now we have a thread about ADVENTURE TIME! mathematical!

love this show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ7Ww3rd06c

hadn't realised they made a show out of this, only seen the short. will get on that.

better get crackin', they're on season 2!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWL4Jmy-IY4

marceline, vampire queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7GC0FNWJQw

Fantastic show. The recurring characters are hilarious, but my favourite eps are probably any where F&J meet random weirdos on their travels (e.g. Magic Man, Dungeon Cat).

According to the people behind the show, it actually takes place in a post-Apocalyptic Earth, with evidence occasionally turning up in the background.

season 2 is kinda weird cuz the kid who plays finn, his voice is changing, he def sounds less pre-adolescent

this show looks great in HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iPtVall6lA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzxxIhC9Skk

best show on tv

That Techno Dance scene with Jake is my FAVORITE!!

jake please ask your goblin butler to stop insulting my heritage

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li2vo39PSS1qfy2kdo1_500.gif

http://i.imgur.com/YTayv.gif

^ just saw tree witch episode again today

I enjoyed what I saw of this show, even the fact that my friend introducing it to me kept asking over and over, "Can you BELIEVE this show is for KIDS?"

Basically how the night went was:
FRIEND: Hey, watch this show Adventure Time!
*watch 8 episodes, asks if I can believe it's for kids several times each episode*
FRIEND: You've seen enough – if you want more, download it yourself.

was it your xtian coworker??

this is totally a ren & stimpy gag:

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgzxvtORrs1qfy2kdo1_500.gif

No it was an old friend of mine – I hadn't seen him in two years and that was how our reunion went. He made me go home after, too.

He sounds delightful.

"Can you BELIEVE this show is for KIDS?"
this is the only kids show that I do believe is for kids.
every other kids show seems to be aimed at stoner college doofuses.
don't ruin this show too, stoner college doofuses, i beg of you!

I really should download some more. I promise the only drug I will enjoy while watching it is a knitting high!\

I feel like a bad parent when I let my kids watch adventure time tbh

haha the guy Abbott was talking about is SOOO a stoner college doofus. But he's an old friend of mine as well, so he's alright.

I mean 98% of it is fine but then they throw in this sexytime stuff that is kinda unnecessar imo

extreme fantasy violence is ok but this mushy cootie stuff? not cool...

I feel like a bad parent when I let my kids watch adventure time tbh

― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Sunday, March 20, 2011 10:34 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

haha, why?? tbh sometimes I do feel a little uneasy about the messages it sends - like that you can solve problems by hitting people with swords

but i guess history shows that you CAN solve problems that way so idk

http://i46.tinypic.com/33d8k5d.jpg

so does Batman! and like every other cartoon aimed at boys in the last 20 years... i mean, i kinda love the fact that they're actually allowed to use the word "kill" in the show, when that word was banned from kids TV for ages - not because I'm a homicidal maniac, but because of the weird crap they'd always do to get around saying it

not that this show is trying to make any kind of statement, it's just wonderful and funny

My 4yo neice adores Adventure Time, and every time she visits she's quickly running up to my computer to watch more. The "dodgy" stuff just goes over her head, really, though she was a little upset by exploding Tree Trunks (and relieved to see her alive and well in a later ep).

Anyway, the next episode will have Marceline interact with Bubblegum for the first time (yay) but it's been put back for a week (booo).

Production blog: http://frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/

EdIII - what are some of the examples of stuff that you consider too sexy for kids? Off the top of my head, the only thing I can think of is when Tree Trunks comes back from the Crystal Dimension and is all lustful for Finn.

At any rate, our family has had a running "Adventure Time Night" on Mondays for the last six months. And then when they added the Thursday night rebroadcast, Thursday became Adventure Time night too.

We're also really big on Regular Show, which is consistently gutbustingly funny despite having the same basic plot every episode.

I dunno, it's weird that ppl think it's ok for a kids' show to throw the word "sexy" around so much. I don't mind the swordplay/fighting stuff cuz the show's pretty true to the ways kids playact that sort of thing, and I'm not bothered by jake teasing finn about how he wants to kiss princess bubblegum, that's pretty innocent stuff. but the tree trunks eps really pushes things - when an elephant puts on makeup and says "I'm tempting this guy with my body" it's funny and absurd but we're not in kids land anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBdf68eRfUk

Lol that we both zeroed in on Tree Trunks. What can ya say - she's hot stuff. I hadn't noticed them throwing the word "sexy" around, but that may explain why my kid asked me what that word meant recently. I'll have to be a little more on the ball, I guess. Regardless, I don't think that the show teaches kids any particularly bad lessons, and my wife and I are very active in our parenting and will talk to our kid about why we don't let him watch media that we find objectionable (Flapjack, Fanboy and Chum-Chum, overly violent movies and games).

I'm glad this show has the confidence to not be overly safe and dumbed down. I think it exposes kids to a wild, creative sense of humor that they benefit from appreciating at a younger age, much like Spongebob. The tempting with body line was a bit blatant I admit, but overall I believe this show does great things for children's imagination.

when an elephant puts on makeup and says "I'm tempting this guy with my body" it's funny and absurd but we're not in kids land anymore.

Seems roughly on par with Miss Piggy and Kermit to me.

Good point!

"Moi speaks body language fluently, although with a slight French accent."

yeah like I said the good of this show outweighs the inappropriate bits on the whole

and it is nothing like the muppet show for so many reasons I can't even form words

I didn't say it was like the muppet show!

ok but I don't remember kermit calling anybody a sexy pig

wish this clip had the part where marceline's dad shows up and tries to eat finn's soul... is this the family axe? did you turn it into some kind of lute?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XfpaRgjbqw

haha tree trunks makes me a lil uncomfortable too, especially how she keeps deeming things to be sexy or not sexy. this is her voice actress btw:

http://i.imgur.com/XJiNK.jpg

I actually sorta love this show for it's sole consistency being the characters (rly seems like they're never in the same "setting" twice) but man do I wish they'd hire new writers. It's just entirely devoid of humor.

It cracks me up all the time!

iono. I tried to factor in the fact that I'm, er, not it's target audience but even then I can still watch a (new!) episode of Spongebob and find myself rolling. The humor here is v awkward and entirely dependent on bizarre situations to carry it thru. I'm curious to see if test audiences (kids) laugh as much as expected.

yeah this show is hilar, me and my kids crack up nonstop watching it

I have to basically perform cpr on my kid every time we watch the show. granted, he doesn't get all the jokes, but the weirdness definitely appeals to him.

And more than just weirdness, it has serious heart. Finn is really easy to identify with.

what channel?

It's on Cartoon Network but I've never been around for the actual broadcast. If you have Comcast OnDemand they've tons of eps there.

I don't have cable anymore ;_;. Maybe it's on hulu.

https://vine.co/v/5Z6Im7thtlr

http://tvline.com/2016/09/29/adventure-time-cancelled-no-season-10-cartoon-network/

Probably time for this show to be put to bed, to be honest. Nine seasons has got to be some kind of record for original Cartoon Network shows, though (not counting weird stuff like SGC2C).

Tragic! And I think I read that Steven Universe is on indefinite hiatus, too.

That means they have two more seasons to resolve whatever arcs they want to resolve, while avoiding a Simpsons-like purgatory. As much as I love the series and hope that some other meal ticket for underground cartoonists arises to take its place, that endpoint seems reasonable.

Xp

Although given that "season" means anywhere from 25 to 55 eps, two more full seasons is a lot more AT

xp

As far as I know, SU is on hiatus until Thanksgiving, but it's never had a regular broadcast schedule, and it's been renewed through the fifth season at least (we're still on the first few episodes of the fourth).

I agree, it's time.

Probably need some kind of all-purpose Cartoon Network thread to drag our children's entertainment-loving shame out of the darkness. Anyway, just read this older analysis of the various cultural and mythical references in Over the Garden Wall which was pretty well done. Four parts.
http://observationdeck.kinja.com/tag/over-the-garden-wall
Feel like that's gonna be one of those shows that kids will remember with love/terror years from now.

There's a Steven Universe thread: Steven Universe - I can't really be bothered to set up an SU vs AT fite as they are both great in different ways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5d42w4ZcY4

Looks just like my Aunt

back on tonight!

Finn = Don Quixote & Jake = Sancho Panza

Sad to say it but this has mostly sucked since finn's dad showed up

Hall of egress would be the last one i can think of that really shined, that was like a borges short story

not a fan of the minis? i like them, feels like they're really wrapping up the show with these little sagas

i couldn't even get through the "elements" one. marceline's was okay.

We sat down to watch Islands, thinking it'd be good knockabout fun like Stakes, and were knocked sideways by how heavy it was.

Also I said at one point "I've no idea who they've got to do Minerva's voice, but it sounds a lot like Sharon Horgan.."

Also the numbering is kind of off, because this is parts 3-10 of a bigger story with Preboot/Reboot - my girl hadn't seen those and there was a bit of babbling to fill her in, which probably sounded like a kid making up a story - which tbh is one of the best bits of Adventure Time.

i know i'm a broken record here, but the new batch weren't much good... with the exception of the PB mythos ep which provided some helpful background on her character. very much ready for this to be let go.

I'm confused about how many eps/seasons are left to go.

Two more episodes.

The end draws near:

#TheUltimateAdventure awaits. pic.twitter.com/ro6H2mWJ8n

— Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) March 19, 2018

i still have like 20 episodes to catch up on this show

Plot ideas: Finn and Hunter Princess "hook up" but their differences lead Hunter Princess to ask Jake and BMO how to be more civilized. Among other things they teach her how to dance.

The recent New Yorker cartoon caption competition episode was A+ imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddJ8YYl7q-A
Nobody does it quite like Roilland.
Also, "Over the Garden Wall" is on Netflix and you should watch it right now.

I'm looking forward for the minecraft episode

The end is near. Enjoy an oral history.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-adventure-time-oral-history-20180823-htmlstory.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiLdWXLXDeA

still have much love for this show but it's sooooo clear when the universe went off the rails in that video. but i stuck with it to the end.
I want Peter C. to watch it and cry at the amount of lore

I thought it brought off the ending quite well, but my problem is that out of the final season I've literally only seen the ending.

same, but tbh if I had a kid I would def gladly sit through the entire run despite the quality dropoff in the last couple seasons

I watched this show pretty religiously until midway through Season 5. It never really dropped off for me, just a slow kind of lulling? Is it worth finishing?

it's definitely worth finishing. it's just that the lore gets SO crazy and sprawled out that it's impossible to remember everything covered in this video

Seasons 5 and 6 have many of my favorite episodes, and 7 has "The Hall of Egress" which might be my single favorite. After that you could probably skip to the last 6/7 episodes and get enough of what's happening to enjoy it. But yeah at that point you might as well watch it all.

Hmm yeah I think I'll pick up from the beginning of S5 again, I LOVED the trilogy that kicked it off

Watching that video made me respect all over again the series' sense of scale and zen approach to cataclysm - constant cycles of rise, ruin and renewal in different forms. Actually much more grounded than most series of any kind.

all of it is on hulu i believe.

I've been going back and rewatching select eps including some I missed, partially inspired by this list

https://ew.com/tv/adventure-time-30-best-episodes/

...which is still missing a ton of my favorite episodes. I hadn't seen "The Other Tarts" and I almost died of laughter at the conclusion

Anyway for all the flailing about in later seasons it really is amazing how many killer eps there are, and all the format-busting and alternate timelines really help with that. I might end up springing for the DVD set, which is really pretty reasonably priced considering it's 22 (!) discs.

I got Jen the Blu-Ray of the second half for Christmas - six discs for five seasons. We started with filling in gaps in what we saw for season 6 (we'd seen them in the more-or-less random order that Cartoon Central broadcast them) but we've been going through the rest in order, even the ones we saw before - we finished it all yesterday, by coincidence.

We'd actually seen the final episode but none of the rest of the last season (because CC thought that was a good idea?). Which is to say that I don't really think the back half has that much flailing? All three of the multi-episode stories are there, for a start.

The episode ranking notably has as its top two episodes with Rebecca Sugar songs at the center - I thought her playing the non-spoily song from the finale at Comicon is lovely, particularly the extent to which John DiMaggio can't keep it together.

https://youtu.be/Xr53S9vIbCE

awwwww DiMaggio <3

aw man, damn

New Special on June 25 on HBO Max

HBO Max be releasing Show dates pic.twitter.com/uvEdav3S2B

— Scitoons | May 15th (@SciToons22__) May 13, 2020

the first special was really good I thought! nice blend of cuteness and comedy, good lil cameos, and a lovely ending.

I've been watching through the entire series from the start. Considering that season six was the point I dropped off (at least watching it regularly) the first time, I'm a bit surprised at how much I've enjoyed it now. There's a lot of experimentation and expansion of Ooo lore, though it does drift off a bit too much from the show's core; there isn't very much, you know, adventure time with Finn and Jake (they even joke about it on one episode). I don't think I even understood the ending/resolution to at least three or four specific episodes. S7/8 have struck a better balance overall.

My most recent episode was the one where Tree Trunks is revealed to have alien hybrid offspring. I wonder if that painter who believes he lost his virginity to aliens was the inspiration for that one.

Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that Adventure Time: Distant Lands is nominated in the 2020 ILX TV poll:

ILX's Best Television of 2020 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 29, 2021

If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!

RIP Tree Trunks :(

Polly Lou Livingston, The voice of Tree Trunks on Adventure Time, passed away recently. She had a wonderful and unmistakeable voice and was always a joy to have in recording sessions. Polly Lou really liked playing TT and she'll be sorely missed. pic.twitter.com/0rUql0gKFP

— adam muto (@MrMuto) February 5, 2021

:(

oh man that actually hits hard. her voice meant a lot to me.