From: Rick and Morty
Genre: Television, Cartoons
Who said it?: Jerry Smith
The story behind the quote: This week’s quote comes the absurdist comedy sci-fi animated show, Rick and Morty on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. It follows the adventures of Rick Sanchez, the smartest person(s) in the multi-verse and his grandson and hapless companion, Morty Smith.
The quote comes from the first season episode “Raising Gazorpazorp.” In the episode, Morty Smith accidentally sires a child with a sex robot. Rich Sanchez (still voiced by Justin Roiland here) then takes the sex robot to examine what it was designed to do to get more information on the child as it might become dangerous. Jerry Smith (voiced by Chris Parnell) then jokingly says it might become like the Insane Clown Posse, to which Rick insults Jerry regarding how old that reference is. It takes Jerry some time but he then tries to make a sly rebuff to no avail. His wife, Beth, then asks Jerry why he’s even trying when it’s so lame. This is when Jerry delivers the quote.
Geek wisdom: Although Jerry is a dullard, he is correct. Life is hard and we have to keep pushing and putting in the effort to make life work. All of this extra effort may work or it may not. But, ultimately, we still have to try.
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