# I am all about Adventure Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367 "2011-09-06T07:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367/1 "2011-09-06T07:05:10Z")
This may be embarassing to admit, but…I am ALL about Adventure Time! About a year ago I was flipping through channels and saw an episode of Adventure time on Catroon Network. It was the ‘tree trunks’ episode. Later, I saw an episode on youtube and got weirdly addicted. Tonight they had a gender-swap episode (starring Neil Patrick Harris! 😃 ) , I know I’m too old for this weirdness, but I couldn’t resist! In case you dont know what the hell I’m talking about, Adventure time is a show on Cartoon Network that has a lot of D&D references and weirdly adult humor for a kids show. I saw one episode and got hooked! Its hilarious and creepy at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367/2 "2011-09-06T07:19:22Z")
Dood. Adventure Time is one of my favorite toons on TV right now (and I’m 38). I think I love it more than my kids, and they absolutely are enthralled with it. The creepy part is, it could fit in with many of the weed-inspired awesomeness found on Adult Swim. The creator and writers have to be getting mega-stoned when they write that shit. But it’s gooood shit. If you’ve only seen the one (and that was a good one), do yourself a favor and see them all… they’re all consistently weird, hilarious, original and good. And, btw, the guy who voices Sponge Bob [(Tom Kenny)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kenny) does the voice for the Ice King. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367/3 "2011-09-06T07:24:32Z")
Not as good, but _even weirder_: Chowder. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367/4 "2011-09-06T07:41:44Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > Not as good, but _even weirder_: Chowder. Definitely weird, and if anything, I find it slightly amusing. For me, the runner up would be [The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/flapjack/) But after three seasons, I think it’s been cancelled. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Stowed\_Bob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stowed_bob/32/3312_2.png) [@Stowed\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stowed_Bob)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367/5 "2011-09-06T08:05:47Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Definitely weird, and if anything, I find it slightly amusing. For me, the runner up would be [The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/flapjack/) But after three seasons, I think it’s been cancelled. :mad: We can take comfort that will leave our new friends to go back to our old friends, who we left for new ones. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367/6 "2011-09-06T08:35:15Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Definitely weird, and if anything, I find it slightly amusing. For me, the runner up would be [The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/flapjack/) But after three seasons, I think it’s been cancelled. :mad: Flapjack was one of the creepiest kids shows in a while. It was also wonderful in how it mixed animation with claymation and very occasional live-action. Peppermint Larry is one of the creepiest kids’ show characters of all time. He riffs on Ed Gein in ways I hope most of the (ostensible) target audience didn’t understand when they were watching it. Overall, the show reminded of [Maakies](http://www.maakies.com/) more than the abortive Maakies adult swim cartoon ever managed to. Back to the OP’s topic, yes, I also enjoy the occasional Adventure Time episode, not least when I swear I saw a bottle-obsessed penguin humping the head of a frozen Jake. [This episode, to be specific.](http://adventuretimewithfinnandjake.wikia.com/wiki/Still) [Evidence](http://adventuretimewithfinnandjake.wikia.com/wiki/Gunter) Chowder was good as well, but it kind of pales in comparison. Probably because it was actually targeted to its target audience. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367/7 "2011-09-06T10:11:48Z")
I found Chowder meh, but not nearly as bad as Regular Show, which is the bane of my existence. I hate it so, so much, which is odd because everybody else on the interwebz seems to love it and think it’s so adult. To me it seems like they gave a show to some 13 year old douchebags and told them “make a show about what you think it’s like to be an adult.” I get that it’s (probably) supposed to be a bit of an affectionate parody of those cartoons about lower-class adults with dead-end jobs and no education, but the way it’s executed is just coated in extreme jerkassery to the level of which even Family Guy can only aspire to achieve. Also, I hate all shows that may have gotten Symbionic Titan off the air. What’s this thread about again? Oh, right, Adventure Time. Awesome show. Edit: But as far as cartoons go, nothing beats Friendship is Magic, at least it’s on a different network and merchandise driven so there’s less of an incentive to murder it to get ad revenue. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-all-about-adventure-time/595367/8 "2011-09-06T13:29:49Z")
My 11- and 8-year-old sons really like _Adventure Time_, and I wanna too, but I just don’t. Just too offbeat and weird, and not in a good way. Whenever I see it I’m more “WTF?” than “Ooo, that’s cool,” so I’ll leave it to them.