All the bedtime stories Tell me if an alien spots me I'll tell ya now it's just begun What I will gladly attribute to Cole and Jesse, however, is their excellent handling of the horror sequences midway through the show. [17], "Mortal Folly" and "Mortal Recoil" first aired on Cartoon Network on May 2, 2011. Ice King, PB, and Finn all come out of the two-parter as changed characters. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 14, 2022, d i m e n s i o n // p e r s p e c t i v eby Brown Calvin, Let's Turn It Into Soundby Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, hard bop (or how i started hating myself)by april the cruelest, Barcelona's april the cruelest creates post-genre collages that examine internal self-hatred in response to systemic oppression. Adventure Time S 3 E 1 Conquest Of Cuteness. As the episode ends, it is revealed that the Lich has once again possessed the body of the snail, who angrily waves goodbye to the camera. Perlman's character would become the series' chief antagonist, and would reappear in several fourth and fifth season episodes. Theres a wonderful flow of excitement, tension, and release as Finn is drawn into the Lichs spell- and then escapes to defeat the bad guy through his emotional connection to PB and the Candy Kingdom at large. I can't help thinking Osborne later noted that the snail's appearance was pleasing to fans who knew that the snail had been appearing in all the episodes and had actively searched for it before. They wouldn't try to, save me, at all, Ooo Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 12, 2022, Bandcamp Dailyyour guide to the world of Bandcamp. But piles of ice Book of spells you know the lingo [11] However, in "Mortal Folly", the snail serves as the catalyst for the Lich's escape. Can you hear the stal-child laugh? To put it another way: where Folly was smooth as butter, Recoil can sometimes be a bumpy ride. Storyboard artists Jesse Moynihan and Cole Sanchez sought to craft scenes like this that were both humorous and terrifying. Finn and Jake then focus their energy on taking care of Princess Bubblegum, whose behavior seems off. It is then revealed that the sweater Bubblegum gave to Finn has the power to repel the Lich due to it being imbued with "liking someone a lot". Albatross, can you take us home now The three make an unlikely alliance, teaming up to beat the Lich-possessed Bubblegum. Finn returns, and the two discover Bubblegum mixing the ingredients that Finn retrieved in her bathtub and then drinking it. Both episodes were watched by 1.92 million people, and received largely positive critical attention; many critics enjoyed the way the episode began to set up the series' mythology. On our forever song, On the longest day in Winter, when the crooked trees bend, And considers it a useless haul "Mortal Folly" and "Mortal Recoil" are the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth episodes of the second season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. They weave a suspenseful story that references previous episodes, flow perfectly into each other, and have consequences that carry into future episodes. In Mortal Folly, Ill choose the final battle with the Lich. I'm gonna tell you what it's all about Join us as we get into the introduction of one of Adventure Times most iconic villains. Im sure Im overthinking this, but the handoff feels fumbled to me. This means it was seen by 1.3 percent of all households and 2 percent of all households watching television at the time of the episode's airing. Warms this frozen heart of mine But we'll keep singing Innehllet i podden r skapat av Matt & Amy och inte av, eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen. He cannot catch you, although he tries She soon deforms and turns into a grotesque monster; she hurls Finn and Jake through a wall and the two discover the Ice King. At the same time, the story is still recognizably Adventure Time, full of great gags often built on character dynamics. a wolf's kiss You're hiding under the captain's coat Season Two has done a lot to evolve Adventure Time, but no episodes are as vital to that evolution as Mortal Folly and Mortal Recoil. Please take me for a ride, The Salesman plays his lullabies Sing about the giants [9] Although the series tries to avoid "cartoon physics",[14] Sanchez and Moynihan were forced to work around this during the scene when Bubblegum throws Finn and Jake through a wall without harming them. Your friends are winging I mean, who else is going to shepherd AT through this transformation? How's the weather on the moon The ship is sinking But never come again [23] Fowler ended up being very happy with the two episodes, writing that they end the season "strong". But regardless, the transition from the PBs possession takes root stuff to another operatic battle feels awkward to me, as does the markedly more comedic tone. HELSING TELL THEM Speaking of Ice King, he makes a triumphant return after being MIA since episode 11. Bury me in fantasy If youre new to this series, youll probably want to read my introduction first. But don't let it go don't sit and pout Is All [5] The undead skeletons that attack Finn and Jake were originally supposed to be "specific undead from [Dungeons & Dragons]". Albatross, can you take us home now Yeah cuz the cage has got his game on Yakko Rage Dumb Open up its mouth Happy From Albatross don't cast a shadow [There's time for one last story time] Some get caught and some get let go Nothing dry I trust If you like The Monstars, you may also like: An eerie and imaginative hour-long soundscape created for 2021's Counterflows festival by Glasgow experimentalist Helena Celle. More random compliments: I love when the Lich shatters the gauntlet like its nothing. But at least I'm free While meditating with Finn and Jake, Princess Bubblegum has a premonition involving the Lich, an evil undead sorcerer who was long ago trapped in a block of amber by the legendary hero Billy. [8] However, Ward changed his mind and tasked Andy Ristaino, a character designer for the series, with stylizing the corpses. Barcelona's april the cruelest creates post-genre collages that examine internal self-hatred in response to systemic oppression. Time is Dead But Life Goes On Happy From On our forever song I saw the snail in both episodes, but I mean duh. Soaring high and never looking down I love Ice Kings profoundly stupid declaration of holes are holes! (Outing him as a pan icon, Im sure.) Passing On The Year is Gone The episode required a different type of character animation than most other shows up to this point, with characters like Finn and PB showing more subtle, believable emotions than before. Have saved me from when sleep delays The wind is changing, Love It's The Lich emerges as an intimidating new enemy for Finn, even if he does get his ass beat by a sweater. Get fresh music recommendations delivered to your inbox every Friday. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 19, 2022, Danish avant-garde crew SVIN explore far-out new lands on their latest, the sound of a galaxy folding in on itself in cut time. Such a genuinely great bit of horror-comedy. Gonna need his sibs to watch his back The Lich had appeared in concept drawings in the series' pitch bible, which Ward himself had created in 2007. Considering that disrupts the mirroring the episode name has with the followup, Mortal Recoil, Im in favor of the newer, shorter name, although the older one does feel like something the Lich would say. These episodes contain a lot of firsts, but at least loosely speaking, this is our first two-parter. [25] Matt Fowler of IGN praised both "Mortal Folly" and "Mortal Recoil", specifically giving applause to the introduction of the Lich, noting that he is "a real, grotesque villain inserted into the merely semi-dark world of Adventure Time". Ice King gets a bit more of the spotlight in Mortal Recoil, and his screen time is used to great effect. Their moment of success, however, is cut short when the still-frozen Bubblegum tips over and shatters everywhere. Its a relatively small shift, but that simply makes it more believable in my eyes. Finns a good contender for the first half of the prize, but the Lich is just such a scene-stealer in Mortal Folly. That live so high above me However, the Ice King feels that something is awry and tries to warn Finn, but Finn angrily scolds him and tells him to leave the kingdom. The attachment weve built up for these character is successfully tested, as we witness the first real changes in their world and how they interact with it. [8] Originally, when the Lich set off his bomb, the storyboard featured a simple mushroom cloud. While Finn distracts her, the Ice King uses his ice powers to freeze Bubblegum. What I'm becoming After seemingly defeating the Lich, however, the Ice King accidentally drops Bubblegum into the Lich's well of power. Now the bells of the end begin to chime Notify me of follow-up comments by email. [5][6] In both this episode and other episodes where the character appears, the Lich was voiced by Ron Perlman. Behind Way Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Ristaino designed them to resemble "east coast commuters [all] bundled up for winter. We've been out for so long And as the moon falls down a tear it cries When Peppermint Butler sees Possessed!Bubblegum, he hisses and runs away on all fours. [5] The scene featuring Finn stuffing the sweater into the Lich's eye sockets and then ripping his skull apart was inspired by an artistic design idea Sugar had had when she was in high school; she had wanted to draw a comic featuring a small person getting into a fight and being pushed up to the ceiling. [21] Despite this, Ward still considers the two-parter to be the real season finale,[22] and the two entries are the last episodes featured on the second season DVD release. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app. My soled thickened skull To entrapment songs Both were based on a story by Mark Banker, Kent Osborne, Patrick McHale, and series creator Pendleton Ward. Adventure Time has rarely dealt in extended frightening sequences, but Mortal Recoil includes quite the hair-raiser when PBs possession fully takes hold. The altar boys walk past me Welcome to the modern rock show, HEAVE! Jake is the first person to begin to suspect something seems off about PB. We've been out for so long I look up because you're taller than me Beasties build their ladders People just don't matter Her body parts are again rushed to the hospital where she is reassembled. The Dragon I love the way Jake comforts Finn after he loses his pack- and then takes the shape of a backpack to psychologically fill the gap. Because a large amount of the action in "Mortal Recoil" takes place in Bubblegum's bedroom, Moynihan was worried that the scenes would not carry interest and "people would get bored". "A Good Name, Like Good Will, is Got by Many Actions and Lost by One", "25 Actors You Might Not Have Known Did Voices On 'Adventure Time', "Were there any cameos in the undead skeletons in Lich's subway station? The two episodes originally aired on Cartoon Network on May 2, 2011, and guest starred Ron Perlman as the Lich, and Isabella Acres as young Princess Bubblegum. On the wings of the albatross HELSING HELSING When you're scaling endless holes Dot sees em comin' from a mile away Into the west My soled thickened skull To entrapment songs In other words, AT now wants to be an emotionally involving narrative series, in addition to all the other things it is. At first, she claims that she needs some rest, but soon she begins acting strangely, such as convulsing in her bed. All the bedtime stories I'm harmless Weve got the debut of Nurse Pound Cake and the first true appearance of the Lich. [5], In the initial storyboard, the Lich's lair was not specifically designed to be a subway. The Dragon I'll shout across the sea to you, a foggy Winter sound. Isn't what I While examining the amber, a snail is placed under the Lich's spell and helps break him out while Finn and Jake are not paying attention. It's all on you-hoo, Hold your tongue or they'll cut it out This guy's not on our side I also love the fun and different new environments of the episode, namely the innards of the candy tree and the Lichs well of power at the bottom of the subway station. Cole Sanchez and Jesse Moynihan held up the second part of the story with the Mortal Recoil boards. Please take me for a ride Finn is oblivious to Princess Bubblegum's. A man with a view he sees it fall The first episode shows Finn and Jakes first battle with the Lich, as they struggle to combat both his evil and distractions from Ice King. The Lich eventually reaches his lair, an abandoned subway station, and creates a pool of green liquid which he plans to use to regain his strength and destroy the world. [19] It was later re-released as part of the complete second season DVD in June 2013. As I said, this is the true start of ATs narrative ambitions, so connections will get increasingly complex from hereon in. In "Mortal Recoil", Princess Bubblegum possessed by the spirit of the Lich, and Finn and Jake team up with the Ice King to stop him. The Ice King saves the day by freezing the possessed PB, but then she topples over and smashes into pieces. Enter The Lich attempts to exert his mind-control on Finn, but Finn finds himself able to resist it. That helps us feel some of the discomfort and awe that Finn experiences in these places. Ice Kings new willingness to show some small measure of interest in other peoples wishes and happiness gives him much greater depth and allows him to play new roles in the story. [9] The series' staff liked this version so much that they later included it on the title card.[9][10]. Is All Also, if you havent seen Mortal Folly or Mortal Recoil recently, you can watch them legally here (among many other places, including Hulu and HBO Max) and read about them here and here. Well start by looking at the distinct tonal and structural changes that these episodes brought to AT. 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Ristaino then added skulls to the smoke. The Lich possesses the snail- twice. Hocus pocus mumbo jumbo HEY! Will he open up WHAT? Another dragon leaves this earth and joins the spacemen, A B C D "[24] Wired magazine noted it as one of the stand-outs from the Jake vs. Me-Mow DVD, calling it a "three-part suite", which concluded with the third season episode "Too Young". Try a different filter or a new search keyword. Distance just won't matter The Dragon Some get caught and some get let go Adventure Time has dabbled in stories where comedy was secondary to emotion before, most notably in Susan Strong. HEY! [23], "Mortal Folly" was later adapted as part of a Level Pack for the 2015 video game Lego Dimensions. Now tell me of the fairies "[8] He strove to make them look like people you might see on a subway, such as a bike messenger, a couple, man in a "goofy hat", and a man wearing a suit. This was added later by the background designers. Finn and Jake, after acquiring the legendary gauntlet of Billy as well as a special pink sweater made by Bubblegum, give chase, but they are consistently interrupted by the Ice King, who keeps trying to get Finn and Jake's blessings to marry Bubblegum. Grody! Its almost predictable that Rebecca Sugar and Adam Muto boarded Mortal Folly. Both episodes were viewed by 1.92 million viewers and scored a Nielsen rating of 1.3/2 percent. "Mortal Folly" also introduced the Lich, one of the show's primary antagonists, who had first been proposed in the series' pitch bible. Obviously I still love it when AT prioritizes comedy, this episode is just disorienting as the second half of a two-parter. When you're stuck right in the cold TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Tell me, tell me, are you having fun? This would be expanded upon and eventually resolved in the third season episode "Too Young". I remember being gripped by the episode the first time it aired, and it still holds my attention even all these years later. HELSING HELSING Behind Way He takes part in a number of the episodes funniest scenes, and I love that Finn finally has a moment of genuine connection with him. Podden och tillhrande omslagsbild p den hr sidan tillhr Matt & Amy. That does sound nice We learn about Ice Kings wizard vision. WHAT? Required fields are marked *. Ice King makes a much better antihero than straight-up villain, a comparison cleverly made on-screen against the Lich. In "Mortal Folly", Finn and Jake must go on a quest to find the Lich (voiced by Perlman), while the Ice King (voiced by Tom Kenny) pesters them for their blessing to marry Princess Bubblegum (voiced by Hynden Walch). Its hard to know how to pick up from the flawed flash-in-the-pan ending of Mortal Folly. [4] Ward's original drawing was re-designed by former creative director McHale; he purposely gave the Lich a desiccated and dried-up look, and was instrumental in crafting the Lich's rotting appearance. Both were episodes based on a story by Mark Banker, Kent Osborne, Patrick McHale, and series creator Pendleton Ward. Yeah Wak walks in and he's outta wak These demonheads ain't stayin' long Albatross don't cast a shadow "Mortal Folly" and "Mortal Recoil" marked the first time the plot of one Adventure Time episode carried into another. (Let me know what you think of this structure!) Random dumb trivia: this is another one of those episodes that has a different name on some services, namely This Mortal Folly. Speaking of back yo CAGE IS BACK And she LOADS she FIRES that chick is cray When the rapture's coming home [7] In the original outline for "Mortal Folly", the Lich had several lines that played him off as a stereotypical villain. Both episodes aired on the same day, and were supposed to air as the second season finale, but due to a studio mix-up, they were instead aired as the penultimate episode, before "Heat Signature". However, there are not enough pieces to complete her, and so she ends up reverting to a 13-year-old girl. When it's all alone, yeah tell me, does it pout and cry? Fed up with their dismissive attitude, the Ice King kidnaps Bubblegum and follows Finn and Jake as the two heroes pursue the Lich. Annnd were officially done with Adventure Time, season two! Hell get prize #2. In the end, Bubblegum is seriously wounded, and since there is not enough candy bio-mass to fully revive her, she reverts to a 13-year-old. After Princess Bubblegum falls into the Lich's well of power, she is rushed to the Candy Kingdom hospital and saved. Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. I promise I'll be nearyby, my weather-worn friend. The Lich then blasts out of the kingdom, leaving a wave of destruction in his path. d i m e n s i o n // p e r s p e c t i v e, hard bop (or how i started hating myself). While effective enough, the message is muddled by the flirtiness present between the two of them in Mortal Folly. Yeah he's the one who took my brother Bubblegum tells Finn and Jake about the dream, and the three of them journey to the tree at the top of Bubblegum's palace where the block of amber is hidden; Bubblegum also places magical jewels on Finn and Jake's heads that will prevent the Lich from exerting mind-control on them. In the entanglement that follows, Billy's gauntlet is destroyed by the Lich and Finn breaks his jewel.