Adventure Time: Jake the Brick
November 26, 2014 10:06 PM - Season 6, Episode 20 - Subscribe

Jake turns into a brick to fulfill a childhood fantasy of being a brick in a wall as it collapses, but ends up narrating the drama of a rabbit caught in a storm.
posted by Small Dollar (13 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Loved the bit with everyone wearing bunny merch.
posted by drezdn at 7:47 AM on November 27, 2014 [2 favorites]


Wow. If you need me, I'll be stuffed into this wall waiting for a bunny to come along.
posted by Catblack at 11:03 AM on November 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


I feel like these last few episodes (I'm including "Ghost Fly") are setting us up for Jake's eventual death.

Jake died in "Ghost Fly" (but was brought back to life!). In "Everything's Jake," Jake was the center of an entire world he had to decide to destroy (or he would die!). In "Is That You?" an alternative Jake takes over for the old man in Primo's bed (thus reviving Primo. Also in this episode, Finn's plant-arm is making a comeback and he gets a sword made of himself!). This episode seems to be all about the cycle of creation and destruction (which AT is all about anyway, but has never really brought in Jake).

I do think the creators of this show have a really long game plan in mind, but I also think they have a finite plan. I just think they're laying the groundwork for some things that will happen in the future (after all, they foreshadowed the issues with Finn's arm a long time ago). So while I don't think Jake will die in the next few episodes, I think he may die by the end. These episodes have more or less told us he will.

I love this show. Adventure Time puts more in 11 minutes than a lot of shows do in 42.
posted by darksong at 9:35 PM on November 27, 2014 [5 favorites]


Prismo. An interesting take, though.
posted by JHarris at 3:38 AM on November 28, 2014


Wow. This one was weird even by Adventure Time standards. "Deers are jerks" seems to be a recurring thing.
posted by Librarypt at 6:46 AM on November 29, 2014 [2 favorites]


I really loved this episode. I felt like it was saying that there just isn't an easy life out there; that Jake took to the woods in kind of a spiritual retreat, going all Zen, and found that even in the middle of an idyllic setting the same life and death struggles go on. It's easy to romanticize a "simpler" world.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 7:47 PM on November 29, 2014 [2 favorites]


I liked this episode and didn't find it that weird, as someone who likes this show but has only seen like 10 episodes total. It made me think about the lesson that sometimes bad shit happens but you try to do your best, get help, and adapt and you'll come out okay; another lesson is that sometimes lifelong dreams don't come true; another lesson is that sometimes you go after one thing but another, better thing comes along and you have to be open-minded enough to recognize it; another lesson is that sitting still, being quiet , and paying attention is a good way to find out interesting lessons; another lesson is if your friend wants to go off and do something different for awhile, it's nice to give them their space, check up on them, and welcome them home. This episode was very Buddhist.
posted by bleep at 9:14 PM on November 29, 2014 [2 favorites]


It also made me think about someone staying in a job going nowhere, thinking they were just one of many bricks, and finally quitting and realizing they were the ones holding it up this whole time.
posted by bleep at 9:16 PM on November 29, 2014


And also, poor Jake is definitely not feeling well lately.
posted by bleep at 10:08 PM on November 29, 2014


Yeah, what is it with Adventure Time and deer? There's also this guy, who had me literally recoiling in horror the first time I saw him. Anyway, I liked this episode. It was soothing.
posted by yasaman at 3:16 PM on November 30, 2014


I actually loved this episode.

What I enjoyed the most was Jake's narration of events and of course, the growing interest of Ooo listening in to it. My words just are kind of all types of deer troubled at the moment to really recap all the neat things, so I'll just keep it short.

The deer. He was a jerk and I think his double take at the rabbit's selection of the hollow tree as a new home indicated that he was conscious of his actions and surprised when his shallow behavior did not ruin the rabbit's perspective on the wider world.

Lemonhope! Tuning in on his world touring adventure from the back of a giant bird. Nice touch! It was great opportunity to touch upon the ensemble of characters who make up Adventure Time, was there anyone left out who had a reasonable focus in one episode or another?

In a way, the show kind of reflected the fans, who I assume are quite diverse, but are brought together by character(s) who's lives start out normal, but often take dramatic turns and yet, remain resolute through it all.

I liked how Finn kept missing his target/receptacle throughout the episode when he tossed things away until the story of the rabbit was resolved and then, when he threw the walkytalky, did he make the shot. It kind of indicated that one, the story helped him overcome what ever mental or subconscious problems he had that distracted him from making the shot, but also, it was the period at the end of the sentence that concluded the rabbit's tale.

I do think the creators of this show have a really long game plan in mind, but I also think they have a finite plan. I just think they're laying the groundwork for some things that will happen in the future (after all, they foreshadowed the issues with Finn's arm a long time ago). So while I don't think Jake will die in the next few episodes, I think he may die by the end. These episodes have more or less told us he will.

Aw, man, don't go there. It makes a lot of sense, based on how we learned about his birth recently, and he's kind of gone through a number of the life cycles, being born, being a teenager, and being a dad. I wonder if his death would represent the end of Adventure Time, a moment for Finn, where he "grows up" and moves on. Jake obviously is one of the best dogs in the world, one who talks, who can change shapes and size, and is a best all around pal, the perfect companion for someone who wants to adventure and deal with the world through that prism.

Contrastingly, though, while the show has from time to time reinforced the maturity of responsibility, I can't see them ending the show with Finn becoming an "adult." Adult is a preconceived idea of how one is supposed to act when they reach a certain age and responsibility doesn't necessarily have to be tied to that idea. One can still go on adventures and pursue their dreams, after all, and this is highlighted in Ooo by Princess Bubblegum and even Jake.

Argh. Tangent.

The wall falling. The whole scenario is one where Jake has a predetermined plan of enjoying the falling of the wall, a structured plan if there is one, but what everyone comes to love, including him, are the totally unpredictable sequence of events that revolve around the rabbit. I think Bleep did a great job capturing the essence of the message.

Question: Why was Cinnamon Bun blue in the Fire Kingdom with the Fire Princess? (That was him, right?) Were things starting to cool down in advance of Cooler?

Such a great episode.
posted by Atreides at 7:08 AM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]


Cinnamon Bun is blue because of a Flame Shield. Flambo cast one on Finn and Jake when they first went into the fire kingdom.
posted by drezdn at 7:35 AM on December 9, 2014


Ah, thank you! Of course, now is it's absence in Cooler then another clue to how cool the kingdom was? If so, totally great to see them taking these things into consideration.
posted by Atreides at 8:18 AM on December 9, 2014


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