Rick and Morty’s phone-charger dystopia was inspired by a Dan Harmon Valentine’s Day gift

Rick and Morty’s phone-charger dystopia was inspired by a Dan Harmon Valentine’s Day gift

A typical episode of Rick and Morty is larger-than-life pandemonium. If Rick isn’t using laser swords to slice up hordes of insectoid aliens, he’s whisking his nephew Morty through multi-dimensional portals that make the stargate from 2001 look like an airport people-mover. But underneath that flurry of animation is still a family sitcom about life’s minor gripes. In the season 8 premiere, that includes the annoyance of someone stealing your pho…