Raising Gazorpazorp (Rick And Morty)

Raising Gazorpazorp is the seventh episode of Season 1 of Rick and Morty, and aired on March 10, 2014.

Plot
When Rick buys a sex robot for Morty to fool around with, the robot unexpectedly birth a strange alien baby.

Why It Shouldn't Be Raised

 * 1) The main problem with this episode is how it tries to be a social commentary about gender inequality yet it fails to be effective for many factors including poor execution, hypocrisy, and the fact that it goes nowhere in the episode.
 * 2) It overuses jokes concerning sexism, rape, and incest.
 * 3) So many bad morals are taught in the episode such as lying to your kids is okay if they exhibit disturbing behavior, sexism towards men is good, and that you should never look past stereotypes.  These morals are considered very harmful to viewers.
 * 4) The gazorpian race is very one-dimensional and cliched as the males are all portrayed as mindless, idiotic barbaric beasts who only think about having sex and causing destruction while the women are all portrayed as sophisticated, intelligent, and arrogant know-it-alls who act girly and look down on the men. The gazorpian race can be considered a personification of the infamous Seth McFraelane’s The Unfair Sex trope.
 * 5) Hypocrisy: The episode goes against misogyny and sexism towards women yet it seems to promote misandry and sexism towards men through the portrayal of the gazorpians and the fact that Rick, Summer, Morty, and Morty Jr do absolutely nothing to fix this and alter the gazorpian status quo.
 * 6) Summer is very out of character as she acts like a total diva instead of a headstrong teenage girl.
 * 7) As mentioned before the female gazorpians are portrayed as a race of man-hating women.  Such a cliched race has already been used in much other sci-fi animated series including Futurama.
 * 8) Morty Jr’s portrayal is flat and two-dimensional as he is supposed to be half-human and trying to fit in with other people but his human side is rarely shown and he acts like a savage alien for 90 percent of his screen time.
 * 9) Because of the portrayal of the Gazorpians and Morty Jr, the episode delivers an inaccurate message that a person’s personality is defined by gender alone.
 * 10) The episode fails to hint that part of Morty Jr’s aggression comes from his father Morty as shown. Through Morty’s behavior in later episodes.  The episode just blames Morty Jr’s aggression on his Gazorpian heritage and his gender and those things alone. Morty even tells Morty Jr that killing is wrong but he makes himself look like a hypocrite as while Morty Jr does not kill anyone, Morty kills a lot of people in later episodes.
 * 11) There are offensive jokes that offend gay men and Muslims as Summer claims that all men who are interested in fashion are gay and Rick tries to make summer wear a black veil for Muslim women while on Gazorpazorp.
 * 12) Jerry and Beth are unlikable for not helping Morty raise Morty Jr as all they do are sit on the couch, read their newspapers, and cough and say nice whenever Morty messes up in his parenting.
 * 13) The episode fails to properly execute a good moral to teenage viewers that teen pregnancy and teen parenting is a very bad experience for them as Morty is 14 yet it is clear that he is not ready to be a father as he fails at parenting towards Morty Jr. It was an opportunity for Morty to learn a very important lesson about teen parenting and controlling his sexual urges but he does not learn anything as he repeats the mistake he makes in this episode again in “Rickdependence Spray”.
 * 14) Plot Hole: It is explained in this episode that gazorpians age rapidly, going from infant to adult within 24 hours. While Morty Jr goes through this rapid aging process, the female gazorpians do not show any signs of rapid aging as they look the same throughout the time Rick and Summer spend on Gazorpazorp.
 * 15) There is a disturbing scene of child abuse in the episode as the female gazorpians explain that if a gazorpian is born male then that male infant is flung out of their ship with a slingshot like contraption and left to fend for themselves.  A demonstration of said abuse is explicitly shown onscreen with one such child.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) This is the first time Rick and Summer go on an adventure, which is a nice change.
 * 2) Morty is still likable as he tries to be a good parent to Morty Jr, even though he lied about the air being poisonous to him.

Reception
While the episode got an 8 out of 10 on IMDb, series co-creator Dan Harmon admitted that he regretted making this episode. He would admit similar regrets for “Vindicators 3: The Return Of Worldender” and “Rickdependence Spray”.