1001 Spears and Asia

**This article assumes the perspective that 1001 Spears' properties exist as actual media and have a large following. Take this as you will.**

The various works of 1001 Spears, namely Finn Army, proved immensely popular in Asian countries, namely China. Coincidence or not, many references to Asian culture appears as a result.

## Finn Army

Finn Army is likely the most popular cartoon in China (somewhat ironic since it's dubbed in Hong Kong).

* There, Finn Army: End of All dominated the box office for four weeks in a row.
* While Finn Army merchandise is slightly rarer than it once was in the United States, merchandise with the show's license is inescapable in China.
* On some days, Finn Army became the most popular tag of the day on Twitter, both on anniversaries for the show and releases of new movies.
* The anniversary campaigns that happen in North America also happen in China, with country-exclusive promotions not happening in America getting tied to it, such as desserts.

### Finn Army: The Movie

* A traditional Chinese band is depicted and plays era-appropriate music.

### End of All

Despite the movie's massive success in China, there aren't many elements directly taken from Chinese culture.

* Many extras in the movie are of Asian descent, although this was done to have more diversity in the live-action segments rather than pander to China.
* Finn VeStorbert build their teleporter in an abandoned Chinese restaurant, which briefly serves as their hideout. China-inspired music plays in the scene where they build the teleporter and there's a shot dedicated to nothing more than Finn and Storbert eating cha siu baos. A "Year of the Goat" poster is used in the teleporter as a very disguised pun on RAM (the Chinese term for the goat zodiac, yáng*,* is more accurately translated as "ram"). During one of the teleportation sequences, Finn and Storbert fall inside of a cha siu bao and get cooked alive, while another one depicts them falling into the stars one the Chinese flag and getting reduced to ash.
* One of the songs during the credits is somewhat C-pop inspired.

### Abducted

Finn Army: Abducted is the first mainstream entry of the franchise with notable references to Chinese culture and what could qualify as "pandering to China."

* The original song called *Wukong* is performed exclusively in Chinese with two English lyrics as a response to Finn Army's absurd popularity in China.
* References to *Journey to the West* appear throughout the movie, with Sun Wukong (known as Son Goku in the movie), Mei, and Bull Demon King briefly appearing, with a more extensive appearance by Tang Seng.
* Tanghulu is mentioned by name and shown by a vendor in Lost Vegas. Despite the city's name being a pun on Las Vegas, an American gambling city, countless references to Chinese culture are present.
* Finn and Revere sing An Jing during a montage of them in Lost Vegas, getting addicted to baijiu and gambling while getting STIs after soliciting prostitutes.
* One shot shows Finn and Revere eating cha siu bao while wearing Asian conical hats, while other scenes show characters eating various Chinese foods.

### Other

* An online game based on the show takes other characters and the story from *Journey to the West.*

## Venture

### Venture: Crusades

* While most countries only get one flag, China has a half-dozen, almost all of them themed after Venture. The game has proven very popular in the country so this isn't a coincidence.

## Venturian Battle

* The trio of Al Ben Kazan, Subaru Honda, and Alison Akbar are somewhat inspired by Bull Demon King, Red Boy, and Princess Iron Fan, respectively, all characters from *Journey to the West*. This is reinforced by the inclusion of a demon/Oni in Subaru Honda's outfit and stickers of them on his car.
* The children at Santa Lolita Orphanage have a China-themed party with paper lantern decorations and characters eating mantou, baozi, candied hawthorn, tangyuan, stewed meatballs, potstickers, Chinese broccoli, spring rolls, and Chinese almond biscuits, among others.