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Although Adventure Time is enjoyed by older fans, as primarily a children’s program, it must be shown that not every person falls neatly into a good/evil archetype. Princess Bubblegum is another weird mark on the spectrum as her actions sometimes don’t seem to be for the benefit of good or evil, but rather science. He would most likely fall into that grey area. Things get tricky with the Ice King, however, who is clearly antagonistic to princesses, but who doesn’t participate in any evil activity other than that. Then we have a very clear villain in the Lich King and the Chaotic Evil Flame Kingdom citizens. Much of the Land of Ooo is purely good-Finn and Jake, the Candy Kingdom citizens, etc. villains and heroes with dubious methods, like The Dark Knight). Many shows have a strict black and white morality-we know who is good and who is bad, although more media has been introducing worlds where the morality is black and grey (i.e. I find this ambiguity intriguing and useful. Again, these examples show that Princess Bubblegum is dedicated to protecting her people, but not always in the cleanest way. However, he was forced to hide and protect from the shadows. Rattleballs, through self-meditation to calm himself, and time spent convincing the Princess, was spared this fate. They craved violence too much, and were destroyed. Rattleballs was part of a robot police force that the Princess created that got out of hand.

Instead of defeating Goliad or convincing her to stop, the Princess created another sphinx to distract her, thus locking them both in eternal psychic combat. Goliad, a sphinx created by the Princess to be her successor, went power-mad and intended to control everyone with psychic power against their will. Lemongrab was given his own kingdom  that way, Bubblegum didn’t have to force him to adjust to the Candy Kingdom’s norms. Problem avoidance is another common theme in Bubblegum’s interactions. Lemongrab, Goliad, and Rattleballs all are characters that were dealt with in a somewhat cold way. In Bubblegum’s mind, it was better she be imprisoned than destroy much of the world, despite how Flame Princess felt about it.īubblegum can already tell this will be a tough situation. It was partly Bubblegum’s actions that lead to Flame Princess being imprisoned for much of her life. This is exemplified most clearly with her involvement with the Flame Princess. However, when her actions may hurt someone, they are typically done for the greater good. She is stuck in a land of strange morality. As much as she appears to care about her subjects, she is willing to sacrifice people and things to achieve goals. Bubblegum is cold just as often as she is affectionate. The Princess is an example of one way that sort of character can be used: she is usually quite nice, but has a darker side. Last month, I wrote about needing more jerk-y female characters. For example, what exactly is going between Marceline and Princess Bubblegum? Is Finn destined to lose his arm no matter what universe he’s in? Where is Betty and what is she doing? These kinds of questions lead fans to speculate much about the world’s properties, stories, and characters. One character that I enjoy analyzing in particular is Princess Bubblegum, especially where she falls on a scale of morality. Adventure Time is one of those shows that gives its viewers just enough to get invested in large plot arcs, but keeps enough away so that we always want more.