popular because of nostalgia.

因為懷舊之情而大受歡迎

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"Adventure Time"-- come on and grab your friends--

''探險活寶' - 和你的朋友一起來

is a kids' television show on the Cartoon Network.

給小朋友看的節目，於卡通頻道播出，

It stars Jake the Dog and Finn the Human

狗狗「傑克」和人類小男孩「芬」為主角(老皮和阿寶)

and was created by bearded human Pendleton Ward,

大鬍子人類 Pendleton Ward 創造出這些角色

pictured here wearing some awesome glasses.

照片裡這位，他戴的眼鏡超棒的

It's set in the magical land of Ooo

場景設定在充滿魔法的噢噢噢大陸(又譯:哇塞秘境)

and its many kingdoms which are home to Candy People, animals,

糖果人、動物們住在許多不同王國裡，

and a whole cast of generally weird but also

還有其他一群....相當奇妙

adorable characters.

但非常可愛的角色

My personal favorite is the Shnow Golem.

我個人最喜歡的角色是這個-冰雪高崙

As one might suspect, the general thrust of "Adventure Time"

大家可能想，探險活寶的主軸

is adventures.

是關於冒險

Finn and Jake are best buds who go

芬和傑克是最要好的兄弟搭檔

on all manner of moral, ethical, and totally

進行一些道德、倫理、

and totally mathematical escapades.

還有一些徹底亂七八糟的惡作劇歷程

Finn, you're terrible at math.

芬，你的數學糟透了

Aww.

噢。

They rescue princesses, fight giant monsters,

他們拯救公主，和巨魔對抗

protect the innocent, and have a strong dislike of evil dudes.

保護無辜的人，痛恨邪惡的壞傢伙

And they are very popular, amongst not only kids, but also

他們非常受歡迎，不止小孩喜歡他們，還有

a huge contingent of honest-to-Glob growed-up

一群龐大的隊伍是，老天阿，都是已經成年

adults.

大人

Now if you're a kid, "Adventure Time"

如果你是小孩，"探險活寶"

probably looks a lot like the inside of your head--

看起來大概都是你腦裡想的東西

exciting sights, magical objects, and impossibly

令人興奮的場景，魔法事物，還有令人不敢相信的

terrifying things.

嚇人的東西

But if you're an adult, "Adventure Time"

但如果你是大人，"探險活寶"

is like remembering your childhood.

就像是你的童年記憶

Fighting to be taken seriously,

認真的看待打架

constant encounters with new and unfamiliar challenges,

不停地遇到新挑戰

grappling with a deer that has hands.

追捕一隻有手的鹿

Creepy.

超詭異的

For many adults, the core appeal of "Adventure Time"

對許多大人來說，"探險活寶" 引人入勝的關鍵

is its nostalgia.

是懷舊感

Not like Instagram filters or cassette tapes post-irony nostalgia,

不是Instagram 濾鏡或老卡帶這種反諷式的懷舊

but more like classical nostalgia,

比較像是正統的懷舊感

a pain of an ache for a time past that you can't recreate.

因為不能再重現的過去而產生的一種隱隱作痛的傷感

While we usually think of

我們都覺得這種感覺是

its roots as in culture or the arts,

源於文化、藝術，

nostalgia was actually born in 1688 as a medical diagnosis

懷舊感其實源於1688年，醫學診斷

for Swiss soldiers wishing to return home.

讓瑞士士兵想回家的一種思鄉病症

It's this wily emotion that's a mix of good and bad.

一種巧妙的深刻情感，融合了好和壞的

At the same time that you're fondly remembering something,

讓你懷想起什麼，同時

you're also confronted with the fact

你也必須面對這個事實

that it's gone, or unattainable.

那都過去了，無法再現

From its origins, nostalgia weaseled its way

一開始的時候，思鄉懷舊之情就這樣巧妙地出現在

into everything from art to politics to industrial design. You name it,

所有東西，從藝術、政治、工業產品...所有你想得到的

someone thinks that the thing that came before it was better.

有些人覺得東西都是以前的好

Along the way, it transformed from medical nostalgia

這樣一來，就從醫學上的鄉愁症轉變成

into poetic or romantic nostalgia,

詩性的或浪漫的懷舊情感

from a disease that could be cured with leeches

從一種可以被水蛭治癒的疾病

to a feeling that could be evoked--

變成一種能被喚醒的情感

by a young kid in an animal hat.

被一個穿著動物頭帽子的孩子喚起

In "Nostalgia of the Future," Svetlana Boym writes,

在《懷舊的未來》一書中，Svetlana Boym 寫道:

"The object of romantic nostalgia

懷舊浪漫主義的客體

must be beyond the present space of our experience,

必須在我們所經驗的現世時空之外

somewhere in the twilight of the past or on an island of Utopia,

像是在朦朧的過去，或烏托邦島嶼之類的地方

where time has happily stopped, as on an antique clock."

一直停在老時鐘那種美好的時光的地方，

I can definitely remember a twilight of the past

我絕對記得在的朦朧的過去時光裡

with imaginary friends,

想像中的同伴

treehouses, magical weapons, and if given the chance,

樹屋、魔法武器，有可能的話

I'd happily stop there.

我會很高興能留在那裏

"Adventure Time" is perfectly, romantically nostalgic for childhood.

"探險活寶"是完美的、浪漫主義式的童年懷舊

But so are a lot of other shows, like "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends,"

但很多節目也是，像是"親親麻吉(台譯)"

"The Amazing Adventures of Gumball,"

"阿甘妙世界"

and even "Rugrats," sort of.

還有"小淘氣"，這些大概都是

What is it about "Adventure Time"

到底是什麼讓"探險活寶"

that makes it so well-liked, especially by not-kids?

這麼廣受喜愛，尤其受到大人喜愛?

Here's where it gets a little complicated.

從這裡開始事情變得有點複雜了

It's because at the same time we the audience are experiencing nostalgia,

因為在我們這些觀眾正感受到懷舊

so too are the characters in "Adventure Time."

"探險活寶" 裡的角色也是

It's nostalgia within nostalgia.

這是懷舊裡的懷舊

It's a "nostalgia-ception."

這是"懷舊感全面啟動"

Take a look at some of the clues.

來看一些線索，

There was a mysterious devastating mushroom war.

他們發生過神祕的、毀滅性的蘑菇戰爭

A lot of the characters, especially

一些角色，特別是

Marceline and the Ice King, have this unexplained evolving

瑪瑟琳和寒冰國王(艾薇爾和冰霸王)，共同經歷過一段謎樣的過去

"wish it were still the good old days" past.

"希望那些美好日子仍然不變" 的過去

The landscape is littered with human remains and technology.

四處散落著人類遺跡和科技

And in certain episodes, you can even

在某幾集，你甚至能

see a partially destroyed planet Earth in the sky.

從天空中看到被摧毀掉一部分的地球

I mean, Finn is the last human, for Glob's sake.

芬是最後的人類，我的天啊! (註:Glob在探險活寶裡是神,等於God)

That is, unless Susan Strong isn't a fish,

那...除非巨人蘇珊不是魚人

and you count the Ice King as-- uh, uh, never mind.

而且你把寒冰國王也算...呃..呃，算了

"Adventure Time" is a fun, adventurous kids' show

"探險活寶" 是一部非常有趣、富冒險精神的兒童節目

with a history, a potentially very dark history.

有著歷史架構，可能是非常黑暗的歷史

Pen Ward has even said his favorite emotion is feeling

Pen Ward 曾經說過他最愛的情緒就是

simultaneously happy and sad.

同時感受快樂和悲傷

So that's a reaction he tries to elicit in "Adventure Time."

所以這就是他想要透過"探險活寶" 激起的感受

This is called ambivalence, and it's

這被稱為"矛盾感"，也就是

what's at the root of nostalgia.

懷舊之情的根源

It means you're holding onto two usually conflicting emotions at the same time.

這意味著你同時有兩種衝突的情緒

And "Adventure Time" does it on two levels.

"探險活寶" 在兩個層面上做到這一點

So that's four total emotions, for the folks keeping track at home.

所以總共有四種情緒，大夥兒在家有空可以追查看看

You see it in the settings and the relationships,

在故事的背景設定和感情關係可以看到

but also in the cute but disturbing creatures,

還有在這可愛，又蠻噁心的小傢伙身上也有

the comedic but dire situations,

在充滿喜劇效果，卻又緊張急迫的狀況

the childlike but nonetheless high-stakes situations.

在天真爛漫，卻冒著高風險孤注一擲的狀況下

It's in the show, but it's also experienced by the audience.

不僅在節目中，也讓觀眾體驗到了

All these things contribute to capital-D Drama.

這些都有助於戲劇張力

Not like lowercase-D drama, which is what LSP gets herself involved in.

不是那種團塊公主(腫泡泡公主)老是把自己扯進去的小劇場

Yo, guess what?

喲，你知道嗎

Slime Princess is in the park, and she's, like,

史萊姆公主在公園，她好像

talking to a new Nice King.

正在跟一個新來的好國王講話

Uh, and he's like, totally single.

嗯，他呢，還單身

Which by itself definitely doesn't make a good show,

光靠那部分絕對無法做成好節目

but combined with the creator's amazing imagination

但結合了創作者的驚人想像力

and character design, makes maybe the best animated show ever.

和角色創造，做出了或許是有史以來最棒的動畫

I'm biased.

我偏頗了

I really like "Adventure Time."

我真的很愛"探險活寶"

But seriously, I know more

但說真的，我知道

adults than kids who watch "Adventure Time," including my mom.

看探險活寶的成人比小孩還多，包括我媽

So that has to mean something.

這一定代表了什麼

Yes, adults watch cartoons, but that's not

沒錯，大人也看卡通，但這不是

the interesting part.

有趣的地方

The interesting part is that most of the cartoons adults watch

有趣的是，大部分大人所看的卡通

are made for adults.

是做給大人看的

"The Simpsons," "Bob's Burgers," "Family Guy," "South Park,"

"辛普森家族"、"開心漢堡店"、"蓋酷家庭"、"南方公園"

even most anime-- adult situations, adult humor,

甚至大多數的動漫-- 是成人的處境、幽默

and maybe with the exception of anime, very little emotional depth.

或者除了動漫本身之外，很少有感性深度

But man, when Finn hugs the Flame Princess wrapped up in a tin-foil burrito?

但，當芬包裹得像個一條錫箔捲餅擁抱火焰公主時

It's too much.

太過分了

It's just-- it's just too much.

真的，太感人了

"My Little Pony" is maybe the only other close comparison,

"彩虹小馬" 或許是唯一能拿來比較的

but its popularity is because of a whole other thing--

但它受歡迎的原因完全是另一回事

that we talk about in a video that you should watch.

我們在這個影片裡有討論過，你應該去看一下

"Adventure Time" is maybe the closest television comes to classic fairy tales,

"探險活寶" 或許是最接近經典童話故事的電視秀

exhibiting a combo of terror and humor,

展演了一整組的恐怖與幽默

excitement and fear,

興奮與恐懼

that are the very hallmarks of childhood.

這些非常能夠代表童年的特點

Or maybe I just have a playground crush on Marceline.

或者我只是有點孩子氣的喜歡上瑪瑟琳

What do you guys think?

你們怎麼想?

Does "Adventure Time" make you kind of sad,

"探險活寶"讓你覺得有點悲傷嗎?

and is that why you like it?

這是你喜歡它的原因嗎?

Let us know in the comments.

留言讓我們知道

And if you're feeling ambivalent about subscribing,

如果你猶豫要不要訂閱

you could just subscribe.

你可以直接訂閱

Or not.

或不要

Whatever.

隨便你

Yes, I grew a silly mustache.

對啦，我留蠢蠢的鬍子

Let's see what you guys had to say about YouTube and education.

來看留言，看你們對You Tube 和教育有什麼想法

We were really lucky to hear from Brady of Periodic Videos

我們很幸運的可以看到Brady of Periodic Videos 的影片

fame about last week's episode.

稱讚上周那集

He sent us this clip.

他寄來這個影片

Hey there, Mike.

嗨，Mike

I saw your video.

我看到你的影片

It's so hard to measure or not whether YouTube

很難去測量YouTube 是不是

is making people smarter.

讓人們變聰明

We all drown in viewing statistics,

我們都埋頭在觀看人數統計上

but what do they tell us?

但這能告訴我們什麼呢?

I'd like to show you some photos.

我想要給你看一些照片

This is Eddie from Arkansas, and his Christmas present

這是阿肯色州的Eddie，和他的聖誕禮物

was a signed photo from the scientists on the Periodic Videos channel.

是來自 Periodic Videos 頻道，幾位科學家的簽名照

And this is Eduardo from Italy.

這是Eduardo，來自義大利

His 10th birthday wish was to come to the University of Nottingham in England

他的10歲生日願望，是去英格蘭的諾丁漢大學

and meet his YouTube heroes.

去見他的 YouTube英雄們

And we seem to have countless stories like this,

我們看了無數個這樣的故事，

new things coming up all the time.

永遠有新的事物

Now, this shows that these people are listening,

這些人都在看這些節目

they're really engaged.

非常認真投入

And if they're listening this closely,

如果他們這麼認真收看

they must at least be on their way to learning.

這必然成為他們學習的一個管道

Thanks so much, Brady, for sending us that awesome clip.

非常謝謝你，Brady，寄給我們這麼棒的剪輯

Mc7738 is a high-school biology teacher

Mc7738 ，一位中學生物老師

who says that YouTube is indispensable in the classroom,

他留言說 YouTube在課堂上是不可或缺的

especially considering how dry a lot of the textbooks are.

尤其是考慮到教科書有多無聊的情況下

If my high school experience is any indication,

如果我讀中學的經驗能說明什麼的話

that sounds-- that sounds about right.

那聽起來，沒錯就是那樣

Euclids Paradox makes a really good point,

Euclids Paradox 指出了一個不錯的論點

that YouTube allows you to introduce yourself

YouTube 引領你看到

to a lot of different ideas without getting super invested in spending a lot of time

不同的想法，而且不用投注大量的時間

which is really interesting,

這真的很有趣

and a good point.

很棒的想法

To all of our Lithuanian fans, a big lavas.

給我們所有的立陶宛粉絲們，我愛你們

Did I do OK? Did I do all right?

我做得還可以嗎?

Let me know.

讓我知道吧

To Chris Chance, I think if anybody should be thanking anybody, it should be us to you.

Chris Chance，我認有如果有誰應該要感謝誰的話，應該是我們要謝謝你

But it's good to know that you enjoy the show,

但很高興能知道你喜歡這個節目

and that you find YouTube a great resource for learning.

而且你覺得 YouTube 是很強大的學習資源

To Jill Suda, I was in college before YouTube was a thing,

Jill Suda，在YouTube崛起前我已經上大學了

and it was probably pretty similar.

那時候其實沒什麼不一樣

Far fewer cat videos, though, which is, I imagine,

但跟現在比，少了很多貓咪影片，在我想像中

a huge part of the college experience now.

這應該是現今大學生活中的很大一部分吧

And if you're curious about the music

然後，如果你好奇這首

that you've been listening to, this

你一直聽到的音樂是什麼

is GraveArcadeOfficial's remake of the five-minute-long video

這是GraveArcadeOfficial 的重製影片，五分鐘長

where all I said was "GIF" and "JIF."

影片裡面我只唱"GIF" 和"JIF"

If you would like to listen to it or download it,

如果你想聽看看或者下載

click on my face.

按我的臉

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