The Adventure Time Theme Song and opening title sequence features all of the main characters and also some of the minor characters. The theme is sung and played by series creator Pendleton Ward. It has the same lyrics as the Animated Short but there are some slight variations.
The opening title sequence starts with a view of a post-apocalyptic wasteland that features a rat inside of a broken television, several undetonated nuclear bombs. Next, in a snow covered biome, shows penguins including Gunter and two other penguins hugging (with a tiny red heart floating above their heads) that make a few quick quacking sounds and a Snow Golem sitting on a grassy hill nearby. Then the rest of the Ice Kingdom appears including Ice King flying next to his lair, spinning around to face the screen while activating his Ice Powers with his hands. It shows the Candy Kingdom and a large crowd of Candy People laughing and dancing in the middle of the road. After that, the camera quickly scales Princess Bubblegum's Castle, eventually passing the clouds to where we can see Princess Bubblegum as she smiles and waves while riding on the back of Lady Rainicorn. The camera then pans to the right, and zooms into a mountain range showing Marceline playing her Axe-Bass while sitting outside of her cave. She turns and hisses at the audience while showing her pointy teeth. The ending shows Finn and Jake's Tree Fort and then the two of them inside. BMO is seen sitting on a shelf. Finally, they pound their fists together and a loud smashing sound is heard as the theme song begins. This entire ordeal occurs approximately within the span of 12 seconds. When the show's title is seen, Finn (without his green backpack) and Jake float up using feathered wings sticking out from their backs while holding a white piece of cloth that says with Finn and Jake. The sequence ends when Finn and Jake reach the top of a rocky mountain that they were climbing. Finn gets to the top and strikes a victorious pose while Jake lies down near Finn as the show begins.
Lyrics
The lyrics with guitar chords to the theme song are as follows:
A character peeping over the balcony of the Candy Castle can be seen briefly. According to Pen Ward, this is a cameo by Gingerbread Muto, the Candy Person version of storyboard artist Adam Muto. Pen says he puts Adam in most of his films because it "riles him up."[1]
The final shot with Finn and Jake posed on a mountain was inspired by the fantasy art of Frank Frazetta.[2]
The beginning of the sequence, with the rising musical tone and flying over the landscape was inspired by the opening sequences of The Simpsons and Pee-wee's Playhouse.[2]
Pen states: "If you listen carefully to the recording, you can actually hear Derek Drymon typing on a keyboard in the bit when Jake is walking... a little clickity clack in that wide shot when his legs are stretched out. I recorded the lyrics for the opening title in the animatics room where we have this little c
rummy microphone JUST so that we could add it to the titles and submit it to the network. Later, we tried re-recording it and I didn't like it... I only liked the temp one."[2]
"Fionna and Cake" is the first episode to feature an alternate version of the opening theme, performed by Natasha Allegri instead of Pen.
Trivia
During the post-apocalyptic wasteland scene, for a few seconds, you can see a gray arm with purple spots and a chew mark coming out from the tree with an axe in it and arrows. It has been confirmed to be a zombie arm.[3]
There are no skulls at the end of the "Fionna and Cake" version, and instead of grabbing Fionna's leg and smiling as Jake did to Finn in the end, Cake curls up and falls asleep.
Error: Before Marceline opens her mouth, her fangs are blunt. The same notice was found in the episode, Daddy's Little Monster.
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