Hi! I'm Mr. Meeseeks! Look at me! I've been tasked with today's spoiler alert. Ooh yeah! Can do! All you have to do is watch S1E5 Meeseeks and Destroys! There is a bonus episode where look at me I'm in it! Continue reading to discover what it is, 'cause I'm Mr. Meeseeks! *Poof*
I always wondered why Rick never uses Mr. Meeseeks. It could be that he is annoying, but I would that any day if they can cook and clean. So I did some searching, and couldn't find anything (I didn't look to hard), so I decided to come up with my own theory... or theories.
1. Rick wants the satisfaction of doing things
Rick could enjoy the fruits of his labour, and likes to get his hands dirty. This could have been the reason. One flaw though. Why isn't anyone else using Mr. Meeseeks? So I decided to go deeper.
2. Rick's tasks are too complicated
Jerry shows us that you can't ask Mr. Meeseeks for a complicated task. They just end up wanting to kill you instead. This is a great scare tactic for why the family wont use him. Rick on the other hand would probably like the challenge. Plus he is too smart to come up with a task too complicated. Maybe it's a little bit of theory 1, and 2? However, it just didn't feel right so I continued.
3. Mr. Meeseeks' death feels like losing a family member
If you pay close attention all Mr. Meeseeks look slightly different. Also after Jerry took 2 strokes off his game all the Mr. Meeseeks "Poofed" except one who was a stickler. This tells us that even their personalities are different. To Mr. Meeseeks, and the one who gave them a task, every Mr. Meeseeks is completely different. Kind of like how cats are very similar, but to the owner their cat is unique.
This sounded good. However, Rick doesn't get emotionally attached (except C-137), and the family doesn't seem to grieve the loss of a Meeseeks. I felt like I'm on the right track with the deaths though.
4. The "Poofs" is a defense mechanism
As soon as a Meeseeks come into existence they are in excruciating pain. It keeps on building, and the only way to make it end is for them to complete the assignment they have been enslaved to. The "Poofs" (Both at the beginning and end of their existence) sends a signal to the user brain to become uninterested in Meeseeks.
It makes sense since Rick dreaded the thought of using a Mr. Meeseeks to open Jerry's mayo. Both Beth, and Summer become uninterested in Meeseeks the moment their task was completed. This was before they went murderous. Jerry who had the most interaction with Poofs wanted nothing to do with them. He didn't even care that they were writhing in pain.
However, at the end of the day it's still just a theory.
Comment below. What's your theory? Do you agree with mine? Why or why not?
Bonus: In S2E2 Mortynight Run there is a Mr. Meeseeks in the background of Blips and Chitz. This brought life to a theory to come.
