Rick and Morty will definitely go down in history as one of the greatest adult animated series of all time, and for good reason as well. The series has continued to receive good ratings and reviews throughout its seven-season long run which started back in 2013.
The series has risen to such prominence fame that even multiple high-profile celebrities and media personalities have also made guest appearances on the show throughout its run. So, today we look at the 5 times a Marvel star has made an appearance on Rick and Morty.
1. Hugh Jackman as himself in Rick and Morty
Hugh Jackman is one of the most established actors in the industry and the actor is most well known for his iconic portrayal of Wolverine which he first portrayed back in 2000. Jackman recently appeared as himself in the premier episode of season 7 of Rick and Morty. In the episode, Hugh Jackman ends up joining the iconic duo for an adventure.
2. Taika Waititi as Glootie
Taika Watiti who voices the character of Korg in the MCU has also been a part of Rick and Morty on multiple occasions. Taika Watiti portrayed the role of an alien app intern named Glootie on the series who first appeared on the series in season 4 episode 2.
Rick has tattooed the words, ‘Do not invent my app‘ to the head of Glootie as his app always leads to trouble. Morty’s father, Jerry ends up helping him anyway and thus ends up in trouble which leads to another adventure.
3. Nathan Fillion as Cornvelious Daniel
Before he portrayed the role of Master Karja in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Nathan Fillion also portrayed the role of Cornvelious Daniel in Rick and Morty who was a major antagonist in the third season of the series.
Cornvelious Daniel was a Galactic Federation Agent who was given the task of getting the inter-dimensional travel formula from Rick which eventually led to the demise of the character.
4. Alfred Molina as The Devil
Alfred Molina first portrayed the role of Dr. Otto Octavius aka Dr. Octopus back in 2004 in Sam-Raimi’s Spider-Man 2. Molina went on to reprise his role as Dr. Octopus once again in 2021 when he started in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
However, unlike his character arc in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Alfred Molina portrayed the role of an antagonist, Mr. Lucius Needful aka The Devil in the first season of Rick and Morty. Molina also spoke some iconic lines while he was portraying the role of Needful. For instance, when he betrays Summer, he says,
“I was Zuckerberging people before Zuckerberg’s b*lls dropped. I’m the Devil, biatch! WAIT WHAT?!”
‘Zuckerberging people‘ refers to the incident when Mark Zuckerberg betrayed his business partner and co-founder of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin.
5. Elon Musk as Elon Tusk (For the sake of the list, we count him too)
Although he was not a lead or side actor in any of the Marvel movies, Elon Musk did have a cameo scene as himself in Iron Man 2 where he shared the screen with Tony Stark and Pepper Potts for a solid 10 seconds.
In the 4th season of Rick and Morty, Elon Musk voiced a multiverse variant of himself from the Tusk dimension, Elon Tusk who was a friend of Rick’s. Elon Tusk is the CEO of ‘Tuskla’ in his dimension and was described as a less-controlling version of Elon Musk.
All seasons of Rick and Morty are currently streaming on HBO Max.
