Retrospective reviews of Adventure Time written by different authors each week.
Flute Spell | Written and Storyboarded by: Jesse Moynihan & Sam Alden | Aired: March 12, 2016 | Reviewed by Mrs Queequeg Finn’s got a new lady? This one’s all about change, with a dash of longing. We open with … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Flute Spell” and “The Thin Yellow Line”
Directed By: Andres SalaffSandra Lee Written by:Jesse MoynihanSam AldenReview by:JosephusBrown “A man needs a maid” This is a fun one. It’s another one by Moynihan and Alden, who we last saw work together for The Mountain. This one is more … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Crossover” and “The Hall of Egress”
King’s Ransom | Boarded by: Hanna K. Nyström & Andres Salaff | First aired: January 15th, 2016 | Reviewed by Lyssie As we’ve gotten to know more of the Ice King, we’ve learned a lot about what he feels about … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “King’s Ransom” and “Scamps”
Blank-Eyed Girl | Written and Storyboarded by: Somvilay Xayaphone & Seo Kim | Aired: January 13, 2016 | Reviewed by Grumproro I might not have been the best person to review this episode because I don’t really know anything about … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Blank-Eyed Girl” and “Bad Jubies”
Angel Face Directed by:Elizabeth Ito and Sandra LeeWritten and Storyboarded by:Seo Kim & Somvilay XayaphoneReviewed By:Josephus Brown I’m kind of at a loss for this episode (And the next, actually, though thankfully I’m not the one writing about it.) So … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time- “Angel Face” and “President Porpoise Is Missing!”
The More You Moe, The More You Know Storyboarded by: Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard Originally Aired: December 5, 2015 Review By: CedricTheOwl “Stakes” would be a tough act to follow for any episode of Adventure Time, but a two-parter … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “The More You Moe, The More You Know”
Football Storyboarded by: Lyle Partridge and Luke Pearson Originally Aired: November 6, 2015 Tis’ I, Stars (they come & go) resurrected from the obscurity of non-commenting & participating in the AT watch along for months!* Finally returning to you to … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Football” and “Summer Showers”
Marceline the Vampire Queen Storyboard by: Ako Castuera and Jesse Moynihan Original Airdate; November 16, 2015 Review By: Prestidigititis Adventure Time episodes are only eleven minutes long. Seven seasons in, we’ve got characters whose backstories would humble a Prestige-Era-Television showrunner. … Continue reading Come Alone With Me: Adventure Time – “Stakes”
Cherry Cream SodaDirected by:Adam Muto and Sandra LeeWritten And Storyboarded by:Graham FalkReview by Josephus Brown One of my favorite parts of going back through this show is discovered which people behind the scenes it turned out I loved the whole … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time- “Cherry Cream Soda” and “Mama Said”
Bonnie & Neddy Boarded by: Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard Originally Aired: November 2, 2015 Review by: CedricTheOwl Welcome everyone, to Season 7 of Adventure Time. The previous season of the show saw the AT crew indulge in some of … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Bonnie & Neddy” and “Varmints”
Hot Diggity Doom | Aired: June 5, 2015 | Written & storyboarded by: Thomas Herpich & Steve Wolfhard | Reviewed by Lyssie So – election time! King of Ooo shows up, and just like that there’s an election for princess … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Hot Diggity Doom” and “The Comet”
Graybles Allsorts Boarded by Steve Wolfhard, Geneva Hodgson, and Patty Guo Aired: July 6, 2015 – November 1, 2015 Reviewed by: CedricTheOwl Somewhere during production of season 6, Adventure Time also started work on a series of shorts that would … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – Graybles Allsorts and On the Lam
Be Sweet Air Date: June 2, 2015 Storyboarded by: Seo Kim and Somvilay Xayaphone Reviewed by Prestidigititis Today’s first Adventure Time episode is a calamity. A series of calamities, really, inspired by the actions and inactions of a couple of … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Be Sweet” and “Orgalorg”
Welcome one and all to season 7 of Adventure Time reviews! We’re back to the standard 26 episode season format, but season 7 introduces a new wrinkle to the Adventure Time formula: the miniseries. Seasons 7 through 9 each include … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time Season 7 Central Hub and Sign-up Thread
Water Park Prank Air Date: May 21, 2015 | Directed, Written and Storyboarded by David Ferguson | Reviewed by Malcolm Rambert When I decided to write for this ongoing series on The Avocado, I wanted to abstain from picking episodes … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Water Park Prank” and “You Forgot Your Floaties
Graybles 1000+Written by: Steve Wolfhard, from a story by Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward, Jack Pendarvis, Steve Wolfhard, and Adam MutoDirected by: Andres SalaffReview by LibraryLass In the distant future– though not quite as far in the future as these framing … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Graybles 1000+” and “Hoots”
I’ve always had conflicting feelings about this one. Jermaine finally introduces Finn & Jake’s brother, mentioned in passing several times but never actually properly featured as a character. And unlike our heroes, Jermaine isn’t a free-spirited adventurer. He’s more buttoned … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Jermaine” and “Chips and Ice Cream”
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”
At this point in its run, Adventure Time is no stranger to questions of complicated morality. Situations where it’s hard to know the right thing to do, or where characters we root for do things we don’t. Hell, earlier this … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Dark Purple” and “The Diary”
The Visitor Originally Aired February 5, 2015Storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Steve WolfhardReviewed by Prestidigititis At its core (one of its cores), Adventure Time is about fathers. Specifically, how fathers fail us in one sense or another. I’d like to … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time- “The Visitor” and “The Mountain”
Astral Plane Boarded by: Jesse Moynihan and Jillian Tamaki Aired: January 22, 2015 Reviewed by: CedricTheOwl We’re fully in the age of serialized Adventure Time with this episode, as the approaching comet we saw at the end of “Evergreen” figures … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Astral Plane” and “Gold Stars”
