To celebrate April Fool’s Day,Rick and Mortywere transformed into babies by Adult Swim, now temporarily rebranded as “Adult Swim Jr.” PerIGN, the joke is that the channel, specialized in animations for adults, would be now aimed at children. Nothing would represent the change better than the creation ofRick and Morty Babies, a fictional new series that would transform the gruesome adventures of our favorite sci-fi duo into a child’s cartoon.
The first episode ofRick and Morty Babiesis actually a reprisal of “Total Rickall”, the fourth episode of Season 2. The catch is that the episode is entirely redubbed with children’s voices, just for the sake of a good joke. The show also received a totally new opening scene, that transforms all the characters into babies, in a montage that makes reference to classic animated series for children, such asThe Rugrats,Muppet Babies,Looney Toons Jr., andTotal DramaRama.
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Rick and Morty were not the only adult animation characters transformed by Adult Swim for April Fool’s Day. Adult Swim published onTwittera trailer for a special baby-fied version of some of their biggest hits, includingThe Boondocks,Aqua Teen Hunger ForceandHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. The trailer even has a child voice doing all the narration for the new “age-appropriate shows for growing minds and for growing senses of humor.” The goal is supposedly to create “a safe place just for kids,” that cannot waste their “formative years not enjoying Adult Swim.”
If the joke looks done already, I feel the need to point outAdult Swim is also tweetingsmall educational animations, drawn and voiced as if kids were responsible for their production. The best one, so far, is the one that explains to us what’s the Illuminati.
You can check the new baby-fied intro ofRick and Mortyright below.Rick and Mortywill be back to their usual family-unfriendly format when Season 5 premieres on June 20.
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