. Metro But that was a promo for the venture bros wasnt it? It wasnt an promo of the show

@Fericas32 There was an add for the show but expiration date was the pilot (and only) episode for a tf2 TV show


20:52 Is that Custom Robo battle music?!


gonna do a thesis which is pretty a deconstruction of this show through an existentialist lense


EMPLEMON I AM SO DISSAPOINTED, YOU DIDNT USE THE HEAVY CLIP FROM MEET THE MEDIC WHERE HE MOWS DOWN A BILLION SOLDIERS WHILST UBERED THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER CLIP FOR  "an invincible killing machine"


Today I learned there was a season 4 of rick and morty.

huh.


You realize that Home Movies isn't an Adult Swim original, right? It aired on UPN about two years before it was picked up by Adult Swim. For what it's worth, though, Adult Swim was willing to give it a chance after UPN canned it only 5 episodes in.


I have to watch anime in secret because of the whole community.


I guess people dont see as a show about family because its not called The Sanchez and theres only 2 family members on the cover


> you found a wishbone in your turkey. 🦃
> you wished for __ luck.
-
if you chose the option with the most votes, you’ll get the opposite.
if you chose the option with the least votes, you’ll get the opposite.

> you found a wishbone in your turkey. 🦃
> you wished for ____ luck.
-
if you chose the option with the most votes, you’ll get the opposite.
if you chose the option with the least votes, you’ll get the opposite.


this is basically the equivalent of stuff happens bullshits inevitable


After the mad max episode the danger held no weight


I thought people loved it still :P

Never watched it though


You know who else it was a hit with MY MOM!


Can u plz drop a list of the songs in the video. I listed to most of these songs 5 years ago, but I forgot the names ):


Ok, but when the Gorillaz music kicked in I just had a fan moment and then realized that part of the video was about fandoms. Oops.


anyone else come here cus they thought it had something to do with good kid m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar


what went wrong people thought they were cool for hating a loved and criticaly aclaimed thing


You know starwars stole a ton from another series


Thank you for reminding me of ESPIRIT - SUMMER NIGHT


I mean The bit about not being a scientific reason to care about family is not really correct. Humans get more done as a social species, being accepted by society lets you make children more easily.<br>even on a strategic level, ricks family helps him in some situations.

I mean The bit about not being a scientific reason to care about family is not really correct. Humans get more done as a social species, being accepted by society lets you make children more easily.
even on a strategic level, ricks family helps him in some situations.


Nice touch with that classic Gran Turismo menu music


This was my childhood tv when i was 11 kids nowndays just dont know wassgood


26:20  "Any anime ever" makes me cry in weeb

@C Jackson do you even know what economy is?

@Googie Gress In this economy? I don't think so.

I didn't intend that to be mean, I just thought it was way too funny not to say. I like to think people can have a sense of humor about insightful BS about the thing they like

I'm sure you have a girl-shaped pillow that's sufficiently absorbent


7:30 THANKS FOR THE GRAN TURISMO MUSIC
Edit: 13:25 also? Nice.


Wait, people don't like Rick and morty? xD


The industrial revolution and its consequences...


I just like getting smacked and watching this show fr


I think you're being way too hard on the newer seasons. The show has become really unique in the sense that it can kind of be a show about anything because of the whole multiverse thing, so the writers have more freedom than probably anyone else in any show besides like black mirror. I've been watching it for a long time so I get why you like the first couple seasons but I don't see season 3 and especially season 4 as a decline for the show. Stuff like the vat if acid episode is some of my favorite content from the whole show


I am Kendrick Lamar's lawyer, we will be crashing your house tomorrow.


Yea I only understood it because of this show


25:05

Omg sans just made me smile

Oh a furry

Those are cool too

It’s not a mental disorder so get over it


The title made me think this is a Kendrick Lamar parody


again emp you are crossing my youtube. you have geowizards music :D


Dan Harmon is a very clever, very lazy writer. Also a drunk.

Like you lol.  I hardly see you on styx vids these days big boi


I watched seasons 1 through 3 and I still haven't watched the 4th. Season 3 really was not it for me and the fandom had nothing to do with it. I felt really uncomfortable with the pop culture references and just like you said the family dynamic was absolute ass. The peak of Rick and Morty for me was season 2 finale. Everything serialized that had happened up until that point was concluded in all the right ways; not to mention the fact that they used nine inch nails - hurt, that song was so perfect for it, definitely made me tear up.

I'll always remember R&M as season 1 and 2, I'll forget about season 3 cuz it sucked and I don't care to watch season 4. I'm happy I got a good series with a good ending in those first 2 seasons, the rest is just hype trains, marketing, pseudo-intellectualism, circle-jerking and self defeating.


A Seinfeld fan?<br>Jerry Seinfeld. That's it, just Jerry Seinfeld.

A Seinfeld fan?
Jerry Seinfeld. That's it, just Jerry Seinfeld.

Nah, Some people like Kramer, Elaine or George the most. They're all great characters.


I don't think I've ever had such a visceral reaction to cringe in all my life when that sponsor spot came on.

It's worse that Emp tried to wrap it up so hard in a layer of irony to soften the blow.


I already know where R&M took a turn into "garbage"

Season 3.

The first episode was good and how they released it was pretty cool, but then the "Schezwan sauce" meme and "Pickle Rick" happened and it just went into a  downward spiral from there.

So, it went down hill because people made memes?

however somethig about the first season 3 felt very different right from the start, like they changed writers and the new ones missed the point of the show, season 3 overall was a huge drop in quality, i dotn know what happened, probably those new writers

we need to make you the 2. highest comment

The thing is those are not really issues within the show itself. The show itself was never garbage. Some episodes are better then others but say all of season 3 is bad is simply not true.


1:03 unless of course you don't align with Tim Heidecker's political views. Then you get canceled no matter how great your ratings are.


I love your videos EmpLemon, but it's common knowledge that science fiction has been absolutely demolishing the shit out of fantasy as a genre in terms of popularity for a very long time, now. Your comparison of the two genres as science fiction being the nerdy virgin compared to Fantasy's "chad" is a little out there.

How many fantasies have achieved mainstream popularity over your life time? Game of Thrones, Harry Potter? How many science fictions? Star Wars, Star Trek, Warhammer 40k, Starship Troopers? The list goes on. In fact, we can even look at Futurama and Disenchantment as a sort of microcosm for the popularity of the two genres.


As a German, it's always amusing to see amaricans trying to say "Zeitgeist"

@Max Roderick Well according to Google's TTS, it's pronounced the first way you wrote it's pronunciation. Very subtle difference between tz and z pronunciations, but it's there.

@Calvin_Coolage if I remember my german right the z has to be pronounced "tz", so "tzīt-gīst" I'm also not sure if the s is pronounced as an s or a z, could be "tzīt-gīzt"

The pronunciation is just 'zīt-gīst' right?


"Pickle Rick" is kinda fault of new writers. That Asian writer at Emmys bragged how she self inserted herself as Susan Sarandon character to teach Rick a lesson. Not that it matters because there are lot of enjoyable episodes in that season also like "The Ricklantis Mixup". Now season 4 is just not memorable. They did nothing for 9 episodes. And then stuffed everything(Phoenix Person and Tammy, Beth clone etc) in a single episode. I feel they should have at least separate those 2 stories in 2 episodes.

@John Snow I'll remember the first one(cause it was first), the snake one (cause I hated it so much), toy train (first good episode that season), vat of acid (last good episode) and the last one(cause it was last).

Lol season 4 is hella memorable for me. The poop episode , the snake episode , glory to glorzo episode, I mean what else do you want ? Do you want more seasons ? Do you want 3? Rick and morty for ever

@Feathers For Orphans In the grand order of things no. I dont think any episode(aside of maybe dragon one and the one Rick literally beats God) is bad. They are just not that memorable. Crystal one was cool and is MEMErable(see what I did there) and Snakes one has that old episodes vibes, but dont really think any of them would be remembered. Dunno if its about less viewers or just quality, but you just dont see anybody singing praises to new season. And that tells a lot.

You don't think the vat of acid or the toy train episode was memorable?


Have I gone colour blind or are Simpson characters appearing green?

It’s a color filter to fool the copyright bots. :)


"To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand the downward spiral.


If you think about it<br>Religions might be the first interpritations of the out of control fandoms

If you think about it
Religions might be the first interpritations of the out of control fandoms

I mean, if you think about it, it's actually very similar. All fandoms have some sort of bias within the community, similar to a religion. They also tend to have their bad apples, no matter what religion/fandom it is.


"Nuanced commentary about the nature of human progress". <b>shows picture of the unabomber</b>

"Nuanced commentary about the nature of human progress". *shows picture of the unabomber*

@Targitaus Rithux<br>True. That all fits quite well the theme of Rick. Rick is very similar to unabomber. Intelligent, but extremely flawed human being.

@Targitaus Rithux
True. That all fits quite well the theme of Rick. Rick is very similar to unabomber. Intelligent, but extremely flawed human being.

Nick Toons

Not really.... nuance can be accompanied with “bombastic” action but that action doesn’t detract from the nuance of the ideology that inspired said action

@VLPR I think him blowing up a building kinda takes away some of the nuance of his argument

@SKIAnway His criticism of the modern industrial world still was quite nuanced. I know that he looks like a hobo and blew up a building, but despite all of that he actually did give some nuanced commentary about the modernity. Even if he was kinda insane.

@VLPR Probably something to do with how the unabomber <b>really</b> disliked human advancement and tech

@VLPR Probably something to do with how the unabomber *really* disliked human advancement and tech


As a fan of many anime, Rick and Morty, and Steven Universe, I feel like I have enough clout to say this about fandoms...

Don’t. Just don’t. Be a person who enjoys X, not an X person.


9:48 did not expect that music.
if you know where it’s from, you’re cool


SpongeBob Squarepants is the only wholesome fandom...err...Aside from the ever fu cking cringey scenes in Spongebob with Spongebob turning into Squidward's psychotic stalker and the terrible episode SquidBob Tentaclepants thus creating the ever equally fu cking creepy SquidBob yaoi fans...

I think we can safely equate that Spongebob episode to the cringe of what became of Pickle Rick.


I dont give a fuck how I come off for liking a cartoon.  I cant understand how that could be a factor for anyone.


How cool would a "Never Ever" on adult swim be o.o


I see, he used the rebel taxi transition music


The thing is, the show went to shit with season three and "lore"


"basically just rick and morty with extra steps"


Rick and Morty stopped being good since season 3 and when the normies attached to it.

I feel like the show has been coming back in quality recently, just at the right time because the normies are leaving.


As soon as Gran Turismo 3 - Light Velocity started playing I got weird Deja Vu. The song is so good it's my ringtone.


Y’all about million dollar extreme presents: world peace


The only good thing a trend has brought to the world was the summer Pokemon Go was a thing.


Emplemon is without a doubt the greatest narrator in YouTube documentary history.

Well done Emplemon! Your videos are awesome and written to perfection. Keep up the good work!


0:50 dude I had such a flashback moment here. That was the old Adult Swim when it originally aired. "All kids out of the water!" I remember that!


"Why there will never ever be another show like Bojack Horseman"

Bojack is excellent, season 6 and the ending was meh but is one of the best adult animation shows since the simpsons/south park, along with rick and morty season 1 and 2

@Tomas Tur Wasn't written by the same writers. It instead was written by the animator.

Even less of a chance when they make normie comedies like tuca and berta.

Yes. Bojack is one of the best written shows to ever air.


Still I don’t get the reference, like I know of Kendrick Lamar’s M.a.a.d city but I don’t get the reference 100%, looked to the comments for an answer and still haven’t found one

And now that I've watched it.... he explains it

Also Kendrick said the acronym stands for My Angry Adolescence Divided

So it's pretty apt

I mean... maybe he just liked the album?  It's a really good album


It's nice to see some thoughtful critique of the show that's not coming from a pretentious hipster, misogynist or just some one who hates it for the sake of being against something popular.

@Arni Geir i guess id rather hear why something good instead of why it sucks.. to me i didnt even notice the split. also im saying its a cliche is all to not like anything but the early stuff. you dont have to whip the game of thrones card out and trigger my ptsd of the last season.

overall it just felt like cherrypicking his reasons which does feel pompous in away. but his style was really enjoyable to watch....
it was like hearing a really good album about why someones parents divorced told through eyes of one of their kids..

but yea if i think of any good points to add i'll let you know

@Ivan Ahumada He mostly goes over the reasons the fan base is split and some of the controversial choices the writers make. you can like/dislike any episodes, but it's hard to ignore the split that happened. Disliking newer content isn't inherently hipster, like the last seasons of Game of Thrones, but doing so without one is.

if you have a larger point I'd like to hear it.

@Arni Geir becuase he goes thru the whole video assuming everyone feels the same and sort of implies he knows whats going on when really he seems to miss large points of the show.

and as for the hipster part he literally says season one and two where the good ones and that pickle rick (an episode everyone liked) wasnt his cup of tea which is essentially what a hipster would say if you asked them about the show.

 i mean i get it he doesnt have to like every episode but alot of this video kinda felt like watching a guy build a house outta straws... kinda entertaining but the end i kinda felt bad for the guy.

still it was nice of you to show support.

@Ivan Ahumada ok... I don't know what you'd get the pretentious hipster critique from.

also i just got to the part where he critiques pickle rick and before that he called season two ending the turning point... this dude an very pretentious and possibly a hipster, but i still enjoyed your comment lol.

yeah... i still havent seen anybody talk about how the show basically keeps hinting at rick being christian lol...

first the dragon episode and then the storytrain episode.


“An entirely new series that’s basically just Rick and Morty with extra steps.”

Ayyyyyy


As much as I like a lot of this show, I will never forgive the fact that adult swim cancelled Metalocalypse for it


Actually have ads playing here, thats crazy


Don't mind me, I'm just here looking for those Xavier Renegade Angel comments.


Theirs a certain joy in blissful ignorance


I'm not a Rick and Morty fan, but Pickle Rick was really funny.

@Elijah Gillean Rodriguez You don't know what to except when you first see it, the buildup, and the delivery of "I'M PICKLE RIIICK!"


14:57 made me think i was on  RebelTaxi with that transition


PIckle Rick's therapist was the funniest shit ever. She literally broke down his entire problem as a human being just for him and the family to conclude with a 'fuck you, we prefer our dysfuntional lifestyle' if anything reinforcing the dynamic of their family traits


What's the background music at 9:48?
Please.


I'm really sorry to say this, but you sound like gear man and I can't unsee it.


The show was always annoying to me, the fans only amplified it.