The Joy and Dread of Adventure Time (Video Essay)

A video about Adventure Time and my relationship with it. Full Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w... Content Warnings: Content warnings for family death, animal death, discussions of potentially problematic ASPEC/neurodivergence coding in animation, and brief discussions of sexual assault, suicidality, and near-death experiences, swears. Also, spoilers for all of Adventure Time. CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 - Content Warnings 0:00:30 - 0 - Intro: Retrospective 0:01:04 - 0 - Intro: Probably Watch the Show 0:03:24 - I - Will Happen: Intro to AT 101 0:04:00 - I - Will Happen: Appeal I 0:05:37 - I - Will Happen: Appeal II 0:07:29 - I - Will Happen: CalArts Style Hot Take 0:07:58 - I - Will Happen: Driven By Boards 0:10:14 - II - Happening: It's Alive! 0:11:08 - II - Happening: Paying Attention 0:12:18 - II - Happening: Great Mushroom War Trutherism 0:13:59 - II - Happening: Humble Beginnings 0:16:08 - II - Happening: The Art of Committing to the Long Game 0:18:14 - II - Happening: Teen Era 0:23:08 - II - Happening: End of Season 4 0:30:36 - II - Happening: Season 5 pt 1 - Range 0:31:01 - II - Happening: Season 5 pt 2 - Finn and Flame Princess in Breakup City 0:33:31 - II - Happening: Season 5 pt 3 - Is Princess Bubblegum Doomed? 0:35:17 - II - Happening: Season 5 pt 4 - The Ballad of Simon and Betty 0:38:08 - II - Happening: Season 5 pt 5 - Lemons of Freedom 0:42:52 - II - Happening: Season 5 pt 6 - The Arm Stuff 0:44:14 - II - Happening: Season 6 pt 1 - The Cosmic Season 0:46:09 - II - Happening: Season 6 pt 2 - Glob is Dead and We Killed Him 0:47:43 - II - Happening: Season 6 pt 3 - Bad Dads and the Implications Therein 0:50:11 - II - Happening: Season 6 pt 4 - Meat Reality 0:52:09 - II - Happening: Season 6 pt 5 - Croak Dream 0:54:33 - II - Happening: Season 7 pt 1 - The Crimes of Bonnibel Bubblegum 0:55:47 - II - Happening: Season 7 pt 2 - Stakes 1:02:05 - II - Happening: Season 8-9 Overview - Coming to a Head 1:03:33 - II - Happening: Graybles and the Implications Therein 1:07:50 - III - Happened: Emotional Projection R Us 1:10:29 - III - Happened: Boo pt 1 1:11:16 - III - Happened: Omens 1:14:25 - III - Happened: Time Adventure 1:16:33 - III - Happened: Boo pt 2 1:17:18 - III - Happened: Emotional Projection R Us 2: Electric Boogaloo 1:17:53 - III - Happened: Come Along With Me pt 1 - Attrition 1:21:21 - III - Happened: Come Along With Me pt 2 - Golb Cometh 1:22:41 - III - Happened: Come Along With Me pt 3 - Huge W For the Gays 1:23:36 - III - Happened: Come Along With Me pt 4 - Climax 1:24:47 - III - Happened: Come Along With Me pt 5 - Downfall 1:26:13 - III - Happened: Come Along With Me pt 6 - The Ballad of BMO 1:32:36 - III - Happened: Come Along With Me pt 7 - Simultaneity 1:34:58 - III - Happened: Come Along With Me pt 8 - They Kept Living Their Lives 1:36:59 - IV - The Fun Will Never End: Distant Lands 1:39:09 - IV - The Fun Will Never End: Marketing 1:41:04 - IV - The Fun Will Never End: I'm Ready For This, Right? 1:42:27 - IV - The Fun Will Never End: You Will (Not) Surrender 1:45:50 - IV - The Fun Will Never End: Together Again 1:47:32 - Intermission: Ode to the Side Characters 1:48:50 - IV - The Fun Will Never End: A Tale of Three Deaths 1:50:29 - IV - The Fun Will Never End: I Miss You 1:53:21 - IV - The Fun Will Never End: Fin(n) 1:54:34 - V - Outro Official Adventure Time production blog.   / www   A great book, "Exploring the Land of Ooo," by Paul A. Thomas, a huge resource for this video. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/... A sample of Adventure Time TV guide episode synopses. https://tucker13x.tumblr.com/post/154... tuckerwooley.com patreon.com/tuckerwooley