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{{Infobox television episode
| rtitle       = ''Elements''
| series       = [[Adventure Time]]
| image        = ElementsMiniseriesDVDCover.jpg
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| alt          = The image depicts a boy standing behind a woman.
| caption      = Region 4 DVD cover
| season       = 9
| episode      = 2{{en dash}}9
| director     = {{Plainlist|
* Elizabeth Ito{{efn|name=note1|Supervising director}}
* [[Cole Sanchez]]{{efn|name=note1}}
* Sandra Lee{{efn|name=note2|Art director}}
}}
| writer       = {{ubl|Sam Alden|Polly Guo|Seo Kim|Somvilay Xayaphone|[[Steve Wolfhard]]|[[Graham Falk]]|Hanna K. Nyström|Aleks Sennwald|Kent Osborne|Laura Knetzger}}
| story        = {{ubl|[[Kent Osborne]]|[[Adam Muto]]|[[Jack Pendarvis]]|[[Julia Pott]]|[[Patrick McHale (cartoonist)|Patrick McHale]]{{#tag:ref|Patrick McHale only contributed to the story for "Cloudy".|group="nb"}}}}
| airdate      = April 24{{en dash}}27, 2017
| prev         = [[Orb (Adventure Time)|Orb]]
| next         = [[Adventure Time season 9|Abstract]]
| season_article = Adventure Time season 9
| episode_list = List of Adventure Time episodes
| length       = 88 minutes
}}
"'''Elements'''" is an eight-episode-long [[miniseries]] that aired as part of the American animated television series ''[[Adventure Time]]''{{'}}s [[Adventure Time season 9|ninth season]] on [[Cartoon Network]] from April 24 to April 27, 2017. ''Adventure Time'' follows the adventures of [[Finn the Human|Finn]] (voiced by [[Jeremy Shada]]), a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother [[Jake the Dog|Jake]] (voiced by [[John DiMaggio]]), a dog with magical powers to change shape, and grow and shrink at will. In this limited event series, which itself follows the events of the ''[[Islands (miniseries)|Islands]]'' miniseries, Finn, Jake, and [[List of Adventure Time characters#BMO|BMO]] return home to discover that Ooo (i.e. the magical land in which they live) has been turned into a veritable dystopia thanks to extreme elemental magic. Finn and Jake team up with [[Ice King]] (voiced by [[Tom Kenny]]), Betty (voiced by [[Felicia Day]]), and Lumpy Space Princess (voiced by Ward) to set things straight.

''Elements'' is the third and final ''Adventure Time'' miniseries produced, following ''[[Stakes (miniseries)|Stakes]]'' (2015) and ''Islands'' (2017). The miniseries' story was developed by head writer [[Kent Osborne]], series showrunner Adam Muto, [[Jack Pendarvis]], and [[Julia Pott]]; [[Patrick McHale (cartoonist)|Patrick McHale]] also contributed to the story for the episode "Cloudy". Storyboard artists who worked on this miniseries include Sam Alden, Polly Guo, Seo Kim, Somvilay Xayaphone, [[Steve Wolfhard]], [[Graham Falk]], Hanna K. Nyström, Aleks Sennwald, Kent Osborne, and Laura Knetzger. Cole Sanchez and Elizabeth Ito served as the miniseries' supervising directors, and Sandra Lee served as art director. All eight of the miniseries' installments were watched by approximately 0.90 million viewers, making them among the season's highest-watched episodes. It has been generally well received by television critics. ''Elements'' was released on DVD in Australia on July 3, 2018.

==Plot==
Finn (voiced by [[Jeremy Shada]]), Jake (voiced by [[John DiMaggio]]), and BMO (voiced by [[Niki Yang]]) arrive back in Ooo and discover that their home has been converted to candy and that many of their friends are now happily brainwashed candy people. Finn, Jake, and BMO eventually locate Princess Bubblegum (voiced by [[Hynden Walch]]), who has become a large candy tower being with the power to forcibly convert matter into candy. While BMO is completely transformed by Bubblegum's power, Finn and Jake are rescued by Ice King (voiced by [[Tom Kenny]]), who then takes them to the Sky Kingdom. As Finn and Jake look down upon Ooo, they discover that it has been completely corrupted by the four primordial elements: candy, ice, slime, and fire.

Ice King explains that after Finn, Jake, and BMO left on their adventure Betty (voiced by [[Felicia Day]]) attempted to get Ice King to remember who he really is but in the process was kidnapped by Patience St. Pim (voiced by [[Lauren Lapkus]]), the ice elemental. Patience used Betty's magic to ensnare Princess Bubblegum, Flame Princess (voiced by [[Jessica DiCicco]]), and Slime Princess (voiced by [[Maria Bamford]]), who make up the remaining elementals. Unfortunately, Patience's plan went awry, and the elemental magic she unleashed took over Ooo. Finn, Jake and Ice King travel to the Ice World and confront Patience, who is disappointed that her plan did not go as planned. The group flee from the Ice Kingdom and rescue Betty, who argues that she can reset the world with an alternate-universe version of the ''Enchiridion''. In order to activate the book's power, however, the group must track down the jewels of power, which are found in the elementals' crowns.

Finn and Jake journey to the transformed Slime Kingdom to retrieve Slime Princess' crown for her jewel. They run into Lumpy Space Princess (voiced by Ward), who is attending Slime Princess's roller skating party. The winners of the skating competition get absorbed into Slime Princess's whole being while the losers are caged up. Finn, Jake and Lumpy Space Princess enter, but lose, only to learn that by losing they still get absorbed. While Finn manages to grab the crown, Jake gets fully absorbed into Slime Princess, forcing Lumpy Space Princess to save Finn. Finn and Lumpy Space Princess flee and, along with Gunter the penguin, they journey to a radically altered Fire Kingdom to locate Flame Princess and her crown. The group finds the monarch—who has turned into a mighty dragon—in the bowels of the kingdom. When Flame Princess swallows the jewel necessary to save Ooo, Finn gives into his violence and begins attacking her, which transforms him into a fire person. Lumpy Space Princess, angered by the violence, yells at everyone to stop their fighting. The kingdom misinterprets her anger and decide to start a war with the Candy Kingdom.

Lumpy Space Princess chases after Finn and attempts to turn him back to normal, but to no avail; the Fire Kingdom citizens then start to fight the inhabitants of the Candy Kingdom. In a last ditch effort to save the world, Lumpy Space Princess reaches out to Finn's "hero heart," which reminds him of happiness, returning him to normal. Finn collects the jewels necessary to revert the world and gives them to Betty, but she betrays him and leaves him behind. Betty reveals that she wants to use the jewels to go back in time and stop Simon from transforming into Ice King. Ice King, oblivious to her plans, accidentally ruins her spell, causing her to get transported to Mars. Meanwhile, Lumpy Space Princess rescues Finn from the candy inhabitants as Princess Bubblegum begins to convert the rest of Ooo into candy. Finn realizes that throughout this ordeal, Lumpy Space Princess has yet to be converted by elemental magic. He speculates that her immunity means that she is, in effect, the anti-elemental. After Ice King arrives with the gems, Lumpy Space Princess taps into her anti-elemental powers and transforms Ooo back to normal. However, Jake now has five eyes and looks like his blue shape-shifter parent. Finn tells him that they'll find a way no matter what to fix everything and Jake embraces him, seeming to not be aware of his true form.

==Production==
In late 2015, [[Cartoon Network]] aired an ''[[Adventure Time]]'' miniseries entitled ''[[Stakes (miniseries)|Stakes]]'' during the show's [[Adventure Time season 7|seventh season]].<ref name="Staff writers 2015">{{Cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/cartoon-network-upfront-powerpuff-girls-adventure-time-1201376480/ | title=Cartoon Network Unveils Upfront Slate For 2015–2016 | work=Deadline Hollywood | publisher=Penske Media Corporation | date=February 19, 2015 | access-date=February 20, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219173319/http://deadline.com/2015/02/cartoon-network-upfront-powerpuff-girls-adventure-time-1201376480/ | archive-date=February 19, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> This was followed in early 2017 by a second miniseries entitled ''[[Islands (miniseries)|Islands]]'', which aired as a part of the show's [[Adventure Time season 8|eighth season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theslanted.com/2016/12/25480/adventure-time-islands-mini-series-event/|title=''Adventure Time Islands'' Is a New Mini-Series Event Debuting this January|date=December 12, 2016|access-date=December 12, 2016|publisher=TheSlanted|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170105083004/https://theslanted.com/2016/12/25480/adventure-time-islands-mini-series-event/|archive-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref> On March 30, 2017, Cartoon Network announced that these two miniseries would be succeeded by a third, entitled ''Elements''.<ref name="thirdminiseries">{{cite web|last1=''Newsarama'' Staff|title=Ben 10 Reboot & 5 New Shows Lead Cartoon Network's 2017-18 Line-Up|url=http://www.newsarama.com/33804-ben-10-reboot-5-new-shows-lead-cartoon-network-s-2017-18-line-up.html|website=[[Newsarama]]|access-date=March 31, 2017|date=March 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name=petskislate>{{cite web|last1=Petski|first1=Denise|title=Cartoon Network Unveils 2017-2018 Slate; Six New & Seven Returning Series & More – Upfronts|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/cartoon-network-unveils-2017-2018-160048853.html|website=[[Yahoo!]]|access-date=March 31, 2017|date=March 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name=polygonnews>{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Julie|title=Cartoon Network to Debut New Adventure Time Miniseries, Six New Shows This Year|url=http://www.polygon.com/tv/2017/3/30/15127806/cartoon-network-adventure-time-new-series?yptr=yahoo|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=March 31, 2017|date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> This miniseries, along with ''Islands'', had also been hinted at in 2015 (when head story writer Kent Osborne revealed prior to the airing of ''Stakes'' that the show would likely produce several more miniseries) and in 2016 (when Cartoon Network announced that "new episodes, mini-series, specials and more" would precede the series finale).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Eagle|author1-link=Open Mike Eagle|first1=Open Mike|last2=Moe|first2=John|author2-link=John Moe|last3=Osborne|first3=Kent|title=Episode #15: Marceline: Happy as a Clam or the Saddest Person in All Ooo?|url=http://www.infiniteguest.org/conversation-parade/2015/11/marceline-happy-as-a-clam-or-the-saddest-person-in-all-ooo/|website=Conversation Parade|access-date=November 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061413/http://www.infiniteguest.org/conversation-parade/2015/11/marceline-happy-as-a-clam-or-the-saddest-person-in-all-ooo/|archive-date=November 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lloyd|first1=Robert|title='Adventure Time' Sets the Series Finale, but You Still Have Time|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-adventure-time-announces-finale-20160928-snap-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=November 5, 2016|date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Adventuretime_elements_intro_comparison.jpg|thumb|450px|right|A comparison of two shots from the original ''[[Adventure Time]]'' intro sequence (''left'') to similar shots from the ''Elements'' intro (''right'').]]

Much like ''Stakes'' and ''Islands'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=''Adventure Time'' production staff|title='Stakes' Main Title|url=http://kingofooo.tumblr.com/post/132123051639/stakes-main-title-network-pitch-storyboard|website=KingOfOoo|publisher=[[Tumblr]]|access-date=October 29, 2015|date=October 28, 2015}} Note: Information taken from the show's [[WP:ABOUTSELF|official Tumblr account]].</ref><ref name=maintitlethemeislands>{{cite web|last1=''Adventure Time'' staff|title=December 9, 2016|url=http://kingofooo.tumblr.com/post/154269094904/ahoy-homies-stay-tuned-next-week-for-a-first-look|website=King of Ooo|publisher=[[Tumblr]]|access-date=December 10, 2016|date=December 9, 2016}}  Note: Information taken from the show's [[WP:ABOUTSELF|official Tumblr account]]; animation house and storyboard artist information are in the image's tags.</ref> ''Elements'' has a unique title sequence that was designed just for the miniseries.<ref name=maintitlethemeelements>''Adventure Time'' staff (April 3, 2017). [http://kingofooo.tumblr.com/post/159152458939/adventure-time-islands-main-title-storyboarded Adventure Time: Islands ''<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>'' {{endash}} Main Title]. [[Tumblr]] Retrieved April 3, 2017. Note: Information taken from the show's [[WP:ABOUTSELF|official Tumblr account]].</ref> The new intro was storyboarded by Hanna K. Nyström and, much like the intros for both ''Stakes'' and ''Islands'', was animated by [[Masaaki Yuasa]]'s company Science SARU. The sequence was unveiled via the official ''Adventure Time'' [[Tumblr]] on April 3; at this time, the site noted: "Once again, we were lucky enough to feature a new intro animated by Science SARU for the upcoming Elements miniseries;"<ref name=maintitlethemeelements/> Nyström later called it "a treat" to storyboard the intro.<ref>Nyström, Hanna K. (April 4, 2017). [http://hannakdraws.tumblr.com/post/159185102432/kingofooo-adventure-time-islands-main-title Adventure Time: Islands ''<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>'' {{endash}} Main Title] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404215945/http://hannakdraws.tumblr.com/post/159185102432/kingofooo-adventure-time-islands-main-title |date=2017-04-04 }}. [[Tumblr]] Retrieved April 4, 2017. Note: Information taken from Hanna K. Nyström's [[WP:ABOUTSELF|official Tumblr account]].</ref> Unlike the usual sequence that normally begins episodes of ''Adventure Time'', the ''Elements'' intro features imagery reflecting the four primary elements in the ''Adventure Time'' universe. The theme itself is sung by Hynden Walch, the voice actress for Princess Bubblegum.<ref name=maintitlethemeelements/>

Head writer Kent Osborne, series showrunner Adam Muto, [[Jack Pendarvis]], and Julia Pott contributed to every episodes' story; this miniseries marked Pott's first time writing for the series, and according to Pendarvis, she "parachuted in[to the writer's room] at perhaps the most mind boggling moment in the sweeping arc of the series just totally undaunted, and showed incredible spirit and ingeniousness that encouraged us to press forward."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pendarvis|first1=Jack|title=Waaaaahhhhhhhh!|url=http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2016/11/waaaaahhhhhhhh.html|publisher=[[Blogspot]]|access-date=November 22, 2016|date=November 21, 2016}}</ref> Former creative director [[Patrick McHale (cartoonist)|Patrick McHale]] also contributed to the story for the episode "Cloudy", as the plot for this episode was based on an unused [[Adventure Time season 1|first season]] episode (at that point known as "Cloud Story"), for which he had drawn a few rough storyboard panels.<ref>{{cite episode| title= Elements Pt 4: Cloudy | series=Adventure Time|credits = Ito, Elizabeth (supervising director); Sandra Lee (art director); Graham Falk & Kent Osborne (storyboard artists) | network = Cartoon Network |airdate=April 25, 2017| season = 9 | number = 5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=McHale|first1=Pat|title=Cloud Story|url=http://kingofooo.tumblr.com/post/126301843059/oldsidelinghill-cloud-story-first-season-of|website=KingOfOoo|publisher=[[Tumblr]]|access-date=April 19, 2017|date=August 9, 2016}}</ref> Storyboard artists who worked on this miniseries include Sam Alden, Polly Guo, Seo Kim, Somvilay Xayaphone, [[Steve Wolfhard]], [[Graham Falk]], Hanna K. Nyström, Aleks Sennwald, Kent Osborne, and Laura Knetzger. [[Cole Sanchez]] and Elizabeth Ito served as the miniseries' supervising directors, and Sandra Lee served as art director.{{#tag:ref|Information regarding story development and storyboard artists is taken from all of the episodes' opening credits.|group="nb"}}

==Cast==
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The miniseries features vocal performances from the show's regular crew: Jeremy Shada (who voices Finn the Human), John DiMaggio (who portrays Jake the Dog), Olivia Olson (who portrays Marceline), Tom Kenny (who lends his voice to Ice King), Hynden Walch (who voices Princess Bubblegum), Ward (who voices Lumpy Space Princess), and Niki Yang (who voices the sentient video game console BMO in English, as well as Jake's girlfriend Lady Rainicorn in Korean).<ref name="voiceactors2">{{cite web|title=Adventure Time|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Adventure-Time/|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=January 14, 2013}} Note: To reveal who voiced what character, one must click on the various characters under "Guest Stars" to reveal their voice actor or actress.</ref> [[Polly Lou Livingston]], a friend of Pendleton Ward's mother, Bettie Ward, plays the voice of the small elephant Tree Trunks.<ref name="pollylou">Livingston, Polly Lou (Actress). 2012. "Tree Trunks" [Commentary track], ''Adventure Time'' Season One [DVD], Los Angeles, CA: [[Cartoon Network]].</ref><ref name="bettie">Ward, Bettie (Artist). 2012. "Tree Trunks" [Commentary track], ''Adventure Time'' Season One [DVD], Los Angeles, CA: [[Cartoon Network]].</ref> Jessica DiCicco voices Flame Princess, Finn's ex-girlfriend and the sovereign of the Fire Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flame Princess|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Adventure-Time/Flame-Princess/|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Flamefacts">{{cite web|title=Character Facts of the Week: Flame Princess from Adventure Time|url=http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk/blogs/character-facts-of-the-week-flame-princess-from-adventure-time|publisher=[[Cartoon Network|CartoonNetwork.co.uk]]|access-date=October 26, 2012|date=May 26, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140802104618/http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk/blogs/character-facts-of-the-week-flame-princess-from-adventure-time|archive-date=August 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Andy Milonakis voices N.E.P.T.R., a sentient robot who makes and throws pies.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Polo|first1=Susana|title=Our Interview With Adventure Time's Head of Story and the Voice of Flame Princess!|url=http://www.themarysue.com/adventure-time-nycc-interview/|publisher=The Mary Sue|access-date=January 10, 2016|date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> Justin Roiland provides the voice of the Earl of Lemongrab.<ref name="voiceactors2" /><ref name="voiceactors1">{{cite web|last=ScreenCrush staff|title=Meet the Voices Behind Your Favorite 'Adventure Time' Characters|url=https://screencrush.com/adventure-time-voice-cast/|publisher=ScreenCrush|access-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref> Felicia Day also has a starring role in this miniseries, playing Ice King's fiancée, Betty Grof (in previous episodes, this role had been played by [[Lena Dunham]]).<ref name=citeepminiseries>{{cite episode| title= ''Elements'' | series=Adventure Time|credits = Ito, Elizabeth & Cole Sanchez (supervising directors); Sandra Lee (art director); Sam Alden, et al. (storyboard artists) | network = Cartoon Network |airdate=April 24{{endash}}27, 2017| season = 9 | number = 2{{en dash}}9}}</ref><ref>Episodes that credited Lena Dunham as Betty include:
* {{cite episode| title=Betty| series=Adventure Time|credits = Cash, Nate & Adam Muto (supervising directors); Nick Jennings (art director); Ako Castuera & Jesse Moynihan (storyboard artists) | network = [[Cartoon Network]] |airdate=February 24, 2014 | season = 5 | number = 48}}
* {{cite episode| title=You Forgot Your Floaties| series=Adventure Time|credits = Salaff, Andres (supervising director); Nick Jennings & Sandra Lee (art directors); Jesse Moynihan (storyboard artist) | network = [[Cartoon Network]] |airdate=June 1, 2015 | season = 6 | number = 38}}
* {{cite episode| title=Broke His Crown| series=Adventure Time| series-link=Adventure Time |credits = Ito, Elizabeth (supervising director); Sandra Lee (art director); Ako Castuera & Hanna K. Nyström (storyboard artists) | network = [[Cartoon Network]] |airdate=March 26, 2016 | season = 8 | number = 1}}</ref> The ''Adventure Time'' cast records their lines together as opposed to doing it individually. This is to capture more natural sounding dialogue among the characters. Hynden Walch has described these group session as akin to "doing a play reading—a really, really out there play."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo8ItRHrEHk|title=Adventure Time {{en dash}} Season 3 Comic-Con Exclusive: Hynden Walch|via=YouTube|date=August 8, 2011|access-date=November 7, 2012}}</ref>

The miniseries also features several guest actors lending their voices to various characters. Hayden Ezzy plays Fern, Ethan Maher voices Sweet P, Ron Lynch returns as Mr. Pig, Lauren Lapkus reprises her role as Patience St. Pim, [[Dana Snyder]] lends his voice to the Life-Giving Magus, Cameron Esposito appears as Carroll the cloud woman, storyboard artist [[Tom Herpich]] voices Mr. Fox, Jeff Bennett plays Choose Goose, [[John Hodgman]] reprises his role as Elder Plops, [[Andy Samberg]] returns to voice Party Pat, and Andrew Daly voices Wyatt.<ref name=citeepminiseries/><ref>{{cite tweet|author=Muto, Adam|user=MrMuto|title=Guest stars @feliciaday @danasnyder @laurenlapkus @cameronesposito @GreyDeLisle @AndySamberg @hodgman @TVsAndyDaly and @JustinRoiland|number=851909094873063424|access-date=April 12, 2017|date=April 11, 2017}}</ref> Additionally, American singer and songwriter [[Kelly Hogan]] lends her voice to the song "Blue Magic", which plays in the episode "Winter Light".<ref>Muto, Adam [MrMuto] (May 2017). [https://archive.today/20170614000317/https://ask.fm/MrMuto/answers/143017805256 That was Kelly Hogan]". Archived from [https://ask.fm/MrMuto/answers/143017805256 the original] on June 13, 2017 {{en dash}} via [[Ask.fm]].</ref> Throughout the miniseries, background voices are provided by [[Grey Griffin]], Maria Bamford, [[Steve Little (actor)|Steve Little]], and Dee Bradley Baker.<ref name=citeepminiseries/>

==Release and reception==

===Broadcast===
''Elements'' aired as part of the show's [[Adventure Time season 9|ninth season]] on Cartoon Network from April 24 to April 27, 2017.<ref name=aprilepisodes>{{cite web|title=Adventure Time: Episode Guide|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/adventure-time/episode-guide/EP01246265?aid=zap2it|publisher=[[Zap2it]]|access-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref> The miniseries premiered on [[Cartoon Network (Australia and New Zealand)|Cartoon Network Australia]] on June 19, 2017 and concluded on June 23, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cartoon Network Australia And Boomerang Australia June 2017 Highlights|url=https://www.regularcapital.com/2017/04/cartoon-network-australia-and-boomerang-australia-june-2017-highlights/|website=RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System Asia-Pacific/Catapult Communications|access-date=April 6, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407053708/https://www.regularcapital.com/2017/04/cartoon-network-australia-and-boomerang-australia-june-2017-highlights/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Elements'' premiered on [[Cartoon Network (UK & Ireland)|Cartoon Network UK]] on December 4, 2017 and concluded on December 7, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cartoon Network UK December 2017 Highlights|url=https://www.regularcapital.com/|website=RegularCapital: Cartoon Network International News|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Press Release)|access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref>

===Ratings===
The premiere episodes, "Skyhooks"/"Bespoken For", were collectively watched by 0.826 million viewers and they both scored a 0.2 in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic according to [[Nielsen N.V.|Nielsen]] (Nielsen ratings are [[audience measurement]] systems that determine the audience size and composition of [[broadcast programming|television programming]] in the United States); this means that 0.2 percent of all households with viewers aged 18 to 49 years old who were watching television at the time of the episodes' airing.<ref name=elementspart1&2/> In terms of viewership numbers, the miniseries hit a high with the second and third episodes, both of which were watched by 0.98 million individuals.<ref name=elementspart3&4/> The miniseries' final two episodes, "Hero Heart" and "Skyhooks II", were collectively viewed by 0.9 million viewers, and they both scored a 0.21 in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic.<ref name=elementspart7&8/>

===Critical reception===
Elements has received generally positive reviews. Oliver Sava of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' awarded the miniseries a "B" letter grade. He contended that the episodes helped to return the viewers to the land of Ooo and also to resituate and reconfigure the characters' central relationships. Despite writing positively of the plot and the first half of the miniseries, Sava contended that "the back half of the miniseries switches into a generic plot where the heroes have to collect assorted items in order to stop the Elementals, and it starts to get more repetitive with each chapter."<ref name="avclub"/> With all of this said, Sava wrote that the miniseries "does great work reinforcing how important Finn and Jake’s friendship is for both of them"; he argued that this was best on display in "Cloudy", which he called "the simplest, quietest, and most affecting chapter of the entire miniseries."<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last1=Sava|first1=Oliver|title=Adventure Time: Elements|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/adventure-time-elements-has-simple-story-strong-ch-254060|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[The Onion]]|access-date=April 23, 2017|date=April 21, 2017}}</ref>

Zack Smith of [[Newsarama]] awarded the miniseries an 8 out of 10 and wrote positively of the show's use of the event series format, noting that it allows for "a stronger sense of focus [...] with every episode giving the sense that the story is building to a larger conclusion".<ref name="newsarama"/> Smith also wrote that the miniseries was a "visual treat", and he applauded how it provided the show with an excuse to redesign almost all of its characters. With that said, he also wrote that the miniseries was somewhat of a "[[victory lap]]" because "there’s not a lot of forward momentum in the overall mythology of the show".<ref name="newsarama">{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Zack|title=Advance Review: Adventure Time {{en dash}} Elements 'A Victory Lap' Before 2018 Finale|url=http://www.newsarama.com/34181-review-adventure-time-elements.html|website=[[Newsarama]]|publisher=[[Purch Group]]|access-date=April 23, 2017|date=April 21, 2017}}</ref>

Zack Blumenfeld of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine praised the miniseries, declaring that ''Elements'' "is superior to and more cohesive than both ''Stakes'' and ''Islands'', simultaneously a return to ''Adventure Time''{{'}}s surrealist roots and an emotional step forward."<ref name=pastemag/> Blumenfeld highlighted "Cloudy" as the miniseries' strongest episode, noting that it "give us flashes of the show’s old innocence [and] it also opens up a window into Jake’s inner life that we rarely see."<ref name=pastemag/> Ultimately, he wrote that "the quality of the [series' previous] miniseries comes down to their emotional content, and ''Elements'' has that in spades. It’s a welcome sign of continuous vitality from Cartoon Network’s flagship show, and its urgency serves to remind us that we won’t have ''Adventure Time'' forever".<ref name=pastemag>{{cite web|author=Blumenfeld, Zack|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/adventure-time-gets-back-to-its-roots-in-elements.html|title=''Adventure Time'' Gets Back to Its Roots in ''Elements''|date=April 24, 2017|access-date=April 24, 2017|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210418/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/adventure-time-gets-back-to-its-roots-in-elements.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Episodes==
{{See also|Adventure Time season 9|List of Adventure Time episodes}}
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==Home media==

The entire miniseries was released through [[iTunes]] on April 17, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/adventure-time-elements/id1222445826|title=Adventure Time: Elements|year=2017|publisher=[[iTunes]]|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170417180725/https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/adventure-time-elements/id1222445826|archive-date=April 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> This marked the third time that ''Adventure Time'' episodes had been officially released before officially airing on Cartoon Network (the first instance being the release of the episode "Princess Day" on the DVD of the same name on July 29, 2014, and the second being the release of the ''Islands'' miniseries on January 24, 2017).<ref name=islandsdvd>{{cite web|title=Adventure Time – DVD Street Date, Cost Found for the Upcoming 'Islands' Mini-Series!|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Adventure-Time-Finn-Jake-Volume-13_Islands/22830|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=November 22, 2016|date=November 22, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123054318/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Adventure-Time-Finn-Jake-Volume-13_Islands/22830|archive-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Remer|first1=Justin|title=Adventure Time: Princess Day|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/65127/adventure-time-princess-day/|website=[[DVD Talk]]|publisher=[[Internet Brands]]|access-date=August 4, 2014|date=July 29, 2014}}</ref>

===DVD release===
''Elements'' was released on DVD exclusively in Australia.

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| colspan="4" | "'''Elements'''"
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|align="center" | July 3, 2018<ref name=aussiedvd>{{cite web|title=Adventure Time (Collection 14): Elements Miniseries|url=https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/41297/adventure-time-collection-14-elements-miniseries|website=madman.com.au|access-date=February 24, 2018|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321061027/https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/41297/adventure-time-collection-14-elements-miniseries|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==See also==

* "[[Orb (Adventure Time)|Orb]]", which functions as a prequel to ''Elements''
* "[[Ketchup (Adventure Time)|Ketchup]]", which features an allegorical recollection of ''Elements''

==Notes==
'''Directing clarifications'''
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'''Explanatory notes'''
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==References==

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