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Adventure Time: “Cherry Cream Soda” Season 7, Episode 3 Air Date: November 4, 2015 Root Beer Guy was set up to be one of Adventure Time 's later-series breakout characters, debuting in season five's “Root Beer Guy” (a season highlight in the show's greatest season), but tragically died a year later in season six's “Something Big”, sacrificing himself to save the Candy Kingdom. Root Beer Guy's widow Cherry Cream Soda takes centre stage in her titular episode, which explores one character's grief in a way previously unseen in this series. We've had death and mourning in Adventure Time before (“James”), but not from the perspective of a person mourning the death of a romantic partner; specifically, a wife grieving over her dead husband. The opening four minutes in “Cherry Cream Soda” are among the most quietly sad and thoughtful the show has produced, where we discover Cherry Cream Soda has dreams every night recounting Root Beer Guy's death. C

Adventure Time: “Varmints” Season 7, Episode 2 Air Date: November 3, 2015 In discussing Adventure Time , we are so far removed from the traditional Saturday morning cartoons of old, shows built around a single premise and status quo, and would spend years building narratives off the same launch pad. Even Cartoon Network's own classic first-wave of shows – Powerpuff Girls , Dexter's Laboratory , Johnny Bravo – functioned this way. You could stumble upon the show while channel surfing and immediately get into the episode, a season one episode or a season five episode working with the same base ingredients. There's a comforting familiarity in a series that doesn't experience drastic changes, generally keeping the premise static throughout the show's entire lifespan. It's a cartoon staple, from the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short films to more adult fare such as The Simpsons . Adventure Time 's narrative progression from episode to episode trac

Adventure Time: “Bonnie & Neddy” Season 7, Episode 1 Air Date: November 2, 2015 Adventure Time has returned this week from its own five month exile from television, the longest break in the show's five-and-a-half year history. In its absence, we've seen the popularity and critical acclaim of its sister series Steven Universe (created by former Adventure Time writer Rebecca Sugar) reach new heights, now met with the same excited fandom that Adventure Time itself experienced in its early and mid seasons. Now seven seasons in, the veteran Adventure Time can be easily taken for granted, but to fans such as myself, that would be unwise, as this series is still as rich as its ever been. “Bonnie & Neddy” occurs two months after the status-quo destroying sixth season endgame, and the social order in the Candy Kingdom is still weird and broken. After losing the election at the end of last season, Bonnibel Bubblegum (with Peppermint Butler) left the Kingdom to live in