Adventure Time: a Complete and Total History of the Adventure Time Universe Property of redlionking. Introduction Welcome to the incredibly extensive, fully up to date, thoroughly summarized, 80ish% precise and chronological, 20ish% speculative history of the Adventure Time universe. This timeline is designed to take you through every major lore event from ancient history to modern times, from the primordial universe and creation of the Ice Crown, to Joshua and Margaret the dogs' adoption of Finn the Human. You'll explore the very nature of magic and reality, learn all about the legends and ancient gods and monsters that dominated prehistory, bear witness to the great Mushroom War, and heed the tale of the demon princess and the ice wizard, reading all about their lives apart and together, and their eventual transformations into the Vampire Queen and the Ice King. After that, you'll walk through the rise of the Land of Ooo and the Candy Kingdom, witnessing all of the events that transpired after the Mushroom War, over the roughly one thousand years between the war and the first episode of the first season. This timeline is divided into six eras, each of which you can explore in detailed summary in the super convenient "Timeline Index" I've provided at the beginning of the album. The very end of the album addresses some pending historical topics and fuzzier points of the lore, though there aren't too many of these left at this point: the show has gotten to the point where we have a pretty good overview of the entire canon, and we're just filling in the details now. What is left will likely be covered by the show in the upcoming seasons: Season 7, which is currently airing, has already been dense with lore episodes, and only seems set to give us even more. Have fun! [Note: Text for entries "Rattleballs" and "Pending Historical Topics" continuously disappear and reappear for whatever reason.] References All information and reference was drawn directly from the following sources: 1. The show itself, up to and including Season 7 Episodes 13/14 "The More You Moe, the Moe You Know" 2. "Adventure Time: the Enchiridion and Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook!!!" "Weekly Records in the Wreckage of the World: A Survivor's Notes"; by Simon Petrikov "Marcy's Super Secret Srapbook!!!"; by Marceline Abadeer "The Enchiridion" Simon's "Weekly Records" is a journal kept by Simon Petrikov during the post-war period, with the first entry occurring on the day he found Marceline. "Marceline's Scrapbook" is the exact same journal, but a continuation from Marceline's perspective, seemingly beginning within a few days of Simon's last entry. Note that if the show and book conflicted in some area, I went with the show's portrayal of events over the book's. The most prominent example of this is Marceline's motivation for hunting vampires. The comics and video games were not used for reference in any way, as they have been stated to not be canon with the show. Finally, a big thank you to all of the artists whose works were used in this timeline. I'm sorry I didn't provide any links to the works, but a quick reverse Google image search should bring you to the source on most if not all of the images. Timeline Adventure Time: a Complete and Total History of the Adventure Time Universe Introduction References Timeline Prehistoric Era The Primordial World The Multiverse Magic and the Cosmic Imagination The Infinite Enchiridion The Catalyst Comets Creation of the Ice Crown Dark God GOLB and Magic Man Reign and Demise of Orgalorg Mushroom War Era Simon Petrikov and Betty Grof Marceline Abadeer The Blue Comet and the Butterfly Simon Petrikov Discovers the Ice Crown Simon Petrikov Discovers the Enchiridion Betty Flees to the Future Simon's Video Logs The Mushroom War The Lich Simon and Marcy Pt. 1 (The Demon Princess and the Ice Wizard) Simon and Marcy Pt. 2 (Brave New World) Simon and Marcy Pt. 3 (Three Years Later) Simon and Marcy Pt. 4 (The Great Tidal Wave) Simon and Marcy Pt. 5 (Abandonment) Millennium Era Part 1: Life of Marceline Hunson Abadeer The Lone Demon Princess Marceline the Vampire Hunter The Human Tribe The Vampire King Creation of the Ice Kingdom The Vampire Queen and the Ice King Millennium Era Part 2: The Candy Kingdom The Mother Gum (Bubblegum and Neddy Born) Shoko Rattleballs Billy vs The Lich Princess Bubblegum's Candy Kingdom Millennium Era Part 3: Everything Else Moe and the MO's The Fire Giants and the Fire Kindgom Marceline and the Wizard Ash Magic Man Banished Bubblegum Creates The Earl Bubblegum and Marceline Jake the Dog Era Joshua the Demon Hunter Flame Princess Born Joshua Births Jake, Margaret Births Jermaine Finn the Human Born Joshua and Margaret Adopt Finn Finn the Human Era Beginnings The Lich Saga Part 1 (Revival) Interlude Flame Princess Saga Part 1 The Lich Saga Part 2 (The Time Room) Interlude Flame Princess Saga Part 2 Interlude The Lich Saga Part 3 (The Citadel) Interlude Orgalorg Saga Interlude Vampire Court Saga (Season 7 Episodes 6-13, "Stakes" Miniseries) Interlude Future Era Pending Historical Topics FINN, THE LICH, FINN'S COMET, THE PROPHEICES, ETC EARTH, OOO, AND THE GLOBAL CRATER THE ENCHIRIDION AND THE OOOVIAN CROWNED GEMS MOE, THE FIRE GIANTS, THE FIRE KINGDOM, AND MARS THE FARMWORLD ALTERNATE REALITY SIMON AND MARCELINE'S JOURNEY: REAL WORLD WAYPOINTS MINOR HISTORICAL EVENTS: DOG-RAINICORN WAR, JAKE THE CRIMINAL, GHOST PRINCESS WAR, ETC Prehistoric Era [Unknown Time in the Past, Earliest Chronologically] [Important Lore Subjects] The Primordial World "Stop. I have learned much from you. Thank you, my teachers. And now, for your, education. [flash to scene of primordial monster soup] Before there was time… before there was anything…there was nothing…and before there was nothing… there were monsters." [Season 6 Episode 26 "Gold Stars"] The Lich gives us a glimpse of what the universe, or rather all of reality, looked like before it even existed; a plane of chaos, a literally endless pool of monsters so vast it spills over the edges of infinity. The Lich itself was supposedly born in this place before even time existed, along with Orgalorg, and possibly GOLB and Hunson Abadeer, among many others. Why this is what pre-existence looked like, and how the world evolved out of this form is unknown. Was it some Big Bang type event, where the monster soup suddenly just exploded into something else? Or maybe a slower, more purposeful process? All we know is that even now, the monsters remain. The Multiverse "Third Orb (Earth) does not exist," said the Sage. "Why?" asked the Student. "Because the Multiverse," said the Sage, "within which Third Orb exists, does not exist. The Multiverse is a Consensus Reality shared by the Minds of all Sentient Beings. If they were to Die, the Multiverse, as such, would suddenly blink out of existence, vanish, be no more." "Why?" asked the Student. "Because," said the Sage, "there would be no one to perceive it." [The Enchiridion] "At the center of the multiverse is a dimension called the Time Room, believed to be the quasi-corporeal dwelling place of the almighty Prismo. The Time Room is the single dimension that exists outside of time. The Time Room produces time waves that are experienced by other dimensions. Some dimensions have permanent links that allow travel to and from. Others become linked temporarily by naturally forming Worm Holes. And others can become linked artificially by magical portals, torn open by items of great power. Once the last gem is inserted into the Enchiridion it will have the power to create a portal to any dimension in the multiverse. An activated portal creates a time dilation in which either end of the portal experiences a temporal synchronization allowing for the safe passage of particles through a non-local region of space-time." [Season 4 Episode 26 "The Lich"] The Multiverse is made up of a series of dimensions all centered around Prismo's Time Room. One such dimension is that of Earth/Ooo, the dimension containing the planets, stars, galaxies, and all of space as we know it. Other dimensions include the Nightosphere, the Crystal Dimension, the Citadel, Cosmic Owl's motel, and possibly Lumpy Space, among a seemingly endless number of others. Each of these dimensions can be thought of as a kind of cosmic bubble or "planet" existing within the "solar system" that is the multiverse, with the Time Room as the "star" of the solar system. Just as a real star provides heat to its planets and holds the solar system together with gravity, the Time Room provides time to all of the dimensions and acts as a kind of temporal anchor. Through various means, including natural occurrences, random chance, and physical or metaphysical manipulation, temporary or permanent connections - portals, wormholes, etc - can link certain dimensions and act as traversable pathways between them. One example of this is the ritual that can be used to open a momentary portal between Earth and the Nightosphere: draw a smiley face on a flat surface, then douse the face in "bug milk". Another, more prominent example is the temporary portal that can be opened between Earth and ANY other dimension by sacrificing the Enchiridion as a kind of portal catalyst. The Enchiridion, and later Simon Petrikov in his journal, also go into some detail on certain pseudo-scientific features of each dimension, namely their "vibration" and "elasticity". Each dimension, its particles, and its inhabitants share a certain unique mode of vibration.