The Annotated Adventure Time
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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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Alien Impreggerers in Adventure Time’s “Joshua and Margaret Investigations”
In last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Joshua and Margaret Investigations,” it’s Jake’s birthday and he’s reminiscing about Joshua and…
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Dark Magic Peppermints and Zealotry in Adventure Time’s “Nemesis”
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Nemesis,” Peppermint Butler’s dark magicky ways finally catch up to him when a…
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Ken Kesey and Road Trip Mythology in Adventure Time’s “Thanks for the Crabapples, Giuseppe”
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Thanks for the Crabapples, Giuseppe,” Abracadaniel, Ice King, and a Volkswagen bus full…
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Adventure Time Tackles Class Warfare with Class in “Ocarina”
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Ocarina,” Jake’s now-adult, ultra-businessman son Kim Kil Whan buys the Treehouse deed; to…
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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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The Child as Sage and Psychic War Elephant as Animal, in Adventure Time’s Something Big
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Something Big,” Maja the Sky Witch awakens a sleeping primordial giant named Darren…
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Fanfiction, Bad Fiction, and Hipster-Hate in Adventure Time’s “The Prince Who Wanted Everything”
On the last episode of Adventure Time, “The Prince Who Wanted Everything,” Lumpy Space Princess kidnaps the Ice King and…
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The Annotated Adventure Time: Depravity and the 120 Days of Sodom in “Meat and Furniture”
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Meat and Furniture” Jake and Finn decide to spend their treasure trove, but…
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The Annotated Adventure Time: Transhumanism and Reincarnation in “Food Chain”
On last night’s episode of Adventure Time, “Food Chain,” guest director and animator Maasaki Yuasa flings Finn (and by viewership,…
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