Adventure Time

Adventure Time, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in the Land of Ooo, is about a teen boy named Finn and his brother, a stretchy magical dog named Jake, who love fighting evil and hanging with their group of quirky friends.  I’ve been quite nervous to review this show for a while because I was afraid I wouldn’t do it justice, as it is definitely one of the best cartoons ever!  It has great animation that looks even more beautiful each season and some great characters who I’m going to introduce right now.  We have Finn, a funny and brave teenager who is the last human on Earth (or is he…?);  Jake, the sassy and sometimes clueless brother of Finn whose girlfriend is Korean-speaking Lady Rainicorn; Princess Bubblegum, the science obsessed leader of the Candy Kingdom (who seems autistic coded btw); Ice King, the creepy king who likes kidnapping princesses but has a mysterious past; Ice King’s crew of silly penguins who are very strange and endearing; BMO, an adorable robot with a childlike sense of wonder from whom we can all learn something; and, of course, my favorite, the badass Marceline the Vampire Queen, a vampire who loves music and is a musician herself (all of her songs are fantastic and to all the indie music lovers she even covers one of my favorite Mitski songs in season 8!).  Marceline is just such a cool person and I relate to how she uses music as an outlet (I only listen to music though-I don’t play any instruments yet!).  Also, I don’t know how many people would agree with me on this, but I really love the Fionna and Cake episodes (you’ll just have to watch the show though to see what I mean about Fionna and Cake)!  With the show running for eight years and ten seasons, you would think it would peak at some point but Adventure Time never peaks.  It starts out as whimsical and lighthearted and, while its essence still remains over time, it does introduce more deeper themes and has quite a few dark moments as well.  Finn and Jake do spend most of the show fighting evil but it’s not really creepy in the beginning; as the show progresses though, there are more darker themes and villains, especially as we learn of the characters’ backgrounds and the trauma they’ve had to endure.  These themes may be triggering for people who have been through certain traumas.  Also, I’ve known some people who have given up on the show after the first episode because they couldn’t get into it.  My advice is to keep watching; because the more you watch, the more you’ll love the characters and the more you’ll notice the themes/patterns that’ll make more sense as the show goes on.  Overall, Adventure Time is a sweet, whimsical, funny, profound and heartwarming (and yes, some might even say weird) show that’ll make you laugh and maybe shed a tear or two.  I very highly recommend checking it out!

“People get built different. We don’t need to figure it out. We just need to respect it.”

A Quote from Princess Bubblegum