What Does Rick Usually Drink In Rick And Morty?
By Christopher Ramos
"I tend to assume vodka," showrunner Dan Harmon told a curious fan when asked what Rick has been drinking all this time. That's right — the multiverse's greatest mind is a straight vodka man. Sometimes the simplest answers make the most sense.
Never one not to overthink a character's flaws, Harmon continued, "I know it seems unlikely that Rick wouldn't use sci-fi tech to somehow augment whatever he drinks but I think in rick's mind part of the 'addiction' to the flask of good old fashioned booze is that it anchors his identity, and I think he knows that if he augmented the booze or the flask, then why not just whip up a very rudimentary nanobiotic alcohol dispenser in his body or inject himself with a plasma component that just amounts to always having a certain blood alcohol level, and I think the reason he doesn't do that is because he's a little afraid he'll lose sight of who he is."
If that feels like an uncomfortably specific rationalization for the behavior of a fictional character, there's an argument to be made that you're on to something. In 2014, Harmon told Vice that his podcast/live show Harmontown was his opportunity to put a spotlight on himself, a self-described "fat guy drinking vodka until he blacks out."
