The show’s animation is done using Toon Boom Harmony, with all of the show’s background art being created on Adobe Photoshop. Post production takes place using Adobe After Effects.

Rick and Morty has shown its popularity by picking up a raft of awards since it started, including the IGN People’s Choice Award for Best Animated Series in 2015 and 2017, and the IGN Award for Best Animated Series in 2015 and 2017.

Justin Roiland himself voices both Rick and Morty.

Roiland originally wanted the show to run in eleven-minute segments, but Adult Swim pushed for half-hour episodes.

23. C’mon Jerry

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston auditioned for the role of Jerry early on in the production of the show. I can see why he didn’t get the part: Jerry Smith and Walter White are probably the two most dissimilar characters in television history.

10. Here, Birdy, Birdy!

Bird Person is a parody of “The Hawk” from Buck Rogers.

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11. Cosperson

Dan Harmon wore a Bird Person costume during Comic-Con 2015. Or was he just the Hawk? I guess we’ll never know.

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12. Absent (Grand)Father

Rick hasn’t been with the Smiths for that long. In fact, he joined the family only one month before the pilot, after being absent from his daughter’s life for twenty years. This explains the rocky relationship with the rest of the family.

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13. Hommage a Deux

In episode “Raising Gazorpazorp,” ruler Mar-Sha and the other Gazorpians with her are voiced by Claudia Black and Virginia Hey. Black and Hey both also performed the leading roles in the science fiction series Farscape.

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14. Double Duty

Creator Justin Roiland voices both Rick and Morty—plus, like half of the other characters on the show. The dude’s got range!

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15. I’m Taking Charge of this Situation, Buddy!

At first, the network had reservations about Roiland doing both voices, partially because Morty was a rather underdeveloped character at the time. In order to convince them, Dan Harmon wrote four premises in which Morty took a more assertive role and sent them to Adult Swim.

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16. Whotin

The show is largely intended as a parody on the main themes from Doctor Who and Tintin. Now that you say it, it makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?

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17. The Immortal Bardel

Production for Rick and Morty is handled by a Canadian studio called Bardel Entertainment (fun fact, their CEO’s name is Rick!). Bardel has also worked on such shows as The Dragon Prince, Teen Titans Go!, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.