Both animals have shapeshifting abilities, though they differ in form. Both boys have animal brothers, Jake the dog and Lucky the horse. While Finn’s pack is a backpack, Pie’s pack is more of a sideways bag. The details are definitely different though, with Adventure Time’s Finn’s head being covered by a hat and having two bumps, and Pie’s whole head being white with four points and a line dividing the middle. Both boy’s heads are similar shapes and colors, and both wear packs. Both cartoons feature sword-wielding, noodle-armed boys who love fighting monsters and going on adventures. But while Lucky Pie is undeniably inspired by Adventure Time, it is its own unique show with a devoted fan base that is well worth your time.Ĭharacter designs, visual style, and musical style are three of the largest similarities between the two series. From more well known videos by The Roundtable to videos under 1k views, nearly everyone that covers Lucky Pie dubs it a ripoff, a knockoff, or a bootleg. content can’t be acquired or officially remade, there’s always one other viable option: just rip it off!” This phrase is overlaid with clips from Adventure Time, interspersed with similar clips from Lucky Pie.Though Jorge’s video argued that Lucky Pie wasn’t really a ripoff, the damage was seemingly done. As of now, this video sits at a little over a million views, and though it undoubtedly didn’t have that many when it released in late 2016, this was many people’s first introduction to Lucky Pie. However, that would change a little more than a year after its release when a YouTuber known as BlameItOnJorge released a video titled “11 Insane Knockoffs of Popular Children’s Shows From Around The World”. Currently, it sits at a little over 95k views on YouTube, but at the time, it was almost completely unknown.
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Sign up for our Weekly Headlines Newsletter.The Legend of Lucky Pie, an animated web series made by a group of independent Chinese artists, was released on January 25th, 2015. Stay on top of San Antonio news and views. In lieu of flowers, Livingston's family has requested that donations be made in her name to Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin or The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.Ī virtual memorial service will be held at Temple Beth-El at 4 p.m. and I do what it says," she told the Current at the time. The outfit tells me what it wants at a particular time. Known for her effervescent style, she was voted Best-Dressed Woman in the Current's 2014 Best of San Antonio issue. Spending an afternoon listening to Polly Lou’s funny and irreverent stories about growing up in the small, tight-knit Jewish community of Victoria, Texas, her stagestruck mother, her party-catering days, and life in the fledgling Texas art scene, makes one feel as if you’re suddenly in the presence of a genuine Lone Star Auntie Mame (or perhaps the love child of Eudora Welty and George Burns)." "Somewhere between a hinge in quest of lubricant and Blanche Dubois as channeled by Olive Oyl, there’s no other tonality quite like it.
In a 2009 column for the Current, William Jack Sibley waxed poetic about Livingston's one-of-a-kind voice: Polly Lou really liked playing and she'll be sorely missed," Adventure Time showrunner Adam Muto said in a tweet on Thursday. "She had a wonderful and unmistakeable voice and was always a joy to have in recording sessions. She was cast in the series by creator and San Antonio native Pen Ward. Long before she made her mark as Tree Trunks, a yellow-green pygmy elephant who sometimes accompanied Adventure Time's protagonists Jake the Dog and Finn the Human on the series' titular adventures, Livingston was well known in Texas as a fixture in the arts world.