5 Saddest Rick And Morty Deaths

5. Roy

Okay, okay, so this isn't technically a real death. But did you really just sit there and watch Roy die with no emotions? You monster.

Roy Parsons is the eponymous character in a simulated reality video game at Rick's favourite arcade, Blips and Chitz.

In the episode 'Mortynight Run', Rick surprises Morty by putting the Roy headset on him. We're then shown a terrified child waking up from a nightmare. He grumbles something about an old man and aliens. His mother soothes him.

We follow little Roy at school as he stares out the window and daydreams of being an NFL superstar. As Roy grows older, we watch him start a family. He shelves his football dreams to provide for them, taking a job at a local carpet store.

Sometime in his middle age, Roy is diagnosed with cancer. "I'm not ready to die," he tells his wife tenderly. To everyone's amazement, Roy manages to beat cancer. He then returns to his job at the carpet store where he is crushed by a loose roll of carpet.

The screen goes black, the headset comes off, it's all over. Devastating.