SDCC 2011: Cartoon Network’s ‘Adventure Time’ Comes To Comic-Con (Photos)
By Tom Cheredar
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Adventure Time, the hit cartoon from the brilliant mind of Pendleton Ward, has come to San Diego Comic-Con International 2011 in full force.
Not only has Cartoon Network rented out a pizza parlor in downtown San Diego to promote Adventure Time, but they’ve also paid more than two dozen boyish-looking dudes to dress up like the show’s main [human] character Finn (Jeremy Shada). (Yet, I’ve only spotted one real-life Jake (John DiMaggio a.k.a the voice of wise cracking robot Bender on Futurama), the shape-shifting yellow dog who is also Finn’s best friend — as shown in the images below.)
For those who have absolutely no idea why this is so amusing to myself and several others, let me explain. Adventure Time is a cartoon about a boy and his magical best friend dog and the awesome adventures they have in the mystical Land of Ooo. Mostly, these adventures consist of saving princesses and fighting heinous villain types like the Ice King. There are plenty of talking pastries, a Rainicorn (Rainbow Unicorn), and tons of guest celebrity voices like Henry Rollins, Mark Hamill, George Takei, Lou Ferrigno, and Erik Estrada.
Also, they say things like “Algebraic,” “Mathmatical,” and “Totally Rhombus.”
It may be a show you just have to watch to understand its greatness — in which case I’ve embedded a video below for context.
Also below are a few pictures of an Adventure Time parade marching up and down the streets of the city. More photos to come…
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