Adventure Time is a fantasy-fueled animated Cartoon Network series that follows Finn and
Jake as they adventure around kicking butt and saving lives the series is not only a modern
day classic and held in very high regard by many but it also managed to impressively capture the
hearts of a diverse audience of all ages with its clever humor and poignant creativity through its
Monumental 10 season run the series managed to transcend the television screen of young kids and
formed a whole generation of artists and viewers alike in books games and online culture if you
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the conception themes and World building of Adventure Time as well as discover why it was
such a revolutionary cultural phenomenon in its time with a lasting impact that is still felt
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the series is essentially just two guys being dudes just two guys being dudes in a fantasy
world that is starring Finn the human and his best friend and bro for Life Jake the
Dog the two must navigate a strange warped world in the near future after the Fallout
of The Great Mushroom War magic has returned to the land and Finn commonly referred to as
Finn the Human is voiced by Jeremy Shada and is characterized as the ideal heroic protagonist
he's characterized as a fiery kid who has a strong desire to help people by doing the right
thing his iconic look consists of his two-eared white hat blue outfit and green backpack and of
course his flowing blonde locks that we get to experience on rare occasions he also isn't
complete without a sword in his hand well like I said he's a righteous hero he's also just a boy
his character shows off a broad range of traits he can be short-tempered and impulsive he also
craves a sense of security and normalcy within a twisted up mutant world and no character is
unmarred throughout the course of the 10 seasons of adventuring his character is knocked down and
wronged in so many ways but he doesn't let it change his character he just lets things grow
with him as he matures Jake is Finn's older adoptive brother who is also the other main
character in the series voiced by John DiMaggio Jake sounds and acts a bit more mature than Finn
but I use the word mature very lightly as he really is just a goofball sometimes he hits
a broad range of character traits sometimes proving to be incredibly wise and protective
to nonsensical and sometimes self-centered he's basically the stereotypical chaotic older Mentor
figure that is prone to Crime on some occasions you know the typical stuff right but he also
cares for Finn an incredible amount and proves to be unconditionally loyal to him oh yeah and
he has the magical ability to shape-shift into anything I can't believe I didn't mention that
first but now I am Jake's magical abilities come in handy on a multitude of occasions both Jake
and Finn have made heroing their occupations so they actively go out and seek adventures in the
majority of these episodes Jake's shape-shifting becomes a really nice safety net considering how
Finn especially in the start of the series can be pretty Fragile the two of them live in their
tree fort which is basically just the coolest tree house that you could ever imagine when
they Adventure away from home they usually spend their time with other characters like
Princess Bubblegum the Ice King Marceline the Vampire Queen Lumpy Space Princess tree trunks
Earl of Lemongrab [ __ ] and a whole world of other unique magical characters what the what
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created by Pendleton Ward Adventure Time started out as a hit online animated short in over the
course of a decade has developed into a Cartoon Network cult classic that everyone recognizes
the origin of the series can be traced all the way back towards years at University at Cal Arts
specifically at a final film screening called the Cal Arts producers show in the audience enjoying
the final products of the graduating animation students was Eric Hooman producer for frederator
Studios he decided to approach Ward after the show for a few reasons the main one being he just truly
enjoyed his work he said that every time he saw one of his Works he never wanted it to end so
he invited Pen Ward to pitch some cartoon ideas for frederator for their shorts Anthology series
titled random cartoons these would later air on Nickelodeon and be an incredible way to seek out
fresh new ideas for potential series Ward showed up to the pitch with his guitar and instead of
presenting a storyboard or just talking through his idea he sang though what we now recognize as
the Adventure Time intro song and traditionally bringing a musical instrument to a professional
series pitch usually would be a red flag for the studio but the pitch went well and everyone
enjoyed his ideas it took a bit of convincing for Fred a frederator to commit towards artsy
idea but when he did word entered production full swing doing a lot of the heavy lifting himself in
terms of animation and voice acting but he completed the seven minute short on April 24
2006. a few months later it was nominated for an Annie award but they had a bit of a problem
when it came to screening the short it hadn't and due to the production guidelines couldn't
air online yet but it needed to be accessible to the anti-voters so they pulled a sneak 100
and aired it under the radar on Nick's sister Outlet Nicktoons in the early early morning
hours of January 2007. shortly after frederator posted the short to Google video and later held
a screening for all the shorts and the random cartoons program seemingly overnight it gained
tens of thousands then hundreds of thousands of views it was an instant online success developing
a very dedicated cult fan base over the course of just a few days despite the extremely tangible
representation of its success in view counts and reviews Nick decided to pass on Adventure Time for
some reason something I know they'll regret after seeing its Empire grow in the years that followed
but even though Nick turned it down federator and Ward shook it off and took their idea elsewhere
specifically to where Ward had been working at at the time on The Marvelous Misadventures of
Flapjack cartoon network Fred Seibert approached Rob scorcher the chief content officer with the
idea sorcher at the time felt the series was something that was unique in Indy something
that felt comic Booky with a completely new tone although it did feel unpolished they picked up
the series and at the time it was technically a big risk because the idea was not fully realized
but in pulling his trust in frederator and this unique story he took on one of their
most successful shows ever in creating series there were a lot of influences for Ward some more
traditional ones being Dungeons and Dragons video games like a boy in his blob and Michael Jackson's
Moonwalker arcade game but in creating the art style Ward is incredibly vocal about how
influential his peers and co-workers were trying to infuse his art with a lot of little traits here
and there from a lot of his co-workers on previous shows additionally in making important decisions
like the voice actors Ward turned to his mother's preferences when choosing what he wanted his show
to sound like his mother who was not a fan of cartoons and specifically was tired of listening
to cartoon voices most characters had Ward wanted his characters to have a natural tone to them and
not have characters that are just plain annoying just to have an annoying character he wanted every
one of his characters to have a solid range of emotions exhibiting a more real feel to their
personalities artistically when designing the consistent look of the series for his characters
Ward turned to his own tastes and preferences he says he just likes cute looking stuff so simple
and minimal features were most appealing the concept of not having noses or anything else on
their face to detract from expression was also important he wanted to reference the classic
smiley faces iconic representation nation of emotion in its simplest form another plus side
to this is that kids could very easily draw these characters too which was additionally important
toward the flexibility of simple design made it so that not only could viewers and kids simply draw
the characters but even the storyboard artists on the series would have a much easier time with
artistic consistency in the series the first official episode of Adventure Time premiered
on Cartoon Network on April 5th 2010 and faced astounding immediate success ratings-wise the
short pilot on Nicktoons was a fantastic preface and predictor to how the series would be received
once realized from there the series ran for a staggering 283 episodes in 10 seasons with one
bonus episode Special series of shorts and an additional miniseries on top of that it also
boasts an impressive number of impact to the gaming world with several video games online
Cartoon Network games and so many other types of games released as well even a few crossovers or
parodies were attempted in stuff like Futurama The Simpsons and for some reason Deadpool he
owns a watch with both Finn and Jake on it I guess that's speaks to how diverse Their audience is but
if you know you really think about it Deadpool would love this show the reason for its success
could pretty simply be attributed to the times the rapidly growing structure of online fandom
was undeniable especially during the time that Adventure Time had originally premiered it short
once it captured the attention of those online it's spread like wildfire and drove people of
all ages to watch it on Cartoon Network the humor of the time too was also incredibly important the
style of humor was random XD I'm having graphic flashbacks just thinking about it but Adventure
Time manages to capture that sense of humor in an indirect way and really took the reins the
incredibly bizarre setting gave the artist and crew infinite resources for expressing various
themes they had so much artistic freedom in terms of style and plot devices to really do anything
that they wanted and also offered continuing plots for Finn and Jake to drag the viewer along with
them the team really experimented in due to its shorter format they got to try out new tones and
explore new places without too much on the line they would constantly have guest animators come
on and make these really surreal looking episodes with new art styles and honestly they're some of
the coolest episodes of the entire series getting to really do whatever they wanted while the series
is funny and random XD to a decent extent it also gives the viewer space to breathe and experience
different ranges of emotions from the beginning of his formative years Ward Love video games where he
could stop on one screen and just sit looking at the art taking everything in noticing new
details as he would do that he notices that when you're watching cartoons not a lot of shows give
you the gift of slowing down the series also allows deeper themes to be explored like the
complexities of parent-child relationships the difficulty of change and even the darker side
of a post-apocalyptic world like the subsequent loneliness depression and existentialism that
comes with it it also does a great job of making long-lasting character development which is
essential for a series that had such a long and meaningful run and now for one more thing foreign
but I think another really big reason why this show just holds up so well for so many people
and created the Legacy that it has is because of the world itself the lore that it built up
while the show can give you moments that are very peaceful and nonchalant whole episodes that are
really just nothing but fun there's this other side to it that isn't just random XD while some
people may find it overblown and over the top or overall just a lot to take in throughout the 10
seasons there is just so much history that we go through how much we learn about the very distant
past all the way now to the Future and everything in between with the Catalyst of everything being
the Mushroom War how all the events that led up to that happening how it affected people afterwards
where the world is afterwards this cute silly little show about a boy and a dog going on all
of these Adventures at the surface level just seems like an enjoyable little show but if you
got invested if you got hooked into this show there is so much Rich beautiful lore here that
it's hard not to get sucked in it's hard not to care about these characters all the weird things
that happen you might meet characters with the most ridiculous names have the most ridiculous
designs but somehow even in its weirdest moments It just fits for the show having great characters
and very cool visuals is something that is always going to get someone's attention but to give your
audience something that is tangible something to ponder over something to study and take something
away from give them opportunities to form theories and ideas come to their own conclusions about
certain things this is what builds something that is undeniably a cultural phenomenon although it
did have some inconsistencies with airing and sometimes was prone to the bomb treatment it
still managed to reach a huge audience that was incredibly vocal about their love for the show
and the impact didn't stop there artists from the series were inspired by their time working
on the show and went off to create further iconic and well-known shows that have garnered their own
success in their our own right the series would also just keep bringing it home at every awards
ceremony as you can imagine being nominated for one or sometimes more than one Primetime
Emery every year for 10 years and winning half of those nominations it knocked it out of the
park in both audience and critic Impressions so if the series was so freaking popular why
did it end well everything's gotta end sometimes right I don't know what to tell you man if you're
still angry about it ending after 10 seasons ask yourself will you ever be satisfied Jokes
Aside the original series really just ran its course but of course as HBO showed with its
miniseries distant lands everyone is still very much interested in seeing more of Finn
Jake in their whole wide world of friends it's only been a year since the miniseries ended so
it's very understandable to be hopeful in asking what's next for our adventuring Duo and lucky you
there's an answer HBO and Cartoon Network will be exclusively releasing a special series on the
HBO Max streaming service which will be titled Adventure Time Fiona and Cake retaining a lot of
the same crew the series will focus us on the adventures of the Finn and Jake genderbenders
Fiona and Cake in one of the season 3 episodes sharing the same title we got to explore an Ice
King fan fiction that takes place in an alternate world where every character's gender is swapped
based on that idea the series will deal with hot topics like the Multiverse and will feature
new villains the series as of right now is set to Premiere sometime next year in 2023 and I'm
incredibly excited to see what it has to offer the success of Adventure Time though cannot be
understated outside of the show the biggest thing that would Propel Adventure Time to
literally being this cultural movement was the merch associated with it all different
types of people were fans of the show it didn't stay tied to one demographic or another and I
single-handedly blame Adventure Time for turning Hot Topic from this well to this it had appealed
to such a large fan base completely taking over the 2010s market and helped pave the way for the
rise of more shows in this manner throughout the previous decade that seemingly took over
Cartoon Network whether you enjoyed a bunch of the shows that came from this or not is besides
the point what Adventure Time achieved has become a legacy to Cartoon Network a movement that helps
shift into the more modern style of cartoons on Cartoon Network it continued on to carry the torch
from earlier shows from the end of the 2000s from stuff like chowder and Flapjack and made a massive
Splash in the animation space it inspired people it built new careers Beyond it and most of all it
made Nickelodeon question their decision to pass on the show what are your thoughts on Adventure
Time were you there living through the rise of it and partaking in the fandom were you late to
the party but still jumped into it when you did or were you never really into Adventure Time at
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