17 Facts About Pendleton Ward

1.

Pendleton Ward created the series Adventure Time, the Internet series Bravest Warriors, and the adult animated interview series The Midnight Gospel.

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Pendleton Ward's mother Bettie was born on 1947 and is an artist.

3.

Pendleton Ward became interested in animation at an early age, inspired by his mother, who is an artist and worked with animators.

4.

Pendleton Ward often worked with his best friend, Alec "The Logdog" Coates, on short comic books.

5.

Pendleton Ward graduated from North East School of the Arts in San Antonio.

6.

Pendleton Ward later took down the comics because he thought they were "terrible".

7.

Pendleton Ward created a student film titled Barrista starring Bueno the Bear, released in 2005 on Channel Frederator.

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8.

Pendleton Ward initially pitched Adventure Time to Nickelodeon, but was rejected.

9.

In 2007, Pendleton Ward was hired to work on the first season of Cartoon Network's The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack as a writer and storyboard artist.

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The artists each worked in pairs, and during his time on Flapjack, Pendleton Ward was partnered up with Mike Roth and later Alex Hirsch, who has since gone on to create the show Gravity Falls and develop Fish Hooks for Disney Channel.

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In 2012, Frederator Studios developed Bravest Warriors and turned it into a web series for the relaunch of Cartoon Hangover, however Pendleton Ward has little involvement in the series.

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Pendleton Ward announced development of a short game with Bennett Foddy entitled Cheque Please intended to be part of Experimental Game Pack 01, which the organisation released in 2013.

13.

Sometime during the fifth season of Adventure Time, Pendleton Ward abruptly stepped down as showrunner, explaining it was negatively affecting his "quality of life".

14.

In 2019, Card of Darkness, an Apple Arcade exclusive game, was released with Pendleton Ward serving as art director.

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In 2021, Pendleton Ward was credited with special thanks in the Double Fine-developed video game Psychonauts 2.

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Allegedly, Pendleton Ward created an animatic that expressed interest in having the opening of the game be about a pregnant Raz, this can be seen in game in the level "Hollis' Hot Streak" where players are made to shoot a pen at a sign that spells out "Pendleton Ward".

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Pendleton Ward has previously stated that his friends, many of whom he works alongside on Adventure Time, are his biggest drawing and animating influences.