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* ShoutOut: The subplot involving Ice King cheating refers to the stereotypical ProfessionalWrestling {{Heel}}, in particular his use of weapons while the referee isn't looking.

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The subplot involving Ice King cheating refers to the stereotypical ProfessionalWrestling {{Heel}}, in particular his use of weapons while the referee isn't looking.looking.
** A number of small ones to ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Abracadaniel's magic is referred to as "cantrips", which is ''D&D'''s term for a weak spell that typically serves as a utility, and his color-changing spell is a listed usage of the iconic cantrip, Prestidigitation. The Rock Wizard's meteor summon bears an uncanny resemblance to Meteor Swarm, and the creature that appears from a portal is very clearly a 1st Edition carrion crawler.

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* MakeMeWannaShout: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He's awarded the win, but is mocked for having to resort to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful of all magic."


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* SuperScream: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He's awarded the win, but is mocked for having to resort to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful of all magic."
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Abracadaniel has no magic that is useful in a fight, but he makes use of his ridiculous non-combative magic to hit Ice King on the head with his own nunchakus.

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Being a master of ice ninjustu, the Ice King easily could have created the nunchaku out of ice.

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Being a master of ice ninjustu, ninjutsu, the Ice King easily could have created the nunchaku out of ice. ice.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Peppermint Butler sings his first and only song in the show here. His voice cracks throughout the entire song for RuleOfFunny.
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Finn must enter a wizarding contest to stop Ice King from winning the grand prize—- a kiss from Princess Bubblegum.

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Finn must enter a wizarding contest to stop Ice King from winning the grand prize—- prize— a kiss from Princess Bubblegum.



* CutenessProximity: Grandmaster Wizard is too distracted by playing with his cat to notice Ice King blatantly cheating.

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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The "never in your freaking life!" line from Peppermint Butler's song was censored in the United Kingdom.
* CutenessProximity: Grandmaster Wizard is too distracted by playing with his cat to notice Ice King blatantly cheating.
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* CutenessProximity: Grandmaster Wizard is too distracted by playing with his cat to notice Ice King blatantly cheating.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He's awarded the win, but is mocked for having to resort to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful form of magic."

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* MakeMeWannaShout: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He's awarded the win, but is mocked for having to resort to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful form of all magic."
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* SmoochOfVictory: The grand prize for Wizard Battle is "a kiss from Princess Bubblegum... on the ''mouth''!"
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The Ice King somehow managed to survive an entire wizard battle to the death using only his nunchaku.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Being a master of ice ninjustu, the Ice King easily could have created the nunchaku out of ice.
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* ShoutOut: The subplot involving Ice King cheating refers to the stereotypical ProfessionalWrestling {{Heel}}, in particular his use of weapons while the referee isn't looking.

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* DeathFromAbove: Rock Wizard can summon meteorites to fall on his enemies.
* EasilyDistractedReferee: Grand Master Wizard is too distracted by playing with a cat to see Ice King cheating.
* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Subverted - Finn tries to make sure Abracadaniel wins because he appears to be this, and doesn't want to kiss PB, only for him to get more confidence when he wins the contest and change his mind.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: The first round of Wizard Battle is for wizards with opposite-themed powers to fight it out.



* IneffectualDeathThreats: Grand Master Wizard suggests that the one-on-one wizard fights will be to the death, but many wizards appear to be still alive at the end.
* MagicVersusScience: Science is explicitly barred from Wizard Battle.



* WhatTheHellHero: Bubblegum does this to Finn stating that, while she appreciates the gesture of trying to stop Ice King, it wasn't really that serious of a reason to get involved in the first place and promptly slaps him for it after kissing him.

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* NothingUpMySleeve: Ice King hides nunchaku in his sleeve to get an illegal advantage in Wizard Battle.
* RubberMan: How Abracadaniel survives a huge meteorite falling on him.
* TwoMenOneDress: Finn and Jake do this to impersonate a wizard.
* WhatTheHellHero: Bubblegum does this to Finn stating that, while she appreciates the gesture of trying to stop Ice King, it wasn't really that serious of a reason to get involved in the first place and promptly slaps him for it after kissing him.him.
* WizardDuel: The basic concept of the episode.
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Finn must enter a wizarding contest to stop Ice King from winning the grand prize—a kiss from Princess Bubblegum.

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Finn must enter a wizarding contest to stop Ice King from winning the grand prize—a prize—- a kiss from Princess Bubblegum.



* BigNo: Finn drops the Biggest No yet. Jake says that this is the loudest he's ever heard Finn scream. It should be noted that Finn screams '''a lot.'''
* FirstKiss: This marks the first showing of Finn and Bubblegum as an adult, kissing.

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* BigNo: Finn drops the Biggest No biggest "No" yet. Jake says that this is the loudest he's ever heard Finn scream. It should be noted that Finn screams '''a lot.'''
* FirstKiss: This marks the first showing of Finn and Bubblegum as an adult, kissing.



* WhatTheHellHero: Bubblegum does this to Finn stating that, while she appreciates the gisture of trying to stop Ice King, it wasn't really that serious of a reason to get involved in the first place and promptly slaps him for it after kissing him.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Bubblegum does this to Finn stating that, while she appreciates the gisture gesture of trying to stop Ice King, it wasn't really that serious of a reason to get involved in the first place and promptly slaps him for it after kissing him.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He's awarded the win, but is mocked for having to resort to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful form of magic."

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* MakeMeWannaShout: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He's awarded the win, but is mocked for having to resort to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful form of magic.""
* WhatTheHellHero: Bubblegum does this to Finn stating that, while she appreciates the gisture of trying to stop Ice King, it wasn't really that serious of a reason to get involved in the first place and promptly slaps him for it after kissing him.
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* FirstKiss: This marks the first showing of Finn and Bubblegum as an adult, kissing.
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* BigNo: Finn drops the Biggest No yet, reaching MakeMeWannaShout levels. Jake says that this is the loudest he's ever heard Finn scream. It should be noted that Finn screams '''a lot.'''
* MakesMeWannaShout: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He gets the win, but is mocked for restoring to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful form of magic."

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* BigNo: Finn drops the Biggest No yet, reaching MakeMeWannaShout levels.yet. Jake says that this is the loudest he's ever heard Finn scream. It should be noted that Finn screams '''a lot.'''
* MakesMeWannaShout: MakeMeWannaShout: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He gets He's awarded the win, but is mocked for restoring having to resort to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful form of magic."
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* BigNo: Finn drops the Biggest No yet, reaching MakeMeWannaShout levels. Jake says that this is the loudest he's ever heard Finn scream. It should be noted that Finn screams '''a lot.'''

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* BigNo: Finn drops the Biggest No yet, reaching MakeMeWannaShout levels. Jake says that this is the loudest he's ever heard Finn scream. It should be noted that Finn screams '''a lot.''''''
* MakesMeWannaShout: Finn manages to scream to the point where it incapacitates Abracadaniel, leaving Finn the last man standing in the Wizard Battle. He gets the win, but is mocked for restoring to a Power Shriek, "the most shameful form of magic."
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* BigNo: Finn drops the Biggest No yet, reaching MakeMeWannaShout levels. Jake says that this is the loudest he's ever heard Finn scream. It should be noted that Finn screams '''a lot.'''
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Finn must enter a wizarding contest to stop Ice King from winning the grand prize—a kiss from Princess Bubblegum.
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