In the Meantime, has anybody here heard of/watched
Adventure Time
Yet? It's quickly becoming one of my fave relax and unwind shows, simply because everying else on TV is about romance, guns, or drugs these days...
Characters:
Finn - The Human: A hyperactive, energetic 12 year old boy who loves to seek danger, adventure, thrills, and fight bad guys. His sworn enemy is the Ice King, and his best friend is Jake. He lives in a treehouse together with Jake, inside the Candy Kingdom. He has a secret crush on Princess Bubblegum, but doesn't yet understand his feelings completely as he's so young. Despite being horrible at math, he'll often shout things such as "Mathmatical!" or "Algebraic!" when excited or confronted with a promising task. He sees himself as the protector of Ooo, and is always seeking ways to get stronger, often leading to conflicts with other Heroes or knights. He has a bad habit of getting in over his head, either by trying to solve problems that have conflicting solutions, or underestimating a situation. Due to his knightly nature and protective stance, a few of the minor female characters have often asked him for marriage or romantic favors in return for his help.
Jake - The Dog: A dog who gained magical abilities to stretch his limbs and torso into long, thin, larger or smaller porportions, he's 28 in dog years and acts as both a father figure and older brother to Finn. His girlfriend is Lady Rainicorn, who is the pet to Princess Bubblegum. He is noted to be extremly lazy and often times whiny, which clashes often with Finn's hyperactive nature. He also has a phobia of Vampires, due to bedtime stories he was (and told to Finn) about their malevolent nature and evil powers.
Princess Bubblegum: Leader of the Candy Kingdom, aged 16, she is the product of a combination of human DNA and bubblegum. She is extremely infatuated with science and technology, and is often times, when not running the Kingdom, found in her dungeon of a lab, conducting experiments and testing theories. She views Finn as a Knight of her Kingdom (as evidenced by sculptures of himself and Jake around her Castle). She is noted, however, to have a short temper and hold grudges, such as against the Duke of Nuts.
The Ice King: A lonely old(er- his exact age is never given) man who presides over the Ice Kingdom directly bordering the Candy Kingdom (presumably to the North). His Kingdom, despite being covered in Ice, has an usually large amount of wildlife, in the form of his numerous pet Penguins (his favorite, Gunter, even communicates with him, helps him when he's hurt and will play along with his schems. Gunter is said to have a soul more evil than that of the Ice King, despite his adorable Penguin looks) and snow monsters. The topography of his kingdom is either the mountains where he lives, or the ice that gives way to an ocean. A slight pervert, he's obsessed with capturing the land of Ooo's princesses and making one his bride. Before he can choose, however, he has to have them all at the same time to make sure he "Makes the right choice"
Marceline - The Vampire Queen A "teenager" by her species standards, she is shown to be over a thousand years old, and have great knowledge and experience about the land of Ooo and it's workings. She's made multiple stakes around the world that are hers (she marks them with an "M" for Marceline"), one of which being the Tree which Finn and Jake live. She changes her outfit the most of any Adventure Time Character, and is overall probably one of the best characters plot and development wise. Since her father is an undead Demon, it is unknown how she got her Vampire heritage. She has been shown to be able to raise an army of the dead from a graveyard, has proficiency weilding an Axe (also her Bass Guitar), and is a good song writer. She likes to tease and challenge Finn to games and tests of his will, since he's the greatest hero in the land of Ooo and she's the greatest Villain. Despite this the two are great friends, and Marceline even kisses him once, congratulating him for "the best fight she's had in ages", despite her obvious victory.
Xer0 \^/
