Adventure Time S01E01: Slumber Party Panic (1)

Summary:

Princess Bubblegum w/Finn uses chemistry (incl. explosive diarrhea) to bring the dead candy people to life. Whoops! ZOMBIES... with a thirst for... SUGAR.

PB and Finn run to the Candy Kingdom, where the candy citizens are gathered in a ballroom and told that it is a big slumber party (so PB can make an antidote). Finn makes a royal promise not to tell anyone, because apparently candy people explode when they get super freaked out (Starchy blows up).

Finn keeps the secret from Jake, and they keep busy by playing Truth or Dare. Jake dares Finn to tell the secret. Finn figures out something is going on while the zombies begin to attack. Dance parties ensues as zombies start to break in.

Finn convinces everyone to cover their eyes, and they start swinging bats as if at pinatas. They kill all the zombies, and proceed to eat their guts.

Finn breaks the royal promise and the Guardians attack. The Gumball Guardians make Finn answer a simple math problem, and he avoids a severe punishment. The Guardians explode and everything seems to turn back in time to normal...

PB realizes she was too smart to finish the serum. The finished serum brings back all the dead relatives (and Starchy).

Analysis:

We find out that candy people blow up when scared really bad.

During T or D, We find out that Mr. Cupcake is chocolate under his wrapper.

Jake and Lady Rainacorn play 7 Minutes in Heaven (hasn't been established yet that they are a couple).

Breaking a royal promise is punishable by slave labor.

Starchy, while seemingly made from starch and possibly a potato, is actually a malted milk ball.

If Finn is still 12 (as established in the pilot), I am guessing PB is 19 at the youngest. 

Overall:

Good start to the series. Establishes PB as the ruler of the CK, and a chemist/mad scientist. Finn and Jake are just buddies, Tree Trunks makes an appearance. 

We see some simple glimpses into the CK, mainly that obv. everyone is made of candy and they have defensive capabilities with the large Gumball Guardians. 

Adventure Time: PILOT (00)

Back in 2007, Nickalodeon aired a short about a boy and his dog. The video got lots of hits, Nickalodeon ended up passing on the series (TWICE!), before the show found it's way to Cartoon Network, where it blew up. The series was created by Pendleton Ward, and also had a large amount of creative staff who came over from FLAPJACK (which is also a pretty great show).

...Now normally,  I don't post the video in the actual post, but the pilot is hard to find so here you go:

Click here ------> Adventure Time Pilot

Summary:

We meet Penn ... who would later become Finn (the human) and Jake (the dog). In this quick adventure, they see Princess Bubblegum's  (PB) Rainacorn (half rainbow/unicorn). Now Rainacorn doesn't speak in Korean, but in gibberish (although they can understand her).  After chasing her to the Ice Kingdom, and fighting some monsters,  they proceed to rescue PB from the Ice King.

IK fights both Finn and Jake. After getting frozen, Finn travels to Mars and gets a pep talk from Abe Lincoln. He rescues PB from a flying Ice King. After the rescue, Finn and Jake run off after some ninjas.

Analysis:

Well, this is a one-off so I will consider this non-canon.  But there are some differences:

IK calls Jake a "magic dog" ...but I am not sure that's correct.

IK loses his crown and falls to the earth. The power that he gets from his crown is central to his story.

Abe Lincoln is on Mars, which happens again later, I believe.

Finn is 12 and Jake is 28, which seems about right. If Jake goes by dog years, that means he is 3 human years old... although to be honest, he seems like a 28 year old guy.

Rainacorn is called Lady Rainacorn in the series, and is not owned by anyone, and is simply Jake's girlfriend.

Overall:

Finn is a little extra hyper than he is in the regular series. He also moves with a little bit more rubbery motion, but it's a pilot, so that's to be expected. Also, his hat wraps around his head, vs in the series, the hat runs into his body.

As an added bonus, Here is the animatics (w/sound) for the show:

Adventure Time Source Books

Before we begin, there are a few books on Adventure Time that I highly recommend.

The first is The Art of OOO.

This is a book on the Art of Adventure Time. I absolutely LOVE art books, and this one is as good as it gets. It gives you background on character development, and I will be using this book a lot as the series goes on.

Here is a interior review by PARKA BLOGS (one of the best art book reviewers out there):

The next 2 books are:

Adventure Time Title Cards Vol 1 and Adventure Time Title Cards Vol. 2

These books give insight into the title cards that showcase a piece of art before every episode. 

...and finally:

Adventure Time Encyclopaedia

Well, that is it! On to the series!

WHAT TIME IS IT?!

ADVENTURE TIME!

Hey there!

Before I start on this epic review of every episode of Adventure Time, let me give you some background:

I first learned about this show a few years ago, but I had fallen out of cartoons for quite a while. Finally one day, I decided to give it a shot, and found it to be the most awesome, weird, out of this world, lovable cartoon I had seen. It was obvious the creators loved the characters, and the dynamics of their relationships was very interesting.

So here we go. I will try and attempt to do all the shows, shorts, and specials in chronological order (according to airdate), and do my best to try and unravel the mysteries of OOO.

I am open to anyone who wants to post and bring up any points/mistakes as I work on the series. As of today, if I am correct, the show has about a season and a half before it is wrapped up.

Maybe, if I am very very lucky, and a hard worker... I can catch up and watch it in real time. (def. no promises though!)

-J

Welcome to the blog.

Hey everyone,

I know what you are thinking. What the hell is this, and why the hell am I here?

To answer those questions:

What the hell is this?

This is a blog I am making to help chart my shows, movies and other stuff that I enjoy.  What does that entail? Well, movies, comics, picture books, cartoons, and whatever the hell else I like to spend my time doing. It's just that I will try and analyze the subject at hand and try and give a good review on it. That's it.

I will be focusing on movie & tv reviews, both old and new (there is a surprisingly large amount of movies I have never seen) as well as comics and literature.

I have named this "Hold on, Dreamland" because I am notorious for falling asleep when I am trying to watch something or a movie. Call it exhaustion from my other duties (dad, teaching, art) or call it the beginning stages of narcolepsy (and I don't say that lightly)... but I am hoping if I go in with the strong intention of a review, I will be able to get more out of it.

Why the hell am I here?

I don't know. You may be a friend, or acquaintance, or you may not even understand English, and this is just a bunch of crap. Whatever it is, I hope you like what you see, and maybe you will check something out after reading what I have to say.


...ANNNNNNNND if no one reads this, its ok. It will kind of be like an online journal.

Thanks! -J