Top Reasons to Love ADD-fest Adventure Time

Ever heard of Adventure Time? If you haven't, then woah dude, you need a little bit more of random in your life. 

Adventure Time! This is probably the most random cartoon out there. If you're doubting me, then I dare you to watch season 4's King Worm and say otherwise! 

Basically, Adventure Time = ADD. 

If the world of cartoons belonged to the same family, then Adventure Time is basically the younger brother with a bad case of ADD.


Factors that contributes to Adventure Time's awesomeness:

The land of hyperactive beings

10. The Land of Ooo and its many kingdoms (along with the respective mandatory princess monarch) I mean seriously, whoever heard of a Candy Kingdom populated by living, breathing candy? It just brings candy-ballism to whole new heights. 

 

"--but princess, it hurts so much!"

9. Fiona and cake. That one spin-off episode remains as one of my favorites. Why was Fionna drawn older than Finn though? Meh it would've probably looked weird to see a 13 year old Fionna go on a pedo madness date with an 18 year old Gumball.

"If he asks for IT, make sure you give it!"

Fiona is probably the "meatiest" female AT character I've seen. Many thanks to Rule 63!

8. Art style. Although other people dislike it, the simplistic art style of this cartoon is what drew me. It may seem like not much effort is done in drawing it but the beady dot eyes of each character just doubles the endearing factor the show has to offer.

"Cannot unsee what was seen..."

7. Mathematical. Rhombus. Algebraic. Finn uses math terms as his catch phrase and even uses them as censors for curse words. Although I'm not sure how well his math proficiency actually is, I just find the math lingo funny.

"sin cos tan, you sick freak"

6. The dark undertone. A land of magic such as Oo, is actually the result of a massive nuclear explosion during the "mushroom war." And Finn (now a rare human specie) was left on a mountain as a baby and was found and adopted by a dog couple. Being one of the few humans left, there is a huge possibility that he is related to Susan--a human with a mental instability. Yep. Definitely my kind of cartoon.

Can a kids cartoon get any darker?

5. "Daddy, why did you eat my fries?" --oh yes, the songs. Who wouldn't love their quirky and addictive tunes? My favorite song being "my dad ate my fries" I even misheard fries with friends--which honestly makes more sense. The addictive song was as mathematical as the entire episode itself which explored the complexities of Marceline and her fathers relationship. Which brings me to,

THESE FEELS.

4. The characters. Each character is individually unique and relate-able in their own way. Even the supposedly "baddie", Ice King, started out as this annoying character. But as soon as he was given his backstory, ofhowheusedtobeengagedbutthenwentcrazysohisfiancelefthim, I felt for the guy. And that's what separates AT from any other kids show--it makes me, not part of the intended audience, feel for the show. 

3. "Dude, I think I have a crush." Oh don't you just love the obsessive nature of fans, creators and characters themselves (Jake) on Finn's love life. He's a growing boy and he just wants to like someone. I don't particularly give a damn on who he's paired with (FP, PB or even LSP) but it's hella entertaining seeing him worry about the complexity of his love life every few episodes.

2. Continuity nod.  The waving snail, Finns' fear of the sea, how he calls the Ice King by his human name, "Simon"-- are all prime examples of the shows continuity nod. With these small but noticeable instances, AT is able to separate itself from another run of the mill kids show. Although most people think that AT is just one ADD episode after the other, there's actually some good solid plot in it. Yes, it isn't actually explored in every episode, but when it is... trust me--it'll be a doozy.

Can you find the snail in this picture?

And Number 1 issssss....



1. "Come on darling, wrap your legs around me." 

"Wattt? Did i just hear that correctly? And from a childrens cartoon, no less?"
And did I just place a QUOTE as my top reason? YES. Since that line was able to solidify Adventure Time as one of my favorite shows. Yep. It's those epic one liners the creators are able to sneakily get past the radar. And I'm not just talking about those slightly "adult" quips but everything. It's the random and quirky comedic undertone of each episode that just gets to me every single time.