Bad Timing (Adventure Time)
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Lumpy and Johnnie appear, centered. The episode is framed with its main action bordered circularly in the center; the outer margins are inhabited by drawings.
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 49 |
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Adam Muto (supervising) Nick Jennings (art) |
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| Original air date | March 3, 2014 |
"Bad Timing" is the forty-ninth episode from the fifth season of Adventure Time, an animated television series. It was written by Pendleton Ward, who created the show, and Kent Osborne, its head of story from a story the developed along with Jack Pendarvis and the current showrunner, Adam Muto. In the episode, Lumpy Space Princess falls in love with a former mate (Mark Proksch) from secondary school. When she suspects she has lost her date to Princess Bubblegum, she attempts to wield time travel to win back his affections.
Visually unique to this episode, it comprises two frames: a circular inner frame holds the main story, while the outer margins carry small creatures. The writers likened the story to revisiting a former high school peer who was, at the time, unnoticeable. Originally aired on March 3, 2014, this broadcast was seen by more than one million viewers. Writers of entertainment-related publications praised the episode for its depth of mood and visuals. The New Yorker critic Emily Nussbaum, in particular, saw it as establishing Lumpy's intricacy as a character, and Eric Kohn in IndieWire called the episode the of the show.
Adventure Time follows the adventures of principal characters Finn the Human, aged 16, and Jake the Dog. Recurring characters featured in "Bad Timing" include Princess Bubblegum and Lumpy Space Princess. As she governs her kingdom of candy people, Bubblegum works as a scientist on varying experiments. Meanwhile, Lumpy (Pendleton Ward), portrayed as a valley girl, is the source of drama due to her arrogant personality and shallow relationships with others.
Princess Bubblegum demonstrates to company a device capable of time travel. Lumpy Space Princess comes in and demands Bubblegum transport Lumpy back to when she and her ex were still in love. Bubblegum explains that the machine is only capable of logging molecules of a given entity. Lumpy attacks her, and Bubblegum forces her to leave.
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