Original artwork, not a still
Finn (Pen) and Jake, Adventure Time original short (2007)
What time is it? Adventure Time!
— Adventure Time · 2010
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the show's cheer, a kid's answer to a question every adult is meant to ask: when someone says it is time to do something brave and daft, the answer is always adventure. Fans use it as a rallying cry before any trip or project, and it stuck as shorthand for the show itself, in part because it started the whole thing in the first short.
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In context
Spoilers for Adventure TimeShow the scene
The call and response comes from the original Adventure Time short, which aired on 11 January 2007 on Frederator's Random! Cartoons and went viral. Pen (the early Finn) and Jake are on their way to rescue Princess Bubblegum from the Ice King. Pen puts on a sweater and gives Jake his booties, then asks the question and Jake answers with him. They jump into the Ice Kingdom and ride a mountain of penguins down the slope. The series' own theme song, which arrived in 2010, opens differently.
Sources (3)
- Adventure Time Wiki: Animated short/TranscriptTranscript, Pen and Jake before the jump into the Ice KingdomReference checked
- Adventure Time Wiki: Animated shortInfobox and plotReference checked
- Adventure Time Wiki: Adventure Time Theme SongSummary and LyricsReference checked
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