Pendleton Ward
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The Annotated Adventure Time: Ego Death and the Cut Buddha in “The Mountain”
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “The Mountain,” Lemongrab comes face to face with the screeching, grotesque truth of his…
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The Annotated Adventure Time: Destiny Anxiety in The Visitor
On the last episode of Adventure Time, “The Visitor,” Martin crash-lands back on Earth, and Finn definitively proves to himself that he’s…
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The Annotated Adventure Time: Prejudice and Evil in ‘Gold Stars’
We’re playing catch-up this week with last Friday’s Adventure Time episode “Gold Stars,” where we watched breathlessly to see if a…
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Glob is Dead and Death is Hope in Adventure Time’s Astral Plane
On last week’s episode of Adventure Time, “Astral Plane,” Finn has an out-of-body experience that takes him into the lonely…
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The Preciousness of Imperfection in Adventure Time’s The Pajama War
On the last episode of Adventure Time, “The Pajama War,” Princess takes some time off to herself, hoping that her…
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Globalization and Mutual Assured Destruction in Adventure Time’s The Cooler
On the latest Adventure Time, “The Cooler,” Flame Princess seeks Princess Bubblegum’s help when the Fire Kingdom’s core mysteriously cools, but…
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Meditation and ‘The Truman Show’ in Adventure Time’s ‘Jake the Brick’
In “Jake the Brick,” Jake’s spiritual journey takes a turn for the serene when his bizarre childhood ambition (to pretend…
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Everyday Magick and the Primacy of Ideas in Adventure Time’s ‘Is That You?’
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Is That You?”, Finn and Jake play a mind-bending game of dream spaces…
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Going Quietly into that Good Night: Environmentalism in Adventure Time’s ‘Everything’s Jake’
This Thanksgiving week, Adventure Time goes into overdrive with the Corn-OO-copia event debuting four new episodes; in last night’s “Everything’s…
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Germophobia and Lower-Level Deadworlds in Adventure Time’s ‘Ghost Fly’
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Ghost Fly,” Jake swats a fly for drinking his soup and does ghost-battle…
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No One Told Me How Awesome the Adventure Time DVD Packagings Look…
I’m generally not much of a ‘physical copies’ kinda guy–call me a disembodied web-consciousness, but buying digital copies has always…
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Monomyths and Cute Overload in Adventure Time’s “Little Brother”
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Little Brother,” Shelby accidentally cuts off his tail in an attempt to parkour, and…
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