
The oblivious Jerry focuses on things that Rick sees as inferior, relationships and attachments. His meagre intelligence is both his greatest weakness (on paper), however, it also provides him with a far more happy life than the all-knowing Rick. This in turn, is seemingly also why Beth always choose Jerry in the end, despite the obvious fact that they are polar opposites. Even though his relationship with his wife - Beth - is strained, he still loves her no matter what, and doesn't abandon her. He frequently battles with bouts of insecurity, as he is constantly reminded that his marriage is on rocky terms, and he feels that Rick threatens his position as the family's patriarch. Jerry is a loyal family-man, but can be insecure and misguided. At 5'10" (1.78 m), he is the second tallest member of the Smith-Sanchez family, behind Rick. Notably, he shares the exact same head shape with his daughter, Summer. He also wears light blue long pants and black shoes. He has dimples and wears a dark green shirt, with a brown and beige stripe in the middle. Jerry has scruffy, dirty brown hair, with slight curls. This causes him a great deal of conflict with Rick, as his father-in-law clearly has no respect for him whatsoever. Jerry always tries to think of the best interest of the family, but his attempt to be the patriarch of the family can often be misguided by his self-centered nature. It is assumed that he shares the same history as his Cronenberged counterpart until the Cronenberg disaster, where it was averted in his dimension. He currently acts as the father and the son-in-law of the Morty Smith and Rick Sanchez from Dimension C-137, respectively. It is also possible that he has a brother, because in the episode Total Rickall, Morty has an Uncle Steve, but this may not be true because he was revealed to be a parasite. He is also the son of Leonard Smith and Joyce Smith and the nephew of the Unnamed Uncle. Jerry is the husband of Beth Smith, the father of Summer Smith and Morty Smith, and the son-in-law of Rick Sanchez and Mrs. Currently, Jerry has also taken up beekeeping and produces his own honey.

However, that hasn't stopped Jerry from becoming more involved in Rick's space adventures. Jerry also has an adversarial relationship with his father-in-law, Rick and he often competes with the latter for the admiration of his family. Jerry would spend most of the season living alone and depressed in a small apartment, until he and Beth reconcile in the Season 3 finale, although it's currently unknown if the Be th he re-married is a clone or the original Beth. Jerry's marriage to Beth is often rocky and unstable, resulting in the two finally getting a divorce in the Season 3 premiere.

However, he is capable of heroism in times of crisis and has saved his family's lives on a few occasions. He constantly attempts to find a career to no avail, leaving his wife Beth to be the breadwinner of the family. Jerry is often noted as somewhat of a loser. The first six episodes of Season 1 featured Jerry Smith (Cronenberged dimension), while subsequent episodes featured a Jerry who was born in and inhabited the Replacement dimension up until episode 2 of season 2 where he switched places with another Jerry at the Jerryboree. Jerry is the husband of Beth Smith, the father of Summer Smith and Morty Smith, and the son-in-law of Rick Sanchez. Jerry Smith is a major character in Rick and Morty.
