Cartoon Network announces end of 'Adventure Time' two years ahead

All good things come to an end -- even if it's a slow burn. Cartoon Network's delightfully bizarre Adventure Time will officially end in 2018, after eight years of on-air eccentricity.

Cartoon Network confirmed with a press release that the animated sci-fi comedy will complete nine seasons and "142 half-hours" of content. Even then, it may not be the last we see of Jake and Finn.

The network described the show as "One of the biggest cult hits matched with an unrivaled legion of fans, the series is a visually groundbreaking animated phenomenon that took the world by storm...Adventure Time has been a ratings and business gem, spawned a portfolio of extended content, and cultivated a generation of fresh talent."

Adventure Time has won six Emmys and a Peabody Award for storytelling in 2014. The show has drawn in millions of viewers and dozens of illustrious guest stars, including George Takei, Neil Patrick Harris and Andy Samberg.

“Adventure Time was a passion project for the people on the crew who poured their heart into the art and stories,” creator Pendleton Ward said in the press release. “We tried to put into every episode something genuine and telling from our lives, and make a show that was personal to us, and that had jokes too! I’m really happy that it connected with an audience for so long. It’s a special thing, I think.”