Adventure Time (season 9)

Adventure Time (season 9)
Country of origin United States
Release
Original network Cartoon Network

The ninth and final season[1] of the American animated television series Adventure Time, created by Pendleton Ward, is slated to air on Cartoon Network in the United States, following the series' eighth season. The series is based on a short produced for Frederator's Nicktoons Network animation incubator series Random! Cartoons. The season will follow the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother 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. Along the way, they interact with the other main characters of the show: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, BMO, and Flame Princess.

Development

Concept

The series follows the adventures of Finn the Human, a human boy, and his best friend Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape, grow, and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. Along the way, they interact with the other main characters of the show: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, and Marceline the Vampire Queen. Common storylines revolve around Finn and Jake discovering strange creatures, dealing with the antagonistic but misunderstood Ice King, and battling monsters in order to help others.[2]

Production

In an interview, Osborne noted that Cartoon Network provided the writers with "an opportunity to spend a lot of time thinking about the finale."[3]

On July 21, 2016, it was confirmed by Kent Osborne that Adventure Time was renewed for a ninth season.[4] The main storyline writers for the season will include Jack Pendarvis, Adam Muto, Ashly Burch, Osborne, and Julia Pott.[5] On September 29, 2016, it was confirmed by Cartoon Network that this season would be the show's last.[1] When asked in an interview with Skwigly about his feelings concerning the end of the series, Osborne explained:

It's weird because I've never been on a show this long, and I don't think Cartoon Network has done a show with this many episodes—for the past few seasons we’ve been surprised I think every time it gets picked up. And I think a lot of us were thinking in the back of our minds, 'When is this going to end? Am I gonna be 80 and still writing this?!' It is sad, and everyone's kind of grieving, but it's hard to feel too bad about it, because first of all, they have so many episodes in the bank that it's gonna play for another couple years.[3]

Osborne did note that Cartoon Network provided the writers with "an opportunity to spend a lot of time thinking about the finale."[3] According to a speech given by Pendarvis, storyline writing for the series would wrap up during mid-November 2016;[6] and the last storyline meeting was on November 21.[7] A tweet by Osborne revealed that the script for the finale was pitched to the storyboarders on November 28.[8]

This season's episodes are expected to be produced in a process similar to previous seasons' episodes. First, all of the episodes begin as simple two-to-three-page outline that contain the necessary plot information.[9] These outlines are then handed off to storyboard artists, who then expand the rough outline into a full storyboard.[10] The episodes' design and coloring are done in Burbank, California. Animation is handled overseas in South Korea, either by Rough Draft Korea or by Saerom Animation.[11][12][13]

Cast

Returning voice actors may include voice acting veterans John DiMaggio (who portrays Jake the Dog), Tom Kenny (who plays The Ice King), and Hynden Walch (who voices Princess Bubblegum). In addition, Jeremy Shada portrays the voice of Finn the Human, and Olivia Olson portrays Marceline the Vampire Queen. Ward himself provides the voice for several minor characters, including Lumpy Space Princess. Former storyboard artist Niki Yang voices the sentient video game console BMO in English, as well as Jake's girlfriend Lady Rainicorn in Korean.[14] Polly Lou Livingston, a friend of Pendleton Ward's mother, Bettie Ward, plays the voice of the small elephant Tree Trunks.[15][16][17] Jessica DiCicco voices Flame Princess, Finn's ex-girlfriend and the sovereign of the Fire Kingdom.[18][19] Andy Milonakis voices N.E.P.T.R., a sentient robot who makes and throws pies.[20][21] The Lich, the series' principal antagonist, is portrayed by Ron Perlman in his demonic form.[22] The Adventure Time cast records their lines together in group recordings as opposed to different recording sessions with each voice actor. This is to record more natural sounding dialogue among the characters. Hynden Walch has described these group recordings as akin to "doing a play reading—a really, really out there play."[23]

The upcoming episode "Marcy & Hunson" will feature Martin Olson reprising his role as Hunson Abadeer, father of Marceline.[24][25]

Episodes

The season is set to conclude sometime in 2018. It will be the final season of the series to air.[1]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleSupervising
direction by		Written and storyboarded byOriginal air dateProd.
code [26]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
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TBATBA"Marcy & Hunson"[24][25]TBATBATBA1054-278TBA
284TBATBATBATBA2018 (2018)[1]TBATBA

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pedersen, Erik (September 29, 2016). "Cult Hit Animated Series 'Adventure Time' To End In 2018". Deadline.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Clark, Noelene (November 14, 2012). "'Adventure Time': Post-Apocalyptic 'Candyland' Attracts Adult Fans". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Dutton, Sophie (November 4, 2016). "Interview with 'Adventure Time' Head Writer Kent Osborne". Skwigly. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Osborne, Kent (July 22, 2016). "[Kent Osborne confirms that the show has been renewed for a ninth season]". Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ Pendarvis, Jack (August 17, 2016). "ADVENTURE TIME writers meeting. We're all exactly this happy all the time! @ashly_burch @juliapott @MrMuto". Twitter. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ Germain, Siomara (November 1, 2016). "Brockport Welcomes Adventure Time Writer Jack Pendarvis". The Stylus. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ Pendarvis, Jack (November 21, 2016). "Starting my last ADVENTURE TIME meeting in about half an hour. Bah, I say! But also I'm excited about the story! But also my stomach hurts". Twitter. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ Osborne, Kent (November 28, 2016). "Last Adventure Time handout meeting :(". Twitter. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ McKendry, David (February 4, 2013). "Q&A: 'Adventure Time' Writer Dick Grunert". Fangoria. The Brooklyn Company, Inc. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ Ulloa, Alexander (2010). "Adventure Time (2010)". Art of the Title. Art of the Title, LLC. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  11. ↑ Ristaino, Andy (February 18, 2013). "[Andy Ristaino explaining the animation process]". Spring.me. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  12. ↑ Goldstein, Rich (December 19, 2013). "This Is How an Episode of Cartoon Network's 'Adventure Time' Is Made". The Daily Beast. The Newsweek Daily Beast Company. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  13. ↑ "AT 185 Dark Purple – Final Storyboard". Scribd. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2015. Note: This storyboard clearly labels Saerom as the animation studio.
  14. ↑ "Adventure Time". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved January 14, 2013. Note: To reveal who voiced what character, one must click on the various characters under "Guest Stars" to reveal their voice actor or actress.
  15. ↑ Livingston, Polly Lou (Actress). 2012. "Tree Trunks" [Commentary track], Adventure Time Season One [DVD], Los Angeles, CA: Cartoon Network.
  16. ↑ Ward, Bettie (Artist). 2012. "Tree Trunks" [Commentary track], Adventure Time Season One [DVD], Los Angeles, CA: Cartoon Network.
  17. ↑ Episodes that credit Polly Lou Livingston:
    • Elizabeth Ito & Sandra Lee (directors); Graham Falk (writer) (January 7, 2016). "Summer Showers". Adventure Time. Season 7. Episode 16. Cartoon Network.
    • Andres Salaff & Sandra Lee (directors); Seo Kim & SOmvilay Xayaphone (writer) (April 9, 2016). "Summer Showers". Adventure Time. Season 7. Episode 29. Cartoon Network.
  18. ↑ "Flame Princess". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Character Facts of the Week: Flame Princess from Adventure Time". CartoonNetwork.co.uk. May 26, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  20. ↑ Polo, Susana (October 28, 2014). "Our Interview With Adventure Time's Head of Story and the Voice of Flame Princess!". The Mary Sue. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  21. ↑ Episodes that credit Andy Milonakis:
    • Elizabeth Ito & Sandra Lee (directors); Emily Partridge & Luke Pearson (writers) (November 6, 2015). "Football". Adventure Time. Season 7. Episode 5. Cartoon Network.
    • Andres Salaff & Sandra Lee (directors); Tom Herpich & Steve Wolfhard (writers) (December 3, 2015). "The More You Moe, The Moe You Know". Adventure Time. Season 7. Episode 14–15. Cartoon Network.
    • Elizabeth Ito & Sandra Lee (directors); Seo Kim & Somvilay Xayaphone (writers) (January 11, 2016). "Angel Face". Adventure Time. Season 7. Episode 17. Cartoon Network.
    • Elizabeth Ito & Sandra Lee (directors); Seo Kim & Somvilay Xayaphone (writers) (April 2, 2016). "Don't Look". Adventure Time. Season 7. Episode 28. Cartoon Network.
  22. ↑ ScreenCrush staff. "Meet the Voices Behind Your Favorite 'Adventure Time' Characters". ScreenCrush. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Adventure Time – Season 3 Comic-Con Exclusive: Hynden Walch". YouTube. August 8, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  24. 1 2 Olson, Olivia. "[Snippet of 'Marcy & Hunson' script]". Instagram. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  25. 1 2 Olson, Olivia. "[Clip of 'Marcy & Hunson' recording]". Instagram. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  26. ↑ Production codes for the season derived from the following sources:
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