"Adventure Time" Up a Tree (TV Episode 2012) Poster

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8/10
"In the tree, part of the tree." Warning: Spoilers
Only a show like "Adventure Time" would be able to turn something so apparently ordinary as climbing a tree into a extraordinary adventure...And all that in less than 10 minutes.

"Up a Tree" was entertaining to watch, and even when the plot could seem 8at first sight, at least) as something very simple, it manages to be very enjoyable at the same time. I liked a lot the "old-fashioned" designs from the tree animals that appeared in this episode, serving as a nice homage to the common aesthetic from several classic cartoons and comic strips.

In my opinion, the ending from this episode was cute, even if one ambiguous.
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10/10
Turning a Simple Journey into an Existential Experience
zsamples21 February 2017
This episode gives me a sensation of nostalgia. Perhaps it's the surreal atmosphere created by the artwork, or the way the characters do very little, yet unwittingly inspire unexpected amounts of meaning and emotion, offering the viewer something to ponder. I'm reminded of Nietzsche's idea of der Wille zur Macht, "the Will to Power," by the episode's themes of free will, ambition, and Existentialism.
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