Adventure Time ( season 9 ) - wikipedia Adventure Time ( season 9 ) Adventure Time ( season 9 ) Volume 11 digital purchase image, featuring the episodes following Elements Country of origin United States Release Original network Cartoon Network Original release April 21, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 21 ) -- present ( present ) Season chronology ← Previous Season 8 List of Adventure Time episodes The ninth and final season of Adventure Time, an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward, premiered on Cartoon Network on April 21, 2017. It is set to conclude sometime in 2018. The season was produced by Cartoon Network Studios and Frederator Studios. The season will follow the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and size at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they interact with the other main characters of the show : Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and Flame Princess. The season debuted with the episode `` Orb '', which was viewed by 0.71 million viewers. Contents 1 Development 1.1 Concept 1.2 Production 1.3 Series conclusion 1.4 Miniseries 2 Cast 3 Broadcast and reception 3.1 Broadcast 3.2 Ratings 3.3 Reviews and accolades 4 Episodes 5 Notes 6 References Development Concept The series follows the adventures of Finn the Human, a human boy, and his best friend Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape, grow, and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, wherein they interact with the other major characters, including : Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and Flame Princess. Common storylines revolve around Finn and Jake discovering strange creatures, dealing with the antagonistic but misunderstood Ice King, and battling monsters in order to help others. Multi-episode story arcs for this season include Finn and Jake undoing extreme elemental magic that had transformed Ooo into a dystopia while they were away at sea. Production On July 21, 2016, Kent Osborne posted an image on Twitter that suggested Adventure Time had been renewed for a ninth season. The main storyline writers for the season included Jack Pendarvis, Adam Muto, Ashly Burch, Osborne, and Julia Pott. According to Pendarvis, after Burch left following the eighth season, `` Julia parachuted in at perhaps the most mind boggling moment in the sweeping arc of the series just totally undaunted, and showed incredible spirit and ingeniousness that encouraged us to press forward. ''. This season 's episodes were produced in a process similar to previous seasons ' episodes. First, all of the episodes begin as simple two - to - three - page outlines that contain the necessary plot information. These outlines are then handed off to storyboard artists, who then expand the rough outline into a full storyboard. The episodes ' design and coloring are done in Burbank, California. Animation is handled overseas in South Korea, either by Rough Draft Korea or by Saerom Animation. Continuing a tradition that first started with the fifth season episode `` A Glitch Is a Glitch '', this season also features the work of guest animators. The upcoming episode `` Ketchup '' will feature animation courtesy of Alex & Lindsay Small - Butera, a husband and wife duo perhaps best known for their web series Baman Piderman. The Small - Buteras had previously contributed animation to the eighth - season episode `` Beyond the Grotto ''. Former lead background artist Ghostshrimp returned to work on several episodes this season. Storyboard artists who worked on this season include ( but are not limited to ) Adam Muto, Aleks Sennwald, Sam Alden, Polly Guo, Seo Kim, Somvilay Xayaphone, Laura Knetzger, Steve Wolfhard, Tom Herpich, Graham Falk, Kent Osborne, Hanna K. Nyström, and Aleks Sennwald. In regards to other aspects of production, Ghostshrimp -- the series ' former lead background designer -- returned to the series to work on background pieces for `` Abstract '', `` Whispers '', `` Fionna and Cake and Fionna '', `` Whispers '', as well as the episodes comprising the `` final story arc of Adventure Time ''. Ghostshrimp had retired from the show after the fourth season, but had previously returned to draw backgrounds for the seventh - season miniseries Stakes. Series conclusion In an interview, Osborne noted that Cartoon Network provided the writers with `` an opportunity to spend a lot of time thinking about the finale. '' On September 29, 2016, it was confirmed by Cartoon Network that this season would be the show 's last. When asked in an interview with Skwigly about his feelings concerning the end of the series, Osborne explained : It 's weird because I 've never been on a show this long, and I do n't think Cartoon Network has done a show with this many episodes -- for the past few seasons we 've been surprised I think every time it gets picked up. And I think a lot of us were thinking in the back of our minds, ' When is this going to end ? Am I gon na be 80 and still writing this ? ! ' It is sad, and everyone 's kind of grieving, but it 's hard to feel too bad about it, because (... ) they have so many episodes in the bank that it 's gon na play for another couple years. Osborne did note that Cartoon Network provided the writers with `` an opportunity to spend a lot of time thinking about the finale. '' According to a speech given by Pendarvis, storyline writing for the series wrapped up mid-November 2016 ; and the last storyline meeting was on November 21. A tweet by Osborne revealed that the show 's final script was pitched to storyboarders Sam Alden and Hanna K. Nyström on November 28, which was pitched to the show 's producers during the third week of December 2016. Voice recording for the season and series ended on January 31, 2017, as confirmed by a number of voice actors, including Maria Bamford and Andy Milonakis. Following the season 's completion, several of its ' crewmembers have gone on to work on the upcoming Cartoon Network series Summer Camp Island, created by staff writer Julia Pott. Miniseries See also : Elements ( miniseries ) During the ninth season of Adventure Time, a miniseries entitled Elements, aired during late April 2017. News of this miniseries was first announced on March 31, 2017 by Cartoon Network during the unveiling of their 2017 -- 18 programming lineup. Elements follows Finn, Jake, and BMO after they return home to discover that Ooo has been turned into a veritable dystopia thanks to extreme elemental magic. Finn and Jake team up with Ice King ( voiced by Tom Kenny ), Betty ( voiced by Felicia Day ), and Lumpy Space Princess ( voiced by Pendleton Ward ) to set things straight. Cast The voice actors for the season include : Jeremy Shada ( Finn the Human ), John DiMaggio ( Jake the Dog ), Tom Kenny ( The Ice King ), Hynden Walch ( Princess Bubblegum ), and Olivia Olson ( Marceline the Vampire Queen ). Ward himself provides the voice for several minor characters, including Lumpy Space Princess. Former storyboard artist Niki Yang voices the sentient video game console BMO in English, as well as Jake 's girlfriend Lady Rainicorn in Korean. Polly Lou Livingston, a friend of Pendleton Ward 's mother, Bettie Ward, plays the voice of the small elephant Tree Trunks. Jessica DiCicco voices Flame Princess, Finn 's ex-girlfriend and the sovereign of the Fire Kingdom. Andy Milonakis voices N.E.P.T.R., a sentient robot who makes and throws pies. The Lich, the series ' principal antagonist, is portrayed by Ron Perlman in his demonic form, and by Ethan Maher when portrayed as Sweet P. The Adventure Time cast records their lines together as opposed to doing it individually. This is to capture more natural sounding dialogue among the characters. Hynden Walch has described these group session as akin to `` doing a play reading -- a really, really out there play. '' In addition to the regular cast members, episodes feature guest voices from many ranges of professions, including actors, musicians, and artists. In `` Orb '', Tom Scharpling reprises his role of Jake 's brother Jermaine, and Thu Tran returns as AMO. The Elements miniseries prominently features Felicia Day playing the role of Ice King 's fiancée, Betty Grof ( in previous episodes, this role had been played by Lena Dunham ). In the same miniseries, Hayden Ezzy voices Fern, Ethan Maher voices Sweet P, Ron Lynch returns as Mr. Pig, Lauren Lapkus reprises her role as Patience St. Pim, Dana Snyder lends his voice to the Life - Giving Magus, Cameron Esposito appears as Carroll the cloud woman, storyboard artist Tom Herpich voices Mr. Fox, Jeff Bennett plays Choose Goose, John Hodgman reprises his role as Elder Plops, Andy Samberg returns to voice Party Pat, and Andrew Daly voices Wyatt. Scharpling returned again in `` Abstract '', and the episode also featured Andy Merrill, who reprised his role as James. In `` Ketchup '', J.G. Quintel voiced an unnamed blue bird. `` Fionna and Cake and Fionna '' saw the return of Madeleine Martin as Fionna and Roz Ryan as Cake. In the same episode, Chelsea Peretti voiced the Queen of Ooo and Charlotte Newhouse voiced a fake Fionna. Fred Melamed has an unnamed role in `` Three Buckets ''. Future episodes will guest star Jenny Slate, Open Mike Eagle, Keith David, Paul Scheer, Livvy Stubenrauch, Rekstizzy, and Dumbfoundead. The upcoming episode `` Marcy & Hunson '' will feature Martin Olson reprising his role as Hunson Abadeer, father of Marceline. Various other characters are voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, Maria Bamford, Steve Little, and Melissa Villaseñor. Broadcast and reception Broadcast Much like the sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons, the ninth season featured several episode `` bombs '', or instances wherein large amounts of episodes debuted within a relatively short timeframe. The first of these strings of new episodes occurred between January 30 and February 2, 2017, during which the entirety of Elements aired. The second started on July 17, 2017 with `` Abstract '' and concluded on July 21, 2017 with `` Three Buckets ''. The third occurred on September 17, 2017, when four episodes ( viz. `` The Wild Hunt '', `` Always BMO Closing '', `` Son of Rap Bear '', and `` Bonnibel Bubblegum '' ) aired the same day. Ratings The season debuted on April 21, 2017, with the episode `` Orb ''. It was watched by 0.71 million viewers and scored a 0.19 Nielsen rating in the 18 - to 49 - year - old demographic. Nielsen ratings are audience measurement systems that determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States, which means that the episodes were seen by 0.19 percent of all households aged 18 to 49 years old were watching television at the time of the episode 's airing. In terms of viewers, this marked a decrease when compared to both the season eight finale, `` Islands Part 8 : The Light Cloud '' ( which was seen by 1 million individuals ), as well as the previous season 's premiere, `` Broke His Crown '' ( which was viewed by 1.13 million ). Elements saw a slight uptick in terms of viewership, with each episode being watched by just under 1 million individuals. The finale episode of the series is scheduled to air sometime in 2018. Reviews and accolades Elements was met with mostly positive comments. Sava argued that the limited series helped to return the viewers to the land of Ooo and also to resituate and reconfigure the characters ' central relationships. Smith argued that the use of the miniseries format allowed for `` a stronger sense of focus (... ) with every episode giving the sense that the story is building to a larger conclusion ''. Blumenfeld praised the miniseries, declaring that Elements `` is superior to and more cohesive than both Stakes and Islands, simultaneously a return to Adventure Time 's surrealist roots and an emotional step forward. '' Episodes See also : List of Adventure Time episodes and Elements ( miniseries ) No. overall No. in season Title Supervising direction by Written and storyboarded by Original air date Prod. code U.S. viewers ( millions ) 253 `` Orb '' Elizabeth Ito Adam Muto & Aleks Sennwald April 21, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 21 ) 1042 - 259 0.71 While returning home from their adventure in Islands, Finn, Jake and BMO take a nap after eating a lot of bananas. A mysterious black orb in the sky begins to subject the three to strange dreams that quickly become nightmarish. Their nightmares begin to intertwine as they realize that they are dreaming and come in contact with a being that Finn dubs Nightmare Princess. This entity simply wants their bananas, but BMO strikes a bargain so that they get something in return. The group wake up to the orb taking some of their bananas and leaves a pink vial of nightmare juice. BMO looks through the telescope to discover that Ooo has changed radically. 254 `` Elements Part 1 : Skyhooks '' Cole Sanchez Sam Alden & Polly Guo April 24, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 24 ) 1042 - 260 0.83 Finn, Jake and BMO arrive back in Ooo and discover that their home and the areas surrounding it have been entirely converted into candy. They also encounter Fern, N.E.P.T.R., Shelby, Lemongrab, Tree Trunks, Mr. Pig and Marceline who have been converted into happily brainwashed candy people. A frightened Sweet P is the only person who is still normal and directs the gang to a mysterious candy tower. The tower turns out to be Princess Bubblegum who has become a large candy being and attempts to convert the gang into candy people as well. While BMO is completely transformed, Finn and Jake are rescued by Ice King who takes them to the Sky Kingdom. As Finn and Jake look down, they discover that Ooo has been divided into four completely corrupted sections. 255 `` Elements Part 2 : Bespoken For '' Elizabeth Ito Seo Kim & Somvilay Xayaphone April 24, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 24 ) 1042 - 261 0.83 Ice King explains what happened to Ooo while Finn and Jake were away. After the group left on their adventure, Ice King was visited by Betty ( voiced by Felicia Day ) who, frustrated over Ice King not remembering her, asks him out on a date. Betty recreates a restaurant from Ice King 's previous life as Simon. When Ice King still ca n't remember his old life Betty drops him off back home and leaves him. Tiny Manticore gives Betty some advice ; rather than trying to adhere to Simon, she should just reach out to him as Ice King due to her having changed as well. Betty returns to Ice King and they start playing together. Suddenly, Patience St. Pim ( voiced by Lauren Lapkus ) kidnaps Betty and begins using her magic to empower mind controlled Princess Bubblegum, Flame Princess and Slime Princess while Ice King flees with Gunter. 256 `` Elements Part 3 : Winter Light '' Cole Sanchez Laura Knetzger & Steve Wolfhard April 25, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 25 ) 1042 - 262 0.98 Finn, Jake and Ice King travel to the Ice World and break through the large ice dome covering the center of the land. They encounter Carroll ( voiced by Cameron Esposito ), from `` The Tower '', who was converted to Ice and is genuinely pleased with her new appearance. The gang eventually encounter a powered up, and rather withheld, Patience who seems disappointed with the outcome of the new Ooo. While she succeeded in empowering the other elementals they have relegated themseleves to their sections of Ooo as Patience had forced them to power up rather than allow them to do so themseleves. The gang rescue Betty and leave while Patience bemoans the new world to an iced Choose Goose. Betty reveals that she can help them with the power of the Enchiridion which Finn has, causing Betty to ominously laugh. 257 5 `` Elements Part 4 : Cloudy '' Elizabeth Ito Graham Falk & Kent Osborne April 25, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 25 ) 1042 - 263 0.98 In order to calm Finn down, Jake tucks him and himself into a cloud, but it floats away from Ice King and Betty. The two find themselves floating in the middle of endless sky while another cloud with a door flies past them. The two play pretend barber to pass the time and end up getting to the roots of their worries. The cloud flies past again and discover that it is actually a lard. They use the lard to fly back to Betty and Ice King where the former has discovered a way to return the land of Ooo to normal. 258 6 `` Elements Part 5 : Slime Central '' Elizabeth Ito Hanna K. Nyström & Aleks Sennwald April 26, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 26 ) 1042 - 264 0.92 Finn and Jake arrive in the transformed Slime Kingdom to retrieve Slime Princess ' crown for her jewel. They run into Lumpy Space Princess who is attending Slime Princess 's roller skating party. The winners of the skating competition get absorbed into Slime Princess 's whole being while the losers are caged up. Finn, Jake and Lumpy Space Princess enter, but lose, only to learn that by losing they still get absorbed. While Finn manages to grab the crown, Jake gets fully absorbed into Slime Princess forcing Lumpy Space Princess to save Finn, revealing in the process that ' her lumps ' protect her from corruption. They are ejected from Slime Princess and forced to leave. Finn is saddened at the loss of Jake, but Lumpy Space Princess explains that Finn and Jake always win which inspires Finn to continue his mission. 259 7 `` Elements Part 6 : Happy Warrior '' Cole Sanchez Sam Alden & Polly Guo April 26, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 26 ) 1042 - 265 0.92 Finn, Lumpy Space Princess, and Gunter arrive in a radically altered Fire Kingdom. The inhabitants, which include Wyatt ( voiced by Andrew Daly ) and Lady Rainicorn, attack the heroes. Finn and Gunter try desperately to restrain their violent tendencies as it would allow the kingdom to corrupt them. Eventually the group find Flame Princess who has transformed into a dragon. When she swallows the jewel necessary to save Ooo, Finn gives into his violence and begins attacking Flame Princess, thus transforming into a fire person. Lumpy Space Princess, angered by the violence, yells at everyone to stop their fighting. The kingdom misinterprets her anger and decide to start a war with the Candy Kingdom. Cinnamon Bun, who was unaffected by the corruption, frets that this is the end of Ooo. 260 8 `` Elements Part 7 : Hero Heart '' Elizabeth Ito Seo Kim & Somvilay Xayaphone April 27, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 27 ) 1042 - 266 0.90 Lumpy Space Princess chases Finn and attempts to turn him back to normal, but to no avail. Ice King and Betty try to intervene, but are swatted away by Flame Princess. The Fire Kingdom inhabitants ' fight ' the Candy Kingdom inhabitants making Lumpy Space Princess upset. After eating some of Marceline, who is made of marshmallows, Lumpy Space Princess reaches out to Finn 's hero heart by placing some of Princess Bubblegum onto him. Recalling happier times with Bubblegum, Finn returns to normal. Bubblegum then fires her candy powers into the air and converts everyone into obedient candy people, except for Finn who was protected by Lumpy Space Princess. Finn nabs the three jewels and gives them to Betty, but she betrays him and leaves him behind. Finn finds himself surrounded by the citizens of the Candy Kingdom. 261 9 `` Elements Part 8 : Skyhooks II '' Cole Sanchez Steve Wolfhard April 27, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 27 ) 1042 - 267 0.90 Betty knocks out Ice King and reveals that she wants to use the jewels to go back in time and stop Simon from transforming into Ice King. Ice King, still oblivious to her plans accidentally ruins her spell causing her to get transported to Mars where she meets Normal Man. Lumpy Space Princess rescues Finn from the candy inhabitants as Princess Bubblegum enacts her plan to convert the rest of Ooo into candy while Patience freezes herself again. Finn realizes that LSP 's immunity means that she is the anti-elemental. Ice King arrives with the gems and Lumpy Space Princess is able to transform all of Ooo back to normal. However, Jake comes back resembling his shapeshifter parent. Despite this, Finn is glad that he is reunited with his brother. 262 10 `` Abstract '' Adam Muto Graham Falk & Laura Knetzger July 17, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 17 ) 1042 - 268 0.77 Finn, BMO and Lady Rainicorn are slightly disturbed by Jake 's new alien appearance while Jake himself seems oblivious, or rather in denial about it. After having a bizarre dream about Jermaine ( voiced by Tom Scharpling ) painting abstract art, which according to Jake he hates, he decides to go look for him. Jake traverses the wasteland until he comes across Jermaine 's studio. He tries to `` rescue '' Jermaine from changing, but Jermaine convinces Jake that change is a good thing as long as you remain the same on the inside. After examining and taking home one of Jermaine 's paintings, Jake discovers that he has returned to normal and is greeted by a very pleased Finn. 263 11 `` Ketchup '' Elizabeth Ito Seo Kim & Somvilay Xayaphone July 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 18 ) TBA 0.67 Marceline is unexpectedly visited by BMO causing the former to ask BMO to download a USB drive. While they wait, BMO tells the story of when it, Finn and Jake traveled the seas. However, the story is mostly inaccurate and involves a cat named Ted and a blue jay that says `` OOOOOOHH ! '' ( voiced by J.G. Quintel ). Marcy then tells the story of `` Lollipop Girl '' and `` Rock Star Girl '' and their encounter with a `` Blue Tranch '' that resulted in `` Weekend Island '' getting taken over by potatoes. When the USB drive finally downloads, it reveals pictures of young Marcy with her mother. She feigns knowing them and asks BMO to tell their story resulting in a tale about `` the Child and the Moon Girl '' which Marcy thanks BMO for. 264 12 `` Fionna and Cake and Fionna '' Elizabeth Ito Hanna K. Nyström & Aleks Sennwald July 19, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 19 ) TBA 0.69 At a Fionna and Cake book reading by Ice King, an old woman claiming to be Fionna ( voiced by Charlotte Newhouse ) arrives with a tape of an early Fionna and Cake adventure. Ice King is enamored by `` Fionna '' and invites her to stay with him. At night Ice King watches the remainder of the tape where Fionna and Cake find a mummy ( voiced by Chelsea Peretti ) only to learn that the mummy is really the Queen of Ooo. Ice King misinterprets the video and thinks that `` Fionna '' is a mummy. He confronts her and discovers that she was looking for more Fionna and Cake tapes only to find that Ice King does n't have any. `` Fionna '' is really a bunny who picked up signals that played Fionna and Cake and wanted more. When she realizes what she has done she flees. Later that night, a mysterious beam containing clips of Fionna and Cake adventures are sent into Ice King 's head. 265 13 `` Whispers '' Cole Sanchez Sam Alden & Polly Guo July 20, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 20 ) TBA 0.76 While fishing, Finn and Fern encounter Sweet P who was running away from home after having a nightmare. Sweet P reveals that he has been having visions of a `` whisper monster '' trying to tell him he is evil. Finn and Fern decide to camp with Sweet P when they encounter the hand of the Lich that was cut off in `` Crossover ''. Finn and Fern fight the Lich 's hand, but it escapes. Finn gives chase and follows it into an underground tunnel where he ends up getting rescued by Sweet P ( he had knocked out Fern so he could escape ) who slays the hand. Fern feeling useless for not being able to help, plots to become the true Finn. 266 14 `` Three Buckets '' Cole Sanchez Tom Herpich & Steve Wolfhard July 21, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 21 ) TBA 0.85 Fern reveals his ability to change his appearance to look just like Finn. Impressed, Finn joins Fern to a dungeon hidden away in a mountain. While there, Fern traps Finn in one of the rooms and reveals his plan to replace him. Finn finds out that his robotic arm can do a variety of things and drills his way out of the dungeon. Finn and Fern fight out in the field where Finn attempts to reason with Fern, however his robot arm misinterprets the word `` finality '' with `` fatality '' and he ends up destroying Fern. Finn returns home traumatized with Jake and BMO comforting him. Meanwhile, a mysterious man ( voiced by Fred Melamed ) scoops up Fern 's still living remains in a bucket. 267 15 `` The Wild Hunt '' Cole Sanchez Sam Alden, Erik Fountain & Polly Guo September 17, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 17 ) TBA TBD Still feeling guilty over Fern 's death, Princess Bubblegum tasks Finn to protect the banana guard from a monster later dubbed the Grumbo. Finn ca n't bring himself to slay the monster as he keeps seeing Fern 's face materialize when he 's close to defeating it. Later, Finn meets up with Huntress Wizard who is also trying to slay the Grumbo and she tries to give encouraging words to Finn. They find the Grumbo 's cave and Finn once again stalls. Huntress Wizard puts herself in harm 's way and Finn imagines Fern in her place and finally slays the Grumbo. They realize that the Grumbo was artificially created and the mysterious man, revealed to be Uncle Gumbald, plots to create another monster. 268 16 `` Always BMO Closing '' Diana Lafyatis Graham Falk & Kent Osborne September 17, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 17 ) TBA TBD BMO and Ice King become door - to - door salesmen by posing as one body ( Ice King as the body and BMO as the head ). After selling a stick to Tree Trunks, the two get lost and end up at the dungeon where Gumbald is staying. They sell him Finn 's baby teeth which he happily pays for with a silver cup. Finn is outraged that his baby teeth were sold and is further mortified when Baby Finns made of teeth begin attacking the tree house. Through Ice King 's encouragement, BMO `` sells '' two mallets to Finn and Jake and they successfully defeat the teeth babies. Afterwards, Gumbald admits that his current plan was a bad idea. 269 17 `` Son of Rap Bear '' Diana Lafyatis Seo Kim & Somvilay Xayaphone September 17, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 17 ) TBA TBD While at a party, Flame Princess accidentally signs a contract from Toronto stating that if she loses in a rap battle against Son of Rap Bear ( voiced by Dumbfoundead ) her kingdom will be forfeited to Toronto. She and Finn go meet Rap Bear who explains that his son literally blew his legs off, frightening them. Despite training, Phoebe feels ill prepared so she visits her father to amend things. However, Flame King is shown to be completely passive with things upsetting Phoebe. At the rap off Phoebe chokes, but sees her father, only to be upset that he is still passive. She angrily puts out a rap that defeats Son of Rap Bear and Flame King acknowledges that Phoebe is `` pretty good ''. 270 18 `` Bonnibel Bubblegum '' Diana Lafyatis Hanna K. Nyström & Aleks Sennwald September 17, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 17 ) TBA TBD When Finn presents the silver cup from `` Always BMO Closing '', Princess Bubblegum decides to tell him, Marceline and Jake some more of her history. 800 years ago, a child version of Bonnibel discovers a family photo and decides to create a gum family. She creates Uncle Gumbald, Aunt Molly and Cousin Chicle to help farm the area. However, her family quickly turn on her with the prospect of `` branding '' their family. Gumbald creates a juice that transforms those into low minded candy people. Bonnibel fights back, transforming them into her eventual candy civilians and deciding on the title of princess. In the present, BMO reveals where it got the cup. TBA TBA `` Marcy & Hunson '' TBA TBA TBA 1054 - 278 TBD Notes Jump up ^ Information regarding story development and storyboard artists is taken from the opening credits of the season 's episodes. Jump up ^ Information regarding background art is taken from the end credits of the episodes `` Abstract '', `` Whispers '', `` Fionna and Cake and Fionna '', and `` Whispers ''. Jump up ^ `` Orb '' was released via Cartoon Network phone App on April 14, the Elements miniseries was released for download via iTunes on April 18, and `` Abstract '' through `` Three Buckets '' were released via Cartoon Network phone app on July 14. However, because this field specifically refers to episode airdates, the information here will denote when these fourteen episodes first aired on Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Three sequences in this episode were animated and directed by Alex & Lindsay Small - Butera. References ^ Jump up to : `` Orb '', which aired on April 21, 2017, is considered by Cartoon Network to be the first episode of the season, based on the following sources : `` Adventure Time Video Full Episodes ''. Cartoon Network. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Note : To access this information, clicking on `` Full Episodes '' at the top of the chart. This will reveal a new list, with `` Orb '' at the top. `` Orb -- Adventure Time Video ''. Cartoon Network. Retrieved May 12, 2017. Note that `` Orb '' is listed as a season nine episode. ^ Jump up to : Pedersen, Erik ( September 29, 2016 ). `` Cult Hit Animated Series ' Adventure Time ' To End In 2018 ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Metcalf, Mitch ( April 24, 2017 ). `` Top 100 Friday Cable Originals & Network Update : 4.21. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Clark, Noelene ( November 14, 2012 ). `` ' Adventure Time ' : Post-Apocalyptic ' Candyland ' Attracts Adult Fans ''. Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved March 26, 2014. ^ Jump up to : Ito, Elizabeth & Cole Sanchez ( supervising directors ) ; Sandra Lee ( art director ) ; Sam Alden, et al. ( storyboard artists ) ( April 24 -- 27, 2017 ). `` Elements ''. Adventure Time. Season 8. Episode 2 -- 9. Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Osborne, Kent ( @ kentisawesome ) ( July 22, 2016 ). `` # AdventureTimeSeason9 '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved July 23, 2016 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Pendarvis, Jack ( @ JackPendarvis ) ( August 17, 2016 ). `` ADVENTURE TIME writers meeting. We 're all exactly this happy all the time ! @ ashly_burch @ juliapott @ MrMuto '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved August 19, 2016 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Pendarvis, Jack ( November 21, 2016 ). `` Waaaaahhhhhhhh ! ''. Blogspot. Retrieved November 22, 2016. Jump up ^ McKendry, David ( February 4, 2013 ). `` Q&A : ' Adventure Time ' Writer Dick Grunert ''. Fangoria. The Brooklyn Company, Inc. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ Ulloa, Alexander ( 2010 ). `` Adventure Time ( 2010 ) ''. Art of the Title. Art of the Title, LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2013. Jump up ^ Ristaino, Andy ( skronked ) ( February 14, 2012 ). `` It takes about 8 months to create an episode from start to finish. About a week to write an episode, a month to storyboard, a few days to record voices, two weeks to put together an animatic, a week to design it, a week to do clean up on the designs, a week to do color design, then it goes overseas and takes about five months to be animated. Rest of the time goes to retakes editing and music and sound design ''. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014 -- via Spring.me. Jump up ^ Goldstein, Rich ( December 19, 2013 ). `` This Is How an Episode of Cartoon Network 's ' Adventure Time ' Is Made ''. The Daily Beast. The Newsweek Daily Beast Company. Retrieved December 23, 2013. Jump up ^ McDonnell, Chris ( 2014 ). Adventure Time : The Art of Ooo. Harry N. Abrams. pp. 348 -- 349. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4197 - 0450 - 5. ^ Jump up to : Adventure Time production staff ( July 7, 2017 ). `` Adventure Time Returns on Monday, July 17th ''. KingOfOoo. Tumblr. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Small - Butera, Alex ; Small - Butera, Lindsay ( February 3, 2017 ). `` '' We 're very humbled to announce... `` ''. KingOfOoo. Tumblr. Jump up ^ Small - Butera, Lindsay ( @ SmallLindsay ) ( March 31, 2016 ). `` Adventure Time episode `` Beyond the Grotto '' featuring 7 minutes of full Animation done by Alex and I is scheduled to air April 9th ! '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved April 1, 2016 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Ghostshrimp ( January 31, 2017 ). `` Rumor has it that I will be doing some new backgrounds for the final story arc of Adventure Time ! ''. Facebook. Retrieved February 1, 2017. Jump up ^ Bandit, Dan `` Ghostshrimp '' ( February 24, 2012 ). `` I am officially retiring from Adventure Time today ''. Facebook. Retrieved January 8, 2017. Jump up ^ Bandit, Dan `` Ghostshrimp '' ( March 15, 2015 ). `` New Adventure Time 8 - Parter ! ''. GhostshrimpGlobal.com. Retrieved September 22, 2015. ^ Jump up to : Dutton, Sophie ( November 4, 2016 ). `` Interview with ' Adventure Time ' Head Writer Kent Osborne ''. Skwigly. Retrieved November 10, 2016. Jump up ^ Germain, Siomara ( November 1, 2016 ). `` Brockport Welcomes Adventure Time Writer Jack Pendarvis ''. The Stylus. Retrieved November 2, 2016. Jump up ^ Pendarvis, Jack ( @ JackPendarvis ) ( November 21, 2016 ). `` Starting my last ADVENTURE TIME meeting in about half an hour. Bah, I say ! But also I 'm excited about the story ! But also my stomach hurts '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved November 22, 2016 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Osborne, Kent ( @ kentisawesome ) ( November 28, 2016 ). `` Last Adventure Time handout meeting : ( '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved November 29, 2016 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Alden, Sam ( @ samalden ) ( December 8, 2016 ). `` @ HannaKtweet @ kikutowne my board however is going to be hot garbage, ruin the show, etc '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved December 12, 2016 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Nyström, Hanna K ( @ HannaKtweet ) ( December 7, 2016 ). `` hold me tight and tell me this board will be good. rock me to sleep '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved December 12, 2016 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Alden, Sam ( December 26, 2016 ). `` Pitched my last Adventure Time storyboard last week ''. Instagram. Retrieved December 26, 2016. Jump up ^ Muto, Adam ( @ MrMuto ) ( December 26, 2016 ). `` from last week 's final Adventure Time storyboard pitch '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved December 28, 2016 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Bamford, Maria ( @ mariabamfoo ) ( January 31, 2017 ). `` Last day of Adventuretime ! # 8yearsofgoodgoof thanks Pendleton and @ kentisawesome for a wonderful time ! '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved February 1, 2017 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Bamford, Maria ( @ mariabamfoo ) ( January 31, 2017 ). `` @ kentisawesome pumped for last record ! '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved February 1, 2017 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Milonakis, Andy ( January 31, 2017 ). `` Adventure Time Cake ''. Instagram. Retrieved February 1, 2017. Jump up ^ Pendarvis, Jack ( @ JackPendarvis ) ( February 10, 2017 ). `` I 'm in a SUMMER CAMP ISLAND meeting RIGHT NOW with @ aleks_sennwald Graham Falk @ Seodles @ samalden @ krismukai @ juliapott & @ ColeSanchez '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved September 17, 2017 -- via Twitter. ^ Jump up to : Newsarama Staff ( March 30, 2017 ). `` Ben 10 Reboot & 5 New Shows Lead Cartoon Network 's 2017 - 18 Line - Up ''. Newsarama. Retrieved March 31, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Adventure Time ''. Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved January 14, 2013. Note : To reveal who voiced what character, one must click on the various characters under `` Guest Stars '' to reveal their voice actor or actress. Jump up ^ Livingston, Polly Lou ( Actress ). 2012. `` Tree Trunks '' ( Commentary track ), Adventure Time Season One ( DVD ), Los Angeles, CA : Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Ward, Bettie ( Artist ). 2012. `` Tree Trunks '' ( Commentary track ), Adventure Time Season One ( DVD ), Los Angeles, CA : Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ `` Character Facts of the Week : Flame Princess from Adventure Time ''. CartoonNetwork.co.uk. May 26, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012. Jump up ^ Polo, Susana ( October 28, 2014 ). `` Our Interview With Adventure Time 's Head of Story and the Voice of Flame Princess ! ''. The Mary Sue. Retrieved January 10, 2016. Jump up ^ ScreenCrush staff. `` Meet the Voices Behind Your Favorite ' Adventure Time ' Characters ''. ScreenCrush. Retrieved May 27, 2014. Jump up ^ Sanchez, Cole ( supervising director ) ; Sandra Lee ( art director ) ; Sam Alden & Polly Guo ( storyboard artists ) ( July 20, 2017 ). `` Whispers ''. Adventure Time. Season 9. Episode 13. Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ `` Adventure Time -- Season 3 Comic - Con Exclusive : Hynden Walch ''. August 8, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2012 -- via YouTube. Jump up ^ Ito, Elizabeth ( supervising director ) ; Sandra Lee ( art director ) ; Adam Muto & Aleks Sennwald ( storyboard artists ) ( April 21, 2017 ). `` Orb ''. Adventure Time. Season 9. Episode 1. Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Episodes that credited Lena Dunham as Betty include : Cash, Nate & Adam Muto ( supervising directors ) ; Nick Jennings ( art director ) ; Ako Castuera & Jesse Moynihan ( storyboard artists ) ( February 24, 2014 ). `` Betty ''. Adventure Time. Season 5. Episode 48. Cartoon Network. Salaff, Andres ( supervising director ) ; Nick Jennings & Sandra Lee ( art directors ) ; Jesse Moynihan ( storyboard artist ) ( June 1, 2015 ). `` You Forgot Your Floaties ''. Adventure Time. Season 6. Episode 38. Cartoon Network. Ito, Elizabeth ( supervising director ) ; Sandra Lee ( art director ) ; Ako Castuera & Hanna K. Nyström ( storyboard artists ) ( March 26, 2016 ). `` Broke His Crown ''. Adventure Time. Season 8. Episode 1. Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Muto, Adam ( @ MrMuto ) ( April 11, 2017 ). `` Guest stars @ feliciaday @ danasnyder @ laurenlapkus @ cameronesposito @ GreyDeLisle @ AndySamberg @ hodgman @ TVsAndyDaly and @ JustinRoiland '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved April 12, 2017 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Muto, Adam ( supervising director ) ; Sandra Lee ( art director ) ; Graham Falk & Laura Knetzger ( storyboard artists ) ( July 17, 2017 ). `` Abstract ''. Adventure Time. Season 9. Episode 10. Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Ito, Elizabeth ( supervising director ) ; Sandra Lee ( art director ) ; Seo Kim & Somvilay Xayaphone ( storyboard artists ) ( July 18, 2017 ). `` Ketchup ''. Adventure Time. Season 9. Episode 11. Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Ito, Elizabeth ( supervising director ) ; Sandra Lee ( art director ) ; Hanna K. Nyström & Aleks Sennwald ( storyboard artists ) ( July 19, 2017 ). `` Fionna and Cake and Fionna ''. Adventure Time. Season 9. Episode 12. Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Sanchez, Cole ( supervising director ) ; Sandra Lee ( art director ) ; Tom Herpich & Steve Wolfhard ( storyboard artists ) ( July 21, 2017 ). `` Three Buckets ''. Adventure Time. Season 9. Episode 14. Cartoon Network. Jump up ^ Muto, Adam ( @ MrMuto ) ( September 1, 2017 ). `` featuring @ jennyslate @ dumbfoundead @ jessicadicicco @ Mike_Eagle @ rekstizzy @ ImKeithDavid @ LivStubenrauch @ paulscheer & Fred Melamed '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved September 14, 2017 -- via Twitter. ^ Jump up to : Olson, Olivia. `` ( Snippet of ' Marcy & Hunson ' script ) ''. Instagram. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Olson, Olivia. `` ( Clip of ' Marcy & Hunson ' recording ) ''. Instagram. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016. Jump up ^ Sources for season six `` bombs '' : Adventure Time production staff ( November 13, 2014 ). `` Coming Soon ''. KingOfOoo. Tumblr. Retrieved November 13, 2014. Adventure Time production staff ( May 28, 2015 ). `` # Finnale ''. KingOfOoo. Tumblr. Retrieved June 27, 2015. Jump up ^ Sources for season seven `` bombs '' : Adventure Time production staff ( October 27, 2015 ). `` Adventure Time Returns This Monday ''. KingOfOoo. Tumblr. Retrieved December 16, 2016. Adventure Time production staff ( November 10, 2015 ). `` 4 Nights @ 8 / 7 c ''. KingOfOoo. Tumblr. Retrieved November 10, 2015. Adventure Time production staff ( January 11, 2016 ). `` 5 Nights of New Adventure Time Episodes ''. KingOfOoo. Tumblr. Retrieved December 16, 2016. Jump up ^ Sources for season eight `` bombs '' : Adventure Time production staff ( January 23, 2017 ). `` Adventure Time : Season 8 Arrives This Week ''. KingOfOoo. Tumblr. Retrieved January 30, 2017. 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Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. `` Copyright Catalog '' ( enter `` Adventure Time '' in the search parameter and select individual episode titles for further information ). United States Copyright Office. Retrieved July 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( July 18, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals : 7.17. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( July 19, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals : 7.18. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( July 20, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals : 7.19. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( July 21, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals : 7.20. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( July 24, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals : 7.21. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Adventure Time Characters Finn the Human Jake the Dog Princess Bubblegum Ice King Marceline the Vampire Queen Seasons Pilot 5 6 7 Stakes 8 Islands 9 Elements Video games Hey Ice King ! Why 'd You Steal Our Garbage ? ! ! Explore the Dungeon Because I Do n't Know ! Battle Party The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom Finn & Jake Investigations Related articles Pendleton Ward The Music of Ooo Random ! Cartoons The Legend of Lucky Pie Cartoon Network : Battle Crashers Book Adventure Time episodes Pilot Season 1 `` Tree Trunks '' `` The Enchiridion ! '' `` Ricardio the Heart Guy '' `` Evicted ! '' Season 2 `` It Came from the Nightosphere '' `` The Eyes '' `` Guardians of Sunshine '' `` Death in Bloom '' `` Mortal Folly '' / `` Mortal Recoil '' Season 3 `` Hitman '' `` Too Young '' `` Fionna and Cake '' `` What Was Missing '' `` Holly Jolly Secrets '' `` Another Way '' `` Incendium '' Season 4 `` Hot to the Touch '' `` Five Short Graybles '' `` Web Weirdos '' `` Dream of Love '' `` Return to the Nightosphere '' / `` Daddy 's Little Monster '' `` In Your Footsteps '' `` Hug Wolf '' `` Princess Monster Wife '' `` Goliad '' `` Beyond This Earthly Realm '' `` Gotcha ! '' `` Princess Cookie '' `` Card Wars '' `` Sons of Mars '' `` Burning Low '' `` BMO Noire '' `` King Worm '' `` Lady & Peebles '' `` You Made Me '' `` Who Would Win '' `` Ignition Point '' `` The Hard Easy '' `` Reign of Gunters '' `` I Remember You '' `` The Lich '' Season 5 `` Finn the Human '' / `` Jake the Dog '' `` Bad Little Boy '' `` Simon & Marcy '' `` A Glitch Is a Glitch '' `` Puhoy '' `` James Baxter the Horse '' `` Wizards Only, Fools '' `` Be More '' `` Sky Witch '' `` Frost & Fire '' `` Time Sandwich '' `` Root Beer Guy '' `` Rattleballs '' `` The Red Throne '' `` Betty '' `` Bad Timing '' `` Billy 's Bucket List '' Season 6 `` Wake Up '' / `` Escape from the Citadel '' `` Food Chain '' `` Furniture & Meat '' `` Something Big '' `` Is That You ? '' `` Jake the Brick '' `` Dentist '' `` Evergreen '' `` Astral Plane '' `` The Diary '' `` Walnuts & Rain '' `` Jermaine '' Season 7 Stakes `` Bad Jubies '' `` Crossover '' `` The Hall of Egress '' Season 8 `` Normal Man '' Islands Season 9 Elements Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adventure_Time_(season_9)&oldid=801169098 '' Categories : Adventure Time seasons 2017 American television seasons Hidden categories : Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Wikiquote 한국어 Edit links This page was last edited on 18 September 2017, at 02 : 21. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

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