Lane

Calderon, Lane Mathew S.

MY PRESENTATION

ADVENTURE TIME!• Adventure Time is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward.

The series follows the adventures of Finn, a 14-year-old human boy, and his best friend Jake, 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. Ward describes Finn as a "fiery little kid with strong morals", while Jake is based on Tripper Harrison, Bill Murray's character in the movie Meatballs.

• The series is based on a short produced for Frederator's Nickelodeon animation incubator series Random! Cartoons. After the short became a viral hit, Cartoon Network picked it up for a full-length series that previewed on March 11, 2010 and officially premiered on April 5, 2010, and the series has been a critical and commercial success.

HISTORY• Following the animated short, Frederator Studios pitched an Adventure Time series to

Nickelodeon, but the network passed on it twice. ] The studio then approached Cartoon Network, with creator Pendleton Ward delivering them an early storyboard for the episode, "The Enchiridion", showing that the premise could be expanded into a series while maintaining elements from the original short. Cartoon Network approved the first season in September 2008, and "The Enchiridion" became the first episode. The series was initially known as "Adventure Time with Finn and Jake", a title still used for some merchandise.

FINN THE HUMAN• Finn the Human (voiced by Zack Shada in the pilot short where his name was Pen, by

Jeremy Shada in the TV series) – Finn is a 14-year-old human boy who loves nothing more than going on adventures and saving the day.

JAKE THE DOG• Jake the Dog (voiced by John DiMaggio) – Jake is Finn's best friend and adoptive

brother. He is a 28-year-old (in "magical dog years") shape-shifting dog. His magic powers allow him to stretch or shrink any part of his body to any shape and almost any size, ranging from becoming gigantic to becoming incredibly small.

PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM• Princess Bubblegum (voiced by Paige Moss in the pilot short, Hynden Walch in the TV

series, Isabella Acres when turned younger) – Princess Bubblegum is a bubble gum humanoid, comparable to the inhabitants of Candy Kingdom, of which she rules, who are all composed of types of desserts and candies.

LADY RAINICORN

• (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker in the pilot short, Niki Yang in the TV series) – Lady Rainicorn is a half-rainbow, half-unicorn creature and Jake's girlfriend. She can turn objects and people different colors. Her origins can be traced back according to the episode "Her Parents," in which Jake explains how rainicorns and dogs have been battling over the Crystal Dimension for centuries.

THE ICE KING

• (voiced by John Kassir in the short, Tom Kenny in the TV series) – The Ice King is the main antagonist and sometimes a protagonist of the series who is around 1,000 years old. The Ice King frequently steals princesses throughout Ooo to forcefully marry them, Princess Bubblegum being his usual target. His magic abilities to freeze things by hurling frozen lightning bolts, summoning snow monsters, and flying with his beard come from the magical crown he wears.

MARCELINE ABADEER

• the Vampire Queen (voiced by Olivia Olson[13]) – Marceline is a fun-loving and mischievous 1,000-year-old vampire Queen. Marceline plays an electric bass, which she made from her family's heirloom battle-axe as revealed in "It Came from the Nightosphere", and occasionally plays musically with Finn and Jake. Unlike most vampires, she reveals that it's the color red she likes to suck out of various things, and blood is only appealing because it is red.

LUMPY SPACE PRINCESS

• (voiced by Pendleton Ward, the show's creator) – Lumpy Space Princess (or "LSP" for short) is the princess of Lumpy Space, an alternate dimension. Like all her people, LSP is an extraterrestrial creature known as a "Lumper" which looks like a floating purple cloud with arms and a face, and can convert other beings into Lumpers by biting them.

BEEMO

• (voiced by Niki Yang) – Also known as BMO, Beemo is a sentient video game console that lives with Finn and Jake. Beemo is genderless.[20] It appearance contains elements of Vectrex, Game Boy, PocketStation and Atari 2600 game hardware. Beemo also has the features of other household objects, such as a camera in "Conquest of Cuteness" and a VHS player and alarm clock in "Holly Jolly Secrets".

RICARDIO

• (Voiced by George Takei) - Ice King's heart which became a living being as the result of Ice King's attempt at a love spell. Like his source, Ricardio had desires for Princess Bubblegum.

TREE TRUNKS

• (voiced by Polly Lou Livingston) – Tree Trunks is a miniature elephant friend of Finn and Jake who speaks with a gentle, Southern accent. Tree Trunks lives in a little home in the forest, surrounded by apple trees which she uses to make apple pies.

CINNAMON BUN• (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – Cinnamon Bun lives in the Candy Kingdom and usually

tries to impress people by doing tricks or volunteering for tasks, but usually ends up failing. Princess Bubblegum refers to him as being "Half Baked". He became the new Royal Tart Toter after the old Royal Tart Toter became senile.

PEPPERMINT BUTLER

• (voiced by Steve Little) – Peppermint Butler is a peppermint candy that lives in the Candy Kingdom and is Princess Bubblegum's butler. It is revealed that he is good friends with Death and can summon a portal to the land of the dead; he also has a very dark and strange side, at one time requesting Finn and Jake's flesh.

BILLY

• (voiced by Lou Ferrigno) - Billy is, according to the creator of the show, "..the greatest warrior ever!". He was once a great hero who is known to have rescued Cotton Candy Princess from Fire Count, slain an evil ocean, and fought against a giant bear. Perhaps most importantly, he's also said to have defeated The Lich with a special gauntlet he wore in his youth.