- For the Kirkland-brand knockoff see Mr. Meeseeks (Kirkland)
| “ | I'm Mr. Meeseeks! Look at me! |
| — Mr. Meeseeks' catchphrase, Meeseeks and Destroy |
Mr. Meeseeks (voiced by Justin Roiland (Season 1 - Season 4) is the name of all the Meeseeks summoned by activating a Mr. Meeseeks Box. The Meeseeks appear in the fifth episode of the first season, "Meeseeks and Destroy" as the titular main antagonists. They are known to inhabit planets across the universe.[1][2]
Biography[]
Meeseeks are creatures who are created to serve a singular purpose for which they will go to any length to fulfill. After they serve their purpose, they expire and vanish into the air. Their motivation to help others comes from the fact that existence is painful to a Meeseeks, and the only way to be removed from existence is to complete the task they were called to perform. Physical violence or damage cannot eliminate them, with multiple Meeseeks in the episode sustaining severe head trauma (to the point of having entire sections of their heads caved in and their eyes popping out of their sockets) or bodily mutilation (limbs ripped off, bones broken, multiple lacerations, strangulation, severe blunt force trauma) while still being fully conscious and physically functioning. The first Meeseeks spawned attributed this invulnerability to their being unable to die until their purpose is fulfilled, whether this means it is physically impossible to kill a Meeseeks or whether they simply didn't have the means on Earth to cause enough damage to their bodies that there wouldn't be anything left to function is unclear.
They typically live for no more than a few hours, and thus two days is an eternity for Meeseeks. The longer the Meeseeks stay alive, the more sanity they begin to lose. Rick warns the Smith family to keep their tasks simple.
If a Meeseeks is not given a purpose at the beginning of its existence it seems to default to taking the purpose of the Meeseeks before it. This was seen when a Meeseeks created for Jerry created another Meeseeks then ordered it to kill another Meeseeks it was in an argument with which the resultant Meeseeks attempted to no avail. The Meeseeks then wildly began pressing the box without giving orders and all the resulting Meeseeks began trying in vain to kill the rest of the Meeseeks. Additionally, a Meeseeks can be persuaded to shift their purpose, as seen when the Meeseeks who were purposed to either help Jerry or kill the other Meeseeks were convinced by one to find and kill Jerry.
Appearance[]
An artist's rendition of what the inside of a Meeseeks looks like
Mr. Meeseeks is a tall, powder-blue humanoid figure with elongated, narrow limbs. He has a large, bulbous head, beady black eyes, and a giant mouth that stretches across his face. He has a very high-pitched and strident voice, sometimes intoning in screeches. Some versions of him have one or more small patches of orange hair on their head. After being alive for more than several days, Mr. Meeseeks' skin will begin to develop discolored lesions accompanied by random tufts of dark quill-like hairs. Mr. Meeseeks' blood is pure white.
The Oni Exclusive cover of Rick and Morty Volume 6 shows the inside of a Mr. Meeseeks.
Personality[]
| “ | We Meeseeks are not born into this world fumbling for meaning, Jerry! We are created to serve a singular purpose for which we will go to any lengths to fulfill! Existence is pain to a Meeseeks, Jerry! And we will do anything to alleviate that pain! |
| — Mr. Meeseeks after going mad, Meeseeks and Destroy |
Mr. Meeseeks exhibits a friendly, cheerful, and helpful demeanor; willing to assist the one who brought him into existence, however possible. Ideally, Mr. Meeseeks will dispatch the simple task given to him, and disappear shortly after its completion. However, if given a task that is outside of Mr. Meeseeks' capabilities, he will not be able to cease existing. This unusual lifespan will cause Mr. Meeseeks' attitude and mental state to worsen dramatically; the relatively long and tortuous existence quickly drives him to violent behavior and outright insanity. Meeseeks who have been spawned in tandem are seen to distrust and attack one another as their sanity decays, although they will continue to attempt any possible solution to their original purpose, including collaboration with other Meeseeks. The psychological and physical (discoloration of skin, hair growth) symptoms of existence upon Meeseeks can manifest in less than 24 hours. According to Jerry's original Mr. Meeseeks, two days is "an eternity" in Meeseeks time.
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- "Meeseeks and Destroy"
- "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind" (pictured)
Season 2[]
- "Mortynight Run" (cameo)
Season 3[]
- "Morty's Mind Blowers" (cameo)
Season 4[]
Season 5[]
- "Rickmurai Jack" (pictured)
Season 6[]
- "Night Family" (pictured)
Other Media[]
- Pocket Mortys
- Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
- "The Non-Canonical Adventures"
- Rocket League
- Fortnite
- MultiVersus (cameo)
Trivia[]
- It is possible for a Meeseeks to summon another Meeseeks and give it orders. One Meeseeks was even observed summoning multiple Meeseeks at once without issuing a vocal command.
- A Mr. Meeseeks made a small cameo in "Mortynight Run", giving someone gaming tips at Blips and Chitz. Once the player wins the game, the Meeseeks vanishes.
- In the Japanese dub, the Meeseeks are voiced by a woman.
- The sheer amount of damage sustained by the Meeseeks in Meeseeks and Destroy and its futility suggests either that Meeseeks are incredibly resistant to damage, or that they are kept alive and conscious through external means, such as by their box.
- Though an alternate universe of Meeseek's has been shown to die immediately after being ejected into the vacuum of space in Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat, so It possible that their resistance to damage and life extension only applies to the mainline version of Meeseek's.
- When the Meeseeks turned on each other, several were spawned using the box and given the purpose of killing the other Meeseeks. Despite this being an impossible task, they were all eliminated at the same time as all the other Meeseeks (barr the Stickler Meeseeks) when Jerry fulfills the golf game Meeseeks' purposes. The killer Meeseeks' purposes were likely fulfilled by them assisting the golf game Meeseeks into attempting to kill Jerry and subsequently were eliminated when their targets themselves were eliminated and technically killed.
- While Mr. Meeseeks does not play a crucial role in season 3, he shows up in "Morty's Mind Blowers".
- The Meeseeks were confirmed by Dan Harmon to be based on a comic book series called Scud: the Disposable Assassin; in it, the Scud robots self-destruct after killing the person they were hired to target. One episode of Doc and Mharti had the title characters interact with a Scud robot.
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