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“ | I'm the goddammed President of the United f**king States! | „ |
~ The President to General Nathan. |
“ | President: You have the right to get the f**k out of my office! Rick: And you have the right to kiss my dick! |
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~ The President fighting Rick Sanchez. |
“ | I was your age when this shit was in theatres. This franchise raised me, trained me, taught me good from evil, made having a bad father empowering. And when that third movie got all... "muppety", something in me began to rot. But make no mistake, child, I own Star Wars, not you! Not that bubble-throat pompadour fuck, not some Mickey Mouse shit machine! They didn't pay the price with their souls, I did! I earned this, not you! | „ |
~ The President betrays Morty. |
President Andre Curtis is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Tammy Guetermann) of the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty.
He is the President of the United States of America and the longtime rival of Rick Sanchez and his family. Their animosity can vary from time to time, but at its extreme, it can put the two at destructive odds with each other, more often than not causing plenty of chaos as a result.
He was voiced by Keith David, who also played Chaos in Final Fantasy, Thailog in Gargoyles, Big Tim in Requiem for a Dream, Tublat in The Legend of Tarzan, Despero in Justice League, Atlas in Teen Titans, Thel 'Vadam in the Halo video game series, Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row video game series, Tombstone in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, Psycho Delic in the Megamind video games, Internet in Regular Show, Lord Marmoo in Kulipari: An Army of Frogs, Malcolm Kane in Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, Thrull in The Last Kids on Earth and King Andrias in Amphibia.
Appearance[]
The President is a tall, middle-aged African American man with short black hair. As President of the United States, he is always seen wearing a dark suit with a red tie.
Personality[]
The President is proven to be a domineering, sexist, and very haughty authoritative figure. He holds the United States (which he considers the entire world) and his presidency in the highest regard and believes that "the office of the President cannot co-exist to a living god that won't submit to it," these beliefs would later conflict with Rick and Morty's autonomous nature. When the President learns that Rick and Morty are annoyed with his incessant demands for aid and is casually informed by them that when they save the world the United States just occurs to be saved too, he is angered and outright begins to antagonize the two, trying and miserably failing to prove that the United States would not need them. This finally stops when the President falls for Rick's ruse as "Fly Fishing Rick," an alternate dimension version of Rick who feigns obedience and compliance to him whilst promising to undo the damage that the "other Rick" caused. This also shows that The President is quite gullible, as he never once questions the possibility of Fly-Fishing Rick being Rick in an apparent disguise.
Biography[]
Get Schwifty[]
The President first appears in the season two episode "Get Schwifty" where he is at the Pentagon (the lame here on Earth) during a meeting with the other generals of the armed forces following the appearance of the Cromulon race. He discusses the problem with the other generals on how to deal with the Cromulon threat when Rick and Morty arrive in the room via Rick's portal gun. There, the President and his staff were informed by Rick that the Cromulons were hosting an event and that a live singing event was to be held to Earth could win the game and avoid being destroyed by the Cromulons over their potential defeat. While the generals and other staff members were skeptical of Rick's claim, the President believed him and gave Rick and Morty the needed resources to win the competition.
After approving Rick's request, both Rick and Morty were assigned Ice T and a studio to help prepare a song for the competition as well as a sound stage to perform right in front of the Cromulons who were watching over Earth and its people as they prepare for the competition. General Nathan, however, was opposed to his actions and recommended nuclear strikes on the Cromulons and eventually knocked out the President and took over the government in a coup. The attacks failed and Nathan was killed by the Cromulons who threatened to destroy Earth. Just before the planet was destroyed however, Rick and Morty were able to give their performance right in front of the Cromulons live and they managed to win the competition and thus spared Earth from destruction as a result.
The Rickchurian Mortydate[]
In the season three finale episode, The President appears and requests Rick and Morty's help once again to deal with an alien menace located within the Kennedy Sex Tunnels underneath the White House. It's revealed that the two are sick and tired of answering the President's requests and decide to leave, not knowing that the President overheard them and began spying on them as a result. Throughout the episode, the President spies on the two of them with the intent on outperforming Rick as revenge for his actions such as the President being the first to meet a small civilization of alien beings located in Brazil where he shrinks down to meet them as a means of outdoing Rick.
The plan fails however as Rick and Morty arrived first and later on, Rick angers the President after he brings Israeli and Palestinian leaders to an alien bar in an alternate universe where he convinces the two countries to cease hostilities and finally have a permanent peace process, which only infuriates the President further. Back at the White House, Rick and Morty are seen in the Oval Office where Morty wants a selfie with the President, but Rick goes overboard, and it results in a fight between the two ending with Morty leaving to reunite with the rest of his family. Rick then leaves and comes back disguised as an alternate version of himself, ending the hostilities between the two, and leaving the Smith family safe and free from the President and further actions against them by the government.
Mortyplicity[]
The President has a cameo appearance in "Mortyplicity" where one his agents alerts to the presence of decoys converging on the American Southwest. He chooses not to engage.
Rick and Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular[]
The President enters a confrontation with Rick and Morty after the latter destroys the Constitution. Due to it being Thanksgiving, Rick decides to disguise himself as a turkey in order to get a presidential pardon. However, the President sees through this and when Rick and Morty are mixed in with the other turkeys, the President arrives in turkey from causing a fight to breakout. During the fight, the President's identity chip is swallowed by another turkey, causing the government re-humanize him instead. Rick, Morty and the President are sent with the other turkeys to the feeding pen where they fight and defeat FDR.
The trio march into a meeting where they try to convince everyone that they re-humanized the wrong turkey. However, they refuse to listen so Turkey President sends soldiers to kill them. They manage to escape and flee to the Sanchez residence. While having dinner, a news report shows up on TV showing that Turkey President is planning to turn every bird in Washington DC into a new master race via a device on the Washington Monument, which is promptly launched into space. The President realizes that there only hope may be the Soldiers of the Crypt of the New World.
Battle engages soon that night. While the Army fends of the Turkey soldiers, Rick, Morty and the President convince the soldiers to fight alongside them. They agree. After the Monument is launched into space, The and the Turkey President do battle while Rick and Morty fly into space and destroy the Monument, saving D.C.. The President manages to defeat Turkey President. However, in a last-ditch attempt to kill the President, Turkey President uses a wishbone to explode. The President manages to survive and sends the Soldiers back to hibernate.
Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation[]
The President is brought to the Smith house after Morty gets a lightsaber for Christmas and accidentally drops it "perfectly fucking vertical". They descend with some scientists into Rick's subterranean lab. Rick attempts to stop the saber using his own A.I. controlled one but the attempt after Rick keeps bugging its A.I. system.
Morty and the President build a big drillship and descend into the Earth's core where Morty just barely retrieves, it saving the Earth from destruction. However, the President betrays Morty and steals the lightsaber, revealing that he has always been a Star Wars fan but grew bitter towards the franchise after Disney bought it.
While playing with lightsaber, the President accidentally drops it causing it to fall again towards the planet's core. The President jettisons the White House into space to save himself where he tells everyone on earth that they will die. Morty's robot Rick, RickBot retrieves the saber and the two of them visit the White House and confront the President. The President sends his own droids after Morty. While fighting them, Morty says that he is ruining Star Wars, only for the President to retort back saying that Disney ruined with their sequel trilogy and numerous TV show projects. Morty destroys all the droids and attempts to kill the President with a lightsaber gatling gun. RickBot manages to intercept the mini sabers, but they start to slice through him and into the White House floors. This starts a chain reaction which destroys the White House, but Rick opens a portal sending the three back to earth safely. After failing to ask Rick and Morty for a new White House and an Uber, the President awkwardly leaves.
Quotes[]
“ | You lying dicks! I see your asses playing Minecraft! | „ |
~ The President revealing he knows Rick and Morty are lying to him. |
“ | President: Can the Pope's dick fit through a donut? Morty: Uh, I'm not sure? President: Exactly! |
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~ President with Morty. |
“ | Disney ruined it! You think I want thirty low-rent TV shows with bad CGI? They film everything on that one big green-screen! | „ |
~ The President |
“ | Morty: What the hell? Was this always part of the White House? President: Carter built it with his own two hands. Reagan tried to destroy it. George W. added kegs to the cantina. But only I saw it's true value. Morty: Mr. President, you need to come home and tell the people the truth! President: The fuck I do! Droids, get that saber! |
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~ The President unveils the White House's Star Wars room before sending droids after Morty |
“ | People of Earth, I'm not one to play the blame game, but Morty Smith got a lightsaber for Christmas, dropped it, and it's now heading for the Earth's core again... I-I mean for the first time. If it does reach the core, it will blow all of you up. I-I mean all of us up. But don't abandon hope. We're doing everything we can to stop it, and only if that fails will we launch the White House into space... Welp, I'm busted. Clearly in space already. | „ |
~ The President informing Earth of it's impending doom |
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Trivia[]
- This character's physical appearance is an animated caricature or his voice actor, Keith David.
- He may be intended as a parody of President David Palmer, from the series 24, who also looks similar.
- He is one of the few human characters on the show who has proved able to survive a physical confrontation with Rick without Rick's skills having been physically compromised.
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