5. Meeseeks and Destroy
🎞️ S1 E5 🚫 Hard pass

Rick and Morty

Is Rick and Morty S1 E5 OK for kids?

5. Meeseeks and Destroy

Morty has grown weary of Rick's shenanigans, so he leads a supposedly safer adventure. Jerry conjures weird creatures to help him with his golf game.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Rick and Morty S1 E5, “5. Meeseeks and Destroy”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Morty has grown weary of Rick's shenanigans, so he leads a supposedly safer adventure. Jerry conjures weird creatures to help him with his golf game.

Across the episode we counted 17 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (6); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Rick and Morty S1 E5:

  • Countries known for their sexually aggressive men.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Rick and Morty S1 E5:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Gene Vagina.

Violence & injury 6 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Rick and Morty S1 E5:

  • Why don't we break into his home, rob him, and murder him?" Th-th but that's not how it went down! Oh, well, it's going down like that.
  • I smell the blood of- whoop! - Holy crap.
  • How? They took my portal gun.
  • Oh, man, what did I tell you, Rick? We did it! All right, Morty, looks like the portal gun's still working.
  • Get off of me! Sweet home Alabama Whoo! No! Stop! Please! Stop being such a tease, you sweet little- No! No! Everybody sto-o-o-p! Look at me! My brothers, nothing will be accomplished by shedding Meeseeks blood.
  • …know, how many times have I had to follow you into some nonsensical bull crap? I always roll with the punches, Rick.

Swearing 6 moments

How Swearing shows up in Rick and Morty S1 E5:

  • If your adventure sucks and we bail halfway through it, you lose the right to bitch about all future adventures.
  • Oh, Jesus! Dale! You sons of bitches! Oh, man.
  • No, Jerry, I'm the one who sucks! Let me try something.
  • W-what the hell is he talking about? They're free to go, is what I meant.
  • Everybody shut up! Let me try! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I'm going out.
  • Do you want me to be happy or do you want me to be in prison? Whoa, whoa, where in the hell is I'll take you to dinner.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Rick and Morty S1 E5:

  • More wine? I think I've had enough.
  • Yeah, yeah, yeah, how about some scotch whiskey? You got any of that around here? Or just a bunch of nonsense words? Rick We'll have two bloogies, please.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.