Adventure Time

Adventure Time (formerly known as Adventure Time with Finn and Jake) is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and produced by Frederator Studios. The show is based on an original animated short titled "Adventure Time," which aired on Frederator's  show and won an Annie Award for the Best Animated Short Subject of 2009. The series is about a boy named Finn and a magical dog named Jake who encounter many strange adventures in the Land of Ooo. In 2010, Cartoon Network picked up the series, and it premiered with "sneak peeks" on March 11 and 18, 2010 followed by the official series premiere on April 5, 2010. This series is rated TV-PG, with a few re-rated episodes. The series is expected to end in 2018 with a ninth season.

Original pitch
According to a Frederator blog post, Adventure Time was first pitched as a series to, which airs most of Frederator, but they passed on it twice.

Pendleton Ward (with help from Patrick McHale and Adam Muto) then pitched the show to Cartoon Network with an early storyboard for "The Enchiridion!," showing that the premise could be expanded from a seven minute short into a full series while maintaining the elements that made it successful: funny catchphrases and dances, an awkward kiss moment with the princess, and an "Abe Lincoln moment." (Enchiridion storyboard 1.0) Cartoon Network green-lit the first season in September 2008, aiming to premiere it by Christmas 2009, although this was later pushed to 2010. "The Enchiridion!" would become the first produced episode, but "Slumber Party Panic," which was aired on April 5, 2010, is considered the first episode.

Development of world and style
Series creator Pendleton Ward has stated that the artistic style is influenced by his time at and later working as a storyboard artist on . He tries to include "beautiful" moments like those in Hayao Miyazaki's . Then he tried some subversive humor, inspired by series like ' and '. Executive producer Fred Seibert compares the show's animation style to that of and the Max Fleischer cartoons but says its world is also equally inspired by  and video games. Ward intends the show's world to have a certain physical logic instead of "cartoony slapstick"—even though magic exists in the story, the show's writers try to create an internal consistency in how the characters interact with the world.

Development of characters
Ward describes the character Finn as a "fiery little kid" with strong morals, while Jake is based on Bill Murray's character in the movie , as a laid back man in his twenties who usually jokes around, but occasionally gives good advice.

Episodes
Season one of the series ran from April 5, 2010 to September 27, 2010. After the premiere episode drew strong TV ratings, earning the number one spot in many kids demographics, Cartoon Network renewed the show for a second season of 13 half-hours (26 episodes).

It was renewed for a third season of 26 episodes, a fourth season of 26 episodes, a fifth season of 52 episodes, a sixth season of 43 episodes, and a seventh season of 39 episodes.

It was renewed for an eighth season of 28 episodes and ninth season but it has not yet been specified how many episodes there will be however it was stated that the series will consist of 142 half hours of content episodes by the end of its run.

Season two ran from October 11, 2010 to May 9, 2011; Season three from July 11, 2011 to February 13, 2012; Season four from April 2, 2012 to October 22, 2012; Season five from November 12, 2012 to March 17, 2014; Season six from April 21, 2014 to June 5, 2015; and Season seven from November 2, 2015 to November 19, 2016. Season eight began airing on January 23, 2017. The series was renewed for a ninth season which will be the final season. The series finale is expected to air sometime in 2018.

Characters
[[File:Characters.jpg|thumb|Main Characters

From Left to Right: Princess Bubblegum, Lady Rainicorn, Jake The Dog, Finn The Human, The Ice King]]

Film
Main article: Untitled Adventure Time movie

On February 27, 2015, it was announced that there will be an Adventure Time animated feature being developed at and Frederator Studios. Cartoon Network Studios will also be involved with production. Chris McKay (an executive producer for ' and director for ' as well as the genius behind ) and Roy Lee (producer of The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie) will be producing this film. Creator Pendleton Ward will have some involvement in writing and producing. The film does not currently hold a title or release date. In September 2015, Rob Schrab and Harald Zwart were confirmed to be directing the movie.

Trivia

 * There is a waving snail in every episode (excluding "Food Chain" and the premier of "Trouble in Lumpy Space").
 * Most episodes in the beginning of the show include a transition with full screen "Adventure Time" title (or some variation of this, as in the episode "Ricardio the Heart Guy," in which the words "Party Time" were shown.) This seems to have been mostly phased out in season 2 (though the way they used it in this season was more enthusiastic and creative) and completely in season 3 and onward.
 * Some members of the Adventure Time staff had Spring.me accounts where they answered questions about Adventure Time until Spring.me was taken over by Twoo, a dating website. They have since moved on to Ask.fm. This included Adam Muto, Andy Ristaino, and Cole Sanchez.
 * According to lead character designer Phil Rynda, most of the show's title cards are done in the style of old comic book or pulp magazine covers, which is why they look aged and torn.
 * Cartoon Network gave Adventure Time great attention during Comic-Con 2011.
 * Every Adventure Time episode has been presented in a CinemaScope format with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Unfortunately, they are shown to Cartoon Network HD in a "full screen" format where some scenes were presented in an open matte format, and some where in a pan and scan format. This has been standardized for all Cartoon Network content filmed in CinemaScope up until HDTVs are standardized to the aspect ratio.
 * The only holdover from the animated short who still voices his character in the series is John DiMaggio, who voices Jake, and Dee Bradley Baker, who voices Cinnamon Bun, among others (his original role of Lady Rainicorn went to Niki Yang).
 * On November 20, 2012, the game Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage?!! was released.
 * Jazwares released Adventure Time toys in late 2011.
 * On July 26, 2011, Poptropica.com had a little mission based off the episode "The Limit" at Shark Tooth Island and the prizes are Finn and Jake costumes.Poptropica.png
 * On August 12, 2011, if one goes to Early Poptropica there will be a video of the mini episode "The Wand," and if you watch it you will get an Adventure Time Jake Follower.
 * On April 2, 2012 on Early Poptropica there is an ad that gets one a Finn costume. Then, on Shark Tooth island, there is a quest that gets you a Flambo follower and a Flame Princess power.
 * On February 13, 2013, the ad for the Fionna and Cake DVD was released on Shark Tooth Island, which gets you a Marshall Lee costume and power, though he has Marceline's guitar.
 * Finn's voice gets deeper every season because Jeremy Shada, the person who voices Finn, is going through puberty.
 * Every season, excluding season one, has had a two part episode. The third season provides the first part of a two part episode.
 * Adventure Time began airing in Japan on June 2012.
 * During an interview, Jeremy Shada stated there were talks of a possible Adventure Time movie. An hour-long special has since been confirmed by one of the storyboarders, Jesse Moynihan.
 * An Adventure Time movie was confirmed on February 27, 2015. It does not currently have a release date or title. (see "film" section above for more details.)
 * Adventure Time has been nominated three times for an Emmy in the category, Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program. The first was for "My Two Favorite People." The second was for "It Came from the Nightosphere." The third nomination was "Too Young" for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards.
 * Adventure Time was rated #1 on the Cartoon Network and the Teletoon website.
 * The McDonald's Happy Meal toys were released on January 17, 2014.
 * Adventure Time is currently the longest running Cartoon Network series in terms of the number of episodes aired with a total of 261 episodes and counting, more than any other public broadcast aired by Cartoon Network.
 * An Adventure Time opening parody was used as a couch gag in ' Season 28 premiere, Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus.
 * Adventure Time has been officially banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board in Kenya for promoting homosexuality.

Voice Actors of Main/Recurring Characters

 * Jeremy Shada as Finn Mertens (the Human)
 * John DiMaggio as Jake (the Dog)
 * Hynden Walch as Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum
 * Tom Kenny as Simon "Ice King" Petrikov/others
 * Niki Yang as BMO (English)/Lady Rainicorn (Korean)
 * Olivia Olson as Marceline Abadeer (the Vampire Queen)
 * Pendleton Ward as Lumpy Space Princess/others
 * Polly Lou Livingston as Tree Trunks
 * Jessica DiCicco as Phoebe (Flame Princess)
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Cinnamon Bun/others
 * Andy Milonakis as Neptr
 * Maria Bamford as Slime Princess/others
 * Steve Little as Peppermint Butler/others
 * Ron Lynch as Mr. Pig
 * Justin Roiland as Earl of Lemongrab
 * Ron Perlman as The Lich
 * Ethan Maher as Sweet Pig-Trunks

Further readings

 * 27 Facts And Theories About "Adventure Time" That Will Blow Your Mind - brainjet.com
 * Pendleton Ward On Keeping "Adventure Time" Weird - By Kevin Ohannessian
 * Pendleton Ward Confirms He Quit Showrunning Adventure Time, Says He'll Probably Never Create Another Show - Comicbook.com