Jake the Dog
| Jake the Dog | |
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| Adventure Time character | |
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| First appearance |
Adventure Time (rough-cut) "Slumber Party Panic" (official) |
| Created by | Pendleton Ward |
| Voiced by | John DiMaggio |
| Information | |
| Species | Dog |
| Gender | Male |
| Family | Joshua (father) Unnamed shapeshifter (biological parent) Margaret (adoptive mother) Jermaine (half-brother) Finn (adoptive brother) Lady Rainicorn (partner) Charlie (daughter) Viola (daughter) Jake Jr. (daughter) Kim Kil Whan (son) T.V. (son) |
Jake the Dog is, along with Finn the Human, a fictional character and one of the main cast in the American animated television series Adventure Time created by Pendleton Ward. He is voiced by John DiMaggio. The character made his debut in the original pilot. Jake is Finn's best friend and adoptive brother. He is a shape-shifting dog who is in his 30s in "magical dog years". He was conceived by Joshua and an extra-dimensional creature and as a result, Jake can stretch, shrink, or mold any part of his body to any shape and almost any size, ranging from becoming gigantic to becoming incredibly small. He acts as a confidant and mentor to his energetic brother, though has a tendency to give somewhat questionable advice. Jake has a laid-back attitude in most situations, but loves adventure and will eagerly fight when he needs to. His powers help Finn considerably in combat and transportation, but are also sometimes used as nothing more than jovial forms of expression. Jake is in a relationship with Lady Rainicorn voiced by Niki Yang; they have five children together as seen in "Jake the Dad". He met Lady in the pilot episode and is quite skilled at playing the viola, which houses a worm called Shelby.
The character has received largely positive critical reception.
According to the series, Jake was conceived when his father, Joshua, was bitten by an extra-dimensional creature during a detective investigation with his wife Margaret, and was later born from a pustule on his father's head originating from the creature's bite. It is inferred that Jake's natural magical powers are a result of his biological relationship with the shape-shifting creature, though he himself is apparently unaware of the circumstances of his birth and instead believes his powers to be the result of having rolled around in a "magical mud puddle" as a pup. After his birth, Jake was raised normally by Joshua and Margaret as their son, alongside their own biological son Jermaine and their adoptive human son Finn.
Little has been shown in the series thus far about Jake's subsequent childhood life with his family, though in his youth, he was known to be a successful criminal and the leader of his own gang, a position he later retired from to take part in a more respectable life as an adventurer with Finn. Around this time, he also began a romantic relationship with Lady Rainicorn, with whom he has five children—daughters Charlie, Viola, and Jake Jr., and sons T.V. and Kim Kil Whan.
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