Similar to episodic, 'anthology' shows such as Rick and Morty, the beginning of the show is filled with seemingly unrelated events and stories. One thing you'd notice from Adventure Time is how the first few seasons and episodes are nearly entirely made up of just random silly adventures and one-shot stories to entertain the kids. (And I'm not talking about a few unrelated references sprinkled here and there, there are more than enough to make a seasoned easter egg-hunter orgasm.) And as more and more is revealed, you start to see how it all so satisfyingly relates and connects with each other. It rarely ever leans on plain exposition and instead masterfully hints at events or briefly mentions them at various points throughout the series, giving the audience the immense satisfaction of connecting the dots by themselves. Each episode adds to the massive, unending jigsaw puzzle that is At's universe, building it piece by piece, with each piece shown through the perspectives of many different characters and the events that surround them, even in the smallest of details. It stretches over countless points in time and space. The lore is slowly uncovered and explained little by little through many different backstories, origins, and various other elements episode by episode, sometimes taking a peek millennia into the future and other times delving into the thick mysteries of the past. Once I did realize it, every detail that seemed to tie in with it never ceased to keep me at the edge of my seat. You don't actually realize the dystopian in the beginning, but after a few episodes you start to realize the ruins of modern-day roads and skyscrapers littered here and there, the giant crater in Earth, and occasional flashbacks referring to post-apocalyptic events. It becomes clear from the start that this world is much, much bigger than the main characters.Īnd what I especially cannot get over is how exactly Adventure Time reveals this world to the audience. The mystery around the series' post-apocalyptic setting is absolutely breathtaking.

One of my most favorite parts of the show is its complex, multi-layered dystopian backstory and how it's filled with all sorts of mysteries and adventures ready to be explored.

Hardly any Western cartoon I know comes close to the sheer vastness of Adventure Time's massive universe, or at least does nearly as well in drawing interest to it. Even with that specific aspect in mind, I can hardly find where to begin. Right off the bat, I feel like the very first thing I just have to say about Adventure Time is its indisputably godly world-building.

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