RICK AND MORTY Season 7 Faces Backlash From Fans Following Justin Roiland Recasting

RICK AND MORTY Season 7 Faces Backlash From Fans Following Justin Roiland Recasting

Rick and Morty season 7 isn't faring particularly well with fans or critics, but is it because Justin Roiland is no longer part of the show's cast after a series of controversies? Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Oct 19, 2023 04:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Rick and Morty
Source: Toonado.com

Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland was fired by Adult Swim after accusations of domestic abuse were made public. While the decision was made not to press charges, the floodgates opened and a series of sexual abuse and misconduct claims followed. 

Roiland has strongly denied everything, though he hasn't been able to shrug off a resurfaced podcast appearance, which saw him make inappropriate comments about underage girls, quite so easily. 

All of this left Rick and Morty in something of a mess, with the decision eventually made to recast Roiland's roles. During the first six seasons, he was credited with at least 25 roles and filling the void his departure leaves won't be easy. 

In the season 7 premiere, newcomers Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden were revealed to have been chosen as the new Rick and Morty, while John Allen was tapped to play Mr. Poopybutthole. They're all soundalikes and, while the trio did an admirable job, something still felt a little off with all three characters. 

That could go some way in explaining the poor negative response to the show. 

As we first reported on Toonado.com, Rick and Morty season 7 had a "Rotten" 57% on Rotten Tomatoes by Monday morning, though it has since risen to a slightly healthier "Fresh" 63%. Even so, this still makes it the worst-reviewed season to date. It's important to note that this score will likely change in the weeks ahead as there are still another nine episodes to go. However, it's not a good start. 

For comparison's sake, season 1 has 97%, season 2 has 91%, season 3 has 96%, season 4 has 96%, season 5 has 86%, and season 6 has 91%. 

It appears even fans have largely rejected the show upon its return as its Audience Score is a dismal 32%. 

Is all of this really down to the change in voice actors? The premiere certainly wasn't Rick and Morty's strongest outing, but with the characters lacking Roiland's unique performance, the jokes arguably didn't land quite the same way. 

Roiland possibly returning to the show is completely off the table (and understandably so) but it will be interesting to see where Rick and Morty goes from here. The show can still turn things around over the coming weeks, but if this initial response has an impact on ratings moving forward...well, Rick may not get his 100 seasons after all. 

"Rick and Morty are back and sounding more like themselves than ever!" reads the synopsis for the show's return. "It's season seven, and the possibilities are endless: What's up with Jerry? EVIL Summer?! And will they ever go back to the high school?! Maybe not! But let's find out!"

"There's probably less piss than last season," it continues. "'Rick and Morty,' 100 years! Or at least until season 10!"

Rick and Morty season 7 premiered on Adult Swim on October 15.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 10/19/2023, 4:32 AM
Well, damn.

Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 10/19/2023, 4:46 AM
Firing the guy especially considering the charges were dropped might hurt the show much more than they realize...
cham2119
cham2119 - 10/19/2023, 6:29 AM
@Urubrodi - guy was credibly accused of preying on teenagers, who gives a [frick] if it hurts the show smdh
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 10/19/2023, 6:46 AM
@cham2119 - Maybe I'm missing some info, but wasn't he cleared of those charges?
Jacory
Jacory - 10/19/2023, 6:50 AM
@cham2119 - credible how?
RandyOrtonLF
RandyOrtonLF - 10/19/2023, 7:59 AM
@Urubrodi - Just do a quick google search. See how he talks to young girls. Just cause he isn't charged doesn't mean he's a certified creep. Creeping on minors.

Again, just a quick, simple google search mate.
cham2119
cham2119 - 10/19/2023, 8:10 AM
@Jacory - first result on google “justin roiland accused of sexual assault and preying on young fans”. Actual quote from Justin Roiland “ :

“Look I’ll say, look a f**king 14 year old that looks like she’s 18 and like big t*tt*es… of course I’m attracted to that! These girls… they’re fully developed and they’re like talking online, “I want you to f**k me.”

These are your nerd heroes.
Jacory
Jacory - 10/19/2023, 3:34 PM
@cham2119 - IDK what you mean by "your" nerd heroes. That being said, how does that makes his accusations credible? The Central Park 5 were accused of something, and look how that turned out. IDK what happened, but just saying people ought be more careful with this accusation stuff.
cham2119
cham2119 - 10/19/2023, 5:14 PM
@Jacory - good lord if your gonna compare two completely different things at least get the actual circumstances right. The exonerated five were coerced into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit and only were exonerated because the bastard that committed the crime came out and admitted to it. Nobody coerced this idiot into admitting he’s sexually attracted to children. Reach harder for those straws. Second I don’t know how to explain the meaning of the word your to you you’re shit outta luck there genius
Jacory
Jacory - 10/19/2023, 7:06 PM
@cham2119 - Naw, you just missed my point. The very first thing that happened were they were accused of something ... then it went from there. If you want to misunderstand what I'm trying to say then go ahead. I'm merely stating the dangers of accusing someone ... which you're doing. Also, they're both sexual assault accusations, so ... very comparable.
Chaos200
Chaos200 - 10/19/2023, 7:14 PM
@cham2119 - So let me get this straight he says he's attracted to girls that LOOK OF AGE and that's somehow a fireable offense? Do people even think critically anymore, unless he's actually praying on girls that are underage and actively searching for these girls find it hard to care about what essentially boils down to edgy statements.
cham2119
cham2119 - 10/19/2023, 9:47 PM
@Chaos200 - my god the depths you freaks will go to protect a fellow freak salute to both of y’all for flying your flag high lol
NathimusPrime
NathimusPrime - 10/19/2023, 10:18 PM
@Chaos200 - hello, this is the article that revealed many of the accusations, they are backed up with text conversations between roiland. That mixed with the resurfaced "edgy jokes" I believe are enough of a reason not to take Roilands side. Browse through it if you wish, it may not change your mind but its all the information at your disposal. Believe or do not believe as you choose.
NathimusPrime
NathimusPrime - 10/19/2023, 10:40 PM
@Urubrodi - he was very specifically cleared of the one felony charge brought against him, this current round of accusations is unrelated and back up by a fair amount of evidence.
ossie85
ossie85 - 10/19/2023, 4:53 AM
The episode didn't have much going for it. Not bad, but nothing that made it special or particularly clever.

Voices were pretty seamless I thought
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 10/19/2023, 6:53 AM
With or without Roiland, it feels like the show has been dipping in quality anyway.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/19/2023, 7:47 AM
@BritishMonkey - I remeber season 4 being bad but 5 was good. I havent watched 6 or the new one yet
CLTMAN29
CLTMAN29 - 10/19/2023, 7:06 AM
The voices are barely noticeable in their difference - it just simply wasn’t a good episode. Rick and some characters take Mr PB out for beers with Hugh Jackman. It wasn’t good. At all. But it’s nothing to do with the voices.
RealTurner
RealTurner - 10/19/2023, 8:39 AM
@CLTMAN29 - Netflix kicked up a clip from a much earlier season for me today, and the voices sounded pretty different from 5-6 as well. Compare early Homer to later Homer. Even the same voice actor's voices changes. I think the new voices are within that range and it probably won't take long to adjust. But starting also with a character like Mr. *crap name* was a big and bold swing; they could have definitely helped themselves by avoiding that pressure.

And then, as you say, it just wasn't a great ep. Low-hanging fruit all round without any clever hooks, just "oh look you know this thing!" Comes across even weaker, being the first ep in the season, which R&M has generally made efforts to land in a big way.
philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 10/19/2023, 7:08 AM
They were fine. Remember, they’re replacing a guy who created the voices and because of that he did them effortlessly and had more play with where they could go.

I thought All the voices were 99% there. They’ll only get better the longer these people keep doing them.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/19/2023, 7:46 AM
They replaced the show creator and main voice actor, what did they expect?
FusionWarrior
FusionWarrior - 10/19/2023, 7:54 AM
Even I felt there was something off about the premiere.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 10/19/2023, 10:01 AM
At least the internet is safe from Roiland now.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 10/19/2023, 10:31 AM
😂

One episode.

We keeping a running tally after each one?
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 10/19/2023, 12:27 PM
Episode was fine. Pretty good. Not great.
BLEECH
BLEECH - 10/19/2023, 11:51 PM
Morty's new voice is pretty damn good

Rick's is violent diarrhea
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