List of Adventure Time episodes

For lists of spin-off episodes, see Adventure Time: Distant Lands § Episodes, and Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake § Episodes.

Adventure Time is an American animated television media franchise created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network. The first series, Adventure Time (2010–2018), follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (John DiMaggio), a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. Throughout the series, they interact with the show's other main characters: Princess Bubblegum (Hynden Walch), the sovereign of the Candy Kingdom and a sentient piece of gum; the Ice King (Tom Kenny), a demented but largely misunderstood ice wizard; Marceline the Vampire Queen (Olivia Olson), a thousand-year-old vampire and rock music enthusiast; Lumpy Space Princess (Pendleton Ward), a melodramatic and immature princess made out of "irradiated stardust"; BMO (Niki Yang), a sentient video game console-shaped robot that lives with Finn and Jake; and Flame Princess (Jessica DiCicco), a flame elemental and ruler of the Fire Kingdom.[1][2] The pilot first aired in 2007 on Nicktoons Network,[3] where it was later re-aired on the incubator series Random! Cartoons.[4][5] The pilot was eventually uploaded onto the internet and became a cult hit on YouTube.[6] After Nickelodeon declined to turn the short into a full-fledged show, Cartoon Network purchased the rights, and Adventure Time launched as a series on April 5, 2010.[7][8] The series concluded its eight-year and ten-season run on September 3, 2018.[9] The series was followed by two spinoffs: Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020–21) and Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (2023–).

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.[10] For the first five seasons, the show aired on Monday nights.[a] However, starting with the early sixth-season episode "Breezy", the show began to shift both its timeslot and its day of airing.[11] Upon its debut, Adventure Time was a ratings success for Cartoon Network, with its highest-rated episodes scoring over 3 million viewers. The show received universal acclaim from critics and has developed a strong following among teenagers and adults, many of whom are attracted due to the series' animation, stories, and characters.[12] Adventure Time has won three Annie Awards,[13] eight Primetime Emmy Awards,[14] two British Academy Children's Awards,[15][16] a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award,[17] a Pixel Award,[18] a Peabody Award,[19] and a Kerrang! Award.[20] The series has also been nominated for three Critics' Choice Television Awards,[21][22][23] two Annecy Festival Awards,[24][25] a TCA Award,[26] and a Sundance Film Festival Award,[27] among others. Domestically, several compilation DVDs containing a random assortment of episodes have been released; additionally, all the seasons have been released in North America on DVD and seasons one to six were released on Blu-ray. All seasons were released on Blu-ray in Australia only. A North American box set containing the entire series was also released on DVD on April 30, 2019.[28] During its run, Adventure Time was a co-production between Frederator Studios and Cartoon Network Studios.

  1. ^ Clark, Noelene (November 14, 2012). "'Adventure Time': Post-Apocalyptic 'Candyland' Attracts Adult Fans". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "Adventure Time". CartoonNetwork.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2014.
  3. ^ Seibert, Fred (October 9, 2012). "From Another Era, it Seems Like". Frederator.[dead link‍] Alt URL Archived December 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Feeney, Nolan (March 29, 2013). "The Weird World of Adventure Time Comes Full Circle". Time. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference episodecitepilot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "And the Hit Just Keep on Coming". Frederator Studios. April 4, 2008. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "'The Enchiridion' Storyboards". Frederator Studios. April 22, 2010. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010.
  8. ^ "Adventure Time Season 1 Episodes". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  9. ^ Swift, Andy (July 20, 2018). "Adventure Time Series Finale to Air in September". TVLine. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  10. ^ Seibert, Fred (September 28, 2010). "Tells Us What You Think". Frederator Studios. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
  11. ^ "Cartoon Network – New Episodes in June (Promo)". May 2014. Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014 – via YouTube.
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  14. ^ "Adventure Time". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  15. ^ "Children's | International in 2013". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  16. ^ "Children's in 2014". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016.
  17. ^ "The 60th MPSE Golden Reel Awards Winners and Nominees". Los Angeles Times. January 17, 2013. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016.
  18. ^ "Winners of the 9th Annual Pixel Awards". The Pixel Awards. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.
  19. ^ Steinberg, Brian (April 23, 2015). "'Cosmos,' 'Adventure Time,' 'Doc McStuffins' Among Peabody Winners". Variety. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  20. ^ "The Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2015 Winners List". Kerrang!. June 11, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  21. ^ Goodacre, Kate (June 19, 2012). "Critics Choice Television Awards 2012: The Winners in Full". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015.
  22. ^ Nordyke, Kimberley; Hunt, Stacey Wilson (June 10, 2013). "Critics' Choice Television Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016.
  23. ^ "Critics' Choice Television Awards Nomination". Frederator. June 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  24. ^ "Annecy 2013 > Festival > Official Selection". Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Archived from the original on April 1, 2013.
  25. ^ "Adventure Time 'Food Chain'". Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  26. ^ Liu, Ed (October 27, 2015). "Get Closer to Marceline the Vampire Queen in 'Adventure Time: Stakes' Starting November 16, 2015". Toonzone. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016.
  27. ^ "Thank You – Festival Program". Sundance Institute. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014.
  28. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (January 31, 2019). "Watch: CN Announces 'Adventure Time: The Complete Series' with New Theme Video". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.


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