Rick and Morty season 5 showrunner Scott Marder opens up about how old Justin Roiland's titular mad scientist is in the hit Adult Swim series. The adult animated series centers on scientist Rick Sanchez as he returns to his adult daughter Beth's life and ropes his grandson Morty along for his multiverse adventures, occasionally with his teen granddaughter Summer and timid son-in-law Jerry Smith. Roiland, who also portrays the titular characters, co-created the series and executive produces with Dan Harmon, based on a Back to the Future parody short Roiland created.
Alongside Roiland, the main cast for the series includes Spencer Grammer as Summer, Chris Parnell as Jerry and Sarah Chalke as Beth, with the guest cast for season 5 including Harmon, Jim Gaffigan, Alison Brie, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Coolidge and Christina Ricci. Across its fully-aired four seasons, Rick and Morty has become one of Adult Swim's biggest hit series, spawning multiple video games, comic books, an in-development short spin-off series and endless merchandise. The series has also earned two Primetime Emmy Award wins for season 3's "Pickle Rick" and season 4's "The Vat of Acid Episode."
Scott Marder, showrunner for season 5 of Rick and Morty, caught up with Monsters and Critics (via ComicBook) to discuss the latest batch of episodes for the hit series. In responding to a fan's question about how old the titular mad scientist is, Marder couldn't give an exact answer but did give an age range for the character and how he stays the same age. Check out what Marder said below:
"I feel like given all the tech and stuff he has in his body, his body is in its 70s. I'm not sure how old Rick is, because if you look closely at the show, no one really has birthdays. So they are in a weird time-like hole, time loop, to some degree. But whatever he does is maintaining himself in his 70s. Age and all that stuff comes up all the time, because people are like, 'Oh, it can be such and such's birthday' and we're like 'We don't do those on this show, we'll do a thousand Christmases but we're never going to show a birthday.' It's kind of fun to keep everyone in a cartoon the same age, as it is."
When it comes to the comic book world, the lack of aging in characters is one of the more iconic tropes and formulas, with The Simpsons being one of the biggest examples as Maggie has remained an infant across 32 years and seasons. Though Rick and Morty may frequently break the animated formula frequently with its fourth-wall breaking and meta humor, its exploration of existentialist themes is one of its more unique angles. But despite its consistent toying with the concept of aging, death and the unknown nature of life after death, it is interesting that the writers have rarely explored how old everybody is in the series.
That being said, this season has offered a few references to a few character's ages, with episode 3 "A Rickconvenient Mort" seeing Beth note her son is 14 years old due to a concern of Morty dating the ageless Planetina. Even if the writers don't return to the concept of Rick's age in the near future, the character development is sure to remain consistently strong. Rick and Morty season 5 airs on Adult Swim on Sunday nights.
Source: Monsters and Critics (Via ComicBook)
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