Even the Ice King's crown, which gives him his powers, has circuitry and contains Uploaded personalities. Nevertheless Technology, old and new, is common throughout Ooo (including self-maintaining Machine infrastructure still going through the motions) and the stories feature many sf tropes: AI, Aliens, Cyborgs, inhabited planets, Mad Scientists, Parallel Worlds, orbiting Prison craft, Robots, Spaceships. The show leans more towards fantasy than sf: though Princess Bubblegum is a Scientist with a dismissive attitude towards magic, she is made of bubblegum and created her kingdom and its inhabitants out of candy. The main antagonist (though he appears infrequently) is the Lich, whose sober ambition is to destroy all life in the universe. Initially the main Villain is the Ice King (Kenny), a tragic figure once his mental condition is understood by Finn and Jake he becomes less of an adversary. The pair have surreal adventures in the Land of Ooo, often with their friends Princess Bubblegum (Walch), ruler of the Candy Kingdom, and Marceline the Vampire Queen (Olson) – a thousand-year-old trickster, half human, half demon. Finn is his adopted brother and – such a rarity that it is frequently remarked upon – a human. Jake is a talking dog with Shapeshifter powers, the latter a result of his ancestry – he was born Athena-like from his father's head after a bite from an other-dimensional creature. Set about a thousand years after the Great Mushroom War (a nuclear Holocaust), which brought about the return of Magic, Adventure Time is centred around the characters Finn (Shada) and Jake (DiMaggio). 283 eleven-minute episodes, plus the 2007 pilot, ten shorts and four 45-minute specials. Voice cast includes John DiMaggio (Bender in Futurama), Tom Kenny, Olivia Olson, Jeremy Shada and Hynden Walch. Directors include Nate Cash, Elizabeth Ito, Seo Kim, Larry Leichliter and Adam Muto. Writers include Rebecca Sugar (creator of Steven Universe), Adam Muto and Pendleton Ward. Executive producers: Pendleton Ward, Fred Seibert, Derek Drymon.
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