This isn't to say that there aren't other amazing antiheroes out there, like Harley Quinn, but Rick is definitely one of the best, in my opinion. I can’t even remember how many times the main timeline Rick has switched timelines because one went horribly wrong. A lot of the time, the issues he causes are to preserve timelines, even if it means sacrificing lives to do so. That’s really not something a good person would do.Īnd yet, we’ve seen plenty of times where he has sacrificed himself as well because even as horrible of a person he can be, he still has morals. Literally, in the Season 4 episode, “One Crew Over the Crewcoo’s Morty,” Rick goes so far as to drain the enthusiasm from his grandson so he can keep him under his thumb. He’s established it several times throughout the show. There’s so much grey area when it comes to a character like Rick.
But with Rick and Morty, there are never any real heroes or villains – there are occasional antagonists, but usually, it’s just Rick being an anti-hero.
With The Walking Dead, it was the Alexandria group vs.
With Game of Thrones, it was the living vs. In a lot of TV shows, we often have that one villain and that one hero to root for. Rick Sanchez Is A “No-Nonsense” Anti-HeroĪnother reason why I love Rick in Rick and Morty is his outlook on life and how he’s simply a no-nonsense anti-hero.
