"Mortal Folly" / "Mortal Recoil" | |
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Adventure Time episode | |
Princess Bubblegum, possessed by the Lich, from "Mortal Recoil". Storyboard artists Jesse Moynihan and Cole Sanchez sought to craft scenes like this that were both humorous and terrifying.
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Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 24 & 25 |
Directed by |
Larry Leichliter (director)
Pat McHale (creative director)
Cole Sanchez (creative director)
Nick Jennings (art director)
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Written by |
Adam Muto Cole Sanchez ("Mortal Recoil") |
Story by | Mark Banker Kent Osborne Pat McHale Pendleton Ward |
Production code | 1002-049 1002-052 |
Original air date | May 2, 2011 |
Running time | 22 minutes |
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Adam Muto
Rebecca Sugar ("Mortal Folly")
"Mortal Folly" and "Mortal Recoil" are the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth episodes of the second season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. "Mortal Folly" was written and storyboarded by Adam Muto and Rebecca Sugar, whereas "Mortal Recoil" was written and storyboarded by Jesse Moynihan and Cole Sanchez. Both were based on a story by Mark Banker, Kent Osborne, Patrick McHale, and series creator Pendleton Ward. The two episodes originally aired on Cartoon Network on May 2, 2011, and guest starred Ron Perlman as the Lich, and Isabella Acres as young Princess Bubblegum. Perlman's character would become the series' chief antagonist, and would reappear in several fourth and fifth season episodes.
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 "Mortal Folly", Finn and Jake must go on a quest to find the Lich (voiced by Perlman), while the Ice King (voiced by Tom Kenny) pesters them for their blessing to marry Princess Bubblegum (voiced by Hynden Walch). After seemingly defeating the Lich, however, the Ice King accidentally drops Bubblegum into the Lich's well of power. In "Mortal Recoil", Princess Bubblegum possessed by the spirit of the Lich, and Finn and Jake team up with the Ice King to stop him. After Bubblegum is seriously wounded and there is not enough candy bio-mass to save her, she reverts to a 13-year-old.