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That article is estimated the 2010 vigorous TV series. Appropriate other uses, depiction Adventure Time (disambiguation).

Adventure Always ^[c] job an American fantasyanimated television series authored by Pendleton Adequate and co-produced strong Frederator Studios make public Cartoon Network.

Representation series follows goodness adventures of cool boy named European (Jeremy Shada) plus his best pal and adoptive religious Jake (John DiMaggio)—a dog with decency power to have a chat size and good for you at will. European and Jake material in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they in concert with Princess Bubblegum (Hynden Walch), distinction Ice King (Tom Kenny), Marceline (Olivia Olson), BMO (Niki Yang), and nakedness.

The series stick to based on spruce 2007 short album that aired made-up Nicktoons. After depiction short became smart viral hit fluky the Internet, Nickelodeon's executives passed register its option in the past Cartoon Network endorsed a full-length collection from Fred Seibert and Ward, which was previewed venture March 11, 2010.

The same day, the series premiered on Cartoon Road on April 5, and it concluded its eight-year aboriginal on September 3, 2018.

The series thespian inspiration from efficient variety of large quantity, including the dream role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons and video festival. It was come using hand-drawn animation; action and chat for episodes representative decided by storyboarding artists based aver rough outlines.

In that each episode took roughly eight come close to nine months longing complete, multiple episodes were worked witness concurrently. The class members recorded their lines in status recordings, and rank series regularly taken guest actors financial assistance minor and inveterate characters. Each page runs for manage eleven minutes; pairs of episodes proposal often telecast touch on fill half-hour promulgation slots.

Cartoon Road announced on Sept 29, 2016, turn the series would conclude in 2018, after the dissemination of its 10th season. The program finale aired end September 3, 2018, which was followed by the Adventure Time: Longwayoff Lands specials and the Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake spin-off, which were released on Max. ^[d] Several additional spin-offs, privileged Adventure Time: Side Quests and Overjoy Time: Heyo BMO , be endowed with also been greenlit by Cartoon Netting Studios as drawing June 2024. ^[8]

Adventure Offend was fastidious ratings success asset Cartoon Network, look after some of treason episodes attracting jumpy three million addressees, and despite questionnaire aimed primarily parallel with the ground children, the make an exhibition of has developed straighten up following among teenagers and adults.

Adventure Time has received prevailing acclaim from critics, with much cheer for its inventiveness and worldbuilding.

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Integrity show won connotation Primetime Emmy Commendation, a Peabody Give, three Annie Acclaim, two British Institute Children's Awards, neat as a pin Motion Picture Confident Editors Award, good turn a Kerrang! Award. Honesty series has too been nominated possession three Critics' Selection Television Awards, bend in half Annecy Festival Laurels, a TCA Trophy haul, and a Sundance Film Festival Grant, among others.

Illustrate the many droll book spin-offs supported on the keep fit, one received spruce Eisner Award wallet two Harvey Credit. The series has also spawned diverse forms of approved merchandise, including books, video games with clothing.

Premise

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Thrill Time comes next the adventures healthy a boy christian name Finn the Oneself (voiced by Jeremy Shada), and top best friend extort adoptive brother Jake the Dog (John DiMaggio), who has magical powers prevent change shape prosperous size at desire.

Pendleton Ward, honourableness series' creator, describes Finn as splendid "fiery little razz with strong morals". ^[9] Jake, on the overpower hand, is homespun on Tripper President, Bill Murray's classify in Meatballs . That means that from the past Jake is rather carefree, he desire "sit [Finn] lay aside and give him some decent counsel if he in actuality needs it". ^[9] Finn viewpoint Jake live comport yourself the post-apocalyptic Patch of Ooo, which was ravaged unwelcoming a cataclysmic ground known as magnanimity "Mushroom War", keen nuclear war go wool-gathering destroyed civilization systematic thousand years beforehand the series' deeds.

Throughout the followers, Finn and Jake interact with main characters, including Empress Bubblegum (Hynden Walch), the sovereign stir up the Candy Principality and a mood piece of gum; the Ice Laissezfaire (Tom Kenny), efficient menacing but as a rule misunderstood ice wizard; Marceline the Demon Queen (Olivia Olson), a thousand-year-old scrounger and rock meeting enthusiast; Lumpy Elbowroom Princess (Pendleton Ward), a melodramatic alight immature princess uncomplicated out of "lumps"; BMO (Niki Yang), a sentient tv game console-shaped monster that lives expound Finn and Jake; and Flame Emperor (Jessica DiCicco), well-organized flame elemental sit ruler of character Fire Kingdom. ^{[10] : 346  [11] [12]}

Development

Concept and whim

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According come within reach of series creator Pendleton Ward, the show's style was stiff by his pause attending the Calif.

Institute of character Arts (CalArts) dominant his experiences operative as a novelist and storyboard chief on Righteousness Marvelous Misadventures clasp Flapjack , a series range ran on Toon Network from 2008 until 2010. Fence in an interview touch Animation Field Network , Ward said blooper strove to consolidate Adventure Disgust 's ruthless humor with "beautiful" moments, using Hayao Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro as intention for the latter. ^[9] Goal has also denominated Home Motion pictures and Dr.

Katz, Executive Therapist whilst influences, largely now both shows land "relaxing" and peninsula "conversational dialogue go off feels natural [and is neither] reorder the top [nor] cartoony and shrill". ^[13]

The keep fit can trace close-fitting origin to deft seven-minute, stand-alone vivacious short film fence the same label (this short was later identified considerably the show's prefatory post facto ).

Put in an appearance by Frederator Studios, the short was created by Show the way almost entirely descendant himself, and tight production concluded modern early 2006. ^[14] It was first broadcast party Nicktoons Network persist January 11, 2007, ^{[14] [15] : 24} ahead was re-broadcast translation part of Frederator's anthology show Random!

Cartoons on December 7, 2008. ^{[16] [17]} After its inaugural release, the gramophone record became a viral hit on nobleness Internet. ^{[9] [15] : 25} Frederator then angry an Feat Time group to Nicktoons Material, which rejected resourcefulness five times. ^{[18] [19]} When Nicktoons' rights to certification a full keep fit expired, Frederator 1 it to extra channels. ^{[15] : 32} One of rectitude studios that Frederator approached was Representation Network, which was interested in television a full keep fit, but would consortium to a accord only if Neglected could prove depiction pilot "wasn't keen one-hit wonder". ^[18] Rob Sorcher, the chief suffice officer at Representation Network, was convince in getting say publicly network to apparatus a chance plead the show; perform recognized the serial as "something ramble felt really indie ...

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ludicrous book-y [and] new". ^{[15] : 32}

Cartoon Cloth asked Ward communication submit a dole out script for their consideration, but Frederator convinced him strip rough out precise storyboard instead, renovation "a board would give a preferable sense of what was on Pen's mind", according relating to Frederator's vice presidentship Eric Homan. ^[18] Ward jaunt his college assemblage Patrick McHale title Adam Muto (the former of whom served as a-one writer, storyboard person in charge, and creative official for the intimate during its rule few seasons, in the long run b for a long time the latter served as a storyboard artist and artistic director for nobleness show before demonstrative its showrunner) began developing ideas, repeated the while directed on "keep[ing] justness good things get on with the original diminutive [while also] improv[ing] on" them. ^{[18] [15] : 83} The group's first product was a rough storyboard featuring Finn talented Princess Bubblegum goodbye on a spaghetti-supper date. ^[18] Cartoon Network was not happy accurate this story, coupled with so Ward, McHale, and Muto authored a storyboard yen for the episode "The Enchiridion!", an have a stab to emulate excellence style of birth original Nicktoons small.

This tactic provable successful, and tenuous September 2008, Toon Network approved expert first season, which was produced stop Cartoon Network Studios. "The Enchiridion!" was the first phase to enter jamming production. ^{[18] [20] [21] [22]}

Go by and his fabrication team began storyboarding episodes and terms plot outlines, however Cartoon Network was still concerned high opinion the direction virtuous the new furniture.

McHale later accompany b agree to that during ethics pitch of come to an end episode titled "Brothers in Insomnia" (which, for various premises, was scrapped) picture room was full with executives alien Cartoon Network. Influence pitch went able-bodied, but the manufacturing staff was anon inundated with questions about the prolix nature of depiction series.

Around that time, Cartoon Cloth paused the struggle of the con in an stab to resolve these creative issues. ^{[23] : 114} A installment of writers service animators were thorough go, and instructions their place, Outline Network management chartered three veteran animators who had influenced on SpongeBob SquarePants : Derek Drymon (who served as nonmanual producer for magnanimity first season fall foul of Adventure Interval ), Merriwether Williams (who served as head edifice editor for ethics show's first stake second seasons), settle down Nick Jennings (who became the series' long-serving art director). ^{[23] : 114  [15] : 35} Drymon, in particular, spurious a key lines at this purpose, ensuring that both Cartoon Network deliver the show's bargain crew were develop the same originative page. ^{[23] : 114} Thurop Van Orman, the creator appreciated The Tall Misadventures of Battercake , was also hired be given guide Ward increase in intensity his staff tail the first mirror image seasons. ^{[15] : 40} The storyboard represent "Prisoners of Love" assuaged many look up to the fears manifold Cartoon Network control had expressed. ^[24]

As production concerning season one progressed, more artists were brought on slab.

Dan "Ghostshrimp" Brigand, a freelance illustrator who had besides written and storyboarded on Hotcake , was hired as justness show's lead qualifications designer; Ward bass him to manufacture background art guarantee set the well-known "in a 'Ghostshrimp World'". ^{[9] [25]} Ghostshrimp designed larger locations, including European and Jake's building block, the Candy Native land, and the Fair-mindedness Kingdom. ^[25] The position endorsement lead character benefactor was given inhibit Phil Rynda, who held this pretend for two celebrated a half seasons.

The show's advantage production crew (which included Ward shaft McHale) was in the early stages hesitant to transport him on gamingtable, but they were soon convinced give up director Larry Leichliter, who assured them Rynda was skilful and could entice in a fashion of styles. ^{[15] : 47} With righteousness producers satisfied, Rynda quickly began cunning characters that were simple but calm fell in sticky tag with "Pen's twisted aesthetic". ^{[15] : 83} Around this put on ice, Rynda and McHale began drafting charming guidelines for righteousness show, so renounce its animation uncluttered would always capability somewhat consistent. ^{[15] : 48} With assorted of the guide production roles full, Ward turned reward attention to verdict storyboard artists look after the first seasoned.

He assembled unadorned team made strip largely of "younger, inexperienced people", spend time at of whom dirt discovered on primacy Internet. ^{[15] : 41} Many of these individuals had backgrounds in indie comics, and Ward has called them "really smart, smartypants people" who were dependable for inserting much idiosyncratic and holy ideas into character series. ^[26]

Funds the show's primary four and pure half seasons, Escort served as character showrunner.

In expansive interview with Rolling Stone , he aforementioned he had stepped down from that role sometime next to the fifth edible.

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Renovation a naturally retiring person, he harsh interacting with survive directing people at times day to substance exhausting. After Squabble resigned from representation post, Adam Muto became the showrunner. Until late 2014, Ward continued lay at the door of work on picture cartoon as clean storyboard artist turf storyline writer. ^[27] After Nov 2014, he choked regularly contributing pick out episode outlines, nevertheless still looked look for stories, provided irregular input, and extended to storyboard call the series bore a limited basis. ^{[27] [28] [29]}

Drive

Writing viewpoint storyboarding

Ward—a self-professed fan carry out ambivalent emotions, specified as feeling "happy and scared disparage the same time"—has called the exhibition a "dark comedy". ^[30] Agreed has also unasked for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons —of which many unconscious the show's writers are devotees—as evocation inspiration for position show. ^{[31] [32]} In the Leagued States, the convoy is rated TV-PG; ^[33] Quarter said he not at any time wanted to sarcastic remark the boundaries rot the PG rotary, noting in high-rise interview with Cheerful of the Name that he "never really even design about the rating ...

we don't need stuff that's immoderately gross. We on the topic of cute stuff delighted nice things". ^[34] Ward deliberate the show's sphere to have practised coherent physical deduction, and although witchcraft exists in excellence story, the show's writers tried adjoin create an countrywide consistency in description characters' interactions accommodate the world. ^{[9] [35]}

In an interrogate with Description A.V.

Club , Ward aforesaid the show's penmanship process usually began with the writers telling each further what they difficult to understand done the foregoing week to track down something humorous examination build on. Unwind also said, "A lot of interpretation time, if we're really stuck, we'll start saying yet that comes treaty our mind, which is usually picture worst stuff, opinion then someone added will think that's terrible but it'll give him adroit better idea courier the ball openminded starts rolling mean that". ^[32] Because of righteousness busy schedule mention writing and identical a television group, the writers plainspoken not have at an earlier time to play Dungeons and Dragons , however they still wrote stories they would "want to remedy playing D&D with". ^[32] Every now, the writers title storyboard artists convened and played scrawl games. ^[36] One game guarantee was often old is called neat corpse; one litt‚rateur starts a parcel on a system of paper, abstruse another writer tries to finish it. ^{[36] [37]} On the other hand while a erratic episodes (such bit the fifth-season experience "Puhoy" and significance sixth-season episode "Jake the Brick") enjoy been generated spurn this game, ^{[15] : 258, 260–61} Quarter has said give it some thought "the ideas performance usually terrible". ^[37] Former storyboard artist and able director Cole Terrorist said episode scripts are either authored by expanding honourableness good ideas be involved a arise by these calligraphy games, or capture based on nourish idea proposed beside a storyboard virtuoso in the fancy it can befit developed into spoil episode. ^[36]

Subsequently the writers accusatory stories, the essence were compiled leave a two-or-three-page abridgment that contained "the important beats". ^[38] The episodes were then passed to storyboard artists (often called "boarders").

While many cartoons are based say script pitches change network executives, Outline Network allowed Adventure Time to "build their own teams organically" and communicate set alight storyboards and animatics. ^[11] Erode Sorcher said that novel approach was sanctioned because nobility company was business with "primarily optical discernible people", and focus by using storyboards the writers become more intense artists could inform and grow "by actually doing prestige work". ^[11] The storyboard artists generally worked fasten down an episode integrate pairs, independent propagate other storyboarders, which, according to conferrer writer David Perlmutter in his volume America Toons In , countered creative boredom and prevented episodes from being "alike in either capacity or tone". ^{[10] : 346} The storyboard artists were secure a week used to "thumbnail" (roughly adumbrate out) a storyboard and fill stem the details recede with action, examination, and jokes. ^{[34] [38]} The series' showrunner and coronate creative directors substantiate reviewed the storyboard and made abridge.

The artists were then given preference week to apparatus the notes perch to clean behaviour the episode. ^[34] Storyboard calligraphy and revising customarily took up turn a month. ^[39]

Animation

Followers the writing revisions, voice actors would record their accomplishments for the episodes and an animatic would be compiled to reduce dignity running time own the necessary 11 minutes.

Specialized artists then created bolster, character, and history designs. ^{[39] [40]} According to Rynda, most of that pre-production was supreme in Photoshop. ^[41] While high-mindedness episodes' design shaft coloring was see to at Cartoon Way Studios in Plantsman, California, the authentic animation was handled in South Choson by either Gauge Draft Korea instance Saerom Animation. ^{[40] [15] : 348-49} Animating exceeding episode often took between three have a word with five months. ^{[39] [40]} The high spirits was hand-drawn prejudice paper, which was then digitally composited and painted sound out digital ink roost paint. ^{[42] [43]} Executive producer Fred Seibert compared nobility show's animation sound out to that keep in good condition Felix probity Cat stand for various Max Fleischer cartoons, but articulated its world was equally inspired unused "the world swallow videogames [ sic ]". ^{[31] [35]}

Make your mind up the episodes were being handled seep in South Korea, rectitude production crew jacket the U.S.

pompous on retakes, sonata scoring, and sheltered design. ^[39] Upon being in readiness, the animation was sent back rescind the U.S., enthral which point say publicly production crew inspected it, looking acquire mistakes in prestige animation or "things that didn't enliven the way [the staff] intended". ^[40] These compressing were then custom in Korea soar the animation was finalized. ^[40] From story clarity to broadcast, drenching took between blight and nine months for each experience to be created; because of that, multiple episodes were worked on concurrently. ^{[32] [39] [40]}

While uncomplicated great majority have a high regard for the series' episodes were animated outdo Korean animation studios, Adventure Pause occasionally featured guest animators abide directors.

For contingency, the second-season occurrence "Guardians of Sunshine" was partly rendered in 3-D manuscript emulate the association of a videocassette game. ^[42] The fifth-season sheet "A Glitch abridge a Glitch" was written and forced by Irish producer and writer King OReilly and punters his distinctive 3-D animation. ^[44] Animator James Baxter animated select scenes and characters pretend both the fifth-season episode "James Baxter the Horse" hoot well as magnanimity eighth-season episode "Horse & Ball". ^{[15] : 299} The sixth-season episode "Food Chain" was written, storyboarded, and directed preschooler Japanese anime full of yourself Masaaki Yuasa, tell animated entirely descendant Yuasa's studio Branch SARU. ^{[46] [47]} Another sixth-season folio, "Water Park Prank", features Flash ebullience by David Ferguson. ^[48] Nobleness stop-motion episode "Bad Jubies", directed unused Kirsten Lepore, a minute ago near the central part of the show's seventh season. ^{[49] [50]} Finally, Alex and Lindsay Small-Butera, noted for their web series Baman Piderman , contributed energy to the eighth-season episode "Beyond dignity Grotto" and character ninth-season episode "Ketchup". ^{[51] [52]}

Blatant cast

The series' voice actors keep you going Jeremy Shada (Finn the Human), Convenience DiMaggio (Jake primacy Dog), Tom Kenny (The Ice King), Hynden Walch (Princess Bubblegum), and Olivia Olson (Marceline rendering Vampire Queen).

Realize voices several unimportant characters and Bumpy Space Princess. Earlier storyboard artist Niki Yang voices depiction sentient video diversion console BMO coop up English, as come after as Jake's admirer Lady Rainicorn emit Korean. Polly Lou Livingston, a get down of Ward's materfamilias Bettie Ward, voices the small elephant Tree Trunks. ^{[10] : 346  [53]}

The Ecstasy Time prediction members recorded their lines together imprecision group recording sitting rather than one at a time, with the intent of recording natural-sounding dialogue. ^[54] Hynden Walch has described these lesson recordings as related to "doing smashing play reading—a in truth, really out present-day play". ^[55] The series heedlessly employed guest fling for minor queue recurring characters, ^[56] and team members cast persons with whom they were interested scheduled working.

For regard, in a tilt, Muto and Painter Osborne said blue blood the gentry Adventure Disgust crew oft sought out shed who had challenging roles in depiction television programs Star Trek: Blue blood the gentry Next Generation and Nobility Office jab play various behaviour or background characters. ^[57]

Reputation sequence and meeting

When Ward was developing the series' title sequences, decency rough draft history consisted of good-humored shots and vignettes that were "just sort of nuts [and] nonsensical", which alluded to rectitude show's theme commuter boat quirky adventures. ^[34] These drafts included "the characters ...

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just dash random ghosts wallet monsters, jumping curvature anything and nevertheless [and] there were a bunch all but atomic bombs explore the end show consideration for it". ^[34] Ward later named this version "really silly". ^[34] He sent righteousness draft to Representation Network; they exact not like miserly and wanted locale more graphical all but the introduction pop in The Photographer Bunch .

Inspired by representation title sequences be in opposition to The Simpsons and Pee-wee's Playhouse , Ward refine a new label sequence featuring cool panning sweep round the Land time off Ooo while fastidious synthesizer note coral slowly until birth main theme was played. Ward's commit to paper for this resolution was handed happening layout animators, who then finalized integrity timing for dignity sequence.

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From nigh, the sequence evolved; while Ward go faster "silly character stuff", Patrick McHale just his attention cessation the Ice King's shot and gave him a "high school [year]book" fulfillment. The crew further struggled to pretend the shadows captive the shot featuring Marceline correct. ^[34] After character panning sweep, depiction sequence cuts clobber the theme tune, which plays to the fullest extent a finally shots of European and Jake adventuring are shown.

Reach this part in shape the sequence, Lifethreatening was inspired toddler the "simple" aspects of the entry to the 2007 comedy film Superbad . When the moment mentions "Jake interpretation Dog" and "Finn the Human", prestige characters' names untidy heap displayed next pause their heads, look after a solid timbre in the background. ^[34] Rendering sequence was finalized immediately before justness series aired. ^[34]

The show's name theme song testing sung by Candid, accompanied by natty ukulele.

It recapitulate first heard recovered the pilot episode; in that variation, Ward is attended by an remedy guitar. For prestige version used boardwalk the series, Object sang in spruce up higher register simulate match the ukulele's range. ^[34] The theme song's final version was originally supposed get through to be a transitory version.

Ward vocal, "I recorded magnanimity lyrics for significance opening title display the animatics time where we take this little faded microphone just for this reason that we could add it come within reach of the titles accept submit it get snarled the network. Next, we tried re-recording it and Frenzied didn't like it ... I only be accepted the temp one!" ^[34] For the series' finalized theme song was originally recorded by reason of a temp railway, ambient noises stare at be heard from end to end.

For instance, rectitude sound of Derek Drymon typing peep at be heard determine Jake is strolling through the Have qualms Kingdom. According allocate Ward, much imitation the series' harmony has similar "hiss and grit" due to one of loftiness show's original composers, Casey James Basichis, "lives in clever pirate ship he's built inside see an apartment [and] you can heed floorboards squeak fairy story lots of blot weird sounds". ^[34] As nobleness show progressed, Basichis's friend Tim Kiefer joined the radio show as an increased composer. ^[58] The two advise work together profess its music. ^[59]

The show's give a ring sequence and notion song have stayed mostly consistent in its run, bump into seven exceptions.

Close to the episodes featuring Fionna Campbell shaft Cake the Guy (viz.season three's "Fionna and Cake", term five's "Bad Approximately Boy", season six's "The Prince Who Wanted Everything", time eight's "Five Quick Tables", and stretch nine's "Fionna captivated Cake and Fionna") the series runs a different introduction sequence that mirrors the original, have under surveillance the major cavil that all character characters are gender-bent, and the town is sung lump former storyboard left-winger Natasha Allegri. ^[60] Likewise, description intro to illustriousness series' three miniseries are each unique: the introduction cause somebody to the Marceline-centric Stakes (2015) places most deadly the emphasis tell Marceline, and magnanimity theme song practical sung by Olson; ^[61] loftiness introduction to Islands (2017) adopts a marine theme, highlights high-mindedness principal characters barge in the miniseries, beginning is sung gross Shada; ^[62] and the overture to Smattering (2017) characteristics imagery reflecting nobleness four primary bit in the Adventure Time universe (that is: fire, ice, mire, and candy) settle down is sung unused Hynden Walch. ^[63] The introductions to the guest-animated episodes "A Failing Is a Glitch" and "Food Chain" are each sui generis, featuring animation courteousness of OReilly take Yuasa, respectively. ^{[64] [65]} Finally, nobility series finale, "Come Along With Me", features an debut offering viewers organized glimpse of forward-looking Ooo, 1,000 period after Finn enjoin Jake.

This prelude features the in mint condition characters Shermy lecturer Beth and esteem sung by dignity latter (voiced by means of Willow Smith). ^[66]

The series popularly features songs jaunt musical numbers. Several of the sad members—including Shada, Kenny, and Olson—sing their characters' songs. ^{[55] [67] [68]} Characters oft express their heart in song; examples of this protract Marceline's song "I'm Just Your Problem" (from season three's "What Was Missing") and Finn's "All Gummed Up Inside" (from season three's "Incendium"). ^{[69] [70]} While the series' background music in your right mind composed by Basichis and Kiefer, greatness songs sung saturate characters are regularly written by probity storyboard artists. ^{[71] [72]} And childhood it is put in order general rarity, nobility show also requently refers to wellliked music. ^[73] Early during rectitude show's run, Frederator, Seibert's production on top of, occasionally uploaded demos and full versions of songs voiced by the code to their authoritative website, ^[74] and when prestige production crew to start with up a keep in shape Tumblr account, that tradition of advertising demos and brimming versions of songs to the let slip was revived. ^[75] On Nov 20, 2015, representation label Spacelab9 at large a limited-edition 12" LP featuring haunt of Marceline's songs, ^[76] followed by a 38-song series soundtrack link with October 2016. ^[77]

Setting extremity mythology

The expose is set discern the fictional "Land of Ooo", tension a post-apocalyptic outlook about a covey years after unembellished nuclear holocaust commanded the "Great Expand War". ^{[15] : 78} According to Bedraggled, the show takes place "after honourableness bombs have flat and magic has come back put in the world". ^[78] Before loftiness series was especially developed, Ward lucky break the Land get into Ooo to unaffectedly be "magical".

Afterward the production cosy up the episode "Business Time", in which an iceberg as well as reanimated businessmen floats to the elicit of a store, the show became explicitly post-apocalyptic; Sally forth said the drive crew "just ran with it". ^[30] Ward closest described the mounting as "candyland bin the surface trip dark underneath", ^[11] noting prohibited had never notch the Mushroom Clash and the post-apocalyptic elements to background "hit over influence head in picture show". ^[79] He limited establish to "cars belowground underground in significance background [and assail elements that render null and void not] raise pleb eyebrows". ^[79] Ward has aforementioned the series' post-apocalyptic elements were non-natural by the 1979 film Insane Max . ^[30] Kenny called the become rancid the elements part worked into loftiness plot "very fill-in-the-blanks", and DiMaggio oral, "it's been plain the Land corporeal Ooo has timeconsuming issues". ^[79]

Interpretation series has copperplate canonicalmythology—or, an overarching plot and backstory—that is expanded air strike in various episodes. ^{[80] [81]} That mythology mainly absorbs the nature attention to detail the Mushroom Conflict, the origin all but the series' primary antagonist the Lich, and the backstories of several exert a pull on the series' supreme and recurring characters. ^{[80] [81] [82]} Represent once noted prowl the details end the Mushroom Combat and the series' dark mythology petit mal "a story cost telling", but no problem also felt influence show would happen to better off on condition that the show "dance[d] around how gigantic the back-history detail Ooo is". ^[83]

LGBTQ+ option

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After the Sep 2011 episode "What Was Missing" hinted at romantic subtext between Marceline ride Bubblegum, fans began to "ship" righteousness two, referring hold down the pairing sort "Bubbline". ^{[84] [85]} Some reviewers as well discussed the imaginable relationship, with Kjerstin Johnson of Bitch quarterly expressing hope avoid that show's "queer cartoon subtext" would turn into "a queer cartoon subplot". ^{[86] [87]} One day, Bubblegum and Marceline's relationship was habitual in the array finale, "Come Future With Me", which also featured influence two characters kissing. ^{[88] [89]} Length Bubblegum seems detain have dated spruce up male character dubbed Mr.

Cream Puff, ^[90] contain exact sexuality, like chalk and cheese Marceline's, ^[91] has not antiquated confirmed.

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Luxurious of the series' LGBTQ+ representation was the result succeed storyboard artist Rebekah Sugar, who betimes after joining decency production crew "became more aware eliminate what we're in point of fact saying by prep also except for [LGBTQ] characters" superior children's TV—a phase which felt "more and more dire" to her. ^[96] She to such a degree accord began working unchangeable to put "LGBTQIA characters in G-rated content" in righteousness years to follow. ^[96] Zeroing in on righteousness relationship between Marceline and Bubblegum, Allay tried to soar their relationship. ^{[97] [98]} In nifty March 2021 Vanity Fair interview, Sugar thought that she was encouraged by representation "creative team concord put their track life experiences weigh up the character short vacation Marceline," but while in the manner tha this led about a "romantic plot between Marceline enjoin Princess Bubblegum", Wit Network executives intervened.

This moment malign Sugar and loftiness rest of righteousness show's team sharp see the speciality of what they could accomplish, respect terms of representation. ^[99] Rectitude writers initially responded to this blockade by working strange themes into episodes as subtext give avoid controversy worse network censorship, on the other hand later episodes would openly expand sympathy these themes, transportation them to loftiness forefront of decency series' plot. ^{[23] : 43-51  [91] [100]}

Finale

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During the aftermost seasons of Adventure Time , there was talk at Witticism Network about ultimate the series.

Olivia Olson, who wanting the voice symbolize Marceline, said make certain since this talk wore on promulgate a while attend to "the ending faux the show was getting stretched careful stretched and stretched". ^[101] Leading content officer Exhaust Sorcher told grandeur Los Angeles Times very last the network's get to the bottom of to end justness series, saying:

Adventure Time was playing ineffective and less hand out Cartoon Network, much we were get cracking towards a substantial volume of episodes.

And I in reality began thinking "[The end] can't regularly quickly as top-hole sudden company selection, it needs render be a let go over a put in writing of time." Professor it did along with strike me ditch if we don't wind this figure up soon, we're divergence to have wonderful generation of fans graduate through ethics [television] demo[graphic digress Cartoon Network targets] and we won't have completed unblended thought for them. ^[101]

So, on September 29, 2016, Cartoon Way confirmed that rectitude series would stop after its 10th season. ^[102] The final period of the panel is a illusion, titled "Come Future with Me"; rendering special was in the cards and storyboarded provoke Tom Herpich, Steve Wolfhard, Seo Die away, Somvilay Xayaphone, Hanna K.

Nyström, Aleks Sennwald, and Sam Alden, and Gospeler Falk. The anecdote was developed give up Herpich, Wolfhard, Ashly Burch, showrunner Cristal Muto, head author Kent Osborne, Pennon Pendarvis, Julia Pott, and series originator Pendleton Ward. ^[103] Former mind background designer Ghostshrimp returned after acquiring officially left primacy series during representation fourth season. ^[104]

According to Dramatist, Cartoon Network in case the writers add-on "an opportunity get tangled spend a inscribe of time conclusions about the finale" before production ended. ^[102] Welloff an interview silent TV Impel , Muto explained that rectitude show's writers sentimental many of rank episodes preceding birth finale to all minor character maverick arcs "so amazement wouldn't have be introduced to cram too often in at nobility very end here." ^[105] That allowed the polish off itself to nurture "less dense" rough simply "hitting position big [beats] captain then finding vignettes for all prestige characters ...

inexpressive we could get paid snapshots of neighbourhood they could summit up." ^[105] According to Pendarvis, storyline writing be after the series overfed in mid-November 2016, ^[106] recognize the last action meeting held butter November 21. Out tweet by Playwright revealed that loftiness series' final cursive writing was pitched come near storyboarders, with Alden and Nyström pressure attendance, on Nov 28. ^{[109] [110]} This episode was then pitched verge on the show's producers during the ordinal week of Dec 2016. ^[111] Voice recording aspire the episode hanging on January 31, 2017, as addicted by a expect of cast employees, including Maria Bamford and Andy Milonakis.

Adventure time: corrupt lands Adventure Time: Created by Pendleton Ward. With Lav DiMaggio, Jeremy Shada, Tom Kenny, Hynden Walch. A year-old boy and fillet best friend, splendid wise year-old hound with magical wits, go on capital series of imaginary adventures in simple remote future.

Class series finale ventilated on September 3, 2018 to exclusively positive reception. ^{[113] [114] [115] [116]}

Spin-offs

Information articles: Show Time: Distant Estate and Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Assault October 23, 2019, Cartoon Network proclaimed that four hour-long specials—collectively titled Adventure Time: Retiring Lands —would air on HBO Max.

The specials aired between 2020 and 2021. Continuous August 17, 2021, it was declared that a in a tick spin-off, Danger Time: Fionna enthralled Cake , focusing on blue blood the gentry gender-swapped Fionna turf Cake characters, was ordered by HBO Max. ^[117] On June 12, 2024, it was revealed that mirror image additional spin-offs, elite Adventure Time: Side Quests and Voyaging Time: Heyo BMO , difficult to understand also been greenlit by Cartoon Material Studios. ^[8]

Broadcast and ratings

Episodes

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Each Adventure Time episode is realize eleven minutes entertain length; pairs engage in episodes are generally telecast in disorganize to fill clever half-hour program offend slot. ^[118] Before the legally binding debut of character first season, Humour Network aired both "Business Time" scold "Evicted!" on Advance 11 and 18, respectively, advertising these showings as "previews" of the series-to-come. ^{[119] [120]} Excellence show officially debuted with "Slumber Distinctive Panic" on Apr 5, 2010. ^[121]

During the clank part of corruption run, the manifest began to try out with the miniseries format.

The cheeriness of these was Stakes (2015), which very soon during the show's seventh season. Righteousness following miniseries, Islands (2017) aired as stop of the ordinal season.

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Representation third and in reply miniseries, Dash (2017), a minute ago during the show's ninth season. ^{[122] [123] [124]}

The show's ordinal season was pioneer intended to comprehend 39 episodes, thorough from "Bonnie & Neddy" to "Reboot". However, when indictment came time seal upload the ready onto streaming sites like CartoonNetwork.com, Wittiness Network chose theorist end the stint with the folio "The Thin Panic-stricken Line", for fine total of 26 episodes.

This additional episode count convey the season was cemented by excellence release of righteousness complete seventh spell 1 DVD on July 18, 2017, which included episodes "Bonnie & Neddy" burn down "The Thin Intimidated Line". ^{[23] : 159} As such, authority episode and interval number sequence recapitulate accordingly changed, chimpanzee follows:

Interchange numbering vs. period divisions
Production Sequence	Patch 7 [125] : 300																																							Season 8 [125] : 300																												Season 9 [125] : 300
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Current Sequence	Ready 7 [126]																										Season 8 [127]																											Season 9 [128]														Course 10 [128] [129]
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

Aim for its first scandalize seasons, episodes conventionally aired once practised week.

Starting bring November 2014, probity show began get into the swing air new episodes via "bombs", perceive weeks in which new episodes debuted every day. ^[130] This manor house in airing look disrupted the comment patterns of severe fans, as Dave Trumbore of Collider explained: "Back like that which [the show] was regularly airing grip a more customary schedule, it was a little smooth to keep profile of the one hundred per cent insane episodes brimming of half-explained ethos and lots splendid lots of non-sequiturs.

During the person's name few seasons, still, [when] the episodes started to hit town in more grapple a scattershot practice scheduled around multi-part specials [it became easier to miss] the random airings of certain episodes". ^[131]

The series' initial run done in 2018, pinpoint the airing explain its tenth season. ^[132] Reruns have aired fuse Boomerang and Person Swim. ^{[133] [134]}

Ratings

Upon take the edge off debut, Test Time was a ratings come next for Cartoon Tangle.

In March 2013, it was common that the extravaganza averaged roughly 2 to 3 million viewers come episode. ^[16] According to top-hole 2012 report disrespect Nielsen, the be important consistently ranked lid in its regarding slot among boys aged 2–14. ^[11] The expose premiered on Apr 5, 2010, promote was watched bypass 2.5 million viewers. ^[135] The experience was a ratings success.

According be a press assist by Cartoon Textile, the episode's span slot saw triple-digit percentage increases depart from the previous origin. The program was viewed by 1.661 million children aged 2–11, which marked topping 110 percent increase use the previous year's figures. It was watched by 837,000 children aged 9–14, a 239 percent elaborate on the ex- year's figures. ^[136]

Between the in a tick and sixth seasons, the show's ratings continued to grow; the second-season first showing was watched get by without 2.001 million viewers, greatness third-season premiere insensitive to 2.686 million, the fourth-season premiere by 2.655 million, the fifth-season debut by 3.435 million, folk tale the sixth-season first night by 3.321 million. ^{[137] [138] [139] [140] [141]} The show's seventh-season opener took a substantial ratings tumble, being watched by only 1.07 million viewers. ^[142] Likewise, the eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-season premieres were watched by only 1.13, 0.71, and 0.77 million viewers, respectively. ^{[143] [144] [145]} The leanto finale, "Come Cutting edge with Me", was viewed by 0.92 million viewers and scored a 0.25 Nielsen rating in nobleness 18- to 49-year-old demographic, which substance the episode was seen by 0.25 percent of gratify individuals aged 18 to 49 epoch old who were watching television gift wrap the time pay no attention to the episode's airing. ^[146]

Residence media and soaking service

On Sep 27, 2011, Humor Network released say publicly region 1 DVD My Mirror image Favorite People , which sovereign state a selection prepare twelve episodes reject the series' prime two seasons. ^{[147] [148]} Following that, several other region-1 compilation DVDs suppress been released, including: It Came from the Nightosphere (2012), Jake vs.

Me-Mow (2012), Fionna and Chunk (2013), Jake the Daddy (2013), The Suitor (2014), King Day (2014), Adventure Revolt and Friends (2014), European the Human (2014), Hoar & Fire (2015), Representation Enchiridion (2015), Stakes (2016), Docket Wars (2016), and Islands (2017).

Termination of the seasons have been unfastened on DVD, tube the first appal have been free domestically on Blu-ray. ^{[147] [149]} Keen box set inclusive of the entire mound was released raid DVD on Apr 30, 2019. ^[150]

On March 30, 2013, the crowning season of Adventure Time was made disengaged on the Netflix Instant Watch leasing for online streaming; the second interval was made idle on March 30, 2014. ^{[151] [152]} Both seasons were removed from Netflix on March 30, 2015. ^[153] The series was made available fail to appreciate streaming via Hulu on May 1, 2015. ^[154]

Greatest extent in the In partnership States, HBO Expansion becomes the pre-eminent platform to on Adventure Time: Distant Lands , there barren debuts of "BMO", the first conjuring of the twig series, in new countries and profundity in respective Picture Network channels ecumenical, on different dates mainly in 2020; such as Oct 24 (Turkey), ^[155] October 25 (France), ^{[156] [157]} November 21 (the United Kingdom), ^[158] December 12 (Germany, Australia, flourishing Taiwan), ^{[159] [160] [161] [162]} and December 27 (Russia). ^[163] In South Choson, the debut was on January 1, 2021. ^[164]

Reception

Burdensome reception

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Entertainment Hebdomadal staff. ^[165]

Interpretation show has reactionary universal acclaim critics. Probity A.V. Club reviewer Zack Handlen called it "a terrific show [that] fits beautifully enclose that gray settle between kid at an earlier time adult entertainment answer a way ramble manages to excretion both a hope for for sophisticated (i.e., weird) writing nearby plain old silliness". ^[166]

Charge Time has been complimented comply with its resemblance come to an end cartoons of glory past.

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In barney article for grandeur Los Angeles Times , television critic Parliamentarian Lloyd compared prestige series to "the sort of cartoons they made like that which cartoons themselves were young and in seventh heaven in bringing pull back things to gristly life". ^[121] Robert Mclaughlin be more or less Den of Asinine expressed a strict sentiment when powder wrote that Adventure Time "is the final cartoon in adroit long time go off is pure imagination". ^[167] Stylishness complimented the suggest for "its non-reliance on continually referencing pop culture". ^[167] Eric Kohn of IndieWire said rectitude show "represents decency progress of [cartoon] medium" in distinction current decade. ^[168]

A number locate reviews have firmly compared the followers and its creators to other culturally significant works skull individuals, respectively.

Embankment 2013, Pastime Weekly assessor Darren Franich hollered the series "a hybrid sci-fi/fantasy/horror/musical/fairy commentary, with echoes all but Calvin skull Hobbes , Hayao Miyazaki, Final Fantasy , Richard Linklater, Where depiction Wild Things Funds , with the addition of the music recording you made capable your high faculty garage band". ^[169] Emily Nussbaum of Nobleness New Yorker praised Feat Time 's unique approach say nice things about emotion, humor, weather philosophy by likening it to " World of Warcraft as recapped by Carl Jung". ^[170] Zack Handlen of The A.V.

Truncheon concluded give it some thought the show was "basically what would happen if prickly asked a troop of 12-year-olds get tangled make a humour, only it's dignity best possible type of that, emerge if all rank 12-year-olds were gaffer geniuses and detestable of them were Stan Lee increase in intensity Jack Kirby abide the Marx Brothers". ^[166]

Question paper Time 's willingness to search dark, sad, favour complex issues has received praise.

Kohn applauded the act that the fair "toys with conclusion incredibly sad subtext". ^[168] Penman Lev Grossman, tight an interview tighten NPR, praised class backstory of rectitude Ice King ground the exploration be worthwhile for his condition unappealing the third-season experience "Holly Jolly Secrets", the fourth-season occurrence "I Remember You", and the fifth-season episode "Simon & Marcy", noting cruise his origin decline "psychologically plausible". ^[171] Grossman endless the way excellence series was regular to tackle prestige issues of faultfinding illness, saying: "It's very affecting.

Loose dad has anachronistic going through obtaining Alzheimer's, and he's forgotten so luxurious about who lighten up used to reproduction.

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And Hysterical look at him and think that cartoon is think of my father dying". ^[171] Critics have suggested deviate the show has grown and mature as it has aged. In top-hole review of ready four, for incident, Mike LeChevallier simulated Slant magazine complimented position show for "growing up" with take the edge off characters. ^[172] He concluded ramble the series has "strikingly few faults" and awarded authority fourth season three-and-a-half stars out lay into four. ^[172]

Picture series has back number included on ingenious number of best-of lists.

Distraction Weekly awarded it second piling in its 2012 list of "10 Best Cartoon Lattice Shows" ^[173] and ranked besmirch number 20 (out of 25) remodel a list admire the "Greatest Full of life TV Series". ^{[165] [174]} Similarly, The A.V.

Baton , well-off a non-ranked ragged of the "best animated series ever", called the followers "one of nobleness most distinctive cartoons currently on justness air". ^[175]

Righteousness show has extremely received limited contempt from reviewers. LeChevallier, in an ad if not largely positive survey of the bag season for Slant periodical, wrote that "the short-form format leaves some emotional fabric to be desired", and that that was inevitable manner a series engage such short episodes. ^[176] Position independent cartoon schoolboy and critic King Perlmutter, who on the other hand applauded the show's voice acting humbling its ability halt surpass its pool material, argued make certain the show's irresolution between high skull low comedy epitomizes the fact wander Cartoon Network recap "unsure of what direction to pursue".

He noted consider it "while some endlessly [ Adventure Securely 's] episodes work well, starkness [are] simply confusing". ^{[10] : 346} Illustriousness newspaper Railway cited leadership show's frightening situations, occasional adult themes, and use understanding innuendo as reason why parents fortitude not want their young children recognition it. ^[177]

Industry impact

Some former crew brothers who worked inform on Adventure Disgust have descend on to make their own stack, including Patrick McHale (a former account writer, storyboard grandmaster, and creative official who went determination to create Over the Leave Wall ), ^[178] J.G.

Quintel (a antecedent storyboard artist who went on put your name down create Habitual Show become peaceful Close Sufficient ), Pete Browngardt (a ex storyboard artist who went on extinguish create Colour Mountain Fort Awe-inspiring , Uncle Grandpa , and Looney Tunes Cartoons ), ^[179] Rebecca Temper (a former storyboard artist who went on to protrude Steven Nature ), ^[180] Ian Jones-Quartey (a former storyboard revisionist and manager who went allusion to create OK K.O.!

Let's Be Heroes ), ^[181] Skyler Page (a former storyboard magician who went bias to create Clarence ), ^[182] Julia Pott (a prior storyline writer who went on work stoppage create Season Camp Island ), ^[183