Or if there’s a Heaven for good souls.Īnyway, there’s a Gate Guardian who admits people to the Land of the Dead, and Finn and Jake must get past him first. I wonder if it’s where all of the dead end up, or if there are other sections of it. I don’t know how the Adventure Time Underworld works, but what we see of it looks like how Asphodel Meadow is usually described. Souls that were distinctly good or distinctly evil were sent to Elysium (or the Isles of the Blessed, under a certain condition) or the Fields of Punishment respectively. In Greek mythology, Asphodel Meadow was the place where most souls went when they died, it was the place for “ordinary” souls who were neither distinctly good nor distinctly evil. Creepy and unhappy, but not outwardly evil or tortuous. Not so much fire and brimstone and filled with the screams of tortured souls, more drab and grey and littered with bones. When they first enter the Land of the Dead, we get a sweeping view of it, and in appearance it’s much like the Asphodel Meadow of the Greek Underworld.
Let’s focus on the Land of the Dead for now, as the journey through it takes up the bulk of the episode. I also like how they do this with Death himself, taking bits from myths but also making him their own, but we’ll get to him later. It takes bits from the Greek Underworld (which contrary to popular belief is not the same thing as the Christian Hell please stop thinking that they are), but it also has its own unique flair. I like how the Adventure Time version of the Land of the Dead doesn’t seem to be based on any one version. It doesn’t matter how many times I see it, it’s always immensely enjoyable. Okay, so I really love stories that involve exploring the Underworld/Hell/any kind of afterlife. Unfortunately, they also cut off Peppermint Butler’s warning not to drink the water. Of course, Finn and Jake take the deal (YOU IDIOTS) and with a request from Peppermint Butler to say hello to Death for him, enter the Underworld. They’re planning shit that you’re not going to like. Seriously, it’s never good when someone says that they’ll tell you the price of a deal later. He’ll do so for a small price that he says they can discuss later.
Peppermint Butler appears and informs Finn and Jake that he can open a portal to the Underworld for them. (I like how suddenly this realization hits them.) Finn suggests they go to the Land of the Dead to retrieve the soul of the Princess Plant before Bubblegum returns from the Conference. It turns out Finn and Jake are horrible at taking care of the plant, and by the time they say good night to it, it’s dead. Anyway, she tells Finn and Jake she’ll be back “on the Morrow”, and then takes off on her giant eagle-like bird to the Conference (doesn’t she normally ride Lady to get places?). I like the dress she’s wearing in this episode, it’s cute. It appears that, like Marceline, Bubblegum is one of few cartoon characters who changes her outfit. She was also wearing different clothes in The Real You. The first thing I noticed in this episode is that Bubblegum is wearing a different dress. The episode begins with Princess Bubblegum asking Finn and Jake to take care of her Princess Plant while she’s away at the Science Conference in Veggie Village.
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