2019 Geek-A-Long: Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty isn’t for everyone. Heck, it wasn’t even for me at first. The voice acting for the title characters were grating and the humor was crude, but I had promised to watch it with my husband after I had subjected him to another rewatch of Downton Abbey. Somewhere around episodes four or five of season one — against my better judgement — I became hooked. I’m not even sure I can tell you what happened to make me suddenly invested in the adult cartoon, but here we are. Inexplicably, I cannot wait for season four to FINALLY come out.

Rick and Morty has a huge fanbase, especially on the internet. So, it seems only right, since our home is on the internet, that we would pay tribute to this raunchy, smart, science fiction adventure. And oh boy is this cartoon raunchy and smart. It is weird on an avant-garde level and wrapped in a nicely animated package with plenty of kick.

The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his good-hearted but fretful grandson Morty Smith, who split their time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures.

Rick and Morty, Wikipedia

The best example I can give you as to why I find myself waiting for the next season with bated breath is due to the unique plotting. In the episode titled Needful Things, Rick walks into an antique shop and says, “So what are you the devil?” In a normal show, the writers would spend the entire episode slowly discovering that the shopkeeper is the devil, doing some Monkey’s Paw stuff with his “Never pay here… not with money” comments to customers, and that would be the whole plot. On Rick and Morty, however, that’s just the beginning. The writers explore the idea of what would happen if a bored mad scientist started messing with the devil. Spoilers: He puts the devil into bankruptcy.

Out of partial boredom, jealousy of the devil’s grandfather/grandaughter relationship with his granddaughter, and annoyance that the devil had tried to curse him, Rick decides to ruin his business. He opens up a store called Curse Purge Plus and uses science to remove curses from items while keeping their positive benefits. The antique store and the devil soon find their inventory cleared out and are driven to bankruptcy since their customers only payment were the Monkey’s Paw-esque curses.

This is probably the ugliest square on the blanket this year, and that is 100 percent on purpose. There’s an episode in season three where Rick turns himself into a pickle and… well… Is the whole thing distasteful and raunchy? Yes. Does it balance it with real emotion? Oddly enough, yes. The whole thing really embodied the show, so we chose to put the disturbing and hilarious Pickle Rick on the blanket.

Whether you’re knitting, crocheting, or cross stitching this square, you can download the Rick and Morty pattern here. Instructions and charts for both knit and crochet are listed in the pattern. When you’re finished making it, don’t forget to Instagram your squares at us @lattesandllamasyarn with the hashtag #geekalong! Want to hang out with other people making the blanket? You can find moral support in the Geek-A-Long group on Ravelry here.

~Jac

“Rise above. Focus on Science.”

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