Adventure Time: Graybles 1000+
May 7, 2015 8:01 PM - Season 6, Episode 35 - Subscribe
Cuber crashes a wedding and shares some graybles with us children at home.
BMO is a weather vane, Princess Bubblegum agrees to marry the Ice King, and Starchy picks some flowers.
BMO is a weather vane, Princess Bubblegum agrees to marry the Ice King, and Starchy picks some flowers.
Rogue AI? It seems like the Gumball Guardian Mark II takes it's protection purpose WAY monkeys-paw-serious.
posted by mrjohnmuller at 10:21 PM on May 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by mrjohnmuller at 10:21 PM on May 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
So the Princess is still spying on her kingdom intensely...
The fact that it's still in the hole means he probably never finds it, but if Ice King gets his hands on that wand, he could probably make Fiona come to life.
posted by drezdn at 6:46 AM on May 8, 2015
The fact that it's still in the hole means he probably never finds it, but if Ice King gets his hands on that wand, he could probably make Fiona come to life.
posted by drezdn at 6:46 AM on May 8, 2015
The golden bone from Ocarina makes an appearance
posted by drezdn at 7:22 AM on May 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by drezdn at 7:22 AM on May 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
One of my favorite things about this show is how it's basically a dying earth piece that occasionally goes Deep Time. And boy does this episode go Deep Time. I love these glimpses into post-Ooo Earth. I love the creativity and fluidity that's possible when a story admits nothing lasts forever. All the little familiar/unfamiliar background details just become that much more evocative.
Plus, the promo art is some gorgeously haunting Moebius minimalism.
posted by byanyothername at 3:34 PM on May 8, 2015
Plus, the promo art is some gorgeously haunting Moebius minimalism.
posted by byanyothername at 3:34 PM on May 8, 2015
There's something comforting, I think, to especially shy (but imaginative) children about the fantasy of being an omniscient surveyor of life and/or purveyor of wisdom and judgment who does not him/herself ever have to descend into the hoi-polloi of it all. Or, at the very least, who doesn't have to engage with the real world on anything but his or her own terms. Whether one is an avenging angel of the Lord, an omnipotent prankster, or just a guy who likes to share some graybles with whoever happens to drop in on the moon, there's something about being able to weigh in on the world without having to think about the abyss gazing back. We've seen Adventure Time's own trickster archetype tempt Finn with a taste of something like demi-godhood, and tellingly Finn broke free of that spell when he realized the damage that his interaction with the little people was doing to their lives. But Cuber! His harmless voyeurism and storytelling surely hurts no one...right?
Maybe not. But he's lonely and curious, and of course his most innocent interaction with real life leads immediately to disaster and peril. Any fears Cuber must have had about experiencing life first hand are immediately realized! I love this, because it strikes me as very true to the experience of isolated people who try to break out of their shells. There's a reason they went into them! We see, maybe, why Cuber went into his originally, and now see him use his graybles not merely as self-indulgent entertainment, but as learning tools, crucial to his survival -- perhaps always their real purpose. That ending, though...does he simply return to his shell? Is his sister really with him? I wouldn't be surprised if we just don't see Cuber again; we may never learn his full story. Just glimpses. But that seems like enough.
...Oh, yeah! But in terms of what this means to the mythology of the show, I'm not sure PB is spying again. Cuber's graybles are probably drawn from all corners of Ooo's history, and I saw no reason to think the Starchy vignette was concurrent with the show's present.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 4:08 PM on May 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
Maybe not. But he's lonely and curious, and of course his most innocent interaction with real life leads immediately to disaster and peril. Any fears Cuber must have had about experiencing life first hand are immediately realized! I love this, because it strikes me as very true to the experience of isolated people who try to break out of their shells. There's a reason they went into them! We see, maybe, why Cuber went into his originally, and now see him use his graybles not merely as self-indulgent entertainment, but as learning tools, crucial to his survival -- perhaps always their real purpose. That ending, though...does he simply return to his shell? Is his sister really with him? I wouldn't be surprised if we just don't see Cuber again; we may never learn his full story. Just glimpses. But that seems like enough.
...Oh, yeah! But in terms of what this means to the mythology of the show, I'm not sure PB is spying again. Cuber's graybles are probably drawn from all corners of Ooo's history, and I saw no reason to think the Starchy vignette was concurrent with the show's present.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 4:08 PM on May 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
Wow, truly one of Adventure Time's best. A really great episode. I love when they set something up and then come back to it later like "Hey what was the deal with that?" But so dark - he straight up killed an innocent person at their wedding! And then outran the law. I guess the graybles were actually little glimpses into the past. Cuber had been tossing them up at us in themes to get us to like him, but now he had to use them to survive. I need to watch this again.
posted by bleep at 11:58 AM on May 9, 2015
posted by bleep at 11:58 AM on May 9, 2015
My easily testable theory is that everyone thinks Starchy was eaten by the monster, and so he essentially faked his death. It's hard to pinpoint when episodes take place, but I wouldn't be shocked to be seeing less to none of Starchy (but who will dig the graves?).
posted by drezdn at 12:00 PM on May 9, 2015
posted by drezdn at 12:00 PM on May 9, 2015
Yeah I thought Starchy faked his death too.
posted by bleep at 12:09 PM on May 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by bleep at 12:09 PM on May 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Hmmmmmm...you know, it could be that the Starchy story is in a flashforward, and PB may begin a new and more insidious "surveillance" program at some point down the road. Given that Flame Princess was the one to get PB to see reason, I wonder if this might not be precipitated by some falling out with the Fire Kingdom.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 12:22 PM on May 9, 2015
posted by kittens for breakfast at 12:22 PM on May 9, 2015
There's something comforting, I think, to especially shy (but imaginative) children about the fantasy of being an omniscient surveyor of life and/or purveyor of wisdom and judgment who does not him/herself ever have to descend into the hoi-polloi of it all. Or, at the very least, who doesn't have to engage with the real world on anything but his or her own terms....
Maybe not. But he's lonely and curious, and of course his most innocent interaction with real life leads immediately to disaster and peril.
Also, I've been watching a lot of Dr Who reruns on BBC America lately, and this episode reminded me of that, and so did this comment.
posted by bleep at 1:45 PM on May 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Maybe not. But he's lonely and curious, and of course his most innocent interaction with real life leads immediately to disaster and peril.
Also, I've been watching a lot of Dr Who reruns on BBC America lately, and this episode reminded me of that, and so did this comment.
posted by bleep at 1:45 PM on May 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Starchy has a grave, so in the main show's timeline he's eventually going to vanish, if he hasn't already. I'd assume his death was confirmed by a Banana Guardsman who thought the grass lard was Starchy.
While not visible in the final version, in the storyboard the inscription is "In memorium of Starchy 1. Eaten by a grass lard. He loved to walk." (with a note that the middle sentence could be omitted maybe).
I hope this isn't Simon.
In the storyboard, that thing is described as the Ice Thing and the region he's flying through is the Ice Thingdom...
posted by effbot at 10:21 AM on May 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
While not visible in the final version, in the storyboard the inscription is "In memorium of Starchy 1. Eaten by a grass lard. He loved to walk." (with a note that the middle sentence could be omitted maybe).
I hope this isn't Simon.
In the storyboard, that thing is described as the Ice Thing and the region he's flying through is the Ice Thingdom...
posted by effbot at 10:21 AM on May 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
King of OOO ("the official adventure time crew art tumblr") is a good resource for the kind of people who like watching "behind the scenes" clips and reading "making of" books :-)
Also, from Wolfhard's tumblr: "The episode was running hot so some stuff got cut. This board has some extra jokes and maybe insights."
posted by effbot at 2:07 AM on May 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
Also, from Wolfhard's tumblr: "The episode was running hot so some stuff got cut. This board has some extra jokes and maybe insights."
posted by effbot at 2:07 AM on May 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
Are the Candy People in stasis because of an apocalyptic event or just because PB chose to imprison them?
posted by ksaklingon at 9:46 PM on May 12, 2015
posted by ksaklingon at 9:46 PM on May 12, 2015
The stasis guardians remind me a bit of the machine the business men built in the first season.
posted by drezdn at 1:38 PM on May 15, 2015
posted by drezdn at 1:38 PM on May 15, 2015
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What does Lady Rainicorn say?
Starchy has a grave, so in the main show's timeline he's eventually going to vanish, if he hasn't already. I'd assume his death was confirmed by a Banana Guardsman who thought the grass lard was Starchy.
Any thoughts on why the candy people were being kept in stasis?
posted by FallowKing at 8:17 PM on May 7, 2015