Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon sat down with The Los Angeles Times to talk about their careers and the surprising success of "Rick and Morty." During the interview, Roiland spoke about the genesis of his two main voices for the series. "This was one of those things. It started just for me, doing these two voices, really bad impressions of Doc and Marty from "Back to the Future"," he recalled. "Our show is so far removed from that, but some of the raw energy behind the voice performances is sort of still intact, especially for Rick."
Roiland also mentioned that he's been using many of his signature voices since before getting the call that the series was a go. "That phone call couldn't have come at a better time because I was getting very sort of burned out on development. I did keep on these Rick and Morty voices — the voices only, really," Roiland continued. For instance, fans of "Adventure Time" will recognize how similar Lemongrab's voice is to Morty's. Meanwhile, TV personality Bobby Renzobi in "Gravity Falls" is another recognizable Roiland voice for "Rick and Morty" fans.
"I did keep packaging and plugging them into all my projects as I was developing, even if they were tertiary, they were always in there," Roiland concluded. Well, today, those Roiland voices are almost as iconic as the likes of Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin, so it would seem that Roiland is definitely on the right track.
