Temple of Mars: Betty's Mania (Adventure Time)

[@avriladam0404]

I think if betty went in the cave by herself, she wouldn’t have left the cave

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

11:53 aren't the books and art supplies just a representation of how everything that was Betty was consumed by the crown and its power?

[@Kev-D-OG]

You're cooking.

[@peteryang5056]

As a newcomer to the series (I binged my way through all of AT, Distant Lands, and F+C in the past two months lol), "Temple of Mars" immediately jumped out at me as it's one of the only episodes in the original series that gives us an inside look into what's actually going on in Betty's head (the other big one is the episode where she takes Ice King out on a date). The rest of the time, we generally see Betty from an outside perspective - we see what she's doing, we see the havoc she wreaks, but our understanding of her motivations is largely based on our knowledge of her relationship with Simon and whatever little she lets slip in dialogue. "Temple of Mars" is one of the few times we see Betty's inner monologue, and it germinates the notion that Betty's obsessive nature was something that existed even before she jumped into the future, and far before she took Magic Man's power. And I absolutely love that Fionna and Cake then took this thematic thread (largely left unaddressed in the AT finale) and ran with it. We learn that Betty's innate obsessiveness and impulsivity led her to voluntarily subsume her own wants and needs for Simon, which was enabled, albeit unconsciously, by Simon's natural passivity and obliviousness. But even more than that, I love that F+C then took such a beautifully nuanced view of Betty's character, in a way that condemned neither her nor Simon. She and Simon aren't portrayed as morally wrongful or malicious. Instead, we get a portrait of how two well-meaning people who genuinely loved each other nonetheless had their relationship tragically collapse due to their respective (and entirely understandable) character flaws. (Somehow done without downplaying their agency in all this!) And best of all, we then get to see how both characters, in their time apart, grew to understand their own flaws and reach a point where they are capable of moving forward with their lives - Betty, as the omnipotent force of chaos she was always meant to be, and Simon, a "normal guy" finally at peace within himself. God damn, I love this show and these characters.

[@auburneytuckerson2959]

😮 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@MumboMod]

What a beautiful comment ❤

[@ShinesparkDiscoKing]

Literally Betty and Simon’s story is so well written and deeply detailed it’s nuts. It might be blasphemous but I really feel like her story and character is more tragic than Simon’s

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

It's crasy that of all the people betty could have met after the enchyrideon spell went boingoloings she probably met the worst possible person in the universe

[@volly9387]

Simon isn't that bad what are you talking about 😢

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

@@volly9387 I was talking about her meeting king man on Mars since they are probably the only two people who can relate to each other's struggles of losing someone and desperately fighting the laws of the universe in order to get them back but sadly they were less like two broken spirits that could fix each other and more so an addict making another have a relapse

[@Pejay3]

@@airplanes_aren.t_real that’s like a really really good metaphor

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

@@Pejay3 thanks, I got it from Victoria

[@ryan17831]

We should have gotten more Betty episodes and more Jermaine episodes

[@ey3z4ya]

I remember finding out about the existence of betty from that adventure time encyclopedia they sold like 10 years ago and had no idea what her character would evolve into. Watching it unfold was wild lol

[@Fungo4]

I would say that Betty could use a ride on the Infinity Train, but in all honesty she'd probably wind up like Amelia, or worse.

[@eden22.7]

I love hearing that Betty is your favorite character

[@shantaezon3618]

Anyone else JUST notice the statue "spritzer?" lol like dude, wyd??? Also, this kind of foreshadows what happens to Fionna and Cake in their world: everything becomes un-magical, and suddenly statues of the long lost loves are erected. I'd been doing a rewatch, and I can't wait to get back to it and rewatch this episode. This show is TOPS.

[@demonte_writes4906]

Everything about Betty and Simon makes me Feel Things™ 😭😭 i just love this tragedy of love. The love was there. It couldn't last, they tried, and it didn't win. But the love was there, and that's what matters. "Boy you've got your dreams, i got everything in in you" 😭

[@Kanbarusu]

It ain't love unless there's a little tragedy 😂

[@LyricalCrux]

Incredible stress can cause balding, normally in patches. I saw it on my brother, but I forget what it's called, exactly. Poor Finn though

[@flubble2473]

Oh ! Good point...so it definitely WASN'T because he shaved his head in an ep I forgot about...huh. Poor Finn :( It's called alopecia areata btw- damn, you guys get the latin long version??? I had to translate from french, and for us it's simply Pelade, from the verb to peel.

[@mertensiam3384]

Doesn't Finn say he shaved his head because he had lice?

[@flubble2473]

@@mertensiam3384 Ah. Welp :D

[@LyricalCrux]

I'm thinking that could be him brushing off what is really going on. If I wer a teenaged boy trying to hide my troubles, I wouldn't even tell family if my hair was falling out. I'd come up with something like that "oh, I had lice". But it could be what actually happened, too. @@mertensiam3384

[@Hanako-Kun-t9b]

He just had lice. I think you are thinking of alopecia

[@tipsyGn0stalg1c]

DUDE IF PB DIDNT EXIST BETTY WOULD BE MY FAVORITE CHARACTER I LOVE HER

[@blunderbuss1395]

i can feel unbridled femcel rage coming from this comment

[@tipsyGn0stalg1c]

@@blunderbuss1395 woah! its almost like..... a character can be written well..... without being a good person...??? i know, crazy right?

[@blunderbuss1395]

@@tipsyGn0stalg1c that has nothing to do with the femcel energy though

[@tipsyGn0stalg1c]

@@blunderbuss1395 buddy. i like characters that are female. how does that make me a femcel.

[@tipsyGn0stalg1c]

@@blunderbuss1395 also im not a girl lol, so there's that

[@thchildishalbino2819]

Bro i hope you hit it huge and develop your fan base! Good luck ample!

[@jercoxthealmighty]

Honestly, if adventure time is done with Betty's and Simon's arc, i'd be down with a spin-off with Jermaine trying to help Finn through their brother's death while whatever larger thing is happening. Once he cast off the shackles of looking after their parents' stuff, dude really matured in a hurry, but at the same time it seems like there's still plenty of room for character exploration of him AND of how finn and him relate... especially since far future Ooo had statues of Finn and Jermaine instead of Finn and Jake... I suppose Together Again showed Finn never really got over Jake's death, but of course no one says the series has to end happily...........

[@PinkCerberus]

Wouldn't Jermaine pass away around the same time as Jake? Probably sooner because Jermaine is just a dog and Jake is part alien or something.

[@L0lwhy]

Your AT video essays are one of my favorite!! I really like this format about diving into one of the episodes, you bring interesting thoughts I probably never thought about before, you're doing such great job!! In one of the previous videos you asked to write here about the episode that we want to see in next video. I remembered about "the tower", where Finn decided to go to space and get his revenge after losing an arm. I think it's one of the episodes that shows his emotional side pretty good and it's one of my favorite ones And talking about SU content, I'd reeeally like to hear your thoughts about "Rose's scabbard" episode, one of my favorite too Also, happy holidays, I appreciate your work!!

[@AmpleSamuel]

Thank you !!

[@ThatGuacamolyGuy]

Another banger video.

[@ilovehorses540]

i like how you never deadname Kingman. very respectful. very kind. I love Kingman. Nay

[@alexxswanson1766]

Was watching the episode Season 4, Episode 9, Princess Monster Wife.. her returning to ice king at the end of the episode as nothing but a red cloak, and Ice king says he would love her even without all of the parts.. do we think that the red cloak was betty? In reference to Golb?

[@Zeebo_Rowte]

stay ample brother ✌

[@FatherSonandHolySpirit]

I know I banished Lucifer for being too prideful, but if you keep making vids like this you can be as vain as you want in heaven

[@zulazul_23]

Thre is a interest connection between normal man in betty that is normal man taking the role to make betty get over simon when he is not at all over margo and refuses to acknowledge it At the end, the sunden cut is it because it was that simple for betty to make him obsessed again Just the name Margo

[@zulazul_23]

Almost like besides all the statues , he was trying not to think of her like betty with the hole, and only focused on making betty get better

[@flubble2473]

IncrEDIBLE how long it took me to get it. Well, at the time I was having the same issue, so heh, ironic

[@rexevans5477]

have a nice day I know it'll be better than mine. I have finals but this helped.

[@ilovehorses540]

can you make more vids about betty episodes?:) which one is your fav with her in it and why? it can be a stupid reason or philosophical lmao

[@AmpleSamuel]

hopefully gonna make a big Betty video next year!

[@Shhmallison]

I think jake is juat supposed to be ao healthy he doesn't see any frogs

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

Make a review of the most inapropiate episode of adventure time: Marceline's closet

[@Ivo50505_or_ivan]

Hi

[@AmpleSamuel]

hi

[@Ivo50505_or_ivan]

Bye

[@alexmcdonald4707]

[@HackerAtesh]

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