Although Rick and Morty has changed a lot since the series' first episodes in 2013, that doesn't mean the series has abandoned all of the frustrating trends of this era. Rick and Morty Season 8 is highly anticipated and viewers of the hit sci-fi comedy have every reason to believe the series will only get better in its eighth premiere. After killing Rick's nemesis, Rick Prime, midway through Season 7 in its most shocking twist, the series outdid itself in its finale. Rick and MortyThe season 7 finale was the show's highest-rated episode in recent years IMDB.
This is no surprise, as the original and thoughtful “Fear No Mort” subverted viewer expectations at every turn. What seemed like an existential nightmare turned out to be a deep delve into Morty's mind that proved the character was more complex than he was before. Rick and MortyThe stupid antihero often seems. “Fear No Mort” proved that Morty was a complicated protagonist, and that makes it all the more frustrating that the character was unable to shake a trend throughout the show’s first seven seasons. While Rick and MortyThe best Morty episode in years was great, “Fear No Mort” didn’t solve a big Morty problem.
Rick & Morty Season 1's Christmas Episode Introduced Morty's First Love Interest
Annie joins Rick, Morty and their team at Anatomy Park
Morty Rick and Morty love interests still never last more than one episodehowever promising their relationship may seem, and this recurring problem dates back to the show's first Christmas special. Season 1, Episode 3, “Anatomy Park,” saw Rick and Morty travel into the body of a homeless man to visit an elaborate microscopic theme park that Rick built inside it. The plot that followed was a mix of Fantastic Journey and Jurassic Park which parodied the two classic sci-fi films, but also introduced Morty's first short-lived love interest, Annie.
Although the last Christmas episode of Rick and Morty further developed the Rick and Morty characters, it was never heard from again.
An employee who works at Anatomy Park's churro stand, Annie is the youngest and least experienced worker at Anatomy Park. Morty immediately fell in love with her, and she apparently reciprocated this attraction at the end of the episode, only to be trapped when the park finally collapsed and the series' title characters narrowly escaped. While Rick and MortyThe later Christmas episode gave more details to the Rick and Morty characters, and was never heard from again. To make matters worse, Rick and Morty repeated this pattern with later love interests over the years as the series continued.
Morty's first love story quickly becomes a superfluous subplot
Rick and Morty Rarely Prioritizes Morty's Love Interests
Morty's romantic interest in Annie was an afterthought in “Anatomy Park,” and this is a recurring problem for the character. In Season 2, Episode 9, “Look Who's Purging Now,” Morty's short-lived love interest, Arthricia, mentions that she already has a partner in the episode's final moments. In Season 4, Episode 8, “The Vat of Acid Episode,” Morty’s entire elaborate survival story and subsequent love story with an unnamed character are undone in an instant. Rick and Morty never prioritizes Morty's love lifebut continually uses disposable female characters as short-term love interests in its subplots.
Since Rick and MortyIf the Thanksgiving episode had enough screen time to chronicle Rick becoming a turkey to receive a presidential pardon, it would be reasonable to expect the series to include a more substantial romantic subplot for its second lead. Despite this, Morty's love life remains poorly sketched even in season 7. Any love interests Morty had lasted only one episode or were recurring figures he idealized from afar but didn't speak to, like Jessica. The Season 5 premiere, “Mort Dinner Rick Andre,” recognized this pattern, but the following season failed to significantly alter it.
Rick and Morty Still Hasn't Given Morty an Actual Love Interest
Season 5 improved this recurring problem a little
“Mort Dinner Rick Andre” addressed how disposable all of Morty's previous love interests were when he spoke to Jessica and admitted that he had always romanticized the idea of dating her but never actually met her. Two episodes later, season 5, episode 3, “A Rickconvenient Mort,” focused on Morty’s doomed romance with Planetina. This was at least the main story of the episode, although Morty still doesn't have any love interest that plays a major role in more than one episode.
Since “Anatomy Park,” Morty's love interests have mostly existed solely as motivation for his character and not as characters in their own right.
While Rick and Morty The first season 8 tease promises more sci-fi parodies of the series, it would be a fun surprise to see the show tackle this Morty issue. Season 5 took some solid steps toward getting serious about Morty's love life, but the series has since disregarded those changes. Since “Anatomy Park,” Morty's love interests have mostly existed solely as motivation for his character and not as characters in their own right. Rick and Morty Season 8 needs to change that, building on and expanding on the changes made in Season 5.
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