Mr. Meeseeks

Lore & Background

In "Meeseeks and Destroy", Jerry, Beth and Summer Smith are given a Meeseeks Box by Rick Sanchez to provide solutions to their problems: for Jerry, taking two strokes off his golf game; for Beth, making her feel better about herself; and for Summer, to make her popular at her high school. While Beth and Summer are successful with one Meeseeks each, Jerry ultimately summons dozens of them yet is unable to achieve his goal. As Jerry goes to dinner with Beth, the increasingly desperate Meeseeks initially blame each other for their predicament and fight over the correct solution, concluding that their only hope is a loophole: to take all the strokes off Jerry's golf game by killing him. Confronting Jerry in a restaurant, the Meeseeks take the other patrons hostage to convince Jerry to come out. Before he can give in, however, Beth inspires Jerry and encourages him to try his golf swing one last time. Jerry uses a regular golf club and tomato in place of a golf ball to show that his game has improved, and the delighted Meeseeks cease to exist.

In Their Own Story

In "Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat", Rick summons a Meeseeks to kill an alternate dimension version of Morty, known as Fascist Morty, while the power-mad normal Morty summons several Meeseeks to protect him from the local police. Upon returning to his laboratory, Rick notes that Morty has stolen his Meeseeks Boxes, leaving only his Kirkland-brand Meeseeks Boxes, which summon a surly and uncooperative smoking red-skinned Mr. Meeseeks variant. In a flashforward in "Never Ricking Morty", President Morty is shown to command an army of Meeseeks amongst his various other armies. In the comic series, a drug mule Meeseeks known as Mr. Sick is featured as a recurring antagonist, working for Peacock Jones to seek revenge on Rick after failing to deliver the singular drug shipment he was created for, culminating in his death in Rick Revenge Squad on being tricked into finally making the delivery. A Meeseeks called Master Meeseeks is featured as the main antagonist of the limited series Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137, which began publication in August 2022, gathering together the enemies of the Smith family in an attempt to take his revenge upon them.

Reader's Guide

Mr. Meeseeks is a tall, blue-skinned humanoid figure with elongated, narrow limbs, a large, bulbous head, beady black eyes, and a high-pitched voice. Some versions have one or more small patches of orange hair on their head, while others are bald. Mr. Meeseeks usually exhibits a friendly, cheerful, and helpful demeanor, willing to assist the one who brought him into existence, however possible, in order to ensure their own death. Ideally, Mr. Meeseeks will dispatch the simple task given to him, and disappear shortly after its completion. However, if given a task that is outside of Mr. Meeseeks' capabilities, he will not be able to cease existing. This unusual lifespan will cause Mr. Meeseeks' attitude and mental state to worsen dramatically; the relatively long and tortuous existence quickly driving him to a dishevelled appearance, violent behavior and outright insanity, including creating more Meeseeks to assist themselves if they have access to a Meeseeks Box. All Mr. Meeseeks will typically say "I'm Mr. Meeseeks, look at me!" upon being created.

Did You Know?

• The character was inspired by the concept of a disposable being created for a single task, not directly from any specific existing character.
• In the video game Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, a variant dubbed Mr. Youseeks can be summoned to aid in unreachable chores.
• In 2021, Mr. Meeseeks Ace was added as a character skin to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.
• Pringles launched a Mr. Meeseeks-themed flavor called 'Look at Me! I'm Cheddar & Sour Cream' on September 10, 2020.