adventure time season season american animated television series adventure time created originally aired united_states series based short produced animation series random cartoons season debuted july season finale aired february season follows adventures finn human boy best friend jake dog magical powers change shape grow shrink finn jake live post apocalyptic land way interact main characters princess bubblegum ice king episode season conquest watched million viewers marked increase viewers watching compared previous season debut season ended cliffhanger resolved start season season met largely positive critical reception addition episodes writers nominated awards episode thank nominated annie award award film festival young nominated storyboard artist nominated annie award season saw series grow progress featuring popular cake episodes marking time fan submitted content ward noted storyboard artists affected overall tone moving bizarre spiritual matters season written produced studios compilation dvds contained episodes season released season finished airing season set released february dvd blu ray development concept season follows adventures human boy best friend jake dog magical powers change shape grow shrink finn jake live post apocalyptic land way interact main characters princess bubblegum ice king common storylines revolve finn jake discovering strange creatures battling ice king battling monsters order help episodes deal finn attempting understand attraction bubblegum development crush production increasing success series november announced renewed series season episode titles released april nearing end second season based production numbers conquest episode underwent production episode aired april season nearing completion production staff shifted focus fourth season ninth episode entitled cake takes place gender bent version premise episode ice king created fan fiction main characters appear opposite gender instance human jake dog cake cat genesis episode drawings storyboard artist posted internet free time creations eventually producers theme originally sung series creator episode episode sequel fifth season focusing male counterpart voiced season ward cautioned fans legal reasons unable accept fan creations characters stories sixteenth episode jake features titular character drawn aged character showed mother ward decided include character solely character cute original drawing episode title card far appears fan created character ward allowed season episodes produced process similar previous seasons episodes episodes began simple page outline contained necessary plot information outlines handed storyboard artists expand rough outline storyboard episodes design coloring burbank california animation handled overseas south_korea rough draft korea season written ward referred writers season smart people responsible spiritual ideas series attributed background writers involved indie comics season produced studios cast voice actors include voice acting veterans portrays plays ice king voices princess bubblegum addition portrays voice portrays ward provides voice minor characters storyboard artist voices video game console jake girlfriend korean friend mother plays voice small elephant season introduce voiced larger role fourth fifth seasons finn new romantic interest adventure time cast records lines group recordings opposed different recording sessions voice actor record natural sounding dialogue characters described group recordings akin play reading play series regularly employs guest voices characters instance appears cute king conquest voices ash boyfriend young memory memory role young princess bubblegum makes debut episode young soon recurring character voices character appears grand master wizard episode gender bent episode cake voiced played appeared ice queen voiced appears voices character pig apple thief role episode voices character episode jake musical weird appears banana man episode new frontier character originally supposed voiced chosen unable voices eponymous character paper pete appears way voices ghost princess episode makes debut characters voiced little reception release ratings season debuted july episode conquest episode watched million viewers marked increase second season premiere viewed million viewers marked drastic increase second season finale watched million viewers conquest marked gains compared timeslot year prior growth kids boys aged ranged percent season hit high ninth episode cake watched million viewers episode time highest rated entry series season run season finale aired february ranked number telecast week boys aged television reviews accolades slate magazine award season stars review wrote series scores relatively high marks storytelling artwork music voice acting realization wrapped minute packages complimented felt scarcely appears trying hard attract attention note short form format leaves emotional substance desired noted inevitable series short episodes cake particularly successful fans series according episode aired fans series loved new interpretation cake ward revealed particularly pleased episode thank elaborated think awesome called adventure time finn jake forget finn jake little bit network let follow creature series nominated separate best animated special production thank best television production sugar series failed win episode young nominated primetime emmy award outstanding short format episode win episode thank purposely screened movie theatre qualify award short list final list nominees thank later running animated short film award film festival early win award home media released multiple dvds consisting region region formats came jake princess day created region markets containing episodes season complete season released dvd blu ray february march dvd release sold copies blu ray set sold copies dvd releases purchased individual episodes downloaded itunes_store episodes dvd release
Adventure Time (season 3)