The Eternal Recurrence of Adventure Time
Added 2023-12-24 05:52:29 +0000 UTCWith the conclusion of season 1 of Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, this video seeks to explore the show's relationship with the philosophical concept of Eternal Recurrence, the notion that everything stays, right where we left it. But does everything truly stay without changing? Come along with me to find out!
Storyboards drawn by Evan Kisner
Additional voices
Laura Crone as the Narrator, Matt Crowly as Ivan Osokin, Wensleydale Cheddar as the Magician
Music Credits
Main Background Music by Molly Noise, 'In the Boathouse' from the Goncharov Soundtrack by Stella's Silver Screen, 'Betty's Wish', 'Egress', 'Inside a Crown' from Ambient Time by Opus Science Collective
Listen to my Part of the Madness cover here!
Work Cited Page
“Adventure Time: Distant Bands (the Music of Adventure Time).” Lost Extras, YouTube, 4 Apr. 2022, https://youtu.be/4U2mCTDzOpg Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
Ouspensky, P. D. Strange Life of Ivan Osokin. 1915. Dead Authors Society, 2018, archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.241089/page/n71/mode/2up. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
Porphyry. The Life of Pythagoras. Edited by Patrick Rousell , Translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, 1920.
“Pyotr Demyanovich Uspensky.” Wikipedia Russia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Oct. 2005, ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9. Accessed 15 Dec. 2023.
Ward, Pendleton. “Adventure Time - a behind the Scenes Featurette by Pendleton Ward (2012).” Other Files: The Final Season, Youtube, 2012, youtu.be/Ymc9TrSTz7o?si=SOS1kEnFwRAv2kUm. Accessed 7 Dec. 2016.
Other Recommendations
Thomas, Paul. "“Everything Stays”: The Eternal Return and Amor Fati in the Adventure Time Miniseries Stakes." (2021). https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/32169/Everything%20Stays_PaulThomas.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Uncivilized Elk "The Meaning of Finn's Journey in "The Hall of Egress" (Adventure Time)" Mar 13, 2016 https://youtu.be/PnK5B49KKvo
