1- They are inspired by Doctor Emmet Brown and Marty McFly in creating Rick and Morty.
2- Its producers, Justin and Dan, are filming Doc and Mharti, a reference to Back to the Future.
While Rick and Morty aren’t around yet, their producers are asking Justin and Dan to make a series. The series, titled The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Marthi, is a wink to the Back to the Future trilogy. The characters are already similar to Doctor Emmet Brown and Marty McFly. Later on, that series somehow evolves into Rick and Morty.
3- Dan Harmon was also responsible for the Community Series.
4- “Unity” in the series was originally a reference to Community.
5- Dan Harmon says in an interview that Rick and Morty is a mix of Simpsons and Futurama.
6- Even in the introduction scene of an episode of The Simpsons, Rick’s spacecraft dives in.
7- Don’t forget the Futurama reference.
8- Of course, let’s not forget that the series is also heavily inspired by Doctor Who and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
9- All the channels in the episode (Rixty Minutes) with interdimensional television were improvised.
10- Rick never uses a belt.
11- The first episode was written in approximately 6 hours
Of course, this idea was treated as a joke by the other creative team. Thus, this issue was closed here.
12- Justin Roiland wants to destroy worlds of all dimensions in every episode
13- Jerry was actually going to be a dominant father.
When the idea of Rick and Morty first came up, the writers planned to make him a very bossy and tough dad, while after hearing Chris Parnell’s playful voice, they turned Jerry into what we now know
14- The Simulation episode is based on a “bad trip.”
While you’re watching Rick and Morty, there are none of you who don’t understand the effects of acid anymore. A statement from Justin Roiland says they prepared the episode based on the experience of “a friend.”
15- Justin Roiland wrote the song “Get Schwifty” during his childhood.
