The Tragic Story in the Background Design of "Bonnibel Bubblegum" - Adventure Time Scenery Analysis

[@donwilliam11]

The 'please come back' was a real gut punch...

[@SpaceLemon.]

donwilliam11 "Love didn't conquer all" That one hit me harder because it implies the writer truly believed in the original phrase until this point. This is a message of ultimate despair...

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

donwilliam11 yup

[@billlupin8345]

It was the little girl who wrote that one. The capitals in odd places isn't something an adult would do. Yes, that also means she left the "brb" note. She went looking for her uncle, found his body, and came back to find another.

[@muichirotokitou2615]

More like a kick in the nuts.

[@alexizjuarez864]

Ikr

[@PaleoSteno]

It seems like the backgrounds got more and more detailed as the show went on and that's what has made the show so rewatchable for me.

[@hrf6548]

Ikr

[@hrf6548]

Ikr

[@Callico86]

Good cause it just ended AND I STILL FEEL SAD

[@MrKasnif]

You are so right

[@bundleoffuck2986]

PaleoSteno “Rewatchable.” THE HEART, THE LOVE, AND DETAIL WASN’T ENOUGH FOR YOU!?

[@lokiethylitler8132]

This show gets really deep and sometimes depressing

[@UNDERSOCIALITE]

Rch Flrs sometimes yeah most cartoons are super light hearted it's strange to see such dark themes in a kids show.

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

Rch Flrs this cartoon has always been dark and depressing, i mean ... it takes place 1000 years after a nuclear war .... just thinking about that is sad

[@muichirotokitou2615]

Rch Flrs true, and i *LOVE* That

[@billlupin8345]

Oh, it's worse. It was the little girl who left the "brb" and "love didn't conquer all" notes. The uncle left for food, died, the girl left, found him, and returned to find her aunt had been shot by raiders, who stole the last of the food.

[@JoshQwerty]

Bill lupin wow that makes more sense

[@malachiteheart1676]

This is why I fell in love with Adventure Time, all the stuff in the background that are constant reminders of the tragedy that took place before all of this

[@za_ck]

its where marcys mom died

[@andrewsanusi8462]

@@za_ck yeah it must be around the same area although I wonder why they never showed this side of ooo cause I never seen this deserted sand area unless they did show this area in one episode and I just never saw it

[@cloudymoon2956]

@@za_ck ik that’s so chilling for me

[@0whatman]

@@andrewsanusi8462 it might have been terraformed or changed over the many years

[@yngwayne]

And the amount of details they add to it is amazing

[@tombashford3042]

The background design in this episode is amazing!

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

Tom Bashford indeed

[@sage4566]

Tom Bashford RIGHT he should do more of these

[@superquantumunitintelproce5222]

Tom Bashford it's like fallout 4

[@odic7660]

yup i agree

[@TheToxicRose]

Tom Bashford at 2 :11 there's writing on the wall that says please come back

[@chistinelane]

I dream of an adventure time universe based "stories of the wasteland" Each episode would be a random scene with random characters from the adventure time universe

[@scraggerson]

i would die for one

[@peefstar4908]

I kinda like the mystery of the apocalypse, i feel if they made a short series/season about the apocalypse it would take away the charm

[@Synthesyn342]

That series would be filled with death and destruction... actually not quite far from the original but still. I don’t know if modern-day CN would allow as much death would be needed for it.

[@patinpalma694]

@@Synthesyn342 hbo

[@Synthesyn342]

@@patinpalma694 huh?

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

War. War never changes...

[@thewerewolff7248]

asombrosas invenciones someone doesn't get the reference...

[@yandwl4162]

The WerewolfF I think it's a joke

[@micanikko]

Its a reference from a game. :v

[@smiith5]

War... Has changed...

[@Brother-Martell]

asombrosas invenciones Its a fallout reference you dumb fuck

[@isthatdonovan]

the girl probably died from the asbestos, then her uncle spray painted warnings on the wall so that others wouldn't fall to the same fate

[@talisman_g1]

The Asbestos sign is likely a reference to the GP-5 Gas Mask filter- not the station itself, due to the skull looking like a gas mask.

[@tomboysupremacist]

it takes years to die from asbestos

[@josephschosen6152]

A post apocalypse survival game based on adventure Time with serious themes would be pretty cool.

[@williamwolfstein6170]

Pretty Dark and Scary, almost make you wish for zombies

[@williamwolfstein6170]

One day everything is normal, the other toxic mutants and magical creatures of other dimensions and others that simply lived hidden infest the world while hunting you

[@thatoneguy3489]

Like fallout 3? That would be cool.

[@brick4522]

Yes, i would pay real money for this happen

[@tubaraofeio1053]

i mean fallout

[@chombits]

The radiation sign has the spanish way of showing exclamation marks. This could have been a spanish family.

[@StarryOak76]

sorry for repeating your comment! Thanks for making me not the only one to notice!

[@miggiraed.raquinel8867]

weird coincidence since PB's cousins name means gum in spanish

[@redgeoblaze3752]

Why would all the writing be in english then? Especially when later in this episode we see Bonnie use a sign with German words on it.

[@mosswoof6701]

But the wrighting on the wall is english

[@hirokokueh3541]

maybe some of the signs are done by bandits or gangsters, they use red marker and speak Spanish, so there are many "BAD", that's the only English they know

[@TheKalluto]

Actually , the book that dissect the human's body and muscle part by part might suggest that they were looking at what body part most nutritious to......eat

[@TheKalluto]

Another alternative could be that "Love doesn't conquer all" is what he wrote before leaving because he realised that he couldn't take care of hsi niece anymore , so he left and never came back not becaus he couldnt...but because he didn't

[@annpayton]

TheKalluto ,WHOA...NOW THAT'S A THOUGHT!!! 😨😨😨

[@billlupin8345]

Nah. That note was left by the niece, along with the brb note. Sloppy handwriting and poor use of capitals are a kid thing. Contrast with the "please come back" in cursive, presumably the aunt. "World's best uncle" left for food, and died. The niece went looking for him, leaving only a note. She returned to find that her aunt was shot by raiders.

[@JoshQwerty]

Bill lupin YES

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

Oh Marceline

[@TheAmazingTwist]

Another possibility is that the place was raided by scavengers while he was away. That would explain the animal skull dangling in front, the "Love didn't conquer all" writings (which would have been mockingly written by raiders) and the knife buried into the mattress. The fridge was propped against the door to keep them out, but they just came through the windows instead.We see the goblin trying to get a jump of PB, so it very well might have been goblin raiders. This is just another possibility, the ones in the video make more sense :)

[@billlupin8345]

She. The odd capitals and sloppy handwriting means it was likely the child who was out. :D Just got a whoooole lot darker.

[@You-ye4xb]

why no post anymore

[@DaniAzakura]

I didn't see that skull before... wow. This is why I love this show so much, those little detail make up for so much! Great video! Also, Silent Hill music was just perfect for this :D!

[@annpayton]

Dani Azakura,' Easter eggs' are always in the Land Of Ooo! 😆

[@DaniAzakura]

Theory Time! It is always Easter in the Land Of Ooo! :P

[@billlupin8345]

The skull is pretty big in comparison to Bonnie's head. I think it was the aunt. The uncle left, died, the kid went looking for him, found the body, and returned to find her aunt had been shot by raiders, who stole the last of the food.

[@DaniAzakura]

It didn't look that big, from the perspective it's showing, it just look closer than Bonnie. Also, the aunt didn't have hair like that. Or at least that's what I think. But your theory will always apply until Adventure Time decides to show the truth (if they ever show it... which I highly doubt.)

[@lastlife0726]

I think the setting of Adventure Time kind of causes skeletons and skulls to just become more background after a while. Videos like this are a good reminder that there was a life behind it.

[@billlupin8345]

I'd disagree on this interpretation. The handwriting on the wall is sloppy, and has capitals in odd places. Seems childish. The posters are all of woman bodybuilders, and they were probably obtained before the mushroom war. It's sort of a niche interest, hard to obtain without modern logistics. Given that the posters are of women, it's likely the aunt was the bodybuilder. What I think happened: when the food started to run low, the uncle went exploring for more. That's what guys are supposed to do. One day, he didn't come back. The little girl left to search for him, leaving the note. The second note is written in cursive, very neatly. It has a feminine feel to it. I think that was the aunt. The aunt stayed put, in hopes that her niece would return... and died. That's her skull. It's larger than Bonnie's head, clearly an adult's skull. She was probably shot by raiders, stealing the last bits of food. That's why there's a great deal of sand under, and past, the refrigerator- because it was rolled there after a long time had passed with the door open. The raiders simply ripped the door off its hinges. The niece presumably found her uncle's body, and returned home, to find the mother's body. She left that mournful note, used the refrigerator to seal the station as one would a tomb, then left. She may have strung up the skull outside, not as a warning, but to tell others "nothing but death here." It's a grave marker.

[@JoshQwerty]

Bill lupin yep my thoughts exactly

[@nejilljuna1536]

I agree with your interpretation, although I was more inclined to think that the little girl was the one interested in bodybuilding. I don't know why, but it seemed more logical ; she was trying to get stronger, to protect her family, and that's why she left to look for... whatever she was looking for outside, but it was probably to save them, be it from a danger or hunger. I more often see kids hanging posters on the walls and being this obsessed with something. To be honest I imagined the girl as a little Susan. ANYWAY AMAZING BACKGROUND DESIGN

[@bigflippingpancakes521]

Nej Illjuna yes omg that’s what I been thinking about Susan what if her name is Susan. I been looking at the comments and nobody mentioned Susan I’m not sure if Susan would be alive at this time or maybe a toddler at this age idk but Susan is my only thought I can think of because we know nothing about her

[@Nnnnnnnnnn670]

@@bigflippingpancakes521 we know everything about her did you not watch islands don't say you didn't know you were too lazy to research you said this 3 days ago BTW find met his mom in islands since you didn't watch it

[@CrimsonAgario]

Seth R. my only issue is that there are actual protein stuff so they were serious or at tre least would’ve been slightly jacked instead of just fantasizing

[@CoolVictor2002]

Y O U - K N O W! - F O R - K I D S

[@muichirotokitou2615]

Victor Vu my brother:it will be a kids show they said, it would be funny they said Me:screw that, I LOVE IT

[@bradevangelista4317]

Vitor almeida you why can’t they classify it as a family show because basically everyone can see it including adults I see kids show more like Dora or go Diego go now those are kids shows

[@CoolVictor2002]

vitor amelida you missed the joke like all might jumping over deku's head

[@TheMlgFox]

Victor Vu Man you shoulda seen the kind of *_kid friendly_* content they had when SW CloneWars aired

[@disconsolate3235]

It’s pg

[@fairlyfickle]

ya know, once the series concludes I am all for you going back and analyzing different backgrounds in other episodes! could be its own little series. i just really don't want your AT videos to stop... they're too good!

[@merrittanimation7721]

FairlyFickle Like Beautopia

[@idanzamir7540]

amazing work here, this story really affects me........ During ww2, my grandma stayed with her uncle and aunt in a village near Vilnius, then the bombing of Vilnius by Nazi forces began, and she had to run away while her parents stayed in the city and were killed in a mass execution of Jews. they took the Soviet train to Kazakhstan where they hide in a small village until the end of the war, it was difficult and they were desperately hungry, and her uncle went and searched for food while she ate from the food the villagers gave the cows. unlike in here, her uncle returned, and they eventually immigrated to Israel where she lives up to today, but this story is really similar in a lot of ways, and it really moves me. (excuse my English)

[@FortworthYT]

Respect for your grandma and your family.

[@ZoeyRoseArt1]

My sympathies to your grandmother and family. Nobody should have to live through such a tragedy.

[@jerkmastergeneral]

You're grandmother and your family are amazing, I'm so glad that she's okay

[@FortworthYT]

@@user-gf2sw8qk2n What?

[@OwnM3Z0]

Interesting, then you live a happy life in houses that aren't yours on a land that isn't yours with an army that kills the rightful owners of this land and these houses, I'm sad for what happend to you, but I still hate Israel, fucking murderers, your making people go through things similar to what you guys went through

[@theintern2960]

The Uncle, a little crazy from the end of the world, decides that if he and his Niece are going to survive the wastes, they need some mad-ripped bods and gets them both working out. The engine is for weight-lifting. While foraging for food, the Uncle finds the mutative river that runs through the someday Bubblegum Kingdom and, realizing its potential, takes some home and locks it in the fridge. While Niece sleeps, he spikes the protein powder they use to buff up with small amounts of the mutative chemical. Sadly, the Uncle is getting sick. He was exposed to the asbestos in the walls at some point and while he kept her Niece from getting into it with his warnings, he himself has developed cancer. He stops taking the protein powder, reasoning that his Niece will have a better chance to survive if she takes it herself. One day he sets out to find food and never comes home. The Niece, with nothing but tainted protein powder and time, gradually buffs up to crazy size and--finally realizing her Uncle isn't coming back--sets out into the wastes to live as a female Lord Humongous, carving a kingdom for herself from the savage lands. Then one day, something in her changes. Maybe she finds the body of her Uncle in a cave with graffiti sharing his apologies and worries for her. Maybe she encounters the growing Candy Kingdom and PBG succeeds in talking her down from her usual violence. Maybe she's just tired of living like a Mad Max character. She turns her kingdom into a more civilized realm of bodybuilding afficionados and renames herself Muscle Princess.

[@mostlyimpulsive3462]

Ok it was hilariously wild at first AND THEN IT MADE TOO MUCH SENSE WHAT THE FU

[@skywarddriven5266]

Nathania Benita only one problem, the girl was obviously a human and this happened thousands of years ago

[@shady6ix275]

Sadly, a missed opportunity for MP's backstory.

[@luskarian]

SHE'S GREEN MY FRIKKING GLOB

[@alittlefrog2395]

I is for Illustrator or her skin turned green after ingesting the green toxic waste!

[@iLeviathan]

I do not understand how so many people do not realize how much better adventure time has gotten, there is so much depth within the stories told now. Every episode feel important. I am in love with this show, it is up there with Gravity Falls. Rick and Morty, and Venture Bros.

[@iLeviathan]

You manage to make me look at every damn episode in a new light - was chilling me and fiance cried a bit this time

[@scarpignatooooo]

What do you mean its up there with Gravity Falls. Rick and Morty, and Venture Bros? Adventure Time is on its own level.

[@r.achel044]

Nicholas Scarpignato amen

[@iLeviathan]

I think everyone will have a different favorite, you would be amazed at steven universe elitists from theroundtable claiming adventure time snubbed the emmy from su.

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

No Name tbh i love Steven Universe but i dount it will ever archieve what Adventure Tume has archieved a while ago.

[@CJusticeHappen21]

Amature scavenging. PB didn't even have any lock-picks for the safe conveniently located behind the counter (which for some reason has a bunch of bottle caps inside). And why didn't she set up any mines by the entrance? What if raiders were set to spawn as soon as she opened the safe? But most obvious of all, she didn't specifically order her companion (yak) to wait. In reality, it would have stood in the doorway, making it impossible to leave without attacking it and making it move. This perspective on the post-apocalypse brought to you by Bethesda Softworks.

[@stalebread2997]

Hah, ok. Fallout much.

[@Kosky555]

Land Fish haha exactly

[@Benloadeon]

TUNNEL SNAKESSSS

[@noabsolutelynot3660]

CJusticeHappen21 The bottle caps are a reference to Fallout

[@ididthisforthecomments.5893]

CJusticeHappen21 those damn spawn-in raiders...

[@recoveringintrovert717]

This is why I love Adventure Time

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

Cassandra Teal same! It makes me both hapoy and sad every episode.

[@stacymorad6921]

Yeah same here

[@darrenholdsworth9917]

Cassandra Teal same! It's a great show. At times it can be very fun to watch and entertaining or can be very dark and depressing. Finn is a character i can relate to. I may only be a kid but inside im like a much older age.

[@josephpepe1834]

IKR

[@nathanfredbearbyrnes4020]

Who else though that the gas station was the one that marciline and her mom stayed at, I thought the skull was her mom's but it's a different gas's station 👻🤓

[@nickpancakes2630]

yep same. that's why I came back to this vid

[@justanordinarycritic]

Ayyy, same here.

[@cawareyoudoin7379]

Yeah, Marcy's mom died at a gas station too, probably. A similar story, and there were probably countless of others like them.

[@judenewland9634]

That’s what I thought to

[@sladikk]

The amount of effort this show puts into visual storytelling is freaking amazing

[@lizardizzle]

I think you should have also talked about the downed F-117 Nighthawk that Bonnie passes is related to the gas station group. The writing on it is probably from the same group that wrote on the gas station, and has a similar tone. The uncle who found the bomber would have felt probably an understandable hate for the people who flew it. He wrote "Complicit?" and "NOW WHAT?" to express how the bombers were probably related to the cause of the end of the world. The bomber was complicit to the mushroom war, and if so, what good did its mission do? All it did was leave his family starving in a wasteland. Now what?

[@xjamesx7047]

i strongly believe that US was involved during *The Great Mushroom War* and i knew the F-117 Nighthawk was fielded in the 80s and up to 2000s when they replaced with F-22 Raptor

[@thejudge4266]

The number 117 follows me everywhere.

[@maximgun3833]

He shouldn't have wasted his time writing that when he could have been scavenging

[@CortezEspartaco2]

Maxim Gun It wouldn't take long.

[@xjamesx7047]

@James Furey I see so that's what it is then, thanks for the response bro.

[@orbboom6119]

*MY GOD!* that's overwhelming, and that's the magic of animation, you can tell an entire life without a single word. And the shows that have as much content without directly telling it, that understand it and uses animation as it's maximum, as Adventure Time has done since the first day, are my favorites ;D

[@59garymajor]

I just realized after all this time the great mushroom war wasn’t about actual mushrooms but the mushroom cloud formed by nukes in a nuclear war. This is a dark realization about the show and my background data on all the stuff in the show.

[@ramonorozco2670]

This is the reason I watch your videos.

[@omfg322]

Adventure time is sitting on such a gold mine for a prequel movie/series showing events that happens after/during the war

[@cyssyk2472]

wow wow wow wow! good stuff! i hadnt noticed it on my first watch, but as soon as you showed the clip i immediately noticed the "back soon! xoxo" and "please come back". you delving even deeper into the details of these short shots was incredible. really gives perspective into how much effort goes into the less noticed aspects of adventure time. just a beautiful, haunting analysis overall. also, loved the silent hill music! i thought i recognized it haha.

[@squadlevi709]

can i just say the Silent Hill music was a great touch to such a thought wrenching video.

[@namerif731]

What really gets me is that this could have been the same place Marcelines mother died in when she was working on the motorcycle in obsidian.

[@titansjojo1445]

2:03 A sticker on the drawer has Matthew on it from the episode "The Mountain"

[@chistinelane]

Titans JoJo maybe that's where the uncle went

[@tombashford3042]

Awesome, thank's for another video dude.

[@salmonkindalikeme9316]

You’re such a piece of shit Tom, Imma smash that fucking guitar over your thick ass skull

[@tombashford3042]

Why?!?!

[@tombashford3042]

What did I do to you?

[@tombashford3042]

What the heck did I do to you?

[@ParacosmicEscapism]

wtf was that for? xd!

[@matriarchofazure7607]

I think it went something like this: There was a family living in the gas station. One was obsessed with bodybuilding, while another fixed up the engines. (Or maybe they were the same person?) The family consisted of 3 people: One with the 'Please come back' handwriting, one with the 'Back soon!' handwriting, and, finally, the one with the 'Love didn't conquer all' handwriting, which is also seen on the crashed military airship. The family was running out of food, so someone, likely the father, left to gather more food, and didn't come back. He was likely eaten/killed by the mutated wildlife. Days passed, and the two remaining family members had run out of food. This was around the time the magnetic letters were placed on the fridge, and when 'Please come back' was written. More time passed, and, eventually, another family member died of starvation. The remaining human mourned their lost relative, and eventually became emotionally unstable as a result of their only family being gone. They then wrote the 'Love didn't conquer all' note, because, well, love couldn't conquer this problem... Love couldn't bring them food, and love couldn't bring back loved ones who passed away.. Eventually, they left the gas station, because waiting around in there alone was pointless. They came across the airship, looking for food, which is why we see the exact same handwriting on it. He wrote it because, indirectly, the jets took part in the war that took the their family members away from them. (Mushroom war --> Climate change --> Starvation.) They either found more humans and went out with them, or died somewhere nearby the ship.

[@kristran9301]

The "please come back" really hurt my heart

[@camyk.8901]

Also... the hazard symbol on the top of the fridge is accompanied by 02 exclamation points, one is upside-down, Spanish language style: ¡! Indicating that people living there after the mushroom war had Spanish as vernacular language.

[@triskalii9427]

That “please come back” has me legit crying. I’m crying over fictional characters I’ve never even seen. Phenomenal

[@michaelhayes8519]

It reminds me of the fallout universe where you find holotapes, notes and skeletons that tell various stories of peoples desperate attempts at survival and obviously if your finding the remains it didn't go well for them. The "please come back" and the "love didn't conqure all" got me

[@General_Ape]

Fuck man... why you have to make me feel sad? Anyways, great analysis!

[@billlupin8345]

Nah, he missed things. The capitals in odd places lead me to think those letters were left by the girl. The uncle left looking for food, she went after him later, found his body, and returned home to find her aunt shot to death by raiders stealing the last of the food. The deep sand under the refrigerator shows the door had been ripped off and left open for some time before the fridge was moved there. (Also, the aunt was the bodybuilder... all the posters were of women, and bodybuilding exercises are harmful to children.) So yeah, that bit about the uncle leaving that message? Nah. It was the girl. "Love didn't conquer all." Seems like something an emotionally crushed child would write, don't it?

[@greatreturning3075]

I like how Adventure Time setting is during a post apocalyptic world, really explain why everything is everything.

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

But it's not the WHOLE reason. Magic predates the apocalypse so honestly I LOVE the blend of Sci fi and fantasy that this world created.

[@AflacMan13]

The fridge covering the doorway... screams enemy blocking barrier. Tells me the corpse was killed by something attacking her.

[@maryabashanfar4061]

This is one of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen...

[@imaghost2961]

This is.. heartbreaking. I honestly don't know what to say. That poor little girl.. that poor family. I genuinely want to cry..

[@muichirotokitou2615]

It just gets deeper and darker, I'm sad that this show is going to end

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

Everyone who thinks this show is just a lighthearted show for kids jeeds to watch this tbh.

[@tipsy634]

Cartoon Lover but it IS that...

[@muichirotokitou2615]

Natasha Jones not anymore

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

Natasha Jones don't judge a book by it's cover

[@af2954]

@@tipsy634 have u watched the video??

[@tipsy634]

@@af2954 this is one of my favourite videos, and i know for a fact that kids LOVE terrifying stuff

[@denverfan3005]

This was amazing. It really got me said with the "Please come back" on the wall. Please do more background analysis's

[@tombashford3042]

I'm still waiting for a release date for Seventeen and Marcy & Hunson.

[@dorrrrrian]

Probably near Christmas with 3 other episodes in a week.

[@annpayton]

Tom Bashford , those episodes will probably air around late October to mid November... I've heard that the rest of Season 9 will play out on Hulu but it could be a rumor though... All I know is that the Element episodes will coincide with Season 9's, which will wrap up ALL that has happened in Ooo to revealed it's one single purpose - there's only one thing/something/person that will explain it ALL in the finale!! Let's hope that it's an EPIC moment that will last forever with us fans of Adventure Time...😆👍😆

[@tombashford3042]

MarCor thank's for the info and yeah, it will defiantly end awesomely.

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

MarCor the Hulu early release is a rumor, CN will release the last 16 episodes of the show as season 10.

[@MrMis1osm]

so when is the closest new ep going to air?

[@Lemon-k4h]

Do you all remember the 1st season where there were vampires, magic yellow dogs and people made of candy and we never questioned it

[@КэтринБлек]

Thank you so much! You did a wonderful job at explaining the story behind this gas station :)

[@tomflint3294]

Coming here from obsidian and isn’t this the gas station Marcy mom stayed behind in and most likely died? Even the skull has the same hair as Marcy mom did...

[@slithra227]

I was thinking that at first but no, different gas station

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

Get outta here Stalker! Edit: Sadly the Stalker series isn't as big as Fallout.

[@automah2724]

WeegeeSlayer *stalker noises*

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

WeegeeSlayer ..............

[@Caleb_Cachagee]

You better holster that shooter

[@noabsolutelynot3660]

The bottlecaps in the safe behind the counter peoves it was a fallout reference

[@blorpo4228]

Danny Boiy it dont matter stalker series is better than fallout

[@nerdsman567]

Princess Bubblegum's "Scavenger" outfit at the beginning of "Bonnibel Bubblegum" reminds me of Rey's outfit at the beginning of "STAR WARS: The Force Awakens."

[@rcct44444]

nerdsman567 maybe it was a reference

[@skyfinity9199]

It reminded me of Princess Nausicaa's outfit when she explores in the opening scene from the studio Ghibli film.

[@anothernerdontheinternet]

nerdsman567 same! Pretty sude it was a refferencw

[@dx.feelgood5825]

nerdsman567 ray/Rey/rei always get my attention. XD my nickname is Rai. XD

[@billlupin8345]

It's a reference, but not to that. The outfit, particularly their inclusion of a goggled riding yak, makes it a reference to Tank Girl. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqe1lGSseZuebqs

[@NPGeshmow]

One of the things about Adventure Time that I fell in love with is stuff like this, the broken remains of a past society left behind, and it scares me, but also gives me hope. Dystopia, death, and destruction on this level have always been one of my worst fears, yet through all, life finds a way.

[@greatbiglummox8431]

THANK you for talking about this, i know this video is mad old but stuff like this really makes ya 🤔

[@HulittyJing]

4:33 wait... Am I the only one rrading "love didn't conquer AI!", instead of "all?"

[@Yawn_YT]

Or maybe It did say Ai and the girl had herself hurt after trying to comfort an evil robot.

[@sellenamtree]

IT is ai now i am legitemently scard

[@WixkedLovy]

There’s a phrase which goes “Love conquers all” so none of the phrases you guys are saying make sense.

[@TommyTonk]

WixkedLovy nobody said it was a phrase

[@WixkedLovy]

TommyTonk But it is, that’s why these don’t make sense.

[@VOLAIRE]

This is hauntingly beautiful and I like that you took the time to analyze this :)

[@darkwing11705]

In my English class my Professor asked about our favorite horror movie/tv shows I said I liked Adventure time. Everyone laughed even my professor who said he is aware of the show believing it to be far from horror I referenced the details in this video after that he was so convinced he said he might watch the show.

[@ribbit6285]

I love adventure time and I NEVER really notice the background Thank you for this :)

[@gordyha6674]

wtf thats soo sad

[@lenaevess]

This is still my favourite adventure time set lore. Thank you for opening it so beutifully.

[@marivg8948]

The "love didn't conquer all" just literally left me gasping for air. I am crying right now. 💔 I don't want this to be the future for us.

[@Kirwel]

OMG the silent hill songs in the background made this video even more perfect! Two this that I really like together. Well done buddy.

[@abdulrahmansaied2386]

I didn't know such small details could make great impact 😢..good analysis btw

[@rcct44444]

abdulrahman saied in my opinion this is why I prefer animation telling a story some cartoon literally tell deep stories just by using color, words, a cup and more

[@Blizardstar1200]

It might just be the post-apocalyptic gas station but this video feels a lot like those vids of people trying to put together the stories for unmarked locations in fallout games from all the little details

[@samiai8905]

I love all the different interpretations in the comment section. The open-handedness the background can really pump those creative juices.

[@MaestroRigale]

Holy hell, man. There’s so much in this show, but you wrung out every last ounce of emotion in this scene. Thank you. I’ve never watch your channel before, but this one video convinced me to subscribe.

[@HNKNAChick52]

Has anyone ever mentioned that you'd make a really good creepypasta reader? You have a wonderful voice for it. *edit, 1 year later* Wow, I only came back to check my comic in curiosity. I I'm both surprised and honored to have so many likes on this. Thank you ^^ I really am happy people agree with me

[@automah2724]

Bump

[@HNKNAChick52]

Geo Man Bump?

[@wj11jam78]

You realise this isn't 4chan, right? You can't "bump" a comment by replying. Only liking it will bump it.

[@HNKNAChick52]

Wj11jam I don't go on websites like that. I have no idea what a bump is which is why I asked about it.

[@dizz03y]

NO NO NO NO NO

[@burntchickennugget191]

Honestly I live how every scene in adventure time had hidden storys in it. Its like every frame was art. You could pause it at any moment and find somthing there.

[@louie4551]

When I watched Adventure Time as a kid, I thought the skulls and other trinkets that were in the scenery were just little details to make the show look cool. This video opened my eyes, and now I realize the reasoning behind the background details are far deeper.

[@MoiraMcGill]

Duuuuude, you're making my feels act up :'( I love the stories that are super detailed like this Great job on the video. I would love to see more like this :)

[@mcradiostation2626]

Adventure Time is a K I D S C A R T O O N .

[@Masachere]

It's nice to see a small nudge wink to the horror and tragedy that the mushroom war and it's fallout brought to people, without goofy cartoon monsters and the like. A grim reminder that the entirety of the adventure time world is built upon the corpses of all who came before.

[@caiopatric]

guys did you know that this show is really deep and dark? its so deep. it certainly caters to my teenage to adult interests by being so dark and deep like adults are.

[@tipsy634]

Adventure time is the world's greatest example of cerebus syndrome... Except im not even sure if its that, because the shows always had hints of darkness hasnt it?

[@caiopatric]

I dunno.. honestly i like it, i do. but it's more of a "fans" problem than the show itself. i think its a problem with most animated shows nowadays, in fact. it just gets so tiresome to hear people go on about how much deepness these shows have, in what i guess is a subconscious attempt to justify the viewing of a children's show? which is fine to begin with? like "look! its actually not just a childrens show its really heady and talks about death!".. he's got silent hill music on the background for heaven's sake. and so the more i grow old, the more i want to distance myself from this teenage-y tryhard kind of stuff and just have a quirky jolly ol time. not saying there isnt space for deepness and darkness either, a balance is good, again, just the way people like to talk about it. probably just curmudgeonly old me.

[@muichirotokitou2615]

Natasha Jones yup

[@samcrumpit3081]

Dude this is an instance of very competent and appreciable scene design. No reason to strawman.

[@tipsy634]

dont worry dude this is the only Game Theory-esque video that Elk has.... every other video self-justifies its analysis. this one was for fun clearly. especially cos the family ended up being a relatively important part of the ep despite not being there at all. i do agree that we dont need stuff like this to justify watching cartoons. adventure time is a lot of fun. i liked Always Bmo Closing and smashing baby finns with hammers. my favourite joke is that adventure time "sugarcoats the apocalypse", which is what bubblegum *literally* does when she builds the Candy Town and then Kingdom.

[@TSboneguy]

Amazing video dude! In these uncertain times with AT I'm glad I was reminded why I fell in love with the show in the first place!! Great Video!

[@marlowmorbid8531]

dude I cried.

[@blissfuldirtbag2279]

This symbolizes one of my greatest weakness is the loop of doing something like waiting with small chances of your rewards, Futurama Fries dog waited 11 years for him, more childish example finding dory her parents waited and waited when if she hadn't remembered the rhyme the would have eventually died. This is one of My most tragic weaknesses and the fact this examples worse case scenario and how you described it is making me sob as I type.

[@ethanschumacher3030]

This hit me way harder than it should've, like damn imagining this whole scenario made me sad

[@s.u.h.6548]

This was a very complete and surprisingly responsible bit of speculation, real good, thank you.

[@PedrohzWasNotTaken-zt9ye]

I noticed that in one of the windows there are a few toy soldiers standing, i think that the girl put them there in hopes that it would scare thugs and other threats

[@Crimsonlee2XX]

Wow! Great analizing man. The scenes of PB forging around the gas station are quick and it's easy to miss all these details. All I got really from first watching is that a family probably lived here for awhile. Didn't really think about all the depressing details of their demise 😢

[@CptMorganArr]

I think the refrigerator was used as the doors and the "biohazard" sign was a reminder of the mutagenic radiation outside the gas station.

[@jah3053]

Love the silent Hill music in the background! Love the vid too of course!

[@mind.hemorrhage]

Always loved the Tank Girl reference of Bonnie’s Wasteland outfit and Yak steed.

[@davidbow-tie]

Especially since she mostly rides a tank, it’s a deep cut reference

[@jellyspade8887]

I love the hole estedic of this video, the haunting music, a pacing, and his voice! Just so atmospheric This video is just great

[@janeilnold5863]

The further you dig into this show, the more dark and scary it actually is. All the cutesy characters and silly antics are a cover for a dark past filled with death and destruction and these scenes really highlight that!

[@minhacontaize]

Wow, such a wonderful review! Thank you, that was so beautiful and so sad!

[@mariahgutierrez4481]

The skull actually has the same bangs as the child in the picture.

[@eliselo9073]

Wow. I never knew so much could be in the background of an episode... Also, your voice is so soothing!

[@jonathanhall3640]

I'm going to miss this show

[@kingbadger8493]

I never even thought of putting the background elements into a story. But thanks to you I'll keep my eyes a little bit more open to spot them. Thank you

[@bmp2024]

Has anyone noticed that the gas station was heavily influenced by the Red Rocket Stop in the game Fallout 4? I mean, it even has a replica of the weapon work bench!

[@lilith4404]

It's like that saying "war never changes" but sometimes it's not the war you have to worry about it's what happens after it

[@celestinebuendia]

Fuck. Adventure Time, man.

[@muichirotokitou2615]

Celestine Buendia ikr

[@Silly_Sulky_Seli]

yeees thank you for this story, I noticed they (once again) had a story in the background and like to hear what people can connect this ideas are so fitting exspecially the ending

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

The fact she based her 3 family members off that photo of a random family , probably dead for a century by then , is kinda fucked up.

[@ウェル-v1n]

I'm so happy to have found your channel now that the show ended, it's like AT is still alive in someway

[@octa2194]

I would die for an Adventure Time series based on the Mushroom war with some human soldiers in a tank surviving in the war and with a sad ending

[@domkagames885]

Good old Adventure times. I can't believe it was 4years since last time I saw this video

[@powpow5700]

Wow this really made me appreciate background artists. I would love to see more videos like this.

[@epikdeath12]

You notice that the show got more detailed as the main characters got older and became more aware of the world around them and the actions they took.

[@MossL666]

I think watching the series people can iften forget its post apocalypse until something comes to remind them