*Warning, there are spoilers within this article!*
Adventure Time is much more than a simple cartoon. Sure, there are plenty of pointless episodes where Jake the Dog and Finn the Human fight crime in their explosively colorful world of Ooo.
However, older viewers, like Longwood students, know that there are epic plot points and tragic characters that are built behind the ever-present background of The Mushroom War.
For those who are unaware, the world of Adventure Time is theorized to be created from something the series dubbed The Mushroom War, as is evidenced by dedicated episodes and shots of a dilapidated old earth with evidence of a nuclear war.
Over the last few months, intense buildup has been centered on the usually kooky character, The Ice King. Within the mind of this strange, but loveable, blue man is the human mind of Simon Petrikov.
This week’s episode, “Betty,” centers on Simon’s dear fiancée who he lost after he went insane and became Ice King.
The fact that a children’s cartoon can have so many viewers intently watching to see what happens to these characters stuns others who haven’t watched the series.
Now with Finn no longer being the only human in Ooo, it seems like everyone is going to be watching just to see what will happen next. Although the next episode has not been announced, it is likely that viewers won’t get to see Betty for quite some time, since the series creator Pendleton Ward and director Adam Muto are known for making these awesome episodes then going back to casual ones to bait the viewers.
