Fans know that Adult Swim had to replace Rick and Morty after they fired Justin Roiland, but there is a question of the other characters that he voices besides the titular pair.
As it turns out, the cold open answers that question with the return of Mr. Poopybutthole, who has apparently been living with the Smith family. Watch this:
The running gag with Mr. Poopybutthole is that though he seems like such a ridiculous cartoon character, he always finds himself in ridiculously serious predicaments. After being paralyzed and shot by Beth in the episode we first meet him, the show has had him teach kids at college, have a family of his own, and now be left by that family—resulting in him ending up with the Smiths.
We don’t exactly know if MPB will have a significant arc for the upcoming season, but his appearance does confirm the suspicions that fans have on how they will treat the other characters that were being voiced by Roiland.
If anything, the fans think that the replacement voices have been pretty great, and besides Rick, they got a pretty spot-on Morty impression. I guess to further avoid another scandal like Roiland, they also decided to just have two different people voice the two characters; which should be helpful if another one of them gets ‘cancelled.’
Hopefully we get the reveal of the replacements soon.
Watch out for Season 7 of Rick and Morty which premieres on Oct. 15.
