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GC13 and David discuss Go Get Our Girls from Summer Camp Island.

It’s one of the greatest mysteries since the introduction of the coven: where did the coven go? We knew they were on the island immediately before the campers appeared, then they vanished.

Well they didn’t go off to a summer camp of their own, but they did have a summer vacation of their own, in a wonderful slow globe of Pittsburgh. Without knowing. Thankfully Oscar was there to break the news to them with great care and tact.

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GC13 and David discuss The Three Grrs from Summer Camp Island.

It’s an episode about a bunch of jesters doing fun bits with banana peels for the king, what could possibly be depressing about that? Leave it to Oscar, he’ll surely find a way.

But thankfully the king isn’t an “off with his head!” kind of monarch. Even if Oscar doesn’t make him laugh once, even if Oscar bums him out a little, the king is still there with good advice. And remember everyone: self-care is important. You can’t take care of anyone if you can’t take care of yourself.

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GC13 and David discuss Miracle Rabbit from Summer Camp Island.

Each week adds even more fuel to the plot train. Ramona takes Oscar on a trip all the way to the Moon in order to meet the eponymous Miracle Rabbit to get a potion to deal with the tornado on Susie’s neck—and he does seem like a guy who knows a thing or two about fighting his emotions.

Thankfully Oscar and Ramona aren’t trapped forever, but now Oscar is on his way to the aliens’ planet with Moonbeam. Surely this will be an emotionally light adventure.

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GC13 and David discuss The Hits from Summer Camp Island.

After a tornado sweeps through the island, Barb and the King have a bad feeling and so inspect “the hits”: the Rascals, the Spotted Bears, the ferns, and the magic diamond. Unfortunately Oscar’s been on a bit of a barber binge, and he’s not too happy to hear his work criticized.

But even if his trims aren’t ones someone might get on a whim, he does great work—especially with that wig! We’re definitely in plot country though: here there be story arcs.

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GC13 and David discuss Pepper’s Funeral from Summer Camp Island.

Oh Pepper, we hardly knew you. Wait, what? He’s just officiating the funeral? That’s a relief. Thank goodness these episode titles didn’t leak—that really would have send the fandom into a tizzy, wouldn’t it have?

Were you waiting for the story to kick in? Because Pepper’s Funeral begins the story arc, and once we’re on this tornado it’s not stopping until it’s destroyed our hearts. Maybe.

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GC13 and David discuss See Bees? Gee! Bees! from Summer Camp Island.

Oscar has a lot of dedication to his pursuit of enlightenment to spend three weeks walking a garden path 9,999 times. But he has even more dedication to his friend Hedgehog to turn down enlightenment (and probably a very cushy monastery job)  to be with her instead.

Of course it’s an episode about rebellion against authority, and Hedgehog would never exercise authority against Oscar. (Unless he bad-boyed some bananas, but the future gets tricky.)

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GC13 and David discuss If I Only Had a Wand from Summer Camp Island.

If any time spent with Hedgehog’s mother is depressing, then what does it say about this episode that has by far the most screen time for her?

But as mean as she is to Hedgehog, she’s doing it all for a reason. She clearly has regrets about not going as far as she could have in life, but perhaps there’s even more to it than that? We learn that Hedgehog’s grandmother was prone to magical thinking and gardening. There may not have been any magic, but deep down they still want to be witches.

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GC13 and David discuss The Legs from Summer Camp Island.

Summer Camp Island, here we are! It’s time to discuss the sixth and final season, and we’re starting up on a story arc. This episode gets us started with the story slowly, but there’s a lot of friendship Oscar and Hedgehog have—enough to get them a nice croquet set!

But while their friendship has been flourishing, Ramona and Susie’s has been struggling. Keep an eye on that, it’s going to be important later in the season.

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GC13 and David discuss Cheers from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake.

And now we’ve seen the big showdown. Thank goodness Simon is on a first-name basis with a deity, or that could have got real ugly. Even as it was things didn’t so great and it was up to Prismo to send in the cavalry—just don’t think too hard about the worlds they left behind.

And with that it’s over. Would you watch a dark medieval mystery drama cartoon from the team? Let us know!

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GC13 and David discuss Casper and Nova from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake.

It’s all coming together. Simon and Betty, Scarab and our heroes… Thankfully Ellis didn’t lose his spaghetti to his squirrel friends; that would be enough to turn a dream into a nightmare.

While this episode was named after Casper and Nova, we won’t get to find out more about their story until the series finale—which is just one week away. Are you ready for the exciting conclusion to the miniseries?