When crab-simon silently say "you forgot ypur floaties" then hearing betty scream-laugh it always gives me (bad) chills. Like this scene establish the uncanny vibe so well.

Betty always had the potential to move on, Magic Man did not. By Betty taking on his madness, and with it sadness, she loses that potential and in turn passes it on to Magic Man who is able to work towards healing. Only after reverting to her prime state in the guts of Golb is she able to reclaim that potential.

I think Magics relation to Insanity was one of its most interesting and underrated elements

I thought that crab was specifically a coconut crab. Coconut crabs can't swim on their own once they reach adulthood. They all start out living in water and being able to swim, but if they attempt to swim as an adult they drown. As Betty became accustomed to Ooo, she forgot her metaphorical floaties (what was originally important to her - Simon's company) and drowned, just as Simon once did. I think that's why Simon is the crab at the end, since he also drowned once magic consumed him. Think of it as his corpse surfacing - it's also important that it's specifically Simon in the pool, not the Ice King.

Ironically, I think the Simon crab also has one of the most straightforward metaphors in the episode: it's holding pearls of wisdom, but as you said, by the time Betty got to them, she forgot her floaties.

The saddest part is that Betty overflowed with sadness but not with madness. If she did she could've maybe lived happily with Ice King, but because she couldn't becomes as mad as Simon, she only brought tragedy to the both of them.

mother 3 music perfectly fits the vibe of adventure time's goofy but heavy melancholy

This episode has so much to it it’s actually insane. This is just an example but the crab in the pool is a reference to traditional artwork of the Moon tarot (which is referenced again in the next season so I think it’s likely the writers knew of it). It depicts a crab or lobster rising from a body of water. This represents the abyss that is the subconscious mind, an unknown mystery - the “loomy gloom”. Betty’s mind snaps when she hears the crab speak, as her intellect succumbs to madness.

betty is one of the most sympathetic characters in adventure time, as well as simon

for me the crab in the pool reminds me of a camus quote: Albert Camus: Simone, I feel like a crab. Simone de Beauvoir: Why do you feel this way? Albert Camus: Crabs live in the sea but they can't swim. I can breathe, but I guess I just can't keep up with this world

You are the only person who has ever explained what was said by crab Simon and what it meant. It finally makes sense to me after literally years

I love that being mentally divorced from reality is what allows people to use magic. Makes sense given universe is a conscious mind observing itself.

I think the crab in the pool might be connected to “The Moon” tarot card because many depictions of the card show a lobster like creature emerging from water. Its plausible because the show does take heavy inspiration from tarot in the “Stakes” miniseries. Im not knowledgeable enough to know what The Moon and the lobster in water represents so I cant tell you but it might be worth researching I think :D

the crab also represents magic users having the "crabs in a bucket" effect of dragging each other down when they try to escape. and Betty is now being dragged down into Madness with Simon.

Something about the idea of crabs in a bucket dragging each other down seems like it might connect with the crab metaphor somehow, as well.

They specify a COCONUT crab. Coconut crabs cant swim. The crab will inevitably drown in the loomy gloom, much like betty beginning her inevitable decent into madness.

in my opinion simon saying you forgot your floaties is in reference to betty diving into the deep end so to speak trying to save simon. she forgot her floaties and now she’s sinking

i thought maybe Simon was a crab because crabs don't float right they just crawl around the floor 🤔 but then i googled it, and i found out there are some crabs that do swim! their legs are paddle shaped! very neat. anyway loved the vid as always ❤

Okay but are we just gonna ignore the “Free Magic Powers” 💀✨ Episode? Theres a completely different set of magic there. There are also a myriad of wizards in wizard city who haven’t shown signs of M/Sadness. I think that its more fair to say that there are magical powers innate and cultivated which come without sign effects. Ala, abracadanial, the Grass wizard, jake, most of WC. And afflictions like the grass sword, the crown, or the literal magical mental illness that was only able to spread through linking minds. So thats 3 forms of magic so far, in the Cultivated, Cursed, and Forbidden/ Dark. I love adventure time lore!!

From what fans have put together about the Adventure Time universe, it's apparent that reality is at least partly mental. That is, the universe is a product of the Collective Imagination of all beings in the universe. (Basically a form of Idealism.) This includes the various god-like entities like Golb or the Lich, scarily enough, who along with other primordial beings, somehow came to a mutual consent on the current state of the universe by some chance. This means, in a sense, that the fabric reality is a shared dream and you can alter the contents of the dream by willing it, so long as there's enough magic in the world to make it malleable. You can simply ignore physical laws. But doing this actually requires a certain awareness of the true metaphysical nature of reality _or_ a psychotic disregard of it. Hence, why the madness and sadness is part of being a wizard. You don't understand that you're supposed to obey physical laws . . . so you don't. However altering reality in small ways is erratic and unreliable, especially if you're insane. So you need to practice even basic tricks, or improvise alterations with erratic results since your mind is either unstable or because the material universe needs to smooth over your alterations so it remains somewhat coherent with the laws of nature. I believe there _is_ a material universe independent of the mind, since reality isn't always elastic (or malleable), particularly in the modern world before the Mushroom War. So if you transmute lead into gold, the universe still has to square away the consequences of that somehow and smooth things out. (Where does energy and mass go from lead dropping down the periodic table like that? How does it go?) So that's kind of my analysis of why Betty and Magic Man "snapped" into this state of cosmic awareness. " Betty _refused_ to let go of Simon. A reality in which Simon can't be hers is unacceptable. So she rejects reality and substitutes her own. Maybe the "magic" somehow jumped from Magic Man over to her, but she needed to be an appropriate vessel for the "enlightenment" or whatever it is she found. This is Princess Bubblegum's core misunderstanding about magic. It isn't a purely material process. She _could_ scientifically study it, because its effects are empirically observable. But she tries to replicate the effects of magic _without_ violating physical laws and with a refusal to acknowledge that the universe in Adventure Time is not purely material. Perhaps it's for the best. She was a terrifying force as a Candy Elemental. She has a focused drive to subjugate everything around her, believing an empire in which everyone can be happy justifies any means. It was really her driving force as a wizard, when reshaping reality to fit her wants.

This is probably the episode I've seen the most. I rewatched a ton as a kid cause even then I thought the writing was terrific. Definitely my second favorite episode. Also you should cover The Mountain, great episode for symbolism and metaphors.

Beautiful! Also, the parallel between MM taking the crown of Margles and Simons attempts to take off his own crown makes this extra personal for Betty to experience

Another awesome video! Betty and Simon are my favorite characters and the journey they both go through throughout the show are one of the many reasons why I’ll always go back to watching Adventure time.

Something i thought you will mention is that they use post mushroom war Simon design not human Simon or Ice king, i Suppose they did it to show even more how bad was the route betty took, when even a man that was barely holding to his sanity can notice the mistake she did. Forgetting her "floaties" The only thing that held Simon from becoming the Ice king sooner was protecting Marceline those were his floaties but Betty got lost in her search for saving Simon.

Oh hey, it's a meme I made! Anyway, I have a theory about the magic/madness/sadness connection. Remember that in Adventure Time lore, magic requires the practitioner to become aware, on some level, that the world is not real. I think this could begin with denialism - a person experiences a great loss and chooses to not only disbelieve it, but to reject reality altogether - and this awakens their magic potential, but drives them mad.

I feel like magic, in this episode, is knowledge or social/political power, and the way intellectualising things or gaining control can cause some of us to lose empathy and become miserable people that hurt other. I guess the floaties are empathy.

when you first said you were gonna dive into the meaning of the crab my first thought was carcinization but i was like nah he'll probably say the crab is a symbol for x thing in x culture or something like that. i had to hold back from screaming with joy when you mentioned carcinization. excellent video.

That crab, holding pearls resembles tha tarot card the moon, a lot, which often signifies the occult, the subconscious.

I think the crab represents rebirth. Its showing that Betty is being reborn as the new magic man.

Perhaps coconut crabs being the only fully terrestrial crab, and largest terrestrial arthropod has something to do with the metaphor involving them. They also can’t be underwater for too long or they’ll drown, so being in a pool could be harmful

It's like a reverse crab mentality. Where others would rather drag that one trying to get to the top. That one that started at the top is making conscious effort to get to the bottom where those at the bottom are discouraging it.

She's not depicting Baphomet, she's depicting Azazel; the sacrificial goat. Also Baphomet isn't a demon.

in fionna and cake ep 2 when simon follows the river home the Song that plays is almost certainly referencing betty freeing him from magical madness and sadness not just him feeling out of place the opening lines originally made me think "does anybody in this magical wold care about someone boring" but somebody is certainly betty Lyrics in reference: Does somebody jump for joy? Does somebody cry? Now that I'm not part of that sadness? Does somebody want me now? Now that I can’t fly? Now that I'm not part of the madness?

If every magic users have MMS (Magic Madness Sadness) in order to wield magic, does that mean Magic Man isn't magic before Margles disappeared? and Margles consumed by Golb is the reason he became magic? Or that he discovered magic in other ways then Margles disappeared right after, fully controlling his magic, just like Simon and the crown. Cause I'm pretty sure Margles' disappearance is the pillar of Magic Man's magic, like every other wizards like Ice King with Betty and Giuseppe (Crab apple guy) with his daughter. Plus Magic Man not being magic before makes sense cause he is named depending on his status, either magic man, normal man, and king man.

It seems magic man always wins even when he doesn't try to

Just gotta say I have been really enjoying all your content..super interesting and insightful...as a fellow cartoon lover you are doing our toons justice..you deserve a ton of credit for your channel..keep doing what you do..

This episode has another interpretation that is literally magically tied to real life. But it isn’t commonly known.

0:00 Lol, I was trying to watch Adventure Time videos to distract from my Mother 3 hyperfixation and then this

8:00💡light bulb moment for real

I never realized it but the room where they trigger the mind link stuff is most definitely a reference to The Holy Mountain. The bright blue and the device , a glass contraption with furnaces that you have to stew in is like the alchemy machine in the film, where the main character has to stew in his own boiled feces to create gold

you forgot your floaties is such a great episode, and is messed me up every time. this is a fantastic analysis!

Really great breakdown!! I was baffled when I watched this when it was released, but it’s slowly become one of my favorites! Keep up the good work!

So if one is poweful enough in willpower and belief/memory, you wont drown. Thats the key

Magic man lost his margles AND his marbles

I also noticed a big crab wall decoration on the seafood restaurant betty and simon used to go! (shown in the episode 'bespoken for') The AT crew never loses a chance holy shit

What an awesome video :D I'd never quite got the symbolism here

So glad I got to find this channel in it's fledgling, here for the million.

I enjoyed listening to this take. Probably one of the best things I've listened to about Adventure Time is a good while.

Your content is so good! I hope your channel blows up someday 💕

man i love this guys videos

OMGGG TYSM FOR THIS!! NOW I FINALLY GET THE EPISODE AND WHY BETTY SUDDENLY HAS MAGIC

I like your videos and this one is great too.

Dang I didn't even know you only had 6.5k subs until I went to sub myself!

I think this is a very cool way of having magic users, one of my favourite book series has the exact opposite, people who can use magic go mad if they don't use it enough, but also using it shortens their lifespan

two things, one i saw that that crab in the pool might be connected to the original Moon tarot card design which has a lot of metaphorical significance in the meaning of that card. And we know AT is not shy to using Tarot card stuff. Two, you should really do one for Temple of Mars, too!

It's a crab because crabs are creatures found in deep water, but are not supposed to be in a person's pool. It's something found in a place that you would expect, but that it shouldn't be, and that it cannot possibly thrive in, but also cannot easily escape, despite being 'ideally adapted' to such an aquatic environment.

Great video 🔝👍

Thanks for sharing good video

Can you break down the thematic golb scene in the finale?

Magic, madness, heaven, sins. - Taylor Swift

_"Part of the Madness"_

4:17 the baphomet... As above, so below.... 😳

FINALLYYYY I get to understand that episode's ending ! THANK you

Aaahhh! never realized how similar adventure time is to Mother 3 until I heard the music… 😂

I think this moment is something to do with Golb. Like Betty knows her fate is sealed when she emerges

the one dislike is obviously magic man

But why is this episode called like that, i dont get it!

🎶 But this, this is NOT the greatest magic in the world..! _this is just a tribute._ 🎵 🎵 Couldn't remember the greatest magic in the world; _this is just a tribute!!_ 🎶 _Tribute._ 🎶

Crab is the cancer birth sign

Dude what's that exit song

one of my favorite episodes. I remember getting really high & just experiencing a *breakthrough* after breaking down & analyzing everything lmao good video man Edit: also, In the “flashback” we can see that magic mans iconic outfit is in an undamaged state as opposed to how it usually looks, tattered & worn. It isn’t until after M.A.R.G.L.E.S. attacks him on Olympus Mons do we see his clothes in the state that we normally see him in. Minus the fact that this is cartoon & most characters have a static outfit, I like to think that the writers threw that in there to show that he never actually took the outfit off, & that maybe it means something to him.

Normal man = Tad Strange

Maman j'ai raté l'avion

I'm already so tired of Golb and Glob being two completely different characters

I've watched Simon over and over in this episode, and it doesn't look at all like he's saying, "You forgot your floaties." Watch it at 0.25 speed. That's not what he's saying.