166 Fun Facts About Adventure Time

The original Adventure Time short aired in 2008 on which Frederator anthology?

The short aired in 2008 as part of Random! Cartoons, Frederator's animation anthology; it went viral online before Cartoon Network picked it up as a series in 2010.

The Land of Ooo is post-apocalyptic because of a catastrophe known as what?

The Mushroom War was a nuclear war fought roughly a thousand years before the series; the mushroom cloud gives it its name, and its fallout created Ooo's mutants.

How old is Finn at the start of the series?

Finn is 12 when the series begins; found as a baby by Jake's parents, he ages roughly in real time across the show's eight-year run.

What is Finn's surname?

Finn's surname is Mertens, shared with his birth father Martin Mertens; he was found in the woods as a baby by Jake's parents, the dogs Joshua and Margaret.

Finn's signature white hat is modelled on which animal?

Finn's white hat is a bear hat with two round ears; his gender-swapped counterpart Fionna wears a rabbit hat instead. His long blond hair spills out when he removes it.

In season 6, Finn loses his right arm. What grows from the stump?

The flower eventually grows into a new arm; a grass sword features later in the finale's epilogue.

Which shape-shifting creature bit Jake's father Joshua, giving Jake his stretchy powers?

Warren Ampersand, the shape-shifting alien unmasked in 'Jake the Starchild', bit Joshua in 'Joshua and Margaret Investigations'; Jake was born from the bite on Joshua's head.

How many puppies do Jake and Lady Rainicorn have?

Charlie, Viola, Jake Jr., T.V. and Kim Kil Whan grow up almost instantly.

Which language does Lady Rainicorn speak in the series?

In the pilot short she only made pigeon-like sounds; Niki Yang, who also voices BMO, provides her voice.

Which actor voices Jake the Dog?

John DiMaggio voices Jake the Dog; he is also the voice of Bender in Futurama and Marcus Fenix in Gears of War.

What is the Ice King's real name?

The Ice King is Simon Petrikov, an antiquarian who bought a magic crown that slowly drove him mad and turned his skin blue, as told in 'Holly Jolly Secrets'.

What was the name of the Ice King's fiancée, who left him as the crown affected his mind?

Betty Grof was Simon's fiancee; in 'Holly Jolly Secrets' he recalls the crown driving her away, and his princess-kidnapping obsession is a garbled memory of losing his 'princess'.

Which character did the Ice King care for as a child after the Mushroom War?

Marceline was a young orphan when Simon Petrikov helped her survive the Mushroom War's aftermath; 'I Remember You' and 'Simon & Marcy' show the bond that survived his transformation into the Ice King.

The Ice King's penguin companion Gunter is eventually revealed to be what?

Gunter is Orgalorg, a primordial space demon banished to Earth; the reveal comes in season 6's 'Orgalorg', and in the finale 'The Comet' it tries to absorb the catalyst comet.

Which SpongeBob SquarePants voice actor plays the Ice King?

Kenny also voices Gunter's squawks.

Roughly how old is the Vampire Queen of Ooo?

Marceline, the Vampire Queen, is roughly 1,000 years old; she was a child during the Mushroom War and is half-demon, half-human, the daughter of Hunson Abadeer.

Instead of blood, what does the Vampire Queen feed on?

The colour red is her diet: she drains it from strawberries and apples and leaves them grey.

The Vampire Queen's bass guitar was made from what family heirloom?

Marceline's axe bass was made from her family's heirloom battle-axe; in 'It Came from the Nightosphere' her father Hunson Abadeer complains that she turned the family axe into a bass.

Hunson Abadeer, the 'completely evil' father of Adventure Time's Marceline, rules which realm?

The Nightosphere's lord once tried to suck out the souls of everyone in Ooo.

Olivia Olson, voice of the Vampire Queen, sang 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' as a child in which 2003 film?

Olivia Olson sang 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' as Joanna in Love Actually (2003); director Richard Curtis worried audiences would think her singing was dubbed.

Princess Bubblegum's actual age is estimated at how many years?

Princess Bubblegum gives her age as 827 years; she sprouted from a gum-like mass called the Mother Gum centuries before the series begins.

Who was Princess Bubblegum's very first creation, later her enemy in the Gum War?

Uncle Gumbald was the first person Bubblegum made from gum, shown in 'Bonnibel Bubblegum'; he founded the rival city Gumbaldia and led the Gum War in the finale.

Which actress, also the voice of Starfire in Teen Titans, voices Princess Bubblegum?

Hynden Walch voices Princess Bubblegum, the scientist-ruler of the Candy Kingdom; Walch also voices Starfire in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!

BMO is a living video game console who speaks English with which accent?

BMO has no fixed gender and is referred to with both male and female pronouns across the series.

BMO was built a thousand years before the series by which inventor, creator of the whole MO line?

Moseph 'Moe' Mastro Giovanni, founder of MO Co., built BMO and the rest of the MO line; Finn and Jake meet the ancient, mostly mechanical Moe at the MO factory in season 5.

Which character does series creator Pendleton Ward voice himself?

Pendleton Ward voices Lumpy Space Princess himself; she ran away from her parents, the king and queen of Lumpy Space, and lives in the woods with salvaged furniture.

Tree Trunks of Adventure Time, an elderly, yellow, pie-baking resident with a Southern drawl, is what kind of animal?

An elephant, small and yellow, voiced by Polly Lou Livingston.

Which princess does Jake set Finn up with after Bubblegum turns him down?

Flame Princess, the Fire King's daughter, becomes Finn's girlfriend after Jake tries to woo her on his behalf in 'Incendium'; their romance ends in season 5's 'Frost & Fire'.

Which two-dimensional entity grants wishes at a price and lives in the Time Room?

Prismo, a two-dimensional being projected by a sleeping old man, grants one wish per visitor in the Time Room; he is a chill guy who hangs out with Jake and is fond of pickles.

Which ancient entity, embodying inevitable death, is the main antagonist of the whole series?

The Lich, born when the Mushroom War's bomb detonated, is the series' overarching villain and seeks to extinguish all life; it was created from the catalyst comet's essence.

In 'The Enchiridion!', Finn retrieves the tome of heroic knowledge from the top of which mountain?

The Enchiridion sits atop Mount Cragdor; its keeper, Mannish Man the Manly Minotaur, hands it over after Finn passes the trials.

Adventure Time's finale is framed as a story BMO tells to which two characters a thousand years later?

Shermy and Beth, a boy and a Pup Kingdom dog a thousand years on, find Finn's old robot arm and bring it to BMO, who recounts the Gum War.

Which cosmic being is summoned in the finale by the Ice King's former fiancée and King Man?

Betty ends up merging with it, becoming a new deity, and Simon is finally freed of the crown.

Which former Adventure Time storyboard artist returned to write the finale song 'Time Adventure'?

She had left the show to create Steven Universe.

How long is the four-part series finale 'Come Along with Me'?

'Come Along with Me' runs about 44 minutes, four 11-minute segments aired together on 3 September 2018; it confirmed the Bubblegum-Marceline romance with an on-screen kiss.

How many episodes did Adventure Time run for across its ten seasons?

Adventure Time ran for 283 episodes across ten seasons, from April 2010 to September 2018, winning eight Primetime Emmys and a Peabody Award along the way.

Which Distant Lands special has an aged Finn searching the Dead Worlds for Jake?

'Together Again', the third Distant Lands special, follows an aged Finn through the Dead Worlds to reunite with Jake; 'Obsidian' follows Marceline and Bubblegum to the Glass Kingdom.

Gender-swapped heroes Fionna and Cake first came from whose fan fiction within the show?

Fionna and Cake began as the Ice King's fan fiction in the season 3 episode 'Fionna and Cake'; the 2023 Max spin-off, run by Adam Muto, later made them real.

Who voices Cake the Cat in Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake?

Roz Ryan voices Cake the Cat, as she did in the original Fionna and Cake episodes; Ryan was also the voice of Bubbie the whale in Flapjack.

Pendleton Ward attended which art school, where he befriended future Regular Show creator J. G. Quintel?

Pendleton Ward studied animation at CalArts, where he befriended J. G. Quintel, who went on to create Regular Show; both later made shows for Cartoon Network.

The Adventure Time theme song is sung by Pendleton Ward accompanied by which instrument?

Pendleton Ward sings the theme song over a ukulele; the lyrics name Jake the Dog and Finn the Human and promise that 'the fun will never end'.

Which Cartoon Network series did Pendleton Ward write and storyboard for in 2007, before Adventure Time?

Pendleton Ward wrote and storyboarded for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack in 2007 before Adventure Time; he later created the web series Bravest Warriors for Frederator.

On which channel was the original Adventure Time short first broadcast in January 2007?

The short debuted on Nicktoons Network on 11 January 2007 and went viral online, but Nickelodeon still passed on a series before Cartoon Network picked it up.

How many times was Frederator's Adventure Time series pitch rejected by the channel that aired the short?

Nicktoons passed on a full series twice; only after its option on the property expired did Frederator shop the show to other channels, and Cartoon Network picked it up.

Which Cartoon Network chief content officer was key to the network taking a chance on the show?

Sorcher said the pilot felt "really indie ... comic book-y [and] new", and later confirmed the decision to end the show after season ten.

On what date did Adventure Time officially premiere on Cartoon Network?

Adventure Time officially premiered on April 5, 2010 with 'Slumber Party Panic'; 'Business Time' and 'Evicted!' had already aired as previews in March.

Which storyboard did Ward's team pitch first to Cartoon Network, only to have it rejected?

After that rejection, Ward, McHale and Muto storyboarded "The Enchiridion!" to mimic the pilot, and Cartoon Network approved a first season in August 2008.

Which SpongeBob SquarePants veteran served as executive producer for Adventure Time's first season?

Cartoon Network brought in three SpongeBob veterans during a production pause; Drymon kept the network and the crew on the same creative page.

Under what nickname is the show's lead background designer Dan Bandit better known?

Ward told him to set the show in a "Ghostshrimp World"; he designed the Tree Fort, the Candy Kingdom and the Ice Kingdom, and returned for the finale.

During which season did Pendleton Ward step down as showrunner?

Ward stepped down during the fifth season, in 2013; an introvert, he found daily directing exhausting and told Rolling Stone 'I quit because it was driving me nuts'.

Who became showrunner of Adventure Time after Pendleton Ward stepped down?

Muto went on to oversee Distant Lands and Fionna and Cake as well.

Jake the Dog is based on Bill Murray's character Tripper Harrison from which film?

Ward modelled Jake on Bill Murray's camp counsellor Tripper Harrison in Meatballs (1979): carefree, yet able to sit Finn down and give him decent advice when he really needs it.

Which tabletop role-playing game did Ward cite as an inspiration for the show?

Many of the writers were devotees; Ward said they wrote stories they would "want to be playing D&D with".

What US television rating did Adventure Time carry?

Adventure Time carried a TV-PG rating; Ward said he never really thought about the rating: 'we don't like stuff that's overly gross. We like cute stuff and nice things'.

Which writing game, played by the show's writers, generated the episodes "Puhoy" and "Jake the Brick"?

The writers played exquisite corpse, in which one writer starts a story on paper and another finishes it without seeing the start; Ward admitted the results were usually terrible.

In which country was the actual animation for Adventure Time handled?

Rough Draft Korea and Saerom Animation did the animation, while design and coloring happened at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank.

Roughly how long did it take to create one Adventure Time episode, from outline to broadcast?

Each episode took roughly eight to nine months from outline to broadcast, so multiple episodes were always in production at once; outlines went to storyboard, then to overseas animation.

Which fifth-season episode was written and directed by Irish filmmaker David OReilly in 3D?

'A Glitch is a Glitch' was written and directed by David OReilly in his signature 3D style; 'Guardians of Sunshine' had earlier used 3D rendering to mimic a video game.

Which Japanese anime director wrote, storyboarded and directed the episode "Food Chain"?

The episode was animated entirely by Yuasa's studio Science Saru and had its own unique intro.

Which Adventure Time episode was made in stop-motion, directed by Kirsten Lepore?

'Bad Jubies', a seventh-season episode, was made in stop-motion by Kirsten Lepore; 'Water Park Prank' was instead done in Flash animation by David Ferguson.

Which former storyboard artist voices both BMO and Lady Rainicorn?

Yang voices BMO in English and Lady Rainicorn in Korean.

Tree Trunks was voiced by Polly Lou Livingston, a friend of whose mother?

Livingston was later remembered in the end-credits dedication of the Distant Lands special "Together Again".

How did the Adventure Time cast usually record their lines?

The cast recorded together in group sessions rather than individually; Hynden Walch compared them to 'doing a play reading—a really, really out there play'.

Actors from The Office and which sci-fi series were often sought out for supporting Adventure Time roles?

Many supporting roles went to Star Trek: The Next Generation alumni; LeVar Burton voiced Bubble in 'BMO Lost', and George Takei of the original Star Trek voiced Ricardio.

Cartoon Network wanted the show's title sequence to be more graphical, like the intro to which sitcom?

Cartoon Network asked for a more graphical opening in the style of The Brady Bunch; Ward's first draft, full of characters punching ghosts and ending with atomic bombs, was turned down.

In the pilot, what instrument accompanied Ward singing the theme song?

In the pilot Ward sang the theme over an acoustic guitar; for the series he swapped to a ukulele and sang in a higher register to match its range.

What ambient noise can be heard in the theme song while Jake walks through the Ice Kingdom?

The final theme was a temp track recorded on a 'little crummy microphone' in the animatics room, and producer Derek Drymon can be heard typing while Jake walks through the Ice Kingdom.

Composer Casey James Basichis reportedly lives in what unusual structure built inside his apartment?

Ward said the music's "hiss and grit" comes partly from squeaking floorboards and other odd sounds in that space.

Who sings the gender-swapped theme song used in the Fionna and Cake episodes?

Allegri, a former storyboard revisionist, also created the drawings that Fionna and Cake grew out of.

Which cast member sings the nautical-themed intro to the Islands miniseries?

Jeremy Shada, the voice of Finn, sings the nautical Islands intro; each miniseries got its own theme, with Olivia Olson singing Stakes and Hynden Walch singing Elements.

Which actress voices Beth, who sings the special intro to the series finale?

Willow Smith voices Beth and sings the finale's special intro, which shows Ooo 1,000 years later with the new characters Shermy and Beth.

Marceline's song "I'm Just Your Problem" comes from which season three episode?

'I'm Just Your Problem' is sung in 'What Was Missing', where Marceline plays her bass to open the Door Lord's door; the song's subtext toward Bubblegum fuelled years of fan speculation.

Which early episode, featuring an iceberg of reanimated businessmen, made the show explicitly post-apocalyptic?

'Business Time' thawed an iceberg of businessmen, making Ooo's post-apocalyptic nature explicit; Ward said the crew 'just ran with it' afterward, keeping the ruins mostly in the background.

Which 1979 film did Ward name as an influence on the show's post-apocalyptic elements?

Ward named Mad Max (1979) as an influence on Ooo's post-apocalyptic elements; he described the world as 'candyland on the surface and dark underneath'.

What name did fans give to the pairing of Marceline and Princess Bubblegum?

Fans dubbed the pairing 'Bubbline', from Bubblegum and Marceline; it was confirmed with a kiss in the finale and explored further in the Distant Lands special 'Obsidian'.

Which Dinosaur Comics creator wrote the KaBoom! Adventure Time comic book launched in 2012?

North left after three years but returned to co-write the 75th and final issue in April 2018.

Which Dr. McNinja creator took over writing the Adventure Time comic in 2014?

Christopher Hastings, creator of The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, took over the comic from Ryan North in 2014 and wrote it through its final 75th issue.

Who wrote The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia, published in 2013?

Olson is Olivia Olson's father and voices Marceline's demonic dad, Hunson Abadeer.

Which filmmaker wrote the introduction to the 2014 book The Art of Ooo?

Guillermo del Toro wrote the introduction to The Art of Ooo (2014), which collects interviews with cast and crew about how the show was made.

Which studio developed the first Adventure Time video game, Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!!?

It came to Nintendo DS and 3DS in November 2012 after Ward announced it on Twitter.

Which game earned John DiMaggio a NAVGTR award for 'Performance in a Comedy, Lead'?

Pirates of the Enchiridion (2018) earned John DiMaggio the NAVGTR award for Performance in a Comedy, Lead, for his work as Jake.

Through which fan-voting platform was the official Adventure Time brick set approved?

The set was approved through Lego Ideas, Lego's fan-voting platform, after user aBetterMonkey's proposal reached 10,000 supporters; it was released in January 2017.

Finn and Jake cameo in which Futurama episode, with DiMaggio reprising Jake?

Finn and Jake cameo in Futurama's 2013 episode 'Leela and the Genestalk'; DiMaggio also voices Bender, so he was already in the recording booth.

Which Simpsons episode opens with a couch gag parodying the Adventure Time title sequence?

'Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus', the season 28 premiere (2016), opens with an Adventure Time parody couch gag for which Pendleton Ward himself sang a spoof of the theme song.

Which country's high-speed rail ran a Finn-and-Jake-painted "Cartoon Express" train from 2013?

Taiwan High Speed Rail ran the Finn-and-Jake-painted 'Cartoon Express' from 2013; the train made over 1,400 runs and carried more than 1.3 million passengers before the project ended in 2014.

In which country did the Cartoon Network Amazone waterpark open in 2014?

The Cartoon Network Amazone waterpark opened in 2014 at Bang Saray in Thailand's Chonburi province; airline Thai Smile painted Finn, Jake, Bubblegum and Marceline on its planes to promote it.

Roughly how many viewers watched the series finale "Come Along with Me" on its premiere?

'Come Along with Me' drew about 920,000 viewers on its premiere, a 0.25 rating among adults 18–49; the audience was a fraction of the show's early-season peaks.

Which premiere drew the show's biggest audience, 3.435 million viewers?

The season five premiere, 'Finn the Human'/'Jake the Dog' in November 2012, drew 3.435 million viewers; season seven's opener dropped to just 1.07 million.

According to a 2012 Nielsen report, the show ranked first in its time slot among which group?

Around 2013 the show averaged two to three million viewers per episode.

Former Adventure Time creative director Patrick McHale went on to create which miniseries?

Patrick McHale created Over the Garden Wall (2014); he had co-developed the earliest Adventure Time storyboards with Ward and Muto before becoming the show's creative director.

Which Adventure Time storyboard artist created Uncle Grandpa and Looney Tunes Cartoons?

Pete Browngardt created Uncle Grandpa, Looney Tunes Cartoons and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome after storyboarding on Adventure Time; Skyler Page went on to make Clarence and Ian Jones-Quartey OK K.O.!

Which Netflix series was created by former Adventure Time supervising director Elizabeth Ito?

Elizabeth Ito created City of Ghosts (2021), a documentary-style Netflix series about the spirits of Los Angeles neighbourhoods; Ito had been Adventure Time's supervising director.

A 2016 New York Times study found what share of the show's Facebook likes came from viewers aged 18–24?

That made Adventure Time the most popular show among the young of the 50 series studied.

What was the first scholarly non-fiction book about the series, published in 2015?

Adventure Time and Philosophy, edited by Nicolas Michaud, appeared in 2015 and used the show to explore philosophical ideas; Paul Thomas's Exploring the Land of Ooo followed in 2020.

What was Finn called in the original 2007 Adventure Time short?

In the 2007 short Finn was called Pen, a nod to creator Pendleton 'Pen' Ward; the name became Finn when Cartoon Network picked up the series.

Who voiced Finn in the original 2007 Adventure Time short?

Zack Shada voiced Finn in the short; his younger brother Jeremy Shada took over for the series, and the showrunners reportedly did not realize the connection at first.

Which Star Trek actor voices two alternate adult versions of Finn in "Puhoy" and "Dungeon Train"?

Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek's Commander Riker, voices the grown-up Finns of 'Puhoy' and 'Dungeon Train'; Finn himself was aged with Jeremy Shada rather than recast when Shada's voice broke.

Why, according to Ward, does Finn lack several teeth?

Finn's design resembles Bueno the Bear, an earlier Ward character who also enjoys beatboxing.

How old is Finn by the series finale?

Finn is 17 by the finale 'Come Along with Me', having started at 12; the series tracked him through his teens across eight years on air.

Which phobia does Finn reveal in season one and conquer in 'Billy's Bucket List'?

Finn's thalassophobia, a fear of the ocean, drives season one's 'Ocean of Fear'; he overcomes it in 'Billy's Bucket List', and 'Red Starved' later implies he is also colour blind.

Which actor voices Finn's con-man father Martin?

Stephen Root voices Finn's con-man father Martin Mertens; Finn's mother Minerva, a doctor, is voiced by Sharon Horgan.

Where was Finn born?

Finn was born on Hub Island, where his mother Minerva worked as a doctor; Martin fled with the infant Finn, who ended up alone on a raft drifting toward the mainland.

Which actor voices the legendary hero Billy?

Lou Ferrigno, TV's Incredible Hulk, voices Billy; Billy tries to talk Finn out of violence in 'His Hero' and is later killed by the Lich, who wears his body as a disguise.

Which actor provides the voice of the Lich?

Perlman returned as a guest voice in the Distant Lands specials.

What is the name of the grass doppelgänger that splits off from Finn's regrown arm?

Fern is a violent foil to the matured Finn; his seedling grows into a new treehouse after the finale.

What is the Citadel, where Finn finds his father in "Escape from the Citadel"?

The Citadel is a multiversal prison for cosmic crimes, watched by the Citadel Guardians; the Lich tries to free its inmates as an army, and Finn loses his arm in the chaos.

How old does Jake say he is, in "magical dog years"?

Jake says he is 28 in 'magical dog years', so his age is never pinned to human years; he was born from a pustule on his father Joshua's head.

Which instrument does Jake play, one that houses a worm named Shelby?

Shelby's full name is "Shelby Butterson the Worm Who Lives in Jake's Viola".

Which of these is one of Jake and Lady Rainicorn's sons?

Their five children are daughters Charlie, Viola and Jake Jr., and sons T.V. and Kim Kil Whan.

Where does Jake himself believe his stretchy powers came from?

Jake believes he got his powers by rolling in a magical mud puddle as a puppy; he is apparently unaware of their true alien origin.

What is the name of Jake's biological brother?

Joshua and Margaret raised Jermaine alongside Jake and their adopted human son Finn.

Who voiced Princess Bubblegum in the original 2007 short?

Paige Moss voiced Princess Bubblegum in the 2007 short; Hynden Walch took over for the series, and the short's Finn and Ice King were recast too.

Which character became a giant balloon in the 2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

A balloon of Jake, with Finn riding on his back, debuted in the 2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; by then Finn and Jake costumes were everywhere at conventions and on Halloween.

In which first-season episode does Marceline debut by forcing Finn and Jake out of their home?

Marceline debuts in 'Evicted!', claiming the tree house as hers and forcing Finn and Jake out; she later tricks Finn into becoming her accomplice in 'Henchman', where their friendship starts.

Which Phineas and Ferb character had Olivia Olson voiced, prompting Ward to want her on his show?

Olivia Olson voices Vanessa Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb, where Ward heard her and wanted her for Marceline; her father, writer Martin Olson, worked on that show.

Which veteran actress voices an older, alternate-universe Marceline in "Finn the Human"?

In that Lich-free reality the Mushroom War never happened and Marceline never became a vampire.

Marceline's name comes from the middle name of which person?

The friend, Marie, liked the film Psycho and wore dark clothing.

What did Marceline's ex-boyfriend Ash do that ended their relationship?

Bubblegum later trades her prized Marceline T-shirt to the Sky Witch Maja to get Hambo back.

Which recording does Finn play to distract Hunson Abadeer in "It Came From the Nightosphere"?

Finn plays a recording of 'The Fry Song', Marceline's lament that her father ate the fries she had made for herself; hearing it, Hunson Abadeer drops his guard.

Besides Korean, which language is Princess Bubblegum fluent in?

She dismisses magic as "scientific principles presented like mystical hoodoo".

What kind of creature is Neddy, Princess Bubblegum's younger brother?

Neddy is a timid candy dragon who spawned alongside Bubblegum from the Mother Gum; he lives beneath the Candy Kingdom because he is easily frightened.

Who voices the 13-year-old Bubblegum after she loses biomass in "Mortal Recoil"?

Isabella Acres voices the 13-year-old Bubblegum; she is restored to her 18-year-old form at the end of 'Too Young' when the Candy People give back her biomass.

How does Bubblegum lose her throne at the end of season six?

She realizes she made the Candy People too unintelligent; she is reinstated after the Stakes miniseries.

Which actor voices Prince Gumball in the original series?

Neil Patrick Harris voices Prince Gumball in the original series' Fionna and Cake episodes; Gumball is fond of baking and talks to Lord Monochromicorn in Morse code.

Which two "candy sphinxes" did Princess Bubblegum create?

Goliad and Stormo are the two candy sphinxes Bubblegum created in 'Goliad', Goliad from her own DNA and Stormo from Finn's; her other creations include the Earl of Lemongrab and his clone.

Which actor voiced the Ice King in the original 2007 short?

John Kassir, the Crypt Keeper of Tales from the Crypt, voiced the Ice King in the 2007 short; Tom Kenny took over when Cartoon Network ordered the series.

Which streaming service premiered the four Distant Lands specials, starting June 25, 2020?

HBO Max premiered the four Distant Lands specials, starting with 'BMO' on June 25, 2020; they grew from ideas pitched during season ten, including BMO in space and the Bubblegum–Marceline story.

Which YouTuber voices the robot CGO in the Distant Lands special 'BMO'?

Simone Giertz, the YouTube builder of deliberately useless robots, voices CGO in 'BMO'; Glory Curda voices Y5.

Which Distant Lands special was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award?

'Obsidian' was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award; it centers on Marceline and Bubblegum's relationship and includes Marceline's love song 'Monster'.

What US TV rating did Fionna and Cake receive, a step up from its parent show?

Fionna and Cake is rated TV-14, a step up from the parent show; the spin-off was aimed at young adults and features gore, profanity and substance abuse.

Who voices Fionna in Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake?

Martin has voiced Fionna since the season three episode that introduced her.

Which comedian voiced Prismo in the original series but was recast in Fionna and Cake season one?

Kumail Nanjiani voiced Prismo in the original series; a miscommunication led the crew to think he was unavailable for Fionna and Cake, so Sean Rohani filled in for season one.

Which Rick and Morty voice actor played the Earl of Lemongrab in the original series?

Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty, voiced the Earl of Lemongrab in the original series, giving him his famous 'Unacceptable!' shriek.

Which actor voiced Marshall Lee in the first season of Fionna and Cake?

Donald Glover voiced Marshall Lee in the first season of Fionna and Cake, where he is drawn as a dark-skinned human; Glover had also voiced him in the original series' 'Bad Little Boy'.

Which actress voices Huntress Wizard in Fionna and Cake season two?

Burch, a former Adventure Time writer, won the role in an open audition without Muto knowing she had entered.

In which Texas city did Pendleton Ward grow up?

Pendleton Ward grew up in San Antonio, Texas, where his mother, the artist Bettie Ward, encouraged his drawing; he was making flipbooks by first grade.

What was the title of the webcomic Ward published in 2002–2003, whose name he still uses online?

He took the comics down as "terrible" but kept "buenothebear" as his website and social handle.

Which Netflix series did Ward co-create with comedian Duncan Trussell in 2020?

The Midnight Gospel, co-created by Ward and Duncan Trussell for Netflix in 2020, follows space-caster Clancy as he interviews beings in other worlds via a multiverse simulator; the dialogue comes from Trussell's podcast.

Ward was credited as a story consultant on which fifth-edition D&D adventure book?

Pendleton Ward was a credited story consultant on Tomb of Annihilation (2017); D&D had shaped the show from the start, and Ward's Apple Arcade game Card of Darkness followed in 2019.

Which cartoonist was Ward's storyboard partner on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack?

Alex Hirsch, who went on to create Gravity Falls, was Ward's storyboard partner on Flapjack; the two had been friends with J. G. Quintel at CalArts.

Which Primetime Emmy nomination did "Come Along with Me" receive in 2019?

'Come Along with Me' was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program at the 2019 Primetime Emmys; it lost to The Simpsons episode 'Mad About the Toy'.

The finale's title "Come Along with Me" is the opening line of which ending theme?

The Island Song is the show's ending theme, sung to Finn and Jake by the Music Hole in the finale.

After Betty leaves the crown behind in the finale, who puts it on and becomes Ice Thing?

Betty had fused with GOLB to save Simon; the crown grants the wearer's truest wish, and Gunther wished to be like Ice King.

Which sitcom theme does Simon sing to cheer up young Marcy in "Simon & Marcy"?

Simon sings the Cheers theme, 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name', to cheer up Marcy; the flashback is set 996 years before the series, as the pair scavenge for chicken soup in a ruined city.

What was the working title of the fourth-season episode "I Remember You"?

Sugar used an omnichord for the demo of the title song, and that playing ended up in the finished episode.

Which lullaby, sung by Marceline's mother, was written for the Stakes miniseries?

'Everything Stays', written by Rebecca Sugar for the Stakes miniseries, is the lullaby Marceline's mother Elise sings to her; Sugar returned briefly to voice Elise, and the song drew particular critical praise.

Which actor voices Peppermint Butler?

Steve Little, of Eastbound & Down, voices Peppermint Butler; the butler is caught up in the Stakes fallout after Bubblegum extracts Marceline's vampiric essence.

Into how many resurrected vampires does Marceline's freed vampiric essence split in Stakes?

They are vampires Marceline had slain long ago, including the Fool and the Vampire King.

Which language does Alva, the old woman Finn meets in the Islands miniseries, speak?

Alva speaks Swedish, which Finn and Jake cannot understand; she shows them home movies of other humans on her weather-shifting island.

Which Islands episode won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation?

'Imaginary Resources' won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation; it features an island where society has plugged into virtual reality with BMO as its heroic leader.

Which actress voices Betty in the Elements miniseries?

Felicia Day voices Betty in Elements, as she has since Betty's first appearance; Betty is kidnapped by the ice elemental Patience St. Pim, whose plan spirals into Ooo being overrun by elemental magic.

Which four primordial elements corrupt Ooo in the Elements miniseries?

The four elements are candy, ice, slime and fire, embodied by Bubblegum, Patience St. Pim, Slime Princess and Flame Princess.

Who voices the Dark Magician in "The Enchiridion!"?

Hamill's Dark Magician takes Finn to his Brain World; John Moschitta Jr. voices the doorkeeper Key-per.

Which video game adapted 'The Enchiridion!' as downloadable expansion content?

Lego Dimensions adapted 'The Enchiridion!' as its Adventure Time Level Pack in 2016; the episode was the first produced for Cartoon Network, though it aired fifth.

Which minor character runs the item shop in Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!?

Choose Goose runs the item shop in Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!, a 2013 top-down dungeon crawler in the Diablo mould; it was delisted from digital stores in 2018.

Which US president was released as a playable DLC character in Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!?

Abraham Lincoln, who in the show rules Mars, was released as a playable DLC character; Peppermint Butler and Gunter came as DLC too, alongside a base roster including Finn, Jake and Marceline.

From whom did the future Ice King buy his crown, long before the apocalypse?

In 'Holly Jolly Secrets' Simon recalls buying the crown from an old dock worker in northern Scandinavia; the crown began stealing his mind even before the war that wrecked the world.

BMO's name is a shortening of which phrase?

It is sometimes written phonetically as 'Beemo'; although voiced by a woman, BMO has no definite gender.

According to Adventure Time, what are 'Lumpers', the inhabitants of the alternate dimension Lumpy Space, made of?

Irradiated stardust, and their princess can turn other beings into Lumpers by biting them.

What is the first name of the Fire Kingdom princess who briefly dates Finn?

Flame Princess's first name is Phoebe, revealed in 'The Cooler'; voiced by Jessica DiCicco, she is the daughter of the Flame King, and like all Fire Kingdom folk she is covered in flames.

Where did Lady Rainicorn grow up?

She can fly because her body intercepts light and 'dances' on it; in her youth she dated a dog-hating rainicorn named Lee.

What was Susan Strong's original name, as revealed in the Islands miniseries?

Kara was sent from a human colony to retrieve Finn but lost her memory; the implant is a clue to her past.

Which comedian voices the charlatan King of Ooo?

Andy Daly voices the King of Ooo, who first appears in the fifth-season episode 'Apple Wedding', presiding over the marriage of Tree Trunks and Mr. Pig.

Princess Bubblegum describes which simple-minded Candy Kingdom resident as 'half baked'?

Cinnamon Bun, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, is forever trying to impress people with tricks and volunteering, and usually fails.

In which season-three episode do Finn and Jake help Abracadaniel win a contest?

In 'Wizard Battle', Finn and Jake enter the contest to help Abracadaniel win, beating every other contestant so the Ice King cannot claim the prize of a kiss from Princess Bubblegum.

Which two relatives did Princess Bubblegum create along with her uncle in her search for family?

Bubblegum created Aunt Lolly and Cousin Chicle alongside Uncle Gumbald, wanting a familial bond with someone besides her brother Neddy; all three later turned against her.