Pendleton Ward

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Pendleton Ward is an animator, writer, and producer best known for his films Adventure Time in 2010 and Bravest Warriors in 2012. His work in the animation film industry has made him a hero for young kids and a motivation for other members in the animation industry. His passion and interest for animation developed at a young age and as such he worked hard to achieve his goals. Life was especially not easy after moving to Los Angeles, but Ward kept pushing until he achieved his dreams in 2010. He had the biggest cult hits on television and over 14 million viewers weekly. He has promoted the pop culture in his works and encouraged young creators through his broad choice of characters, parallel realities and original stories based on different dimensions.  

Pendleton Ward is a hero because of his ability to create a show that has the deepest connection with children, teenagers, and adults. Adventure Time focusses on the adventures of interspecies best friends and other freelance heroes who keep the kids encouraged about the power of inventions and the existence of a better world. Ward has been a 3-time Emmy Award Nominated smash hit cartoon under Cartoon Networks and has shown his skill and creativity in his 176 11-minute episodes. One the characters who are meant to portray Ward's personality is Finn, a 16 year-old with a good heart and always willing to help when his friends need him. Ward's childhood made him a hero in overcoming the challenges of wanting to fit in. He had trouble making friends and he resulted to taking notes about people and understanding them more. Ward describes himself as a sensitive kid who really loved to care for his brothers and friends, even when they thought he was weird. (Strauss).

An illustration of Ward and his characters. (http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/adventure- (Pendleton Ward))

Ward is also an inspiration to other young creators and writers who had a passion in joining the animation world.  Upon his graduation from California Institute of Arts, Ward started writing short scripts for Frederator Studios and later made his first pitch for Adventure Time and The Bravest Warriors to the Nickelodeon network. His pitch was rejected but he got a chance to meet Adam Muto, Casey James Basichis, and Niki Yang, who eventually came to work on Ward's Adventure Time under the Cartoon Network.  As he wrote for the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack in 2007, Ward was open-minded and learned from the creation process of Flapjack, which he came to use later on Adventure Times. Adventure Time was so great that it inspired his cast to greater heights thus producing the highest quality of cartoons and producing other successful projects. He empowered women and as a result, Steven Universe was created by Rebecca Sugar. Sugar was formerly an artist, composer, and writer of Adventure Time. He also gave a chance to Natasha Allegri who gave an inspiring spin to gender-swapped versions of the show. (Krell)

In conclusion, Pendleton Ward's work in the animation film industry makes him a hero for young children, teenagers, and adults. Ward's creativity and compassionate nature as a child enabled him to translate his passion into YouTube series of episodes which brought variety to his audience and showed a new side of his personality. Ward is also a hero because he gave his Adventure Time cast a chance to grow and encouraged women to do more by challenging them to advance in their talent. Adventure Time may have been a weird series a few years ago, but today, it is a hit that has been wholeheartedly embraced in the animation world.