In Defence of Jerry | Video Essay (Rick and Morty)
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- What does it mean to be a Jerry? And why do so many people hate him?
Sure, he’s weak, afraid, and insecure but he’s so much more!
This video tries to explore why by deep diving into the fringes of the infamous Rick and Morty fan base.
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Jerry is a character I have a soft spot for because of Jerry C137 he was able to become the patriarchy of his family it shows that if you put Jerry on a position where he's pushed to man up he'll do more than man up he'll survive
If you believe in more than two genders, this comment isn't for you.
love how jerry is the supposed coward but rick runs from every reality.
This is an amazing point! I'm kind of jealous I didn't think of this!
@@ArianaAlexis Me too
Your point is even further proven last season when we found out that Rick intentionally made a finite curve where he's the smartest being alive. Sure you could argue it was to find his wife's killer, but I have a feeling the show is going to go in the emotional control direction
Rick 'avoidance' Sanchez
@@NoName-nm7fx shut up how can you be a Jerry fan beta male
Growing up is realizing that Jerry's criticisms of Beth letting Rick steamroll her and how he's a toxic person are all correct
Yes!
That's true but he's also so weak he's unable to stand up for himself, he instead, lets everyone walk all over him while being passive aggressive and complaining about it. He's also unambitious. He's a textbook example of an enabler. Let's say you see a rattlesnake on the ground. Everyone tells you not to pick it up but you pick it up anyway and it bites you so you have to go through a lot of painful treatment. And then the next time you see a rattlesnake you pick it up again and it bites you again. And so you complain and then that happens again and again and again and you keep complaining without ever doing anything about it. It would be so easy to just not pick up the f****** rattlesnake. But enablers continue to pick up the rattlesnake. At some point it's not the rattlesnake's fault for biting you it's your own fault for continually picking it up. That's what a Jerry is to me. Enablers love to play the victim. They love to complain about how badly they're being treated but they refuse to do anything about it and continue to allow the person to treat them badly. They continue to protect them from the consequences of their actions, continue to make excuses for them, continue to refuse to cut them off all the while complaining about it. That's what a Jerry is. But literally every other character is flawed as well. Most people don't genuinely think Rick is the best LMAO I just think most people know an enabler (or have known) an enabler in real life and they hate Jerry because it's subconsciously reminds them of that person. Beth is a selfish b**** with major daddy issues. Most people don't like her but they also don't hate her like they do jerry.
@@WhitneyDahlin I disagree, I see Jerry as a realistic part of society that makes many mistakes, but learns from them. Instead of "picking up a rattle snake" Jerry tries to do what's best for his family- while not being good at it, he gets better over time, and continues to grow as a person. Not everyone is granted with the strength to speak out or stand up for yourself, it takes pain and suffering to bring that person beyond they're limits. He has to endure the pain from society, his family, Rick, and nature throw at him when he tries to obtain a smidgen of happiness, but does he quit? No, he stands back up, brushes off the insults, and attempts to live his happiest life against all odds. And to end this, people can tell you not to do something, cause it may hurt you- but if that very thing is in the way of your happiness, will you sit there and be consumed by the fear of the pain? Like Rick? Or will you defy all expectations, and and keep marching on with a smile? Like Jerry.
This concluded my statement, thank you for reading.
Also excuse my grammar, I think more about the subject rather than how it's presented sometimes-
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I'd like to also add that his bravery can be viewed as average. Save for the homeless guy debacle, he's had times where he rose to the occasion and took his place as head and leader of the household like when everybody was infected with Rick's bug virus. The true irony of the fandom that shits on his character due to what they view as cowardice fail to realize the scale of what Jerry cowers against. They mock him but if the roles were reversed and they had to face the same threats and dangers of the Rick and Morty world a good 95% would be a "Jerry." This man is an audience insert. We already panic with possible human wars, pandemics, supply shortages, etc. Where Jerry's faced the end of the world and galaxy multiple times, being kidnapped by aliens, being hunted, minding his business and being transported away to unknown places like come on. No normal and mentally sound person would be able to (or would want to) handle a fraction of the stuff he's had to survive while on top of having the rest of the family you're trying to keep together side with the person that's brings all of the chaos into your home while disrespecting you and making it seem like you're the problem. Jerry is not my favorite character and he's had times where he was an ass but usually it's in response to what's going on around him. He's never intentionally malicious which I cannot say about the rest of the cast including Morty. He is also the least to be influenced by Rick due to whatever dumb rivalry he has which should give him points at not always being some following sheep. And to be honest if it came down to it if I were forced to hang out with anyone of the characters in the family surprisingly enough Jerry would be my first pick because at least I would be less likely dragged into some bs that would get me killed. Then if anyone else Morty due to him probably trying to help if something happens. Rick would be on some bs. And I don't really like Summer and Beth they feel like try hards to cover their painfully average personalities plus as I've said before they're naturally malicious which doesn't bode well in my book.
To put it in simple words, he’s an ordinary man. He’s caring, but can get carried away, like a normal person. He is like the viewer.
Have u seen the wooden decoy Jerry. He a monster
@@robertbennett2796 no....? 🤔😂 what season is that one?.😂
@@robertbennett2796They killed themselves for pride when he tried to save them. Did you not watch the video instead of acting like an intelligent asshole when you are really a worthless retard?
@@robertbennett2796yes there are bad versions of jerry but there are also several bad versions of Rick and morty
Well said man
Okay. I am actually shocked people think Rick is some kind of role model. He's beyond insane, doesn't even seem to care for his family, and is the Great Depression of moral bankruptcy. Being smart doesn't mean that you have the right to be an absolute ass to literally everyone.
Rick is not a role model Rick is just Rick one and only in the whole multiverse. You have to be born to be Rick not become it.
But speaking about being asshole to everyone when you are pretty much a god and word around you is not any different from computer game who cares. You can just move to another universe if something happens. This is why he is an asshole not because he is smart it is because he is on completely another level than everyone else.
@@deltaxcd What you have just described is being an asshole. He is not a god. He is a man. Being the smartest person in the universe/multiverse doesn't mean that you should not care about anything. And when you're smart the world isn't "any different than a computer game" there are other people. People who really exist and live their lives happily. That mentality? Psychopathic, detached, asshole-ish. Zeus raped women so often it's not funny. He is an actual god in the Greek mythos. Does that make it okay?
The amount of people who see him as a role model are why I stopped watching the show
It's insane how so many insecure people like rick as a role model and think of themselves as "smarter" than everyone else... when not even rick likes rick
A good and/or main character it's different from a good person, a good character needs to have an interesting journey not necessarily has to be a good person; those that identify themselves with rick/bojack/tyler miss the whole point of their stories
i feel like a character that has the humanity of jerry and the intelligence of rick will be the perfect role model for someone
I love the therapy scene so much because it shows how quickly someone with a little bit of wisdom can see that Rick's nihilism is a just knee-jerk reaction to cope. While it was inevitable for people to flock to him for a multitude of reasons, an unfortunate side effect is that many mistook the dark irony as a promotion for his shallow worldview.
YESSSS OMG
That's probably one of the reasons why that scene is so controversial. Like, that's supposed to be something people should be able to gather on their own from watching the show, but then the show just stops for a couple minutes to tell you exactly how Rick operates and why he sucks.
that's the funny thing the show points out multiple times how Ricks way of thinking is just his own fears and insecurities taking over his life.
Does anyone have their own opinion. I have seen these exact ideas in other analysis of rick and morty videos
@@infamousplayer8772 well for me specifically, that nuance went over my head. So i kinda needed that 😅
I sort of agree. Rick knows what happens after death, nothing, and he knows the universe is destined to decay. And so with death for everything being inevitable, he spends life an adrenaline junkie attempting to wring all the happiness from existence he can.
The reason he despises jerry is that he is happier, Rick knows all of the joys attainable but jerry can be happy with less.
Rick beats jerry down to try to make him feel like shit because he’s pissed jerry beat him in the only thing that matters: happiness, and by proxy: being content.
plus he’s putting his ding dong in Rick’s daughter
Where’s all the support for this comment? I 100% agree with you
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Rick doesn't actually know what happens after you die. He says God isn't real but in multiple episodes it's shown there is more then 1 religion with living gods and afterlifes people go to when they die. Even Rick prayed to God I hopes to avoid death.
In other words, bird person has the right idea.
Rick is his friend but he's full of shit.
Rick doesn’t actually know if there is an afterlife or not fyi remember he’s a narcissistic lying psycho that considers his atheist belief toxic
Really liked how doofus Rick is more emotionally intelligent than the other Ricks and they hate it because Rick always has to be the smartest in the room. ditto for why Rick hates the therapist
I never understood Jerry hate. I've always found him the most likeable of all the characters - literally everyone else in that family have nasty, mean personalities and I've always hated how viciously cruel they were to each other and to their dad.
wood jerry
@@sus6221 that’s not Jerry it’s a fake copy made by a fake copy of Rick soo
He’s been very unlikeable at certain points in the show. Basically everyone has. I think at this point, Jerry has become the most likable character anyway, because he’s the most human.
@@honeyjm8324 You realise that's still Jerry's personality right. Its a decoy within a decoy, no where in the episode is it stated that decoys emotions are altered. Infact they are "dumbed down" which further goes to show how big of a pussy Jerry was to let his family die
Jerry refused to acknowledge his wife as a real surgeon because she operates on horses, constantly downplaying her accomplishments. That kept going until he got fired
I find it hillarious that people idolise Rick and like to think they are as intelligent as him... LIKING HIM IS PROOF THAT YOU AREN'T.
Rick is fun to watch and an interesting character, but narcissists as hell, I kind of suffer about Morty everytime Rick manipulates him. Living with a narcissists for real is truly painful, I have the feeling that liking Rick is a big red flag.
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Yes Rick and Summer have funny moments but they are so awful - especially to Jerry
ITS A CARTOON CHARACTER YALL ARE SO DRAMATIC
deeply relating to characters like rick and bojack horseman, for example, can have serious connotations - but only in certain circumstances.
Funny enough, Jerry is comparatively the happiest character of the family despite how often life punches him in the face. Rick is a depressed alcoholic genius, Summer is on a similar path, Beth is often selfish beyond what a mom should be, and Morty is emotionally intelligent but slowly becoming morally dark. If he was more confident in himself I think he'd do well. There are episodes that can back up my claims.
Beth was unhappy because of her relationship with Jerry, idk what selfishness has to do with happiness
@@Bettersucksaul negative. Beth BLAMES Jerry for her unhappiness...big difference
@@Bettersucksaul Beth is unhappy because she made the wrong choices in life, but they were still her choices and she chooses now to blame everyone else for them. The show depicts her over and over resenting Jerry, resenting her kids (and treating her husband and kids like garbage), even resenting Rick despite defending him over his own awful decisions. But it comes down to Beth. Beth CHOSE to get married. She CHOSE to have kids. She CHOSE to get back together with Jerry. She CHOSE to let her father back into her life even though Jerry was 100% right about him. The truth is, Beth is a far bigger coward than Jerry could ever be because she's always been too afraid to make the choices to live the life she wants and too afraid to take responsibility for not making those choices. And, maybe it's just me, but I think treating those around you like garbage because you blame them for your own failings is pretty selfish. Beth is garbage. Don't get me wrong, Jerry is pretty bad. But Beth is just THE WORST.
@@SunnysFilms , Rick and Morty just needs a full reboot at this point in time where Beth, Space Beth, Rick, and Summer can go adventures with each other in space, and Morty can develop his intelligence in school to eventually out smart Rick in intelligence along with Stanford from Gravity Falls too.
tbh I mostly disliked Jerry because of how he treated poorly snowball
in other story
I HATE Rick even though I find him funny and carismatic I get a bad feeling when people say they wann be like him or that they relate to Rick personality/ attitude wise
My biggest issue with Jerry has never been a perception that he is a loser, but rather that he is willfully manipulative. Both him and Rick seem to reflect 2 different aspects of emotional immaturity and toxicity. Jerry uses weaponized incompetence to make his life better. Rick is the embodiment of physical aggression and fear of emotions. Both Rick and Jerry have fragile ego's and don't like to give up their perceived power. Neither should be a role model, but I think that might be one of the things people miss. None of the adults in this show should be looked up to, we shouldn't relate to them, they are the embodiment of dysfunction.
Couldn’t agree more!
Dude, is written to be unlikable, and women just keep defending him. He has no good or redeeming traits. Like did everyone just forget that Wood Jerry abandoned his entire family for a can of wood polish?
It’s like how you should never look up to any of the characters in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Jerry is the father of the family trying to find a way to deal with the power imbalance the presence of his father-in-law has created in his life.
In his own way he's fighting for his family. So yes, he occasionally fights dirty. So does Rick.
That's actually even more of a way to show how Jerry and Rick are absolute opposites: Jerry weaponizes pity while Rick actively tries to avoid looking pitiful.
Something worth mentioning is that while you can say the cronenburg universe allows Jerry to be a better person without society around, and the alternate universe in interdimensional cable allows him to be successful without his family around (and as a bonus, Doofus Jerry is a very successful individual with Rick's attitude) there is something all three of those Jerries all have in common: Rick is not in their life.
Rick is great at emotional manipulation, he does it frequently and is shown to lie to people's faces to break them down. He does this to Jerry non-stop. Jerry is always more successful and braver person without Rick's influence. When Rick talks down to Jerry and people clap and bring it up as proof of Jerry being an awful person? It's less a statement on Jerry's character and more a statement on the viewers ability to be just as manipulated by Rick as the shows characters are.
FACTS
Pissmaster episode was the best usage of this imo, literally what you described exactly. Rick chills out, Jerry succeeds, Rick's inability to fully confront the consequences of his actions (come on he did a good white lie but let's not pretend lying to a dead man's daughter because she reminds you of Beth is the ideal outcome) results in them fighting again and Jerry ruining shit. Then everyone blames Jerry instead of critically analyzing Rick's actions whatsoever. Jerry is absolutely a flawed character, but the same way the viewer is. Rick manipulates his families and the viewers perspectives to make them think theyre more like Rick then Jerry, same way rich ppl try to make ppl of different races/religions or other dumb tribalistic shit to kill each other so they don't focus on who's pulling the strings.
@@mingming919 nah, im gonna say the pissmaster episode is the epitome of why jerry is terrible. he gained power and turned into a smug dick like he always does and the second things stop going his way he becomes a petulant child throwing a tantrum because he has to share with the neighbor kid. he was so up his own ass that when PM (now rick) kindly but firmly told him to back off he wouldnt take no for an answer because how dare someone say no to orb jerry.
Going back to Rick’s speech to Jerry, it makes you realize how it’s just another manipulation of Rick. Rick says “Rick’s daughter” had options, and how it’s Jerry’s fault despite that in all realities Ricks force Beth and Jerry together.
And when you look at Rick and his actions, he is in fact the parasite. He finds abandoned and vulnerable Beth’s and rides on her need to have his approval to infect, corrupt, and wiggle his way to the top of the household, pushing out Jerry. He uses pity of “oh being so smart is painful” to gather sympathy to excuse his actions.
It always reminds me of the “Why quagmire hates brian” speech. In both, most of what the speaker said was true, the issue is just that a lot of their criticisms could easily apply to themself as well.
Like when you think about it; would a true parasite ever want to share its host with another “””””parasite””””?
@@theradionicrevival8068 Well the only thing that could apply to quagmire in his speech to Brian is hitting on Lois. I might have missed the episode where quagmire poops in Peter’s yard lol.
"ricks daughter" aka I'm a narcissist and see my child as an extension of myself
Well this specific Rick wasn't part of that though. He outright tells his younger self it's complicated. But Rick still knows most Beth/Jerry's are manipulated.
@@pinkpugginz his narcissism is really a defense mechanism from the amount of pain he's experienced through out his (seemingly) unfulfilled life. It's way easier to push people away by being an asshole, than to let them in and experience the pain of losing people he loved all over again. Other Rick's at the citadel tend to embody more of his narcissism, but C-137 uses is in an entirely different way than the overwhelming majority of Rick's.
The last time he ever let the universe know he cared about something, it cost him everything he cared about, he doesn't want to make that mistake again. The under lying subtext however is that this version of Rick was at one time entirely different than most other Rick's.... but the pain of his life has molded him in a certain way to protect himself from the thing he can't bare to face.
Jerry is such an under-appreciated character, my poor guy is just getting dragged along through all this crazy sh*t and honeslty would be most of us in his situation
Nope, we’re right to hate Jerry! Not because he’s a weakling but because he has the potential to do better but never seizes the opportunity! When his son and literally NASA told Jerry Pluto wasn’t a planet, he could’ve owned up to it and apologized for making such a scene. When Jerry literally asked Beth whether or not she loved him, he could’ve kept his mouth shut and done more things that made him worthy of being loved. When he was kidnapped by the Zigerions and given an artificial reality and a taste of real success, he could’ve worked to make that success a reality but instead, he just moped about it and tried in vain to drag Rick down to his level, claiming he was tricked as well! I don’t hate Jerry for having weaknesses, I hate him because he refuses to turn those weaknesses into strengths. He’s not just a loser; he’s a waste of potential!
@@IsaiahRichards692 no, we hate him because he was perfectly designed to allow us to see in him everything we hate about ourselves. That is literally his designed purpose in the show.
@@MatthewSmith-pv6gd Yourselves maybe! I love myself, flaws and all! I hate Jerry’s because I expect better from grown ass men!
@brap Of course he does, I mean, after humiliating his own son in front of an entire ballroom in order to spare his ego and after having the facts of the matter spoon-fed to him by another neglected son…
Coming from a female....
as a man, you absolutely can not be a jerry.
I love everyone defending their hatred of jerry because of the way his average perceived actions/ qualities make them feel. They’re really elucidating the majority of the points in this vid.
I always liked Jerry. If he just had someone on his side for once I think he could do alot with his life. If you want to see Jerry in his element read Rick and Morty vs. Dungoun and Dragons, Jerry kicks butt in it, while Rick does nothing but pout.
No Jerry can't do anything with his life he is extremely stupid. he can only operate in the very simple environment like when those insects bureaucrats took over the earth he was thriving there.
Dude, has a wife and two kids. He spends more time being jealous that his wife has a job that pays. While, he can barely even hold a job. Not only does she rarely ever give him crap about it. She literally comes back to him. He has a support system and is still a manipulative dirtbag.
Whenever Jerry is on his own he tends to thrive. When his family is there to drag him down he struggles. The man needs to leave and stay gone. It would be the best thing for him. I think the only reason he stays is he doesn't want to abandon his kids entirely to Rick.
I actually see Jerry as a goldmine of underrated moments, like his invisible garbage truck.
A lot of my favorite moments include Jerry😂
Then how he just says F it when he can't find the gas tank 😂😂
Or like when he becomes a puppet and can’t fie
Or the fantasy of being the water delivery guy in the shy pooper episode
If Jerry can drive an invisible garbage truck with no training, he could easily get a job driving a visible garbage truck!
I never understood why people didn’t like him. When me and my mom were watching the series, we were constantly rooting for him
No one dislikes him his character was made for you and your mother to constantly root for him. Hence why he gets shit on in the show, his character is literally created for pitty lol
He's an ass.
Jerry is an ass.
Cool Jerry exists and he's great.
Most of the time, Jerry is still an ass.
@@kingpimpskinnypimp5329 you sound bitter
@@kreaamsg6603 You sound like a clown lol sounded pretty nice
Nope, we’re right to hate Jerry! Not because he’s a weakling but because he has the potential to do better but never seizes the opportunity! When his son and literally NASA told Jerry Pluto wasn’t a planet, he could’ve owned up to it and apologized for making such a scene. When Jerry literally asked Beth whether or not she loved him, he could’ve kept his mouth shut and done more things that made him worthy of being loved. When he was kidnapped by the Zigerions and given an artificial reality and a taste of real success, he could’ve worked to make that success a reality but instead, he just moped about it and tried in vain to drag Rick down to his level, claiming he was tricked as well! I don’t hate Jerry for having weaknesses, I hate him because he refuses to turn those weaknesses into strengths. He’s not just a loser; he’s a waste of potential!
Jerry reminds me of a scene from Boy Meets World when Cory disrespects his father Alan for being average. Alan expresses how being average was enough for him because it allowed him to support his family and seeing his son not respect him for not being something amazing hurt him profoundly.
Jerry is the same in a lot of ways, his wants are simple and that's what scares a lot of people. We grow up wanting to change the world or become incredible but eventually learn that only a handful of people make it that way. Rick tries to be that amazing person but after the latest season with Evil Morty we find out the cold truth of how he was lower than Jerry in a lot of ways. Where Jerry faced the issues in his life, although simple, he faced them in his own way. Rick chooses to run when things get to hard and not to a new reality but one rigged to his own benefits. Jerry isn't perfect but he's human.
Jerry is just a normal guy in an abnormal situation. All of us would be a Jerry in Rick's world.
Literally
Honestly, Jerry's sin is that he's not a genius, and for the most part he doesn't go out of his way to be a prick to people.
No, his sin is that he has wrong gender LOL
if Jerry was a woman and his wife was a man everything would be just perfect.
His sin is being annoying, which is quite different, it annoys me how much he fucks up (it also annoys me when rick fucks up, the difference is Rick either fixes it, or sidetracks to an "easy solution"). The moment it went from annoying to hatred for me, was on the prestige button for Morty, first time he has something genuine, long term and reciprocated, and he cant distinguish the difference between the remote controller and a 2 button controller? That's beyond stupid, not even asking what does that controller is for, and fucking up the lifes of people he loves (which does constantly, like the decoy episode where a decoy jerry prefers everyone to die for him to be able to become "immortal" with a varnish). I hate stupid selfish people, and he represents that, and while Rick is mostly selfish, at least he aint stupid, and he has the ability to realize when he has been selfish and tries to do stuff about it (just 2 episodes that come to mind, the 2 crows episode and when he turned himself in to save the whole family, Jerry included)
@@AkumaGS While I agree that Jerry is the stupidest man on the universe, but you are using word annoying wrong. because he is not getting in your face or any way harassing you or anyone, he is just the embodiment of the stupidity itself. he is also not really fucking up anything as his goals are limited to being able to tie his shoes. Teaching him to score in golf was harder than establishing word peace. LOL
But the question is then why Rick and evil Morty uses morty conceal his brain waves if Jerry probably woud do the job much better being in orders of magnitude more stupid?
@@AkumaGS I think you hate jerry because you’re more like jerry than anyone else in the family and don’t see the benefit of that yet.
@@carpedeeznuts2343 I think you confuse annoyance with hatred and didn't read thru my comment, where I also criticize Rick. I don't feel like any Rick and Morty character, they are all over the top, but if it makes you feel better to believe I'm like Jerry, power to you brother, it wont affect my life ;)
A good confirmation of this is when you look at the Jerry living in the Cronenberg-reality: once all stupid complexities of society were removed and he was forced to live in a savage physical reality, the guy turns into a badass.
The reason for this is because he can’t use his go to survival tactic(using other peoples pity) so without that he literally has to do something different or he’ll die since they were the only humans left on earth. In instances where Rick isn’t directly influencing things(when he was in jail) he survived by confirming he also didn’t need to use his main tactic because the government provided everything for him
Well yeah, because Jerry is a simple man. He'll always try to be happy, and failing that he'll try to find purpose, and failing that he'll STILL try to survive even just for it's own sake. People hate Jerry because Jerry loves life, and unfortunately a lot of people just won't get out of their own way long enough to have that for themselves.
Guess it shows how modern society castrates and weakens men.
@@dre27321wrong he was a bad ass before when Rick and Morty left that universe he's seen firing a gun by Beth's side when Morty returns to that universe with summer he meets his mom his father and his actual sister all three of them became survivors and are bad ass then ricks from the citadel come in and freeze everyone and he only one who survives and he completely gives up his emotions because he lost everything
Whenever you talked about Jerry’s family pulling away and he grew from his mistakes faster than Rick ever did, that actually holds true even today since Jerry really did lose his entire family and world and he grew from it very quickly.
Before the Video:
I was always under the impression that Jerry was viewed so negatively because he's passive, uneducated, and a follower. Which, none of those are inherently negative, but given the tone (and audience) of the show, those traits are viewed as such. Rick, and the show in general, views him as a leech, a parasite that subsists by latching onto larger (read: smarter) beings instead of being an active hunter. Rick and Beth both blame Jerry for Beth not being a Surgeon, because he latched onto Beth, and brought her down while simultaneously ignoring the fact that it takes two to tango. In the arc where Rick is imprisoned and aliens come to earth, Jerry is seen as passive for accepting the objectively better drugs and receiving a job from the stabilized infrastructure that the Alien government provided. The way the show frames Jerry is that he never does anything to try and improve his life, and even when he does, he's so stupid and ignorant that it only makes matters worse if it does anything at all. In the end, Jerry is, ultimately, judged for favoring the status quo. He's judged for not wanting to do anything to endanger his suburban dream of a nice-ish house, a beautiful wife, and two children. Meanwhile, Rick is lauded as a God for constantly shattering the status quo regardless of whether or not that gains him anything or not.
After Watching:
I think you make a good point about Millenials, and I think that's part of why Jerry is so hated. Jerry is the older generation, fighting to maintain their place at the expense of the Millenial generation getting their dues. Meanwhile, Rick is viewed as some sort of...messiah, meant to come deliver us (morty) out from under Jerry's rein. He even comes out and says as much when Jerry and Beth split up. The issue being, Jerry isn't Gen X, or Boomers, Jerry is, like you said, Millenials, and he's as powerless in the show as we are in reality. Rick is actually the older generations, because the fact of the matter is, no matter how badly he fucks up, he has the resources to be completely unaffected by the consequences of those fuck-ups. Jerry is constantly blamed for bad things that happen because of someone else, usually Rick, and he can't defend himself because he's the lowest rung on the totem pole.
When is jerry blamed for something he didn’t do?
I always felt it was weird how they flanderized Jerry. In the early seasons I got the sense he was sort of a standard, if a bit out of touch dad who would step up to the plate in times of need. They had to really cram it in that he’s exceptionally wimpy and sad. I never really bought into it.
i agree
same
The video defends jerry as being just a normal person when actually the writers took every bad trait of a normal person to the extreme. He’s a grown man but still extremely stupid and golable people don’t diss like him bc he tries to go after his goals but bc he always fails.
@@nic4911 Don't try to use adult words like gullible please. or if you do, at least spellcheck it. You actually sounded intelligent before you threw that one in there.
Im born in the late 2000s and I love Jerry's character. I hate it when he gets degraded by others. Hes just trynna be normal in a family which isnt normal. He has his flaws but everyone does. He was just so comforting to me when watching.
Same story here.😁
Bullshit
I love this! The cultural feelings around Jerry always struck me as off, and this video nails why that is. The case for Jerry completes the story of understanding rick’s toxicity. Jerry tends to show us uncomfortable vulnerability, and vulnerability is what Rick’s fear-driven behavior is rooted in. Thank you for parsing the representations out!
Jerry is (in my eyes) for Rick and Morty what Diane is for Bojack Horseman. They're characters that aren't gaslighting their problems, willing to grow and change and actually break the foil of an "unchanging sitcom character." In both instances, if you were to remove the characters from their respective shows there could be no growth, direction or voice in the series. They have pain and problems but they're the characters that show the audience that there are ways toward growth that aren't escapism from issues like Rick and Bojack. For Rick he took escapism so far as to recreate universe so that he can quickly jump ship and watch it burn if the slightest inconvenience happens. For Bojack it's his history of drugs, drinking, and just flaking on commitments when things aren't working out (or in the case of both creating issues to escape from when things are working.) Characters like Diane and Jerry are hated mostly because they don't fit in an episode of a show. They are as nuanced as life and growth. They don't move in straight lines, and they don't let the world the live in dictate their happiness. They prove time and time again that "sometimes life is shit, and you just keep living."
I've always liked Jerry, he was sweet and caring and he has something Rick doesnt. He's willing to apologize and he's willing to be human. He's sweet and hard working and sometimes doesn't have the best execution and that's okay. His intentions are set in order and I want more of his character to be explored in future episodes
except when he closed the door on his family just bcs there was only one jar of wood oil or whatever. or when he humiliated morty on pluto. he has every opportunity to not be the way he is, that’s why he gets shit on
@@xGrifo He is human, he makes mistakes. The reason he did that to Morty on Pluto was because the whole colony on Pluto saw him as an idol, he wanted to feel important, he wanted to be something he wasn't and it was in Mortys expense. Why doesn't Rick get shit for the way he treats Morty? He has hurt him physically on a number of occasions, he verbally abuses him in every episode, he emotionally beats him until his self esteem is rotted. On the first episode we see Rick dragged Morty out of his bed on a school night which ended up with him humiliating himself infront of the entire school bc he was having hallucinations from lack of sleep. Jerry was the only person who cared for Mortys education and even Beth was siding with Rick until she agreed to go with Jerry to the school and address the shit with Morty.
I love your take, I feel like Jerry is a better role model than most fellow adults of my life just beacuse of how he can always reconizge what you said about Rick and still give him a chance for human bonding once in a while
0:030 Huh, okay then! Byee
Im sorry you feel that way
Meme in beginning is hilarious use of dark humor. Anyone disagreeing just makes it more hilarious. XD
I remember in animation college, we had a life drawing model, and she's well known throughout town.
I remember her saying that Jerry is her favorite character, and everyone else wondered: "Why? He's a little Bitch."
And she said: "I know... But he's my bitch." She said it in the most endearing way, and that's what made that memory stick out.
We didn’t assume we’d get those things, we were flat out told that we’d get them (or at least those of us born in 1981 were)
We were told that if we did well in school and worked hard we’d have homes and financial security. We were lied to by our parents and teachers, and we believed them because we were children.
This needs more likes because not only is it true, but that reality was literally forced upon us then sabotaged by the same generation. The ultimate rug-pull, if you will.
A millennial then
I was told "Just get a degree. It doesn't matter which one. Just get one and you get a job."
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As a 35 year old with two degrees, currently about to move back in with my mom, I think about this all the time.
The last episode (s6e5) actually shows Jerry’s personality beyond “naive simple Jerry”
The last part about Jerry being easy to make happy hits hard honestly.
I am so easy to make happy, and yeah people might look at me and go "You are just not as smart as the rest." but I also live with depression so I suck the good things out of every opportunity - and even if it's just a funny little colourful game, painting, video, whatsoever that needs no braincells to do. If it makes me smile, it's worth it.
I remember not too long ago I tried to get into Rick and Morty but I couldn’t get past the first episode partly because of Rick’s behavior towards Morty reminding me a bit too much of my own family, and how much I straight up agreed with Jerry and knew he was gonna get shit on.
Then you’re better off not getting into it because in later seasons it’s basically the same thing with very little character development and family guy tier jokes/references
@@poopoopeepee6834 I can enjoy the occasional episode I stumble on with an interesting premise but yeah it’s pretty clear that overall it’s not for me.
☹️I’m sorry you went through that
You're not alone. I have a love/hate relationship with this show. I love the story and the characters, but I don't like how the show frames toxic people, and sociopathic behavior, as "correct". Not to mention their detrimental framing/mindset of "kindness=dumb" and "cruelty=intelligence", and how many times Rick wins at the end of each episode out of the expense of everyone around him.
With that in mind, Rick does get put in his place in the later seasons, and is justifiably called out for his actions. The show still has a long way to go, but it's a step in the right direction, imo.
I understand my family can be like Rick and sometimes the show can hit too close to home.
Characters are either charming or annoying. People form their own opinions but the writers invites audience to take certain opinions by the way they frame characters. Like the opening clip of this video, in a vulnerable moment the wind literally calls Jerry a loser. The show also frames Rick as the hero by, yes, showing is shortcomings and vulnerabilities but keeping him in as an ultimately aspirational figure. The show tries to go for "ever green" story telling. So, no matter what happens, by the end of each episode Jerry needs to be the loser and Rick needs to be the amazing genius again. Which is a shame because the best episodes are the one where those roles are challenged.
yes totally agree, so much of our opinions are shaped by how the writer wanted us to see the characters, and in rick and morty they make it very clear that they want jerry to be the loser character but they also balance him out by adding positive sides (which most of us miss because how loudly the show calls him a loser) so that he's not a boring or intolerable character.
I don’t think Rick was supposed to be aspirational at all but the fan base gushed about him so much that the series creators slowly morphed him into who the fans saw him as.
Agreed. Being called a "Jerry" feels very much like a "Shut up, Meg" situation
People change very slowly. I think that was the reason given for Rick and Morty returning to the status quo most of the time but not always. What I find interesting about Rick and Morty is that just because the characters are framed a certain way, doesn't mean that's how you're supposed to see them. The writers set up a certain status quo, break it, and then return to it so that you have an idea of what they are actually trying to say. I've never really seen a show do that in quite that way before.
I thought the wind Whispering 'Loser' was Rick. He selected which universes to include in his multiverse, so of course he only has the ones where he manages to make Jerry's life suck for dating his daughter. We've seen how far Rick will go to do just this with Rick breaking up the family.
All signs show Jerry was doing fine until Rick returned and it took months to convince the kids JErry was completely useless. First few episodes he's just a slightly dim dad and is listened to.
I think season 6 is going to lean into making jerry a stronger and more confident character, showing the audience that he isn't a loser or someone to laugh at.
in the first episode of season 6, we see an alternate jerry who has become mature, strong, and confident, even despite the hardships he faced in morty's original dimension. he may be treating his son like dirt, but he's also standing up for himself and the family that stood by him before they perished: something that the jerry most of the audience knows would never do because of his cowardice. even though this is a jerry from an alternate dimension, the differences between them aren't far off at all, and it just shows the capability jerry has.
in episode 3 of season 6, we also see more confidence with jerry. though he initially cocoons himself to demonstrate his cowardice, he later comes out of the shell to tell everyone to "grow up". he asserts his anger and disappointment at the beths for cheating on him, and instead of groveling at her feet to not leave him, or off himself as he said he would earlier in the episode, he packs his stuff to leave. jerry knows he's better than being disrespected in this manner, and he's not going to stand for it. then, he finally asserts his dominance by allowing the beths to fool around, as long as he approves it.
i love that the writers are making jerry a more confident and respectable character this season, and i hope the fandom accepts this evolved jerry with open arms
Thanks so much for this video essay. I followed a similar emotional journey in how I viewed Jerry and I've been finding so much joy in seeing him grow as a character in season 6. I really appreciate you offering more clarity and thoughts on the matter!
The quality that really separates Jerry from everyone else is how fearful he is. He's also the most reluctant to experience these strange events, so he's easily the outcast.
I think it is not fear but intelligence, Jerry is so incredibly stupid, even more stupid that Morty who is already was supposed to be borderline retarded stupid by design.
it is even hard to imagine that anyone can be that stupid and still function in scisty.
That's not true. The quality that REALLY separates Jerry from everyone else is how emotionally open he is. everyone else is scared too most of the time. He's just the only one who owns it.
It blew my mind to learn that the fandom hates Jerry. He was my favorite from pretty early on. Dude's funny
To be fair the twin towers meme was pretty funny even if it was offensive
Honestly i think in a every day setting Jerry would be a very pleasant person i dare even say i would like to have him as a friend.
But once things go bad for him he turns into someone who becomes a drain on you. And god help you if he becomes dominant over you because he'll turn into a tyrant.
Truth be told, the only good Jerry was Cronenberg Jerry, and it took the tragic loss of everything.
I like how ricks speech about Jerry would eventually show how much of a horrible person Rick is after we learn why Beth's and jerries are actually together, she had no choice regardless, and he knew damn well and still said all that shit
Never thought about this! Good point
I think you get how they write him better than most of the fanbase. I can think of so many more moments I would've added to this video to drive it home.
Ultimately, in the whole sum of it, Jerry makes Beth happy and Rick is jealous that despite all of his brilliance he still doesn't know how to just love someone.
People love to shit on a loud minority of a group and call it “most of the group” to feel better about themselves.
Very well done this was a good way of really taking a look into jerry’s character that I haven’t really seen yet
Jerry is actually one of my favorite characters, I'm a father myself, and he has consistently shown the most real growth as a character over the series, and despite his flaws he shows up for his kids which is more than a lot of real dads ever do. I like that Rick and Jerry have subtly been developing a friendship, and helping each other grow. Rick is slowly picking up some Of Jerry's good attributes with regard to family and Jerry is slowly learning to be more confident and engaged.
Dan harmon once described Jerry as “if the universe is a joke, the joke is on him”
He's clearly a considerate guy, but even the writers have a blast making fun of him
I'd love to see more from this channel! Just discovered it.
I used to hate Jerry, but in season 3 I started to appreciate him and in season 4 I enjoyed that he became independent to prove Rick wrong in the Christmas episode. He's also as you said happy with his life something that most of the family (especially Rick) isn't.
Also the reason why the rest of the family isn't happy is because Rick is dealing with the loss of his actual family. Also when Rick is ever vulnerable it gets ruined by some outside force or he's close to the brink of death.
Beth is unhappy because she is unsure of who she wants to be from a space traveller like her Dad or mother like she is in the present. Also her abandonment issues are a big part of that unhappiness even if she realizes it or not. This strained her realationship with Jerry im the early seasons because of that abandonment from her Dad's abandoning and supposed return of her Dad in their family life.
Summer is unhappy because she knows her parents didn't want her. Her romantic relationships with Ethan falled apart because he didn't appreciate her and devalued her. This is similar to how she feels that most of her family (especially Rick when he takes Morty on adventures and not her), making her feel worthless.
Morty is unhappy because he has to deal with Rick's and make sure that he doesn't kill them by accident like at the beginning of the show. He says in response to Rick when he asked him "how many have you defused" Morty replies "Too many Rick! Too many!" Their realationship. Morty thinks that Rick and the rest of his family see him as worthless he kinda of distracts himself with that fact with love interests and adventures with Rick.
So yes, Rick is super selfish, but Morty's unhappiness does not come from Rick, he was already super self conscious since episode 1, unable to talk to the girl he likes and making self depreciating jokes, Rick just makes that much more evident. The whole problematic in Rick's family is bad parenthood, with Beth first off, by not having a mother and a father present in her life, and then Summer and Morty because Jerry and Beth SUCK HARD at parenting.
@@AkumaGS Yeah you are right all of the family are responsible for Marty's unhappiness.
I always find it hard to believe that so many people actually dislike Jerry🫤, if anyone asks to be disliked it's Rick but even then I like Rick bc in a roundabout twisted way you see where he comes from. The people around Jerry bring him down and he doesn't even realize it or care because he loves them and that's so wholesome
you made me realise how Dan Harmon is practically Robert Heinlein, which makes me rethink my entire adventure with this show and my idealisation of Rick... Seriously, thank you for uploading this. We are all Jerry, and that's okay.
Jerry was always in a shit family all because of Rick. One thing this show teaches is that just because someone seems to have it all doesn't mean they're a good role model or someone to take advice from. Like Morty said "He is a demon or a really fucked up god. But he should never be your hero."
My friend who is new to Rick and Morty, once told me how he sees Jerry as the, as he said: "only normal sensible character"
Gave me a whole different view of the characters
He's the only real adult in the show, they all hate him cause unlike them he doesn't act like a selfish child
@@retrobat153 That's just plain wrong. There are a ton of instances where he is just as childish as everyone else, he's just by far the most incompetent so his selfishness usually backfires.
To list a few:
His breakup with the alien hunter, where he blames his kids
During the purge episode where he constantly interups Summer on the phone while Rick and Morty are in danger
When he thinks developing an app would make him successful and he almost dooms all of humanity
In both the "pluto is a planet" and "donating his penis" storylines he ends up arguably doing the right thing, but only after he screws everything up
@@Dominik.S. And unlike everyone else he apologizes when he makes a mistake and tries to learn from it. Everyone else just shifts the blame and doesn't take any accountability. Jerry isn't perfect but hes far better than every other character
@@retrobat153 He apologizes, because it always ends terribly. Because he is insanely stupid and incompetent.
He's always forced to face his mistakes because they backfire.
When he broke up with his alien gf, he was fine with lying and shifting blame until the very last second before she would've killed his kids. He's just as terrible as everyone else, he's just so inept that one is compelled to feel bad for him. There's no justifying the way he's treated by his family but he's not any better than them
@@Dominik.S. him shifting blame to his kids to that alien GF was the worst thing he did, and you are never forced to face your problems. I mean look at rick he just runs away to new worlds and drinks away his memories of the old ones all the time. Morty makes a mistake and hell just blame rick, summer will blame rick too and beth will blame jerry. Jerry will blame himself when he makes mistakes and while hes not perfect hes the only actual adult in the show
Rick spent years roaming the multiverse running away from his scary emotions and what he really wanted because he was sad about his dead daughter, he’s emotionally fragile and could easily shatter into glass if anyone actually went off on him, the problem with Jerry is that he’s too polite with this guy.
Why did I just discover your channel? Now I have to stay up all night binging all your videos
If I may quote a line directly from the show, aimed at Rick: "You think Jerry's lame and you're cool, but the lamest thing of all is thinking that!"
This line makes no sense. Rick does not think he so super cool he is depressed and alcoholic while jerry is more or less happy idiot who is still alive just because he lives with people way smarter than him
I think jerry is the funniest character in the show and it's always weird to me that people hate on him the same way the characters in the show do instead of appreciating him for the great comedic foil he is.
Thank you for being brave enough to defend Jerry.
I've always liked jerry and I didn't think he deserved the amount of hate the fan base has been giving simply based on how the show's protagonist (Rick) has been treating him.
Brave enough? He's an animated character.
@@Puddspanker He might be an animated character, but as you might have seen in the beginning of this video, real people can give childish backlash just for defending this character
@@Zanyzane and the majority of the world's population are pretty brain dead. We've had the internet for along time, people should have learned by now to ignore people.
Also, loads of people troll and fish for reactions. Which is super easy in 2022.
I don't think people dislike him because Rick dislikes him lol
Jerry genuinely apologizes when he slips up. Rick doesn’t.
Guess which ones the dummies idolize
I somewhat agree...the contrast between Jerry and Rick is a interesting one. One has a high EQ (Emotional Intelligence) the other a high IQ. But by Jerry lacking that wisdom, he is constantly manipulated by his own naivety. Yes Jerry can admit when he's wrong, aims to try and try again. he is still insecure in a lot of ways,, constantly backing down or running away from a challenge or threat.
So where Rick won't say he loves his family or trys to have fun days out with said family. He will often times go guns blazing to protect his family that by lore (spoliers lol) isn't technically his.
I know your not saying Jerry is perfect and I'm sure there has been a couple times Jerry has stuck his neck out for his family. But like Rick , Jerry has his positives and Negatives, but no, we should not be Jerry, but yes, we should take lessons from him. Especially from the EQ side.
Proud to say I’m a Jerry. Though, I started to associate with the character mainly because of him not being loved and respected enough by his family, I slowly started to pull on other similarities, such as Jerry’s simplicity of life and interests and him not needing much (or many people around him) to be happy. Jerry embodies the single most important thing we all strive for: the need for the most important few people in our life to care for us as much as we care for them. Team Jerry all the way ❤️
Well, to me Jerry embodies the definition of stupidity as he is the most stupid and submissive character in the whole universe. Because of so low intelligence his highest achievements are to set up a TV or somehow send an email and he gets happy like child who managed to tie his shoes all by himself. But also it is why he is easy to make happy Unlike rick or Beth. Where Rick can do anything effortlessly and Beth knows that she can't do anything on the level of her intelligence.
@@deltaxcd i nearly had a stroke reading this how does it have likes lmao
@@crit_dmg does it mean you disagree? didn't you see that episode with kindergarten for Jerries'?
@@deltaxcd i disagree because you write like a 6yo, and English is not even my native language
@@crit_dmg It is not my native language either, but you are free to disagree LOL
After watching this video, I now feel bad for Jerry. Poor guy, he never asked for any of this.
I wonder whether Harmon is just really as dismissive of Jerry, or whether he is trolling us into dismissing ourselves.
It's funny that people can see Rick and Beth as abusive and aloof but can't see Jerry as a victim of that abusive situation.
it took me so long to get into rick and morty because i thought it was just full of edge lord humor due to its toxic fanbase but it's actually a great show. also i love jerry.
I absolutely love this video, Jerry is my favorite character in the show and it's nice to hear someone have something nice to say about him
Why do people hate Jerry? Because we are Jerry. Jerry is a normal person stuck in a world with Rick, trying to hang onto Beth, despite everything. He tries as much as he can but things just never seem to work out for him.
He has his ups and downs, but he is one of the few people in the show who is honest and sincere
I think it mostly just boils down to the show itself telling us to dislike Jerry. It's the same situation as with Meg from Family Guy. The show tells us that she's ugly and stupid, despite nothing in her lines or looks proving that. She's drawn no uglier than other characters, bah, she's better looking design-wise than many other characters. But we accept this disdain for her for the joke's sake, and after a while we just internalise it - Meg is ugly and stupid and that's that.
Same with Jerry, he's constantly looked down upon by other characters and rarely gets shown in positive light, even if he ends up being in the right. Meanwhile Rick is the total opposite, despite being terrible, most of the time he gets his way, and even if he's called upon his bullshit, he still gets the time to shine and look cool, hence he's idolised. He's no Bojack Horseman, who is my gold standard for writing a sympathetic, and even likeable character who does despicable things as is generally terrible person. Bojack is never exused from the bad things he does, and is never shown as being cool for doing those things. We know where all of his bad behaviour is coming from, and we can symphatise with him, but he's never excusedfrom consequences of his actions. Rick most of the time gets what he wants regardless of how shitty he is, and looks cool doing it. Hence he's loved and looked up upon by some fans.
Jerry is a winner. He always wins. He married Beth. Rick is a loser. He always losers. His daughter married Jerry.
Hahahahaha
I like how you have to defend the word defence in every video. I'll never get tired of ot
I relate more to Jerry than the other characters and always have. I think it’s just that people who relate to Rick haven’t been able to have a media outlet to lash out with all the Jerrys, but I think that time is gonna show that being a Jerry is actually the better alternative than trying to be a Rick who unless lets all his crap go cannot fully move on.
Great video btw Ariana wishing you well.
I’d rather me a smart nihilist then a happy idiot
THIS IS SOOOO GOOODDDDD THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THISS
Brilliant video, very interesting take on the character. I’ve always despised Jerry but he has some of the funniest lines in the show and it wouldn’t be the same without him
examine why you despise him
@@pinkpugginz I don't see any reason to despise him as he has a role in the show to be a punching bag to everyone. He woud be very good woman if he was different gender but as man he is just very stupid.
Actually is so unbelievably stupid that it even becomes suspicious if he is not faking it like Rick said that time.
This is a really good take and a very well crafted defense of Jerry. You've definitely changed my perspective on Jerry and how at times he can be the most mature character in the whole show
I love this video!! Thanks for making it!
in deep every one of us was jerry
All of these defens(c)e videos are excellent. Could you maybe do an in defense of Pearl from Stephen Universe video? She is a commonly disliked character due to being a flawed parent figure for reasons from the situation she is put in and I think it could be really interesting
I used to like Pearl - until the Pink Diamond reveal. Then it didn't become about Pearl grieving her friend and mentor - it became an emotionally damaged and manipulated slave mouring its master. You can say that Pink Diamond "freed" Pearl and she wasn't her slave anymore..But that's not true. The last thing she does as Pink Diamond, is to COMMAND Pearl (a command she literally, physically, is incapable of breaking mind you) to never speak of her staged shattering. She forces Pearl to "kill" her and then never tell anybody about it.
That is extremely fucked up and the show seemingly romanticises it. The creators of the show even contextualised it as "what if Albert was in love with Batman - not Bruce Wayne - Batman" and Pearl's feelings for her Diamond are explicitly romantic. Even though Pink was her Master and forced Pearl to keep quiet over the most traumatic event in her life.
It doesn't help that while the show wants you to think Pearl is eventually able to move on from this and grow - Future shows she never did in the Volleyball episode. That's disturbing and it ruins Pearl as a character, someone who could overcome their past loss and pain, she never does and all attempts to do so ended up being futile.
@@PlanetZoidstar I understand you don't like the dynamic but I felt it made sense after the reveal. She was a high quality pearl and it was mentioned multiple times, she had to belong to someone and she loved who she belonged to. Finding out a diamond own her and that despite thinking she grew away from homeworld that she did eventually get to move on from Pink
@@Tues48 The problem, with that is, Pearl never moves on from Pink. This is confirmed when "Volleyball" asks how Pearl was able to get over Pink, and Pearl tells her "I didn't.", then you have Pearl's song "Why can't I move on?" from the Original Series. Pearl's arc was supposed to be about moving on from Pink, and you think she would eventually - but she never does.
I'd be fine with Pearl being Pink's former slave, but in reality she never stopped being her slave. She was never freed from that final command and she never gets over Pink. Even when we see Pearl pursuing a Human, the attempt at moving on is undercut since said Human looks ALOT like Rose. So Pearl was just trying to find a replacement "Rose" to project her unrequited feelings onto.
@@PlanetZoidstar yeah later seasons fucked pearl so bad and Steven is so bad for being fine with the diamonds who traumatized garnet
@@Tues48 Nah it definitely lessened the impact of what the story tried to present Pearl's character development was. They shouldn't have tried to present her story as one of fighting against her caste's role and then change it halfway to say actually, she didn't and never would've. A Pearl who "went rogue", fought for her own freedom, and even managed to shatter a Diamond vs a Pearl who was a good little slave with a hard-on for her master until the very end. Yeah Pink did good things to protect humanity but everything Pearl did for Earth means NOTHING because it was just orders from the person she was obsessed with.
She also never seemed to move on even after Pink's death she continues to fight for Earth solely because it's what Pink wanted, she says herself in the opening "I will fight in the name of Rose Quartz and everything that she believes in". She has no free will of her own..
I still like Pearl but she received such poor treatment from the writing team when it came to character growth or a meaningful story.
Your the one person who actually played Dr Wong's speech about working on simple things and maintaining is not an adventure but it's what life kinds boils down too. Thank you for the video.
Any time people drop these awesome analysis videos it just makes me want to talk with them for hours about different media and life.
I never identified with Rick but he definitely swayed my perception of Jerry. Insane...
That was a thoughtful review of the show and Jerry’s flailing struggles to escape mediocrity. If I’m being honest with myself, I am a Jerry. A Jerry pretending to be a Rick, not just the cynicism, but I make a living inventing shit for people. Ideas are a dime per dozen, a prototype of that idea is worth a little more.
jerry used to play the straight man until dan harmon ruined his character to be a one-note loser so rick (harmon's new self insert) can bully the shit out of someone who, in reality, is harmon himself.
I really don't think that's the case? In pretty much every behind-the-scenes of the show, up to the present, Dan Harmon has always seemed to understand the character's appeal the best, and is often much kinder towards him than most other crew members seem to be.
I think the issue is that his main arc hit its climax in season 3. He finally did the thing they spent two whole seasons building up to. He finally put his foot down, and made fully evident to the family that Rick is a horrible influence who should *never* be in control of them. And by season 4 his main arc was complete, with little else for him to do besides get a b-plot every so often.
I just hope that they find something new for him to do for the rest of the series, some new main conflict for him. Who knows honestly.
@@NerdMiGerd Dan Harmons a crazy idiot. Every show he makes eventually turns into his personal diary. All the protagonists are self inserts of him and all the villains are people he hates
yeah no. I’m not sure what you have against Dan Harmon but he is aware of the obvious amount of bullying Jerry’s character gets.
I feel like those moments make the ones where Jerry stands up for himself even more powerful and those moments where he stands up for himself are the acknowledgment of his constant torment.
I was one of those people who used to hate Jerry until I watched a compilation of his best moments. I realised the reason I hate him is because I am him. Jerry is kinda like all of us, he’s the most human and realistic out of the Smiths. His reactions to some of the situations he’s thrown in are similar to the reactions I think I’d have if I was in a similar situation.
Someone pointed out in a post that I started to notice is that all the Smiths in one way or another project their insecurities onto Jerry. Rick is jealous of the family Jerry has, he wants what Jerry has, he believes he should be the head of the family, that’s why he’s always challenging him. Summer is a typical teenage girl who wants more than anything to be cool (at least in earlier seasons) so she’ll always try and make Jerry out to be this sort of loser. This is kinda similar to Beth who also feels unaccomplished because of how early she had Summer, so she could only become a horse surgeon, yadayadayada. So she’ll also *kinda* take out her frustration on him, even though she does really love him in a toxic kinda way.
The fans and the smiths dunk on Jerry because they have some unresolved insecurity issues and they’ll just project them all onto him. At the end of the day however, at least he’s comfortable in his own skin. Even he’s constantly called a loser, he still takes pride in what he does and that’s pretty cool.
Yk before he got flanderised.
Thank you! I really enjoyed this video, and I found the perspective/reasoning really helpful. Thank you again
Woah, thanks for this- this really puts the writing and nihilism in perspective, especially the Dan Harmon quote.
I love this, thank you. There are a lot of characters that we're uncomfortable with because it makes them deal with our real issues.
Thanks for wrapping up my chaos of feelings about Jerry. I can truly and sincerely love Jerry now. Awesome video!
Therapy works as long as you're willing to accept the fact that you need to actually work on yourself.
Great video! Seems Rick is the fantasy we don't want to be broken by any Jerry.
Pretty much yeah.
The 9th law of self-actualization: "If you're hero/role-model/identity-character is an anti-hero and you are older than 13, stop it."
9b: "Ron Swanson is an anti-hero"
Antiheroes are more realistic.
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Now I'm not saying morality isn't a spectrum, but have you seen the way those guys are written?
Their morality is edge, and their motivations are canned parodies of tragedy to justify the author's uber-"masculine" gun fetish.
You've seen one you've seen them all.
I saw Bojack Horseman, the artform peaked there; I'm all set.
that meme was gold, but ig it takes a jerry to know a jerry lmao
Everyone wants to be a Rick,
Nobody wants to see the Jerry within themselves.
Flawless analysis, the shit Jerry gets is really weird and out of proportion, Honestly my biggest hope for season six is Rick running into people, or just Jerry, who actually can take responsibility for themselves and gets absolutely wreked
Even if I share differing viewpoints on certain things, this is a very interesting and thought-provoking deep dive into what it means to be happy in today's society. I believe the video and the Creator deserves appreciation for that, thank you for the vid and keep up the good work
Pretty interesting point. And it actually makes me feel a lot better about myself as a person.
Like I can't help but root for Jerry. Dude fails constantly. But he's always trying. And I can't help but relate.
I'd rather be someone too stupid to ever give up. Than someone who's so smart they think trying is for idiots.
I love your content honestly helps me understand myself more with every video
Rant warning, I didn't think I was going to type all this out but it's done and I'm putting it out there lol.
TL;DR: Jerry's flaws are his own, independent of Rick, but blames Rick for everything.
The thing that rubs me the wrong way about Jerry is how his flaws are deeply rooted in himself. The other characters in the family certainly have their flaws (some worse than Jerry), but these flaws really only started manifesting when Rick showed up at the start of the show. Most of the flaws of the other characters either stem from Rick or are brought out by Rick in some way (Beth's extreme daddy issues, Morty's hypocrisy and anger management issues, Summer's constant need for attention and approval, etc.); Jerry on the other hand has always been like this. That's just who he is. He's the kind of guy to complain about his situation and do nothing to fix it; he lets others trample over him constantly, can't stand up for himself, and constantly puts himself before others, even his own family. The problem isn't that he wants a loving family with a well-paying rewarding career, it's that he does nothing to try and make it happen, then acts like the victim. Jerry being overly sensitive isn't an issue in itself, it's the fact that it feels less like him opening up to people and more like him exploiting other's pity and empathy to shortcut his way out of sticky situations. I kinda view him as the opposite end of the "toxic masculinity spectrum": he's so spineless and self-centered but still expects respect. If Rick were to leave and never come back, and all the other characters just forgot he was there, most of their major flaws would vanish with Rick; Jerry on the other hand, his flaws are his own. Flaws he refuses to work on. He expects his kids to view him as a role model but forgets a good role model is supposed to be someone you should aspire to be, *not* someone who refuses to better himself. Ffs the other members of the family still look up to RIck even though they all know him to be a self-centered narcisstic asshole, and belittle Jerry. People walk all over Jerry and he just takes it. Taking Homer Simpson as an example, Homer knows his work exploits him, but he sucks it up and lets it happen as he needs the money and employment to take care of his family: Jerry takes the abuse because he is either unable to or doesn't know how to stand up for himself. He's weak of character (not saying he's a bad character, he's a fantastically written character, I'm talking about his person). Him being unapologetic and open about his feelings doesn't make him stronger or more transparent or honest with himself, it feels more like a tool he uses to get his way: like a child crying to get a toy, and not an adult accepting their frustrations and feelings and communicating them in order to work on and better themselves. The problem isn't that his goals and aspirations are simple, it's that he's a simple man who hasn't matured since high school and does nothing to work towards his goals. He's that roommate who has trouble paying rent because they can't hold a job for more than a week, he's that friend who keeps asking for weed money but never pays you back, he's the coworker who's always asking people to cover his shifts, he's that family member who feels personally attacked when you try to talk some sense into them about something stupid they did. He likes playing the victim because it's easy. He has the capacity to be a beacon of moral and emotional support for his family throughout Rick's bullshit, but instead chooses to have the mental maturity of a teenager and put *his* needs above those in his care (i.e., his kids). He's someone his family *can't* rely on, both physically and emotionally. He's a bad friend, a bad husband, and a bad father, yet somehow likes to portray himself as morally superior.
Agreed. the scenes that really define him for me are in the purge world episode where he's trying to talk to Summer while she's trying to help R&M escape the purge world. Instead of being seen trying to find a job, he's manipulating a conversation towards getting money from his own teenage daughter, which he's so focused on that he ignores his own son and FIL being in danger. The levels of narcisism, deceptiveness, and ignorance shown just in those scenes make him extremely hateable. The tiny moves of character growth from him within individual episodes that the video points out are, frankly, not enough. It's season five and he still doesn't have a job. He still blames Rick for his inability to meet his goals (to provide for his family and be a good father) that frankly should have been met long before Rick showed up. Rick is an asshole for saying he shouldn't try, but that doesn't make Jerry any less flawed. Meanwhile, Rick has gone through an entire arc of realizing his relationship with morty was abusive and actively changed it. Not saying Rick is a role model (definitely not) but the author’s got it backwards when she says Jerry learns from his mistakes and Rick doesn’t.
In the court of public opinion, I want Ariana as my lawyer 🕴
That meme is funny asf!
Thanks for introducing me to that meme in the beginning... funny af.