Line #33 WesternAnimation/AdventureTime


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7	->''"Adventure Time!\
8	Come on, grab your friends \
9	We'll go to very distant lands \
10	With Jake the Dog and Finn the Human \
11	The fun will never end, it's Adventure Time!"''
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13	''Adventure Time''[[note]]also known as ''Adventure Time with Finn and Jake'' during the show's first season[[/note]] began life as a seven-minute short created by Creator/PendletonWard, produced as part of ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' by Creator/FrederatorStudios for {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}. Originally meant to premiere in fall 2007, the [[VarietyShow animated variety show]] was delayed from public airing until December 2008. However, the short itself was shown solo on Creator/{{Nicktoons}} in early 2007, at which point it quickly went viral on the Internet.
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15	Why? Because [[QuirkyWork it's really frickin' weird]], that's why!
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17	After plans to develop the short into a series at Nick fell through, Ward and Frederator took it to [[ChannelHop rival station]] Creator/CartoonNetwork, who saw its potential and ordered two full seasons off the bat. A preview aired on March 11, 2010, with the show formally beginning its run on April 5, garnering 2.5 million viewers.
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19	Both the original short and subsequent series follow the adventures of two best friends, Jake the Dog (Creator/JohnDiMaggio) and Finn the Human[[note]]known as Pen the Human in the original short[[/note]] (Creator/JeremyShada [[note]]voiced by his older brother Zachary Shada in the short[[/note]]), who explore and battle evil in the magical, post-apocalyptic land of Ooo, home to [[CloudCuckooland some really strange characters]].
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21	Much like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', the series is sort of a cross between a children's show and a parody of a children's show, with these elements still being very much present even after the show [[CerebusSyndrome took a turn for the darker]]. The stories bear more resemblance to a group of kids playing with action figures -- or a [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs particularly baked]] round of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' -- than a coherent plot...which probably explains why it's [[RuleOfFun so dang fun]].
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23	The show has spawned an increasing range of spin-offs in other media, details of which can be found at the [[Franchise/AdventureTime Franchise page]].
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25	The [[FutureSlang mathematical]] production blog, which also features [[FanArt art from fans]], is located [[http://adventuretimeart.frederator.com/ here]].
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27	On October 2, 2014, Pendleton Ward [[http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/adventure-time-the-trippiest-show-on-television-20141002 announced]] to ''Magazine/RollingStone'' that he had quietly stepped down from his position as showrunner during its fifth season due to burnout, though he remained as a storyboard artist, script writer, and voice actor. Adam Muto, who had been involved with ''Adventure Time'' since the original pilot, served the role of showrunner for the remainder of the series, along with its various spin-offs.
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29	On September 29, 2016, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork after months of erratic airings]], Cartoon Network [[https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/781549955282501632 announced on Twitter]] that the show would end in 2018. The hour-long series finale "Come Along With Me" aired on September 3, 2018 after an all-day marathon of the show's most popular episodes. With an eight-year run, ''Adventure Time'' is the fourth longest-running series on Cartoon Network, and at 283 produced episodes, is surpassed only by the ''Franchise/Ben10'' franchise and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' in episode count.
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31	After the finale, a comic book series entitled ''ComicBook/AdventureTimeSeason11'' was released. Meant to be an unofficial 12-issue epilogue, it [[CutShort only lasted six issues due to not meeting sales expectations]]. Accompanying ''Season 11'' was another miniseries, ''[[ComicBook/AdventureTimeMarcyAndSimon Marcy and Simon]]'', which did manage to conclude its run and ended the latter's character arc. Both comic series however are now rendered non-canon due to the follow-ups to the show.
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33	On October 2019, Cartoon Network announced an official follow-up in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands'', a [[SequelSeries sequel miniseries]] composed of four hour-long episodes each centering on different members of the main cast. The series premiered on Creator/HBOMax on June 25, 2020.
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35	On August 2021, Cartoon Network and HBO Max officially announced ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeFionnaAndCake Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake]]'', a spin-off featuring Finn and Jake's GenderFlip counterparts. It premiered on August 31, 2023.
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37	!!''Adventure Time'' provides examples of:
38	[[index]]
39	* AdventureTime/TropesAToC
40	* AdventureTime/TropesDToH
41	* AdventureTime/TropesIToR
42	* AdventureTime/TropesSToZ
43	[[/index]]
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45	[[AC:Tropes with their own pages:]]
46	* [[ContinuityNod/AdventureTime Continuity Nod]]
47	* [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything/AdventureTime Does This Remind You Of Anything?]]
48	* [[Foil/AdventureTime Foil]]
49	* [[GainaxEnding/AdventureTime Gainax Ending]]
50	* [[SequelEpisode/AdventureTime Sequel Episode]]
51	* [[ShipTease/AdventureTime Ship Tease]]
52	* [[WhamEpisode/AdventureTime Wham Episode]]
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54	->'''''[[{{Tagline}} What Time Is It? ADVENTURE TIME!]]''''' [[note]]'''CHING!'''[[/note]]

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