20 Tropes 'Rick and Morty' Has Brilliantly Subverted

You don't need to have a high IQ to appreciate how this show skewers tropes.

Wubba lubba du – no, wait, we’re not doing it. We do still love Rick and Morty, though. Ratings have been derivatives. Here, however, we focus on the show’s treatment of tropes: how it calls them out, twists them, and ultimately subverts them. Because let’s be honest, this is a big part of the show’s intellectual appeal. To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of th — no, you know what, we’re not doing that either. Also, that is still a funny meme. How does Rick and Morty treat tropes, then? Let’s take a look. Shall we, master reader?

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