In the episode “Freak City”, Magic Man appears as a homeless man who begging for food. When Finn and Jake pass by, they give him a sugar cube, which turns out to be a magic man. After his brother’s apparent destruction in “Astral Plane”, Magic Man attempts to steal his residual powers with help from Betty Grof in “You Forgot Your Floaties”.
Magic Man’s change happened when he went to the top of Olympus Mons with Margles. His’madness’ from magic did not have much effect on him after this time. He told his brother he was right, and it didn’t matter if Magic Man used his powers to hurt people because they were all little people. Then, he went on a rampage and was exiled to Ooo to learn how to care for others again. Strange met the threats with the extra-dimensional novice mystic Rintrah and was eventually joined by Kaluu, an old rival of the Ancient One and master of life-draining black magic. Weakened by the loss of his powers, Magic Man’s mind was connected during the experiment.
Finn and Jake storm Magic Man’s house to rescue his new apprentice, Betty Grof. As a result of their minds being connected, Betty experienced the origin of Magic Man’s madness/jerkiness. Thanks to a mutated Finn and Jake, Betty experienced the origin of Magic Man’s madness/jerkiness.
Magic Man’s re-enactment of his walk to Olympus Mons ended with an accident that was Magic Man’s fault, and he lost Margles. When all the smoke cleared, Betty had Magic Man’s powers and Magic Man had lost his powers. A dark vision of a crab in a pool emerged as Simon. Unlike other wizards who grapple with inadequacy or companionship, Magic Man fought death itself, even creating a copy of his own.
When Magic Man loses his powers, he starts noting that his sadness has gone, as if this is the necessary precondition for his powers turning him normal and driving Betty insane. This catastrophe sets off a series of events that eventually culminate in Magic Man losing his powers.
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How did Betty get Magic Man’s powers?
In “You Forgot your Floaties”, Betty retrieves the helmet of Grob Gob Glob Grod and goes to Magic Man’s house to help cure Simon. She tries to help Magic Man become the new ruler of Mars, but due to Finn and Jake’s intervention, she gains all of Magic Man’s powers, turning him into a wizard and losing her sanity. In “King’s Ransom”, Betty kidnaps Gunter and offers him back if Ice King trades his crown. She reprograms the crown and gives it back to Ice King to cure Simon.
In “Broke His Crown”, Betty puts a virus version of herself into the crown to reprogram it and bring back Simon. However, the virus damages the crown’s systems and causes Ice King to become more mad. The virus stops and lives romantically with Simon.
What is the dumbest superhero weakness?
The Green Lantern’s weakness to anything yellow is considered the dumbest weakness for any major superhero in Marvel or DC Comics. This weakness puts the superheroes in danger, making them boring and giving villains an Achilles heel to exploit. Superman and Kryptonite are two examples of superheroes with dumb weaknesses that make no sense. Some of these weaknesses were so ridiculous that they were buried or even considered canon. However, there are also some dumb weaknesses that remain in place decades after their first appearance.
For example, the Human Torch has major weaknesses to water and a lack of air, which can cause flames. However, his weakness to asbestos, a natural part of the habitat, makes him a dangerous adversary in the Asbestos Man series. This makes the Human Torch’s weakness to asbestos seem absurd and makes him a potential threat to the villains.
In conclusion, there are many dumb weaknesses in both Marvel and DC Comics, and some of these weaknesses remain in place decades after their first appearance. It is essential for fans and critics to recognize and address these weaknesses to ensure the continued success of these characters.
How did Magic Man become a Normal Man?
Magic Man, a brilliant magician and scientist from Mars, lost his mind after a magical accident and developed a nihilistic tendency to spread chaos. He was banished to Earth by the King of Mars and his four-headed brother, Grob Gob Glob Grod. Grob Gob Glob Grod sacrificed their body to stop a comet from destroying Mars, leaving the planet rulerless. In the episode “You Forgot Your Floaties”, another magical accident removed magic, madness, and sadness from Magic Man’s warped brain, reverting him to his original self.
Normal Man, determined to make amends with his brother Glob, sends Tiny Manticore to retrieve his brother from space. Tiny Manticore reveals that he plans to steal Glob’s head to a dangerous mountain to make Normal Man suffer for his past pain. Normal Man, Finn, and Jake brave the mountain and reach its summit, where they make amends. Tiny Manticore sees that Normal Man has changed and saves the two.
Normal Man grasps Glob’s head and uses a Martian transporter to beam themselves to Mars. Glob bites Normal Man’s hand, causing him to drop the head. Glob says that the days of Mars being ruled by Grob Gob Glob Grod are over, and it is time for Normal Man to rule the planet.
How did Merlin lose his magic?
Merlin, a legendary figure, is often depicted as a mad cambion born to a mortal woman and an incubus. He inherits supernatural powers and abilities, including prophecy and shapeshifting. Merlin matures to an ascendant sagehood and helps Arthur’s birth through magic and intrigue. Later stories have Merlin as an advisor and mentor to the young king, leaving behind a series of prophecies foretelling events.
The name Merlin is derived from the Brythonic name of the legendary bard Myrddin, which Geoffrey of Monmouth Latinized to Merlinus in his works. Some suggest that Geoffrey chose the form Merlinus to avoid resembling the Anglo-Norman word merde for feces. Merlin may also be an adjective, with the Latin form Merlinus being a euphony of the Celtic form Myrddin to bring him closer to the blackbird (Latin merula) into which he could metamorphose through his shamanic powers.
Myrddin may be a combination of *mer (mad) and the Welsh dyn (man), meaning’madman’ or ‘(of) many names’ if derived from the Welsh myrdd, myriad. In his Myrdhinn, ou l’Enchanteur Merlin, La Villemarqué derived Marz(h)in, which he considered the original form of Merlin’s name, from the Breton word marz (wonder) to mean ‘wonder man’. Clas Myrddin or Merlin’s Enclosure is an early name for Great Britain.
Does Magic Man get his powers back?
Magic Man, a character in “Sons of Mars”, was apathetic and refused to take responsibility for his actions. When Grob Gob Glob Grod arrested him for past crimes, he avoided capture by trading bodies with Jake, leading to Finn’s brother being taken to Mars and put on trial. After Jake died, Magic Man returned his magic and claimed to win again. In “Time Sandwich”, he showed his love for riddles by stealing Jake’s perfect sandwich and telling him to decipher his riddle.
Jake complained about the wordplay and put himself in a time bubble to slow down the experience. After many false starts, Jake and friends attacked Magic Man, and it remains unclear whether he explained the time bubble’s weakness due to overconfidence or amusement.
How did Magic Man lose his magic?
Betty bakes bread that transforms into Finn, who breaks the transmutation experiment tools. After the smoke clears, Betty gains Magic Man’s powers, and Magic Man loses them. Betty sees a dark vision of a crab in a pool as Simon, who mouths words. Betty uses her new magic powers to disappear, and Magic Man says his sadness is gone. Finn asks Magic Man to turn them back, but he cannot, causing Finn to hit for the trouble he caused.
Magic Man puts on Glob’s helmet, and Tiny Manticore flies Finn to Wizard City to find a cure. Major characters include Finn, Jake, Magic Man, Betty Grof, Tiny Manticore, M. A. R. G. L. E. S., and Grob Gob Glob Grod.
What is the Magic Man’s weakness?
Magic Man is a character in the Mega Man and Bass series, who starts the battle by dashing away from the opponent. He can throw a Magic Card, which can recover health, or toss a magic orb that spawns Romper Gs. He can also jump into the air and toss a ball with stars, which spawns white birds. These birds can be destroyed with a charged Mega Buster shot. Magic Man is weak to the Tengu Blade, which can cut him in half and stun him.
The Wave Burner is a good weapon against him if the player runs out of weapon energy. He was originally called “Magician Man” in his early sketches. A Magic Man was created for the Nintendo Power Mega Man 6 boss character contest by reader Jason Clayton.
Did Magic Man break up?
Magic Man, a Rhode Island-based band, formed in 2009 after volunteering on organic farms in France. Their debut album, Real Life Color, was released in 2010. The band has since evolved from two college students to a five-person ensemble, featuring members Alex Caplow and Sam Lee, Justine Bowe, Daniel Radin, and Joey Sulkowski. They have added an indie pop/rock style to their synth-pop roots. They released their EP, You Are Here, in September and are planning to release an album soon.
Radin left in 2014 to join The Novel Ideas, while Gabe Goodman replaced him. Alex previously played with gulls, Sam wrote music under The Tumbled Sea, and Justine wrote music under Photocomfort. The band announced their split on August 8th, 2019, via social media.
Why is Merlin called Emrys?
The name Emrys, derived from the Welsh word emrys meaning “immortal,” has a lengthy history in mythology and legend. It is believed to be the original name of Merlin.
Why did Merlin go mad?
In early Welsh poetry, Myrddin and Merlin are depicted as wild men and prophets. Their involvement in a battle resulted in their madness and subsequent escape into the forest, where they lived as wild men.
Is Betty stuck as GOLB?
In the series finale, “Come Along With Me”, Betty Grof, a human-turned-wizard, is consumed by GOLB with the Ice King and Finn, reverting them to their original human forms. Simon Petrikov, who later became the Ice King, was in a committed relationship with Betty. After Simon obtained a cursed crown, Betty and Simon were reverted to their original human forms. Betty uses the Ice King’s crown to protect Simon and sacrifices herself, forming a fusion with GOLB.
In Adventure Time, Betty Grof’s transformation into a wizard occurs in the episode “You Forgot Your Floaties”, where she wears Magic Man’s hat, gaining his magic and madness, and transitioning from human to wizard.
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I kinda wonder how powerful Finn and Jake would’ve have been had they not abandoned the idea of learning magic because even without magic they are capable of some crazy things I mean Finn outright made a psychic arm once and Finn obviously has some cosmic importance. And when they learned magic they didn’t lose their minds like some magic users
This is very similar to the concept of CHIM, Amaranth and The Godhead from the Elder scrolls series. It’s basically the same idea that reality is a dream and if you somehow figure that out but keep your individuality you become a dreamer within the dream and can warp reality to your whim, but if you cannot keep your individuality you “zero sum” ceasing to exist at all, while in Adventure time you just lose your mind.
The Primordials all seem to be personifications of fundamental concepts of the adventure time universe. In which case, coconteppi must be associated with one or more of the fundamental concepts of magic, perhaps madness? Anti-magic, on the other hand, is most likely associated with different concepts than magic, making reality more ridged and well defined or perhaps forcing a different point of view on anything exposed to it.
Besides the Human Elementals stopping the Mushroom War, here is another what if idea: What If Evergreen Wears The Crown? In this what if, Magwood doesn’t attack Evergreen in his ice castle. Instead, Evergreen successfully wears the Crown and wish for the Green Catalyst to be destroyed or not hit Earth. Now, what would have happened if the Lich comet never hit Earth and the Elementals. What happened to Earth now.
I really love your discussions of Adventure Time’s universe and cosmology. It’s really one of the universes I’m glad is getting more attention after the ending. Mind if I spit a few ideas for future articlees: 1. Who is the better hero: Finn or Billy 2. An analysis on Bella Noche. 3. Who would win in a fight, Peppermint Butler from AT or John Constantine from DC. And in case you need some background, here’s a article for some info on Constantine: youtu.be/bIKiHHNVcJ4
From a medical student, thank you for your content! Med school studying is not nearly as hard when your articles keep me accountable! To everyone else reading the comments, keep going. I do not know what struggles you are handling, I do not know what you are studying, but there is a reason you were put on THIS PATH and I know you can handle it! Stay blessed y’all.
New follower here, love your content. I have to say this is my favorite article you’ve made simply because it IS longer and thus more in depth. Short articles about lore make me sad lol, its like a tease. Please absolutely nerd the heck out, I’m looking forward to your articles! I got so excited when I saw this one was longer than 5 min 🎉
The general idea of Mantling a godlike entity is so cool to me. Wonder Woman Mantles Ares by killing/deposing him, Talos essentially Mantles Lorkhan himself when he dies and becomes the god-protector of Men, the Hero of Kvatch Mantles Sheogorath after Jyggalagg is freed, Ahsoka basically Mantles the Daughter in the Clone Wars when she absorbed the Daughter’s life essence, even some of the original ideas of “Mantling” as we know it like Apollo taking over for Helios as the Sun god and Artemis taking over for Selene as the Moon goddess. There’s some kind of deep-seated belief in human religion/culture (they meld together the further back you go before writing existed) that it’s possible to take over for a god and become them. It just makes me smile because it shows that even our distant ancestors, thousands or possibly even tens of thousands of years ago if our non-Homo sapiens sapiens ancestors really did have some kinds of very early culture, were just as optimistic as we are currently about our ability to become someone greater than we were before, and I think that’s beautiful
It’s interesting, a number of other comments described CHIM from Elder Scrolls, but nobody mentioned Azathoth, which directly inspired it. Azathoth, also called the Blind Idiot God, the Deep Dark, or the Cold One, is the being at the core of existence, outside the universe. All of reality, including itself, resides within its dream. Its presence is all-encompassing but it doesn’t have real consciousness or agency within its dream. Its form is described as a giant sentient black hole dripping pieces of itself in all directions into the void, but it is constantly changing and shifting. It is constantly surrounded by cherub-like beings, playing flutes and pipes in a desperate hope to keep it asleep for all eternity. It is both the most and least powerful entity in all of existence, and if it ever wakes up, there will be no more existence.
So magic is basically people realizing there existence than stretching said existence into a malleable force that is ultimately dependant on the negative emotion they now feel instead of hope and other emotions that come from being normal people. And how strong you are in magic is determined by how much of this reality you truly Accept. If you accept all of it you become a true controller of your reality whale if you can only grasp say a single sentence of this truth it basically gives you a small amount of mastery over ones existence.
dude is this meant to resemble the lore of the elder scrolls morrowind so closely? i mean it should, its great lore and its basically this exact idea about the nature of reality. its cool that more people are talking about it as ive only seen it really discussed within the context of that specific game universe.
I actually think the connection between a wielder of magic being sad/mad which fuels them is that these two states of mind tend to separate the user from reality which as you said is how magic works. Madness being mentally out of touched with the existence around you seeing things that are not there and reacting in ways that seem absurd. Sadness can bring that also as depression tends to make people fear or feel things that’s contrary to their surroundings. For example, a depressed person tends to think that their presence makes everyone feel miserable or that they wholly hate that person, when in actuality those said people doesn’t show those feelings whatsoever. They also tend to heavily overthink which causes the person to come to conclusions about the world that are very contrary to what it actually is, only seeing through the lens of despair.
My thoughts on the bomb and the onset of widespread magic: I do not believe the bomb was magical in nature in itself. We know that magic comes with madness and sadness. An explosion that devastating would cause instant unparalleled levels of both worldwide. And magic is simply realizing reality… isn’t. So I ask you, if you were mutated in an instant, even nonfatally, would your perception of reality not be shaken to its core? Combine that with the madness and sadness, and magic spreads like wildfire.
The reason this sounds a lot like Chim and Elder Scrolls Kirkbride stuff is because they’re both based on various Dharmic/Bhuddist beliefs and ideas. If you watch Penn Ward’s other show: Midnight Gospel then you’ll see pretty much the same ideas also said by various guests. Not really exact but you can see the influences. Also he probably played Elder Scrolls back in the day.
nowadays whenever i find out that one of my fictional worlds is actually occuring in the mind of some primordial unknownable god the characters know nothing about, i just go “ah yes, the author”. im kind of a fan of that type of meta lovecraftian twist when I know thats the intention, its kinda funny! ah yes, that unknowable, undefinable creature which formed us from the ether in its dreams; ALSO KNOWN AS PENDLETON WARD! lol
I have a massive problem with your articles and it’s very clear with this one specifically. And that is that you give no evidence for any of your claims. The entire premise of this article relies on your claim that the entire adventure time universe is a dream and magic comes from people realising that and manipulating the dream themselves. Now that is a MASSIVE claim, and almost every single point in this article hinges on this claim you made, but you give no evidence for it whatsoever. You just made it up. And as far as my knowledge of adventure time lore goes I can’t recall a single piece of evidence to support this aside from prismo being the dream of an old man, which I don’t think is enough evidence to extrapolate it to the entire multiverse. This isn’t a lore article, it’s a headcanon article. And this issue is in so many other articles of you I’ve watched. Another example I recall from the top of my head is your Hunson article, which makes the massive claim that the demon inside his necklace is a primordial, and the evidence you give is pointing to one of the primordials from the sea of monsters which barely resembles him, and being honest really doesn’t look like him at all. I feel like this website could be such a great resource for Adventure Time lore, but as it stands now it’s completely useless, because your points and explanations all hinge on stuff you just made up, or on claims with very very very little evidence to support it. I hope your articles do get better because it’s clear you’re very passionate about this and I feel this could become an awesome website, but right now you have a very weird understanding of the lore which is all mixed with your headcanons with no real evidence to support them.
Essentially, Adventure Time has an Objective Idealist universe. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism) In Adventure Time, Mind, not matter, is the ground of all reality. There is a universal cosmic consciousness that creates everything in its mind, including minds within itself. I actually unironically believe that this is how our universe works. Everything is consciousness.
I love your articles but I have a question about what you said about the mushroom bomb: Is there an actual source confirming or even implying that magic becoming more common was a direct result of the mushroom bomb’s activation? Based on what I’ve seen in the show, it seems more likely to me that the reason magic has become more common is because magic users are the only ones that SURVIVED the explosion (outside of the humans that Marceline saved from Vampire), and Simon bringing tons of ancient artifacts to America for his research just a bit before the war.
This is nirvana. Or chimm. Whether you want a buddhist interpretation or an elder scrolls interpretation. This is why i love Adventure Time because it reimagines these amazing and deep ancient traditions and philosophies through a fun whimsical epic. Like most great things, accessible to everyone but with endless depth to be explored by die hard fans.
Idea. Things in the dream can affect the dream, we see this to be true. By dropping the bomb during a massive war humanity caused thier portion of the dream change into a nightmare, unleashing mutants, horros and other Almost-real things, causing magic to surge to levels FAR beyond anything earth has ever seen.
I don’t think the whole it’s all a dream theory fits with adventure time, for one it’s the laziest theory anyone can come up with and for two yeah no duh it’s a fictional story of course it’s not real. For these reasons I’ll be exiting the article and hope not to see this website again. Good luck to you and happy trails.
so in short magic is the chosen conception of the idea of the universe and the ability to wield is based in which reality you live in as you’re mind came from the cosmic dreamer so you cannot surpass a dream but you can be whatever you desire if you understand youre in the dream else you get to have a beautiful wonderful glorious life in a whole so bizzare and crazy that every day is adventure time
I fuckign love that the method of becoming a wizzard in this show is literally the EXACT same as the one becoming a mortal turned god via achieving Chim in skyrim/elder scrolls, if you believe the Godhead theory (which is basically the exact same thing with the godhead being the original dreamer)… it literally is the exact same thing “realize that you are in a dream and theoretically not real but manage to maintain that you do exist and are infact your own being”
Для меня магия в мире “Время приключений” была связана с радиацией и мутациями. Мы все излучаем радиацию, а когда-то давным давно она была повсюду. Это может объяснить причину, почему мир, созданный “без Лича” не имеет в себе никакой магии, ведь нет радиации, нет изменений в теле в виде опухолей и прочих штук.
It’s not even 10 minutes…it’s not a long article and I know the algorithm pushes short articles for people with short term attention spans and only want immediate gratification. The nature of your articles are great, more length with simple filler wording would be nice but I understand your limitations in what YouTube will allow you to profit from
It’s not so much that you believe you are alone or that no one else matters in terms of spellcasting butt something more along the lines of: *this is all just a fucked up nightmare simulation and if I have the power to rewrite reality on a whim and if we are all experiencing this nightmare together you should be able to experience this horror as I see it For example: magicman making all water on mars into hair when you drink it. What purpose would this serve if he didn’t know everyone else was real? Further mm is bald. So we see the infliction of personal suffering upon fellow dreamers. Also the longest article I’ve ever made so grab a snack and strap in its 8 min
Yeah Chim is cool, but I’ma talk about mages in World of Darkness. WoD runs on a similar system to Adventure Time, with a small difference. It’s less that reality doesn’t actually exist, and more that the rules that govern reality are just suggestions. The reason gravity works the way it does? Everyone agrees that that’s what’s supposed to happen; mages in WoD can just ignore that, although the universe will begin to clap back if you’re not careful (not unlike the blowback magic in AT can have).
Nothing is real, but that means the users too are not real. If all is not, all is unified and thus we are not alone but eternally together. Not was, Is will return to Not and again return to Is. The mind is a gathering of awareness and a construction of facts, with each “brick” added to this mind temple a change to the mind comes. But the mind too will return to Not, fade away. All is impermanent, and that fact is the “brick” I choose to use as my temple of impermanence’s foundation.
If someone where to basically understand that everything itself is a made up dream of some higher power but everything they experience with their 5 (or 6) senses also makes everything “real” at the same time (essentially the moral/philosophy of the movie everything everywhere all at once) would they basically skip becoming sad/mad to obtain magic?
Sort of developed a theory into how antimagic works in relation to magic and the cosmic imagination. What if rather than asserting that you are the dreamer, the only real real person, you assert that the world is everyone’s dream, that no one has any greater right to being the dreamer than anyone else. In doing so you cause the world to revert to a state of common consensus, everyone agrees that this is the way it is therefore it is. It could be that this parallel perspective into reality could act as a balancing force which would explain why depending on the planet and era, the world is more or less susceptible to the effects of magic.
I find it amusing that Adventure Time lore is basically Vivec’s idea of what CHIM is in Elder Scrolls without it being a description that’s full of shit from an in setting point of view You realize you are a dream, and you are not the dreamer. But through sheer force of ego, you assert that you should exist regardless. It makes me wonder if there’s an Amaranth equiv, where you can become your own Dream and Dreamer without the one that dreamed you
Don’t know about other people, but I wouldn’t flip out if I knew out nothing was real. How can you feel alone, knowing that noone is real? That means you are no more of an illusion than they. I would ask they guy who showed me this knowledge on how to exploit it for my goals, even if they are nothing but pure fiction. If nothing matters than why won’t have some fun, maybe show my “friends” some magic tricks.
How could the multiverse not be real if it is everything that exists (minus the primordials)? If the people within the multiverse have the ability to realize that everything is fake and that they are alone, and multiple people have come to that realization, are they really alone? Is it really fake? It’s as real as it will ever get. Yes it’s the dream of some cosmic entity, but that cosmic entity clearly has the ability to give people consciousness and create worlds. Sure, reality is ever shifting because of this, but that doesn’t make it any less real. Do we even know if the cosmic dreamer is conscious? Maybe it’s like prismo’s body, unaware that it has created all that it has. Although I guess if the method of getting magic is to essentially admit that the world is the matrix, maybe it isn’t real. The matrix, however, was made by a bunch of machines, where as the Adventure Time multiverse was made by one creator. By the same logic, God existing would mean that our world isn’t real. So then what is real? I suppose the question has nothing to do with how multiverse was created, but more to do with the fact that within the multiverse, admitting that the multiverse doesn’t exist is how you bypass the laws of the multiverse. But perhaps the cosmic dreamer and/or the primordials want you to think that? Maybe the multiverse is real and the cosmic dreamer never existed and the primordials created the multiverse with the idea that denying the universe’s existence gives people magic powers just to fuck with them?
7:38 I think a way to circumvent this effect is to realize that YOU are the only thing that can truly be real…. But of course you aren’t… unless your somehow able to will yourself into true existence… alongside someone else… perhaps a love…. Two beings, bringing about their own existence AND manifesting their own fates.
I will say, I don’t fully agree with the idea that Madness and Sadness are simply byproducts of what’s needed to use magic. I think it’s probably the case for most individuals, but I don’t think acceptance that your reality is ultimately meaningless will inherently drive someone to depression or madness. It also doesn’t mean they’re alone, as everyone around them equally do and dont exist, and can learn magic as they have. Wizard city, for instance. Optimistic Nihilism.