Fans Rally For Viral TikTok Copycat To Replace ‘Rick And Morty’ Co-Founder Justin Roiland As Voice Of The Series
Future of Adult Swim cartoon “Rick and Morty” is uncertain after co-creator, and voice of the two main characters, Justin Roiland was fired, but fans think they’ve found a solution in the form of a viral TikTok creator.
Sacramento-based TikTok Sean Dorrough, a user on TikTok, has attracted over 2,000,000 followers and nearly 677,000 Instagram followers. This is largely due to his unique spot-on approach. “Rick and Morty” voices. His fans now petition Warner Bros. Discovery to hire him as Roiland’s replacement, which they claim will be a seamless transition.
They keep tagging Adult Swim leaving comments on Dorrough’s accounts saying, “Replace Justin for Rick and Morty,” and “Any calls from Adult Swim yet?”
Roiland was let go from the network after it came to light that he’d been charged with two felonies, including one count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud, and or deceit, as The Daily Wire previously reported. Adult Swim announced Roiland’s release on January 24.
“Rick and Morty” This animated sci-fi sitcom debuted in 2013. It is darkly funny and features Morty Smith, the main character, on a journey across the universe and between alternate realities along with Rick Sanchez (his eccentric, sarcastic grandfather). Roiland was the voice for both characters. This means that these parts will have to be recast.
Social media users agree that Dorrough is the right candidate for the job. The creator said Insider After a foster parent taught him how Donald Duck was imitating him when he was 6, he started to do impressions on Wednesday. “I’ve been doing impressions ever since,” The publication was informed by him.
Even Roiland weigHed in on Dorrough’s talent in the past. “That’s scary, scary, scary close,” he told Vanity Fair in July of the TikTok star’s impressions of Rick and Morty.
[embedded content]“If you were to play that next to me doing it, people would have a hard time knowing which was which,” He went on. The “Rick & Morty” The co-creator stated that he had told Dorrough personally that nobody would be able distinguish their voices, but he did admit that he felt that Rick needed to do a better Rick impression.
“He was interviewing people for his job without even knowing it lol,” The interview was viewed over 1.3 million times.
While Dorrough hasn’t been tapped for auditions just yet, he did tell Insider that he’s ready if it comes to that. “I’m very familiar with the characters, their mannerisms, and their personalities,” Insider reported that he was open to the idea of working on it. “Rick and Morty.”
“I am confident that I could do the role,” He concluded.
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