How Science Makes “Rick and Morty” Great
Rick And Morty has a great number of good &quot;science&quot; jokes, but really its more about general Sci-Fi tropes. (Time Travel, Multiverses, Clones, Aliens, and Androids aren&#x27;t really &quot;science&quot; as much as they are about &quot;Science fiction&quot;)<p>But the hardest thing for me was to get used to the straight up nihilism of Rick. True, there have been plenty of Nihilistic &quot;protagonists&quot; in other shows: Peter Griffin in Family Guy, Eric Cartman from South Park, Homer Simpson (depending on the season of course).<p>But Rick is different: while the other characters are arguably Nihilistic due to ignorance, Rick purposefully and specifically pursues the &quot;I don&#x27;t care&quot; attitude and gets away with it due to his intelligence (while other characters in other shows seem to get away with it due to literally dumb luck).<p>That difference continuously pisses me off in Rick and Morty, and as such its difficult for me to enjoy a lot of  the episodes.<p>Nothing against the fanbase or anything: I recognize that Rick and Morty is a huge following, and the enormous lines at McDonalds for the special Rick and Morty Sauce just a few days ago demonstrates that Rick and Morty are the new &quot;mainstream&quot; cartoon. But its apathetic and malicious main character really grates on me, and I personally an unable to enjoy it as much as everyone else seems to.