Yeah Jerry isn't depressed or written to be depressed, he's just a failure without any potential. He's content just having a job he doesn't know how to do.
He was pretty depressed in the Whirly-Dirly episode IMO. Depressed enough that he didn’t even protest when he thought Rick was going to execute him in the beginning of the episode.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
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Yeah Jerry isn't depressed or written to be depressed, he's just a failure without any potential. He's content just having a job he doesn't know how to do.
He was pretty depressed in the Whirly-Dirly episode IMO. Depressed enough that he didn’t even protest when he thought Rick was going to execute him in the beginning of the episode.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
In fairness, that one seemed like Jerry was actually trying to inspire Beth's faith in him so she would produce an ever-increasing army of hero Jerrys, and it just sort've backfired because he laid it on a bit too thick.
Yeah Jerry isn't depressed or written to be depressed, he's just a failure without any potential. He's content just having a job he doesn't know how to do.
He was pretty depressed in the Whirly-Dirly episode IMO. Depressed enough that he didn’t even protest when he thought Rick was going to execute him in the beginning of the episode.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
I can totally buy that Jerry has vanity as a failing, but that's not quite the way it reads in the show.
In nearly all these situations, Jerry gets happy because he thinks he finally has a win. Yes, he screws up horribly in most of these situations, but this is a man desperately in need of a win. Everything he tries blows up in his face. He's constantly criticized by the characters (and, in season three, the universe) as being a loser. He can't get a job. He can't stand up to Rick without destroying his marriage. He was blissfully happy when the aliens gave him a job because he felt he finally had a purpose and was no longer a loser. (Even though, yes, he had no idea what he was doing, and it was making his family miserable.)
If Jerry wasn't portrayed as quite so much of a loser, it would be easier to see his actions as self-destructive. As it stands now, his actions seem like the desperate acts of someone who wants to finally be successful and useful.
I don't know, maybe I'm seeing myself in Jerry -- I've been laid off multiple times, and each time it lead to lengthy, soul-sucking attempts to find another job (protip: don't become a writer unless you live in New York City or something). Each time, I've felt like a useless failure, and I was increasingly desperate to be able to do something, anything to be useful. At those times, I would have been sorely tempted to do things like Jerry did in order to try to have some sense of healthy pride and accomplishment instead of sitting around and crying all day. I've felt the wind calling me a loser.
Again, I know the show's intent around Jerry, I just don't think it effectively portrays it.
Every episode people on the forum think is the worst this season is also one I've heard people say they loved. The heist episode, the toilet episode, the dragon episode...
Personally, Interdimensional Cable 2 is the only one I really wouldn't care to watch. Even if it's got Werner Herzog monologing about human penis obsessions. It always felt like a rehash of 2 with the same bland improv. But I know people who also love that episode for some reason.
Yeah Jerry isn't depressed or written to be depressed, he's just a failure without any potential. He's content just having a job he doesn't know how to do.
He was pretty depressed in the Whirly-Dirly episode IMO. Depressed enough that he didn’t even protest when he thought Rick was going to execute him in the beginning of the episode.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
I can totally buy that Jerry has vanity as a failing, but that's not quite the way it reads in the show.
In nearly all these situations, Jerry gets happy because he thinks he finally has a win. Yes, he screws up horribly in most of these situations, but this is a man desperately in need of a win. Everything he tries blows up in his face. He's constantly criticized by the characters (and, in season three, the universe) as being a loser. He can't get a job. He can't stand up to Rick without destroying his marriage. He was blissfully happy when the aliens gave him a job because he felt he finally had a purpose and was no longer a loser. (Even though, yes, he had no idea what he was doing, and it was making his family miserable.)
If Jerry wasn't portrayed as quite so much of a loser, it would be easier to see his actions as self-destructive. As it stands now, his actions seem like the desperate acts of someone who wants to finally be successful and useful.
I don't know, maybe I'm seeing myself in Jerry -- I've been laid off multiple times, and each time it lead to lengthy, soul-sucking attempts to find another job (protip: don't become a writer unless you live in New York City or something). Each time, I've felt like a useless failure, and I was increasingly desperate to be able to do something, anything to be useful. At those times, I would have been sorely tempted to do things like Jerry did in order to try to have some sense of healthy pride and accomplishment instead of sitting around and crying all day. I've felt the wind calling me a loser.
Again, I know the show's intent around Jerry, I just don't think it effectively portrays it.
Would you chase that feeling despite your loved ones begging you not to? Or when it demonstrably has a negative effect on them?
Part of what I like about this show is that every character is deserving of empathy but is largely miserable because of their own choices.
Jerry is so wrapped up in his desire to be the head of the house in the ways that toxic masculinity says he should be that it makes him a failure as a father and a husband.
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The problem with the heist episode for me is it was trying to make fun of heists in fiction but it ended up just being a bunch of heists in fiction which I find tedious. There were funny bits in it but overall it was pointless to me.
He's a shy overambitious dog-catcher on the wrong side of the law. She's an orphaned psychic mercenary with the power to bend men's minds. They fight crime!
Yeah Jerry isn't depressed or written to be depressed, he's just a failure without any potential. He's content just having a job he doesn't know how to do.
He was pretty depressed in the Whirly-Dirly episode IMO. Depressed enough that he didn’t even protest when he thought Rick was going to execute him in the beginning of the episode.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
I can totally buy that Jerry has vanity as a failing, but that's not quite the way it reads in the show.
In nearly all these situations, Jerry gets happy because he thinks he finally has a win. Yes, he screws up horribly in most of these situations, but this is a man desperately in need of a win. Everything he tries blows up in his face. He's constantly criticized by the characters (and, in season three, the universe) as being a loser. He can't get a job. He can't stand up to Rick without destroying his marriage. He was blissfully happy when the aliens gave him a job because he felt he finally had a purpose and was no longer a loser. (Even though, yes, he had no idea what he was doing, and it was making his family miserable.)
If Jerry wasn't portrayed as quite so much of a loser, it would be easier to see his actions as self-destructive. As it stands now, his actions seem like the desperate acts of someone who wants to finally be successful and useful.
I don't know, maybe I'm seeing myself in Jerry -- I've been laid off multiple times, and each time it lead to lengthy, soul-sucking attempts to find another job (protip: don't become a writer unless you live in New York City or something). Each time, I've felt like a useless failure, and I was increasingly desperate to be able to do something, anything to be useful. At those times, I would have been sorely tempted to do things like Jerry did in order to try to have some sense of healthy pride and accomplishment instead of sitting around and crying all day. I've felt the wind calling me a loser.
Again, I know the show's intent around Jerry, I just don't think it effectively portrays it.
They show Jerry actively making horrible decisions at the expense of others for the sake of his self interests over and over again and shirking responsibility and rarely showing remorse unless it happens to be to save himself.
I'm not really sure what more they could do. And if a majority of people are reading him in this way then I'm pretty sure that is the definition of effectively portraying it.
I really liked the episode where Jerry and Beth go to an off world couples therapy and we see how they feed off each other’s character flaws.
Beth hates how meek and unintelligent Jerry is, but it feeds her ego when she compares herself to him. Jerry hates being belittled by Beth, but because he thinks she’s so strong and intelligent, him “standing up” to her with passive aggressive retorts feeds his ego as well. So they make this feedback loop of toxic behavior where each of their worst attributes strengthens the others worst attributes.
On of my more favorite Beth and Jerry episodes that I often forget Tiny Rick was in it.
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Yeah Jerry isn't depressed or written to be depressed, he's just a failure without any potential. He's content just having a job he doesn't know how to do.
He was pretty depressed in the Whirly-Dirly episode IMO. Depressed enough that he didn’t even protest when he thought Rick was going to execute him in the beginning of the episode.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
I can totally buy that Jerry has vanity as a failing, but that's not quite the way it reads in the show.
In nearly all these situations, Jerry gets happy because he thinks he finally has a win. Yes, he screws up horribly in most of these situations, but this is a man desperately in need of a win. Everything he tries blows up in his face. He's constantly criticized by the characters (and, in season three, the universe) as being a loser. He can't get a job. He can't stand up to Rick without destroying his marriage. He was blissfully happy when the aliens gave him a job because he felt he finally had a purpose and was no longer a loser. (Even though, yes, he had no idea what he was doing, and it was making his family miserable.)
If Jerry wasn't portrayed as quite so much of a loser, it would be easier to see his actions as self-destructive. As it stands now, his actions seem like the desperate acts of someone who wants to finally be successful and useful.
I don't know, maybe I'm seeing myself in Jerry -- I've been laid off multiple times, and each time it lead to lengthy, soul-sucking attempts to find another job (protip: don't become a writer unless you live in New York City or something). Each time, I've felt like a useless failure, and I was increasingly desperate to be able to do something, anything to be useful. At those times, I would have been sorely tempted to do things like Jerry did in order to try to have some sense of healthy pride and accomplishment instead of sitting around and crying all day. I've felt the wind calling me a loser.
Again, I know the show's intent around Jerry, I just don't think it effectively portrays it.
They show Jerry actively making horrible decisions at the expense of others for the sake of his self interests over and over again and shirking responsibility and rarely showing remorse unless it happens to be to save himself.
I'm not really sure what more they could do. And if a majority of people are reading him in this way then I'm pretty sure that is the definition of effectively portraying it.
Like I said, the difference is that, unlike all the other horrible characters, Jerry is treated like a pathetic joke and is called a loser, which makes his bad behavior read like trying desperately to get a win, even though it has bad consequences for the rest. When the other characters behave badly, it just seems like baseline bad behavior. There's no motivation for them other than ego or greed or such.
Yeah Jerry isn't depressed or written to be depressed, he's just a failure without any potential. He's content just having a job he doesn't know how to do.
He was pretty depressed in the Whirly-Dirly episode IMO. Depressed enough that he didn’t even protest when he thought Rick was going to execute him in the beginning of the episode.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
I can totally buy that Jerry has vanity as a failing, but that's not quite the way it reads in the show.
In nearly all these situations, Jerry gets happy because he thinks he finally has a win. Yes, he screws up horribly in most of these situations, but this is a man desperately in need of a win. Everything he tries blows up in his face. He's constantly criticized by the characters (and, in season three, the universe) as being a loser. He can't get a job. He can't stand up to Rick without destroying his marriage. He was blissfully happy when the aliens gave him a job because he felt he finally had a purpose and was no longer a loser. (Even though, yes, he had no idea what he was doing, and it was making his family miserable.)
If Jerry wasn't portrayed as quite so much of a loser, it would be easier to see his actions as self-destructive. As it stands now, his actions seem like the desperate acts of someone who wants to finally be successful and useful.
I don't know, maybe I'm seeing myself in Jerry -- I've been laid off multiple times, and each time it lead to lengthy, soul-sucking attempts to find another job (protip: don't become a writer unless you live in New York City or something). Each time, I've felt like a useless failure, and I was increasingly desperate to be able to do something, anything to be useful. At those times, I would have been sorely tempted to do things like Jerry did in order to try to have some sense of healthy pride and accomplishment instead of sitting around and crying all day. I've felt the wind calling me a loser.
Again, I know the show's intent around Jerry, I just don't think it effectively portrays it.
They show Jerry actively making horrible decisions at the expense of others for the sake of his self interests over and over again and shirking responsibility and rarely showing remorse unless it happens to be to save himself.
I'm not really sure what more they could do. And if a majority of people are reading him in this way then I'm pretty sure that is the definition of effectively portraying it.
Like I said, the difference is that, unlike all the other horrible characters, Jerry is treated like a pathetic joke and is called a loser, which makes his bad behavior read like trying desperately to get a win, even though it has bad consequences for the rest. When the other characters behave badly, it just seems like baseline bad behavior. There's no motivation for them other than ego or greed or such.
Jerry's an ass.
He'd be put upon if he actually put his family or others first like ever - before the point of calamity or relentless shaming I mean.
You frame it as him looking for a win, I see it as him being given the chance to be the Anti-Rick in the ways that matter, instead he mostly just tries to spite Rick and one up him.
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Yeah Jerry isn't depressed or written to be depressed, he's just a failure without any potential. He's content just having a job he doesn't know how to do.
He was pretty depressed in the Whirly-Dirly episode IMO. Depressed enough that he didn’t even protest when he thought Rick was going to execute him in the beginning of the episode.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
I can totally buy that Jerry has vanity as a failing, but that's not quite the way it reads in the show.
In nearly all these situations, Jerry gets happy because he thinks he finally has a win. Yes, he screws up horribly in most of these situations, but this is a man desperately in need of a win. Everything he tries blows up in his face. He's constantly criticized by the characters (and, in season three, the universe) as being a loser. He can't get a job. He can't stand up to Rick without destroying his marriage. He was blissfully happy when the aliens gave him a job because he felt he finally had a purpose and was no longer a loser. (Even though, yes, he had no idea what he was doing, and it was making his family miserable.)
If Jerry wasn't portrayed as quite so much of a loser, it would be easier to see his actions as self-destructive. As it stands now, his actions seem like the desperate acts of someone who wants to finally be successful and useful.
I don't know, maybe I'm seeing myself in Jerry -- I've been laid off multiple times, and each time it lead to lengthy, soul-sucking attempts to find another job (protip: don't become a writer unless you live in New York City or something). Each time, I've felt like a useless failure, and I was increasingly desperate to be able to do something, anything to be useful. At those times, I would have been sorely tempted to do things like Jerry did in order to try to have some sense of healthy pride and accomplishment instead of sitting around and crying all day. I've felt the wind calling me a loser.
Again, I know the show's intent around Jerry, I just don't think it effectively portrays it.
They show Jerry actively making horrible decisions at the expense of others for the sake of his self interests over and over again and shirking responsibility and rarely showing remorse unless it happens to be to save himself.
I'm not really sure what more they could do. And if a majority of people are reading him in this way then I'm pretty sure that is the definition of effectively portraying it.
Like I said, the difference is that, unlike all the other horrible characters, Jerry is treated like a pathetic joke and is called a loser, which makes his bad behavior read like trying desperately to get a win, even though it has bad consequences for the rest. When the other characters behave badly, it just seems like baseline bad behavior. There's no motivation for them other than ego or greed or such.
Jerry's an ass.
He'd be put upon if he actually put his family or others first like ever - before the point of calamity or relentless shaming I mean.
You frame it as him looking for a win, I see it as him being given the chance to be the Anti-Rick in the ways that matter, instead he mostly just tries to spite Rick and one up him.
Jerry should be an ass. Unfortunately, that gets clouded over by the universe calling him a loser, everyone treating him as a joke, etc. His assiness gets transposed into desperation. Every other family member gets to succeed or stand up for themselves to Rick sometimes. Jerry doesn't. In fact the one time Jerry tried to stand up to Rick at the end of season two, his marriage imploded. In order to be an ass, Jerry needs to be depicted as less of a loser.
I marathoned Season 3 last night and half the decisions that Jerry makes are self-inflicted gunshot wounds for the sake of his own ego and self aggrandizement (the scale of which is admittedly much less lofty compared to Rick's grand cosmic machinations) like when he puts his own pride and saving his own skin above that of the safety of his own family at times (he eventually turns around but not without being outed and a lot of haranguing from the other characters about it).
I mean, I understand feeling sorry for the guy and sympathizing with him but he's not someone I ever want to admire or emulate. The same goes for Rick.
I'm assuming that has to be in reference to something in particular, or is it just more an homage to basically a billion different shows/movies/games of the ronin variety?
Either way, very cool. Now if only they'd let us know when the rest of Season 4 was coming out.
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Reminded me of Afro Samurai. That was very cool! I wonder if our 'prime' Rick will ever meet that Rick. 8-)
I'm assuming that has to be in reference to something in particular, or is it just more an homage to basically a billion different shows/movies/games of the ronin variety?
Either way, very cool. Now if only they'd let us know when the rest of Season 4 was coming out.
Speaking of, I've just finished the Rick and MOrty VR game. If you haven't tried it, it's a real treat if you like the show. I just wish you could also explore the house/setting.
I'm assuming that has to be in reference to something in particular, or is it just more an homage to basically a billion different shows/movies/games of the ronin variety?
Either way, very cool. Now if only they'd let us know when the rest of Season 4 was coming out.
I’m sure there’s a specific anime or show it’s based on, but the lone swordsman/gunman protecting a kid is a trope as old as dirt.
Doesn’t mean it’s not fun or entertaining though!
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I'm assuming that has to be in reference to something in particular, or is it just more an homage to basically a billion different shows/movies/games of the ronin variety?
Either way, very cool. Now if only they'd let us know when the rest of Season 4 was coming out.
I’m sure there’s a specific anime or show it’s based on, but the lone swordsman/gunman protecting a kid is a trope as old as dirt.
Doesn’t mean it’s not fun or entertaining though!
It's Lone Wolf and Cub, right down to the baby cart.
Speaking of, I've just finished the Rick and MOrty VR game. If you haven't tried it, it's a real treat if you like the show. I just wish you could also explore the house/setting.
Also I'd play a whole game built around Troy.
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Although I SHOULD like this, I can’t help but feel like this Lone Wolf and Cub homage is a lot more telegraphed and lifeless than it should be. It’s almost a template, or a photoshop or instagram filter to me.
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You bet your bottom dollar they are.
Being down in the dumps because your life is unraveling isn't clinical depression either.
Jerry buys into the scammers simulation because it appeals to his vanity.
Jerry lies to his alien girlfriend because he doesn't want her to be mad at him.
Jerry develops an app because he thinks he's smarter then warning labels.
Jerry nearly blows saving Beth at the marriage retreat because the minute things start looking up he can't help but congratulate himself.
He's right behind Rick on the self inflicted/karmic misery ladder.
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Also, still expecting Jerry to be Cyril in disguise, like the bobs burgers season opener.
Oh that one was really quick
In fairness, that one seemed like Jerry was actually trying to inspire Beth's faith in him so she would produce an ever-increasing army of hero Jerrys, and it just sort've backfired because he laid it on a bit too thick.
Its right up there with the room temperature room
I can totally buy that Jerry has vanity as a failing, but that's not quite the way it reads in the show.
In nearly all these situations, Jerry gets happy because he thinks he finally has a win. Yes, he screws up horribly in most of these situations, but this is a man desperately in need of a win. Everything he tries blows up in his face. He's constantly criticized by the characters (and, in season three, the universe) as being a loser. He can't get a job. He can't stand up to Rick without destroying his marriage. He was blissfully happy when the aliens gave him a job because he felt he finally had a purpose and was no longer a loser. (Even though, yes, he had no idea what he was doing, and it was making his family miserable.)
If Jerry wasn't portrayed as quite so much of a loser, it would be easier to see his actions as self-destructive. As it stands now, his actions seem like the desperate acts of someone who wants to finally be successful and useful.
I don't know, maybe I'm seeing myself in Jerry -- I've been laid off multiple times, and each time it lead to lengthy, soul-sucking attempts to find another job (protip: don't become a writer unless you live in New York City or something). Each time, I've felt like a useless failure, and I was increasingly desperate to be able to do something, anything to be useful. At those times, I would have been sorely tempted to do things like Jerry did in order to try to have some sense of healthy pride and accomplishment instead of sitting around and crying all day. I've felt the wind calling me a loser.
Again, I know the show's intent around Jerry, I just don't think it effectively portrays it.
Personally, Interdimensional Cable 2 is the only one I really wouldn't care to watch. Even if it's got Werner Herzog monologing about human penis obsessions. It always felt like a rehash of 2 with the same bland improv. But I know people who also love that episode for some reason.
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Would you chase that feeling despite your loved ones begging you not to? Or when it demonstrably has a negative effect on them?
Part of what I like about this show is that every character is deserving of empathy but is largely miserable because of their own choices.
Jerry is so wrapped up in his desire to be the head of the house in the ways that toxic masculinity says he should be that it makes him a failure as a father and a husband.
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This season I liked 90%, the only drag was the second half of the dragon episode.
They show Jerry actively making horrible decisions at the expense of others for the sake of his self interests over and over again and shirking responsibility and rarely showing remorse unless it happens to be to save himself.
I'm not really sure what more they could do. And if a majority of people are reading him in this way then I'm pretty sure that is the definition of effectively portraying it.
Beth hates how meek and unintelligent Jerry is, but it feeds her ego when she compares herself to him. Jerry hates being belittled by Beth, but because he thinks she’s so strong and intelligent, him “standing up” to her with passive aggressive retorts feeds his ego as well. So they make this feedback loop of toxic behavior where each of their worst attributes strengthens the others worst attributes.
On of my more favorite Beth and Jerry episodes that I often forget Tiny Rick was in it.
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"Lambs to the cosmic slaughter!"
Became my new favorite phrase at home for any minor inconvenience.
Like I said, the difference is that, unlike all the other horrible characters, Jerry is treated like a pathetic joke and is called a loser, which makes his bad behavior read like trying desperately to get a win, even though it has bad consequences for the rest. When the other characters behave badly, it just seems like baseline bad behavior. There's no motivation for them other than ego or greed or such.
Screamed that out recently when they were out of my favorite crackers at the store.
Girlfriend thought it was hilarious. The two retired ladies giving me a wide eyed stare not so much
Jerry's an ass.
He'd be put upon if he actually put his family or others first like ever - before the point of calamity or relentless shaming I mean.
You frame it as him looking for a win, I see it as him being given the chance to be the Anti-Rick in the ways that matter, instead he mostly just tries to spite Rick and one up him.
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Well no he hated Jonny Depp right? When he confessed to alt Beth
Jerry should be an ass. Unfortunately, that gets clouded over by the universe calling him a loser, everyone treating him as a joke, etc. His assiness gets transposed into desperation. Every other family member gets to succeed or stand up for themselves to Rick sometimes. Jerry doesn't. In fact the one time Jerry tried to stand up to Rick at the end of season two, his marriage imploded. In order to be an ass, Jerry needs to be depicted as less of a loser.
Maybe.
I should rewatch interdimenaional cable.
Three layer universe dip stack. All of those different laws of physics, so tasty.
I mean, I understand feeling sorry for the guy and sympathizing with him but he's not someone I ever want to admire or emulate. The same goes for Rick.
That works for me for some reason.
Either way, very cool. Now if only they'd let us know when the rest of Season 4 was coming out.
Lone Wolf and Cub
I’m sure there’s a specific anime or show it’s based on, but the lone swordsman/gunman protecting a kid is a trope as old as dirt.
Doesn’t mean it’s not fun or entertaining though!
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It's Lone Wolf and Cub, right down to the baby cart.
Also I'd play a whole game built around Troy.
Although I SHOULD like this, I can’t help but feel like this Lone Wolf and Cub homage is a lot more telegraphed and lifeless than it should be. It’s almost a template, or a photoshop or instagram filter to me.