Rick and Morty Fans

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About

Rick and Morty Fans refers to a series of jokes, memes and references to the self-congratulatory nature that some perceive fans of the animated television series Rick and Morty posses. Most of the jokes focus on fans of the show seeing themselves and the show to be hyper-intelligent and thus only accessible to a select few.

Origin

The series of memes comes from a backlash against the show that began sometime during Rick and Morty's third season in summer 2017, particularly following the popularity of the Pickle Rick meme. The backlash spurred even further due to the rise of the infamous To Be Fair, You Have to Have a Very High IQ to Understand Rick and Morty copypasta.

While the copypasta may have come from a prior Facebook comment, the earliest available posting comes from a Reddit [1] comment on July 29th, 2017. That day, Redditor Niekisch posted in the subreddit /r/CringeAnarchy:

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

Spread

As the copypasta spread over the summer, anti-Rick and Morty memes that take on the persona of the pretentious fan began to rise in popularity. On September 7th, the Instagram [2] meme account @dabmoms posted a picture of an elderly man clutching his chest with the caption "Lady: He's having a heart attack. Is anyone here a doctor? Rick and Morty fan: it actually takes a certain level of intelligence to appreciate the subtle genius of Dan Harmon's humor." The post (shown below) received more than 12,000 likes in 16 hours.


funny meme of an old person having a heart attack, and Rick and Morty fans qualify the show instead of helping

Later that month, jokes and memes about Rick and Morty fans began appearing on the /r/dankmemes subreddit with many of them adopting the "To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty" the copypasta as a subject title. On September 27th, Redditor[3] theevilnerd42 posted an exploitable webcomic in which the subject finds intelligent life in the universe as soon as a man says "I watch Rick and Morty." The post (shown below, left) received more than 2,200 points (95% upvoted) and 50 comments in less than a week.

Meanwhile, other Redditors[4][5] used the idea of mocking the supposed intelligence of Rick and Morty fans through the Stress Powered Light Bulb exploitable (shown below, center and right).


COULD IT BE RIGHT HERE ON EARTH? WILL WE FIND INTELLIGENT LIFE? COULD IT BE THIS MAN? I watch Rick and Morty THE SEARCH has finished poorlydrawnlines.com JUST WATCH! EXCUSE ME, HOLD THIS, PLEASE? SURE! VE INVENTED AN ANGER POWERED LIGHT BULB! RICK& IS IT PRACTICAL? 826 s a I, A HUMAN OF AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE, ENJOY RICK & MORTY pg I'VE INVENTED A STRESS POWERED LIGHT BULB! JUST WATCH! EXCUSE ME, YOUNG ADULT. WOULD YOU HOLD THIS, PLEASE? IS IT PRACTICAL? SURE! Cn6 Rick and Morty fans aren't smart 門

Throughout the month, joke continued to spread on the Internet. On September 29th, Twitter [6] user @IHATEDOOGAL2 tweeted "person: so why should we accept you into harvard university? me: i watch rick and morty person: oh right this way sir,i apologise." The post (shown below) received more than 7,000 retweets and 20,000 likes in less than a week.

On October 3rd, 2017, The Daily Dot[7] published an article about the rise of the meme entitled "Self-important ‘Rick and Morty’ fans get owned in this new meme."


person: so why should we accept you into harvard university? me: i watch rick and morty person: oh right this way sir,i apologise

Various Examples


going to community college going to a renowned state college going to an ivy league school going to MIT to study theoretical nuclear physics watching riBk and morty reruns on adult swim can someone please explain this joke to me? Rick and Morty is too smart Hey Mom and Dad I don'tneed to go to I watch
FACTS Rick and Morty doesnt make you f------ Smart, Jimmy Neutron Does LUBBA TASTES RICK! BEANTIFUL miBBas who don't watch Rick and Morty Demi-Gods who enjoy Rick and Morty's Humour

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To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to lump all the fans of something into a single group. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of irrational fandom hatred, most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also my desperate need to put others down because it elevates myself, which is deftly woven into my shitposts. My personal hatred for anyone who likes something I don't comes from my crippling autism, for instance. My 10 followers understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they’re not just pointless strawmen, they say something deep about my micropenis. As a consequence people who like anything I don't truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in my profile description “I'm a DIFFERENT kind of learner” which itself is a cryptic reference to how I get piss poor grades and need karma from insulting others to feel good about it. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those (THESAURUS NOT FOUND) (INSERT BUZZWORD) scratching their heads in confusion as my genius wit unfolds itself on their monitors. What fools.. how I pity them. ?

And yes, by the way, i DO mock entire fanbases on principal from a single post that was so bad it had to be ironic. And no, I refuse to see the irony that generalizing on the level of said original post makes me an even bigger retard. Nothin personnel kid ?

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