Since its first episode in 2010, with the exception of June 2011 and March 2012, there has been at least one episode of Adventure Time on Cartoon Network every month. Guest stars this season have included actors (Chloris Leachman, Lavar Burton, Maria Bamford), comedy greats (Donald Glover, Kristen Schaal, Marc Maron), and legendary voice over artists (Maurice LaMarche, Keith David, Ron Pearlman).Upcoming guest stars include creator of the hit HBO series Girls, Lena Dunham. Other series regulars include Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob), Hynden Walch (Starfire from Teen Titans), and Steve Little ( Eastbound and Down). The show is aimed at children and pre-teens, but like SpongeBob SquarePants, Ren and Stimpy, and Rocco’s Modern Life, it has attracted a sizeable older fan base especially among parents, teens, and nerds of advanced ages. In an interview with Noelene Clark of the LA Times Hero Complex blog, Ward has said “It’s Candyland on the surface and dark underneath… my favorite kind of emotions-the ones that conflict with each other, and they feel weird inside of you.” ![]() ![]() The mythology of Adventure Time strongly implies events take place 1,000 years in the future where the world has been devastated by a catastrophic nuclear war that killed most humans. Adventure Time takes places in the Land of Ooo, a post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with magical creatures where series heroes Finn (Jeremy Shada, or young Charlie on Lost) and Jake (John DiMaggio of Futurama) battle against a pastiche of geekish villainy borrowed liberally from over four generations of video games and Monster Manuals. ![]() Moose, and Mickey Mouse.Ĭreated by Pendleton Ward as an Internet short in 2006, the show was initially pitched to Nickelodeon, who passed, before debuting on Cartoon Network in April 2010. But on this year on Thanksgiving morning, Finn the Human and Jake the Dog of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time floated down 6th Avenue in oversized, inflatable versions of their animated selves and joined the ranks of this nation’s cartoon gods: Bart J.
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