Hi everyone, I just finished Season 1 of Adventure Time. Overall, I enjoyed it very much and don't think AT has any bad episodes so far. I don't have time for a fully in depth review of each episode but did want to give some thoughts:
- My favourite episode was Rainy Day Daydream, since it's a highly nostalgic childhood favourite of mine with a very fun premise with lots of cool scenes, and with a compelling moral that our creativity is a wonderful thing and makes each of us unique.
- My least favourite episode was The Witch's Garden, because I found it too weird and off-putting, especially Jake's man-baby form and Gary the Mermaid Queen, and I didn't really like the moral. While it's not bad outright, it gives me the most mixed feelings.
- I thought Slumber Party Panic was a very fun episode and a great series premiere.
- I thought Tree Trunks was okay, but it has an extremely confusing ending and I hope we'll get an explanation for that in the next season since we don't see Tree Trunks again in season 1.
- I also thought The Enchiridion was a great episode, and it's interesting it was the first episode written although it ended up actually being the fifth episode.
- I found Ricardio the Heart Guy a bit weird but still an okay episode.
- I liked My Two Favourite People and it's Rainicorn's first major appearance. It's quite funny how the episode has some jokes that I didn't get because I don't speak Korean, and only found out after looking up a translation.
- I thought Wizard was a superb episode, probably my 2nd favourite so far, as it's also one I remember from childhood, and it's full of lots of cool magical abilities that Finn and Jake gain. It has good morals too, like don't sign up to dodgy schemes which promise free stuff, and how rejecting the rules/status quo can solve problems.
- Evicted was an okay debut for Marceline, one of my favourite characters from the show, and I liked the song, but I didn't like how this episode portrays her as being so mean to Finn and Jake.
- I liked NEPTR's debut in What Is Life and thought it had a compelling story.
- Dungeon was an excellent episode. It's interesting how they specifically mention "11 minutes" which seems to be a 4th wall break to how long AT episodes are.
- Henchman was a pretty good sequel to Evicted, and a much better portrayal of Marceline, however I still don't like how she's so mean at the start.
- I thought His Hero was a decent episode but have mixed feelings about the handling of the moral, because it's true that your idols can be dissappointing and you shouldn't always listen to your elders, but I think the episode should have made it clear violence was only okay because it was necessary to defend innocent people who can't defend themselves, rather than appearing to suggest violence is in some people's nature and that's fine.
- I thought Gut Grinder was an okay episode, but I would have preferred a stronger episode to send off season 1, such as Rainy Day Daydream, Dungeon, or Wizard.
