22 Animators Create Surrealist 'Exquisite Corpse' for Rick and Morty

To promote its third season, Adult Swim produced 'Rick and Morty Exquisite Corpse', a short video inspired by the surrealist technique of the same name. The exquisite corpse is a collective game invented by surrealists in the early 20th century, involving fragmentary and automatic construction of a single drawing or text. Twenty-two internationally renowned animators, including web phenomena Scorpion Dagger and Hombre Mc Steez, contributed to the promo, blending diverse animation techniques into a surprisingly cohesive psychedelic work. The narrative device of a vial containing a mysterious liquid—later revealed to be pure LSD—triggers an instrumental version of a track by Run The Jewels, propelling the short's evolution. The series, created by Justin Roiland (born 1980 in Stockton) and Dan Harmon (born 1973 in Milwaukee), follows a genius scientist grandfather and his loyal teenage grandson.