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| “ | Don't know about you, but I got the hoo-has. | „ |
| ~ Jerry Smith |
Gerald "Jerry" Smith is one of two tritagonists (alongside Beth Smith) of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty franchise.
He is the usually insecure and incompetent patriarch of the Smith family.
He is voiced by Chris Parnell.
Appearance[]
Jerry has a medium complexion and has scruffy, dirty brown hair, with slight curls. He has dimples and wears a dark green shirt, with a brown and beige stripe in the middle. He also wears light blue long pants and black shoes. Notably, he shares the exact same face with his daughter, Summer. At 5'10" (1.78 m), he is the second tallest member of the Smith-Sanchez family, behind Rick.
Personality[]
Jerry Smith is one of the main characters of Rick and Morty. Jerry is the husband of Beth Smith, the father of Summer Smith and Morty Smith, and the son-in-law of Rick Sanchez. He is a loving husband & father, and one of the only empathic and sensible human characters in the show. He represents us, the very human viewers. Though because of those around him, and by comparison to other, less than ordinary characters, is commonly relegated to less than a punchline, being often viewed by other characters as an obnoxious loser, a pathetic father, and a pitiful husband. He is cinematically directed in a way that makes us, by comparison to other characters, believe he is after his own interests and other people's acceptance, which comically leads him to make mistakes that put him in danger. Jerry's marriage to Beth is often rocky, and he spent most of season 3 living in a separate apartment as a bachelor. Jerry has an adversarial relationship with his father-in-law Rick who he believes is attempting to usurp him as patriarch of the family. He often competes with Rick for the admiration of his family. He also puts great value in things that Rick topically sees as inferior, such as love, relationships, and attachments to the physical world. But he isn't unintelligent, he shown high emotional intelligence he often described one of the few truly empatic characters in the show.
Jerry tends to be meek, misguided, and sometimes cowardly in the face of most situations. He also has a habit of quitting when things get too difficult. However, despite being generally passive and weak most of the time, Jerry has the ability to channel the inner-strength to face his fears. Jerry also appears to be fond for pop culture, as shown in episodes like "Ricksy Business" where he goes on a Titanic-themed honeymoon with Beth (much to her chagrin), and in "Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind" where he collects a secret stash of R2D2 themed coins.
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