Highlights
- Rick and Morty excels at showcasing completely different sides of its characters, as seen with Scary Terry, who begins off as a monster however later reveals a extra weak facet.
- Scary Terry first seems within the episode “Lawnmower Canine” and serves as a legally-safe parody of an 80s horror character, paying homage to Freddy Krueger.
- Though Scary Terry solely seems in a single episode, he briefly returns in a promotional brief and is featured within the comics, voiced by Jess Harnell, who additionally voices different characters within the present.
Rick and Morty has so many wacky and zany characters all through its six seasons that it is generally arduous to maintain observe of all of them. For as just a little or massive that their function is within the present — from Mr. Poopybutthole to Noob-Noob — they’ve all left some kind of lasting affect on Rick and the Smith household. One factor Rick and Morty does rather well is displaying viewers a number of sides of a single character. Simply when the viewers thinks they know a personality, the present flips the script and reveals a special facet of who they’re. A major instance of that is Scary Terry.
Scary Terry began off as a monster who was chasing round Rick and Morty in a dream terrorizing them. However after his shift was over, he headed again residence to his household and finally to sleep, the place he himself has nightmares about issues scarier than he’s. Who’s Scary Terry, and what may presumably scare him?
Which Rick and Morty Episode Introduces Scary Terry?
Scary Terry was one of many first facet characters launched within the present, first showing within the episode “Lawnmower Canine” (season 1, episode 2). The episode has a few completely different plots taking place concurrently: Rick offers the household canine, Snuffles, sentience earlier than embarking on an journey with Morty to “incept” his math instructor, Mr. Goldenfold, into giving him an A. Rick and Morty journey into Goldenfold’s goals, however quickly need to journey deeper and deeper (very like the movie Inception), finally going into the dream of a centaur who has nightmares about an deserted manufacturing unit whereas being hunted by a person with miniature swords for fingers.
The sword-fingered monster is Scary Terry, a “legally-safe knockoff of an 80s horror character,” as Rick places it. Scary Terry chases Rick and Morty across the manufacturing unit, morphing into completely different sizes and popping up out of nowhere to chop them off and attempt to slice them along with his sword fingers. Very similar to the character he is parodying, Freddy Krueger, Terry can journey via goals, which foils Rick and Morty’s plan to flee by coming into a brand new dream.
Nonetheless, Rick and Morty outsmart Terry, who retains saying, “You may run, however you may’t cover, b–ch!” by hiding as a substitute of operating. Terry offers up on looking for them, and heads residence to his household; his spouse Melissa and their son Scary Brandon. At residence, Terry struggles to separate work life from residence life and snaps just a little on Melissa. However he rapidly apologizes as soon as he upsets their son, they usually fortunately go off to mattress.
Rick and Morty then resolve to incept Scary Terry, whose nightmare is not about any scary monster or something, as a substitute, it is him being bullied in school and forgetting to put on pants. Rick and Morty save him from his evening terrors by bringing some pants in his dream and telling off the merciless instructor and different college students. Terry decides to assist them and travels again via all of the earlier goals to get again to the unique one and tells Mr. Goldenfold to provide Morty an A in math.
The plan works, and Rick, Morty, and Scary Terry go their separate methods. Later, although, Rick goes again into Terry’s dream to hang around with him in a way more laid again classroom.
Did Scary Terry Ever Seem Once more?
Sadly, “Lawnmower Canine” is the one episode wherein Scary Terry makes an look. He is the principle antagonist-turned-ally of the episode and performs a giant function, however does not ever return (apart from the post-credit scene with Rick). “Lawnmower Canine” can also be the episode followers say goodbye to the Smith household canine Snuffles, who goes off to dwell with the opposite sentient canines in a society the place they’ll prosper.
Scary Terry makes one temporary return in an Grownup Swim promotional brief for Rick and Morty season 3, titled, “Rick and Morty Beautiful Corpse”. After Morty drops a flask crammed with LSD, he and Rick go on a loopy hallucinogenic journey. Throughout the journey, Scary Terry slithers out from beneath Morty’s mattress earlier than they transition into a special scene.
Though Scary Terry by no means makes an precise on-screen return to Rick and Morty, he did seem within the comics as nicely. In Rick and Morty Difficulty 5, Scary Terry finally ends up giving Morty his hat — which holds all his powers — so as to save them from evil scientists within the Dreamverse. By sporting the hat, Morty turns into “Scary Morty” and defeats the scientists.
Who Did the Voice of Scary Terry?
Rick and Morty usually makes use of a single voice actor for a number of characters. As for the voice of Scary Terry, that is no exception. The voice of Scary Terry is Jess Harnell. He was used so much within the first season of the animated collection, being credited to voicing the homeless Santa Claus, Ruben, and the scientist Roger within the episode “Anatomy Park” (season 1, episode 3), in addition to voicing the Greebybobes from “Get Schwifty” (season 2, episode 5).
Harnell has additionally voiced for varied different roles, comparable to Crash Bandicoot within the online game Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!, in addition to a number of characters all through the Ratchet and Clank franchise. Along with voice performing, Harnell is a part of a recent rock band known as Rock Sugar.
