This Is How an Episode of Cartoon Network’s ‘Adventure Time’ Is Made

Mathematical!

It’s Candyland on the surface and dark underneath. Finn the Human and Jake the Dog battle a pastiche of geekish villainy in Adventure Time, Cartoon Network’s unstoppable hit.

Published Dec. 19 2013 5:45AM EST

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As Homer Simpson once famously said about America’s beloved animated deities chosen to be in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, “If you start building a balloon for every flash in the pan cartoon character, you'll turn the parade into a farce.”

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This Is How an Episode of Cartoon Network’s ‘Adventure Time’ Is Made

It’s Candyland on the surface and dark underneath. Finn the Human and Jake the Dog battle a pastiche of geekish villainy in Adventure Time, Cartoon Network’s unstoppable hit.

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