Every episode opens with the weapons of civilization - bombs, swords, televisions, all abandoned and we find soon after that there's only one human left in the world. All other humans have been transformed - most into sweet treats - candy.
The one remaining human is lost in "Adventure Time", where he explores the post-apocalyptic world and saves the delicious subjects from mishaps.
The focus of much of the show is on the transformed humans, detailing the meaning of the transformations. So Finn, the last human, has been transformed into a "hero" through his trauma at the failure of preventing the death of the world. Ice King wears his cursed crown to freeze space, but what he really wants to do is freeze time after returning to a happy past, long since doomed to extinction.
Princess Bubblegum is the other side of (Huckleberry) Finn's White Man's Burden. She seeks to control the material world to help her Candy Kingdom, but is subversive - despite her subjects being sweet she created the very sour Earl of Lemongrab. She wishes to change the world.
The world itself is a reflection of the desires of it's inhabitants. There are no marks or remnants of the destroyed world. This world is about what has happened afterwards. So there are no corporations or powerful institutions, just remarkably innocuous kingdoms and isolated places like Wizard City.
Very little of interest happens in the Candy Kingdom, which is boring due to the inhabitants being simple, satisfied, and sweet. Most episodes take place outside it, fleshing out the varied and fascinating world.
The one remaining human is lost in "Adventure Time", where he explores the post-apocalyptic world and saves the delicious subjects from mishaps.
The focus of much of the show is on the transformed humans, detailing the meaning of the transformations. So Finn, the last human, has been transformed into a "hero" through his trauma at the failure of preventing the death of the world. Ice King wears his cursed crown to freeze space, but what he really wants to do is freeze time after returning to a happy past, long since doomed to extinction.
Princess Bubblegum is the other side of (Huckleberry) Finn's White Man's Burden. She seeks to control the material world to help her Candy Kingdom, but is subversive - despite her subjects being sweet she created the very sour Earl of Lemongrab. She wishes to change the world.
The world itself is a reflection of the desires of it's inhabitants. There are no marks or remnants of the destroyed world. This world is about what has happened afterwards. So there are no corporations or powerful institutions, just remarkably innocuous kingdoms and isolated places like Wizard City.
Very little of interest happens in the Candy Kingdom, which is boring due to the inhabitants being simple, satisfied, and sweet. Most episodes take place outside it, fleshing out the varied and fascinating world.
