▁ran ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁product . ▁The ▁f ias co ▁prompt ed ▁en rag ed ▁re actions ▁by ▁disappoint ed ▁fans , ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁acting ▁out ▁and ▁mist re ating ▁the ▁company ' s ▁workers . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁these ▁events , ▁the ▁Rick ▁and ▁Mort y ▁fan base ▁received ▁a ▁bad ▁reputation , ▁with ▁James ▁Gre bey ▁of ▁In verse ▁not ing ▁that ▁" R ick ▁and ▁Mort y ▁is ▁a ▁good ▁show , ▁but ▁it ’ s ▁quickly ▁gain ing ▁a ▁( f rank ly ▁well - ear ned ) ▁reputation ▁for ▁having ▁a ▁really , ▁really ▁sh itt y ▁fan ▁base . ▁Even ▁series ▁co - cre ator ▁Dan ▁Harm on ▁h ates ▁a ▁certain ▁segment ▁of ▁his ▁mis og yn istic ▁fan ▁base ." ▁Camer on ▁Williams ▁of ▁Jun kee ▁attributed ▁this ▁" to xic ▁behavior " ▁to ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁an ▁ag gress ive ▁type ▁of ▁entitled ▁fan ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁dec ades , ▁and ▁exam ined ▁the ▁motiv ation ▁of ▁these ▁people , ▁not ing ▁that ▁" it ’ s ▁hard ▁to ▁feel ▁special ▁when ▁you ’ re ▁a ▁face ▁in ▁the ▁crowd ▁of ▁millions ▁of ▁people . ▁A ▁lot ▁of ▁bad ▁behav ing ▁fans ▁look ▁for ▁an ▁exc use ▁to ▁be ▁opp ress ed ▁so ▁they ▁can ▁separate ▁themselves ▁from ▁the ▁main stream ." ▁Em ily ▁Ga ud ette ▁of ▁News week ▁said ▁that , ▁with ▁the ▁sp ike ▁in ▁popular ity , ▁the ▁show ▁has ▁obtained ▁an ▁army ▁of ▁online