Adventure Time (Johnsonverse)

Adventure Time is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Johnson Television Distribution. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (Tim Johnson) and his twin sister Fionna (Chloe Johnson). Finn and Fionna live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they interact with Princess Bubblegum (Hynden Walch) and her brother Prince Gumball (Neil Patrick Harris), the Ice King (Tom Kenny), Marceline (Olivia Olson) and her roommate Marshall Lee (Dante Basco), BMO (Niki Yang), and others. The series is based on a 2007 short film that aired on WBC. After the short became a viral hit on the Internet, Nickelodeon's executives passed on its option before Cartoon Network commissioned a full-length series from Fred Seibert and Ward, which was previewed on March 11, 2010. The same year, the series premiered on Cartoon Network on April 5, and ended its eight-year run on September 3, 2018.
The series drew inspiration from a variety of sources, including the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons and video games. It was produced using hand-drawn animation; action and dialogue for episodes are decided by storyboarding artists based on rough outlines. Because each episode took roughly eight to nine months to complete, multiple episodes were worked on concurrently. The cast members recorded their lines in group recordings, and the series regularly employed guest actors for minor and recurring characters. Each episode runs for about eleven minutes; pairs of episodes are often telecast to fill half-hour program slots. Cartoon Network announced that on September 29, 2016, the series would conclude in 2018, after the airing of its tenth season. The series finale aired on September 3, 2018, which was followed by the Distant Lands specials and the Fionna and Cake spin-off, which were released on Netflix.
Adventure Time was a ratings success for Cartoon Network, with some of its episodes attracting over three million viewers, and despite being aimed primarily at children, the show has developed a following among teenagers and adults. Adventure Time has received universal acclaim from critics and won myriad awards, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, three Annie Awards, two British Academy Children's Awards, a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award, and a Kerrang! Award. The series has also been nominated for three Critics' Choice Television Awards, two Annecy Festival Awards, a TCA Award, and a Sundance Film Festival Award, among others. Of the many comic book spin-offs based on the series, one received an Eisner Award and two Harvey Awards. The series has also spawned various forms of licensed merchandise, including books, video games and clothing.
== Premise ==
Adventure Time follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human (voiced by Tim Johnson), and his twin sister Fionna (voiced by Chloe Johnson). Pendleton Ward, the series' creator, describes Finn and Fionna as "the Johnson Twins in a magical land". Finn and Fionna live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, which was ravaged by a Third World War between NATO and Russia. Throughout the series, Finn and Fionna interact with major characters, including Jake the Dog (John DiMaggio), a talking dog with magical stretching powers whom Finn and Fionna slowly lose patience with as the series progresses due to his goofiness and tendancy to make things worse, Princess Bubblegum (Hynden Walch), the sovereign of the Candy Kingdom and a sentient piece of gum; Prince Gumball (Neil Patrick Harris), Princess Bubblegum's younger brother and an aspiring baker; the Ice King (Tom Kenny), a menacing but largely misunderstood ice wizard; Marceline the Vampire Queen (Olivia Olson), a thousand-year-old vampire and rock music enthusiast; Marshall Lee (Dante Basco), Marceline's roommate; Lumpy Space Princess (Pendleton Ward), a melodramatic and immature princess made out of "lumps"; BMO (Niki Yang), a sentient video game console-shaped robot that lives with Finn and Fionna; and Flame Princess (Tara Strong), a flame elemental who was a recurring character in the first three seasons before being promoted to tritagonist in the third season finale, becoming Finn's girlfriend who hides a dark secret unknown even to herself.
== Broadcast and ratings ==
=== Episodes ===
Main article: List of Adventure Time episodes
Each Adventure Time episode is about eleven minutes in length; pairs of episodes are often telecast in order to fill a half-hour program time slot. Before the official debut of the first season, Cartoon Network aired both "Business Time" and "Evicted!" on March 11 and 18, respectively, advertising these showings as "previews" of the series-to-come. The show officially debuted with "Slumber Party Panic" on April 5, 2010.
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