81-473: " Puhoy " is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time . The episode was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard , from a story by Patrick McHale , Kent Osborne , and Pendleton Ward . It originally aired on Cartoon Network on April 8, 2013. The episode guest stars Mandy Siegfried as Roselinen, Jonathan Frakes as Adult Finn, and Wallace Shawn as Rasheeta. The series follows
162-577: A different letter grade ; the season received four C's, twenty B's, and twenty-six A's. In June 2013, the series was nominated for "Best Animated Series" at the 2013 Critics' Choice Television Awards , although it lost to the FX series Archer . At the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards , "Simon & Marcy", was later nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Short-format Animation , and former character designer Andy Ristaino won an Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation" for his character designs in
243-734: A director. He directed eight episodes of the show and 21 episodes of the Star Trek universe. After the TV series ended in 1994, Frakes reprised his role in the Star Trek: The Next Generation films, two of which ( Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection ) he directed. Frakes has appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Voyager , Star Trek: Enterprise , Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks , making him
324-666: A home furnishings store in Belfast, Maine , called The Cherished Home , which closed in August 2012 due to her being too busy with her acting to spend adequate time at the store. Frakes and actress Debralee Scott met at an exercise class in Los Angeles. They married after about a year (some time before November 30, 1984) and lived in a 2-bedroom house in Sherman Oaks, California . Frakes first met actress Genie Francis on
405-404: A pillow world where he marries a pillow woman named Roselinen (Siegfried) and has two children with her. In the pillow world, Finn grows old and dies, only to wake up in the real world. He soon receives a call from Flame Princess, reaffirming their relationship. The appearance of Finn as an adult was based on Howard Keel 's character from the 1954 musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , which
486-403: A short-lived television series on UPN , which dealt with the paranormal and mysterious happenings and creatures. In one episode, Frakes presented an interview of reporter Yolanda Gaskins with veteran astronaut Gordon Cooper , where they discussed the possibility of aliens having visited Earth in the past. He hosted seasons 2 through 6 of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction , which also dealt with
567-558: A sign that their relationship is over. Jake says Finn is imagining things, but Finn ventures into the pillow fort to let his mind "fester". Inside, he passes through a portal into a magical pillow land. He saves a village from a "blanket dragon", and the leader Quilton throws a celebration in his honor. Finn dances with Quilton's daughter, Roselinen. However, no one knows how to get him home. Years later, Finn and Roselinen have married and had two children, Bonnie and Jay. Quilton tells them that an ancient book has been discovered revealing that
648-515: A small, uncredited role in the 1994 film Camp Nowhere . Frakes also voiced Finn the Human 's adult version in the episodes " Puhoy " and " Dungeon Train " on Adventure Time . Frakes was an executive producer for the WB series Roswell , directed several episodes, and guest-starred in three episodes. His relationship with Star Trek is downplayed in the season 3 episode "Secrets and Lies", in which
729-473: Is a favorite of episode co-storyboarder Wolfhard. The episode was viewed by 2.75 million viewers and received a 0.6 rating among people between the ages of 18 and 49. Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club wrote positively of the way the episode focused on character development, noting that the episode bore similarities to both The Wizard of Oz and Captain America . Similarly, Colin O'Boyle of Geek Smash compared
810-538: Is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films and series. He has also hosted the anthology series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction , voiced David Xanatos in the Disney television series Gargoyles , and narrated the History Channel documentary, Lee and Grant . He is the credited author of
891-416: Is one of the few episodes that the writers successfully developed by playing the game exquisite corpse . The episode was co-directed by Nate Cash and Nick Jennings; the former was credited as "supervising director", whereas the latter handled the art direction. The episode guest stars Mandy Siegfried as Roselinen, Jonathan Frakes as Adult Finn, and Wallace Shawn as the oracle Rasheeta. Herpich noted that he
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#1732798473662972-423: Is the best Sci-Fi show on TV right now". He singled out "Simon & Marcy", praising the way in which the episode "deepen[ed] the world [of Ooo] in all kinds of morbidly fascinating ways." Furthermore, he compared the entry to Cormac McCarthy 's book The Road , specifically citing the similarities between the mutant creatures in the episode and the "demented people" in the latter. Kohn ultimately concluded that
1053-530: The Enterprise -E bridge featured in the game. Branching out from the Star Trek franchise, Frakes directed the 2002 family film Clockstoppers . However, his next film, 2004's Thunderbirds , was a box-office bomb , which he has said single-handedly almost destroyed what had been a successful directing career: "[My] name was taken off the lists ... I went from 60 to zero. It was a wake-up for me. I had been so positive, and so blessed, and so fortunate." It
1134-423: The 'directed by' credit." Both Muto and Nate Cash had, in previous episodes, been credited as creative directors, but according to Muto, the series decided to phase the title out in favor of "supervising director". For the first half of the season, both Muto and Cash took turns holding the supervising director credit on different episodes. Starting with "Shh!", however, Elizabeth Ito, a former storyboard artist for
1215-433: The 1986 miniseries Dream West . In 1987, Frakes was cast in the role of Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation . He was one of only two actors to appear in every episode (the other being Patrick Stewart). While appearing on the show, Frakes was allowed to sit in on casting sessions, concept meetings, production design, editing, and post-production, which gave him the preparation he needed to become
1296-485: The Ancient Sleeping Magi of Life Giving. With "Bad Little Boy", Donald Glover debuted as Marshall Lee, Marceline's male counterpart. In the episode " Puhoy ", Jonathan Frakes voices a grown-up version of Finn, Mandy Siegfriend voices Roselinen, and Wallace Shawn voices an oracle. Levar Burton voices an anthropomorphic bubble in "BMO Lost". Baxter plays the eponymous character in the "James Baxter
1377-827: The Cosmic Owl. In "Up a Tree", Jim Cummings voices the Porcupine, Lenny the Beaver , and the Owl; and Marc Maron appears as the squirrel. Cummings would later reappear in the latter season episode "Candy Streets" playing a different character. In "Jake the Dad", Kristen Schaal lends her voice to Jake Jr. (she would reprise the role in the later episodes "One Last Job" and "Another Five Short Graybles" ); Choe Dong-Hyun appears as T.V. and Kim Kil Whan; and Sunny Sandler voices both Charlie and Viola. In "Little Dude", Dana Snyder appears as
1458-534: The Dad , The Suitor , Princess Day , Finn the Human , Frost & Fire , and The Enchiridion which contain episodes from the fifth 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 Amazon.com . The full season set was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 14, 2015. Jonathan Frakes Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952)
1539-562: The Fear Feaster, respectively. The series also regularly employs guest voices for new characters. For instance, in the two-parter "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog", Ming-Na Wen voiced Farmworld Finn's mother (as she did in the season four cliffhanger "The Lich"), Kumail Nanjiani appeared as Prismo, and Cloris Leachman plays the role of Farmworld Marceline. Additionally, in "Jake the Dog" and "Frost & Fire", M. Emmet Walsh voices
1620-955: The Floor , The Librarians , and The Orville . So far, The Librarians has been one of the most positively rated and recommended work of his out of the previous, following the debut film The Librarian and the Quest for the Spear . Frakes works with the Workshops, the Waterfall Arts Center, and the Saltwater Film Society, all located in Maine, where he teaches classes on film direction. He has also previously taught directing and filmmaking courses at Rockport College, now called Maine Media College . He and Francis owned
1701-593: The Horse". Both Johnny Pemberton and James Adomian appear in the episode "The Suitor", voicing Braco and the demon-possessed Cinnamon Bun, respectively. Series storyboard artist Cole Sanchez voiced the Party God in "Shh!" and "Party's Over, Isla de Señorita"; Riki Lindhome portrayed the female island in the latter episode. The character Tiffany, who had first appeared in a minor role in the first season episode "My Two Favorite People", reappears in "One Last Job". In
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#17327984736621782-659: The King of Ooo in "Apple Wedding". Rainn Wilson voices the titular character in "Rattleballs". Roddy Piper plays the part of Don John in "The Red Throne". Lena Dunham appears as Betty in the episode of the same name. In "Lemonhope", actor and musician Creed Bratton voices the character Phlannel Boxingday, and Roiland voices the titular character. Series storyboard artist Ako Castuera voices Canyon in "Billy's Bucket List". Various other characters are voiced by Tom Kenny, Dee Bradley Baker , Maria Bamford , Little, and Kent Osborne. The season debuted on November 12, 2012, with
1863-472: The Lich from destroying all life in the multiverse. On October 12, 2012, it was announced that Cartoon Network had officially renewed Adventure Time for a fifth season. The episode titles were released on November 2, 2012 by Frederator Studios , while the show had just reached the end of its fourth season. Based on production numbers, " Finn the Human " was the first episode that underwent production, and it
1944-524: The SMOs, and Moe Giovanni, respectively. " Sky Witch " features Jill Talley , the wife of Kenny, voicing the eponymous sky witch, Maja. In "The Vault", Isabelle Fuhrman voices Shoko and Paul Scheer voices the Bath Boy Gang Boss. In "Love Games", Katie Crown voices Slime Princess's sister Blargatha, and John Hodgman appears as Elder Plops. Marina Sirtis voices the character Samantha in
2025-538: The United States, which means that the episode was seen by 0.6 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds at the time of the broadcast. The episode was the 35th most-watched cable program in the 18–49 demographic on the night it aired. The episode first saw physical release as part of the 2013 Jake the Dad DVD, which included 16 episodes from the series' fourth and fifth seasons. Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club awarded
2106-625: The Vampire Queen , Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and Flame Princess. This season comprises 52 episodes, making it twice the length of any of the show's previous seasons. The episodes were storyboarded and written by Tom Herpich , Jesse Moynihan , Cole Sanchez , Rebecca Sugar , Steve Wolfhard , Skyler Page , Somvilay Xayaphone, Ako Castuera , Michael DeForge , Kent Osborne , David OReilly , Ward, Graham Falk , Thomas Wellmann, Luke Pearson , Seo Kim, and Andy Ristaino . The season also featured OReilly and James Baxter as guest animators in
2187-432: The Vampire Queen , Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and Flame Princess. Common storylines revolve around Finn and Jake discovering strange creatures, dealing with the antagonistic but misunderstood Ice King, and battling monsters to help others. Multi-episode storylines for this season include Finn's relationship with and eventual breakup with Flame Princess, Lemongrab's descent into tyranny, and Finn and Jake's attempt to prevent
2268-409: The adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada ), a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio ), a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. In this episode, Finn begins second-guessing his relationship with Flame Princess, so he builds a giant pillow fort. While navigating it, Finn seemingly falls asleep and dreams that he ends up in
2349-551: The alien character Max auditions for a guest role as an alien for Star Trek: Enterprise . Frakes appeared on the 1994 Phish album Hoist , playing trombone on the track titled "Riker's Mailbox". Frakes would occasionally perform on the trombone during his tenure as Commander Riker, drawing on his college marching band experience. He was also a member of "The Sunspots", a vocal backup group of Star Trek cast members that appeared on Brent Spiner 's 1991 album Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back . Frakes hosted The Paranormal Borderline ,
2430-405: The door to Finn's world appears periodically. Seeking more information, the family travels to the oracle Rasheeta, who says only that Finn will not remain in the land long. Finn thinks of Jake and decides he does not want to leave the pillow world. Eventually, he grows into an old man and dies surrounded by family. His spirit flies through a darkened realm, encounters the being GOLB, and he emerges in
2511-463: The entire season an "A", noting that " Adventure Time has somehow managed to stay on fire for its fifth season's double-wide 52-episode run." Guendelsberger praised the show's aforementioned creativity and experimentation, and also wrote that "the writing staff has also taken the less-obvious X-Files approach: expanding the length of the stories they're able to tell by linking monster-of-the-week episodes into longer arcs." The A.V. Club later named
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2592-470: The episode "Puhoy", making it the series' first Emmy win. The episode " Be More " was later nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Short-format Animation at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2014. On July 31, 2014, it was announced that series art director, Nick Jennings, had won an Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation" for his work on the episode "Wizards Only, Fools". Warner Home Video released multiple DVD volumes, such as Jake
2673-439: The episode "The Pit". In "James", Andy Merrill appears as the titular character. In the episode "Root Beer Guy", series' outline writer Jack Pendarvis lends his voice to the character of the same name, and Anne Heche voices the character's wife, Cherry Cream Soda. In addition, Make a Wish Foundation arranged for a 14-year-old named Christopher to be the voice of a background character in "Root Beer Guy". Andy Daly voices
2754-490: The episode a "B+", and praised the way the entry "focuses on building character". He compared the episode stylistically to both The Wizard of Oz and Captain America , noting that all three deal with themes of traveling to distant lands and "teleport[ing] to … alternate dimension[s]". In the end, Sava complimented the episode for dealing with the moral that, when in a relationship, people need to "slow down, don't freak out, and communicate." Colin O'Boyle of Geek Smash compared
2835-529: The episode for being deep and meaningful, as well as "so funny and so imaginative". For his work on the episode, former lead character designer Ristaino won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation" for his character designs, making it the series' first Emmy win. Adventure Time season 5 The fifth season of Adventure Time , an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward , premiered on Cartoon Network on November 12, 2012 and concluded on March 17, 2014, and
2916-517: The episode to the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis . For his work on the episode's character designs, Andy Ristaino won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation" at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards , making it the series' first Emmy win. During a knife storm, Finn and Jake stay in and construct a massive pillow fort . Finn, however, is feeling down because Flame Princess did not laugh at his joke, which he takes as
2997-488: The episode to the Chronicles of Narnia , a series of books by English author C.S. Lewis . He felt that the installment was "hilarious" and "pretty awesome". He cited both "Adult Finn" and the "pillowy world" as highlights, noting that the former was a "badass". In a positive review of the episode, internet personality Doug Walker compared the episode to " The Inner Light ", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (which also starred Jonathan Frakes). Walker applauded
3078-403: The episode's director, OReilly, was a guest animator and director for the series. In an interview with Rolling Stone , Ward revealed that he stepped down as series showrunner sometime during this season in favor of Muto. He explained that, as a naturally introverted person, he found it extremely exhausting having to deal with people every day. With that being said, Ward remained working on
3159-400: The episodes "A Glitch is a Glitch" and " James Baxter the Horse ," respectively. Furthermore, this was the last year of Adventure Time to feature Sugar and Page as they both left before the season ended to create their own shows. (Sugar with Steven Universe ; Page with Clarence ). It was also the final season to feature Ward as the showrunner . The first episode of the fifth season was
3240-428: The episodes "Shh!" and "Root Beer Guy". The former was dedicated to Armen Mirzaian who was a storyboard artist for earlier episodes in the series. Mirzaian died in a car accident on February 21, 2013 at the age of 35. Regular storyboarder Castuera had to take off two storyboard rotations due to an art show, and so her partner, Moynihan, worked with German cartoonist Wellmann on "The Suitor" and " Wizards Only, Fools ";
3321-531: The experience in helping to hone his skills on interacting with fans on the Star Trek convention circuit. After graduating from Harvard, Frakes moved to New York City and became a member of the Impossible Ragtime Theater . In that company, Frakes did his first off-Broadway acting in Eugene O'Neill 's The Hairy Ape directed by George Ferencz. His first Broadway appearance was in 1976 in
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3402-547: The experience, Frakes immediately changed his major from psychology to theater. Frakes then went on to attend Harvard University , where he became a member of the university's acting company, the Loeb Drama Center , and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1976. For a time in the late 1970s, Frakes worked for Marvel Comics , appearing in costume as Captain America at conventions and other promotional events as well as for special appearances; he credits
3483-542: The feature films Clockstoppers (2002) and Thunderbirds (2004). He has since directed prolifically for television, including for The Librarian television films and series, Roswell , Leverage , and Burn Notice . Frakes was born in 1952 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania , to Doris J. ( née Yingling; 1926–2020) and James R. Frakes (1924–2002). Frakes's father was a professor of English literature and American studies at Lehigh University from 1958 to 2001, and
3564-533: The first half of the season was referred to as season 5.1, and the second half was referred to as 5.2. This season's episodes were produced in a process similar to those of the previous seasons. 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 Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California , and animation
3645-462: The first season, he was voiced by Vincenzo Rauso. However, in "One Last Job", he was voiced by Collin Dean . Comedian Melissa Villaseñor appears as Ann the pharmacist in "Candy Streets". Duncan Trussell appears as Ron James in "Wizards Only, Fools" and "Betty". Dan Mintz appears as T.V. in "Jake Suit". Aziz Ansari , Paul F. Tompkins , and Chuck McCann appear in " Be More ", as DMO, one of
3726-560: The musical Shenandoah . Around the same time, he landed a role in the NBC soap opera The Doctors . When his character, Vietnam veteran Tom Carroll, was dismissed from the show, Frakes, urged by his agent, moved to Los Angeles , where he obtained guest spots in many of the top television series of the 1970s and 1980s, including The Waltons , Eight Is Enough , Hart to Hart , Barnaby Jones , The Dukes of Hazzard , Matlock , Quincy, M.E. , and Hill Street Blues . He played
3807-438: The novel The Abductors: Conspiracy , which was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith . Frakes began directing episodes of The Next Generation during its third season, and went on to direct the feature films Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and episodes of the later Star Trek series Deep Space Nine , Voyager , Discovery , Strange New Worlds , and Picard . He also directed
3888-433: The only Star Trek regular to appear in six Star Trek series. He has also directed episodes in six of the series ( TNG , DS9, VOY , DIS , PIC , and SNW ). Frakes is also one of six Star Trek actors (the other actors being Kate Mulgrew , Michael Dorn , George Takei , Avery Brooks and Majel Barrett ) to lend their voices to the video game Star Trek: Captain's Chair , reprising his role as Riker when users visit
3969-426: The only other episodes of the season to garner over 3 million viewers, and they were watched by 3.19, 3.077, and 3.009 million viewers, respectively. On March 29, 2013, it was reported that the show averaged roughly 2 to 3 million viewers per episode. The season concluded with "Billy's Bucket List" on March 17, 2014. The episode was viewed by 2.335 million viewers, marking a slight decrease in viewers when compared to
4050-507: The paranormal world. Frakes and Francis appeared together in Lois & Clark in the episode "Don't Tug on Superman's Cape" as a creepily too-good-to-be-true couple. He narrated the History Channel 's That's Impossible . In addition to Roswell , Frakes has directed episodes of Leverage , Castle , NCIS: Los Angeles , Burn Notice , Falling Skies and most recently Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , Switched at Birth , Hit
4131-495: The part of Charles Lindbergh in a 1983 episode of Voyagers! titled "An Arrow Pointing East". In 1983, he had a role in the short-lived NBC prime time soap opera Bare Essence (which also starred his future wife Genie Francis), and a supporting role in the equally short-lived primetime soap Paper Dolls in 1984. He also had recurring roles in Falcon Crest and the miniseries North and South . Frakes appeared in
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#17327984736624212-405: The pillow fort, a teenager again. He starts to tell Jake about his other life, but gets a call from Flame Princess, who says she finally got his joke. After he hangs up, he cannot recall the life he just lived. "Puhoy" was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard, from a story developed by series creator Pendleton Ward, Patrick McHale, and Kent Osborne . According to Osborne, this
4293-509: The plots from the season openers, "All the Little People", and "Shh!" as examples, and applauded the fact that the series was willing to explore different styles of animation, such as in the installment "A Glitch is a Glitch". Rich Goldstein of The Daily Beast argued that the emotional depth of the series increased during this season, highlighting "Simon & Marcy" as an example. Emily Guendelsberger of The A.V. Club later awarded
4374-462: The producers had wanted OReilly to appear in earlier seasons, but the network was hesitant to bring in guest directors. Eventually, the network relented, and he was finally approved to appear in the fifth season. British animator James Baxter guest animated the horse featured in the episode " James Baxter the Horse ". For the first half of the season, the writers room was largely composed of Ward, Kent Osborne , and Pat McHale . McHale eventually left
4455-449: The recurring role as Peppermint Butler, also reprises his role as Abracadaniel in "Wizards Only, Fools" and "Play Date". Maurice LaMarche reprises his role as Grand Master Wizard in both "Wizards Only, Fools" and "Betty". Musical parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic reprises his role as Banana Man in "We Fixed a Truck". Noah Nelson reprises his role as Kee-Oth the demon in the two-parter "Play Date" and "The Pit", having first appeared in
4536-464: The role of Fionna, and Roz Ryan reappearing as Cake. Keith David once again voices the Flame King in "Vault of Bones", "Earth & Water", and " The Red Throne ". Davey Johnson reappears as the goblin king Xergiok in "The Great Bird Man"; he also voices the titular character in the episode "Davey". "Davey" also features Randy Liedtke as a candy person named Randy. Steve Little , who plays
4617-408: The season four finale " The Lich " which was viewed by 2.589 million viewers. Eric Kohn of IndieWire praised the beginning of the season for being "irreverent and narratively engaging". He called it "the ideal testament to animation's glorious pliability in an [ sic ] commercial arena otherwise defined by restrictions." Kohn felt that the show's exploration of "sad subtext"—such as
4698-445: The season have been released. The complete season set was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 14, 2015. The season follows the adventures of Finn the Human , a human boy, and his best friend Jake , 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 , The Ice King , Marceline
4779-426: The series after storyboarding the episode "Simon & Marcy" to focus her attention on her own Cartoon Network series, Steven Universe . The episode "All Your Fault" was the last regular episode of the season to feature a "directed by" credit. The subsequent episode, "Little Dude", only credited Muto as "supervising director" and Nick Jennings as "art director". Muto later explained that, "No one currently gets
4860-581: The series as a storyboard artist and storyline writer, and every single fifth-season episode (with the exception of "A Glitch is a Glitch") featured story input by Ward. The voice actors for the season include: Jeremy Shada (Finn the Human), John DiMaggio (Jake the Dog), Tom Kenny (The Ice King), Hynden Walch (Princess Bubblegum), and Olivia Olson (Marceline the Vampire Queen). Ward himself provides
4941-739: The series principal antagonist. The Lich is portrayed by Ron Perlman . 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 session as akin to "doing a play reading—a really, really out there play." Several voices actors and actresses reprise their characters in this season. Emo Philips reprises his fourth season character Cuber in both "Five More Short Graybles" and "Another Five Short Graybles". Andy Milonakis reprises his role as N.E.P.T.R. in "Mystery Dungeon". "Bad Little Boy" features Neil Patrick Harris returning as Prince Gumball, Madeleine Martin reprising
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#17327984736625022-429: The series the 27th best television series of 2014, noting that, "The end of the super-sized season five saw a string of conceptually ambitious episodes that blew the world of Ooo wide open, deepening the stories of Lemongrab, Lumpy Space Princess' doomed romance, and Ice King's past as Simon Petrikov." The site selected "Lemonhope" as the stand-out from the season's end. Each episode was also graded by The A.V. Club with
5103-490: The series to create Over the Garden Wall , and Jack Pendarvis and the newly promoted Muto and were brought on board to pen story outlines. The season was storyboarded and written by Tom Herpich , Moynihan, Cole Sanchez , Sugar, Steve Wolfhard , Skyler Page , Somvilay Xayaphone, Castuera, Michael DeForge, Osborne, OReilly, Ward, Graham Falk , Thomas Wellmann, Luke Pearson , Seo Kim, and Ristaino. "Little Dude"
5184-420: The series' "willingness to contemplate [the themes of the episode] while sticking to its unique combination of silliness and haunting beauty routinely transforms the show into a wondrous genre experiment." Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club wrote that the season was "experimental" in that the series' writers and storyboard artists "continue to experiment with what they can do in 10 minutes". He specifically cited
5265-480: The series' mysterious Mushroom War and the relationship between Marceline and the Ice King—and the characters' abilities to "deny the bad vibes their surrounding world invites" via "cheery songs and vibrant artwork" were some of the series strongest points. He was particularly pleased with the season opener, calling it an "interesting creative challenge". Kohn later published an article explaining why "'Adventure Time'
5346-401: The show in season one, returned to the series and was also credited as supervising director in place of Muto. " Bad Little Boy ", the season's eleventh episode, however, still had a "directed by" credit. This is due to the fact that the episode was produced before "Little Dude", but aired out of order. "A Glitch Is a Glitch" also featured a "directed by" credit, but this is due to the fact that
5427-610: The third-season episode "Dad's Dungeon". Osborne reprises his recurring role as Finn and Jake's dad, Joshua, in the episode "The Pit". Ron Lynch returns to the series in "Apple Wedding", voicing Mr. Pig. Jeff Bennett reprises his role as Choose Goose in the episode "Blade of Grass", and also voices an alternate-universe version of the character named Choose Bruce in the episode "Finn the Human." Miguel Ferrer reprises his role as Death, and Steve Agee returns as Ash in "Betty". Both Lou Ferrigno , Andy Samberg , and Mark Hamill return in "Billy's Bucket List" as Billy, Party Pat, and
5508-410: The two co-operated on their storyboards via Skype and Google+ Hangout . Pearson was paired with Xayaphone for both the episodes "Candy Streets" and " Frost & Fire "; however, this pairing was only temporary, and Xayaphone boarded the rest of the season with Kim. This season was the last to feature Page and Sugar. Page left after completing "Davey" to create his own series Clarence . Sugar left
5589-428: The two-part episode "Finn the Human"/"Jake the Dog". Together, both episodes were watched by 3.435 million viewers. This marked a drastic increase of almost one million viewers when compared to the previous season premiere, as well as the previous season finale. The season opener was also the most-watched episode of the season. Aside from the season opener, "Jake the Dad", "Bad Little Boy", and "Frost & Fire" were
5670-403: The two-parter episode " Finn the Human" / "Jake the Dog ," both of which aired on November 12, 2012. 3.435 million viewers viewed the episode; this marked a dramatic increase from the previous season 's premiere and finale. The season ended with " Billy's Bucket List ," which was viewed by 2.335 million viewers. The season was met with largely positive critical reception. In June 2013, the series
5751-755: The voice for several minor characters, including Lumpy Space Princess. Former storyboard artist Niki Yang voices the sentient video game console BMO in English, 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. Justin Roiland provides the voice of the Earl of Lemongrab. Jessica DiCicco voices Flame Princess, Finn's former romantic interest. The season's first few episodes also feature The Lich,
5832-625: Was a member of the Thespians , and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts in 1974. Although he had enjoyed performing in plays throughout junior high and high school, it was not until he entered Penn State that he began to take acting seriously. While he was working a summer job as an usher at the Festival of America Theatre, a director spotted him and suggested he would make a great addition to his play's chorus. Transformed by
5913-721: Was also a reviewer and critic for The New York Times Book Review . Frakes had a younger brother, Daniel, who died in 1997 from pancreatic cancer . Raised in Bethlehem in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania , he attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, where he ran track , played with the Liberty High School Grenadier Band as a trombonist, and graduated in 1970. Frakes attended Pennsylvania State University , where he
5994-456: Was also the first episode aired. The season contains 52 episodes, twice the normal number of episodes per season. Both Frederator and storyboard artist Jesse Moynihan explained that originally, a four-part special was supposed to divide the season in half, but that the special was pushed off, and later cancelled. However, some elements of the planned special were later used in the show's sixth season's episode " Something Big ". In production,
6075-426: Was based on Wolfhard's wife, Leslie, according to both Wolfhard and former character designer Andy Ristaino . "Puhoy" aired on April 8, 2013, on Cartoon Network . The episode was watched by 2.75 million viewers, and received a 0.6 rating in the 18–49 demographic Nielsen household rating . Nielsen ratings are audience measurement systems that determine the audience size and composition of television programming in
6156-458: Was handled overseas in South Korea by Rough Draft Korea and Saerom Animation . Although almost all of the episodes are hand-animated, the fifteenth episode, "A Glitch Is a Glitch", was created by guest animator David OReilly in his signature 3-D animation. According to Adam Muto , OReilly was brought on board after Ward expressed an interest in letting him helm an episode. Initially,
6237-537: Was nominated for "Best Animated Series" at the 2013 Critics' Choice Television Awards , although it did not win. Both " Simon & Marcy " and " Be More " were nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for Short-Format Animation at the 65th and 66th Primetime Emmy Awards respectively. Former character designer Andy Ristaino and series' art director Nick Jennings both won Emmys for "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation" in 2013 and 2014, respectively. In addition, several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from
6318-403: Was produced by Frederator Studios and Cartoon Network Studios . The season follows the adventures of Finn , a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake , 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 , The Ice King , Marceline
6399-510: Was several years before Frakes was given another opportunity to direct for television, and Thunderbirds remains his final theatrical directorial credit. Much of Frakes's acting work after Star Trek has been animation voice acting , most notably voicing the recurring role of David Xanatos in the animated series Gargoyles , and he provided the voice of his own head in a jar in the Futurama episode " Where No Fan Has Gone Before ". He had
6480-441: Was the first entry in the series to have been storyboarded by prop and character designer DeForge. He wrote on his official Tumblr that, "Cole and Adam Muto basically held my hand through the whole process, and were both incredibly patient with me." Starting with "Love Games", Ristaino was promoted from lead character designer to storyboard artist. Guest artist Falk, creator of the animated series Untalkative Bunny , storyboarded
6561-419: Was very pleased to cast Shawn, noting, "Big thanks to [Wallace Shawn] … who I finally got to cast in the show, thus shortening my bucket list." Wolfhard designed adult Finn to be reminiscent of Howard Keel 's character from the 1954 musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers . Wolfhard explained that the allusion was due to the fact that the musical is one of his personal favorites. In addition, Roselinen's design
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