Monday at 7:30PM is the Season 5 premier of Adventure Time. It was boarded by myself and Tom Herpich. Part two was boarded by Cole Sanchez and Rebecca Sugar. I don’t really have anything to say about it, except that I think it hits all the marks. Hope you enjoy it.
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS 11.12.2012
With Finn and the viewer experiencing an alternate timeline, I thought it would be cool to design some characters that didn’t really fit in the Adventure Time world. That’s basically what the Destiny Gang were all about. The tone is I think, a little bit jarring, so I was worried that viewers would be put off by it. Not worried enough to not try it obviously. That’s the thing about writing for this show, is that I feel like you have to trust what you’re impulses are telling you to do. Otherwise you get into the trap of doing an impersonation of the show. So I took a risk by putting the Destiny Gang in there. At least that’s how it felt to me.
Their look was loosely inspired by the Fist of the North Star. Pretty much, everything I do is loosely inspired by FOTNS. Is that weird to admit? I saw it when I was 15 and watched it countless times throughout high school. I could write a big blurb about what makes FOTNS so awesome, but I have to go meet a friend in a few minutes.
The Prismo stuff was pretty much all Cole and Tom. And Finn going insane was I think all Rebecca. Whether or not the D Gang have an analog in the Oooverse I can’t say, but I’ve read some really cool meanings gleaned from their name from commenters. So anyway, hope you liked it.
I’m going to guess you’re aware by now that it’s been leaked? I loved both parts, though I must point out that Big D doesn’t have the crown in his shorts here, like he did in the episode.
Yeah I found out about the leak yesterday. Also this is a depiction of Big D, before he met Finn.
Sorry about the leak dude, but i think it just confirms the worldwide adventure time obsession.. but .. yeah.. its still illegal.
rad. marks indeed hit.
I may or may not have also watched the leak, and I’ve gotta say I love Prismo. Who’s idea was he?
Just saw the leak and it was rad as HECK. It really makes me wonder about Ice King/Simon, are we going to get more back story on him later? BTW I am totally watching this again with my cousin when it airs on CN tomorrow.
I don’t remember who came up with Prismo. Somebody. Either Pen, Kent or Tom. I’m not sure. hah. It was a while ago. I have a system of sort of ejecting past work from my memory so I can focus on staying fresh in the present.
If Marce and Simon already knew each other before the bomb fell does that mean that in the alternate world Hunson also knew Simon?
Wow this ep was awesome. The one before really freaked me out. The ending was cool but jarring in tha one before this one. This one had a nice ending. Destiny gang!
so the bomb give birth to the lich!?!
I was wondering, did all the boarders have to have lots of meetings to figure out the whole story arc?
or was a lot of it already written by Pen and writers?
Anyways awesome eps yo!
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The rough plot was written by Pen and Kent. Then the boarders fleshed it out. We would pitch it to each other to make sure all our ideas were hooking up. As to the bomb giving birth to the Lich, I can’t say
They were gobs creepy, but I knew they were yours, so you did a great job ^_^. I can always tell when you design something, even when I dont see your name at the beginning.
Even when I hear about leaks, I dont watch them. I love you guys too much to do that to you ^_^.
Just watched the episode (hooray DVRs), and there was one thing that really struck me: it was DARK as hell for Adventure Time! It took me a bit off guard, but yeah, definitely hit the right marks.
Just a couple questions, though, if you don’t mind. I just re-saw the King Worm episode the other day, and noticed that “Farmland Finn” appeared in the mirror. Was that an intentional reference to a (then) future episode? Or did y’all just decide that it was a cool design and went with it for the alternate timeline? Secondly, why was Marceline a feeble old woman in the alternate timeline and not an eternal teen?
Spam word: Hotelcali. Ugh. If I hear that damn song one more time…
Farmworld Finn in King Worm was intentional foreshadowing. Marceline was old in the alternate timeline because she was only a half demon and was never turned into a vampire. Also just letting you know, I don’t like the Eagles.
I loved the design for the D gang. I knew they we some kind of 80’s anime homage, but Fist of the North Star totally makes sense to me now. That shit is cray to the max.
Well that just raises further questions lol
Bananay
Oh daaaamn, just re-watched King Worm to see Farmworld Finn and realized there’s that scary scaley ghost chick from The Creeps. Is that foreshadowing for something? Or just him subconsciously remembering how scary that actually was?
“Feels natural, like peeing outside.” Well said.
“Life is the result of the struggle between dynamic opposites: form and chaos…”
Form, eh? Sounds familiar.