‘Rick and Morty’ Season 3 Proposition Betting Odds
–The third season of Adult Swim’s animated hit ‘Rick and Morty’ begins (?) on Sunday, July 30.
–’Rick and Morty’ is not only hugely popular but has received massive critical praise.
–The first episode of Season 3 aired unannounced on April Fools Day
‘Rick and Morty’ is a tough show to explain to non-believers. Wikipedia offers this quick synopsis of the series in their list of episodes:
“The series follows Rick, an alcoholic scientist, and his easily distressed, chronic underachieving grandson, Morty, on their adventures to alternate dimensions. These adventures commonly cause trouble for Morty’s family, who are often caught up in the mayhem.”
The main ‘Rick and Morty’ Wikipedia entry elaborates a bit:
Rick Sanchez is an alcoholic scientific genius who has moved in with the family of his daughter Beth, who is a veterinarian and equine cardiac surgeon. He splits his time between developing arcane projects and taking his teenage grandson Morty (and, with increasing occurrence, his older teenage granddaughter Summer) on dangerous and surreal adventures throughout the multiverse. Compounded with preexisting tensions within the family, these events cause the sensitive Morty much distress at home and school.
If the series sounds like a parody of ‘Back to the Future’ there’s a reason for that–the show evolved from a short film made by series creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon that was (surprise, surprise) a parody of ‘Back to the Future’. That’s where it started but the show evolved far beyond a mere ‘Back to the Future’ send up a long time ago. It morphed into a hugely popular show (averaging over 2 million viewers per episode and at least that many more through streaming and other digital venues) and a show that has received a ton of critical acclaim. The Den of Geek website called it “almost unquestionably TV’s best animated comedy”. It’s also uproariously hilarious, often complex and densely layered as well as highly addictive.
UNDERSTANDING THE APPEAL OF ‘RICK AND MORTY’
Full disclosure–‘Rick and Morty’ is my favorite TV show and actually the only series that I watch regularly. I’m one of those people that watches very little television. It’s not because I’m a snob or think I’m above it all–I just don’t have time and don’t have the attention span to ‘commit’ to a TV show. The last TV series that I took the time to watch first run was ‘The Sopranos’. I’ve ‘binge watched’ a few since then (‘Arrested Development’ was likely the best of these) and tried to get interested in dozens more. I have people recommend shows all the time but typically lose interest a few episodes in.
‘Rick and Morty’ is different. I catch every first run episode and have re-watched the entire series six times (once with director’s commentary). It’s a show that lends itself to repeated viewing since you’re always catching new jokes and noticing something that you missed before. I’m not going to try and sell you on the show–it’s like heavy metal music in that some people ‘get it’ and some people don’t. It took me just over an episode to get hooked and my experience is similar to others I’ve talked to in that it just took one joke to make me realize that it isn’t a typical animated series.
In any case, here’s an assortment of proposition bets for Season 3 with some specific to the second episode. The first episode of Season 3 was aired without prior announced on April Fools Day 2017 but Sunday, July 30 is the ‘official’ start to the season.
RICK AND MORTY SEASON 3 SPECIALS
WILL ANY SEASON 3 EPISODE OF ‘RICK AND MORTY’ BREAK THE ALL TIME VIEWERSHIP RECORD FOR THE SERIES (2.19 MILLION VIEWERS)?
Yes: -250
No: -210
NUMBER OF SEASON 3 EPISODES OF ‘RICK AND MORTY’ WITH A VIEWERSHIP IN EXCESS OF 2 MILLION?
Over 5.5: -180
Under 5.5: +150
WILL THE FINAL EPISODE OF SEASON 3 HAVE A HIGHER VIEWERSHIP THAN THE SECOND EPISODE OF SEASON 3?
Yes: -180
No: +150
WILL THE ‘EVIL MORTY’ FROM SEASON 1, EPISODE 10 (“CLOSE RICK-COUNTERS OF THE RICK KIND“) RETURN IN SEASON 3?
Yes: +130
No: -150
WILL THERE BE AN ‘INTERDIMENSIONAL CABLE‘ EPISODE IN SEASON 3?
Yes:-150
No:+130
WILL MR. MEESEEKS RETURN IN ANY SEASON 3 EPISODE?
Yes: +350
No: -500
WILL ANTS IN MY EYES JOHNSON RETURN IN ANY SEASON 3 EPISODE?
Yes: +350
No: -500
WILL BLIPS AND CHITZ BE SEEN IN ANY SEASON 3 EPISODE?
Yes: +150
No: -180
WILL BIRD PERSON RETURN TO HIS ORIGINAL (NON ‘PHOENIX PERSON‘) FORM BY THE END OF SEASON 3?
Yes: -135
No: +115
NUMBER OF EPISODES WITH AN APPEARANCE BY THE ‘BALL FONDLERS‘ TEAM INCLUDING TELEVISIONS IN THE BACKGROUND OF SCENES AND SIMILAR REFERENCES?
Over 1.5: -150
Under 1.5: +130
WILL RICK AND MORTY TRAVEL TO HAWAII?
Yes: -450
No: +300
WILL RICK AND MORTY OR SHOW CREATORS JUSTIN ROILAND AND DAN HARMON BE FEATURED ON THE COVER OF ‘ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’ MAGAZINE BY 12/31/17 AT 11:59 PM EASTERN?
Yes: +300
No: -350
WILL RICK AND MORTY OR SHOW CREATORS JUSTIN ROILAND AND DAN HARMON BE FEATURED ON THE COVER OF ‘ROLLING STONE’ MAGAZINE BY 12/31/17 AT 11:59 PM EASTERN?
Yes: +450
No: -600
WILL RICK AND MORTY OR SHOW CREATORS JUSTIN ROILAND AND DAN HARMON BE FEATURED ON THE COVER OF ‘ANIMATION’ MAGAZINE BY 12/31/17 AT 11:59 PM EASTERN (NOT INCLUDING THEIR PREVIOUS COVER APPEARANCE?
Yes: +450
No: -600
WILL RICK AND MORTY CREATORS JUSTIN ROILAND AND/OR DAN HARMON BE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF DUI, PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, LEWD BEHAVIOR OR INDECENT EXPOSURE BY 12/31/17 AT 11:59 PM EASTERN?
Yes: +450
No: -600
RICK AND MORTY JOKE METRIC PROPS
All joke metric proposition wagers will be graded using the Rick and Morty ‘Jokes per Minute’ feature at Den of Geek (http://www.denofgeek.com/us). You can find all of the Den of Geek coverage of ‘Rick and Morty’ at http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/rick-and-morty
RICK AND MORTY SEASON THREE EPISODE TWO JOKES PER MINUTE
Over 5.95: -130
Under 5.95: +110
RICK AND MORTY SEASON THREE EPISODE TWO TOTAL JOKES
Over 137.5: -150
Under 137.5: +130
WHICH EPISODE WILL HAVE A HIGHER ‘JOKES PER MINUTE’?
Season One Episode Two “Lawnmower Dog” (5.33 JPM): +210
Season Three Episode Two: -250
WHICH EPISODE WILL HAVE A HIGHER ‘TOTAL JOKES’?
Season One Episode Two “Lawnmower Dog” (112 total jokes): +250
Season Three Episode Two: -300
WHICH EPISODE WILL HAVE A HIGHER ‘JOKES PER MINUTE’?
Season Two Episode Two “Mortynight Run” (5.84 JPM): +130
Season Three Episode Two: -150
WHICH EPISODE WILL HAVE A HIGHER ‘TOTAL JOKES’?
Season Two Episode Two “Mortynight Run” (131 total jokes): +120
Season Three Episode Two: -140
RICK AND MORTY SEASON THREE FULL SEASON JOKES PER MINUTE
Over 5.95: -150
Under 5.95: +130
RICK AND MORTY SEASON THREE FULL SEASON AVERAGE JOKES PER EPISODE
Over 137.5: -125
Under 137.5: +105
RICK AND MORTY SEASON THREE FULL SEASON TOTAL JOKES
Over 1850.5: -135
Under 1850.5: +115
WILL ANY FORTHCOMING SEASON THREE EPISODE OF RICK AND MORTY BREAK THE ALL TIME ‘JOKES PER MINUTE’ RECORD OF 9.13 HELD BY SEASON THREE EPISODE ONE “THE RICKSHANK REDEMPTION”?
Yes: -130
No: +110
WILL ANY FORTHCOMING SEASON THREE EPISODE OF RICK AND MORTY BREAK THE ALL TIME ‘TOTAL JOKES’ RECORD OF 205 HELD BY SEASON THREE EPISODE ONE “THE RICKSHANK REDEMPTION”?
Yes: -150
No: +130
WILL ANY FORTHCOMING SEASON THREE EPISODE OF RICK AND MORTY BREAK THE PREVIOUS ‘JOKES PER MINUTE’ RECORD OF 6.98 HELD BY SEASON TWO EPISODE FOUR “TOTAL RICKALL”?
Yes: -180
No: +150
WILL ANY FORTHCOMING SEASON THREE EPISODE OF RICK AND MORTY BREAK THE PREVIOUS ‘TOTAL JOKES’ RECORD OF 150 HELD BY SEASON TWO EPISODE FOUR “TOTAL RICKALL”?
Yes: -210
No: +180
“Let me out. If I die in a cage, I lose a bet.” – Rick Sanchez