page_title: Goliad (Adventure Time)
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Goliad (Adventure Time) / Production
caption_attribution_description: Graham Linehan 2013
context_page_description: "Goliad" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Skyler Page, from a story by Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, and Pendleton Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on June 4, 2012. The episode guest stars Graham Linehan's children, Wendy and Henry.
  The series follows the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. In this episode, Princess Bubblegum begins to fear for her mortality, and creates an eternal sphinx named Goliad to be her successor. Things go awry, however, when the sphinx turns against Bubblegum.
  Linehan's children, Wendy and Henry, were brought on to voice Goliad and Stormo, respectively, after Ward saw video of them impersonating Adventure Time characters. The episode received largely positive critical reviews, and was later nominated for an Annie Award for "Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production" at the 2013 award ceremony, although the episode did not win.
context_section_description: "Goliad" was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Skyler Page, from a story developed by Herpich, series creator Pendleton Ward, Patrick McHale, and Kent Osborne. "Goliad" marked the first time that Herpich storyboarded an episode that he developed on his own.  Originally, the episode was inspired by a time Herpich's father yelled at him and made him angry. However, once he brought it to the writing staff, significant revisions took place, and the resultant plot changed substantially. On the DVD commentary, both Herpich and storyboard artist Rebecca Sugar noted that the episode was largely an exploration of absolute control and free will.
  The episode features Graham Linehan's daughter Wendy as the voice of Goliad, and his son Henry as Stormo. Ward approached Linehan about casting his children after Linehan had retweeted a video made by Wendy and Henry that featured them impersonating various Adventure Time characters. During the recording session, Linehan was being directed over the phone by the producers of Adventure Time, and he in turn gave direction to his children. Linehan had planned to write a follow-up episode about Goliad and Stormo, and while he sent some preliminary ideas to Ward, this episode was never made.
caption: The episode features Graham Linehan's (pictured) children, Wendy and Henry, as the voices of Goliad and Stormo respectively.
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