Adventure Time and the Nature of Endings | Lessons Animation Taught Us

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    From it's ageing protagonist to visions of apocalypse, Adventure Time has always been driven towards it's own end. But if every ending is also a beginning, what does it even mean to end?
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  • @superj1e2z6
    @superj1e2z6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1309

    The feeling I had for the finale is like getting off a friend's car and waving goodbye as they drive to the sunset. There isn't some cool car chase or anything just the emotion of seeing them drive away, happy yet sad.

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Yep, that's a pretty good comparison.

    • @jamesreads4713
      @jamesreads4713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rewatched this, to think about the end of this past year. I love this so much.

    • @mariahfritsch3650
      @mariahfritsch3650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I miss it so much :(

    • @UnorthodoxIndividual
      @UnorthodoxIndividual 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Going on 8 months after it's ended and it still feels like a recent development, I don't think there's a single day that I haven't thought about it, the show has the ability to bring me back thinking about it due to all of it's complex themes and ideas, and I get the feeling I and many others will be coming back to this for years to come. And maybe in the future, the fun will continue, and the television animation landscape will be transformed yet again, but for now: "Everything stays, but it still changes. Ever so slightly daily and nightly. In little ways, when everything stays."

    • @notfunny6369
      @notfunny6369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said

  • @polo826
    @polo826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +789

    "I will always be here tomorrow to high-five you yesterday" THat sent chills down my spine. Great work

    • @retrorez7898
      @retrorez7898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Think I've just realized that if it's not nonsense, he's talking about a memory. The memory of someone high fiving you yesterday will always be there, including tomorrow. High fiving being a metaphor for anything really.

    • @Sharpteeth32
      @Sharpteeth32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's a quote from the show itself actually.

    • @exetone
      @exetone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's from the episode where lemongrab is trying to kill himself or something. All I remember ate the mirrors, LSP being grabbed by shadow finns, and finn wearing a white gown for no reason

    • @yukii381
      @yukii381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@exetone The quote is from the episode where Finn and Jake try to transport tarts through the desert.

    • @exetone
      @exetone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@yukii381 yep you're right

  • @rinningshen1909
    @rinningshen1909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +563

    Yes. I needed this. I was honestly getting tired of people constantly giving adventure time shit about being 'inconclusive' and the plot 'not going anywhere'. The idea of a show having purpose only when the story follows through to a conclusive or explanatory end baffles me. Adventure time is not about conclusiveness or endings, it has never been.

    • @oofcommander2063
      @oofcommander2063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I know right this show deserves more attention for how deep it is

    • @fyrnxsovalineups6202
      @fyrnxsovalineups6202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You must look at the show's inner depths to understand it's true theme to understand the ending. Sadly, I couldn't watch all the episodes, but I don't where I can watch 'em.

    • @5yearsago404
      @5yearsago404 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @arizonaellis9476
      @arizonaellis9476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@fyrnxsovalineups6202 you can find all of the episodes on hulu. I know it's been 3 months, but I thought I'd add that

    • @fyrnxsovalineups6202
      @fyrnxsovalineups6202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Create Channel Thx for the reply, despite that it's been 4 months. Unfortunately, I don't use Hulu (I don't have an account)...

  • @retrorez7898
    @retrorez7898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I think I've just realized that if it's not nonsense, the Tart Toter is talking about a memory. The memory of someone high fiving you yesterday will always be there, including tomorrow, so it'll always be like they're there to high five you. High fiving being a metaphor for anything really.

    • @guilhermeevangelista5110
      @guilhermeevangelista5110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This show keeps amazing me

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That's a great perspective! My interpretation was that is was just about building towards the future, but I like yours better. :D

  • @danielhenning1570
    @danielhenning1570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    A recurring sentiment throughout everyone’s reaction to the finale is something along the lines of “I can’t comprehend how I feel - I’m sad it’s over.” This show meant so much to so many people - complete strangers scattered around the world. Different cultures, ages, stages of their lives. The mark of excellent complex writing is the ability to connect with different intellects and resonate with unique life experiences. In truth, a kid’s show that can be analysed and appreciated in such depth is remarkable - but, it can possess the same significance to someone who doesn’t care for its philosophical musings. That is undeniably special.
    I felt like it grew with me, paralleled a lot of my problems - it added value to my life. I have struggled to internalise and articulate exactly what it meant to me - and your hard work and thought into this video has really helped me grasp that feeling. Thank you, Grace.
    I’m not sure I’ll ever feel this way about a show again - but that’s the deal.

  • @GeeBarone
    @GeeBarone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    Wow. That C.S Lewis quote really got me.

  • @LittleLactose
    @LittleLactose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    "the pain I feel now is the happiness I had before" hit me in the right in the feels. The pain of an ending was the memories of all the good times you had and realizing that it would all just be memories from that point. This reminded me that endings are just new beginnings, no matter how hard it seems you can move on from it and grow into a position where things don't seem hopeless and done. Thank for helping me realize that again.

    • @hashiispep
      @hashiispep ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i got. Getting Over It flashbacks from this

    • @plugshirt1762
      @plugshirt1762 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hashiispep lol same the game would be more rage inducing if the speech Bennett giddy gives and all the quotes weren’t so entertaining and memorable

  • @MagusMirificus
    @MagusMirificus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +755

    What a fantastic piece. It's always saddened me that so little of the discussion surrounding such an important and visionary work as Adventure Time has centered around what the show as a whole was getting at. Most of what people say about it boils down to "It may look silly and crazy, but if you pay attention, it's actually pretty emotional sometimes", and there's so much more to it than that, such endless layers of complexity and thematic depth to explore and puzzle over and be moved and changed by. I couldn't have asked for a better channel than this one to contribute to that higher level of analysis, and even moreso for this than for the rest of your excellent content, you have my sincere gratitude.

    • @MagusMirificus
      @MagusMirificus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Also, if I may cheapen those niceties a bit with a shameless plug, a lot of this video's points about how the show ended in such a way that it also allowed itself to keep going on forever are somewhat similar to some points that I made in the final chapter of my own dissertation on Adventure Time, "Very Distant Lands", which you guys can read here if you're so inclined: docs.google.com/document/d/1abbGrJMshzymNXMNkNq7ShraFIKWV8KevQNWmi1EbQs/edit?usp=drivesdk

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Thank you very much!
      There's so much going on in Adventure Time. I tried to get in references to some of my favourite episodes, like Dungeon Train and The Tower, even though I didn't mention them directly. So many episodes have more to say than their surface narrative.

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh, and thanks for linking to your dissertation! Looks like it covers a lot of similar points. I love the poem you opened with and hopefully I'll have time to read the rest of it.
      I post a list of further reading for each new video over on my newly created Patreon. Would it be OK for me to link to your dissertation there?

    • @MagusMirificus
      @MagusMirificus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh, wow! Yes, of course you may! It'd be my absolute honor. It's beyond touching to me that a content creator of your caliber would find my scribblings to be with sharing with anyone; thank you kindly.
      If you like, you can link to the full "Very Distant Lands" piece, of which "As an Everlasting Dream" is the ninth and final part. There's one chapter for each season; I've been publishing it on Reddit for over a year now. Here's a link to that; thank you once again for your interest, it really means the world to me: docs.google.com/document/d/1MyvBBSHH2oEPElHCB76V93CH-ive-3N8luA0t8Vw9gk/edit?usp=drivesdk

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow, that's amazing! I'll definitely try and read more when I get the chance. :D

  • @foney2000
    @foney2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "Because someday soon my friend,
    this ride will come to an end,
    and we can't just get in line again...."

  • @keychera
    @keychera 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    ah, right... when adventure time ends, I do feel like having lost a friend...

  • @Rivali0us
    @Rivali0us 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I definitely mourn the show when it ended. To me, this show is more about subconscious battles than the physical one.

  • @justsomebabyghosts
    @justsomebabyghosts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have such an intense feeling of peace whenever I watch this video...

  • @dudeatos
    @dudeatos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The ending really makes the show feel like we were just watching one chapter in the long and complex lives of the characters.

  • @fyrnxsovalineups6202
    @fyrnxsovalineups6202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In other words, the reoccurring theme throughout the show reveals the meaning of it's ending. It's the end of the show, but the adventure lives on. I remember when I watched the first season when I was eight-years-old. Ahhh, nostalgia...

  • @UnorthodoxIndividual
    @UnorthodoxIndividual 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Going on 8 months after it's ended and it still feels like a recent development, I don't think there's a single day that I haven't thought about it, the show has the ability to bring me back thinking about it due to all of it's complex themes and ideas, and I get the feeling I and many others will be coming back to this for years to come. And maybe in the future, the fun will continue, and the television animation landscape will be transformed yet again, but for now: "Everything stays, but it still changes. Ever so slightly daily and nightly. In little ways, when everything stays."

    • @grass4417
      @grass4417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's been years and I still can't accept it lmao

  • @lxjuani
    @lxjuani 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Having lost a friend is exactly what I felt when I finished the series. That quote really resonated with me.

  • @0darkhero0
    @0darkhero0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Woah. I'm studying a major in literature and you are kind of inspiring me to make beautiful video essays like yours.
    My favorite episode of the series is -Puhoy- (the one about the pillow world) and I was thinking a lot about endings, beginnings and cycles as a whole because of it.
    Thanks for the knowledge

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      That's great, I'm glad you're feeling inspired!
      I might do some mini essays on individual episodes at some point and I imagine Puhoy would be on the list. :D It has my favourite BMO line, "oh no, my favourite window!"

    • @michaelhenry3234
      @michaelhenry3234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Edgar S.H. Puhoy is definitely my favorite episode too. There's just something special about that episode. Like, you can feel the allegories and symbolism dripping from that episode. Plus, it's such a weird concept.

    • @keychera
      @keychera 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      sharing your favorite episode, huh? a might be late here but I wanna say my favorite one is definitely "Jake the Brick". it's a chill episode where Jake become a brick and he narrate stuffs around him and then it is broadcasted through a radio.
      I take that episode as if it's telling me that "if you try sitting down for a while, and try to look around, all sort of little stories might be happening around you". And then the episode goes to show many of adventure time characters listens to Jake through the radio while doing their own stuff, telling that "Everyone does have their own story going on"!
      it's a simple, beautiful concept that is somehow very unique yet very normal for Adventure Time.

  • @jacko7755
    @jacko7755 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I only ever watched one episode of Adventure Time when it originally aired, but now that it has ended, and after watching this video, I have the sudden urge to go back and watch the series (maybe a video about its ending wasn’t the best place to start, or maybe starting because of its end is exactly what the show would want)

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      At least I didn't spoil too many things! :D

    • @michaelhenry3234
      @michaelhenry3234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Jacko77 You totally should! It's an amazing show, for adults and kids alike.

    • @PrabhjotSingh-wg8lz
      @PrabhjotSingh-wg8lz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What episode was that

  • @sarahkate6990
    @sarahkate6990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    I have found it hard to comprehend the wild mix of emotions I have been feeling since this show ended, but in this video, you have pinpointed exactly what those feelings are. Thank you.

  • @NoThanks_1_2_3_
    @NoThanks_1_2_3_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The announcement of the Fionna and Cake show feels so poetic now. The end of one show is just the start of another.

  • @alabasterindigo
    @alabasterindigo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I’ve had so much on my mind since the initial announcement of the finale, the finale itself, and the show as a whole. It’s October, and I’m still crying about this show. Thank you for making this, you helped relieve a lot of tension in my life 👍

  • @brutanedda3107
    @brutanedda3107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is such a good video. I always end up talking with people saying that Adventure Time is just a cartoon for children, but I think the greatness about it is that, that in fact Adventure Time talks to people like fables to deliver very deep messages. The metaphor about a good ending resembling the loss of a good friend is perfect. Adventure Time is a work of masterpiece, and how I felt when it actually ended is something that I've felt many times in my childhood that I thought I had forgotten. Adventure Time is one truly good friend for many of us, and I'll never forget how important it was for me.

  • @hyperventalated
    @hyperventalated 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As much as I am at peace with the ending of Adventure Time, something still really hits me when I hear Come Along With Me. It almost perfectly captures the feeling of looking back on an everlasting summer thats about to end. It hurts. Alot. But you're glad it happened.

  • @dot3703
    @dot3703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I know this video is 2 years old, and you've probably seen many comments like this, but you just pinpointed the exact reason why I have a hard time moving on when I finish a show. It's the end of progress. I'm always making progress, watching episodes, sometimes at different rates, and sometimes forcing myself to watch it just so I can become closer to the end. And then once the end is there, I miss the progress. I somewhat regret it, for pushing myself to watch things too quickly just to see the result. I just finished the finale of Adventure Time today, and I'm desperately trying to find more content that explains this feeling that I get from the show, the philosophy and depth of it. I almost didn't want to watch the finale, I wanted to try and postpone it to avoid the ending and the end of progress, because I'll never be able to recreate the original sense of excitement, freshness, and progress that you get when watching a series for the first time. If I come up with any other observations on this thought I'll add it, but I just wanted to try and make sense of the feelings I have after endings and what others may have as well.

  • @neilcheeseburger
    @neilcheeseburger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This may be the most brilliant and lovely piece of Adventure Time analysis out there.
    That last episode really did a number on me. I literally cried for days and gave myself an awfully painful eyelid infection.
    I can't believe the people who worked on this show got away with making some of the most beautiful and profound art ever for 10 seasons.

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you very much!
      Adventure Time was really something special.

  • @garrettreily1033
    @garrettreily1033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think I cried harder in the viewing of this video than I did during the actual ending of AT.

  • @oom-3262
    @oom-3262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you for this.
    I needed it.
    I haven't gotten over the show finishing yet.

  • @Julia-ny2wt
    @Julia-ny2wt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ”Will happen, happening, happened” that line will forever stay with me and nothing can ever compare to it

  • @IanTheGreatYT
    @IanTheGreatYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The adventure time finale already hit so hard, but then they went and made that distant lands episode, and it hit soo much harder. They do endings so well

  • @MambamboCombo
    @MambamboCombo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sometimes, even after analyzing something so much, you still need someone to point something out before you notice it.
    Because of your video, it's only now that I recognize the themes of adventure time and why they affected me so much.
    It's only now, after *7 years* of building a world that I want to write a book in ( but been ever hesitant to do) that I realize why my own setting and story means so much to me, consideting that I wrote them using the same themes without realizing.
    Thank you for this video. For pointing out what I connected with so much in adventure time, but could not pin down myself

  • @voodoodolll
    @voodoodolll ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shivers down my entire body when that credit song kicked in. Wow. It's been a long time.

  • @tianbreznik1255
    @tianbreznik1255 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I have a 4ever playlist for videos that I must never forget about, as they remind me of who I am/was in a way. This video just became your 3rd video to be put there! Thank you so much!

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you so much! ❤

    • @jonathankirsch2121
      @jonathankirsch2121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Literally same. I created an awesome stuff playlist just to put this video on it

    • @cameodamaneo
      @cameodamaneo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's actually incredibly flattering.

    • @Achilles976
      @Achilles976 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same. I have a favorite videos playlist and I put this video in it.

  • @eringildea7420
    @eringildea7420 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is probably my fave video essay ever i cannot tell you how many times i've come back and rewatched it !

  • @karlnykwest4199
    @karlnykwest4199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You really do a nice job describing the experience of this show. I weirdly watched this video years ago before watching any Adventure Time (This video actually convinced me to finally give the show a go), and I was struck by how many times characters declare a situation or describe their purpose as "The End." It's because of shows like this that I often feel like children's entertainment has the flexibility to better convey a depth of ideas than entertainment targeted at adults.

  • @anim8trdude
    @anim8trdude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video just gave a new meaning to life, you are so wise..

  • @nathanlee2942
    @nathanlee2942 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I come back to this video every once in a while. You've done an enviable job of crystalizing my feelings for this show. I'm not sure anything will be as immaculately dark and hopeful as Adventure Time.

  • @catoftheyear
    @catoftheyear 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I was having a bit of a hard time with the final episode, but watching this made me at least in part come to terms with it. You raise so many great points, especially regarding BMO's song... you(or well, you through C.S. Lewis, I guess) managed to capture exactly how I felt about that and put it elegantly into words. Keep making up new numbers:)

  • @rockstar2012r
    @rockstar2012r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it always makes me melancholic when i see adventure time video essays

  • @scootdotmetro
    @scootdotmetro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In all honesty, I couldn't agree more, when I finished the series I compared it to watching my siblings graduate, knowing that I was truly proud of what they are, were, and can become, thinking about the memories I'd made with them leading all up to that point, like pictures on the wall, in a billion tiny frames, and now I can't wait to see it all

  • @frankienayman3641
    @frankienayman3641 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is like, the best adventure time video essay period

  • @patrickjohnsharn4680
    @patrickjohnsharn4680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is one of the best video essays I’ve ever seen.

  • @ethantinklenberg6607
    @ethantinklenberg6607 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The silly, the crazy, the laughs, they’re all a part of the cry. The cry is just a summary of how much joy you felt, how much these characters, these drawings, are people. They are with us, they were with us, and they will be with us forever back then.

  • @bliots8369
    @bliots8369 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel like I have to say something about how great this show was, but this video is so profound and incredibly thought-out that anything I say would pail in comparison. Thank you for all the time you spent making this video. This is incredible.

  • @redundantmartyr
    @redundantmartyr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love Adventure Time so much, and this video has only strengthened that. I cried when I watched the last episode, because it was so brilliant and I didn't want it to end. What a fantastic analysis! :') ❤

  • @foreverprime8852
    @foreverprime8852 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wasn't ready to say goodbye. But I'm happy I got a chance to.
    Adventure Time was a fantastic show.
    We will always be back then.

  • @kathrynbbeauty
    @kathrynbbeauty 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    This was an amazing video essay. Maybe my favorite I’ve ever watched on the platform!

  • @gustavofernandes1438
    @gustavofernandes1438 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was such a good analysis on the concepts and themes Adventure Time explored. It amazes me that you wrote and edited this video essay so quickly, the final episode aired September 3 and you already made this incredible video. Fantastic work!

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much!
      I actually cheated as most of this was written before the finale aired. Although I have also been working unusually long hours this week to get it finished. I have a lot coming up in the next few months and wanted to get this done before then. :D
      It's not a schedule I'll be in a hurry to repeat!

    • @gustavofernandes1438
      @gustavofernandes1438 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WhatsSoGreatAboutThat I hope all your hard work pays off in the end, I've been loving the diversity and quality content you try to bring to this channel

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @TheStOne1
    @TheStOne1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved this short, it's more important and relevant than any other Frozen short yet.

  • @finnanimations6213
    @finnanimations6213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when adventure time ended it felt like a part of my childhood just died

  • @gabrielmaia2838
    @gabrielmaia2838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I find myself revisiting this video essay almost 3 years after I saw it the first time. I can only say that it is one of the pieces of thoughts and images that I wish i coulld share with my friends and family, it says a lot i can`t express myself. Thank you again !!!! - (I see that i can now, with the Portuguese subtitles !!!)

  • @grandpajerry764
    @grandpajerry764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I think of the ending I recall the moment when I left my elementary school and all my friends along with it. It was without-a-doubt sad, but as time progressed I can't help but reminisce about all the awesome times we had and only imagine how they can be doing right now. Sure, I miss them all and will for a long time, but they have lives, I have mine, and all things eventually come to an end only to start anew.

  • @sourdougheggtarts
    @sourdougheggtarts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i love this video so much bc it really encompasses many of the themes and feelings brought through adventure time and its ending and your quotes are all spine-chilling thank u

  • @dolphin8815
    @dolphin8815 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    My heart.. you understand. That end quote is perspective changing for me. The pain I feel now is the happiness I felt before. I understand now.

  • @lord6617
    @lord6617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well now I'm touched emotionally and am going to have to go watch adventure time instead of putting it off for forever. Thank you!

  • @nathanspain5455
    @nathanspain5455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It's neat that you did a Lessons Animation Taught Us video! Like a little crossover between two of my favorite TH-camrs.
    Also, this made me want to watch Adventure Time. I saw the first couple seasons on Netflix a long while back and thought it was entertaining but frivolous, but it sounds like it became a lot deeper thematically in the subsequent seasons.

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh yeah, Adventure Time is definitely worth a watch. There are a lot of really interesting episodes! :D

    • @polo826
      @polo826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It goes deep in the rabbit hole, and it's awesome

    • @Bimtavdesign
      @Bimtavdesign 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is a definite shift after the first few seasons.... it retains the light hearted felling most of the time but it becomes very VERY deep

    • @flamethekid
      @flamethekid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the first season were in a way showing how a child the child being 12 year old finn would see the world all this chaos and nastiness strew across the world but still having it as gleeful and sweet but as he matures and ages more of the worlds nature becomes revealed to the audience but the time he is almost 18 in the finale the audience has grew and matured along with the protagonist

    • @chrisdoesstuff6609
      @chrisdoesstuff6609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its quite sly about getting deep early on but becomes more obvious and sends this message of endings being ok towards the end

  • @willowmiku
    @willowmiku 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great video, you summed up the feelings the finale gave really well!
    Adventure Time was my first cartoon so it feels like an old friend to me, and to have it end was sad but still made me feel uplifted and content with the fate of some of my favourite characters and the fate of one of my favourite worlds.

  • @Trilingualeks
    @Trilingualeks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I adore this show like no other, and am eternally grateful to Penn Ward for sharing his thoughts and feelings with us in such a unique and loveable way. That said, I always felt the lack of growth and change from Finn. Sure, within an episode, he learns from Jake about girls (when he starts 'dating' Flame Princess) and he grows as an adventurer, but on the whole, I didn't feel any personal growth as a character from him throughout the show. Even LSP, the ultimate in immaturity had development. I don't know if the point was to maintain his sweet innocence, but I felt his change and growth was very minimal. Am I missing something?

  • @merrymeet
    @merrymeet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i'm not crying you're crying.

  • @alaricgoldkuhl155
    @alaricgoldkuhl155 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For me "Food Chain" was the ultimate Adventure Time episode, weaving (by this stage) well known and well fleshed out characters to weave a unique way of looking at things. Animation has always and forever promised boundless creativity, but until Adventure Time had not delivered to anywhere near this level before. Food Chain was a masterpiece, and none managed to outshine it afterwards. There were longer episodes or episodes built up to over half a season that were as impactful, but none so elegantly simple as Food Chain. As a stand-alone episode, it kinda stands alone.

  • @Johnitus69
    @Johnitus69 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every time. Every single time im watching a video about Adventure Time, I cry. This has gotten me through the toughest of times and it pains me to see it go, RIP A.T

  • @KennDrumm
    @KennDrumm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This may be the only video to ever make me cry. It's so beautifully done and I learn something more every time I come back to it.
    It is also helping me write the conclusion (or negation) to my PhD thesis.
    Thank you

  • @samhawkins4640
    @samhawkins4640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great video. Time, death and endings are something that no one likes to speak about too much because of the way an ending makes you feel personally. It's cool to think that an end isn't really an end, just a change. Adventure time will be missed, but who knows, maybe another amazing cartoon will bless our screens in a way nobody had ever even thought about!

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I really hope some more great cartoons fill the void.

  • @goblin7189
    @goblin7189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The song for me is coming to terms with the end of my life and the beginning of a new one. That song is a goodbye to all those whose paths will no longer cross with mine and a hand to lift me onto the one that will cross with many new people.

  • @cherishy
    @cherishy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't have a very explained comment to show how much I liked and appreciated that video and your words, but I can assure you I felt it. Thank you, and you're awesome.

  • @NO22Jauxsoh
    @NO22Jauxsoh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Subscribed :) Your whole perspective and the voice in your writing is beautiful, and it helped me think about how much this show means and how shows and stories like this are important. Thanks for making this!!

  • @Elizabethcantsing
    @Elizabethcantsing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This honestly feels like one of the most important videos I've ever watched. Thank you for making this. It really made me think about how I feel about death and endings and overall, really comforted me the way you put it.

  • @DB-ny9xw
    @DB-ny9xw 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The final song in the last episode means that all though the episodes have come to an end the characters and life will still have their own adventures

  • @BookUnbinder
    @BookUnbinder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are so good. Thank you for making them. This is probably my fourth or fifth time watching this since you originally made it. It speaks to me and helps me remember something important every time I do. The importance of treasuring every moment possible.

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much!

    • @BookUnbinder
      @BookUnbinder 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WhatsSoGreatAboutThat finally became a patron. Sorry it took me so long. Thank you again for your insights and essays. I love your writing and editing.

  • @sharperhenz90
    @sharperhenz90 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've been talking about Post-Post-Apocalypse for a while now. Other shows and media also have it. Star Trek is PPA, Futurama too! Great video!

  • @roadtripwarrior
    @roadtripwarrior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man I am actually crying.

  • @swer9112
    @swer9112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    god your videos are just beautiful. Your passion for this stuff bleeds through and makes every one of your videos fantastic. Your ideas are so unique and always manage to articulate all of the complex feelings we all shared but no one has been able to express.

  • @pabloemilianoreyesretanaen4928
    @pabloemilianoreyesretanaen4928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can't believe I just found out about your channel! This is genius! Thanks so much for this, for pouring thought in such a beautiful version of the world.

  • @AnneTipha
    @AnneTipha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is the best analysis of adventure time I have ever seen. thank you so much for articulating what I couldn't.

  • @NathanielBarlam
    @NathanielBarlam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Very nice video! I love how you link so many different works into your thesis. Another I'd add to that list is Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, which takes on a circular nature in its text as well as its structure, notably beginning the book in the middle of a sentence and ending the book with the start of that same sentence to make a complete loop.

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you! Finnegan's Wake is a great comparison! I think this is probably a theme literature has been exploring a lot longer than television has.

    • @NathanielBarlam
      @NathanielBarlam 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very true!

    • @MagusMirificus
      @MagusMirificus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's so weird; I've been thinking a lot lately about AT's similarity to Joyce's other two novels: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. Like Portrait, it's a coming-of-age story that rings more true than most by utilizing wildly different stylistic approaches to depict the different stages in the life of its main character, capturing just how much we grow and change between innocence and adulthood better than most other stories on the subject. And like Ulysses, it's a sprawling, massive, difficult, but ultimately comic celebration of life, dealing in melancholy but infused with a pervasive joy and enthusiasm, eagerly pulling from any genre or tradition that strikes its fancy, diving into wildly experimental and challenging territory always with an eye to have fun and reveal truth, getting at the hearts of its characters and their world not through huge, defining conflicts but through the elevated mundanities of life in an extraordinary world. I really think Joyce is the right touchstone for understanding what Adventure Time was trying to do, moreso than many of its more obvious aesthetic influences from the annals of nerd-culture.

  • @elihersh2133
    @elihersh2133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great essay! Articulates how I feel about the show and its message beautifully.

  • @blancamino
    @blancamino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really well-made video essay, and I’ve never even watched Adventure Time

  • @hikaru975
    @hikaru975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. What an incredible summation of the Adventure Time finale and its themes. Beautiful!

  • @IrishBelmont
    @IrishBelmont 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was a fantastic video essay. A true masterpiece encompassing the meaning and legacy of Adventure Time, a show that I actually haven’t watched. But now I will. Add me to your list of subscribers 👍

  • @MrHhoommeerr
    @MrHhoommeerr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love your voice. I'm at work super high doing line sheets while I have your videos on the background and your voice is putting be to sleep in a good way

  • @quiroz923
    @quiroz923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GODDAMMIT, I'D JUST STARTED WRITING AN ESSAY ON COME ALONG WITH ME AND THE NATURE OF ENDINGS, AND YOU GO AND MAKE THE SAME POINTS WITH THE SAME ARGUMENTS AND YOU MAKE IT SO BEAUTIFULLY.
    seriouly though, great video. Just now I feel I don't have anything else to add.

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry! I think there's still plenty that can be said about the finale. I was focusing more on the series as a whole.
      Glad you liked the video anyway. :D

    • @quiroz923
      @quiroz923 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's So Great About That? Maybe I'll be able to write it but I was having problems weaving the ideas together, and I wanted to use Deleuze and the notion of becoming and I was having trouble integrating it and you just weave in Deleuze so seamlessly, I can't even.

  • @Javaboymk03
    @Javaboymk03 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the way you present this video is absolutely beautiful

  • @MaebyBaeby
    @MaebyBaeby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't think of any other video essayist who so perfectly evokes the emotions and themes of a work as you. I've only caught a few episodes of Adventure Time, and yet watching this brought me a pang of that mourning after finishing something anyways. I'm glad I get to support you monetarily as well as being a viewer; Thank you Grace

    • @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat
      @WhatsSoGreatAboutThat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much for both your viewing and financial support! And of course your lovely comments! ❤

  • @andreah3212
    @andreah3212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic video! The idea of realizing growth by way of return reminds me of a old TS Eliot quote: "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

  • @mesastreatexit
    @mesastreatexit 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you. so beautiful. you really wrapped this up for me. i cried

  • @alex291212
    @alex291212 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this. Thank you for taking the time to make it.

  • @NyAnLink
    @NyAnLink 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I almost cried watching this
    My favourite cartoon ever

  • @KieranEnright
    @KieranEnright 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Another phenomenal video! This really got me 😪 can’t wait to see more from you!

  • @TopherCadence
    @TopherCadence 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg you used the tart toaters quote I’m crying

  • @carrotmango3650
    @carrotmango3650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is WWWWAAAAAAYY too well composed to only have 14k views. You can tell that you put a lot of time and effort into making this.

  • @luisca92
    @luisca92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is amazing, you are amazing! This is one or maybe my favorite video essay I've seen, you give every frame a painting a run for his money.

  • @Rednines
    @Rednines 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn’t expect Deleuze to be brought up in an Adventure Time video!

  • @augustlizabethmoore
    @augustlizabethmoore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never really assessed the way I felt about the ending of Adventure Time, which I she during this video I constantly teared up. God it's such a good show, and I'm going to miss it, but I know there is better things to come.

  • @Wiktoria-fh7kt
    @Wiktoria-fh7kt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The clips are so high quality, it looks beautiful. Great video

  • @akrulla
    @akrulla ปีที่แล้ว

    That was so beautiful. Thank you. ❤

  • @MerkstreetUk
    @MerkstreetUk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bloomin' ace! Level of research, the editing and analysis are definitely the things that stood out to me the most in terms of technicality. But there is a lovely heart and sentiment behind the video which is it's main appeal. Very good on many levels. Thanks for sharing!

  • @springsnature7037
    @springsnature7037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These videos are always lovely. It helps me rethink things in new ways, better ways.
    What I like most about your videos (particularly this one) is the way your transitions work. It feels like the words flow and breath with the presented images. It's quite fitting for a video about beginnings, cycles, and endings.
    Again, wonderful job!

  • @ri-ch-es
    @ri-ch-es 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "That fun has ended"
    HBO: oh I don't know about that

  • @animelvr99
    @animelvr99 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this is a beautiful creation. thank you for creating this

  • @elle947
    @elle947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastically written video. Insightful, heartwarming, and everything a tribute to such an incredible show should be. Keep up the amazing work!!

  • @jonathankirsch2121
    @jonathankirsch2121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the best video essay I've seen on AT and possibly the greatest I've ever seen period. That was so beautiful Grace, thank you! 💗😊