- What characters do you get to play,
in this box set adventure?
- So, in this adventure you can play
the characters played by the Smith family
in the comic book, which are
Morty, Summer, Beth, Jerry
and a fifth mystery character.
All playing the personas that they play in
the Rick and Morty versus
Dungeons and Dragons comic book.
We have character sheets for all of them
and character art and
a beautiful DM screen
with all of them kicking
ass on it and it's great.
- Because Rick has written the dungeon,
things are kind of skewed against Jerry.
(laughing)
He does, there are specific
attacks against Jerry,
there are also little,
you know, burns on Morty
and, you know, snide remarks
and things about that,
so there are a lot of end jokes.
If you just picked this up you know little
about Rick and Morty, you
won't probably get all those
but if you're a big fan of Rick and Morty,
you read this adventure
and you go through it,
the jokes, yeah, you'll laugh at them,
there's some good stuff in there.
- Is it gonna be strange
to see people playing,
I mean, all of these
characters from Rick and Morty
because of the work
that you all have done?
- [Kate] Yeah
- I mean, there's gonna be
someone having to play Jerry.
- Jerry as his wizard, like you're--
- [Todd] I feel like he's going
to be the last pick, right?
(Todd laughing)
- He's, okay, maybe so,
obviously, for obvious reasons,
but in the comic book,
Jerry's wizard is actually
very competent and cool, like a cool guy.
- [Todd] Okay.
- And so, it's one of the
things that drives Rick crazy
in the comic, that Jerry is like,
kinda sexy, as the
wizard, he's like, ah no!
(laughing)
But yeah, it's, they're all
equally amazing characters
and I think it's gonna be fun.
It's a fun experience to try play Morty
playing a Rogue, like, that's
a fun challenge for people
who are fans of Rick and Morty, I think.
- Why are these two
universes a good match?
- Well, it's a good, it's weird, right?
It's a really good question.
I think part of it is that
there a sense of humor,
D&D does have a sense of humor
like, you know when you play
in your D&D games, you have
your end jokes, you have
your table talk is funny.
You've got like, there's things
that happen that are just
funny and obviously Rick
and Morty is funny as well.
But, what I always like
about Rick and Morty is that,
even though you're
laughing hysterically and
it's so inappropriate
and you're just like,
did anyone just hear that
or see laughing at it.
I always watch it on airplanes, which is--
- [Todd] Oh, yeah.
- Like I'm the crazy creepy
laughing lady, it's dead quiet
and I'm like--
(laughing)
Ops, sorry.
Okay.
- [Todd] Well at least
I knew who that was now.
- It's me.
(Todd laughing)
It's always me and it's
always on airplanes.
That's always my go to.
But there's also like, that underlying,
like, it can be very sentimental too.
Like, (mumbles) it always like.
You end up getting like a
oh, actually I wasn't
kinda expecting that.
I feel like D&D does that a lot as well.
But it's maybe in a different
way, but there is always
that moment where something
happens in the party,
and you are like, oh that's
actually effecting me
in a way I wasn't expecting
to be effected in this
fantasy role playing game.
So, I think they both are
really good at like, just
really touching your human
side, we like to laugh,
we like to have fun,
it can be off the wall.
Rick and Morty is fantasy in
a way that D&D is fantasy,
you know, and then there is
those moments where you're like,
this is actually touching and
this actually does make sense.
So, I think the audiences
are very, very similar,
as we've learned with
the comic book as well.
It's just I mean,
if you like to laugh,
if you like to have fun,
if you're very passionate
about what you love,
you're gonna love it.
- Why do you think Rick and
Morty has been so successful
as a show?
- I think Because, it's,
it's honest, in a way, it's like
it's not trying to,
I think when you're
facing characters that are
really flawed, there is a certain, like
sense of
at least for me, like
there's an honesty about it.
There's not anything
trying to prove anybody,
like somebody who is just
completely real, like out there,
like Rick is.
Rick is unapologetically Rick,
and even though he can be
a complete ass sometimes,
there's something disarming about that,
that he isn't duplicitous and he isn't
you know, trying to hide stuff.
Like he is just who he is and
it's accept him or reject him,
and I think also Morty.
Morty is like, he's got these
values, like he will stick up for things
that he believes in and he's
got some bravery even though,
he comes off as a coward
a lot of the times.
He's very brave.
And the family, as flawed as they are,
there is this current of love
in there, that holds them,
just barely together, even
though there is so much,
you know, fighting and
disagreements and all that.
At the end of the day,
they love each other
and they're working it out
and I think that's, for me
that's the thing and it's funny as hell,
but that's the thing that I
feel really works about it
and I think that's the
thing that's resonant
and why people enjoy it and watch it.
It's this balance of total flaws,
total honesty and yet there
is this current of love,
like when the chips are
down, they really actually do
pull through for one
another and that brings
that bit of heart and
that bit of warmth that
makes it like something
that isn't worth watching.
Like something that is
completely devoid of soul,
as clever as it is, I
can turn those things off
because there's no redeeming
quality to it for me.
It has to have that redeeming quality.
- I love Rick and Morty
and I've always enjoyed it
and so when this product
needed a lead, I was like,
can I please, will you
guys trust me with this?
And that ended up working out okay, but
Rick and Morty itself,
the reason I like it is
because it's the first time
I've ever really watched
a cartoon that made me
feel like it was aimed at
cynical bastards like me, you know?
I've never much been a cartoon
fan, even when I was a kid
I didn't watch them very
much, so when Rick and Morty
got really popular, I
was late to the game,
but there's something about
it that, I don't know,
it's a way of viewing
life through this cynicism
and through the sarcasm,
which is the worst parts
of ourselves and then
to see those moments,
I think with Rick and
Morty, my favorite moments
are when you realize that Rick
really cares about his family
and that he can be as
cynical and awful as he wants
to be and he can say rude
things and be hurtful
and that there are consequences
for that, you know like it's
not always just like,
rolling off, Mr. Cool Guy.
He ends up hurting people
that he cares about
and I don't think that most
cartoon shows are brave
enough to have that kind of depth.
This is all off the cuff, I have no idea,
I am sure there is a nautical,
scientific reason why
Rick and Morty is so popular,
but for me, it's that mix of
like, it's not just one thing
or the other.
It's not just quipy, one liners,
an adventure and then everything is fine
at the end of the day.
It's also you know,
it's this family dynamic show
that ends up being really
meaningful and Jeff's position
of the science fiction
elements of Rick and Morty
with the home drama
parts of Rick and Morty,
it's just really well done.
It makes you care about
both sides, no matter
how outlandish they are.
Yeah, I don't know.
I think it's just a really unique mix.
- Yeah, it's always self aware too.
- [Kate] Yeah, oh yeah.
- Much in the way that like,
Rick is aware that he is
not a good person.
- Yeah, oh yeah, for sure!
- I mean deep down.
The show is aware of
what it did at all times.
- Yeah, I think that's
the thing too, I've always
I've really liked villains
and antiheroes in general,
and I find it super
interesting that Rick is this,
he's the protagonist,
like the main character
of the show, but he's not,
it's very clear to me,
that the writers never
intended him to be a hero.
Yet, he has so many heroic
qualities, he's very funny,
which is aspirational, he's very smart,
you know, smartest person
in the Universe or whatever,
but those things didn't save
him, they don't save you.
They don't keep you from being a jerk.
You have to be more, it doesn't matter
how funny or how smart you are,
you have to also be kind
or you're just gonna
turn out to be an asshole
and I think that's a
really valuable lesson, you know?
'Cause we all aspire
to be funny and smart.
You think, ah, if I was funnier
or smarter then everyone would like me,
and, nobody likes Rick, you know.
He's got Morty and Morty
doesn't like him half the time,
so I don't know, I think
it's kind of an important
human lesson hidden in there.
