If you really enjoy this adult animated series, you’ll no doubt enjoy “Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1-4”. Featuring 41 hilariously fun episodes, this series is recommended!
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TITLE: Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1-4
SERIES RELEASE DATE: 2013-2020
DURATION: Episodes 1-41 (919 Minutes)
BLU-RAY INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition/16:9 HD Widescreen, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Subtitles: English SDH
COMPANY: Adult Swim/Warner Home Video
RATED: TV M
Release Date: March 2, 2021
Originally Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon
Directed by Bryan Newton, Wesley Archer, Anthony Chun, Jacob Hair, Erica Hayes, Kyoung Hee Lim
Written by Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Mike McMahan, Caitie Delaney, Dave Horwitz, Shawn Pearlman, Edward Voccola, Anne Lane, Jeff Loveness, James Siciliano, Siobhan Thompson, Albro Lundy IV
Produced by Ollie Green, J. Michael Mendel, James Fino, Lee Harting
Co-Produced: Lee Harting, James Siciliano, Anne Lane, Albro Lundy IV
Executive Producer: Keith Crofford, Dan Harmon, Mike Lazzo, Justin Roiland, Mike McMahan
Music by Ryan Elder
Edited by Lee Harting, Nick Reczynski
Casting by Ruth Lambert, Robert McGee
Art Director: James McDermott
Featuring the following voice talent:
Justin Roiland as Rick Sanchez/Mortimer “Morty” Smith
Chris Parnell as Jerry Smith
Spencer Grammer as Summer Smith
Sarah Chalke as Beth Smith
Kari Wahlgren as Jessica
Tom Kenny as Squanchy
Maurice LaMarche as Abradoph Lincler
Brandon Johnson as Mr. Goldenfold
Dan Harmon as Birdperson
Wubba-lubba-dub-dub! From creators Justin Roiland (“Adventure Time”) and Dan Harmon (“Community”), go on an intergalactic journey across the multi-verse with the release of Rick and Morty: Seasons 1-4 boxed set from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on March 2, 2021.
Get ready to binge on one of cable’s #1 watched comedies – and follow the misadventures of America’s favorite crazy scientist and his grandchildren with this outrageous boxed set which includes all 41 episodes from the first four seasons of the award-winning series, along with copious special features, including audio commentary, deleted scenes, “Inside the Episode” segments, numerous featurettes, past animatic sketches, and more.
After having been missing for nearly 20 years, Rick Sanchez suddenly arrives at daughter Beth’s doorstep to move in with her and her family. Although Beth welcomes Rick into her home, her husband, Jerry, isn’t as happy about the family reunion. Jerry is concerned about Rick, a sociopathic scientist, using the garage as his personal laboratory. In the lab, Rick works on a number of sci-fi gadgets, some of which could be considered dangerous. But that’s not all Rick does that concerns Jerry. He also goes on adventures across the universe that often involve his children, Morty and Summer.
When voice actor Justin Roiland (“Fish Hooks”, “Adventure Time”, “Gravity Falls”) created an animation parody of “Back to the Future” for the film festival, “Channel 101”, it would capture the interest of the TV network/website’s co-founder, Dan Harmon (creator of the NBC comedy series “Community”).
And the two would collaborate on an mature animated series for Adult Swim titled “Rick and Morty”.
Premiering back in December 2013, the series received critical acclaim and since then, the series has done very well, a fifth and probably many more seasons will be produced. But for now, “Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1-4” will be released.
“Rick and Morty” revolves around an alcoholic (mad) scientist named Rick who moves in with his daughter Beth, who is a veterinarian and equine cardiac surgeon.
Rick is often working on high-tech projects which he includes his grandson Morty and later, his granddaughter Summer on dangerous adventures through their own or other alternate universes.
Because Rick has a potty mouth and often talks down to his grandchildren, it tends to stress Morty out. But somehow, together, they make it thorugh their adventures.
- Episode 1 – Pilot – Rick and Morty try to collect seeds from Mega Trees
- Episode 2 – Lawnmower Dog – What happens when Rick’s dog Snuffles, wears an intelligence-enhancing helmet?
- Episode 3 – Anatomy Park – Rick sends Morty inside the body of a homeless man to save his life.
- Episode 4 – M. Night Shaym-Aliens! – Aliens holds Rick and Jerry captive in a virtual reality.
- Episode 5 – Meeseeks and Destroy – Rick takes Morty on a Jack and the Beanstalk adventure.
- Episode 6 – Rick Potion #9 – Morty wants to go to the dance at his school with Jessica and asks Rick for a love potion.
- Episode 7 -Raising Gazorpazorp – Rick buys Morty a sex robot.
- Episode 8 – Rixty Minutes – What happens when Rick upgrades the family cable to a show programming from other dimensions.
- Episode 9 – Something Ricked This Way Comes – Summer works in an antique shop run by the devil.
- Episode 10 – Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind – Rick is accused of murdering 27 Ricks from alternate dimensions.
- Episode 11 – Ricksy Business – Jerry and Beth participate in a reenactment of “Titanic”.
- Episode 12 – A Rickle in Time – Six months after the events of last season’s finale, Rick, Morty and Summer unfreeze time, but find out they are displaced from time.
- Episode 13 – Mortynight Run – As Rick and Morty are flying, Jerry has stowed-away in the vehicle.
- Episode 14 – Auto Erotic Assimilation – Rick, Morty and Summer follow a distress signal to a planet where Rick’s ex, Unity lives.
- Episode 15 – Total Rickall – Rick kills an alien parasite who was posing as Jerry’s brother Uncle Steve.
- Episode 16 – Get Schwifty – A massive alien head has appeared over Earth and causing several global disasters.
- Episode 17 – The Ricks Must Be Crazy – Rick, Morty and Summer are exploring a multi-verse but Rick’s vehicle won’t start.
- Episode 18 – Big Trouble in Little Sanchez – Rick transforms into a younger body and comes to Summer’s school to deal with vampires.
- Episode 20 – Look’s Who’s Purging Now – Rick and Morty go to a planet where people are preparing for a “Funeral” where people are free to commit crimes for one night without consequence.
- Episode 21 – The Wedding Squanchers – Rick receives a wedding invitation from Birdperson.
- Episode 22 – The Rickshank Rickdemption – Rick is interrogated via a mind-computer link in a galactic federal prison.
- Episode 23 – Rickmancing the Stone – Rick takes Morty and Summer to a post-apocalyptic version of Earth.
- Episode 24 – Pickle Rick – Rick turns himself into a pickle to get out of a school-sanctioned family therapy session.
- Episode 25 – Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender – Rick meets with the Vindicvators, intergalactic superheroes to fight their archnemesis.
- Episode 26 – The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy – Rick takes Jerry on an adventure.
- Episode 27 – Rest and Ricklaxation – Rick and Morty spend time at an alien spa.
- Episode 28 – The Ricklantis Mixup – Rick and Morty encounter the Citadel, a secret society populated by versions of themselves.
- Episode 29 – Morty’s Mind Blowers – Morty requests for a traumatic memory to be deleted.
- Episode 30 – The ABCs of Beth – Rick and Beth enter Froopyland.
- Episode 31 – The Rickchurian Mortydate – The President asks Rick and Morty to defeat a monster under the tunnels of the White House.
- Episode 32 – Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat – Rick takes Morty to an alien planet to harvest special crystals that can show the holder all of their possible future deaths.
- Episode 33 – The Old Man and the Seat – Rick’s new intern Glootie develops an app and Jerry names it “Lovefinderrz”.
- Episode 34 – One Crew over the Crewcoo’s Morty – Rick and Morty raid an alien tomb but finds out the treasure has been stolen by alien heist artist named Miles Knightly.
- Episode 35 – Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim’s Morty – Morty has always wanted a dragon, so Rick makes a deal with a wizard, who creates a soul contract between Morty and a slut dragon named Balthromaw.
- Episode 36 – Rattlestar Ricklacktica – What happens when Rick gives Jerry special shoes that make him float in order to help him put up Christmas lights?
- Episode 37 – Never Ricking Morty – Rick and Morty are aboard the STory Train but what happens when they confront the Story Lord.
- Episode 38 – Promortyus – Rick and Morty are being mind controlled by facehugging parasites called the Glorzo.
- Episode 39 -The Vat of Acid Episode – What happens when Rick and Morty trade special gems with alien gangsters but what happens when the gangsters betray them?
- Episode 40 – Childrick of Mort – Rick receives a call from Gaia, a sentient planet who is pregnant with his children?
- Episode 41 – Start Mort Rickturn of the Jerri – Following up from season 3’s episode 30 “The ABC’s of Beth”, a clone of Beth is leading a rebellion against the new Galactic Federation. But is she really a clone?
The main characters of “Rick and Morty” are:
- Rick Sanchez – An alcoholic mad scientist who loves women. His daughter is Beth and he is the grandfather of Morty and Summer. He is often irresponsible but despite Beth’s husband Jerry thinking Rick is up to no good. Beth defends her father’s scientific creativity. He often takes Morth and Summer on dangerous adventures through their own universe or other alternate universes.
- Mortimer “Morty” Smith – A stressed out 14-year-old due to the adventures of his grandfather. Often questions his grandfather, thus on the receiving end of Rick’s verbal chastising.
- Summer Smith – A 17-year-old who is intelligent and superficial and Morty’s sister. Often jealous that Morty gets to accompany her grandfather on his adventures.
- Beth Smith – Rick’s daughter who is a cardiac surgeon for horses and a vet. Often struggles with her husband Jerry who thinks that Rick is always up to no good. She is not phased of how Rick treats her children and always sees her father in a positive light (over her mother).
- Jerry Smith – Beth’s insecure husband and dislikes Rick’s dangerous tendencies around his children.
VIDEO:
“Rick and Morty” is presented in 1080p High Definition. Colors are vibrant and the animation features a colorful palette. I didn’t notice any artifacts or banding issues. Line art shows no jaggies and for the most part, looks crisp. Overall, “Ricky and Morty” looks very good in HD!
AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
“Rick and Morty” Season 1-4 is presented in English DTS-HD Master Audio and English subtitles. Dialogue and music are crystal clear. Sound effects are well-utilized through the surround channels.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Rick and Morty” Season 4 comes with the following special features:
- A Day at Rick and Morty: Inside Season
- Inside the Episode for each episode
- Directing Rick and Morty
- Animatics
- Deleted Animatic Sketches
- Special Feature Commentaries
EXTRAS:
“Rick and Morty” Season 1-4 comes with digital HD code, slipcase and poster.
For those looking for a mature, nonpolitically correct animated series, one can look towards “Rick and Morty” to provide a hilarious and crazy time thanks to its inter-dimensional adventures and fun characters.
With Rick being an alcoholic, mad scientist and a grandfather who has no qualms of cussing at his grandchildren and a daughter who refuses to see her father’s faults because she wants to have a better relationship with him, suffice to say, it’s a series that is crazy and lewd.
No doubt, “Ricky and Morty” is a series that will either be something that you either will enjoy or not. It’s not an animated series to show around the children, especially with the sexual jokes and profanity. But it’s an animated series for those who grew up watching “Beavis and Butthead” and “South Park” and can’t get enough of the jokes and situations.
You just won’t see series where a grandfather has no problems telling his grandkids “f*** you” and really tearing them up emotionally and the parents don’t really do anything about it. If you are politically correct and sensitive to profanity or even adult themes, this series is not for you because it’s so wrong, it makes the whole situations so crazy and unpredictable.
From the pilot episode of season 1, it was a perfect episode that gave audiences an idea what kind of series “Rick and Morty” would be. From the Mega Trees looking like penises, Morty daydreaming of Beth of taking her clothes off in front of him, Morty’s legs being broken, etc.
Needless to say, the first season was great in introducing the family and the type of adventures Rick and Morty will undertake.
With season 2, we get to see more of eldest daughter Summer now joining Rick and Morty on their adventures. And similar to Morty, Rick treats here just the same as he did with Morty.
In another episode, we get to see an assassin who actually is a fart and Morty freeing Fart against Rick’s wishes.
In another episode, we see how alien parasites have taken the bodies of various characters and the family having a new friend named Mr. Poopy Butthole.
A hilarious episode featuring an alien head appearing over Earth and killing all of Earth’s famous musicians, except Ice-T.
Another episode in which Rick gets trapped in a young body and an episode where Rick’s penis can be used to be converted to a replacement heart for Shrimply Pibbles, the galaxy’s most famous civil rights activist. Will Rick agree to donating his penis?
And what happens when Morty gets his own advanced power armor suit?
While season 2 introduced Summer taking part in the adventures, season 3 would feature its first two episodes with the three, but then going back to Rick and Morty going on adventures. But this time, featuring a bit more darker episodes in terms of storytelling.
With season 4, we get to see more adventures featuring Rick and Morty visiting alien planets and also seeing characters from past episodes make their return such as Mr. Poopy Butthole, we get to see Morty have a new dragon friend, not knowing it’s a slut dragon, we also see what appears to be a clone of Beth in the season finale (which in effect leads to the question, who is the real Beth?).
Surprisingly, we get more Jerry-related episodes. From Jerry’s assistant who creates a new app, to Jerry sporting levitation shoes.
I happen to find “Rick and Morty” be quite hilarious and crazy. And while I laughed at various scenes, meanwhile my wife who watched a few episodes alongside with me, would shake her head and often interrupt and say that she hoped that our son never watched “Rick and Morty” because of the adult humor.
Overall, “Rick and Morty” is one of those animated series that you either love it or hate it. I enjoy self-deprecating, juvenile humor and watching this animated series which I found to be quite crazy, for me, each of these episodes were unpredictably fresh, but yet so nonpolitically correct.
If you really enjoy this adult animated series, you’ll no doubt enjoy “Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1-4”. Featuring 41 hilariously fun episodes, this series is recommended!
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