By the fifth episode of Adventure Time’s newest season, I was captivated by the sheer number of myth and fairy tale tropes/motifs intertwined with Huntress Wizard’s character arc. Adventure Time has always excelled at using these traditional and recognizable motifs, but this is by far the best they have ever executed it.
John Wintroub discusses the mythic and fairy tale motifs from Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake season 2.
Also, while I initially thought Finn’s story to be Sleeping Beauty, due to a lack of consistency with the traditional fairy tale, and it seemingly pulling from all over the Grimm Fairy Tales (such as Snow White and True Bride), I decided to only cover the True Love’s Kiss part of those fairy tales. I might do another article covering the similarities and differences in the future.
