Gerald "Jerry" Smith is one of the main characters of the American animated television series Rick and Morty and resulting franchise.

Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, and voiced by Chris Parnell, Jerry is depicted as a stay-at-home dad who finds contentment in his simple life.

Jerry is infamous for his mutual rivalry with Rick Sanchez, his father-in-law, with the pair ultimately becoming friends in the sixth season.

On many occasions in the early seasons, his relationship with his partner, Beth Smith, has been shown to be incredibly unhealthy, co-dependent, and incompatible, before gradually improving over the course of the series.

[21] While in high school, he and Beth Sanchez had unprotected sex on prom night, leading to their first child, Summer Smith.

The Shadow Council of Ricks later reference the "Goddamn Jerry"'s previous control of the Citadel in the third-season episode "The Ricklantis Mixup".

In 2017, series creator Dan Harmon made a comparison between Jerry and Rick (his father-in-law) about the ending of "Auto Erotic Assimilation".

While Rick is intelligent, he is miserable and tries to kill himself at the end of the episode, while Jerry, oblivious and dumb, is simply happy to have found his weed-wacker.

[11] In Consequence TV's season six review, Al Shipley says that Jerry is hilarious due to his stellar voice work.