Adventure Time: The Epic Movie (2018)

Adventure Time: The Epic Movie is an upcoming 2018 American traditionally animated fantasy comedy-adventure film based on the Cartoon Network TV series of the same name. The events of the movie take place during the tenth and final season of the show. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The film features Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Hynden Walch, Olivia Olson, Pendleton Ward, Tom Kenny and Niki Yang reprising their roles from the series, with guest performances by Chris Ayres, Hayden Ezzy and Whoopi Goldberg. It was theatrically released in theaters on August 3, 2018 in the United States by Warner Bros. The film has grossed over $42.0 million worldwide against a $50 million budget.

Film Summary
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Plot
Finn having a dream about the Lich-possessed snail using the Enchiridion to attack Billy causing him to awake and frantically tells Jake about his dream, who—after hearing that the Cosmic Owl appeared in the dream—believes it is a premonition. The two go visit Billy, and tell him about the dream. Billy realizes the importance of the dream, and the three of them set out to stop the Lich. After they head out, Billy tells them that they need to collect all the magical gems from all the princesses and Ice King's power crystals that protect them from the Lich. With only one gem left, Finn finds the Enchiridion in Billy's knapsack. Billy reveals that the book has magical properties, and after activating it a certain way, the circle on the front opens up showing 9 slots where all the gems go in, and it shows a brief diagram about what would happen if all the slots were filled.

A holographic being named Booko appears and explains that when all the gems are placed in the book, a portal to the multiverse will be opened. Billy claims that he is going to throw the Lich through this portal. Finn and Jake then set off to get the last gem: Princess Bubblegum's. As Finn and Jake try to take the gem, a scuffle ensues, and the duo manages to get the gem. Once outside, Finn puts the gem in the final slot. Lights start to flash out of the stones on book. Then the book starts to shake while the pieces start to fall off as the Enchiridion turns into a black block. As Finn is running, Billy tells Finn to hurry. Princess Bubblegum then runs out telling Finn that Billy is really the Lich.

Just as she says this, one of the Gumball Guardians gets up, detecting the Lich, and blasts Billy revealing that half of Billy's face is actually the Lich's son, Lord Grim. Grim then asks for the book, but Finn smashes the book with his knee. However, his action accidentally opens up a wormholem, which Princess Bubblegum kicks Grim, but then, Lord Grim reveals that he is actually wants revenge on Finn about his father's defeat and orders the monsters, including his sidekick Me-Mow, to attack them, but the heroes escape.

The next morning, as Princess Bubblegum prepares for war with Gumbald, Finn and Jake decide to visit him to prevent the battle from happening. They meet with the Gum Family who are hellbent on wanting to destroy Bubblegum. Ice King meets a failed actress Brenda, and immediately falls for her, something that he thought was impossible as he had never already loved before.

With no other option, Bubblegum sets to go to war with her uncle. Gumbald learns of Bubblegum's survival and forms an alliance with numerous past villains from throughout the series, including a confused Ice King, in preparation for the final battle upon which Ooo's fate depends: The Gum War. Before the war, Lord Grim kidnaps Princess Bubblegum and destroys the Candy Kingdom, and creates a new kingdom with an army of undead warriors, and banishes Finn, Jake and his friends out of Ooo. Meanwhile, Brenda angrily betrays Ice King, dumps him and banishes him to the forest.

While lost in the forest as began to snow, Finn is attacked by the wolves, but his friends save him and take him to the Igloo. Ice King met Fionna, who is banished out of Aaa, along with Cake, and he immediately falls in love. Meanwhile, as Candy Kingdom is now under Grim's control, Lord Grim approached the mystery villain to collect revenge on Princess Bubblegum. Me-Mow and Brenda arrived their master and said what Princess Bubblegum is believed to be bad and Finn not renounces be a hero yet. But Lord Grim is never to worry, but he said soon Princess Bubblegum protect her new boyfriend, not until then he was helping for Bubblegum to do not disturb.

After challenging several dangers, as the evil witch, the abominable snowmen and the Eagle, Finn is kidnapped by Flying Lettuce Brothers, Gerath, and Tiffany, who creates a evil-like version of Jake to finish him. After the fight, Jake betrays his old gang and saves Finn from the certain death. Now, the heroes rush back to Candy Kingdom to stop Lord Grim from taking over. Back at Candy Kingdom, Finn angrily blames with Princess Bubblegum for holding him back at her uncle's cruelty, breaking her friendship, much to her discomfort. Lord Grim finally creates a evil plan to take over Candy Kingdom full of undead creatures and monsters, finally avenging the Lich's humilation by turning the Hand into his original self.

As the chaos creature attacks, Bubblegum sends her Gumball Guardians to fight it, while Lolly assists with Gumbald's giant robot, and Fern assists using his grass powers. The creature overpowers everyone and seemingly crushes Bubblegum, enraging Marceline, who assumes a more powerful form and kills it. Bubblegum revives, and she and Marceline emotionally express their feelings for one another before kissing, confirming their long hinted romance. The chaos creature then forms again and heads towards the treehouse. Jake witnesses the creature destroying his and Finn's tree house, and becomes despondent. BMO finds him and sings a comforting lullaby to him. The song's harmony negatively affects the chaos creatures, since the Lich's power is derived from chaos itself. Bubblegum encourages everyone else to sing the song, further weakening Grim's monsters and arrests Gumbald for his crimes, along with Bad Jake, Flying Lettuce Brothers, Gerath and the other villains, expect Tiffany, who escaped from the prison.

Meanwhile, Finn, Betty, and Ice King are trapped in a small, shrinking room within GOLB. Grim's influence reverts Ice King to Simon, and Betty to her sanity, while Ice King's crown loses its power. Simon and Betty reconcile, but they and Finn resign themselves to death as the walls close in. Suddenly, BMO's song opens a breach, through which Finn and Simon escape while the heroes fights Grim, which later kills Fern earlier. The fight ends when Betty, however, realizes that the singing has reset the ice crown's power, and so she puts it on wishes for the power to save Simon. This causes her and Grim to merge into a singular entity, destroying the chaos creatures, summoning a portal that sucks Lord Grim and Me-Mow into it. With enemies gone, Candy Kingdom goes back to normal and the ice crown falls to the ground, where it is picked up by Gunter the penguin, who puts it on and becomes a creature that resembles Ice King himself. Finn, being proclaimed as a hero, restores the friendship with Bubblegum, apologizing her for his behavior. As Fern dies, he asks to be planted at Finn and Jake's tree house; the duo do as request, resulting in a new tree containing the Finnsword sprouting from the ground.

BMO concludes the story, saying everyone else "lived their life", and bids farewell to Shermy and Beth. Wanting to know if the story is true, they head to the tree that Fern sprouted, which is now gigantic.

During the credits, a montage with the song "Come Along with Me" is shown, revealing the future of the characters, including the adult Finn breaks the fourth wall, marries Brenda and have two kids. Shermy and Beth reach the top and pull out the sword, assuming a pose similar to Finn and Jake's at the end of the show's title sequence.

Cast

 * Jeremy Shada as Finn
 * Roger Craig Smith as Adult Finn
 * John DiMaggio as Jake
 * Hynden Walch as Princess Bubblegum
 * Olivia Olson as Marceline
 * Felicia Day as Betty
 * Tom Kenny as Ice King
 * Niki Yang as BMO and Lady Rainicorn
 * Madeleine Martin as Fionna
 * Anne Hathaway provides Fionna's singing voice
 * Roz Ryan as Cake
 * Jeff Bennett provides Cake's singing voice
 * Chris Ayres as Lord Grim
 * Corey Burton provides Grim's singing voice
 * Hayden Ezzy as Fern
 * Jessica DiCicco as Flame Princess
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Brenda
 * Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Me-Mow
 * Fred Melamed as Uncle Gumbald
 * Stephen Root as Martin
 * Sharon Horgan as Minerva
 * Pendleton Ward as Lumpy Space Princess
 * Kristen Schaal as the Wicked Witch
 * Sam Marin as Gareth, Flying Lettuce Brothers
 * Jim Cummings as Bad Jake
 * Lou Ferrigno as Billy
 * Ron Perlman as the Lich
 * Frank Welker as additional animal sounds (uncredited)

Additional Voices

 * Ava Acres
 * Matt Adler
 * Newell Alexander
 * Rosemary Alexander
 * Steve Alterman
 * Tom Amundsen
 * Stephen Apostolina
 * Kirk Baily
 * Greg Berg
 * Julianne Buescher
 * Mitch Carter
 * Robert Clotworthy
 * David Cowgill
 * Randy Crenshaw
 * Wendy Culter
 * Debi Derryberry
 * Terri Douglas
 * Robin Atkin Downes
 * Chris Edgerly
 * Patrick Fraley
 * Eddie Frierson
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Nicholas Guest
 * Archie Hahn
 * Jess Harnell
 * Jason Harris
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Wendy Hoffmann
 * Rif Hutton
 * David Kramer
 * Susan Stevens Logan
 * Mona Marshall
 * Scott Menville
 * Rene Mujica
 * Jonathan Nichols
 * Paul Pape
 * Jacquline Pinol
 * Joan Pope
 * Michelle Ruff
 * Justin Shenkarow
 * Peter Siragusa
 * Aaron Spann
 * Pepper Sweeney

Theatrical release
The film was released in theaters in the United States and United Kingdom on August 3, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures, followed by a United Kingdom bow a week later. It is scheduled to be released in Australia on September 27, 2018. The movie will be preceded by The Creature Quest, a short film based on Cartoon Network's upcoming animated television series The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe, created by The Amazing World of Gumball's animators Eva Lee Wallberg and Christian Bøving-Andersen.

Home media release
The film was released on Digital on October 30, 2018 and Blu-Ray and DVD on November 6, 2018. It contains the deleted scenes, a The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe short film The Creature Quest, the 18-minute featurette, featuring interviews with most of the principal cast and crew, animatics, the deleted ending, the pilot episode, the audio commentary and a sneak peek of The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie.

Soundtrack
A soundtrack for the film, titled Adventure Time: Music from the Motion Picture was released on July 27, 2018 by WaterTower Music, and it features original score by Ben Locket, Neil Myers, Kevin MacLeod, and Willie Dowling. It also features original songs made for the movie by George Gendi and Maurice Davis.
 * 1) "Adventure Time Theme Song" - Pendleton Ward (featuring Jeremy Shada & John DiMaggio)
 * 2) "Plan B" - Corey Burton, Whoopi Goldberg, Kyla Rae Kowalewski
 * 3) "Refusing to Refuse" - Jeremy Shada
 * 4) "On My Way" - Phil Collins (ft. Anne Hathaway and Jeff Bennett)
 * 5) "Who's in Charge Here?" - Olivia Olson
 * 6) "This is War" - 30 Seconds to Mars
 * 7) "Come Along with Me" - Ashley Eriksson

Scenes

 * 1) Main Titles
 * 2) A Nightmare
 * 3) Meanwhile in Ooo...
 * 4) The Lich Returns
 * 5) The Kingdom is Gone!
 * 6) Grim's Takeover
 * 7) A Family Trip
 * 8) Stealing the Crown
 * 9) Chillin' Wasteland
 * 10) Play in the Snow
 * 11) Fight Against the Witch
 * 12) Captured!
 * 13) Prince Bubblegum Arrested
 * 14) Jake's Old Gang
 * 15) The Lich's Evil Plan
 * 16) Leeland
 * 17) Monster's Attack
 * 18) The Bizarre World
 * 19) On My Way
 * 20) Safe and Sound
 * 21) Ending of the War
 * 22) Final Battle
 * 23) The Trap of Doom
 * 24) Back to Normal
 * 25) End Credits

Sequel
After the film's success, Ward confirmed that the film will have a sequel, happening a few months after the events of the Great Gum War. Shada and DiMaggio are the only ones confirmed to be reprising their roles.

Trivia

 * Rated PG for mild violence, threat, rude humour, very mild bad language.
 * Suggested Running Times: 89 Minutes (NTSC), 85 Minutes (PAL).
 * Being the 5th theatrical film from Cartoon Network after The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Regular Show: The Movie, We BARE BEARS: The Movie and Teen Titans GO! To The Movies.
 * The film was in normal, and Real-D 3D.
 * In the epilogue, after defeating the Lich, Finn leaves his friends and the Tree Fort, after which he grows up, meets architect Brenda, then after the events of the film, it is revealed that Rosalinda and Finn were married and had two kids named Ice Cub and Bonnie.
 * The film was originally intended as the series finale, since the real series' finale being "Come Along with Me".

Credits

 * Main article: Adventure Time: The Movie/Credits