Adventure Time (cartoon)
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Adventure Time is an animated cartoon created by Pendleton Ward and aired as one of Nickelodeon's Random! Cartoons. The first screening was January 10, 2007[1]. It has since been nominated for an Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject of 2006. [2]
The cartoon has enjoyed Internet popularity after being uploaded to YouTube.[3] However, due to copyright claims by Viacom, copies are regularly removed from the site. Regardless of this, it is still not difficult to find, and numerous copies of the video exist. One known source is an unofficial site which retains a copy of the 7 minute short (http://adventure-time.net). The site is maintained by a group that has been raising awareness to petition Nickelodeon to turn the pilot into a series.
Among many other things, the cartoon is known for its silly, imaginative nature and use of esoteric exclamations. For example, after seeing Princess Bubblegum's Rainicorn fly overhead, Pen shouts, "Algebraic!", and after snowboarding down the side of a mountain on a penguin, Pen shouts, "Mathematical!" and "Rhombus!" while Jake exclaims, "That was totally math!"
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[edit] Summary
Adventure Time focuses on the brief quest undertaken by Pen, a boy characterized by his strange white hat, and his friend Jake, a dog with magical powers. The cartoon begins with Pen sleeping under a tree and Jake meditating. After a short conversation, Princess Bubblegum's Rainicorn (a cross between a unicorn and a rainbow) flies by in tears. The two follow the Rainicorn in an attempt to cheer it up, but find that the princess is imprisoned in the Ice Kingdom by the Ice King. Using snowballs, they battle their way past the Ice Clops, Snow Golem, and Fire Element - monsters that inhabit the snow kingdom - although it seems unlikely that they were actually posing a threat.
Eventually, Pen and Jake make their way to the Ice King's mountain lair. Pen and the Ice King begin an epic kung fu battle. Meanwhile, Jake remains outside flirting with the Rainicorn, ignoring the battle. Just when Pen seems to be gaining the upper hand, the Ice King uses his "ice lightning" to freeze Pen in a block of ice. For unexplained reasons, this transports Pen's mind "back in time, and to Mars" where he has a short motivational conversation with Abraham Lincoln. After being told to believe in himself, Pen is returned to the present just in time to see the Ice King beginning to fly away with Princess Bubblegum. Chasing after him using Jake's extendable legs, Pen rescues the princess from the Ice King's grasp and Jake simply pushes the magical crown off of the King's head, thereby removing the King's source of power. The Ice King then plummets off screen yelling a long list of complex threats of things he will do when he returns.
The cartoon closes with the princess giving Pen a kiss which embarrasses Pen greatly. He attempts to leave but Jake contradicts his excuses saying they have nowhere else to go, and that there are no adventures that need them. Luckily, nearby ninjas are stealing an old man's diamonds and they both run off in pursuit, ending the cartoon.
[edit] Quotes
Jake: Wait dude, I'm connecting to the Internet with my mind.
Pen: The Ice King is a total oxy-moron.
Pen: (While battling the Ice King) Why are you always stealing ladies?
Ice King: I'm going to make one marry me!! Hahahahaha!
Pen: That's... stupid! (Punches Ice King)
Ice King: Your hat... is stupid!
Pen: My hat... is AWESOME! (Kicks the Ice King)
Ice King: Now I've got you, boy! (shoots frozen lightning bolts, freezing Pen)
Pen: What's going on...? A-Abraham Lincoln???
Abraham Lincoln: Pen! Your mind has been transported back in time... and to Mars!
Pen: What?
Abraham Lincoln: It doesn't matter. What does matter is you need to believe in yourself!
Pen: (breaks out of frozen ice block) NEVER!
Jake: I don't see any adventures going on anywhere! I think we're good to just sit here for awhile and just... talk about our feelings.
[edit] Trivia
- When Pen and Jake are done air guitaring on the penguins, Jake is seen without his booties. Subsequently, when Pen and Jake jump into the crevasse, the booties are back.- the booties actually stay the whole time.
- Pendleton Ward, the creator of the show, hopes this gets picked up as a series and would change Pen's name to Ben if it did get picked up as a series.
- It is revealed that Pen is 12 years old, and Jake is 28 years old. It is still yet unclear if Jake, being a dog, is indicating his age in regular years or dog years.
- Several pairs of underwear and a drum set can be seen in the Ice King's lair.
- When Jake is conversing with the Rainicorn, it is revealed that they both play the viola.
- Some of the music included in the cartoon incorporates the MOS Technology SID sound processing chip of the Commodore 64
