Orb (Adventure Time) Explained

Series:Adventure Time
Episode:1
Season:9
Story:Ashly Burch
Adam Muto
Kent Osborne
Jack Pendarvis
Director:
  • Elizabeth Ito
  • Sandra Lee
Production:1042-259[1]
Prev:Islands Part 8: The Light Cloud
Next:Elements Part 1: Skyhooks
Season Article:Adventure Time season 9
Episode List:List of Adventure Time episodes

Orb is the first episode of the ninth season of the American animated series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded and Aleks Sennwald. The episode debuted on April 21, 2017.

The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio), a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. In the episode, Finn, Jake, and BMO are returning to Ooo from Founder's Island when they fall asleep and start dreaming. Their dreams are soon influenced by a mysterious orb.

Orbwhich served as a transition between the two miniseries Islands and Elementsaired as part of Adventure Times ninth season.

Plot

Returning home from their adventure overseas, Finn, Jake and BMO eat a lot of bananas and take a nap. A mysterious black orb in the sky begins to subject them to strange dreams which quickly become nightmarish. Their nightmares intertwine as they realize that they are dreaming, and they meet a being whom Finn names Nightmare Princess. The entity only wants their bananas, but BMO strikes a bargain so they get something in return. The group wakes up to the orb taking some of their bananas, and it leaves a pink vial of nightmare juice. BMO looks through the telescope to discover that Ooo has changed radically, although the robot is oblivious to it.

Reception

"Orb" was seen in the United States by 0.28 million viewers.[2] Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club reviewed this episode, giving it a B+. He says that the episode is "all about transitions".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Production codes for the season derived from the following sources:
    • Web site: Adventure Time production staff. King of Ooo. Tumblr. November 9, 2013. November 8, 2013. Note: Production codes are stamped onto various storyboards that must be searched for.
    • Web site: Copyright Catalog . United States Copyright Office. July 14, 2017. enter "Adventure Time" in the search parameter and select individual episode titles for further information.
  2. Web site: UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.21.2017 Showbuzz Daily. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425115406/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-friday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-21-2017.html. dead. 2017-04-25. www.showbuzzdaily.com. en-US. 2018-04-18.
  3. News: Adventure Time Jumps into Dreamland for an Episode Full of Future Teases. Sava. Oliver. The A.V. Club. The Onion. April 21, 2018. en-US. August 2, 2018.