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- The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme.[[/labelnote]] Example Like this.
- Further mutations and successor memes, if any.
- The original 2007 short quickly became viral after its release. It grew so popular it led to the creation of the TV show.
- "MY HAT! IS AWESOME!" Explanation Probably the most famous scene from the pilot, where Finn shouts this line and kicks the Ice King after the latter insults his hat. It got referenced and quoted on the Internet frequently in the time after the pilot's release.
- What time is it? Adventure Time!Explanation Finn and Jake's simultaneous Character Catchphrase and Title Drop is prone to variations.
- The title, and the show's frequent utilization of the Title Drop trope, have made it memetic to say "ADVENTURE TIME!" to any unsuspecting person who innocently asks for the time.
- "The fun will never end!" Explanation A lyric in the opening song, fun for fans to sing when episodes get really dark or depressing
- NOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOO Explanation Finn's reaction to a drop of water in "Ocean of Fear". The image of him screaming has been widely circulated, and has also led to multiple variations involving different characters with the face. - "SO. VERY. LARGE."Explanation One of Prince Gumball's lines from the genderbent episode preview. It was perceived rather suggestively, and is often used by the fandom to describe a certain part of Marshall Lee's anatomy
- "I'm a buff baby that can dance like a man..."Explanation Baby Finn's song in "Memory of a Memory" was prone to numerous remixes and became very popular. Later on, platforms such as TikTok would popularize the song again.
- The Earl of Lemongrab is the show's resident Fountain of Memes. Pretty much anything involving him has become memetic, both within and outside of the show's fanbase.
- "UNACCEPTABLE!"Explanation Lemongrab's Character Catchphrase. It's commonly used to show disapproval or disgust on the Internet, and has also made its way into many image macros and GIFs.
- [x] years dungeon! Explanation A snowclone based on Lemongrab's dungeon punishments, with "x" being the number of years. Used in response to something one disapproves of.
- Pictures of Lemongrab are often captioned with the SpongeBob SquarePants acronym "Every Villain Is Lemons".
- Lemongrab reacts to a note Explanation In his debut episode, Lemongrab reads a note that says "you smell ike dog buns", which makes him freak out. Edits replace the original text with different text or an image, and either have Lemongrab react in horror or with disinterest to what's being shown.
- Don't forget, MARCELINE LOVES YOU GAIZ! Explanation A phrase started and bred on a fan-forum, which then spread to other places.
- Mathematical!!!Explanation Finn's tendency to use math-related terms when he is excited has been embraced by fans, who similarly yell said interjections as a means to express their own amusement.
- Bacon pancakes! Makin' bacon pancakes!Explanation Jake's "Bacon Pancakes" song quickly became one of the show's most popular songs, and became popular in edits and remixes, even years after the song made its debut.
- "I like sad things." Explanation A quote by show creator Pendleton Ward that's often brought up whenever discussing the show's sadder moments.
- Jake shows you how it's done.Explanation A 25-minute extended version of Jake showing a beetle how to dance has become popular on the Internet, accumulating 2.5M views. The original scene has also been used as a GIF, and Jake's line "you're shaking it all wrong" has been appended to GIFs of characters dancing.
- Damnit Fern, stop reminding us of Avengers: Infinity War!Explanation In "Come Along With Me", Fern dies by breaking up into grass, revealing this to Finn by stating that he is "not doing so good". This easily reminded viewers of Peter Parker's undignified disintegration into ash in Avengers: Infinity War, where this moment began as he said a similar line, "I don't feel so good".
- Jake bit by a SpiderExplanation In the episode "Marceline's Closet", a spider bites Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio), who screams in pain silently. It has become a popular reaction image, sometimes with a blurred filter applied to it.
- From the comics, Lemongrab holding a trash can and shouting "Hop in, this is where you belong forever, now!" got some mileage as a response to bad takes, or people declaring themselves "fandom trash".
- Que ProExplanation An edited image of Finn and Jake with the Roblox man face became popular in 2020-21.
- This clip of Finn trying out the Glasses of Nerdicon for the first time in "The Real You" become popular in 2021 due to being recommended to users by the YouTube algorithm.
- "Nope, nope, stop talking, go to jail!"Explanation One of Princess Bubblegum's lines from "Apple Wedding" became a common reaction video used against displeasing opinions (with varying degrees of hyperbole).
- Gunter wearing a sign.◊ Explanation From the episode "Jake the Dog". The original text of the sign is "I steal jewels", which is replaced with different text in image edits.
- The 15 Tiers of Love/"DO NOT DO TIER 15!" Explanation In "Burning Low", Jake talks about the "15 tiers of love", the 15th of which prompts a vague description when Finn asks about it. Fans often reference "The 15 Tiers of Love" when it comes to characters in other works that are in a relationship, especially Tier 15, which usually means that something "interesting" has happened, is going to happen, or hasn't happened, but is something fans wouldn't want to happen.
- "Eres un reverendo pendejo!"Explanation In the Latin American Dub of Paradise PD, the dog Bullet is voiced by Jose Arenas who also did Jake's voice in the Latin American Dub of Adventure Time and even uses the exact same kind of voice for the other character. It has thus become commonplace for Latin American fans to edit that one line (Which translates as "You're a righteous asshole!") into scenes of Jake getting mad in a near-seamless fashion.
- "Oh my Glob!" Explanation Lumpy Space Princess's Character Catchphrase; it is often used in place of "oh my god" in the fandom.
- "Now go sit in the corner and think about your life."◊ Explanation From the beginning of "Slow Love" where Jake reprimands BMO in this way. It became a reaction GIF used to scorn someone for doing something bad.
- Tree Trunks' fascist sign Explanation An out-of-context clip from "High Strangeness" where Tree Trunks makes the word "fascist" with glitter on the back of a sign gained some popularity due to how strange it is to see that word in a kid's cartoon.
