I have been asked by a couple ofmy classmates to explain Adventure Time,so here it goes. . .Adventure Time isa popular cartoon that is featured on Cartoon Network. The setting is the Landof Ooo, which is an island on post-apocalyptic (I’ll get more into that later) Earth.
Main Characters:
Finn The Human-The only human inthe Land of Ooo, was 12 years old during the first season of AT.
Jake the Dog-Finn’stalking/magical dog. (Finn was raised by Jake’s mom and dad. . .So really they’rebrothers.) He is 28 in magical dog years.
Princess Bubblegum-Ruler of theCandy Kingdom, made entirely of bubblegum. 18 years old.
Lumpy Space Princess (LSP)-Lookslike a floating purple cloud. Lives in “Lumpy Space”, so technically she’s analien.
Marceline the Vampire Queen-1000year old vampire, though she still acts and looks like a teenager. She singsand plays the bass guitar.
Ice King (Formerly SimonPetrikov)-The Ice King is a wizard, but 1000 years previous to the time settingin AT he was a human studying to be an antiquarian (specialist in the knowledgeof ancient artifacts). But when he found and donned an anceint magical crown(the crown that the ice king is always seen wearing) he began transforming into a wizard. (The crown is the source of his wizard powers, and his extreme oldage.)
Okay, now on to the good stuff. Isaid earlier that this is a “post-apocalyptic” world, here are a few clues thatI picked up on to make this connection.
1. Characters often refer to the “Mushroom Wars” (Finn finds a VCR and Jake says that no onehas used those since before the “Mushroom Wars”.) and “Mushroom” refers to themushroom clouds that occur after a nuclear bomb explodes.
--The NuclearWarfare happened 1000 years previous to the time setting of AT, so this helpsto explain all the strange creatures, they have evolved from the humans andanimals that survived the war and the radiation!
2. Earthis shown often, but instead of being the round Earth that we know, it is shownwith a big chunk taken out of it, likely brought about by the “Mushroom War”
3. Inmany episodes what appear to be left over nuclear bombs can be seen lyingaround, in fact, in the opening song at the very beginning you can see thebombs.
4. Inthe episode “Mortal Folly” Finn travels to what appears to be the dilapidated NewYork Subway system. Also, skeletons wearing what we would think of as modernday clothes are strewn about.
Adventure Time is a very interesting and entertaining show (Eventhough it is pretty silly/weird sometimes!) and I hoped this may have generatedsome interest in the show for some of you! If so, check out a few episodes onmastertoons.com, then let me know what you think!
I love this! Adventure Time is one of those shows that my brother is obsessed with and I've tried to avoid becoming addicted to, but it's not working so well anymore. He shared this theory with me a while back, which was one of the things that caused my resolve to avoid the show to weaken.
ReplyDeleteI think the implied depth and seriousness that they're able to do is really cool. I'm sure you've heard some of the "It's all in their head" theories that are out there for Foster's Home and Rugrats and don't forget about Ed Edd and Eddy. (WARNING: Don't read if you love your childhood)
Anyways, I've heard that Adventure Time is kind of like one of these: Finn is in a coma after the nuclear fallout and is imaging everything, including that a dog who cuddled with him on the ground is Jake and that all of Adventure Time takes place in his final dying moments.
Sorry to depress you. I liked this post too! Thanks for the Adventure Time knowledge.
"Fosters Home", "Rugrats" and "Ed Edd and Eddy" are links, in case that's not obvious.
DeleteI'm tempted to read the "Foster's Home" link, but I'm restraining myself because I love that show.
DeleteI have to admit, this is a pretty convincing sell. I may just have to give this show another chance. The theory that Spencer gave is certainly interesting. I've heard a similar one for a Garfield strip, which shows Garfield alone in an abandoned house. The theory is that Garfield's life with Jon and Odie is all in his mind and that he's actually starving to death in an old abandoned house. I think Jim Davis discounted this theory as not true, but it's still an interesting idea. I don't think I'll be able to read the link Spencer gave about "Foster's Home", because I loved that show, haha.
ReplyDeleteI like that you have incorporated the review of a show into your blog. This gives variety besides just talking about the problems English majors encounter. I do wish you had actually shown pictures from adventure time because it would add to the explanation, or maybe you could provide a link to the Adventure Time website. I even think you could take a step forward and provide a video from YouTube. Great post!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post. I will have to watch Adventure Time again with this in mind to see if I have a didn't reaction to it. It has not been a good reaction thus far but anything is possible.
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