What makes adventure time good

Season 3, Episode 17, "Thank You" Considered one of the best Adventure Time episodes ever, this one-off is about a Snow Gollum who befriends a fire wolf pup from a pack that is destroying his snowy world. As the Snow Gollum works to return the pup to his family, he risks melting. This episode shows off the true artistry of Adventure Time —and it's done almost entirely without dialogue.

Season 3, Episode 18, "The New Frontier" The episode opens with Jake having a "croak dream," a premonition of his death. Though Jake finds comfort in knowing how he'll die, Finn panics.

But, as Finn works prevent Jake from meeting the same demise he experienced in his dream, he seems to actually propel Jake closer to his foreseen fate. It's like a modern retelling of Oedipus denying the prediction of the Oracle, without all the weird familial sex stuff and a bit more about the afterlife. You know, normal kids' show stuff.

Season 4: Episode 10, "Goliad" We're introduced to the immortal, genetically modified candy sphinx destined to take over the Candy Kingdom if Princess Bubblegum dies. We're not sure why PB thought this was a good idea considering how Lemongrab turned out.

And, of course, the plan to teach Goliad smarts and a sense of justice backfires. The episode features a glorious reappearance by Buff Baby Finn—we'll get to that later. Marcy, disgusted with what the wizard Ice King has become, starts to reveal more about her relationship with Simon in the aftermath of the Great Mushroom War.

This episode features an incredibly poignant duet—if you've been following the Ice King's plotline, we dare you not to sniffle. Season 5: Episode 13, "Simon and Marcy" Marcy tells Finn and Jake about the beginning of her friendship with Ice King years ago, when Simon and was the caretaker of 7-year-old Marcy in the ruins of the war. Season 5: Episode 16, "Puhoy" Finn accidentally finds himself in an alternate pillow world.

Unable to find his way back home to the treehouse, he meets a pillow woman named Roselinen, gets married, has children, and starts a whole new life.

The episode features guest voicing from Wallace Shawn. Both play with gender and orientation. Adventure Time has ambiguously gendered characters like BMO, who regularly switches gender pronouns. There are male characters like Jake who occasionally wear makeup to feel pretty. It has also developed a deeply nuanced, dynamic group of female characters—Princess Bubblegum, the ever-sophisticated creator of the Candy Kingdom and scientific mastermind; Marceline the Vampire Queen, a punk rock half-demon and resident badass; and Susan Strong, a super-buff but gentle cyborg.

These are multifaceted, flawed, yet decidedly awesome girls whose growth we have gotten to watch over the course of eight seasons, whose relationships with each other are valued and explored.

Marceline and PB have a centuries-long friendship, which the show has insinuated might have been romantic at some point in the past. It treats subjects like loss, romance, and aging with great tact and feeling. Its world-building is fastidiously coherent, for all its strangeness—the logic might be different in Ooo, but there is a logic and the show follows it. Adventure Time dared to be anything and everything, often at the same time. It was an epic fantasy adventure.

It was a long-term coming-of-age story. It was an experimental exercise. It was a relationship drama. It was a heartbreaker. Episodic television offers a canvas unique among the arts: time.

The best shows make use of this canvas to tell their stories as creatively and ambitiously as they can; Adventure Time used it to become one of the best television series of its day. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding. Financial contributions from our readers are a critical part of supporting our resource-intensive work and help us keep our journalism free for all.

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By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Throughout its run, Adventure Time was one of the most artistically adventurous shows on television Adventure Time began as a short film made for Nicktoons.

Next Up In Explainers. Delivered Fridays. It's adventure time with Finn, Jake and everyone who wants to tag along! This tv series is great for both children and adults. The adventures are of epic proportions, the friendships are unbreakable and deep down, everyone is just having a good time, including us.

Really loved it and pitty the episodes being so short! Not going to include the 3 miniseries Stakes, Islands, or Elements in this review as I've already rated all 3 of them on my Letterboxd account, and I'm not going to include the Frog Seasons shorts, the Grayble Shorts, or the Diamonds and Lemons special because I've reviewed them individually on IMDb Jake the dawg and Finn the hooman. Probably a perfect 2D animated tv show. I wish I watched this sooner.

Watching it at age 23, I almost feel like I missed out on a great childhood experience, especially now that Distant Lands is airing its last episode soon. But man, binging this like no tomorrow isn't even a chore; it's welcomed.

I have to say, I enjoyed every single episode of this, even the filler episodes. I can't even fully say this is strictly a kids show. So much adult jokes and adult-themed episodes make this such a fun ride that just elevates this show into more than just "enjoyable"; it's cherished.

That ending I know in my past review for another Pendleton Ward show "Bravest Warriors" I said some of the seasons were arguably better than anything Adventure Time had put out I can't recommend this show enough to anyone that love wholesome, funny, weird, and just amazing animation. Watch this if you do. Take note of this show if you ever want to get into animation, particularly if you want to write it. Adventure Time is a semi-surrealist fantasy comedy show about a boy and his dog.

Finn the Human and Jake the Dog are two brothers and best friends living in the fantastical land of Ooo. The continent of Ooo has several kingdoms ranging from candy to fire to hot dogs, and each kingdom has a princess.

Most princesses have a massive crush on Finn the human, but the only one who Finn has his eye on is Bubblegum, the beautiful year old ruler of the Candy Kingdom, who is made of bubblegum. The duo have several adventures together, and the first two seasons give the impression of a nonsense show where anything can happen. However, what makes the show so great, and sets it apart from other 'nonsense shows' is that it has a sense of continuity and character development.

The show has a continuity. Although the character designs don't change much, Finn starts off the show as a 12 year old, and by season 6 the current season his age is estimated at about That is the first reason this show is good: a sense of progression in events, and that the episodes, especially after season 3, aren't self-enclosed events.

Another reason why this show is so great are the characters. Finn begins as a typical 12 year old kid, but by season 6, he has gained and lost a girlfriend flame princess fought the Lich, who is the embodiment of evil in this show, has seen the past of the Ice King, and most recently, lost his sword-arm to his birth-father. Yes, his birth-father caused Finn to lose his arm. Also, there are characters who are gender neutral BMO mothers Lady Rainicorn a woman who has had multiple marriages and divorces Tree Trunks and most importantly, a pair of lightly implied bisexual characters Marceline and Bubblegum, the launcher of ships This is my third favorite second favorite Western animation of all time, because of its characters.

It could've easily been a loud, nonsensical show with zero plot it would've if it was given to Nickelodeon but with Pennelton Ward at the helm, and Cartoon Network's support, Adventure Time has risen to become the best currently-running animated show that I've seen, at least.

I frankly despise this show. I was led to believe that this was an intelligent, clever, etc. Like futurama. It is nothing like futurama. I checked on the file where I saved all of the content that gets to either the blog or the zine and couldn't believe I had never reviewed adventure time before. It wouldn't be very helpful to everyone that I know who's as much into it as I am but I still happen to meet folks who don't know about the cartoon.

As much as I enjoy anarchism being steeped into pop culture, I would also settle for less than properly anarchist. I wasn't used to the short 11minute format with storylines sometimes starting or finishing randomly but it grew on me. That and the gender neutral language, and the way in which good and bad are relative and how the character being portrayed as the go-to vilain is pictured as a creep.

One of the most beautiful shows I have ever seen. Hands down, in sad it's over but the ending is so beautiful. FilmFreak94 28 September Adventure Time is the story of an almost normal year old human boy named Finn, and his magical dog Jake voiced by John Di Maggio.

They live in the enchanted land of Ooo and have many strange adventures exploring dungeons, saving princesses most commonly Princess Bubblegum of the Candy Kingdom and meeting many strange inhabitants of the world, some friendlier than others. The plot sounds simple enough, but Adventure Time is one of the most surreal kid's shows to come out of Cartoon Network for a long time. And I love every minute of it.

While I find the earlier episodes of the show ranged from good to OK, the later episodes got really great with the animation and jokes improving as the series went on. The characters are all very likable with unique personalities and quite a few have very memorable and hilarious one-liners. Every time I sit down and watch this show, I am greatly entertained. That doesn't mean it's for everyone though.

While some, like me, may like the surreal appeal others may not. I don't recommend this show to the younger audience younger then 8 as this show may unintentionally give them nightmares at times. Parents more used to family friendly cartoons may also not like the jokes geared towards the older crowd and trust me there's a lot of them.

Either way, this show has great writing, animation, voice acting everything to me is near perfection. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a different kind of kid show.

Season 7 has cemented Adventure Time in cartoon history Adventure Time has created this millennium's first eternal cartoon characters. Some of the things that make AD so fresh is that it avoids formula, takes chances with storytelling, and seems to host a variety of artists and styles making for beautiful artwork.

Filvies 16 February Because it started out OK, but now its not that good because the new episodes are boring without a lot of action. Some episodes are pretty boring because they barely have any action and just a bunch of talk instead. This is considered a comedy, but there are barely any jokes an even when there is, it's not funny.

Regular show is way funnier than this. Also, episodes should now be 22 minutes because I don't think its meant to be only 11 minutes. Sometimes, the episodes are just the same thing over and over again. Overall, this show is losing its edge. Its not that good or enjoyable. Its kinda overrated at the moment. Watch Regular show instead because that is more funny and interesting.

I would really love to write several reviews on how cartoons are really bad these days but it would take too long. About 10 years ago CN started to decline. The decline was not fast but it was starting.