Rick and Morty / Season 4

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Season 4 of Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty.svg
Episodes 10
Country of production United States
First broadcast on Adult Swim since November 10, 2019
German-language
first broadcast		 since January 15, 2020 on TNT Comedy
◀   Season 3
► Episode list

The fourth season of Rick and Morty was confirmed by Adult Swim in May 2018 . The season should have a total of ten episodes. The first five episodes aired weekly from November 10, 2019 to December 15, 2019. The remaining five aired weekly from May 3, 2020 to May 31, 2020.

Cast and characters

The following voice actors speak the voices of the corresponding characters in English:

  • Justin Roiland as Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, the two main characters in the series; Rick is a mad scientist and Morty is his kind but desperate grandson.
  • Chris Parnell as Jerry Smith, Rick's son-in-law and Morty's father; a simple-minded and insecure person who questions Rick's influence on the family.
  • Spencer Grammer as Summer Smith, Rick's granddaughter and Morty's sister; an ordinary teenager worried about peer status.
  • Sarah Chalke as Beth Smith, Rick's daughter and Morty's mother; on the surface, a reasonable woman who is dissatisfied with her marriage.

Episodes

The broadcasts on TNT Comedy , which took place on Mondays from November 11, 2019, simultaneously with the US broadcast (Sunday according to US time), were in the original. From the reruns on Wednesdays, these were provided with German subtitles . The German-language first broadcast began on January 15, 2020.

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script Spectator
(USA)
32 1 Death suits him well Edge of Tomorty: Rick The Rickpeat Nov 10, 2019 Jan 15, 2020 Erica Hayes Mike McMahan 2.33 million
33 2 The quietest place The Old Man and the Seat 17th Nov 2019 Jan. 22, 2020 Jacob Hair Michael Waldron 1.67 million
34 3 The Heist Master One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty Nov 24, 2019 Jan 29, 2020 Bryan Newton Caitie Delaney 1.61 million
35 4th Dragon shame made easy Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty Dec 8, 2019 Feb 5, 2020 Anthony Chun Jeff Loveness 1.63 million
36 5 Terminatter: Genetic Rattlestar Ricklactica Dec 15, 2019 Feb 12, 2020 Jacob Hair James Siciliano 1.32 million
37 6th Lies and deceit on the train Never Ricking Morty May 3, 2020 Aug 10, 2020 Erica Hayes Jeff Loveness 1.55 million
38 7th Eggs for everyone and everything for eggs Promortyus May 10, 2020 - Bryan Newton Jeff Loveness 1.34 million
39 8th The acid barrel episode The Vat of Acid Episode 17th May 2020 - Jacob Hair Jeff Loveness & Albro Lundy 1.26 million
40 9 Big Bang Childrick of Mort May 24, 2020 - Kyounghee Lim James Siciliano 1.22 million
41 10 Father-clone conflict Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri May 31, 2020 - Erica Hayes Anne Lane 1.30 million

production

Background and development

After the completion of the third season, with no announcement of a sequel or the announcement of the production status, it remained questionable whether there will be a fourth season. In March 2018, co-creator Dan Harmon tweeted that he hadn't started writing a new season yet, partly because Adult Swim hadn't ordered any new episodes yet. He cited the reason for the delay that the contract negotiations had become more complicated compared to the previous seasons.

Co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland wanted to know there were a lot more seasons of Rick and Morty so they could focus on one show and minimize work on other projects. Harmon also said that he would like the seasons to have more than ten episodes and said, "Now I'm doing the fourth season of Rick and Morty and I want to prove that I've grown." This referred to the fact that the third season only had ten instead of the planned fourteen episodes and he now wants to work more efficiently, control perfectionism and avoid previous mistakes.

After lengthy negotiations, Adult Swim announced a long-term contract in May 2018 and ordered 70 new episodes over an unspecified number of seasons. The two co-designers were satisfied. Harmon said, "Justin and I just need enough episodes and the right kind of deal that will give us permission to do what we want, what the show is about. We have all of that and we are both very excited ”.

A year later at the WarnerMedia 2019 Upfronts presentation, the debut of the fourth season of Rick and Morty was announced in November 2019, making the two-year break between seasons three and four the longest break in the series' history. Even if the fourth season only contains ten episodes, the makers are confident that the contract with the other 70 episodes will reduce the waiting time between the seasons and there will be more episodes per season. In October 2019, it was announced that the first five episodes of the fourth season would premiere on November 10 and the remaining five in the future.

Text, recording and animation

Writing began in June 2018 when Roiland said that in addition to maintaining quality, the writers need to work faster this time. Additionally, Harmon expressed his intention to move the series forward by working with the animators and making any necessary corrections along the way, rather than applying his perfectionist tendencies in the early stages of writing.

In July 2018, Harmon and the writer Mike McMahan published pictures from the author's room on social media, which showed "story circles" on a blackboard. Developed by Harmon, this eight-step narrative formula (a simplified version of Joseph Campbell's general narrative framework known as the Hero's Journey) was used in previous seasons to outline the narrative arc of an episode. It shows how the main character leaves his comfort zone in order to get along in an unfamiliar situation and to achieve his goal and how it changes the character when he comes back into the comfort zone. However, Emmy magazine reported after an interview with Harmon that the writing team intended to "shake things up with a more anarchic writing style." That was a rather unconstructive approach, in which instead of focusing on the structure of the story, ideas, jokes and dialogues were primarily cultivated and the stories were then built around these moments. Regarding the season's narrative arc, Roiland said the season included "strong episodic episodes" and advised fans to watch them in the correct order.

In October 2019, composer, Ryan Elder, told Inverse that he expected to get involved in the season when the writing process was partially completed. The first guest voice was revealed in November 2019 when Sam Neill tweeted that he enjoyed working with Rick and Morty. This indicates that the team had already finished some episodes. Roiland later announced Paul Giamatti, Taika Waititi and Kathleen Turner as season four star guests.

In December 2018, Bardel Entertainment, Rick and Morty's Canadian animation studio, began hiring Toon Boom Harmony animators and FX artists to join the show's animation team. In January 2019, Eric Bofa Nfon posted on his Twitter account a photo from a conference room showing lead animator Etienne Aubry and line producer Mark Van Ee, which indicated the start of the animation process for the season. Roiland said if the episodes were returned "in color" from the studio, the writers would try to make any necessary adjustments that could improve the episodes. Even so, he was satisfied with the work that had been done during the season.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aaron Couch: 'Rick and Morty' Creators Unveil New Footage, Talk Long Road to Season 4 . In: The Hollywood Reporter . July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Bernd Krannich: [UPDATE] "Rick and Morty": New episodes in the USA and Germany in November. In: fernsehserien.de. October 9, 2019, accessed January 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: October 11, 2019. In: Showbuzz Daily. November 12, 2019, accessed November 14, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 17/11/2019. In: Showbuzz Daily. November 19, 2019, accessed November 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.24.2019. In: Showbuzz Daily. November 26, 2019, accessed November 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: August 12, 2019. In: Showbuzz Daily. December 10, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 15.15.2019. In: Showbuzz Daily. December 17, 2019, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: March 5th, 2020. In: Showbuzz Daily. May 5, 2020, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: October 5th, 2020. In: Showbuzz Daily. May 12, 2020, accessed May 13, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5/7/2020. In: Showbuzz Daily. May 19, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: February 5th, 2020. In: Showbuzz Daily. May 27, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Mitch Metcalf: Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: March 5th, 2020. In: Showbuzz Daily. June 2, 2020, accessed June 2, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Danielle Turchiano: Adult Swim Addresses 'Rick and Morty' Season 4 Status . In: Variety . January 4, 2018. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  14. ↑ Beckett Mufson: 'Rick and Morty' Season Four Is Up in the Air, says Dan Harmon . In: Vice . March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  15. ↑ Dan Zinski: Rick and Morty Creator: Season 4 Delay Due to Contract Negotiations . In: Screen Rant . March 23, 2018. Accessed March 24, 2018.
  16. ↑ a b c Sean O'Neal: Rick and Morty Renewed for Season 4: Dan Harmon Tells Us All About It . In: GQ . May 10, 2018. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved on August 11, 2018.
  17. ↑ James Hibberd: 'Rick and Morty' Co-Creator Answers Our Burning Season 3 Questions . In: Entertainment Weekly . September 26, 2017. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  18. ↑ Nellie Andreeva, Nellie Andreeva: 'Rick And Morty' Gets Massive 70-Episode Renewal By Adult Swim; Creators Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland Ink New Deal . In: Deadline . May 10, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  19. ↑ a b Julia Alexander: 'Rick and Morty' co-creator promises no more big gaps between seasons . In: polygon . June 14, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  20. ↑ Seth Macy: Rick and Morty Season 4 Coming November 2019 . In: IGN . May 15, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  21. ↑ Charlie Ridgely: Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode Sneak Peek Screening Announced . In: Comic Book . June 25, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  22. ↑ a b c d James Hibberd: 'Rick and Morty' creators give first season 4 interview: 'It will never be this long again' . In: Entertainment Weekly . July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  23. ↑ Julia Alexander: 'Rick and Morty' co-creator promises no more big gaps between seasons . June 14, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  24. ↑ Watch Rick and Morty - "Season 4 Return Announcement" on Adult Swim ( en ) In: Adult Swim . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  25. ↑ Andrew Whalen: New pictures from the 'Rick and Morty' creators go behind the scenes of Season 4 . In: Newsweek . July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  26. ↑ Andrew Whalen: 'Rick and Morty' co-creator Dan Harmon describes how Season 4 will be written differently, shares script pic . In: Newsweek . July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  27. ↑ Sean O'Neal: The Tortured Mind Of Dan Harmon . In: GQ . May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  28. ^ Neil Turitz: The Sacred and the Absurd . In: Television Academy . July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved on July 16, 2019.
  29. ↑ Corey Plante: 'Rick and Morty' Season 4 Has No Music Yet, but Its Composer Has Ideas . In: Inverse . October 7, 2018. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  30. ↑ Andrew Whalen: 'Rick and Morty' Season 4 release date one step closer with first guest voice . In: Newsweek . November 1, 2018. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  31. ↑ Corey Plante: 'Rick and Morty' Season 4 Animation Begins, Revealing a Release Date Window . In: Inverse . January 15, 2019. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.