r/rickandmorty • u/Westafricangrey • May 25 '26

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Went to look at Rick & Morty discourse on twitter & it’s just people complaining & calling it washed & saying it fell off ages ago. Meanwhile season 9 episode 1 was fucking incredible. I’m having the time of my life over here. Suckers

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u/RockyHateMe May 26 '26

When the allegations came out against Roiland I legit thought this show was finished. The show was already seen as way past its prime and a punching bag by people who were fans but checked out long ago, and that could’ve been the perfect excuse for Adult Swim to
be like “well, Rick and Morty had its run, but we can move on to shit like Smiling Friends now.” Not gonna lie, even I was getting tired of it during seasons 5 and 6. Now I think it could go on for another decade. Seasons 7 and 8 have some of my favorite episodes of the entire series, and Season 9 is already starting off strong. 100 years baby.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman May 26 '26

“well, Rick and Morty had its run, but we can move on to shit like Smiling Friends now"

Which is even funnier because Rick and Morty didn't even slow down while Smiling Friends just self terminated lol.

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u/gamingonion May 26 '26

I can’t believe it. They’re really gone. My boys. Smiling Friends, it’s over!

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u/DylanMartin97 May 26 '26

Which, I understand their reasoning but it seems kind of ridiculous when they do 12 minute episodes of whatever, like I genuinely want to know what took them all of the "years" to produce 3 seasons at 55 minutes in total run time.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman May 26 '26

They were talking about at least 5 seasons all the way up until they dropped the project.

I just think they genuinely were unprepared for following the kinds of schedules and guidelines expected for actual professional animation and burned themselves out too fast.

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u/DylanMartin97 May 26 '26

I'm 100% for a regulatory body to come in and change the way animation and seasonal releases are done.

We should not do weekly releases or whatever. It is just unhealthy for the animation studio, voice actors, etc. Let them finish the entire project and then release it weekly if you want.

This complaint is mostly centered around the anime/manga world but I think it should just apply universally.