Unveiling the Mysteries of the Mother Gum from Adventure Time

[@zeph6736]

I find it hard to believe PB and Neddy were the only one to fall of and survive

[@Broomer52]

I know, I always expected an episode where we find more gum people

[@DarkFlash23]

There's still Phlannel Boxingday who helped Lemonhope out. We don't know anything about him but from the color of his skin, the fact that he speaks German like PB and also has the initials PB we can assume he came from the mother gum.

[@tyerushing2652]

@@DarkFlash23 I would have thought he was princess bubblegum in disguise

[@NachosRenard]

It may have been survival of the fittest, uknow. It may be sentient blobs of gum but well... They're still candy. Perhaps PB was able to survive and the only reason her brother made it too was because of her protection. The rest of the gum could have died out to predators.

[@rolay7730]

@@DarkFlash23 Yeah, PB spends the first part of that episode trying to convince Lemon hope to fight for his people. Then someone with all of those coincidences convinces him to do exactly what PB said. I am pretty sure she just dressed up as that guy manipulate him.

[@borgerbrebs6012]

i got a theory that the candy elemental didn't reincarnate as bonnie, but as the mother gum. this explains why bonnie struggled with her powers at first; its cus she's only part of an elemental. this also means that neddy is an elemental too, which explains how he can create the candy water but thats just a theory

[@paxw37]

I actually agree with this. You bring up a great point and a reasoning as to why she can't use her powers. This is good

[@glenny8000]

Bro watched adventure universe. Neddy doesnt create the juice. He sucks it out of the tree. Slime princess didnt know how to control her powers either. They all needed pratice. Flame princess just trained since she was young.

[@plipito2806]

I’ve always thought this, especially since Neddy is nowhere to be seen during the elementification period. Bonnie’s “tower form” actually looks very similar to Neddy, which implies he fused with her (and potentially any other parts of the Mother Gum). Bonnie is merely the most dominant aspect of the Mother Gum in the moment so hers is the face that takes control of the greater being. It really makes the most sense that the MG is the candy elemental because it prevents any flaws in the story such as Neddy’s whereabouts and Bubblegum’s lack of power awareness.

[@Squibbium]

bro this legit has to be true it makes so much sense.

[@pratkier]

Was literally just coming to make this comment. If the oosers were mutated people and patience was trying to convince the other elementals to freeze with her but they didn't this could be the result of what happened to them after the blast. Or at least the candy one.

[@PolymorphBanana]

Kinda cool to think about the fact that the mother gum gave that can of soup to Simon with a smile. It’s almost like PB was there for Marcy even before they met.

[@paxw37]

Right??? It's so cool when they add little details like that

[@ohdear_marty7672]

if you look at simons shirt pocket you can see a lil blob of mothergum looking over, it’s so adorable😭 (ts- 1:20 )

[@elihart7576]

@@ohdear_marty7672oh! Those are actually just little creatures that like to live in the pockets of intelligent people in ooo! You see them in PBs lab coat sometimes! I think we’ve also seen then in the pocket of doctor Princess!

[@TheNyleve16]

​@@elihart7576so maybe those creatures were also born from the mother gum but aren't as smart as PB so that is why they look for smart people to be able to survive themselves.

[@boo9781]

@@TheNyleve16no… they actually feed of off smart people’s intelligence. But it was a cute thought

[@cuckoophendula8211]

I think that looking at the mother gum as a force of "good" vs. the oozer's "evil" is a bit rudimentary. Within the context of that universe, I think the mother gum is more of a force of that era's candy elemental, which represents "sweet" both literally and figuratively.

[@ghostsurfer23]

This was my exact thought. The Mother Gum is likely the mutated form of the Candy Elemental that was friends with Patience St. Pim. Dude had a mustache.

[@paxw37]

That's fair to say. But we've seen the force of "good" vs. "evil" before. When the purple catalyst comet was explaining to Finn, the comet said that he is the reincarnation of all that is good. And the Lich is the reincarnation of all that is evil. Probably should have brought it up in my video but yeah, we've seen this trope before in the Adventure Time universe

[@cuckoophendula8211]

@@ghostsurfer23 Yeah, I really wished that the show tied the candy elemental office worker you mentioned to the mother gum somehow.

[@eggmin8967]

​@@ghostsurfer23yeah I just thought the mother is just the exploded candy elemental

[@eggmin8967]

​@@paxw37fair but I don't think its good considering spawned PB who I wouldn't say is good

[@wolfyowoz]

The mother gum bubbling and floating away and telling PB that they love her is just the sweetest than any sweet candy

[@urielacevedo]

I think the mother gum is trying to spread her influence in whatever way she can. As soon as she interacts with Simon and Marcy, a little pink guy is seen in Simon's pocket. And just like the Lich snail we see this little guy scattered across scenes. I think shelby and their little brother might also stem from the mother gum since they can be cut and still live and regenerate.

[@paxw37]

You bring up a fair point about Shelby, but I think that's just how worms work, right? I could be wrong though

[@Mozzarellamo45]

That’s just how some worms work.

[@waytospergtherebro]

Go back to high school biology.

[@jamueI]

Worms aresn't smart tho, and shelby is kind of a nerd, so maybe

[@shadenox8164]

@@jamueI Dogs can't talk normally either.

[@electricjaya]

What if the reason Ice King was so obsessed with PB was because deep in his mind he has a place of gratitude towards the gum that gave him the chicken soup 😭

[@toastee5421]

I love chicken soup!

[@tommyfox854]

I'll be honest, when I first saw this episode years that's where my mind immediately went too, though at the time I never heard of The Mother Gum in the slightest so I also immediately thought the face we saw *was* PB and not her mom; the whole reason why Ice King was so obsessed with PB in particular out of all the princesses was because deep down in his fractured mind he remembered that moment. Glad ta see I ain't the only fella who thought that.

[@fwromel]

reaching

[@mawandembatha6622]

Wouldn't make as much sense but uts cool But I'm pretty sure the real reason is cause Princess Bubblegum has the closest likening to Betty, Simon's fiance Both smart and are in science related fields One is an actual princess and the other was Simon's princess

[@cabs0110]

I thought Ice King was obsessed with Princesses, not PB specifically...

[@matshonkoop4565]

I think the mothergum was a combination of chewed gum and the DNA of the chewers. Think about it. People chew gum, the DNA of the saliva comes into the gum, the gum is stuck under a chair, in between central heating, under tables, you know: all the places where people put their gum. Than after the bomb all these different pieces of gum melt into each other, forming the mother gum, but all original pieces still have their own DNA, meaning that the mother gum consists out of different pieces, all with their own mind. If this theory is right, this might mean there once was a non-bubblegum version of pb, that chewed gum and put it under a table during a boring class in highschool.

[@somo4227]

hitler's chewed gum really was something huh

[@pinchetii6555]

@@somo4227lord 😭

[@nanajp]

​@@somo4227 wtf

[@nguyentandung42]

@@pinchetii6555it’s crazy that she locked the mothergum up for just existing tbh

[@THATGuy5654]

Neddy is one of those cases where I'm not sure if I should feel bad for enjoying myself. The message of love and acceptance for a neuro-divergent character just has to be accepted as a net-positive against how freaking funny Neddy's suffering is.

[@banjomanperson]

It’s a cartoon character, so I think it’s ok 😉

[@Faithheartglr]

@@banjomanperson Yeah

[@jackapps2126]

@@banjomanperson it’s not. This cartoon brainwashes you and you don’t even know it!!!

[@banjomanperson]

@@jackapps2126 as a neurodivergent cartoon character, it’s fine.

[@Ironmat98]

tbf, Neddy's "cries" of agony really are histerical honestly they remind me a lot of Muscle man's cries from Regular show

[@Unluckyduck420]

I always thought that the mother gum was the mutated corpse of the candy elemental of patient Saint pimms time. I assumed the ice kingdom naturally formed around her bubble. So assumed it was the same for the other elements but especially for the mother gum

[@xtrlsidma]

But then would be the father gum since the candy elemental during that time was male Edit miss spell

[@Unluckyduck420]

@@xtrlsidma not necessarily the mother gum was the name pb gave it cause it's what birthd her. It's not a gender thing more like a cell splitting itself

[@bruhmoment7931]

Also the ice kingdom was ice kings doing not patience as we see when in bettys episode where the crowns magic got sucked out and the kingdom started melting

[@Unluckyduck420]

@@bruhmoment7931 it could be both he was most likely attracted to the icey terrain (due to the crown) and just belt the ice structures on top

[@shadenox8164]

@@Unluckyduck420 It could also just be he was unwittingly attracted there by her power even while dormant. The mother gum and candy kingdom isn't really comparable as PB budded off the mother gum and then made the kingdom knowing it was there.

[@christopherfeatherley]

I think Princess Bubblegum, as you said, was a force of good -- order -- but, she's more of a depictions of *absolute* order: control. It's a theme often explored when heroes/villains often go to the extremes of maintaining order over everything else, so much so it becomes villainous. A good example of this is Dr. Fate (Nabu) in the Injustice 2 games. Instead of helping the regime, he switches sides because Braniac represents the ultimate form of order -- which Nabu, the spirit of the helmet of Dr. Fate, represents and supports as a Lord of Order We see a lot glimpses of PB's need for control, as she refrained Fire Princess in a lamp prison, or how she limits the candy criticizen's intelligences, or monitors them with tracking devices

[@KyleTheFolf]

I mean, in elementals we really see PBs need for control.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

​@therandomjack961 and the flashbacks into when she first made Gumbald, Lolli, and Chicle and the Shoko flashback add context. There was a lot of survival of the fittest going on in the early days (and it really never stopped, things were just more maintained once Finn and Jake got into the hero game). And Finn was a good influence on PB, I think she would have gone full dictator without having him as a friend.

[@ViridianCrisis7]

Yeah I don’t necessarily wanna say PB is evil. She’s just immoral in her pursuit of the candy kingdom’s safety

[@christopherfeatherley]

@@ViridianCrisis7 Yes, exactly! I don't think she's evil at all like how people make her out to be. In the end of the day, her goals have always been to preserve the longevity of the Candy people (Kingdom), regardless of the means necessary. That isn't fundamentally evil; just the darker side of someone who is *absolutely* good

[@ChristyCub]

I think the candy element is a not a good or evil element but actually just life. Most things need one main thing to live and that’s sugar. Everything we eat gets broken down into sugar. So to me candy = life element.

[@m.a.ddragon939]

There’s gum absolutely everywhere in our cities, flattened on the side walk and stuck under the seats. Likely the mother gum is all that gum mutated and given sentience in the adventure time universe after the mushroom war. Maybe there’s more mother gums across more cities

[@paxw37]

Hmmm interesting. I never thought of it that way, but you're right!

[@pablopereyra7126]

My theory from what I read from other comments is that the mother gum is a reincarnation of the candy elemental from before the mushroom war, and so it is located in the same building the elemental was when the bomb hit

[@elchovi3621]

a better theory is that the mother gum is the mutated elemental that did not freeze them selves like the ice elemental

[@StiffMeat]

Was just about to say this, it would make sense since who else would turn into gum after getting nuked, rather than an oozer.

[@dannicartee]

The mother gum could be the candy elemental after he was destroyed in the mushroom war. On the other hand, the elementals have to reincarnate every time they are killed, so the mother gum could be just trying to fit into the environment it was born into. 🤔

[@paxw37]

Hmmmmm

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I know you probably have 100 different videos in the works, but it would be interesting to see a timeline of how PB grew the Candy Kingdom from seasons 1 to 10, because it really went from a cozy village to a metropolis in just a few years. Plus the glimpses into the future when it really became a city

[@paxw37]

100% would love to do that!! I think I might include just everything about the Candy Kingdom because it's so interesting

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

​@@paxw37it took me awhile to notice it, because it all happens subtly in the background, but it's really noticeable in a later episode like Bonny and Neddy just how many more Candy people and buildings there are. No wonder she has multiple colonization plans, her candy resources must be getting stretched thin even with Neddy's juice (also, if he and Bonnie came from the same hive mind/body, wouldn't he be an Elemental too?)

[@Bluepizza1684]

@@paxw37 is there any lore about the giant eyeball in the sky during the castle building montoge around 3:15 to 3:20 i first thought it was the moon, but it looks to be entering the earth's atmosphere juding by the clouds forming around it so a giant eyeball asteroid .... yeah that is terrifying

[@ntfoperative9432]

If he does that, he’ll have to cover how much more of a police state it became

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

​@ntfoperative9432 but who's police state? I don't think it's PB, because she seems pretty content to relinquish control by the end of the series. And by the time we see the giant Prize Ball Guardian, it seems like PB went with a Plan B to protect her citizens from whatever happened. It seems like Neddy might have died at some point too, judging by the state of the Candy Tree in Lemonhope and Come Along With Me. But maybe that was why PB packed everyone up, maybe the candy people really can't survive without Neddy's juice so she put everyone in stasis until she could find a solution. The landscape certainly seems to slowly get more toxic in the future too, Ooo looks very dead in Graybles 1000. Which also makes me wonder whether or not Neddy is the real Candy Elemental (although since he and PB came from the same hive mind, they both could be elementals)

[@ezranip4442]

Some people have noticed it, but in the candy castle, there are in some episodes pictures and paintings on the walls of other candy people (perhaps there're coming from the mothergum). And also, in the episode called "Grabbles 1000+" we can see when Grabbles gets in the gumball gardian a living room with an other painting with a random candy person in it. Thanks for the video !

[@paxw37]

No problem!! And I have an entire video about the Prize Ball Guardian from that episode!!!

[@koopaking6148]

Id like to think of princess bubblegum as lawful neutral... Sometimes good sometimes bad but usually for the benefit of her people as a whole (but definitely not 100% of the time)...

[@paxw37]

Agreed

[@giboit.]

I think the mother gum was a female mutant that became the next candy elemental after the explosion of the bomb that destroyed the world (and the other three elementals that existed at the time, with the clear exception of the ice elemental, because she froze herself to escape the explosion). What happened to the mother gum in tbe the videogame would also explain why Princess Bubblegum became the next candy elemental.

[@paxw37]

Yeah I agree with you. I think that makes a lot of sense

[@bluebowser3347]

There is nothing to suggest the Mothergum first encountered by Simon and Marcy is the same Mothergum which births Princess Bubblegum. There is multiple mothergums visible in the video spread around ooo, just like there are multiple oozers.

[@bilis2866]

mothergums are a hivemind they are all basically the same

[@GarwinBares-wb9jp]

Is Finn the Butterfly PB's holding when she tried to comfort Neddy? Really awesome if you think about that it could be their first interaction...

[@paxw37]

To be honest... I think it is! So cool!

[@moisalix8902]

I never picked up on that but your right Finns past life was that of a blue butterfly

[@trananbinhjerry6438]

Scene like this make me wonder if the show is stupid or smart. Cause on the other hand we have stuffs like “A bee NUTTED on his arm, and he HONEYJACULATED a new one”.

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

​@@trananbinhjerry6438 hey man, grass sword is a weird curse.

[@honimacaroni0272]

The theory I've had about the mother gum is that the Candy elemental that patience reincarnated with before the nuke detonated, is where or who the mother gum came from, like the guy got mutated by the nuke and blew up onto that ceiling and grew like a fungus spreading all over the place.

[@AnimeFan7210]

If you look at Simons pocket, when he is giving Marcy the chicken noodle soup at 6:42 for example, you see a small gum friend in Simons pocket. Maybe this is how she moved from places and eventually found the building where she could nest herself?

[@bubblefish3499]

6:34 Did you notice there’s a piece of smiling bubblegum in Simon’s coat pocket?

[@Okiisa_]

One of the things I wish they would completely flesh out is Bonnie and her complete past and the mother gum, my own theory was something happened to the mother gum or Bonnie couldn’t find her way back to it when she wanted family members, I assumed that she made her 3 family members from scratch, but that seems unnecessary when the mother gum could have given her some, seems crazy that netty and Bonnie were the only 2 to spawn from the mother gum, so it makes it all the more interesting on what exactly happened to the mother gum

[@shawnbay2211]

It’s a shame bc PB’s 1 of the most interesting characters, has been on the show this whole time, but we don’t know as much about her.

[@DJPJ.]

There were lots of gumlets with faces on the the Mother gum when pb fell off. Does this mean she could have lots more siblings?

[@paxw37]

Could be. Although I don't think we ever see them in the series

[@cal593]

Possibly, but there's a whole episode about bubblegum being alone before forming the candy kingdom, so they either never left the mother gum or are absent for some other reason

[@ImprovedCameraman]

​@@cal593There is still a small chance we will see them in future project since their's already some are dripping

[@thunderstorm8007]

I remember in the episode where PB asked Finn and Jake to find the Banana guard who paints on the wall, and in one scene we see he depicts the formation of the candy kingdom as well as PB herself on a wall painting . At the start of that wall, theres a comet or meteor hitting the earth which maybe hinting to the creation of bubblegum or the mothergum. Theres no proof to say that the banana guard in that episode can know for sure how PB came to be but it can be that the writters wants to hint that the mothergum maybe comes from a meteor, making them an alien race, or its a catalyst comet which brings a life form onto earth that will greatly affect it. As far as we know PB has a pretty big impact on Ooo, she created several Kingdoms, no one talks ab it but beside the Lemon kingdom, theres a very high chance she also create the breakfast kingdom and maybe hotdog kingdom, there is literally no other food lifeforms on Ooo so i doubt that those Kingdom came to be on there own.

[@paxw37]

I agree. I think Uncivilized Elk did a great video breaking down that mural. I can't remember though. If he didn't I'll be sure to make a video on it!

[@yourmememaam8978]

I like that the clicking noise that calms Neddy down sounds like someone chewing and popping bubblegum

[@MrMan_01]

Anyone else notice when simon opens the car door to feed Marcy soup that the bit of gum that was on the can is now in his coat pocket and has a smiling face.

[@tyerushing2652]

Could Finn's pink glob or blob incantation be a predecessor to the mother gum? Or could it be the very mother gum itself?

[@paxw37]

That's a weird one because it's so mysterious. But it would be cool if it was

[@Malevolence460]

Who knows, he could’ve been either that. The butterfly Bonnie shows Neddy, or even both

[@MichaelSmith-sd9kz]

It totally is. Finn in a past life is PB's mother. Ignore the video game.

[@Scrappy_ill_fold_ya_Doo]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the piece of gum that fell on the can at 6:35 is also seen in Simon's pocket at 6:42.

[@tiablue9106]

That’s actually a scientific parasite, they show up in smart ppl’s pockets over the course of the show. (for instance I know doctor princess has 1) Never addressed in the show but according to the wiki they feed on brain waves, hence why they appear in lab coats and stuff

[@ЖеняШевченко-н3с]

No it is thing that smart folks in AT have. You can notice it Dr. Princess pocket and PB’s science suit

[@ЖеняШевченко-н3с]

Nice theory though

[@TheGoldNinja101]

6:20 Pink pen here

[@Drinks125]

I wonder where that little drop on the can of soup went after that moment. You can see it chilling in Simon's pocket for a second

[@Infamousspaade]

It’s alive and has tiny arms so it may have just walked off or merged with mom again

[@paxw37]

I probably should have mentioned it in the video but they're called Scientific Parasites

[@LadyBern]

I have an odd theory but I need an idea of the timeline. What if the mothergum is sone offspring from the heroic catalyst comet when it was a pink glob thing? We know that the lich comet hit but was dormant until the bomb released him. There's no telling how much time had passed between then and the heroic comet's arrival. Perhaps enough that the heroic (Finn) comet landed remotely around that time and reincarnated a few times then after the war and lich's release mix with some mutating gum birthing the mothergum whose heroic DNA leds it to do good.

[@paxw37]

This is a very interesting theory and I like it! Would love to dive further into this

[@denahertzan8071]

Just subscribed, helping you get that 10k you deserve it! Love your videos, so well orchestrated. Long time adult swim fan who has watched every “adult” cartoon yet never could get on the adventure time bandwagon because I was already watching squidbillies hehe now that I have watched the entire adventure time, I love learning about the lore, and it really is a great lore with experiences that are vastly fitting from millennials to gen x and beyond ❤

[@paxw37]

Thank you so much!! Yeah I totally understand, and you're right, Adventure Time is filled with so much lore!! That's why I love making these videos!! I bet you're gonna love the new Fionna and Cake mini-series coming out. It just got announced that it will be a young adult series!! I can't wait!!!

[@ethribin4188]

Personally, I think the mothergum always was existing, just not physically. After the mushroom wars she gained a form, as it was needed to exist. In reality, the mothergum, and the candy elemental is just the positive/joy force of the adventure time universe.

[@SABRINS_FR]

1:19 are we gonna talk about the small being in his pocket that fell off from mother gum and it's ALIVE?

[@meowmeowm30w]

i just realized there was a little bit of the mother gum in simon's pocket when he feeds marcy the soup. its so cute!

[@Bloodmoon147]

l think the candy elemental's corpse multiplied,thrived,then became the mother gum.

[@SatanRomps]

1:19 , we see the small gum blob that was on the can now in Simon's pocket with a face and arms.

[@travishoff7578]

He left out the fact that there was a small living gum in Simon's pockets after he got the chicken noodle soup

[@Conquistador495]

Thank you I've always wondered what happened to her ever since I watched adventure time as a kid

[@paxw37]

No problem! I never knew the video game even existed until this video 😅

[@Conquistador495]

@@paxw37 honestly I don't think many people do at all I've been asking around and on one I know has even heard of it little along play it kinda what to try it now

[@Spacebun236]

I love how I started with watching your video about Patience and then I got intrigued by this video and then I’m once again getting intrigued by another video at the end making me want to see more when I was supposed to watch something else 😅

[@paxw37]

Sorry!! But at the same time I'm so happy you enjoy my videos!!! Thank you!!

[@Spacebun236]

@@paxw37 oh no it’s absolutely fine I love these kinds of videos especially since it’s been a while since I’ve seen the show, I had no idea the mother gum was even in a game since I never got to play them

[@restmydudes8778]

what if the beings coming from the mother gum were meant to represent different aspects of personality traits. Like PB is the scientific mind, she does all her experiments to test her knowledge and understanding of things without regard for the possible effects they could bring. Kinda along the line of doing things to see if she can without thinking about if she should, not necessarily evil but reckless/indifferent in her quest for knowledge. And Neddy is fearful infantile innocence, when confronted with unfamilar things he looks for comfort in the same ways a baby does, he seeks physical safety and nurses

[@paxw37]

I agree. In fact, I don't even think Neddy was supposed to be born. I didn't realize it until after I made this video, but if you look when PB falls from the Mother Gum, she leaves a sort of pigtail looking thing on the top of her head. And when Neddy falls, he has the same pigtail looking thing on the bottom of him. I think they were supposed to fall together but somehow PB separated from Neddy. Also if you look at the Mother Gum when it shows all the faces, Neddy's is the only face upside down.

[@restmydudes8778]

@@paxw37 I hadn't even noticed that part but it makes a lot of sense

[@calco_tv]

1:19 in his shirt pocket theres a gum piece

[@2blue605]

Wasn’t that gum with a face in Simon’s pocket around 1:20? I’m assuming from the drop of gum that landed on the soup can, but it’s interesting to think he may still have them. Who knows.

[@paxw37]

I should have clarified in the video, but that's a Scientific Parasite and we see them a lot throughout the land of Ooo

[@GABUETTEmeh.sir.ghost.]

I thought you had a few hundred thaousand subscribers, you deserve more! Awesome content

[@paxw37]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Knight-eq3ki]

Omg i never noticed the little gum guy in Simon's jacket at 1:20, you can watch this series a million times and still find new things!

[@pere2039]

Could the mothergum also be the candy elemental? We know pb is, but since her and nebby were once one entity with the mother gum could it all be the elemental, spliting off and bringing life

[@paxw37]

I don't think the Mother Gum itself is the candy elemental. Maybe it was before the Mushroom conflict, but I don't think the Mother Gum, as we see it in "Bonnie & Neddy", is the candy elemental

[@AlguienSupongo]

When I first finished adventure time, I thought that Simon using the crown to protect Marcy, he might gave life to the mother gum as well as he can give life to snowmans later

[@mikadosannoji553]

still believe the mother gum to be the exploded corpse of that one elemental on patience's flashback

[@skullylord7018]

My theory is that the mother gum is the radioactive version of the st. pim era candy elemental or more likely the remains of a candy golem he created to fight the evil. princess bubblegum ends up being the candy elemental later on too.

[@MathewSan_]

Great video 👍 I've always been intrigued by the mysteries behind mother gum 🔝

[@paxw37]

Thank you!!!

[@lordathenapretty7935]

I find it interesting that the mother gum helped Simon and marceline and later Bonnie, a kid of the Mother Gum, dates Marceline

[@LacieWhy]

3:38 I thought the root tweaking was just something the animation team did to be weirdos, but then I had a newborn who does that too.

[@undead1weirdo]

I think that the ozzers were responsible for the creation of the mother gum after all the ozzers have a striking resemblance to the undead candy citizens. The undead have a strong desire for sugar and I think that the mother gum is actually a collection of the original inhabitants Life Force(sugar) that bonded together to survive. The undead candies desire for what they’ve lost their sugar.

[@king-fz7gv]

Theres a gum in simons pocket 6:40 look at the little pink blob

[@skotruth1]

I wish we could have seen lemon grab meet his “grandmother”?

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

I thought that the Mother Gum is a mutated corpse of that pink friend of Patience Saint Pim. Who was also a reincarnation of the Candy Elemental from the Cretaceous period.

[@nickgoodwin8715]

Great video! Probably could've mentioned that the mother gum is a reincarnation of the candy elemental and is the only elemental we see to give "birth" to multiple elementals. Except maybe fire princess's dad?

[@paxw37]

Thank you!!!

[@Konkubinanr1810]

Did u guys noticed that after mother gum gave simon soup he has little gum in his pocket

[@paxw37]

I should have clarified in the video, but they're called Scientific Parasites! And they are everywhere across Ooo

[@quarantinethis8981]

I think the Mother Gum is the element incarnate. I recon somewhere out there you have Slime and Fire incarnate. We all know the Ice elemental was under the sea and that Simon became the ice elemental in her absence. I think the Gum, Slime and Fire helped Ooo grow and strive and they became sentient because there was no one else to become their Avatars until later on and that we see when the Ice Crown was created.

[@TroubledGothMime]

Did anyone else notice the gum baby in simons shirt when he opened the can of soup?

[@paxw37]

Probably should have mentioned this in the video but they're actually called Scientific Parasites. And we see them a lot throughout the series.

[@TroubledGothMime]

@@paxw37 oh dang ion remember them at all

[@Memnoch_the_Devil]

There are four major elements that land on earth in the form of meteors. Candy, slime, ice, and fire. Each one has an embodiment. The mother gum is the embodiment of candy of course. Someone did a timeline of all the major events that happen in the lore of this show and it checks out. I’d recommend looking up a few timeline videos if you haven’t already. And if you have any evidence to refute or elaborate on this, please feel free to share

[@cal593]

5:39 sure, but the gumball guardians blow bubbles a lot. That's almost certainly what it is.

[@elysainempire4628]

There's a little bubblegum creator in his breast pocket when feeding Marcie soup.

[@underwailer]

The candy elemental before pb was pink and died in the mushroom war and I believe his body was the beginning of the mother gum

[@titostacos128]

The mother gum was just a reincarnation of the 4 main elements before/during/after the mushroom war which if we recall most likely came about with the green evil litch meteor

[@Gm-Zp]

Fun fact, you can even see a small part of the mother gum in Simon's pocket! 1:20

[@doktorfluuf1643]

What is the pink thing in Simon's front pocket, it looks like a tiny gum creature 6:33

[@paxw37]

I should have specified in the video, but they're called Scientific Parasites. They appear a lot throughout the land of Ooo. Mostly in the pockets of smarter characters

[@victorduarte2231]

Loved how Simon took a piece of mother gum and put it in his pocket shirt 😂

[@MidnightBolter]

Just noticed that @ 6:46 the mother gum tried to help Simon and Marcy by tripping one of the monsters

[@cristopherj1324]

4:04 ok why have I never noticed the eye as the moon there and what does it mean?!! I've never heard anybody talk about it either so... ?

[@paxw37]

Probably should have clarified in the video but that clip is from the finale "Come Along With Me" during the dream sequence. But you're right, I wonder what it could mean...

[@jimmyjames6796]

I would say that you forgot the "Patience St. Pim" episode. She directly states that the rest of the elementals (including bubble gum) bought it in the mushroom war. The guy who held the bubble gum element definitely turned into bubble gum slime with multiple entities being formed. So.... maybe "Father Gum"? Though I'm sure ooze wouldn't qualify....

[@oof5740]

I'm pretty aure the mother gum comes from the Elementals. The liquid that comes out of Neddy is the exact same as the one that comes out of PB's hand after she learns how to use her elemental pow. Also, worth to note The mother gum and PB are very similar to the Slime kingdom and Fire kingdom. Like, compare PB when she was "born" and Slime princess versus the past elementals of candy and Slime. Even before Patience we still had ELEMENTAL KINGDOMS, which didnt exist back then. I think the elements went back to their original and less humanized forms after the mushroom bomb, and then slowly evolved to what we have today. With the exception of Ice.

[@Fr00ter]

"I did a lot of research..." "..and it seems that the people are agreeing that this game is canon"... Great research dude 😬

[@jokerswild469]

If you look at simons shirt pocket when he’s giving Marcy the soup you can see alittle bit of gum sticking out smiling

[@TheGoldNinja101]

Now I want an adventure time spinoff series starting with, the mothergum and her gum species, like Bonnie and Neddy.

[@arinhossain2100]

Bursting with those idea: - Finn's full origin story - Jake's full origin story - or do Finn and Jake simultaneously - Marceline's story - Community polls about best Distant Lands episodes - Community polls about Adventure Time characters New ones: - Finn's story of his family and how he met Jake - Jake's story about the alien - Knife storm video - Rank every Adventure Time episodes - Top 10 best and worst episodes of Adventure Time video Here are all my old and new ideas and few of them are done so far. Those ones are left. What you think?

[@paxw37]

You are full with great ideas!!! I'm a bit busy right now, but I definitely will get to some! There is so much content that I can make videos on!! I'll be here for years!!!!

[@arinhossain2100]

@@paxw37 awesome, I can't wait for those to see the light of day

[@juozasgedgaudas4369]

mother gum could be the candy elemental that got mutated by the mushroom bomb

[@whospilledmybeans]

To aid your theory, when the nuclear blast happen earth was divided into several elements one of which is the candy element. Something too with the gemstones being in said nuclear curse that wiped out most of humanity. I forgot exactly what happened but it’s more than just some mutated gum. If you watch a lot pf the final saga it’ll better help you understand the Marcy episode was fairly new to introduce the ideas toward the end of the series. I do miss this series so much it was so good

[@shiny_edin]

Did you guys forget that Bonnie is the candy elemental, by that logic, the mother gum is also a candy elemental.

[@paxw37]

That is true. But we can't necessarily say that the Mother Gum was the candy elemental too. Kind of like Flame Princess, she is the fire elemental, but her father, Flame King, was never the fire elemental. But then again, the Mother Gum is so mysterious, who knows, maybe she was the candy elemental. AT is so mysterious

[@shiny_edin]

@@paxw37 Well, the mothergum didn't procreate for PB to exist, she sorta just got seperated from the mothergum, so it's different than FP.

[@mghq-mobilegamerzhq2533]

That butterfly on baby Princess bubblegum looks like one of the ancestors of Finn!

[@Nyx_TheGodess]

I always used to wonder about the mother gum thank you for the video

[@dunderthunder9858]

The mother gum has to be the candy elemental until it becomes princess bubblegum and the essence of that element is sweetness.

[@golf11underpar]

Another awesome video!

[@paxw37]

Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it!!

[@culturedpotato9497]

I like to think that the elemental office worker who had the candy element before the war got hit by the radiations of the nukes and painfully expanded and eventually exploded becoming pure gum

[@TheCrowReviewer]

Paxw, you haven't made a bad video! Keep it up man. 🎉

[@paxw37]

Thank you so much!!

[@abyss8247]

I really think it’s the resulting or current version of the candy elemental as a blob, shortly creating PB and neddy after, PB ended up being the newest incarnation of the element of candy which means even past its “expiration” it helped PB unlock her powers later on, which conclude it’s likely what was now the candy elemental before it got down to her and neddy

[@cocomilk1922]

Does no one notice that smol pink cutely in Simon's jackets pocket it's so adorable 🥰 6:42

[@KageOT]

a hivemind like species that can split apart at will, however requires time.

[@Kouu17]

Are we not going to talk about the little piece of gum hanging out of his pocket once after he gets the soup?

[@paxw37]

I should have clarified, but that wasn't a piece of gum. They're called Scientific Parasites and we see them all throughout the land of Ooo.

[@dylansmith6911]

great work man, keep it up. what do you use to edit?

[@leo9747]

that pinkish man who saved Lemonhope in the desert could certainly have been gum

[@sparksgaming1955]

6:42 ANWJIEFIKD THERE’S A PINK THING IN SIMON’S POCKET

[@CupcakeOrStars]

I think the mother gum is the mutated remains of the last candy elemental that was blown up trying to stop the mushroom wars

[@elliswebster7041]

Adventure time, Straw Hat and Tyler the creator? Bro this channel is great 😭

[@paxw37]

Ty!!!

[@dramangel14]

A little Mother Gum is in Simon pocket like a pencil and probably why both Ice King and Marceline are in love with PB

[@N3RD-13]

6:43 there's a little mother gum in Simon's pocket

[@HunnyBudders]

Did the piece of gum that landed on the soup can go into Simon's coat pocket? Or has he always had that little pink guy in there with his pens?

[@paxw37]

He's always had that guy in there. They're called Scientific Parasites and show up a lot throughout the series

[@HunnyBudders]

@@paxw37 Oh ok, thanks for clearing that up lol

[@Tasky.]

Bro is dropping straight heat

[@paxw37]

Ty bro!!!

[@greysonwarner5345]

I have two things to say Nu1 : my theory is that the mother gum is the mutated version of a past candy elemental Nu2: if you look back to the chicken noodle seen, you can find a tiny gum man in Simmons pen pocket