Rick and Morty’s Stutters
So I’ve noticed in a lot of Rick and Morty fan comics and fanfictions (not that there’s a lot of) that people try to incorporate Rick and Morty’s stuttering, which I absolutely love as a person who stutters and went to speech therapy for several years. However, I often times see people just making them stutter on random words, or have them stutter on literally every word, which is not how stuttering works at all. To help everyone out, here’s a quick guide on Rick and Morty’s stuttering that I complied while watching some episodes.
Morty tends to stutter more at the beginning of sentences, and at certain conjunctions (connector words that attach two sentences together - think “and”). His stuttering seems to get worse when he is under pressure, overcome by emotion, or when he’s thinking fast.
He mostly seems to stutter on:
the T/Th sound, when followed by an “a” or “e”
the J sound, when starting a rushed sentence or saying the word “just”
the B sound, mainly when saying the “buh” sound or the word “but”
the D sound, mainly when saying the “duh” or “di” sound
the Y sound, usually when saying the word “you”
the I, as in the word “I” or “I’m” or on the word “it”
the W sound, usually on question words (”Who/What/Where/When”) especially when he’s rushed, or the word “we”
the H sound, when starting a question (think the word“how”?)
the L sound, at the start of sentences and when followed by “e”
Morty will also say the same words twice in the same sentence when he’s stuttering, because he either is talking too fast and couldn’t get all the words out smoothly or because he stuttered while saying it. A lot of people that stutter do this. An example would be:
“Aw, geez, Rick! Did - did you really have to shoot that alien in front of everyone?”
See? The repeated word was “did”. Here’s an example of him stuttering and repeating some words:
“Aw, geez, Rick! Did - did you really have to shoot that alien in front of everyone? J-Jessica will never talk to me again! Th-that’s it! You’ve gone too far!”
He also uses “Rick” often times as a “crutch” word, or a word he repeats a lot unknowingly when talking. People who don’t stutter even have crutch words as well, so this is not really related to his stuttering but more to his speech pattern. He usually only repeats his crutch word when talking to or about Rick, which Rick then does in vice versa with Morty’s name.
Rick seems to stutter more in the beginning of sentences, in the middle, and when he’s drunk. It gets worse when he’s burping, trying to talk his way out of something, or when he’s angry.
the Y sound, or more specifically the word “you”
the Sh sound, especially when he’s drunk and when its followed by “e”
the I sound, especially on “I”, “I’ll”, or “it’s”
the Th sound, followed by “a” or “e”
the D sound, mainly when saying the “duh” or “di” sound
the W sound, on question words or the word “we”
the H sound, on the word “how”
the C sound, on words like “can”
the M sound, mostly when he’s drunk
He will also repeat his words a lot too, and does so a lot more when he burps in the middle of them. Like I said earlier, he often uses Morty’s name as a crutch word, especially when talking to him, and he will stutter usually while saying it. An example of Rick talking would be:
“Y-you know what, Morty? Maybe I had a reason to shoot that alien! Sh-she was a parasite alien, Morty!, and was going to plant eggs in everybody at y-your school!”
However, I didn’t make him stutter on all of the words/letters/sounds he has trouble with. People who stutter can often times correctly say their trouble words with no problem, if they think about it or if it’s just by chance. I wrote Morty’s sentences like this too, seeing as he doesn’t always stutter on his trouble words either. Also, stuttering usually doesn’t happen more than once or twice in a sentence.
Example conversation with Rick and Morty stuttering:
“Aw, geez, Rick! Did - did you really have to shoot that alien in front of everyone? J-Jessica will never talk to me again! Th-that’s it! You’ve gone too far!”
“Y-you know what, Morty? Maybe I had a reason to shoot that alien! Sh-she was a parasite alien, Morty!, and was going to plant eggs in everybody at y-your school!”
“I don’t care, Rick! That was one my shot with Jessica! I’m - I’m never talking to you again!”
“Aw, c’mon, Morty! You- you can’t be serious! Th-this’ll all blow over in a week.”
“I-I’m serious, Rick! You’re - you’re such a dick!”
“Fine, you little asshole! We’ll see what happens next time you’re in trouble! I-I won’t help you at all!”
Well, that’s about it for this post. Feel free to add anything or make corrections! I may later edit in some of Rick and Morty’s trouble word/sounds I missed earlier. If you have any questions, shoot me as ask.
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