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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Cynically optimistic for the most part. His stories are [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of meaningful story conventions with a dose of harsh realities and a lack of genuine character development. Despite this, they remain fairly insightful even when in a world filled to the brim with bleakness. That lack of genuine development is relative, however, as his shows, alongside others like ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' show a more realistic kind of development that takes years of hard work and often involves failure and backsliding.

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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Cynically optimistic for the most part.Played with. His stories are [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of meaningful story conventions with a dose of harsh realities and a lack of genuine character development. Despite this, they remain fairly insightful even when in a world filled to the brim with bleakness. That lack of genuine development is relative, however, as his shows, alongside others like ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' show a more realistic kind of development that takes years of hard work and often involves failure and backsliding.
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In 2024, it was announced that Harmon would be re-writing the script for a live-action film adaptation of ''Anime/OnePunchMan'' with fellow ''Rick and Morty'' writer Heather Anne Campbell.
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* SignatureStyle: His shows will often take simple and familiar concepts and turn them into [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of various story conventions and genres to explore the messed up and relatable turmoil of their seemingly cliched character archetypes. Characters don't particularly have any meaningful character development but we do see more of what makes them who they are and with repeated effort ''do'' slowly but surely get better over time. There also tends to be a lot of incest, redheads, and positive portrayals of people on the autistic spectrum in his works.

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* SignatureStyle: His shows will often take simple and familiar concepts and turn them into [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of various story conventions and genres to genres. This will help explore the messed up and relatable turmoil of their seemingly cliched character archetypes. Characters don't particularly have any meaningful character development but we do see more of what makes them who they are and with repeated effort ''do'' slowly but surely get better over time. There also tends to be a lot of incest, redheads, and positive portrayals of people on the autistic spectrum in his works.



* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Somewhere right in the middle. His stories are [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of meaningful story conventions with a dose of harsh realities and a lack of genuine character development. Despite this, they remain fairly insightful even when in a world filled to the brim with bleakness. That lack of genuine development is relative, however, as his shows, alongside others like ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' show a more realistic kind of development that takes years of hard work and often involves failure and backsliding.

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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Somewhere right in Cynically optimistic for the middle.most part. His stories are [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of meaningful story conventions with a dose of harsh realities and a lack of genuine character development. Despite this, they remain fairly insightful even when in a world filled to the brim with bleakness. That lack of genuine development is relative, however, as his shows, alongside others like ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' show a more realistic kind of development that takes years of hard work and often involves failure and backsliding.
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* SignatureStyle: His shows will often take simple and familiar concepts and turn them into [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of various story conventions and genres to explore the messed up and relatable turmoil of their seemingly cliched character archetypes. Characters don't particularly have any meaningful character development but we do see more of what makes characters who they are and with repeated effort they do slowly but surely get better over time. There also tends to be a lot of incest, redheads, and positive portrayals of people on the autistic spectrum in his works.

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* SignatureStyle: His shows will often take simple and familiar concepts and turn them into [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of various story conventions and genres to explore the messed up and relatable turmoil of their seemingly cliched character archetypes. Characters don't particularly have any meaningful character development but we do see more of what makes characters them who they are and with repeated effort they do ''do'' slowly but surely get better over time. There also tends to be a lot of incest, redheads, and positive portrayals of people on the autistic spectrum in his works.
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* SignatureStyle: His shows will often take simple and familiar concepts and turn them into [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive parodies]] of various story conventions and genres to explore the messed up and relatable turmoil of their seemingly cliched character archetypes. Characters don't particularly have any meaningful character development but we do see more of what makes characters who they are and with repeated effort they do slowly but surely get better over time. There also tends to be a lot of incest, redheads, and positive portrayals of people on the autistic spectrum in his works.
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* ThePerfectionist: Harmon tends to be a guy who is very hard on himself and he even admitted he had this problem for years. It was likely at his worst during production of ''Rick and Morty'' season 3. This seems to have died down in recent years and he is less likely to put pressure on himself and his writing.
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* DeconstructorFleet: His projects will often parody multiple genres and deconstruct as many of their tropes as possible. To be more specific:

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* DeconstructorFleet: His projects will often parody multiple genres and deconstruct as many of their storytelling tropes as possible. To be more specific:



** ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is one for ''Main/WesternAnimation'' ''Main/FantasticComedy'' shows as well as various 80s cult movies and common topics and tropes related to science-fiction such as the philosophy of nihilism and the MadScientist archetype.

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** ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is one for deconstructs ''Main/WesternAnimation'' ''Main/FantasticComedy'' shows as well as shows. It also mixes it with deconstructions of various 80s cult movies and common topics and tropes related to science-fiction such as the philosophy of nihilism and the MadScientist archetype.
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* DeconstructorFleet: His projects will often parody multiple genres and deconstruct as many tropes and storylines as possible. To be more specific:

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* DeconstructorFleet: His projects will often parody multiple genres and deconstruct as many of their tropes and storylines as possible. To be more specific:

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