“ | Stop being such a fucking tease, you sweet little twat! |
— Mr. Jellybean to Morty as he forces himself onto him in a public bathroom stall. |
King Jellybean (also referred to as Mr. Jellybean) was a character featured in the episode "Meeseeks and Destroy". King Jellybean was a giant anthropomorphic jelly bean. It was later revealed that he was the king of a poor village that Rick and Morty agreed to help.
Biography
Mr. Jellybean was the beloved king of an impoverished, medieval-style village. It's implied he had molested and raped many children and boys without the knowledge of the villagers. We see him attack Morty in a public toilet, although Morty manages to fight him off and escape. After Mr. Jellybean's death, it's revealed that two townsfolk discovered disturbing photographs of him (the images are never shown, but they are possibly pictures of him molesting children and boys), but they decide to destroy the incriminating photos because the townspeople would "get more from the idea he represented than from the jellybean he actually was." A monument was shown as a testament to Mr. Jellybean, showing him standing behind a child.
Personality
King Jellybean was a pedophile, he had a kind and friendly appearance, which he uses to lure in his victims, which masks his true nature. He is assumed to have raped many children and boys because his memorial statue depicts him standing behind a child, massaging their shoulders. It's also shown that his royal servants found pictures in his home incriminating him. They, however, decided to dispose of this evidence to keep his image good in the eyes of his people.
He seems to prefer boys around Morty's age via the reference of his statue and assaulting Morty. He owns child pornography and has tried to sexually assault Morty.
Death
It's heavily implied that Rick deduces what had happened in the restroom (after seeing Morty emerge disheveled and tearful, with Mr. Jellybean emerging injured and in pain moments later). When Rick and Morty return to their dimension, Rick reopens the portal and kills Mr. Jellybean with his ray gun.
Trivia
- A common misconception is that King Jellybean wanted aliens to lick him. This comes from a joke on Reddit that the writers wrote to entertain.[1] They did however clear up and blatantly state that the King did in fact try to rape Morty and has committed rape in the past.
- This character is also in one of Justin Roiland's cartoon shorts on Channel 101 as Crumply Crumplestien, the host of a show called Unbelievable Tales. He is portrayed as a child murderer in the same short, cutting off two children' faces and sticking them onto his own.[2]
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