Retrospective reviews of Adventure Time written by different authors each week.
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”
The Pajama War Air Date: January 8, 2015 | Written and Storyboarded by Somvilay Xayaphone & Seo Kim | Reviewed by Blip It’s been quite a while (more than a year and a half, actually) since I wrote up one … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “The Pajama War” and “Evergreen”
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”
Welcome one and all to the second half of season 6 of Adventure Time reviews! Seasons 5 and 6 of this show are double length, consisting of more episodes than the standard 26, so we’ll be handling signups a little … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time Season 6B Central Hub and Sign-up Thread
Is That You? Boarded by: Jesse Moynihan Aired: November 25, 2014 Reviewed by: CedricTheOwl The explosive two-parter that opened season 6 of Adventure Time had consequences that the season has spent a large portion of its runtime exploring. The revelation … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Is That You?” and “Jake the Brick”
Ghost Fly | Aired: October 28, 2014 | Reviewed by Stars Hi everyone. Your friendly neighbourhood Stars has returned[footnote]from an almost 2 month break 🙃! Oh hey, wasn’t that the usual summer break gap? Only recently realised we’ve kind of … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Ghost Fly” and “Everything’s Jake”
Nemesis | Boarded by: Jesse Moynihan and Derek Ballard | Originally Aired: August 7, 2014 | Reviewed by: Lyssie What do we think about when we try to evaluate people we like? Either in real life or in fiction, sometimes … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Nemesis” and “Joshua and Margaret Investigations”
Thanks for the Crabapples, Giuseppe! | Written & Boarded by: Somvilay Xayaphone & Seo Kim | Aired: July 31, 2014 | Reviewed by Josephus These are not my teardrops, daughter dearBut just a sheen of dew, that lingers herePast other … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Thanks for the Crabapples, Giuseppe!” and “Princess Day”
“When does Adventure Time get good?” Adventure Time aired for 10 seasons over 8 and a half years and ~283ish episodes[footnote]Number gets fucky because there were some shorts that are part of the production orders but not generally collected with … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Little Brother” and “Ocarina”
The Prince Who Wanted Everything Boarded by: Bert Youn, Kent Osbourne, Adam Muto, and Lyle Partridge Aired: June 26, 2014 Reviewed by: CedricTheOwl It’s been a while since we dropped in on the land of Aaa, everyone’s favorite Rule 63 … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “The Prince Who Wanted Everything” and “Something Big”
It’s so cool when a classic American cartoon incorporates Japanese artistry in innovative ways: Adventure Time invited Fukuoka native, Masaaki Yuasa, to write, storyboard, and direct the episode “Food Chain,” and he really did his thing with it. I didn’t … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Food Chain” and “Furniture & Meat”
Directed by: Adam Muto and Nick JenningsWritten and Storyboarded by:Graham FalkReview by Josephus Brown As this show goes on, it starts to become a lot quieter. There’s a lot more trusting the audience to keep up with things, and a … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time- “Sad Face”/”Breezy”
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”
Wake Up | Boarded by: Cole Sanchez and Andy Ristaino | Aired: April 21, 2014 | Reviewed by CedricTheOwl Welcome to season 6 of Adventure Time, everyone! We’ve gone through 156 episodes of zany comedy, high adventure, and crushing emotional … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Wake Up” and “Escape from the Citadel”
Bad Timing | Boarded by: Kent Osborne and Pendleton Ward | Aired: March 3, 2014 | Reviewed by Prestidigititis It’s October, 2014. Adventure Time is well into its sixth season on the air at Cartoon Network, and for the last … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Bad Timing” and “Billy’s Bucket List”
Lemonhope Part 1 | Boarded by: Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard | Aired: March 10, 2014 | Reviewed by CedricTheOwl What duty do the freed have to the enslaved? What obligation does a survivor have? These are tough questions to … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Lemonhope Part 1” and “Lemonhope Part 2”
Two episodes featuring two very different reunions. Continue reading Come Along With Me: The Red Throne/Betty
When I was a kid I would tell people that my favorite color was grass. I meant green, but I guess I meant that specific kind of green that was grass in my child mind. It’s funny how little things … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Blade of Grass” and “Rattleballs”
