![]() Is it an accurate tester for gender bias? YES.Ĭomments: technically the pilot episode was a 3 minute short, BUT Maggie and Marge talk for a full 20 seconds about breakfast and waking up in the morning. Comments: I really don’t like this show, it creeped me out when I was a kid and it still does. Is it an accurate tester for gender bias? I wouldn’t say so, although there are lots of talks between the girls, and they are shown as heroes, the whole episode is based around their fear of insects, which, let’s be honest, is conforming to the stereotype of ‘scared women’ whilst the two men who have major parts in the episode are quite happy to pick up and be friends with the insects. Is it an accurate tester for gender bias? Kinda redundantĬomments: No women anywhere? What is going on?ĭoes it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes, of course. ![]() Is it an accurate tester for gender bias? No, Lady Rainicorn does go to the ice kingdom to save PB, and Finn and Jake just give her a hand.Ĭomments: later on in the series we see all the female characters completely turn gender expectations upside down (in one episode Princess Bubblegum saves Finn) and as we all know Adventure Time is a cartoon we want everyone to fall in love with and it’s just for that reason. There are two females, but they don’t talk, presumably because one of them doesn’t speak English. I mean a kick ass, Texan, karate choppin’ squirrel who lives under water? That’s rad.ĭoes it pass the Bechdel Test? Sadly not. Is it an accurate tester for gender bias? Not really, in later episodes we do meet Sandy, who totally subverts stereotypes. They may do in the future but as for the pilot episode, this one fails.Ĭomments: Why do they all have weird shaped heads?ĭoes it pass the Bechdel Test? If we’re going on a technicality then it’s a strong maybe, there is a crowd scene and we can’t tell who’s a male and who’s female and they are all talking. Is it an accurate tester for gender bias? Yes and no, there are two named females, but they don’t interact with one another. ![]()
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