Claim: Adventure Time is based on an animated short made by Pendleton Ward.
Evidence: The series is based on a 2007 short produced for Nicktoons and Frederator Studios ' animation incubator series Random !	Frederator Studios	Frederator Studios	Nicktoons	Nicktoons (TV channel)	short	Adventure Time (pilot)	incubator	:wikt:incubation
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`` Adventure Time '' is an animated short created by Pendleton Ward , as well as the pilot to the Cartoon Network series of the same name.