Idk about age, but you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick and Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existencial catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius unfolds. I pity-

Pickle Rick ...

There's an episode where Morty fucks a sex doll thing that turns out to be an alien iirc and it ends up pregnant and idr exactly what happens with that but his son goes on to write about what a horrible father he is iirc
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There's also the episode where Rick takes off for some time to have orgies with a bunch of mind controlled people on a hive-mind planet [rape]
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Then there's the episode where Rick and Morty destroy their entire universe or whatever so they go to an alternate timeline where everything else is the same but their alter versions died. They bury their corpses in the backyard and Morty suffers a decent amount of PTSD.
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And this is just what I can remember off the top of my head
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Bear in mind this is not me bashing on the show remotely. Only purpose of this is, in response to the age question, I can say that nope, definitely don't think this is a show for kids

What's really amazing is watching it completely uncensored on Hulu and finding out that if you combine enough episodes to make it as long as a movie, they say fuck more than Pacino said fuck in Scarface. It's my favorite comedy but it is really, really not meant for children.

Ooo eee

Not to mention the time Rick described a teenage girl as having "puffy vagina"

Huh- I always thought he said “buffy” vagina

Nah, it's puffy. Puffy vagina is something of an acquired taste.

Gross :p

Grave digging because I’m bored and just saw this thread.
I think that age is less the factor than maturity and processing. With almost any type of content we may want to shield children from there are questions about context and wether they can understand clearly a divide between fiction and reality- why something is ok within a work of fiction but maybe not in the real world or ok in one context but not another. Understanding that it isn’t ok to call a person an insult because they saw it on the show, and why- because a fictional character doesn’t have the insecurities and unknown traumas etc. of a real person. A functional character doesn’t really “feel” anything- they exist as part of a script, but a real person has feelings etc.
things like that and having a relatively strong self image and not just being at a phase to “ape” what is “cool” or “funny” on tv etc.

I think children should be challenged a bit- it’s ok in certain contexts for them to watch humor that is a little adult or beyond their complete understanding, to see violence when they haven’t yet fully understood the weight of violence and so on- play and entertainment are learning and training- but especially for kids. It’s how they grow and discover and learn to think about things if done well. Entertainment that is too “safe” that plays down content or concepts or words to try and comfortably fit a child’s understanding doesn’t really help kids grow.
A key to that is to not leave it in a vacuum and hope they “figure it out,” but to actively engage them, watch things with them and ask questions and help present things for them to think about or alternative views.

As a child I watched a lot of war films, and coming from military families on all sides- my elders often had inputs that contradicted the glorifications often seen. As a kid, I couldn’t understand the complexities of war and violence, but these inputs helped me be aware there was more to it and conflict or war were usually multifaceted- “good guys” and “bad guys” were a rare thing in the world and most people were the good guys from their perspective. Things like that. My patriarchal relatives who served tended to like “deeper” or more nuanced war pieces, some liked the occasional action film of course- but those films with “adult” themes are gore and heavy imagery did a better job of showing me that it wasn’t really this light hearted “good vs. evil” romp where shooting people was easy and “clean” than the “kid friendlier” toned down blockbuster fare.

I doubt many kids younger than their early teens or perhaps slightly younger in some cases would be in a position where they could really watch R&M and get more good than bad from it- but it’s case by case. There’s also the changing standards of society. The Simpsons- one of the “tamer” “adult animated comedies” on TV- used to be even tamer if you watch early episodes- and it was a HUGE controversy. Schools banned clothing or merch with characters, media buzzed about how the show was terrible for kids or how putting such content in animation was a ploy to reach child viewers etc. even the president of the US derided the show- back before Twitter and when presidents using their platforms to discuss their personal opinions instead of politics was still a pretty big deal.

For better of for worse we live in a world where a substantial number of adults grew up with the Simpsons or family guy etc. we have robot chicken and so on. If you go back and watch an old SNL skit called “the Mr. Bill Show,” THAT was considered pretty extreme and adult and edgy at that time.
So I mean- with south park and how many kids watch that or the age kids watch it at and the internet…. We really can’t shield kids from these things for very long and kids tend to want to do “grown up things” and that we tell them that are “too young” to do.
So I guess more and more kids are deciding when they think it’s time they watch something, and parents for their part just have to try and keep up and be there to ask questions and add context when the time comes unless they have a relationship with their child where the child takes their advice or is under effective “lock down” they can’t do much.