銷魂三明治

〈銷魂三明治〉（）是《探險活寶》第五季的第33集。在卡通頻道2013年9月9日播出。在這一集裡，阿寶、老皮、泡泡糖公主和吸血鬼女王艾薇爾要回魔法哥偷走老皮的三明治。其中被困在怠速時間的泡泡空間中，魔法哥向阿寶和老皮出一道謎語，可讓他們還得到三明治。在泡泡糖和艾薇爾的幫助之下，用深陷悲傷的老皮解開謎語。

Plot
Jake (約翰·迪·馬吉歐) prepares a sandwich he has been anxious to make all day. As soon as he completes it, with Finn (杰里米·沙达) and BMO (尼基·楊) present in the room, Magic Man (湯姆·肯尼) appears and steals the sandwich. Jake complains, and Magic Man offers him his sandwich back if he is able to solve his riddle. Jake calls his riddle little more than a play on words, prompting Magic Man to leave. He crashes through the wall of their house and activates a time bubble during his fall.

Finn observes that time in the bubble is decelerated, causing Magic Man to descend slowly. He and Jake partially enter the bubble, where five hours elapse in real time. BMO computes a plan that could allow them to retrieve the sandwich from Magic Man. In truth, BMO has them devise a ramp in order to look cool 滑板ing in the bubble. Finn calls 泡泡糖公主 (Hynden Walch) for help, and Jake tries to make a new sandwich. Bubblegum explains to Finn that the bubble uses room-temperature molasses to "slow down" its contents, and that a "molasses warmer" would revert time back to normal. As the warmer detonates in the bubble, it explodes at the same slow rate.

With no more ideas, Bubblegum calls 瑪瑟琳 (Olivia Olson) for help. She assures Jake, unable to make an equivalent sandwich, that they will help retrieve his sandwich but gets stuck with the rest in the bubble. Jake enters the bubble pouting and is able to move at normal speed. The rest figure this to be part of Magic Man's riddle, but Finn has to remind Jake to continue being sad as he runs. Jake thinks of Mr. Cupcake (Dee Bradley Baker) gaining the affections of Lady Rainicorn (Yang), Jake's lover, following his death, making Jake angry. Finn tells him to think of sad thoughts instead; Jake imagines Mr. Cupcake mourning Jake's death and the two reconciling, making Jake cry and allowing him to reach Magic Man in time. Jake punches him and wins back his sandwich, and the bubble bursts.

Production
The thirty-third episode from the fifth season of Adventure Time, "Time Sandwich" was written by Kent Osborne and Cole Sanchez. As part of a team responsible for the creation of storyboards,Osborne and Sanchez adapted the episode from a story 潘得頓·沃德, Jack Pendarvis, Adam Muto, and Osborne previously devised. The episode was directed by Elizabeth Ito, her seventh credit for the season. The creator of Adventure Time, Ward resigned from his occupation as its runner during production of the same season.

The story for "Time Sandwich" was inspired by a widely circulated video of celebrity chef Paula Deen preparing a sandwich, according to Osborne. The video, which decelerates her preparation, grew popular for enhancing the tension and absurdity of her preoccupation with making the sandwich. Drawn to the show's more comic elements, Osborne contrasted the episode with those that provide a more realistic atmosphere. He called the story for "Time Sandwich" crazy and complex for having nearly all the principal characters but described its resolution as simple.Sanchez expressed his enjoyment at having written the episode, calling Osborne's work consistently hilarious.Kenny, usually the voice of 冰霸王 on Adventure Time, lent Magic Man's vocals.

Broadcast and reception
卡通頻道 originally aired "Time Sandwich" on 9 September 2013. Its premiere earned a Nielsen rating of 1.3 for households, meaning that approximately 1.3 percent of households in the United States owning television sets saw the episode. Based on that rating, nearly two million viewers saw it live on that date. This made it the third most viewed program on the network for the second week of September, starting on Monday.

"Time Sandwich" was critically praised. Oliver Sava of 影音俱樂部 gave the episode a B+ grade, finding the slowing down from the time bubble ironic given the episode's "incredibly fast" movement. He approved of the episode's silliness as a pleasant shift from the more "emotional and character-heavy" episodes it succeeds. Sava additionally lauded the visuals of the time bubble as the various Ooo inhabitants enter it.Staff writers of TV.com found the comical aspects excellent, as were the visuals. In particular, the writers saw the image of BMO riding the skateboard with Marceline in the back "one of the best things the show's ever done".Nicolas Michaud, in his book Adventure Time and Philosophy, called the episode metaphysical in its contrasting of science and magic. He regarded Bubblegum's role in the episode as corroborating her as the "staunchest proponent and defender of science". John Moe and Open Mike Eagle, in Adventure Time–dedicated podcast Conversation Parade, observed that fans held the episode as the best introduction to the show.

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探險活寶
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