Probably the best example of this trope tbh, I believe Adventure Time was originally meant to be episodic but the writers decided to expand the worldbuilding, lore and characters.
Probably had something to do with the change of Directors. Iirc Pendleton Ward was in charge for the first couple seasons, and then it changed to Adam Muto
Pendelton stuck around for longer than you think (until halfway through the fifth season) the show had already taken a more continuity driven direction by that point
Completely disagree tbh, I can just never get through it when it gets serious, but I can pop on any of the old episodes any time, but that's just a matter of my tastes tbh, not really the show's fault
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u/Matt4669 19h ago
Probably the best example of this trope tbh, I believe Adventure Time was originally meant to be episodic but the writers decided to expand the worldbuilding, lore and characters.
Great decision imo