欢迎来到《俏皮说》 又是我Jared What's up Wisecrack? Jared again.
如果你还没有注意到的话 我们真的 If you haven't noticed, we really,
真的很喜欢《瑞克和莫蒂》 really love Rick & Morty.
而不幸的是 我们依旧在等待 Unfortunately, we’re still desperately waiting
第三季剩余部分的上映 还有之后的更多 for the rest of Season 3 and more of that
"川香酱" 味道超赞的 sweet sweet Szechuan sauce.
这个蘸酱真他"哔"好吃 This sauce is f***ing amazing.
但为了让你们渡过这个阶段 But to tide you guys over, we thought we’d
我们先把哲学理论放一放 去看看 put philosophy aside and take a look at another
让《瑞克和莫蒂》如此成功的另一个因素 : element that makes Rick & Morty so great:
节目制作人Dan Harmon和Justin Roiland showrunners Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s
对故事结构的掌控 mastery of story structure.
欢迎来到新一期《俏皮说》 Welcome to this Wisecrack Edition on
关于《瑞克和莫蒂》是如何讲述它们的故事 How Rick and Morty Tells a story.
在我们进入正题之前 我们想感谢一下 But before we get into it, we just want to thank
quidd赞助了本视频的拍摄 quidd for sponsoring this video.
那么quidd是什么呢 So, what is quidd?
quidd就是能让你免费收集 quidd is a new app where you can
我们《俏皮说》中所有电视节目的 collect exclusive digital stickers, cards, and toys for free -
独家表情包 卡片 和玩具 Featuring all the shows we love here at Wisecrack.
《绝命毒师》《探险时光》 Breaking Bad, Adventure Time,
《开心汉堡店》《星际迷航》 Bob's Burgers, Star Trek,
还有最重要的《瑞克和莫蒂》 and most importantly Rick & Morty.
你们懂的 我之前还持有怀疑态度 You know, I was a little skeptical at first
但用瑞克·桑切斯的表情包 急切地邀请Jacob BUT getting to slap Rick Sanchez stickers on my desperate please
和我一起去吃韩国烤肉真挺有趣的 to get Jacob to join me for Korean barbecue is really fun.
这就像是我的"川香酱" It's my SzeChuan sauce.
我是说真的 Seriously.
他们还做了一些收集表情包的小游戏 They've made a pretty fun game of collecting them too.
你要打开一包表情包或者卡片 You open up packs of stickers and cards.
这有点让我想起了我小的时候 It kind of brings me back to the days of
打开一包篮球收集卡的时候 opening up basketball cards as a kid.
你还可以把小表情贴在你的相册里 You can also showcase your collection
任何一张照片上来炫耀 by adding stickers to anything on your camera role.
我的狗狗Woody和 And my dog, Woody,
Snuffles在一起的时候可好看了 always looks best when he's chillin with Snuffles.
他们还有Funko大头娃娃手办 And they've got Funko Pop figures too,
所以我自己买了一个"使命必达"先生 so I grab myself this Meeseeks
作为一个友情提示 to serve as a friendly reminder
来告诉我存在就是痛苦的 that existence is pain.
请点击视频下方的链接 Check out the description below
来下载免费的软件 for a link to grab the app for free.
苹果系统和安卓系统都可安装 It's available on iOS and Android,
但在安卓系统运行还不算完美 but it's not as smooth on Android yet,
因为现在还是内测阶段 since it's still in beta.
总之呢 我的账号是"JaredC137" Anyway, I'm on there are JaredC137,
赶紧加我为好友吧 so add me as a friend and
和我交换你的"使命先生"的周边吧 trade me all your Meeseek swag.
现在 我们开始进入正题吧 Now, let's get on with the show.
Dan Harmon说到每一个故事 Dan Harmon states that every story –
从《奥德赛》到你们常见的屁的笑话 from the Odyssey to your standard fart joke –
都囊括了8个简单的情节 follows 8 simple steps.
Harmon叫它"故事雏形" Harmon called it "the story embryo",
过程是 and it goes like this:
1.一个角色在他熟悉的环境 1. A character is in a zone of comfort.
2.他们想要得到某样东西 2. But they want something.
3.他们进入了一个不熟悉的环境 3.They enter an unfamiliar situation.
4.他们适应了新环境 4. Adapt to it.
5.得到了想要的东西 5. Get what they wanted.
6.为此付出了沉重的代价 6. Pay a heavy price for it.
7.他们回到熟悉的环境里 7. Then return to their familiar situation.
8.有所改变 8. Having changed.
当然了 这也会根据所在的 Of course, this can all change based on
流派和媒介而改变 the genre and medium.
如果是电视节目 改变就会更明显 And it especially changes for television.
电影应该给观众提供 Whereas a movie’s goal is to send viewers
90分钟的激情 而电视节目则不同 out on a 90 minute high, television is a bit different:
它的目标就是让观众继续看节目 it aims to keep people watching television.
永远看下去 Forever.
Harmon说这是为了让你的大脑 Harmon says this is all to put your brain
处于麻木阶段 这样那些电视广告 in a vegetative state so that
便会起到其应有的作用 the commercials can do their work.
这就说明电视节目里的转折会更少 This means television shows are less about change,
而更注重于保持现状 and more about preserving the status quo.
在《蝙蝠侠: 黑暗骑士归来》中 In the Dark Knight Rises,
蝙蝠侠在他飞去意大利 Batman saves Gotham
开始新生活之前 拯救了哥谭市 before jetting off to Italy to start his new life.
但是在《蝙蝠侠: 动画系列》中 While in Batman: The Animated Series,
你可以用所剩无几的小钱来打赌 you can bet your bottom dollar that each episode
每一集都是以蝙蝠侠在同样的哥谭市 begins and ends with Batman fighting
打败不同的坏蛋开始和结束的 a different villain in the same old Gotham.
用Harmon的话来说 电视节目就是 In Harmon’s words, "television
用一些基本的不变的"真理" swaps out any meaningful and therefore
来代替那些有意义的情节转折 potentially television-subverting
即在电视节目中 情节翻转是没有必要的 truth with the basic, eternal "truth" that change is unnecessary".
将此谨记在心 电视节目的构成 With that in mind, the structure of a TV episode
会经常看起来是这样的 often ends up looking more like this:
1.我 (主人公) 1. I (the protagonist)
2.注意到了一个小问题 2. Notice a small problem.
3.然后做出一个重大决定 3. And make a major decision.
4.这个决定改变了一些事 4. This changes things
5.对一部分比较满意 但是 5. To some satisfaction, but
6.有一些后果 6. There are consequences
7.是必须被消除的 7. That must be undone
8.然后我必须承认改变是无用的 8. And I must admit the futility of change.
那么Justin Roiland和Dan Harmon So do Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon
有没有遵从他们自己的建议呢 follow their own advice?
当然了 Absolutely.
每一集《瑞克和莫蒂》都遵从这个格式 Every episode of Rick and Morty follows this format,
但由于时间缘故 but for the sake of time,
就从我最喜欢的一集中看看它是如何展示的 let’s see how it plays out in one of my favorites:
第二季第六集 《瑞克们一定都是疯子》 Season 2, Episode 6: "The Ricks Must Be Crazy".
第一步 创造出一个在熟悉环境的主人公 Step 1: Establish a protagonist in a zone of comfort.
Harmon说在这个情况下最好不要 Harmon tells us that it’s best not to
"乱来" 画面直接渐入你的 " screw around" here and fade immediately onto your
主人公在做一些有关联的事情 characters doing something relatable.
这一集就是那么做的 由桑美 This episode does just that, opening with Summer,
瑞克和莫蒂看完《戏球者》从电影院里出来 Rick, and Morty coming out of the movie, Ball Fondlers.
就在短短的20秒中 就已经 In just 20 short seconds, the episode
为我们交代了这集的主角都是谁 has told us who our protagonists are,
他们都是干什么的 and what they,
以及他们所处的世界是什么样的 and what their world is like.
每一条交替的时间线都有利有弊 There's pros and cons to every alternate timeline.
关于这条线的趣味的小知识是 Fun facts about this one -
这里有巨型的心灵感应蜘蛛 its got giant telepathic spiders,
发生了11次"911"事件 eleven 9/11s,
还有全宇宙最好吃的冰淇淋 aaaannnnnnddd the BEST ICE CREAM IN THE MULTIVERSE!!!
- 不会吧 - 哇哦 - Shut up! - Woah!
二十五秒之后 剧情又转向了 And 25 seconds later, the script moves to.
2.引入一个小问题并建立需要 Step 2: Introduce a small problem and establish a need.
第二步是主人公意识到 Step 2 is where the protagonist realizes
生活并不是完美无缺的 that life isn’t perfect.
在青少年恋爱故事中 这就是主人公开始思考 In a teenage love story, this is when the hero wonders why he can’t be the school
自己为什么不能当上学校的老大 和拉拉队队长约会 quarterback and date the cheerleader.
在恐怖电影里 这就是一群青少年第一次听到 In a horror film, this is when the group of teens first hears that someone was murdered
十三年前有人在树林里被杀的故事 in the woods 13 years ago.
但是在桑切斯家庭中 这一步是瑞克的飞船没法启动了 For the Sanchez family, though, it’s when Rick’s ship refuses to start.
"太好了 "Oh great…
看上去像是这个微宇宙电池出问题了 Huh, looks like something’s wrong with the Microverse Battery.
我们必须得进去了" We’re going to have to go inside.”
在两条线中 瑞克是发起中心问题且推进剧本的人物 In two lines, Rick sets up the central problem and motivation of the script:
飞船的电池坏了 他们必须修好它 the ship’s battery is dead, and they need to fix it.
像典型的英雄作风一样 莫蒂很不情愿开始这一旅途 "进哪里去" In typical hero fashion, Morty is reluctant to start this journey: “Um, go inside what?”
这种不情愿是常用的叙述技巧 用于衬托主人公的形象 This reluctance is an often used narrative trick that helps us identify with the protagonist,
在这个例子中就是莫蒂 in this case Morty.
莫蒂的不确定性变成了我们自身的不确定性 我们就更容易 Morty’s uncertainty of the situation becomes our uncertainty, and we find ourselves more
投入到故事中去 invested in the story.
十秒钟后剧本进行到了 Ten seconds later and the script moves us to:
第三步 主人公做出重大决定并进入了不熟悉的环境 Step 3: The protagonist makes a major decision and enters an unfamiliar situation.
第三步就是突然进入未知世界的开始 Step 3 is where the descent into the unknown begins.
在瑞克和莫蒂中 这种转折既形象又不夸张 In the case of Rick and Morty, this descent is both a figurative and a literal one.
某种角度来说 他们两个离开了原来熟悉的环境而进入了一个危险又不确定性的地方 On one level, the two are leaving their comfort zone and entering one characterized by danger and uncertainty.
具体来说就是 他们缩小后 While on a more literal level, they’re actually shrinking down to visit a world inside
以外星人的姿态进入了瑞克的电池中 Rick’s car battery, posing as aliens:
我们没有做错什么 There’s nothing dishonest about what we’re doing.
戴上这些天线 Now slap on these antennas.
让这些人以为我们是外星人 These people need to believe we’re aliens.”
Harmon说重要的不是故事有多么宏大或多么传奇 Harmon says that it’s not important how big or epic your story is, but rather how
重要的是两个世界的对比够不够强烈 noticeable the contrast is between your two worlds.
这集就是基于这个前提来展开的 This episode takes that premise and runs with it,
把我们带入一个与我们世界完全不同的地方 introducing us to a world that is completely foreign to our own.
该世界建立在居住在植物供能的房子里的类火星人 It’s populated by Martian-like people living in power plant inspired buildings, who venerate
他们尊敬瑞克 因为他给他们带来了电 Rick for introducing giving them electricity.
但他们不知道的是 瑞克给他们的像机顶盒一样的东西让他们把大多数 Unknown to them, the Stair Master like Gooble Boxes Rick gave them actually redirect most
让他们把大多数电量都用来给瑞克的飞船供电了 of their power to Rick’s ship.
很混账的是 瑞克还用一些乱七八糟的方法引导这些子民 And, like the dick of a God he is, Rick has guided their civilization in some messed up ways.
莫蒂 竖起中指 我告诉他们这意味世界和平 Morty, you gotta flip them off. I told them it means peace among worlds.
是不是很搞笑 How hilarious is that?
接下来就是第四步 熟悉了新的环境后 事情开始出现变化 Which brings us to Step 4: Characters adapt to the new situation and things must change.
第四步是角色适应自己在新环境中的位置 Step 4 is all about the characters learning their place in this new world.
这是在他们精神崩溃后心理包袱逐渐放下的一步 It’s where all of their neuroses are broken down and all their psychological baggage is slowly stripped away.
电影制作者把它叫做 "过渡阶段" Movie producers call it the “training phase”.
但是要记住 电视节目的卖点并不是变化 而是保持现状 But remember, TV isn’t about selling change – it’s about preserving the status quo
所以你才会每周观看 so you’ll tune in week after week.
照这样说 这个阶段更多的是表面的变化而不是内心变化 As such, this stage is much less about internal change and more about external change.
他们一进入电池 瑞克和莫蒂就适应了新世界的环境 Once they arrive in the Microverse, Rick and Morty orient themselves in this new world
并且确定了他们面临的问题: Zeep Xanflorp and identify the problem at hand: Zeep Xanflorp.
Zeep可能是微宇宙中最熟悉却又最奇怪的部分 Zeep is perhaps the most familiar and strangest aspect of this Microverse, essentially a carbon
特别是它就像瑞克的翻版 "我退学了 copy of Rick himself: “I dropped out of school.
学校不是聪明人呆的地方" It’s not a place for smart people.”
Zeep甚至创造了自己的微电池来给星球发电 这也让瑞克的 Zeep even creates his own Microverse to generate his planet’s electricity, which makes Rick’s
机顶盒被淘汰后 他的飞船就无法启动了 Gooble Boxes obsolete, and his car battery unusable.
面对他们自己遇到过的问题 你可能会期待着一个普通的角色可能会承认自己的 Faced with a mirror image of themselves, you’d expect a normal character to own up to their
伪善并且开始改变 own hypocrisy and begin to change.
但是瑞克不是这样的 But not Rick.
瑞克很无耻地模仿了莫蒂之前对他做过的事 对他说教 Rick shamelessly parrots the same objections Morty had made earlier to him – a shot which
跟之前的场景完全一样 is almost visually identical to the earlier scene.
这听起来仅仅是多了很多步骤的奴隶制 That just sounds like slavery with extra steps!
哦天哪 有人要去大学里上床了 Ooh la la. Someones gonna get laid in college.
这听起来仅仅是多了很多步骤的奴隶制 Well, that just sounds like slavery with extra steps!
我勒个去 有人要去大学里上床了 Eek. Barba Durkel. Somebody's gonna get laid in college.
当莫蒂之后称瑞克伪善的时候 瑞克用这一点当做让Zeep住手的机会 And when Morty later calls Rick out on his hypocrisy, Rick seizes upon this as a chance to stop Zeep.
这就是 "事情必须发生改变" 的部分 一个新的冲突被带入了 瑞克必须 This is the “things must change” part, a new conflict is introduced: Rick must search
在Zeep针对自己微电池而研发的微电池里找到一个科学家 for a scientist in Zeep’s Microverse working on his own Microverse.
在这个星球的某个地方 一定有个自大的科学家刺痛了 Somewhere on this planet, there’s got to be an arrogant scientist prick on the
微电池技术的边缘 使Zeep的微电池无法使用 verge of Microverse technology, which would threaten to make Zeep’s Floobal Cranks obsolete,
让Zeep不得不说微电池的坏话 让他意识到自己是多么伪善 forcing Zeep to say Microverses are bad, at which point he’ll realize what a hypocrite he's being.
他的人会回到他们的机顶盒里 His people will go back to stomping on their Gooble Boxes.
这就迎来了第五步: This sets us up for Step 5:
角色得到了他们想要的 The character gets what they wanted.
如果你看着图片 If you look at the diagram,
会发现第五步是圆环的底部 you’ll notice Step 5 is at the very bottom of the circle,
和主角们都处于舒适区的第一步正好相反 opposite of Step 1, where the hero is most comfortable.
这里 主角已经触底 Here, the hero has hit rock-bottom
并且终于找到了他们一直在寻找的东西 and has finally found what they were looking for,
尽管那并不完全是他们想要的 even if it wasn’t quite what they had expected.
这是故事的第一个重要转折点 This is the first major turning point of the story,
这里 人物的动机已经开始变化了 where your character’s motivations begin to change.
如果你想要一个翻转情节 If you want a plot twist,
Harmon说应该在这里翻转 并且浓墨重彩 Harmon says to twist here and twist hard.
当瑞克如愿以偿地在Zeep的微电池里 Rick reaches Step 5 when he gets what he wants:
发现一个叫作Kyle的科学家 he finds a scientist named Kyle in Zeep’s Microverse
也在创造自己的微电池时 他到达了第五步 who’s creating his own Microverse.
在一个类似盗梦空间的时刻 In an Inception-like moment,
我们进入了微宇宙中的微宇宙中的 we travel into a Microverse within a Microverse
另一个微电池 within another Microverse.
瑞克在自以为是中作壁上观 Rick sits back and watches in smug self-satisfaction
Zeep对Kyle说着同样的对奴隶制的责骂 as Zeep repeats to Kyle the same slavery rant
这段在过去的八分钟里我们已经听到三次了 we’ve heard third time in the last eight minutes.
大家知道喜剧是以三的形式出现的吧 Did we mention that comedy comes in threes?
这听起来仅仅是多了很多步骤的奴隶制 That just sounds like slavery with extra steps.
但当Zeep继续他的斥责 But as Zeep continues his rant,
他意识到自己所在的宇宙是一个微宇宙 he realizes that his own universe is a Microverse –
而他本身的存在是通过瑞克实现的 and that his whole existence was brought into being through Rick.
出于一种存在主义的愤怒 In an existential rage,
Zeep和瑞克开始暴揍对方 Zeep and Rick begin beating the crap out of each other.
同时 Kyle也崩溃地意识到 Meanwhile, Kyle crumbles into himself with the realization
他在一个套娃一样的宇宙中 that he’s in a nesting doll of universes.
但瑞克的胜利只持续了很短的时间 But Rick’s triumph is short lived,
这将我们带入了第六步 which brings us to Step 6:
付出沉重代价 并且承受后果 Paying a hefty price and suffering the consequences.
鉴于模型是圆的 Given that this model is circular,
你可以想象 you can imagine that
这里有很多的对称 there’s going to be a lot of symmetry going on here.
正如第二步是为主角们的失意做准备 Just as Step 2 is about preparing hero for their descent,
第六步是为了他们的回归作准备 Step 6 is about preparing them for their return.
这一步是主角们在冷酷的世界里 This step is all about the hero
磨炼他们崭新的意志 testing their newfound will against the unfeeling world,
在此过程中他们往往伤痕累累 often getting their ass handed to them in the process.
瑞克得到了他想要的东西 Rick gets exactly what he wanted:
一个在Zeep的微电池中的微电池 a Microverse within Zeep’s Microverse.
但在展现Zeep有多么伪善的时候 But in demonstrating Zeep’s hypocrisy,
瑞克导致了Kyle的自我崩溃 Rick causes Kyle to have an existential meltdown
进而自杀 把他们都困在了这个小宇宙里 and kill himself, trapping them all in the Tinyverse.
因为无法控制他们的骄傲自大 Unable to put aside their egos,
与其相互合作共同出逃 Rick and Zeep blame each other and set out to destroy
瑞克和奇普反而相互责怪 想要摧毁彼此 one another instead of working together to escape.
两个人建立营地对峙 开始了全面战争 The two set up camp across from each other and begin an all out war,
完全忘记了他们当下的困境 completely forgetting about their current predicament.
当发现这样没有任何进展的时候 Realizing that they’re going nowhere,
莫蒂决定和树人一起生活 Morty decides he’s better off living with Tree People.
但正是莫蒂 But it’s actually Morty
和他的原始树人部落 and his primitive tribe of Tree People
迫使瑞克和奇普开始结盟 that forces Rick and Zeep to forge an alliance,
这将我们带入了第七步 which brings us to Step 7:
消却伤痛并回归熟悉的世界 Undoing the damage and returning the familiar world.
正如第四步是他们 Just as Step 4 is the final step
沉浸陌生世界前的最后一步 before the hero sinks to the bottom of the unfamiliar,
第七步是他们重回起点前的最后一步 Step 7 is the final step before they resurface.
唯一的问题是 The only problem is that
重回原来的世界和离开它一样困难 re-entering the old world is just as difficult as leaving it.
一旦主角尝试返回 Once your hero tries to return,
其他宇宙中的居民很有可能追着他们 the denizens of the deep are likely to give chase –
且有时候会和他们一起回来 and sometimes return with them.
利用自己对树人的控制 Using his control over the tree people,
莫蒂迫使瑞克和Zeep抛开他们的自大 Morty forces Rick and Zeep to put aside their egos
在Kyle的微宇宙里想出一个解决方案 and engineer a solution out of Kyle’s Tinyverse.
一旦他们逃脱了 But once they escaped it,
所有的豪言都不复存在了 all bets are off –
两边人都在争相退出微宇宙 and the two groups rush to exit the surrounding Microverse.
在隐喻的层面上 On a metaphorical level,
Zepp是较低世界的化身 Zeep is the embodiment of this lower world;
他的作用是阻止瑞克 he’s there to stop Rick
改变最初的世界 from bringing the change back to the original world
也就是说让他的汽车重新启动 getting his car battery running again.
更表面得说 On a more literal level, though,
Zeep想把瑞克困在这个微宇宙里 Zeep wants to trap Rick in the Microverse
因为这是唯一能防止 because it’s the only way
他自己的微宇宙被摧毁的办法 to keep his own Microverse from being destroyed.
在许多方面 In many ways,
Zeep是瑞克的影子 Zeep is Rick’s shadow,
作为瑞克各种不良的 serving as a dark reflection
特质和神经的反射 of all Rick’s undesirable traits and neuroses.
影子在故事中很常见 Shadows are a common story device,
像在次之前其他众多影子人物一样 and like many shadow-figures before him,
Zeep 是这个较低世界的守门人 Zeep serves as a gatekeeper for this lower world
他是主角必须面对的最终障碍 he is the final obstacle a hero must face.
不论是虎胆龙威中 Whether it’s Hans Gruber
Hans Gruber用枪指着John McClain的妻子 putting a gun to John McClain’s wife in Die Hard,
或者是星球大战中 Luke对峙Darth Vader or Luke facing off against Darth Vader in Star Wars,
影子角色让我们看到 shadow characters offer a dark glimpse into
如果主角没有经历转变的话 what the hero could have been
会变成什么样子 if they didn’t undergo a transformation.
瑞克与莫蒂的美就在于 The beauty of Rick & Morty is that
瑞克心里明白他自己的所有缺点 Rick is completely aware of all his shortcomings
但他也一点也不想改 and has no desire to fix them.
整集向我们展现了 The whole episode presents us
瑞克和Zeep之间的众多相似之处 with a series of parallels between Rick and Zeep,
让他们看起来就和对方一样坏 making each look as bad as the other.
当瑞克让莫蒂逃跑的时候 When Rick tells Morty to run,
很难知道 it’s hard to tell
他到底是在形容自己还是Zeep if he’s describing himself or Zeep:
快跑 莫蒂 Run, Morty!
那个混蛋为了打败我 That asshole’s willing to risk everything he cares about
愿意不惜一切代价 just so to defeat me!
他是精神病 He’s psychotic.
而结果是 As a result,
当本集结尾瑞克和Zeep面对面时 when Rick and Zeep finally face off in the episode’s conclusion,
并不是瑞克和他拒绝改变的 it’s not Rick battling the physical manifestations
化身作斗争 of his demons in attempt to change.
只不过是瑞克对瑞克而已 It’s just Rick fighting Rick.
尽管莫蒂觉得此时的斗争没必要的 Even Morty feels the fight is unnecessary at this point.
别这样 Don't do it.
你可以不去学校 但有些东西你仍然要学 You quit school, but you still got some learnin to do.
在Zeep的帮助下 瑞克和莫蒂最终离开了微宇宙 With Zeep taken care of, Rick and Morty finally exit the Microverse, arriving back in their
回到了现实世界 Ball Fondlers reality.
这就带我们来到了第八个阶段：改变或无济于事 This brings us to Step Eight: Change or the futility of it.
一般来说 这个阶段是主人公把一生所学融会贯通 Normally, this is where the hero finally reaches fulfillment, where he integrates all of the skills
走上人生巅峰的阶段 he learned on his journey into his old life.
在电影《龙威小子》中 Daniel最后成了空手道高手 In The Karate Kid, Daniel can now Kung all the Fu.
在《电锯惊魂2》 Amanda成了下一个拼图杀人狂 In Saw II, Amanda has become the next Jigsaw Killer.
但别忘了 电视是不会改变的 But remember, TV isn’t about change.
主人公从不会成功走上人生巅峰 The hero can never be fulfilled.
除非他们不想再冒险了 那也就没故事可以继续演了 Otherwise they’ll never desire another adventure, and there will be no story to tune into.
一旦回到了他们自己的世界 瑞克就又转动钥匙发动引擎 Once the two return to their Ball Fondlers universe, Rick turns the key and the ignition starts.
他向不解的莫蒂解释说 Zeep有两个选择 要么回到机顶盒内 He explains to a confused Morty that Zeep had either two choices: go back to Gooble
要么让瑞克扔掉一个坏了的微电池[即他们的宇宙] Box technology or have Rick throw away a broken Microverse battery.
世界和平 瑞克 Peace among worlds, Rick.
完全没有任何改变 这一集以三个人坐在一起吃冰淇淋为结局 Fully embracing the futility of change, the episode ends with the three sitting down for
莫蒂和桑美已经完全被他们所经历的事 ice-cream, a dazed Morty and Summer shell shocked by the normalcy of the situation
给惊呆了 after all they’ve been through.
最后 《瑞克和莫蒂》和我们在电视上看的其他东西很相似 In the end, Rick & Morty is both immediately familiar and radically different from anything
却又有本质上的不同 we’ve seen on television.
虽然这个剧一直在嘲笑大众文化 且总是出乎观众的预期 While the show regularly mocks popular culture and and continually plays off the audience’s
但它的核心结构和其他电视节目没什么不同 expectations, at its core, the series is structured just like any other TV show.
但这正是《瑞克和莫蒂》最吸引人的一点 But this is where the Rick & Morty shines the brightest.
当像《欢快时光》《天才小麻烦》这样的电视剧止步于每集的片头时 Because while shows like Happy Days and Leave It To Beaver are content to leave us right236
《瑞克和莫蒂》用它的循环结构让我们可以承受 where each episode started, Rick & Morty uses its circular structure to make us confront
失望和徒劳的改变 the depressing, crippling futility of change.
为了给他的车充电 瑞克又继续奴役了整个星球 Rick successfully re-enslaves a whole planet to power his car battery, all so they can
这样他们就都能吃到冰欺凌啦 get some ice-cream.
尽管瑞克·桑切斯本人可能不太相信 但是创作团队是绝对相信 So while Rick Sanchez might not believe in much, the creative team definitely believes in the
故事结构的神奇力量 power of story structure.