The final Rick and Morty season 2 JPM tally is in.
See if they were able to top season one!
Were on a mission.
And that mission is to leave no joke behind.
It started withcounting every jokein season four of one of TVs best live-action comedies:Veep.
Check back here every week to see how packed with jokes season two ofRick and Mortyreally is.
If I die in a cage, I lose a bet.
Rick Sanchez
Wow, talk about presenting a challenge right out of the gate.
That would have been rick-dickulous.
Based on the episodes final JPM, however, you could be forgiven for thinking that we did.
A Rickle in Times final JPM is an absurd 6.37.
That would be second only to season ones Rixty Minutes of allRick and Morty.
But Mortynight Run more than makes up for it with two whacky and visual-joke packed psychedelic song sequences.
Unity
Really, the best joke in episode three may be its title.
This is a typically hilarious and creative episode ofRick and Morty.
It also comes with added elements of melancholy and introspection.
Frankensteins Monster
Oh man.
This is the real deal.
The pure, uncut, ColombianRick and Morty.
That it also happens to feature the highest recorded JPM yet (an unheard of almost 7!)
is just a bonus.
The saga of Mr. PoopyButthole is hilarious and brilliantly constructed.
The whole episode is brilliantly constructed.
The sight of Beth shakily pouring a glass of wine is both a joke and stomach-churningly too real.
What a great episode.
It will wear the JPM crown for a long time, I imagine.
Unless next weeks episode immediately snatches it away.
Such is the possibility for a show this rich and hilarious.
Ice-T
Through five episodes,Rick and Mortyseason twos total joke counts have been remarkably consistent.
The range is from 120 to 150 jokes per episode.
That means a lot of what constitutes a higher JPM is merely running time.
As one of the longer season 5 episodes, Get Schwifty stands at a disadvantage.
Not only that but its dealing with two other potential statistical stumbling blocks.
One is the reliance on musical humor, which can be hard to gauge.
But the other factor is that it is coming a week after an all-time great episode.
Morty Smith
EveryRick and Mortyseason two episode thus far has presented its own challenges in joke-counting.
Episode six, The Ricks Must Be Crazym is no exception.
So much of the humor in Ricks Must Be Crazy relies on impossibly dark things being funny.
This isRick and Mortyso the answer to both is almost undoubtedly yes.
The Ricks Must Be Crazy is a fantastic mid-season episode despite being a JPM challenge.
Get it all together and put it in a backpack all your shit.
And if you gotta take it somewhere, take it somewhere you know?
Take it to the shit store and sell it.
Or put it in a shit museum.
I dont care what you do.
You just gotta get it together.
Get your shit together.
That rapid-fire dialogue was the key to high JPM.
Now, Im finding withRick and Mortythat its a lot easier to cram in visual jokes.
That doesnt mean I ever get sick of hearing Im Tiny Rick, bitch!
Its completely hilarious but also not as dedicated to filling every possible moment with a joke.
You want me to cut to three weeks earlier when you were alive?
Later on Morty expresses his disdain (rather violently) for atypical story structure.
Then Rick mentions alludes to Act 1 of their day, suggesting its following a three-act structure.
Makes it skyrocket, of course.
Even the most typical, average episodes ofRick and Mortyhave the potential for high-density jokes.
And Morty finally losing his mind and killing nearly everyone in sight certainly qualifies.
It also may be its best.
And thats more than o.k.
Ricks sacrifice to save his family is a touching and discomfiting in to a fantastic season.
One of the best things about Rick and Morty is its nihilistic sense of humor.
In the final line of the season Rick is asked whats hes in for and responds Everything.
Its both the seasons final joke and a touching send-off.
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