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The second season of ''
Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human, Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...
'', an American
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television series created by
Pendleton Ward Pendleton Ward is an American animator, screenwriter, producer, director, and voice actor who has worked for Cartoon Network Studios, Frederator Studios, and Netflix Animation. He created the series ''Adventure Time'', the Internet series ''Brave ...
, premiered on
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on October 11, 2010, and concluded on May 2, 2011, and was produced by
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and
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. The season follows the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother
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, a dog with magical powers to change shape and size at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they interact with the other main characters of the show:
Princess Bubblegum Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum (also called Bonnie or PB, occasionally Peebles or P-bubs) is a fictional character in the American animated television series ''Adventure Time'' and resulting franchise, created by Pendleton Ward. She is voiced by H ...
,
The Ice King Simon Petrikov, more commonly called the Ice King, is a fictional character in the ''Adventure Time'' franchise. He was first introduced in the American animated television series ''Adventure Time''. The character was the main antagonist of the ...
,
Marceline the Vampire Queen Marceline Abadeer, better known as Marceline the Vampire Queen, is a fictional character in the American animated Cartoon Network television series ''Adventure Time'' and resulting franchise, created by Pendleton Ward. She is voiced by Oliv ...
, Lumpy Space Princess, and BMO. After the first, the second season of ''Adventure Time'' was quickly ordered by Cartoon Network. However, the beginning of the series debuted under production constraints, and "It Came from the Nightosphere" aired after just barely being finished. The season was storyboarded and written by
Adam Muto Adam Muto (born July 20) is an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, and producer known for his work as the executive producer and showrunner of the animated television series ''Adventure Time''. Career Muto was a classmate of ''Adventu ...
,
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,
Kent Osborne Kent Matthew Osborne (born August 30, 1969) is an American animator, writer, producer, director, and actor. He has worked for such animated television shows as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''Camp Lazlo'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', '' The Marvelous Mi ...
, Somvilay Xayaphone,
Cole Sanchez Cole Sanchez is an American storyboard artist, writer, producer, director, and voice actor. He is best known for being a writer, storyboard artist, director, and occasional voice actor on the animated television series ''Adventure Time'' (2010–1 ...
, Benton Connor,
Jesse Moynihan Jesse Mark Moynihan (born January 4, 1978) is an American artist, animator, composer and director. He is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time'' and as the creator of the graphic no ...
,
Ako Castuera Ako Castuera (b. 1978) is an American artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time''. Early life Castuera's father is from Mexico, and his ancestors originated from the Spani ...
, and
Tom Herpich Thomas Herpich is an American artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time''. History Herpich graduated from the School of Visual Arts (SVA), and was known in indie cartoo ...
. The first episode of the season, "
It Came from the Nightosphere "It Came from the Nightosphere" is the first episode of the second season of the American animated television series ''Adventure Time''. The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and ...
" was watched by 2.001 million viewers; this marked a decrease in viewers watching Cartoon Network when compared to the previous season's debut, although it marked an increase when compared to the last season's finale. The season ended with the episode "Heat Signature" on May 9, 2011. It was viewed by 1.975 million viewers, which marked an increase from the first-season finale. The season was initially supposed to end with the
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two-parter " Mortal Folly"/"Mortal Recoil." Still, due to a scheduling error, "Heat Signature" was the last episode to air for the season. In 2011, Adventure Time was nominated for an
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, and the episode "It Came from the Nightosphere" was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program. Neither the series nor the episode won, however. Several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from the season were released after the season finished airing. The complete season set was released on June 4, 2013, on DVD and
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.


Development


Concept

The season follows the adventures of
Finn the Human Finn Mertens, better known as Finn the Human, is a character and one of the two protagonists, alongside Jake the Dog, in the American animated television series ''Adventure Time'' and resulting franchise created by Pendleton Ward. He also appe ...
, a human boy, and his best friend
Jake Jake may refer to: Name * Jake (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Katrin Jäke (born c. 1975), German swimmer * Jake (gamer), American ''Overwatch'' player and coach * Jake, a member of the band Enhy ...
, a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, wherein they interact with the other major characters, including
Princess Bubblegum Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum (also called Bonnie or PB, occasionally Peebles or P-bubs) is a fictional character in the American animated television series ''Adventure Time'' and resulting franchise, created by Pendleton Ward. She is voiced by H ...
,
The Ice King Simon Petrikov, more commonly called the Ice King, is a fictional character in the ''Adventure Time'' franchise. He was first introduced in the American animated television series ''Adventure Time''. The character was the main antagonist of the ...
,
Marceline the Vampire Queen Marceline Abadeer, better known as Marceline the Vampire Queen, is a fictional character in the American animated Cartoon Network television series ''Adventure Time'' and resulting franchise, created by Pendleton Ward. She is voiced by Oliv ...
, Lumpy Space Princess, and BMO. Common storylines revolve around: Finn and Jake discovering strange creatures, battling the Ice King, and battling monsters to help others. Various other episodes deal with Finn attempting to understand his attraction towards Bubblegum. Two of the season's final episodes, " Mortal Folly"/"Mortal Recoil", expand the mythology of the show by introducing the Lich (voiced by
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), who would become the show's main antagonist.


Production

After ''Adventure Time'' debuted on April 5, 2010, with "Slumber Party Panic" and "Trouble in Lumpy Space", the series was quickly renewed for a second season of 26 eleven-minute segments. Around August 2010, the writing for the second season was finished, and the production staff had started to receive bits of animation from the show's overseas animation staff. The first episode to enter into production was "Loyalty to the King", based on its production code. However, it was later temporarily shelved, and aired as the season's third episode. The third episode produced, "
It Came from the Nightosphere "It Came from the Nightosphere" is the first episode of the second season of the American animated television series ''Adventure Time''. The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and ...
", was instead chosen to open the season. When the network announced the start of season two, the episode was not finished. On the official Frederator site, contributor Eric Homan noted that he would "prefer hat the seriesstock up on a few episodes before jumping into season two, but it ain't my network". The episode was the first episode storyboarded by
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. During the network pitch of the episode, Ward
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and the two performed "The Fry Song". Sugar later called the experience "super terrifying", although the network did
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the episode. This season's episodes were produced in a process similar to those of the previous season. Each episode was outlined in two-to-three pages that contained the necessary plot information. These outlines were then handed to storyboard artists, who created full storyboards. Design and coloring were done at
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in
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, and animation was handled overseas in
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by
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and
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. The exception to this is the sixteenth episode, "
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", which features roughly 5 minutes of 3-D animation that emulates the style of
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video games. For these segments, the series asked animator Ke Jiang for assistance; he single-handedly "modeled, rigged and animated" the sequence. ''
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'' creator
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was brought in to work on the season as supervising producer and outline writer when his show entered a hiatus, but left shortly after ''Flapjack'' wrapped up production in order to concentrate on other projects. Storyboarded artists for the season included
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, Sugar,
Kent Osborne Kent Matthew Osborne (born August 30, 1969) is an American animator, writer, producer, director, and actor. He has worked for such animated television shows as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''Camp Lazlo'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', '' The Marvelous Mi ...
, Somvilay Xayaphone,
Cole Sanchez Cole Sanchez is an American storyboard artist, writer, producer, director, and voice actor. He is best known for being a writer, storyboard artist, director, and occasional voice actor on the animated television series ''Adventure Time'' (2010–1 ...
, Benton Connor,
Jesse Moynihan Jesse Mark Moynihan (born January 4, 1978) is an American artist, animator, composer and director. He is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time'' and as the creator of the graphic no ...
,
Ako Castuera Ako Castuera (b. 1978) is an American artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time''. Early life Castuera's father is from Mexico, and his ancestors originated from the Spani ...
, and
Tom Herpich Thomas Herpich is an American artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''Adventure Time''. History Herpich graduated from the School of Visual Arts (SVA), and was known in indie cartoo ...
. Conner had just finished a job working on the series ''
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'' and had subsequently taken on a job as a storyboard artist for ''
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''. However, due to scheduling delays, he was free to work on two episodes of ''Adventure Time''—"Blood Under the Skin" and "Slow Love"—as a freelance storyboard artist. The season was the last to feature creative director Patrick McHale in a full-time capacity. He was still credited with being part of the story writing team with the premiere of
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, but his level of contribution was more limited than it had been for the first two seasons.


Cast

The voice actors for the season include
Jeremy Shada Jeremy Shada (; born January 21, 1997) is an American actor, musician and singer. He is best known for his work as the voice of Finn the Human from the American animated television franchise ''Adventure Time'' and Lance in '' Voltron: Legendary ...
(Finn the Human),
John DiMaggio John William DiMaggio ( ; born September 4, 1968) is an American actor. His various voice roles include Bender on ''Futurama'', Jake the Dog on ''Adventure Time'', Marcus Fenix in the ''Gears of War'' series, Dr. Drakken on '' Kim Possible'', ...
(Jake the Dog),
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(The Ice King),
Hynden Walch Hynden Walch (born February 1, 1971) is an American actress best known for voicing Starfire in the ''Teen Titans'' franchise and Princess Bubblegum in ''Adventure Time''. She also voiced Penny Sanchez in '' ChalkZone'', Elsie in ''Stanley'', ...
(Princess Bubblegum), and
Olivia Olson Olivia Olson (born May 21, 1992) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and writer, largely known for her voice roles as Vanessa Doofenshmirtz in ''Phineas and Ferb'' and Marceline the Vampire Queen in ''Adventure Time''. She also played ...
(Marceline the Vampire Queen). Ward himself provides the voice for several minor characters, as well as Lumpy Space Princess. Former storyboard artist
Niki Yang Niki Hyun Yang (born in Seoul, South Korea as Hyun Jeong Yang; , June 8, 1985) is a South Korean animator, writer, storyboard artist, and voice actress. After graduating from Hongik University and then CalArts, she became one of the storyboard ...
voices the sentient video game console BMO, as well as Jake's girlfriend Lady Rainicorn in Korean. Polly Lou Livingston, a friend of Pendleton Ward's mother, Bettie Ward, plays the voice of the small elephant Tree Trunks.Livingston, Polly Lou (Actress). 2012. "Tree Trunks" ommentary track ''Adventure Time'' Season One VD Los Angeles, CA:
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.
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.
Season two would also introduce The Lich, the principal series antagonist in the episode "Mortal Folly." The Lich is portrayed by
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. The ''Adventure Time'' cast records their lines together as opposed to doing it individually. This is to capture more natural-sounding dialogue among the characters. Hynden Walch has described these group sessions as akin to "doing a play reading—a really, really out there play." The series also regularly employs guest voices for various characters. For instance, in the episode "It Came from the Nightosphere",
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—Olivia Olson's real-life father—appears as Marceline's father, Hunson Abadeer. Note: To reveal who voiced what character, one must click on the various characters under "Guest Stars" to reveal their voice actor or actress.
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appears as Sir Slicer in the episode "Blood Under the Skin". In the entry "Storytelling", Sam Marin voiced the Teenaged Bear. Rapper
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guest starred as Snorlock in the installment "Slow Love".
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appeared as the Gnome Ruler in "Power Animal".
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lent his voice to the Royal Tart Toter in the episode "The Other Tarts".
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voiced the Tree Witch in "To Cut a Woman's Hair". Comedian
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lends her voice to Doctor Princess in "The Chamber of Frozen Blades".
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and
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appeared as Lady Rainicorn's parents in the episode "Her Parents". "The Silent King" featured the voice of
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, who portrayed Gummy, the Royal Goblin Chief of Staff. Finally,
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appeared as Death in the episode "
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"; Ferrer would reprise his role in the fourth-season episode "Sons of Mars".
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voiced the titular character in the episode "Susan Strong". In "Belly of the Beast",
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voiced the character Party Pat.
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,
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, and
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appeared as the three ghost friends of Marceline in "Heat Signature". "
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" featured
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as a young Princess Bubblegum. Acres would reprise her role in the third season episode "Too Young". Various other characters are voiced by Tom Kenny,
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,
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, Steve Little, and Kent Osborne.


Broadcast and reception


Ratings

The season debuted on October 11, 2010, with the episode "It Came from the Nightosphere". The episode was watched by 2.001 million viewers. This marked a decline from the first-season premiere, which had been viewed by 2.5 million viewers, but it marked an increase from the first-season finale, which was watched by only 1.77 million viewers. "It Came from the Nightospere" also marked gains when compared to the same timeslot a year prior; for instance, 732,000 kids aged 6–11 watched the episode, an increase by 35 percent when compared to the previous year. The season hit a high with its third episode, "Loyalty to the King", which was watched by 2.541 million viewers. The season ended with "Heat Signature", which was viewed by 1.975 million viewers. The season was originally supposed to end with the two-parter "Mortal Folly"/"Mortal Recoil", but due to a scheduling conflict, "Heat Signature" was the last episode of the season aired. The season aired on Mondays at 8:00 pm, the same slot as the first season.


Reviews and accolades

The season's first episode, "It Came from the Nightosphere" was largely well received by critics. Tyler Foster of
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called it "a pretty decent example of all the notes the show can hit." He was particularly pleased with the way "the rift between Marceline and her dad is handled with a nice seriousness that fits right in alongside absurd gags about penguins". He also noted that "any episode that includes a song is a plus in my book." It was also called the "real highlight" of the eponymous DVD release by Charles Webb of ''
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''.
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writer Matt Fowler later referred to the episode as a "classic". The episode was later nominated for a 2011
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for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program, although it did not win. The series was a candidate for the "Best and Worst of 2010", a list compiled by the Bucks County Courier Times; the series was under the "Best Animated TV Show" category. Patrick Broadnax of the ''Huntsville Examiner'' named the series one of "The Most Underrated Shows on Television". He argued that, in its second season, the show was "shining as one of artoon Network'sbest decisions ever." He praised the spirit of the series, noting that it was reminiscent of the "charm that 90's cartoon held so gracefully". He concluded that the show was "goofy, colorful fun that should be able to put a smile on anyone's face." Tyler Foster of
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wrote that the season release was "highly recommended". He praised that the season was able to "explor and
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on everything that" was set up in the first season of the show. He specifically praised "Power Animal, "Death in Bloom", "Crystals Have Power", and "Her Parents" as the best episodes from the set. Foster was slightly critical of the visual presentation, noting that some
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was present, but felt that the commentaries were an added bonus. The show itself was nominated for an
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for Best Animated Television Production for Children. However, the series did not win. The episode "It Came from the Nightosphere" was nominated for a 2011
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for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program, although the episode did not win.


Episodes

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Home media

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released multiple DVD volumes, such as ''My Two Favorite People'', ''It Came from the Nightosphere'', ''Jake vs. Me-Mow'', ''Fionna and Cake'', ''The Suitor'', ''Princess Day'', and ''The Enchiridion'' which contain episodes from the second season. All DVD releases can be purchased on the Cartoon Network Shop, and the individual episodes can be downloaded from both the iTunes Store and
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Full season release

The full season set was released on DVD and
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on June 4, 2013.


Notes


References

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