![]() And a Diet Coke: In "Who's That Man In The Mirror?" K'nuckles attempts to lose weight by foregoing exercise and drinking nothing but Diet Maple Syrup.Though given the show MAY be set in an Alternate Universe the matter of WHEN it takes place is highly up for debate. Though there are some anachronistic tidbits here or there like Peppermint Larry having a more 1950s wardrobe among other things. It’s implied this series takes place sometime during the 18th or 19th century. Ambiguous Time Period: WHEN exactly Flapjack takes place is never clear.Even though he has a girlfriend/wife, he still has an interest in Flapjack, and wants to adopt him. However, it turns out Flapjack really was hiding in a pile of diapers and the thugs capture him. Accidental Truth: In "These Boots Were Made for Walking (On Your Face)," K'nuckles tells a pair of thugs searching for Flapjack to search for him in a pile of old diapers as that is one of Flapjack's favorite hiding places, while he sneaks off to talk to Bubbie.One episode featured a guy using a cannon that fired angst-ridden children. ![]() Who needs Candied Island? It's safer at TV Tropes! Towards the end of its run the show became Screwed by the Network, unlike Chowder, concluding with a short six-episode third season and a series finale that aired completely unadvertised on August 31, 2010: only people who were subscribed to Van Orman through his DeviantArt page were even aware it was airing. To make a long story short, this show is very, very, very, very, very weird. One day, they rescue a pirate named Captain K'nuckles note pronounced "Kuh-nuckles" ( Brian Doyle-Murray) who regales Flapjack with tales of a mystical place called Candied Island, which he's spent much of his life searching for.Įnamored by this, and much to the chagrin of Bubbie, Flapjack decides to help him on this quest for Candied Island and dreams of being a great adventurer like K'nuckles-unfortunately, not only is K'nuckles not the adventurer he once was, but the trio doesn't even know where to begin looking for the fabled island, leading them into a series of marvelous mishaps.Īnd that just barely touches the surface of this Cartoon Network animated series set in the screwed-up port town of Stormalong Harbor. From the mind of Thurop Van Orman comes The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, a whale of a tale about an adventure-seeking young boy, a washed-up pirate, and a whale.įlapjack ( voiced by Van Orman) is a cheerful yet gullible orphan raised by a motherly whale named Bubbie (Roz Ryan).
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