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|season number = N/A|episode = N/A|network = Channel 101}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the short that inspired [[Rick and Morty|''Rick and Morty'']]. It was created by [[Justin Roiland]] and produced by [http://www.comicsacrifice.com Comic Sacrifice].
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the short that inspired [[Rick and Morty]]. It was created by [[Justin Roiland]] and produced by [http://www.comicsacrifice.com Comic Sacrifice].
 
   
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
   
It was designed to annoy Universal's lawyers for using "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future Back to the Future]". Three others shorts are created, the first to promote the comics "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud:_The_Disposable_Assassin Scud: The Disposable Assassin]" , the second to promote the the creative freedom of Channel101 and the last is a Gatorade commercial.
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Roiland was getting cease and desist letters from Bill Cosby's lawyers for his ''[http://house-of-cosbys.wikia.com House of Cosbys] ''series. As a humorous protest, he created a vulgar Back to the Future parody that featured Doc Brown forcing Marty to give him fellatio. As he was editing the audio, Roiland became enamored with his impressions of the two characters and decided to drop the protest aspect. The characters were renamed Doc Smith and Mharti McDonhalds to avoid a lawsuit. Three other shorts were later created, the first to promote the comic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud:_The_Disposable_Assassin ''Scud: The Disposable Assassin''], the second to promote the creative freedom of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_101 Channel 101], and the last as a Gatorade commercial.
 
Justin Roiland said : "''I actually made this as a way to poke fun at the idea of getting cease and desist letters. At the time (October 2006) I had nothing to lose and my original intention was to call this "back to the future: the new official universal studios cartoon featuring the new Doc Brown and Marty McFly" and then I'd just sit back and wait for a letter from their lawyers to arrive. That's actually why it's so filthy. I was just looking to "troll" a big studio.
 
''Then, as I began editing the radio play and boarding it, the two characters ended up becoming something different than just a bad impression of Doc and Marty from BTTF. They slowly became two of my favorite characters that I've ever voiced. I backed down on the cease and desist bait and changed the spelling of their names and whatever else I could still change. I mean, it's still ultimately a back to the future joke/ (parody?), but to me all these years later, these two characters have become something of their own. You'll see as you go through this website that these voices pop up in several of my failed pilots.''"
 
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
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The short begins with Mharti McDonhalds upset due to his kite getting stuck in a tree. Mharti's friend Doc Smith arrives and decides to take Mharti back in time to before the kite got stuck, much to Mharti's happiness.
Mharti's kite is stuck in a tree and Doc must help him retrieve it by getting--well...
 
   
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Later, Mharti is ready to go back in time, but Doc's 'time travel car' (as Doc calls it) won't start, and the only way to get it working is for Mharti to lick Doc's dry testicles (according to Doc, the saliva has to be warm and fresh). Mharti is very confused and tries to protest, but Doc insists. Eventually, Mharti is convinced and starts to lick Doc's balls (which is shown in graphic detail). Doc is very happy, and tells Mharti that his efforts are (somehow) working.
==Characters==
 
* [[Doc Smith]]
 
* [[Mharti McDonhalds]]
 
   
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One hour later, Doc and Mharti have gone back in time to the day the tree was planted in 1955. Doc tells Mharti that the only way to stop the tree being planted is for Mharti to once again lick his balls promising that something magical and scientific will happen when the man who plants the tree seeds sees him performing oral sex. Mharti doesn't understand since licking Doc's testicles was supposed to fix the time travel car, but does it anyway. The man with the tree seeds sees them, runs away in panic and somehow disappears. Doc tells Mharti they can now go and fly the kite.
==Locations==
 
   
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Returning to the present, Mharti is enjoying his kite but cannot help but wonder about the man in 1955 they killed. Suddenly Mharti starts to disappear, and Doc guesses that the 1955 man was Mharti's ancestor. Desperate to keep existing, Mharti suggests that he suck on Doc's testicles. Doc agrees, but tells Mharti to jerk him off while he does it. Once again, this mysteriously works, and Mharti is overjoyed and thanks Doc for saving him. Doc insists that Mharti saved himself.
==Videos==
 
The entire short is available on Justin Roiland's Vimeo account :
 
   
[[File:The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti-0|full|center|335 px]]
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'''Next time on: The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti'''
   
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Mharti is distraught and tells Doc that he wasted so much time flying kites that summer he forgot about a big test that is the very next day. Doc tells Mharti to start licking his balls.
Short to promote ''Scud: The Disposable Assassin''
 
[[File:SCUD VLOG 12|full|center|335 px]]
 
   
 
==Characters==
 
* [[Rick Sanchez|Doc Smith]]
 
* [[Morty Smith|Mharti McDonhalds]]
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* [[1950s Guy]]
   
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== Connection to ''Rick and Morty'' ==
The second short, released the December 03, 2006, promote the creative freedom of Channel101, and it's available [http://www.channel101.com/segment/1078 here].
 
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The skit's main link to the show was that this was where [[Justin Roiland]] developed the characters who would become [[Rick Sanchez]] and [[Morty Smith]] seven years later. Rick's distinctive burp can be heard during one line, which Roiland later explained began as an accident. The skit was initially done as a retaliation against the copyright issues concerning ''House of Cosbys'', and the two eponymous characters were intended as parodies of Doc Brown and Marty McFly from the ''Back to the Future'' series. The skit was meant to be deliberately provocative at first, but Roiland decided to shield it from possible lawsuits after he discovered the potential in the voices he did for the short.
   
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Roiland would continue to do the voices for these characters in various projects, usually far removed from the original concept of a ''Back to the Future'' spoof. Using the voices in various projects became an in-joke among Justin and friends, and few were aware of the original skit. When he was offered the chance to make a series for [[Adult Swim]], Roiland used the characters as an initial pitch.
The last short is a Gatorade commercial for Channel 101 2007 Channy Awards :
 
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[[File:Doc_and_Mharti_cameo.jpg|thumb|An illustration resembling 'Doc' from the short appears in. "[[Big Trouble In Little Sanchez]]"]]
[[File:Gatorade Commercial 4 Justin Roiland|full|center|335 px]]
 
   
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The original skit was never shown to the producers of the show. In fact, Roiland feared that they might see it while season one was being worked on. Because of this, little connections remained between the skit and the series for the initial set of episodes. Plans were made for Doc and Mharti to appear as members of the [[Council of Ricks]], but this fell through. The pair ''do'' appear in ''[http://rickandmorty.wikia.com/wiki/Rickstaverse Rickstaverse]'', along with a pair resembling two characters from ''House of Cosbys''.
   
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In season 2, however, subtle references began to be slipped into the show. In "[[Total Rickall]]," a false memory plane led by parasites shows Rick enthusiastically screaming "Lick-lick-lick my balls!" as a catchphrase. In "[[Big Trouble In Little Sanchez]]," a drawing which [http://rickandmorty.wikia.com/wiki/Tiny_Rick Tiny Rick] does of his adult self screaming for help resembles Doc Smith.
==Gallery==
 
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==Videos==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti-0
 
 
SCUD VLOG 12|Short to promote ''Scud: The Disposable Assassin''
 
Gatorade Commercial 4 Justin Roiland|The last short is a Gatorade commercial for Channel 101 2007 Channy Awards
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
*The second short was released on December 3, 2006 to promote the creative freedom of Channel 101, and is available [http://www.channel101.com/segment/1078 here].
==Trivia==
 
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*There are 4 shorts.
 
==Links==
 
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2930486/ IMDb]
 
* [http://www.channel101.com/segment/1078]
 
   
 
==References==
 
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The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti is the short that inspired Rick and Morty. It was created by Justin Roiland and produced by Comic Sacrifice.

Background

Roiland was getting cease and desist letters from Bill Cosby's lawyers for his House of Cosbys series. As a humorous protest, he created a vulgar Back to the Future parody that featured Doc Brown forcing Marty to give him fellatio. As he was editing the audio, Roiland became enamored with his impressions of the two characters and decided to drop the protest aspect. The characters were renamed Doc Smith and Mharti McDonhalds to avoid a lawsuit. Three other shorts were later created, the first to promote the comic Scud: The Disposable Assassin, the second to promote the creative freedom of Channel 101, and the last as a Gatorade commercial.

Plot

The short begins with Mharti McDonhalds upset due to his kite getting stuck in a tree. Mharti's friend Doc Smith arrives and decides to take Mharti back in time to before the kite got stuck, much to Mharti's happiness.

Later, Mharti is ready to go back in time, but Doc's 'time travel car' (as Doc calls it) won't start, and the only way to get it working is for Mharti to lick Doc's dry testicles (according to Doc, the saliva has to be warm and fresh). Mharti is very confused and tries to protest, but Doc insists. Eventually, Mharti is convinced and starts to lick Doc's balls (which is shown in graphic detail). Doc is very happy, and tells Mharti that his efforts are (somehow) working.

One hour later, Doc and Mharti have gone back in time to the day the tree was planted in 1955. Doc tells Mharti that the only way to stop the tree being planted is for Mharti to once again lick his balls promising that something magical and scientific will happen when the man who plants the tree seeds sees him performing oral sex. Mharti doesn't understand since licking Doc's testicles was supposed to fix the time travel car, but does it anyway. The man with the tree seeds sees them, runs away in panic and somehow disappears. Doc tells Mharti they can now go and fly the kite.

Returning to the present, Mharti is enjoying his kite but cannot help but wonder about the man in 1955 they killed. Suddenly Mharti starts to disappear, and Doc guesses that the 1955 man was Mharti's ancestor. Desperate to keep existing, Mharti suggests that he suck on Doc's testicles. Doc agrees, but tells Mharti to jerk him off while he does it. Once again, this mysteriously works, and Mharti is overjoyed and thanks Doc for saving him. Doc insists that Mharti saved himself.

Next time on: The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti

Mharti is distraught and tells Doc that he wasted so much time flying kites that summer he forgot about a big test that is the very next day. Doc tells Mharti to start licking his balls.

Characters

Connection to Rick and Morty

The skit's main link to the show was that this was where Justin Roiland developed the characters who would become Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith seven years later. Rick's distinctive burp can be heard during one line, which Roiland later explained began as an accident. The skit was initially done as a retaliation against the copyright issues concerning House of Cosbys, and the two eponymous characters were intended as parodies of Doc Brown and Marty McFly from the Back to the Future series. The skit was meant to be deliberately provocative at first, but Roiland decided to shield it from possible lawsuits after he discovered the potential in the voices he did for the short.

Roiland would continue to do the voices for these characters in various projects, usually far removed from the original concept of a Back to the Future spoof. Using the voices in various projects became an in-joke among Justin and friends, and few were aware of the original skit. When he was offered the chance to make a series for Adult Swim, Roiland used the characters as an initial pitch.

Doc and Mharti cameo

An illustration resembling 'Doc' from the short appears in. "Big Trouble In Little Sanchez"

The original skit was never shown to the producers of the show. In fact, Roiland feared that they might see it while season one was being worked on. Because of this, little connections remained between the skit and the series for the initial set of episodes. Plans were made for Doc and Mharti to appear as members of the Council of Ricks, but this fell through. The pair do appear in Rickstaverse, along with a pair resembling two characters from House of Cosbys.

In season 2, however, subtle references began to be slipped into the show. In "Total Rickall," a false memory plane led by parasites shows Rick enthusiastically screaming "Lick-lick-lick my balls!" as a catchphrase. In "Big Trouble In Little Sanchez," a drawing which Tiny Rick does of his adult self screaming for help resembles Doc Smith.

Videos

  • The second short was released on December 3, 2006 to promote the creative freedom of Channel 101, and is available here.
  • There are 4 shorts.

References