After Finn realizes that the Huge King is keeping him captive, devises and half-implements an escape plan, meets up with Jake who fell down a parallel hole in the woods and eventually makes it out of the oven pipe with … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Walnuts & Rain” and “Friends Forever”
Finn doesn’t want to go dentist. And can you blame him? They put you in a whole filled with snakes and rotten butter, and they leave you there. But also, dentist is ants? Dentist is dentist. And when you go … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Dentist” and “The Cooler”
Hey, everyjames! Remember when the original James got all goopy in the desert? And then he got cloned? And his clone (aka James II) got a medal of valor for saving Princess Bubblegum and Finn and Jake? It’s okay if … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “James II” and “The Tower”
Box Prince | Aired: October 7, 2013 | Reviewed by Ralph Over at the A.V. Club, Oliver Sava wrote, of “Box Prince”: “It’s one of the few times the show has exhibited signs of fatigue during this lengthy 52-episode season, … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Box Prince” and “Red Starved”
Candy Streets | Storyboarded by: Luke Pearson & Somvilay Xayaphone | Air date: June 24, 2013 | Reviewed by: Mrs Queequeg Poor LSP! She has been done wrong! Robbed! Without any thought to her poor … heart? The title card … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Candy Streets” and “Wizards Only, Fools”
In which the dragon drags on. Synopsis: Finn is a popular guy. I mean why wouldn’t he be? He’s a big hero and just saved a bunch of Candy People from a Butt Dragon! Unfortunately popularity comes at a price, … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Davey” and “Mystery Dungeon”
I get to write about two episodes this week, which is good because I think it’s really instructive to look at them together. They have a lot to say about love and repulsion and beauty and disgust, and one says … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Web Weirdos” and “Dream of Love”
This episode is weird for several reasons. First, it’s the first live action episode, which is a little jarring even for a fairly unconventional show like Adventure Time. Second, we’re introduced to a whole lot of new characters played by … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Marceline’s Closet” and “Paper Pete”
It is a truth universally acknowledged that animated characters love ninjas. What is the inescapable allure of ninjas? Is it their ability to seemingly pop in and out of the shadows? Their wide arsenal of weapons? Or their ability to … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “The Chamber of Frozen Blades” and “Her Parents”
It’s a beautiful day in the Candy Kingdom. The crystal guardians are relaxing and blowing bubbles that float into the sky, sentient balloons are also floating up into the sky (presumably into the mesosphere where they can finally die), and … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “The Duke” and “Freak City”
I get to do two back-to-back episodes this week, which rules! And I noticed a couple themes that bounce around a bit in both episodes. One is the relationship between age and wisdom. Another is that bonkers people sometimes need … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Prisoners of Love” and “Tree Trunks”
The bell rings. Day 5 has begun. An announcement: The class is really dwindling, but don’t worry—we’ll raise tuition commensurately. A few quick announcements. First, the chartreuse lot has sprouted tufts of traffic cones and seems to be purring. Second, … Continue reading Werewolf 185: Art School! – Day 5
The bell rings, signaling the beginning of the fourth day of class. An announcement electronically farts its way through the speaker: A new day and a new chance to make some world-changing art! Let’s do the announcements: First, the shimmering … Continue reading Werewolf 185: Art School! – Day 4
The bell rings, signaling the beginning of the third day of class. An announcement crackles through the speaker: “Welcome back students! Wow! Day 3 already?! A couple quick announcements: First, the shimmering translucent dome covering the chartreuse lot has expanded … Continue reading Werewolf 185: Art School! – Day 3
The bell rings, signaling the beginning of the second day of class. An announcement crackles through the speaker: Welcome back students! A couple quick announcements: First, the chartreuse lot sinkhole has been deemed a nuclear hazard and is now an … Continue reading Werewolf 185: Art School! – Day 2
The bell rings. Eager students of the arts shuffle in their seats. Some pull out sketch pads and sharpen their crayons. Others wish they’d bought the bigger box of crayons with the cool sharpener. Some tech-savvy students pull out laptops … Continue reading Werewolf 185: Art School! – Day 1
Welcome to The Ralph Academy for the Visual Arts, where, through a rigorous and unforgiving process of harsh analysis and critique, we transform scribblers into aesthetes. If there’s one thing that the art world is all about, it’s making connections. … Continue reading Werewolf 185: Art School! – Sign Ups
Oh no! Everyone’s a Serial Killer! Just kidding! Everything’s normal. Let’s see what those Ralphroro Associates got up to overnight. Looks like that’s the end of the trial for Wonder Woman (Jake), who was Vanilla Town! Our Ralphroro Enterprises Military … Continue reading Werewolf 153: Ralphroro Enterprises Presents The Werewolf-O-Matic! – Day 6
Nobody touch The Werewolf-O-Matic! It’s working perfectly normally now! No lovers! No extra jailers or investigators or vigilantes! Just good old fashioned Werewolf! Except that the crafty IT specialist found their way into The Werewolf-O-Matic once again and kicked someone … Continue reading Werewolf 153: Ralphroro Enterprises Presents The Werewolf-O-Matic! – Day 5
Well, our engineers are confident that we’ve got a good grasp on things now. No system error investigators, jailers, or vigilantes. The Werewolf-O-Matic is running at maximum efficiency, and we finally got that family of squirrels out of there! They … Continue reading Werewolf 153: Ralphroro Enterprises Presents The Werewolf-O-Matic! – Day 4
Look. At Ralphroro Enterprises we believe that the only way to learn from failures is to fail. And we are industry leaders in failure! Everyone please check your QTs to see exactly how we’ve screwed up! So that’s why we’re excited … Continue reading Werewolf 153: Ralphroro Enterprises Presents The Werewolf-O-Matic! – Day Three
