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| 9 | * SacredScripture: The hero's handbook, ''The Enchiridion'', a legendary book that tells you how to be a hero, is not called "sacred", but it's treated as so important it might as well be. |
| 10 | * SadisticChoice: The guardian of the wishes in "The Limit" ''tried'' to force Finn to make one of these and choose between saving Jake and the psychic tandem war elephant he and Jake went through the maze to get. [[spoiler:Finn wished for the elephant, got control of it, [[TakeAThirdOption and then had ''it'' wish to save Jake and fly them out.]]]] |
| 11 | * SanitySlippage: |
| 12 | ** Jake in "Gut Grinder". |
| 13 | -->'''Finn:''' You are ''crazy'', dude! Like, actually ''crazy''. |
| 14 | ** Also, Bubblegum towards the beginning of "The Duke". |
| 15 | ---> '''Bubblegum:''' (''[[LaughingMad insane laughter]]'')\ |
| 16 | '''Jake:''' Haha, she's completely bonkers... |
| 17 | ** Jake again in "No One Can Hear You", to creepy levels. |
| 18 | ** Revealed to be why [[spoiler:Ice King]] is the way he is. |
| 19 | ** Happens in "Jake the Dog" to [[spoiler: AU!Finn after he puts on the Ice King's crown.]] |
| 20 | ** The episode "You Made Me!" is basically one big one for Lemongrab. |
| 21 | ** Sleep-deprived Princess Bubblegum in "Goliad": |
| 22 | -->'''PB:''' I'm not gonna live forever Finn. *Whispers* ''I would if I could.'' But modern science just isn't there yet. |
| 23 | -->'''PB (explaining the process of creating candy life):''' Oh, um... Pretty standard candy creature soup. Some acids. Some algebra. And I threw in one of my baby teeth so she had my DNA. |
| 24 | -->'''Finn and Jake:''' Wow, DNA?! |
| 25 | -->'''PB:'''Yeah. All it takes is just one little tooth or a single hair. It's ''all'' it takes..." She trails off, suddenly brushing thin air after Goliad moves the paw PB had been brushing. |
| 26 | ** Finn in "All the Little People." |
| 27 | ** Marceline throughout "Red Starved." |
| 28 | ** [[spoiler:[[WalkingSpoiler Fern]]]] starting in "Whispers." |
| 29 | * SarcasmMode: |
| 30 | -->'''Finn:''' I shall conquer my fear.\ |
| 31 | '''Fear Feaster:''' Yeah, ''right''...\ |
| 32 | '''Finn:''' I will! I'll conquer my fear!\ |
| 33 | '''Fear Feaster:''' Of ''cooouuurse'' you will, and I live in a two-bedroom apartment that doesn't smell like vomit. [[EvilLaughter Hahahahaha]], ''sarcasm''... |
| 34 | * SassyBlackWoman: |
| 35 | ** [[RuleSixtyThree Cake]] seems to be this even though she's a cat. |
| 36 | ** According to Jake, Tree Trunks. |
| 37 | --> "I can't hold her! She's too strong and sassy!" |
| 38 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Braco is one for Princess Bubblegum. Lampshaded with his in-commercial catch phrase "I was born to date the princess." |
| 39 | * SaveThePrincess: Played straight most of the time. Inverted in "Dungeon". [[SpearCounterpart Gender-inverted]] in "Fionna and Cake". Inverted again in Lady and Peebles. |
| 40 | ** Inverted a different way in ''Elements'', which is all about saving everyone '''from''' princesses. |
| 41 | * SayMyName: A RunningGag in "Wake Up" and "Escape From the Citadel." See also the ScreamsLikeALittleGirl entry below. |
| 42 | --> '''[[WellDoneSonGuy Finn:]]''' [[BattleCry DADDYYYYY!]] |
| 43 | * SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Ice King from time to time. |
| 44 | -->'''Ice King:''' ''ZAP!!'' |
| 45 | * SceneryCensor: A more literal example for the scenery itself: F&J have a painting of a woman in the treehouse with a large ripped section, which alludes to possible nudity underneath. That said, WordOfGod indicates that she isn't naked after all. |
| 46 | * SceneryPorn[=/=]SceneryGorn: Every realm in Ooo is this, even the Nightosphere. |
| 47 | * SchizoTech and ScavengerWorld: {{Exaggerated|Trope}} on both counts, and {{justified|Trope}} in that this show takes place after a nuclear war that wiped out technology and made everything into a magical fairy tale world. |
| 48 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: |
| 49 | ** Finn in "Power Animal" and "Burning Low". Jake in "Evicted". |
| 50 | ** Flambo in "Incendium." |
| 51 | --->'''Flambo:''' Yeah, it's me. [[LampshadeHanging Bet you thought I was a dame on account of my girlish screamin']]. |
| 52 | ** Lemongrab displays an interesting variation of this. He's ''usually'' screaming in a high-pitched, almost feminine way. It would be notable to list all the times he ''doesn't'' do this. |
| 53 | ** Finn does this more than once because of Princess Bubblegum, and it becomes a running joke in "Burning Low." [[spoiler:And one last time in the finale.]] |
| 54 | * ScreechingStop: In [[Recap/AdventureTimeS7E13TheDarkCloud "The Dark Cloud"]], Marceline leaps into the fight against the Dark Cloud with a shout of "I'm gonna poop my pants if Finn kills this guy instead of me!". Then she comes to an audible halt, and it cuts to literally everyone else being involved in the battle, along with the citizens of the Candy Kingdom and the half-melted King of Ooo, reacting to the sight. |
| 55 | * ScrewDestiny: Finn does everything in his power to prevent Jake's prophesied death. [[spoiler:He succeeds.]] |
| 56 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: |
| 57 | ** When Princess Bubblegum [[spoiler: emerges from her operation as a thirteen year old]] in "Mortal Recoil" Ice King immediately loses all interest and flies out the nearest window. |
| 58 | ** Near the end of "Belly of the Beast", Jake decides that he's had it with Party Pat and goes off to watch TV. |
| 59 | * SealedEvilInACan: |
| 60 | ** The Lich was sealed away in amber by Billy, and it was for the good of everyone, as the Lich is an OmnicidalManiac seeking to destroy all life. [[spoiler: He mind controlled the EasterEgg snail and got free.]] |
| 61 | ** Marceline's Dad is the ruler of the Nightosphere, which also appears to be the original home of the Abadeer family (family photos of Marceline, Hunson Abadeer, and Marceline's mom can be seen inside their home; Hunson also wanted Marceline to take over ruling the Nightosphere because it's the family business). The only catch is that Hunson is unable to leave the Nightosphere without outside assistance, playing the trope straight, except with an added LuxuryPrisonSuite angle. |
| 62 | ** Bouncy Bee, Honey Bunny, and Sleepy Sam from "Guardians of Sunshine". |
| 63 | ** Orgalorg is an evil abomination sealed within [[spoiler:an adorable penguin.]] |
| 64 | * SealedEvilInADuel: [[spoiler:Stormo, a Candy Spinx created from Finn's DNA to combat the evil, power mad Goliad, traps Goliad in a psychic duel for all eternity.]] |
| 65 | * SecretDiary: Or it ''is'' secret until Finn and Jake find it in his (the Ice King's) room. |
| 66 | ** Jake's son T.V. finds one and becomes obsessed with it. Turns out it used to belong to [[spoiler:Nurse Poundcake.]] |
| 67 | ** When Marceline is tied up and about to be killed by the sun, she orders Finn to destroy hers. |
| 68 | --->'''Marceline:''' They're embarrassing, Finn! [[SeriousBusiness ''Embarrassiiiiiiing!'']] |
| 69 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: |
| 70 | ** Refusing to "Slay this unaligned ant!", and attacking the test-giver instead was the correct answer to Finn's last test before claiming the Heroes' Enchiridion. |
| 71 | ** "Dad's Dungeon" had elements of this until Jake, who knew everything that was going on, tells Finn. |
| 72 | ** Inverted with the Magic Man. His test is about ''not'' helping others. Finn fails at first. |
| 73 | * SecurityCling: Finn and Princess Bubblegum, to each other, on pages 404 and 436 of [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/19328046/Slumber-Party-Slaughter-Storyboard this storyboard]] for "Slumber Party Panic". Left out of the actual episode, however. |
| 74 | * SeeYouInHell: |
| 75 | ** Finn says, "I'll see you in the Nightosphere, you sick freak!" very darkly right after he sends Marceline's soul sucking Dad back to the fiery pits of the Nightosphere. |
| 76 | ** In "Hug Wolf", Jake pulls this on the Tree of Blight as he burns it down: |
| 77 | -->'''Jake:''' When you see the wicker devil in tree afterlife, tell 'im Jake says, "Hello." |
| 78 | * SelfGuardingPhlebotinum: In "City of Thieves," the King of Thieves' tower has a barrier around it that repels all thieves. |
| 79 | * SelfSoothingSong: In "Shhh!", [=BMO=] hides after he believes body snatchers have taken the place of Finn and Jake, and plays his favourite song on himself. |
| 80 | * SequelEpisode: |
| 81 | ** Season two's "Crystals Have Power" for [[spoiler: "Tree Trunks".]] |
| 82 | ** The episode "The Creeps" touches on events that occurred in "Mystery Train". |
| 83 | ** "From Bad to Worse" is this for "Slumber Party Panic". |
| 84 | ** "Beautopia" for "Susan Strong". |
| 85 | ** The season four episode "Hot to the Touch" for "Incendium". |
| 86 | ** The Nightosphere two-parter ("Return to the Nightosphere" and "Daddy's Little Monster") for "It Came from the Nightosphere." |
| 87 | *** "Marcy & Hunson" forms a trilogy. |
| 88 | ** "You Made Me!" for "Too Young". The episode "Too Old" is also a sequel of sorts, containing many call-backs to "Too Young". |
| 89 | ** "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog" form a two-part episode following up on the cliffhanger ending of "The Lich". |
| 90 | ** "You Made Me!" got its own sequel "All Your Fault." |
| 91 | ** "The Great Bird Man" for "The Silent King." |
| 92 | ** "Simon and Marcy" for "I Remember You" |
| 93 | ** "Sky Witch" for "What Was Missing" as well as for "Memory of a Memory" |
| 94 | ** "The Creeps" received its own sequel, "The Vault." |
| 95 | ** "Wake Up" has "Escape from the Citadel." PlayedWith as each half of this two-parter gets its own sequel later on--"Is That You?" and "The Visitor" respectively. |
| 96 | ** "Dark Purple" to "Beautopia." |
| 97 | ** "Jelly Beans Have Power" to "Elemental." |
| 98 | * SerenadeYourLover: In "Love Games," Finn is required to do this to prove his love for Slime Princess and help her keep her kingdom. |
| 99 | ** Inadvertently doing this is how he later meets and falls for [[spoiler:Huntress Wizard.]] |
| 100 | * SerialEscalation: |
| 101 | ** In terms of creepiness. Name anything creepy about this show--the MindScrew ending of "Tree Trunks" and "Evicted!", the {{Nightmare Face}}s Marceline, Peppermint Butler's desire for flesh--it doesn't matter. ALL of that was topped by '''[[http://static.tumblr.com/nxveby3/K7nluq5f7/tumblr_luonoxu9hq1qeyb9ho1_500.gif this.]]''' Holy. Freaking. ''Crud''. According to Adam Muto, ''[[http://www.formspring.me/MrMuto/q/260624254293255046 this is just the beginning.]]'' |
| 102 | *** They outdid themselves ''again'' with those [[MonsterClown creepy freaking clown nurses]] in "Another Way", which ''legitimately'' freaked out most people who watched the episode and [[http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyac9nt7SL1qftn52o1_500.gif undoubtedly scarred many children for years to come. Prepare to lose sleep.]] |
| 103 | *** They did it again with those [[spoiler:three freaking scary fruit witches in "Dad's Dungeon", two of whom ''ate the third voraciously''.]] |
| 104 | *** Then outdid all that with the entirety of "All Your Fault," also known as ''Amnesia: The Lemon Descent.'' |
| 105 | ** A separate example from above from the Season 5 two-part opening: [[spoiler:[[FromBadToWorse How much worse is it going to get]] for AlternateUniverse Finn in Farmworld? First he is forced to sell his pet to pay back a gang, then tries to find a way around it, then comes across the Ice King's crown which an elderly and insane Marceline warns him to avoid, then gets it stolen by Big D, the gangster threatening his dad, then finds that while he was fighting Big D to get it back, the gang set his hometown on fire, then goes home to find that his house is burning with his family in it, then in desperation puts on the crown, which saves his house by freezing it but drives him insane, ''then'' he tries to stop the town from burning and [[ApocalypseHow sets off the atom bomb,]] ''then'' finds his family but has to send them away so he can't hurt them (even though they are probably going to die of radiation in the next few hours), then finds that he's killed Jake with the bomb as he's in a pool of radioactive goo, '''''and then''''' has to fight him as he is turned into the Lich via radiation. It would presumably get even worse had Jake not cut it off by wishing them back home.]] '''''NiceJobBreakingItHero!''''' |
| 106 | *** Though e season 7 episode "Crossover" [[spoiler:has the boys help Prismo finally put some of this right and [[Heartwarming/AdventureTime reunite poor Farmworld Finn with his family.]]]] |
| 107 | * SeriousBusiness: "2 + 2. SOLVE IT OR DIE." |
| 108 | * ShadesOfConflict: 90% of the time, the series tends to be WhiteAndGreyMorality. The other 10% of times involve [[BigBad The Lich]]. |
| 109 | ** In the finale, the conflict between [[spoiler:Bubblegum and Gumbald is painted as White vs. Grey when he is shown capable of making peace. Then GOLB shows up, shifting everything hard toward [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]].]] |
| 110 | * ShadowDiscretionShot: Is used in "Escape From the Citadel" when [[spoiler: The Lich unwillingly grows back his flesh when Finn flings some Ancients' blood at him.]] |
| 111 | * ShaggyDogStory: "Box Prince." Finn goes to great lengths to assist a cat prince in retaking his cat kingdom...only to have everyone (including the prince himself) just wander off indifferently when it's done. It's a kingdom composed entirely of cats. They don't ''care''. |
| 112 | -->'''Finn:''' Is this...is this even a kingdom? |
| 113 | ** "Blank Eyed Girl." [[spoiler:You never find out what the hell they are. That's part of the beauty.]] |
| 114 | * ShamefulShrinking: Jake used his shapeshifting powers to do this literally when attention was called to him for the fact that it'd been his words that caused Finn to make a party uncomfortable. |
| 115 | * ShiftingSandLand: The Desert... of '''[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Doom]]'''. |
| 116 | * {{Shipping}}: Amazingly, done ''[[InUniverse in-universe]]'' by Finn in "All the Little People." |
| 117 | * ShipSinking: |
| 118 | %%** Marceline dispels any implications of her getting with Finn any time soon in "Go with Me". |
| 119 | ** [[spoiler:In "Too Young", PB turns 18 again. She says that Finn should just move on because "That was 5 years ago!"]] [[spoiler:[[TimeyWimeyBall Issue 8 of the comic]] directly references this ShipSinking and plays with it.]] |
| 120 | %%** In "Fionna and Cake", Fionna sinks the Fionna/Gumball ship when she realizes that she's not interested in dating him. |
| 121 | ** [[spoiler:Flame Princess dumps Finn for "betraying" her in "Frost & Fire", then proceeds to act ambivalently toward him in "Earth & Water". In "The Red Throne", she reiterates that because of his "betrayal", Flame Princess no longer loves Finn in any way. The ship was finally sunk in "Breezy", when Doctor Princess mentions Finn doesn't talk to Flame Princess anymore, possibly due to Finn thinking Flame Princess is dating Cinnamon Bun after the events of "The Red Throne". Eventually FP and Finn reconnect, but the ship is still seven leagues under.]] |
| 122 | * ShrinkingViolet: Raggedy Princess. She spoke for the first time in the series to Finn in "Mortal Recoil" when she brought him his [[spoiler:new]] backpack. |
| 123 | * ShockCollar: Lemongrab has his subjects wear them in "Too Old". |
| 124 | * ShoutOut: Has its own [[ShoutOut/AdventureTime page]]. |
| 125 | * ShowWithinAShow: ''Heat Signature'', ''Basic Mortality.'' |
| 126 | * ShutUpHannibal: Brief one given by Finn to the Lich, which [[spoiler: snaps Finn out of the Lich's mind control.]] |
| 127 | --> '''Lich:''' Aren't you cold, Finn?\ |
| 128 | '''Finn:''' ...NO, I'M NOT! I'VE GOT A ''SWEATER ON!!'' |
| 129 | ** Another in Deep Purple, when Sheryl the Super Porp mascot is explaining her plans to [[spoiler: turn the kidnapped child into her successor.]] Susan uppercuts her before she can finish. |
| 130 | * SimilarSquad: Billy, when compared to Finn. His main adversary was the Fire Count, from whom he rescued a Cotton Candy Princess, and he had a magical dog. To top it off, both got hair as a gift from their respective princesses and both fought the Lich. |
| 131 | ** [[spoiler:Shermy and Beth, the Pup Princess, fill the roles of Finn and Jake 1,000 years in the future.]] |
| 132 | * SingleTear: The Ice King has one at the end of "What is Life?" As of "Reign of Gunthers" and "I Remember You," both Gunter and Marceline have one respectively. |
| 133 | ** PlayedForDrama in "Everything Stays." [[spoiler:When Simon has decided he can no longer be with Marcy without endangering her, he tries to wipe a single tear from her face. [[TearJerker It instantly turns to ice,]] slicing a cut in Marcy's cheek, scaring Simon and making him scamper away all the faster.]] |
| 134 | * SinisterGeometry: Subverted in the Soft People, the Cube People, and Spiky People. They're actually pretty nice, but the Spikey People love group hugs. |
| 135 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: Jake, in the episode, "Ocean of Fear." |
| 136 | * SittingSexyOnAPiano: Tree Trunks in the title card for [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/4506683898/ "Tree Trunks".]] |
| 137 | * SkeletonKeyCard: The Ice King uses a credit card to unhook the latch on Bubblegum Princess' shutters in "Mortal Folly". |
| 138 | * SlasherSmile: Princess Bubblegum gets this when considering the idea of bringing the Duke of Nuts to justice. |
| 139 | * SleepCute: Finn and Jake, at the end of "The Eyes." Honorable mention to the Ice King. Finn mentions in "Gut Grinder" that he watches Jake when he sleeps, no doubt due to this. |
| 140 | ** PB on Marceline's shoulder at the end of "Varmints." |
| 141 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Mostly on the idealism end. |
| 142 | * SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: Nicely balenced, with [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] and [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] moments. |
| 143 | * SlidingScaleOfContinuity: Level 4. While in the beginning the show qualified as Level 2, it upgraded to Level 3 once [[spoiler:The Lich and the Ice King's backstory]] were introduced. It was bumped up again to level 4 in season 4, when the show began featuring more multi-part stories, {{Call Back}}s and {{Sequel Episode}}s. |
| 144 | ** By season 6, it's hit level 5. If you haven't seen certain episodes, references to [[spoiler:Ice King and Marceline's relationship, Finn's dad, Farmworld, the Lich, the Mushroom War, Betty, the Mars arc, etc.,]] will make no sense at all. An interesting case in that ''Adventure Time'' doesn't actually have one single MythArc, just a lot of very complex lore. |
| 145 | * SlowMotionDrop: |
| 146 | ** There's one for Finn's tear at the beginning of "Crystals Have Power". |
| 147 | ** There's also one for Lumpy Space Princess's beans in "Heat Signature". |
| 148 | --->'''Lumpy Space Princess:''' MY '''''BEEEEAAANS!!!''''' |
| 149 | * SmallParentHugeChild: |
| 150 | ** Sweet P is a large baby that towers over the other characters. He is the adoptive son of Mr. Pig and Tree Trunks, who are even shorter than the 12 years old protagonist. |
| 151 | ** There is also Kim Kil Whan who extremely tall while his father, Jake, is the size of an average dog (or at least when he is north [[SizeShifter changing sizes). |
| 152 | * SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: The Clashing Gates from "Beautopia". |
| 153 | * SmoochOfVictory: Finn's usual reward for [[SaveThePrincess saving a princess]]. Princess Bubblegum has kissed him ''four'' times and counting. (Go Finn!) |
| 154 | * {{Snapback}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]! |
| 155 | -->'''Finn:''' (after a scene transition) Ah...everything's back to normal. |
| 156 | * {{Snowlems}}: Finn and Jake encounter one in the pilot cartoon. |
| 157 | ** One later serves as the main character of "Thank You." |
| 158 | * TheSociopath: The Cosmic Owl straight-up tells the Ice King he's a sociopath. |
| 159 | ** Marceline and Princess Bubblegum, according to ''[[AllThereInTheManual The Art of Ooo]]''. They're actually called sociopaths and described as "selfishly good and selflessly evil": Bubblegum has all of her subjects under surveillance so she could [[TooDumbToLive protect them from themselves]] and nearly destroyed the admittedly evil Flame Kingdom so [[WellIntentionedExtremist she could protect her own]], resulting in Flame Princess telling her she's just not a good person [[spoiler: which causes PB to reflect on her behavior and shut down her surveillance room]]; Marceline "[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold hurts people on purpose]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends so they won't leave her when she hurts them accidentally]]". Ironically Bubblegum's [[CelibateHero intimacy]] [[MarriedToTheJob issues]] were caused by Marceline (who she saw chronologically as a "babysitter/CoolBigSis/best friend") abandoning her when she became more mature because "Marceline likes [being friends with] kids". |
| 160 | ** King of Ooo is one. He fulfills pretty much all of the requirements to count as one. He shows a LackOfEmpathy (willing to enslave, or [[WouldHurtAChild apparently even kill a baby]]) and [[NeverMyFault Imperviousness to Shame]] (well, he thought he may be a bad ruler for a moment, but a moment later decided it's all Bubblegum's fault); he's a ConsummateLiar and [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulator]], who tricked nearly all of the Candy Kingdom into recognizing his authority; has a [[{{Pride}} Grandiose Sense of]] [[ItsAllAboutMe Self-Worth]], apparently genuinely believing he should indeed rule all of Ooo. |
| 161 | * SodaCandySplosion: In "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS8E6JellyBeansHavePower Jelly Beans Have Power]]" Princess Bubblegum uses soda pop and Scotch mints (or, in this case, the basic ingredients) to create explosions with [[spoiler: her new candy elemental powers]]. |
| 162 | * SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: In an AdBumper, the Ice King uses a magnifying glass to try to kill a giant ant. He threatens to use it on Finn. |
| 163 | * SoulJar: [[spoiler:The Fight King's sword]]. |
| 164 | * SpaceWhaleAesop: In universe, lampshaded at the end of "Slumber Party Panic": |
| 165 | --> '''Princess Bubblegum:''' I hope you grasp the full consequences of breaking promises.\ |
| 166 | '''Finn:''' Heck yeah! If I break a Royal Promise, I get to fight zombies, throw slumber parties, awake Gumball Guardians, and -- and --\ |
| 167 | '''Princess Bubblegum:''' All right, all right!\ |
| 168 | '''Finn:''' -- and ''REVERSE DEATH ITSELF!'' |
| 169 | * SpaghettiKiss: Happens with Little Finn and Little Flame Princess when Finn gives them a cookie to share in "All the Little People". |
| 170 | * SpecialEditionTitle: |
| 171 | ** "Fionna and Cake" had every character who appears in the opening replaced by their gender-swapped counterpart. Even the singer of the theme song was changed from a male one to a female. |
| 172 | ** "A Glitch Is a Glitch" gives us the opening completely CGI animated. |
| 173 | ** The "Stakes" mini-series has a Marceline-centered opening, with her singing the theme song. Significantly, it also incorporates developments in the previous episodes of the seventh season, namely [[spoiler:the King of Ooo taking over the Candy Kingdom and Princess Bubblegum living in exile in a cabin.]] |
| 174 | ** "Islands" and "Elements" both do the same, foreshadowing the events of the miniseries and highlighting their main characters. |
| 175 | ** The finale, "Come Along With Me," continues the tradition, [[spoiler:with an opening starring Shermy and Beth, year-4,000 versions of Finn and Jake.]] |
| 176 | ** The {{VideoGame/Minecraft}} episode "Diamonds and Lemons" has one done entirely in pixel art, by Creator/PaulRobertson. |
| 177 | * SpecialGuest: |
| 178 | ** Multiple guest stars have actually appeared on ''Adventure Time'' but it seems only Creator/NeilPatrickHarris's appearance as Prince Bubblegum was publicized. Other people that appeared on the show were Creator/GreyDeLisle as the Ice Queen, Creator/LouFerrigno as Billy, Creator/MarkHamill as the Fear Feaster, Punchy the Punch Bowl, and the Dark Magician in "The Enchiridion!", [[Series/TheAndyMilonakisShow Andy Milonakis]] as NEPTR, Martin Olson as the father to her daughter's role of Marceline, Creator/RonPerlman as The Lich, Music/HenryRollins as Bob Rainicorn, Creator/AndySamberg as Party Pat, Creator/KumailNanjiani as Prismo, Creator/GeorgeTakei as Ricardio, Creator/RainnWilson as Peace Master and Rattleballs, and Creator/JennySlate as Huntress Wizard. |
| 179 | ** Music/WeirdAlYankovic as the Banana Man in "The New Frontier", though he spoke mostly in grunts. He appears again in "We Fixed A Truck", this time with a lot more lines, and he even gets to [[ActorAllusion sing]] at one point. |
| 180 | *** He gets another appearance--and song!--in "President Porpoise is Missing!". |
| 181 | ** Music/ChildishGambino a.k.a Donald Glover as Marshall Lee in "Bad Little Boy". |
| 182 | ** At least four ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' alum cameos so far: Creator/JonathanFrakes as adult Finn in "Puhoy" and Marina Sirtis as Samantha in "The Pit." Peculiarly, the former episode closely parallels the plot of "The Inner Light". In "BMO Lost", Bubble is played by Creator/LeVarBurton, and Michael Dorn voices Gork in "Freak City." |
| 183 | ** Creator/LenaDunham originally voiced Betty Grof, but was [[TheOtherDarrin later replaced]] by Creator/FeliciaDay. |
| 184 | ** Creator/KeithDavid voices Flame King--in one episode opposite Roddy Piper as Flame Lord, with whom he has a [[ActorAllusion prolonged]] [[Film/TheyLive fistfight.]] |
| 185 | * SpecialPersonNormalName: Billy and Jake. |
| 186 | * SpeciesSurname: |
| 187 | ** Both Finn and Jake have these. Also Mr. Fox, Mr. Goose, and Mrs. Cow from "Storytelling". |
| 188 | *** Apparently Finn's last name is Mertens. |
| 189 | ** It seems all Rainicorns share this trait. |
| 190 | * SpiderSense: |
| 191 | ** Jake has the ability to sense when Finn is about to cry. "It's kind of a [[MamaBear mother/daughter]] thing", apparently. |
| 192 | ** His GenderFlip counterpart Cake also has a spider sense. When her tail frizzes, she senses trouble. |
| 193 | * SpiritualSuccessor: To WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants, which the majority of the writers worked on before it was canceled in 2004 (Though it was UnCancelled 5 years before Adventure Time premiered). It's also the successor to ''WesternAnimation/HereComesTheGrump''. |
| 194 | * SpitefulSpit: Marceline does this to PB in "What Was Missing". Needless to say, she [[{{GASP}} gasped]]. ...[[ExaggeratedTrope A lot.]] |
| 195 | * SplitScreenPhoneCall: In "Go With Me" between Finn and Princess Bubblegum then between Jake and Marceline. |
| 196 | * SpoilerTitle: |
| 197 | ** There is a season four episode called... "The Lich". [[SarcasmMode Do you think it has something to do with the Lich?]] |
| 198 | ** "Jake the Dad." |
| 199 | * SpoofAesop: Taken pretty much any Aesop the show presents, a more blatant example is a wizard turning people into body parts and not turning them back until they realized how much of a jerk he was. The message here ("some people are jerks and not worth your time") isn't necessarily a joke, but it's pretty pointless considering you can't tell if someone's going to screw you over until you try to help them out. |
| 200 | * SqueakyEyes: Finn has fun with this in "The Real You". |
| 201 | * StandardHeroReward: Slime Princess tries to do this with Finn, to his dismay. HilarityEnsues. |
| 202 | * StarCrossedLovers: Finn and Flame Princess. Especially since she seems to think that he's a [[ElementalEmbodiment water elemental]]. |
| 203 | * StartOfDarkness: The episodes "I Remember You" and "Simon and Marcy" for the Ice King. |
| 204 | ** "You Forgot Your Floaties" for both Magic Man and [[spoiler:Betty.]] |
| 205 | * StatusQuoIsGod: |
| 206 | ** In "When Wedding Bells Thaw", Ice King almost gets married to Old Lady Princess, but it turns out he had [[MindControl cursed her]] so she would marry him. Finn and Jake foil the marriage, and it's back to capturing princesses for the Ice King. |
| 207 | ** Also occurred in "Too Young", when [[spoiler: Princess Bubblegum, who was transformed into a 13 year-old at the end of the last season, had to be transformed back into an 18 year-old to reclaim the kingdom from the Earl.]] |
| 208 | ** In the two parter, "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog" [[spoiler:the whole universe goes awry and creates another timeline in which Finn and his human family live in Farmworld and are tormented by the Destiny Gang. This goes as far to the point where Finn has the Ice King's crown and Jake becomes the/a Lich due to the atomic bomb before Prismo encourages Jake to wish that the Lich wishes them back to Ooo.]] |
| 209 | ** In "Jake the Dad", Jake decides to live with Rainicorn [[spoiler:to raise their pups. Turns out Rainicorn's species matures very quickly. Jake moves back in with Finn since his children are full-grown and don't need him to take care of them anymore. Plus all his stuff is with Finn anyway.]] |
| 210 | ** In "Breezy", [[spoiler: Finn's right arm grows back with the help of the eponymous bee.]] Of course, that was ''far'' from the end of it. |
| 211 | ** The "Stakes" miniseries [[spoiler: begins with Marceline being cured of her vampirism and ends with her becoming a vampire again.]] |
| 212 | * StayInTheKitchen: One of the many reasons why [[spoiler:Marceline's ex, Ash]] is a dick. |
| 213 | * StealthPun: |
| 214 | ** Death in "Death In Bloom", does a Death Metal drum solo in a music duel with Finn. |
| 215 | ** Also, Finn wanted to throw never-ending pies at Jake's face. Think about it. [[DontExplainTheJoke Pi is a never-ending decimal.]] |
| 216 | ** "The Great Bird Man": Xergiok feels himself hitting bottom again. |
| 217 | * SteamPunk / DieselPunk: The [[spoiler: alternate universe]] shown at the end of "The Lich", and in "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog". |
| 218 | * SteppingStoneSword: In "The Eyes", Finn's sword gets stuck in the wall. Jake uses it as a springboard to jump off and attack the Ice King. |
| 219 | * UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome: Finn, Jake and the Princesses fake this to escape from the Ice Kingdom in "Prisoners of Love". |
| 220 | ** Tiny Manticore [[InvokedTrope invokes]] it in "You Forgot Your Floaties" to explain why he's still hanging around Magic Man's old house |
| 221 | --->'''Tiny Manticore:''' You gave me some sort of hostage syndrome! |
| 222 | * StockScream: |
| 223 | ** There's a Wilhelm scream at the very end (right at the cut to black after Finn and Jake are seen on the dolphin's back) of "Memories of Boom Boom Mountain". |
| 224 | ** Finn's high-pitched screaming from "Burning Low" becomes a running gag in later episodes. |
| 225 | * StockVisualMetaphors: In "Breezy", LSP and Finn make out and she says she is going to take him to "the deep end". A few scenes later, Finn grows his arm back, which replaces the flower that was at the end of his stump. In other words, he was "deflowered". |
| 226 | * StressVomit: In the episode "Jake the Dog", Jake vomits after realizing the gravity of the present situation: his wish to Prismo is the only chance he has to save the world, and he has to be specific, or else [[LiteralGenie there could be disastrous consequences]]. |
| 227 | * StuffBlowingUp: |
| 228 | ** The episode "Slumber Party Panic" reveals that [[AnthropomorphicObjects candy people]] explode when they're scared. Thankfully, the effect appears to be reversible since poor Starchy is just fine at the end. |
| 229 | ** When the Lich reaches his power well in "Mortal Folly", a [[DisasterPorn particularly impressive]] ''green'' explosion occurs. |
| 230 | *** This is repeated in "Jake the Dog" to emphasize how [[spoiler:the Mushroom Bomb created the Lich.]] |
| 231 | ** When [[spoiler: Clarence]] finds out he [[spoiler: killed Warrior Princess]], he binges on spray cheese. So much so he explodes. No wonder Jake didn't like spray cheese. |
| 232 | ** The little cuties from "Cute Conquest" tended to explode for no reason. One of their handicaps as would-be conqeurors. |
| 233 | * StylisticSelfParody: How Jake [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] the fact that [[TheNoseless Finn doesn't appear to have a nose]]. |
| 234 | -->'''Jake:''' Bet ''you'' wish you had one, right? |
| 235 | * StylisticSuck: |
| 236 | ** Parts of "Adventure Time With Fionna and Cake" are written like a FanFic. [[spoiler:Because it is.]] |
| 237 | ** The show's character designs fit this. Pen's artistic style calls for everyone to look extremely simplistic and lazily designed (almost a laid-back style) with no joints for characters' noodley limbs and faces that could be summed up as "two dots and a line". The storyboarders just roll with it and ''still'' manage to make everything look pretty damn impressive. |
| 238 | ** The songs and/or musical notes Finn and the others start with tend to sound horrible and have [[WordSaladLyrics lyrics that don't make any sense whatsoever]], like [[JustifiedTrope how someone who was trying to make up a song on the spot would actually sound]] that's more likely to occur, as opposed to songs that conveniently sound great and have meaningful lyrics. |
| 239 | * {{Subtext}}: |
| 240 | ** A lot in the first season, before the post-apocalyptic setting was fully obvious. The episode "Tree Trunks" may have had some concerning death, senility, and aging (it certainly spawned multiple theories about how the show was a dream playing out Finn's psychoses and subconscious fears, so there's something there). "The Jiggler" also had a lot about parental abandonment. In general, the show's love of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything combined with Finn's status as a young, traumatized orphan leads to a lot of unsettling imagery. |
| 241 | ** It's very apparent in the season 4 premier, "Hot To The Touch." The entire episode consists of Finn running doggedly after Flame Princess because he "like" likes her while Flame Princess is trying her damnedest to make Finn pay for "hurting" her and toying with her emotions (which was Jake's doing, no less). In what has to be one of the show's sadder moments, Finn defeatedly asks himself why he can't just like a normal girl while breaking down into tears. This seems to grab Flame Princess's attention, who (mistakenly) believes Finn to be a water elemental; hence why even if the two did care for each other, they could never be together because they'd only hurt one another. Anybody who's ever loved someone that either just wasn't good for them or hurt them badly can understand this very adult problem and will probably shed a tear or two when they see it for the first time. |
| 242 | * SubvertedCatchPhrase: In "Slumber Party Panic". Finn says "What time is it?" to Jake, who questioningly replies "Adventure Time?" Finn replies, "No, it's time for Seven Minutes in Heaven." |
| 243 | * SubvertedKidsShow: [[PlayingWithATrope Sort of.]] While it is still a kids show [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids technically,]] it is not as bright and colorful as it seems on the surface; the show's liberal use of ArtStyleDissonance, BlackComedy, BackstoryHorror, {{Subtext}}, [[NightmareFuel/AdventureTime Nightmare Fuel]], FamilyUnfriendlyViolence, {{Spoof Aesop}}s, and SelfParody would place it pretty firmly in this category were it not for the fact that it's still a TVPG kids show on Creator/CartoonNetwork. So it's kind of a DoubleSubverted kids show. |
| 244 | * SuckinessIsPainful: In "Storytelling" Finn's sucky story-telling only makes Jake even ''more'' sick. |
| 245 | * SuddenlyObviousFakery: In "Red Starved", Finn starts searching for a red object for Marceline to suck the color out of, and his search leads him to a creature with a large ruby. Finn requests the ruby, which the creature insists is an emerald before giving it to him. Once Finn returns to Marceline and Jake, Jake also tells Finn that the ruby is an emerald. After Jake explains that Finn must be a little colorblind, the "ruby" changes to green to indicate that it is indeed an emerald. |
| 246 | * SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Princess Bubblegum vehemently denies the existence of magic, and attributes all its properties to specifically applied scientific principles. This gets her in hot water with the very large wizard community. |
| 247 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Ironically, Flame Princess. |
| 248 | * SugarBowl: The Land of Ooo is a parody of one. See SubvertedKidsShow above. |
| 249 | * SummonBiggerFish: In "Hitman", The Ice King hires a hitman to literally hit Finn and Jake for grounding him. However, when Ice King is told that the hitman would actually ''kill'' Finn and Jake, and is unable to call him off, he hires a hit-hitman to take out the first hitman. [[spoiler: Surprisingly, this results in a CurbStompBattle with the first hitman easily killing the hit-hitman, making this a subverted trope.]] |
| 250 | * SummoningRitual: To summon Marceline's father from the Nightosphere, Finn draws a circle with a happy face (as mentioned above in GeometricMagic), pours bug milk on it, and gets Marceline to say a [[GratuitousLatin Latin]] [[MagicalIncantation incantation]]. |
| 251 | * SuperPowersForADay: Finn and Jake get wizard powers in "Wizard", ranging from controlling shadows to generating ''mayonnaise''. According to WordOfGod, [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman they lose them at the end of the episode when their robes are destroyed]]. Here are some of the powers: |
| 252 | ** CastingAShadow: Shadowcery. |
| 253 | ** {{Deflector Shield|s}}: Reflect. |
| 254 | ** {{Flight}}: Beauteous wings. |
| 255 | ** HavingABlast: Creating fireworks. |
| 256 | ** NaturalWeapon: Tiger claws. |
| 257 | ** {{Whatevermancy}}: Dustomancy. |
| 258 | ** WreathedInFlames: Blazing feet. |
| 259 | * SurrealHumor |
| 260 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After Jake beats Finn in a tough guy contest. |
| 261 | --> '''Finn:''' Ha! You didn't mash my potatoes! You didn't even make me cry silently into my pillow last night for thirty minutes. |
| 262 | * SwallowedWhole: Finn, Jake, and the bears in "Belly of the Beast". |
| 263 | * SwiperNoSwiping: |
| 264 | -->'''Jake:''' The [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot bazooka goblin]] has you in its sights!\ |
| 265 | '''Finn:''' HEY! Don't shoot us with that bazooka!\ |
| 266 | '''Bazooka goblin:''' ''(giggling)''\ |
| 267 | '''Finn:''' Don't you do it...\ |
| 268 | '''Bazooka goblin:''' ''(still giggling)''\ |
| 269 | '''Finn:''' DON'T DO IT, MAN!\ |
| 270 | '''Bazooka goblin:''' Hehehehe... ''(beat)'' Okay.\ |
| 271 | '''Finn and Jake:''' Haha, YEAH! ''(fist pound)'' |
| 272 | * SymbolicBlood: The Jiggler's juice in the title card for "The Jiggler". |
| 273 | * SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: The two main antagonists of the early seasons function as this. [[Characters/AdventureTimeIceKing The Ice King]] is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain whose worst crimes are blindly attempting to freeze people and admittedly creepy capture of Princesses [[spoiler:that is eventually revealed to have a horrifically tragic backstory and not be really culpable for his actions,]] whereas [[Characters/AdventureTimeTheLich The Lich]] is a dead-serious, sadistic, sociopathic force of chaos and destruction that seeks nothing but to annihilate all life itself. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:T]] |
| 277 | * TakeAThirdOption: In "Another Way", Finn comes to a fork in the road, and is given the choice to go down a path that will make him lose his hair forever, and a path that will make him smelly forever. What does he choose? ''His'' way: going through the thorn bushes in the middle. In fact that episode is entirely about that in that Finn sets out on his quest 'because' he'd rather take the third option, further the episode both subverts this trope briefly and then plays it straight towards the end. |
| 278 | * TakeOurWordForIt: A short instance of it in "It Came from the Nightosphere" when the Lord of Evil leaves Marceline's house, and another when he shows Ice King his NightmareFace, causing Ice King to [[BringMyBrownPants soil his tunic]]. |
| 279 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Ice King's goal in "Loyalty to the King". The Lich also qualifies, but to a more dark extent. |
| 280 | * TakeThat: Season Four introduces "Mind Games", a book that is clearly a Pick Up Artist manual. Ice King knows about and uses it, Jake has it for a joke, and when Finn starts taking advice from it, Jake is ([[{{foreshadowing}} rightfully]] concerned. |
| 281 | * TalkingAnimal: "Storytelling" shows that most if not all animals are capable of speech. |
| 282 | * TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Played with in Joshua's pre-recorded messages. |
| 283 | -->'''Jake:''' But dad, Finn's already figured that out. He's a good kid with a kind heart.\ |
| 284 | '''Joshua:''' Remember, Jake, this is a pre-recorded holo-message. I can't hear you if you're talking to me right now.\ |
| 285 | (Moments later...)\ |
| 286 | '''Jake:''' But--\ |
| 287 | '''Joshua:''' BUTTS ARE FOR POOPING! |
| 288 | ** It's not a "tape" exactly, but in "Is That You?" Prismo has a conversation with Finn that to Prismo seems like he's just talking to an empty room. [[MindScrew Maybe.]] |
| 289 | * TeamShot: The picture on the main page. |
| 290 | * TechnoBabble: A forte of Princess Bubblegum and Ricardio. |
| 291 | --> '''Ricardio:''' The plasmordial layer is completely independent of the Babylons.\ |
| 292 | '''Princess Bubblegum:''' Wow! That would mean that the Babylons would fluctuate with the piranhananosphere!\ |
| 293 | '''Ricardio:''' Correct.\ |
| 294 | '''Finn:''' They're talkin' about science, man. I can't compete with that! |
| 295 | * TeensAreMonsters: Marceline and Jerky Teenage Bear. |
| 296 | * TelecomTree: In [[Recap/AdventureTimeS2E3LoyaltyToTheKing "Loyalty to the King"]], this is how the princesses find out about Nice King's arrival, complete with multiple little pictures of them spreading across the screen. |
| 297 | * TemptingApple: The witches' apples from "Dad's Dungeon" which [[spoiler:cause the consumer to be trapped in a giant apple to be eaten by the witches.]] |
| 298 | * TemptingFate: There's this from "Belly of the Beast": |
| 299 | --> '''Jake:''' Seriously, the only foreseeable threat might be all these trees being swallowed, but they're not hurtin' nothin'.\ |
| 300 | '''Finn:''' Yeah... Good thing [the monster's] not swallowing some deadly volcano lava. That would kill them for ''sure''!\ |
| 301 | [[spoiler:''(The monster considers this and heads for a volcano.)'']] |
| 302 | * TheAssimilator: [[spoiler: GOLB's]] monsters behave this way, attempting to absorb Candy People to strenghten their bodies. PB realizes this and orders the Banana Guards to retreat, though she didn't count on [[spoiler: the Gumball Guardians also being susceptible to the assimilation]]. |
| 303 | * TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Flame Lord was noticeably absent from the lantern in "Bun Bun", most likely due to Roddy Piper's death due in July of 2015. |
| 304 | * TheCorruption: [[spoiler: GOLB's]] breath can turn anything it comes in contact with into horrific monsters. It's heavily implied that [[spoiler: the Lich was created when a bomb made from GOLB's breath exploded near a human.]] |
| 305 | * TheFinalTemptation: Puhoy. A Tearjearker as well. It's both played straight, subverted and then played straight again. |
| 306 | * TheThreeFacesOfEve: Applies to the three main female characters: PB the life-creating mother, LSP the immature child, and Marceline the free spirit. |
| 307 | * ThemeTuneRollCall: "...With Jake the Dog and Finn the Human..." |
| 308 | * TheyJustDontGetIt: The bears in "Belly of the Beast" simply don't understand that they will be digested if they stay in the giant's belly. |
| 309 | * [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich They Wasted A Perfectly Good Burrito]]: Dang it, Jake! |
| 310 | * ThinkingUpPortals: The Door Lord from "What Was Missing". |
| 311 | * ThisLoserIsYou: |
| 312 | ** The Ice King at the ending of [[spoiler:"Fionna and Cake" is supposed to resemble shippers and fan fic writers in general.]] [[AffectionateParody All done in good fun, of course.]] |
| 313 | ** Returned to more darkly with "All the Little People," in which Finn's obsessive shipping of animated figurines of the show's characters is portrayed as unhealthy and connected to his ongoing depression. |
| 314 | * ThoseTwoGuys: The two gumdrop girls. They're frequently seen in the background, almost always seen together, and have had absolutely no impact whatsoever on the plot. |
| 315 | * ThrillerOnTheExpress: "Mystery Train" |
| 316 | * ThrowTheBookAtThem: Finn throws the Enchiridion at a worm in "Evicted!". |
| 317 | * TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler:Prismo's]] past self revives his present self though a scheme so convoluted it's hard to even describe. |
| 318 | -->'''[[spoiler:Prismo]]''': My past self is doing plan B, right? |
| 319 | -->'''Finn''': Uh, yes. But I gotta say, this whole thing seems [[FutureSlang rickety as yoga balls]]. |
| 320 | -->'''[[spoiler:Prismo]]''': [[LampshadeHanging Yeah, tell me about it]]. |
| 321 | -->'''Finn''': ''You'' tell you about it! |
| 322 | -->'''[[spoiler:Prismo]]''': ...I think he would blow up if I did that. |
| 323 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: |
| 324 | ** Lady Rainicorn's parents. |
| 325 | ** Jake and Lady are typically this, but Jake has used his stretching powers on 1 or 2 occasions to be the bigger one. |
| 326 | ** Finn whenever he hangs out with Canyon, as in "Billy's Bucket List" and "Mama Said." |
| 327 | * TitleDrop: The term "Adventure Time" serves as the eponymous duo's catch phrase, lead into by Finn saying "What time is it?". |
| 328 | ** There are also permutations of it in a few episodes. "Slow Love" saw "Lady Time", "The Dungeon" featured Jake joyously proclaiming it to be "Lunch Time," and "Susan Strong" has Finn help Susan using "Incremental Time." |
| 329 | ** There are a few "episode" title drops like in "Loyalty to the King", "What Have You Done?", "The Real You", and "Go With Me". |
| 330 | *** From "Too Young": |
| 331 | ---->'''Lemongrab:''' TOO YOUNG! TOO YOUNG TO RULE THE KINGDOM! |
| 332 | *** And now we have this from "Too Old", which featured several call-backs to "Too Young" (as the name suggests): |
| 333 | ---->'''Lemongrab:''' YOU'RE TOO OLD PRINCESS! TOO OLD FOR PRANKS! ''TOOO OOOLLLDDD!'' |
| 334 | ** Parodied in-universe in "Heat Signature" for the movie ''Heat Signature''. Try to figure ''that'' out. |
| 335 | --->"AAAH, MY HEAT SIGNATURE!!" |
| 336 | ** "YOU MADE ME LIKE THIS! YOU MADE ME! ''YOOOU MAAADE MEEE!''" |
| 337 | ** "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! ''ALL YOUR FAULT!''" |
| 338 | ** [[spoiler:'''Simon''' ''(whispering):'' You forgot your floaties...]] |
| 339 | ** The Lich drops the title of "Wake Up" to [[spoiler: Old Man Prismo, just before killing him.]] |
| 340 | * TogetherInDeath: Ghost Princess and Clarence fall in love ''while'' they are ghosts in "Ghost Princess". Eventually, though, the trope is [[spoiler: played straight when it is revealed Clarence killed Warrior Princess in a war]]. |
| 341 | * ToiletHumor: |
| 342 | ** The penalty for stealing boots in "Ocean Of Fear" is poots on the newts. |
| 343 | ** Two episodes end with a character farting - "Slumber Party Panic!" has a character yell "Don't squeeze me, I'll fart!" and then Jake does, and in "It Came from the Nightosphere", it's revealed that Jake has been sleeping in Finn's pocket the whole time - Jake turns over and farts, and the episode ends. |
| 344 | ** In "Too Young," Finn mentions wanting to force-feed Lemongrab spicy serum "non-stop, 'till his butt falls out!" (He ends up violently throwing up instead, though.) |
| 345 | ** A [[FreezeFrameBonus hidden one]] in "All Your Fault" reveals one of Lemongrab's thoughts in the infamous "brain screenshot" and possibly reveals ''why'' he prefers mild, bland foods: |
| 346 | ---->'''Lemongrab:''' Mommy, don't make me eat more asparagus. It will be the end of me, [[PottyEmergency if you know what I mean]]. |
| 347 | * {{Tomboy}}: Fionna, Marceline |
| 348 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Marceline and Princess Bubblegum. |
| 349 | * TomeOfEldritchLore: The Enchridion, which also serves as a junction between worlds. Also the Pillownomicon from "Puhoy". |
| 350 | * TooDumbToLive: |
| 351 | ** The Hotdog Knights. When given a chance at being granted two wishes, they wished for a box and to be blown up, respectively. Hotdog Princess is aware of this and it's ''why'' she sent Finn and Jake to help rescue them. |
| 352 | ** Finn and Jake in "Heat Signature". When Marceline clearly tells them that the ghosts will suck their guts out when they (Finn and Jake) go to their (the ghosts') house, Finn and Jake go anyway because the ghosts say they want to [[BlatantLies "throw a party in honor of [their] new vampire skills."]] Meaning that Finn and Jake trust ghosts over someone they've known longer. |
| 353 | ** In "The Pods", Fin and Jake are given 3 magic beans, but are warned that one of them is evil. Their plan? Plant all 3 beans to see which one is evil, [[TooDumbToLive of course!]] |
| 354 | ** Lemongrab and his clone: [[spoiler: They don't even pay attention to the fact that both of them- and their new subjects- are starving since they've grown obsessed in creating 'life' using the formula Bubblegum accidentally left behind. Thus, they would have died due to their impulsiveness and their obsession.]] |
| 355 | * TooLongDidntDub: Done for joke purposes in "My Two Favorite People." Lady Rainicorn tells Jake a joke in Korean. Jake finds it hilarious, but when Finn asks what it is, Jake says sheepishly that it "doesn't translate very well." According to the [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/18740459/My-Two-Favorite-People-Storyboard storyboards]] for that episode, it actually wasn't much of a joke. |
| 356 | --> '''Lady Rainicorn:''' I can't think of one... but remember that time we ran naked through that farmer's cabbage patch? He was so offended.\ |
| 357 | '''Jake:''' Let's not talk about that. |
| 358 | * TotallyRadical: Everybody talks like this. The series loves coming up with deliberately goofy slang, such as "mathematical" and "algebraic". Largely justified, in that [[spoiler:it takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, meaning that the characters' understanding of slang would be taken from the movies, video games, and other entertainment that remained after the Great Mushroom War]]. |
| 359 | * TragicMonster: Ice King and Lemongrab definitely. The Lich may also count if his implied origin ([[spoiler: that he was a human who was directly hit by one of the bombs from the Mushroom War]]) is true. |
| 360 | * TrailersAlwaysLie: The preview for "Burning Low" heavily implies that Princess Bubblegum is jealous of Finn's relationship with Fire Princess. However, the truth is that she's only against their relationship because [[spoiler:kissing Fire Princess would cause her to go unstable and destroy the world.]] |
| 361 | ** The trailers for the GrandFinale all but outright lie by [[spoiler:seeming to show the Candy Kingdom and Gumbaldian armies rushing toward each other for battle. In fact, the battle never happens, and both armies are fleeing from GOLB.]] |
| 362 | * TrailersAlwaysSpoil: |
| 363 | ** In the week before "Ricardio the Heart Guy" aired, teasers for the episode on Cartoon Network all but completely spoiled that he was evil, despite how ambiguous the first half of the episode tried to make it, and also showed the part near the ending in which [[spoiler:Ricardio had tied up Princess Bubblegum and was holding a broken bottle to her, and Jake punched him]]. |
| 364 | ** The commercial for [[spoiler:"In Your Footsteps" spoiled the fact that the bear steals the Enchiridion at the end. It did NOT, however, spoil the fact that the bear gives the Enchiridion to the Lich at the end.]] |
| 365 | ** Averted with the long teaser for "A Glitch is a Glitch", which used clips from older episodes to essentially say "we can't show you anything from this episode because it's too crazy, so have a ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' clip instead." |
| 366 | ** Bizarrely enough, Cartoon Network spoiled the secret theme of a Five Short Graybles episode, "Another Five Short Graybles", by having the announcer say out loud what it is, and the secret themes are usually the entire POINT of the grayble episodes. |
| 367 | * TraintopBattle: Finn and the creepy conductor have one in "Mystery Train". |
| 368 | * TranslatorMicrobes: Jake dropped a neck-worn translator device on the bottom of the lake in "My Two Favorite People." The reason he dropped it was because it only had three output voices: Nightmare, Old Man, and Alien Nerd. |
| 369 | * TrappedInVillainy: In the episode "Jake vs. Me-Mow", Me-Mow forces Jake into killing Wildberry Princess with the threat of death. |
| 370 | * TreasureIsBiggerInFiction: Lampshaded in "Guardians of Sunshine". |
| 371 | -->'''Jake:''' These coins are thick! |
| 372 | * TreehouseOfFun: [[http://i.cartoonnetwork.com/v5cache/CARTOON/site/Images/i3/at_1280x1024_wallpaper4_2.jpg Finn and Jake's house.]] Not only is it awesome, but it's downright practical, with a generator and a telescope. |
| 373 | * {{Tricked Out Shoe|s}}: The funeral lady's shoe (complete with multiple blades and a ''lasso'') when it was fixed with a magic nail by Finn in "His Hero". |
| 374 | * TriumphantReprise: ''All Warmed Up Inside'', which is Jake's far more [[{{Pun}} heartwarming]] take on Finn's song at the beginning of the episode, ''All Gummed Up Inside''. |
| 375 | * TrivialTragedy: Marceline angsts over the time her daddy ate her fries. |
| 376 | * {{Troperiffic}} |
| 377 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Penny from "City of Thieves" is just a cute little girl... and... [[spoiler:SHE'S A THIEF! Also, she attempted to stab Finn.]] |
| 378 | * TrueCompanions: Finn and Jake, who frequently refer to one another as "brother". Though that may be because Finn was adopted by Jake's parents. |
| 379 | ** Later on, this group broadens to include Princess Bubblegum, Marceline, BMO, Ice King, and others. |
| 380 | * TrueNeutral: The unaligned ant. [[invoked]] |
| 381 | * TrueLovesKiss: [[spoiler:In "Too Young", a "love-hug" from Finn is needed as a catalyst to mix the candy people's biomass with Princess Bubblegum's (to turn her eighteen again)... They still kiss just for the hell of it.]] |
| 382 | * TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Finn, Princess Bubblegum, and Marceline. |
| 383 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: "Too Young". |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder:U-Z]] |
| 387 | * UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: |
| 388 | ** InUniverse. 'Theoretical fightonomics' is taught in a worm college Finn and Jake visit. [[spoiler:Werewolf Queen]] always wins, apparently. |
| 389 | ** Finn invokes this in "Frost & Fire" with the Flame Princess and Ice King. [[spoiler: [[DeconstructedTrope It ends up destroying the Ice Kingdom and Finn's relationship with Flame Princess]].]] |
| 390 | ** Teased in "Gumbaldia" when [[spoiler:Gumbald gathers a legion of one-shot villains to attack the Candy Kingdom. Proves to be a ShaggyDogStory when all of them just run away.]] |
| 391 | * UncannyValleyMakeUp: Tree Trunks when she tries to seduce an enemy. At the end of the episode, Finn and Jake try it, and Finn looks straight-up scary. |
| 392 | * UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler: The Lich was newly restored to life as a baby at the end of the season 6 premiere.]] |
| 393 | * UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: ''Adventure Time'' has several episodes like this, including "I Remember You", "Simon and Marcy", and "Evergreen". The first two deal with the backstory of Ice King, generally a comic relief villain, and reveal him to be a TragicVillain with [[WasOnceAMan a sympathetic backstory]]. [[spoiler: He used to be Betty's fiance Simon, before wearing the Ice Crown drove him insane to the point where he doesn't remember who he was.]] The third follows the history of Ice King's crown and has a DownerEnding. |
| 394 | * UnexplainedAccent: Flambo's Bronx accent, Tree Trunks' Texan accent, and Goliad's English accent, all contrasting with the Midwestern newscaster voices all of the other characters use. Flambo can't even use the excuse of [[Creator/TomKenny his voice actor]] naturally having the accent. |
| 395 | ** The Irish accent of [[spoiler:Finn's mother, Minerva.]] |
| 396 | * TheUnreveal: Is Susan Strong human or [[FishPeople hyooman]]? [[spoiler:In "Beautopia", it's revealed that she's most likely human, though it's still technically ambiguous.]] |
| 397 | ** [[spoiler:''Islands'' confirms that she is definitely a human with cybernetic implants.]] |
| 398 | * UnsettlingGenderReveal: Finn and Lady Rainicorn thought [[spoiler:Tiffany]] was a girl. |
| 399 | * UnspecifiedApocalypse: The Great Mushroom war is the reason behind the formation of the Land of Ooo, but for the longest time, the end was only hinted at being some sort of war. |
| 400 | ** [[spoiler:The fall of the Candy Kingdom as indicated by "Graybles 1000+" and "Lemonhope." We don't know what happened, or if anything even happened other than natural decay. But "Come Along With Me" demonstrates that [[Heartwarming/AdventureTime life will go on.]]]] |
| 401 | * UnspokenPlanGuarantee: |
| 402 | ** Finn invokes this against the Fight King [[spoiler:not even letting Jake know about his plan to trick the Fight King into giving him his sword[=/=]SoulJar.]] |
| 403 | ** AVERTED in the Ice King's first focus episode. Finn claims they can trick him into the cage. They successfully trick him into the cage. |
| 404 | * UnusualEuphemism: |
| 405 | ** "Beautopia" has "Balzacs!" |
| 406 | ** "MATHEMATICAL!" and other math-related exclamations are used often. |
| 407 | -->"Alphanumeric!" |
| 408 | -->"Algebraic!" |
| 409 | -->"Rhombus!" |
| 410 | ** Also, Princess Bubblegum says "What the cabbage?" |
| 411 | ** "Lump" and various conjugations of such seems to be a sort of [[{{Smurfing}} all-purpose euphemism]] in Lumpy Space. |
| 412 | ** There's also "shmowzow", "hamacow", "slamacow" "shmow", "spa-mow", "ski-dow", "wow-cow-chow"... |
| 413 | ** A little something from "City of Thieves" with Penny: "It's ri-doo-doo-diculous!" |
| 414 | ** [[RunningGag "Tck tck" *wink + "okay" gesture*]] |
| 415 | ** "JJ Flip, what the zip?!" |
| 416 | ** This. |
| 417 | --->'''Finn:''' I'm gonna man-handle those guys' banandles!\ |
| 418 | '''Jake:''' ''({{beat}})'' What? |
| 419 | ** And this: |
| 420 | --->'''Princess Bubblegum:''' Being [[spoiler:thirteen]] is... BLOO-BA-LOOBIE!\ |
| 421 | '''Finn:''' ...Hmm? |
| 422 | ** "Bazoobs", in one episode. |
| 423 | ** "Donk" is used fairly frequently, in one of two ways: |
| 424 | -->'''Princess Bubblegum:''' That is way out of line, Peps, and you guys are donking up my research! *Begins knocking stuff off her table* Hello! Donk, donk! |
| 425 | -->OR |
| 426 | --> '''Huntress Wizard:''' What's it look like, ya donk? |
| 427 | ** "THAT'S BIZONKERS!!" Frankly, this show is in love with this trope. |
| 428 | ** In "Ghost Princess", the boys use every word they can to [[NeverSayDie avoid using the words "murder" and "die"]]. Pretty silly since they've mentioned death in practically every episode up to this point. |
| 429 | ** OH MY GLOB!!! |
| 430 | *** Though, as is eventually shown, there really IS a Glob. But he never says "Oh my Glob." [[spoiler:Sometimes Gob does.]] |
| 431 | ** Honestly there's probably too many examples to list. Probably almost as many unique examples as there are episodes. Given the show's [[AfterTheEnd setting]], it can probably be justified as FutureSlang. |
| 432 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Betty. Within seconds of being brought to Ooo she had no reaction to a teenager wearing a bear skin hat, a talking dog, or a vampire, not to mention being in a palace made of ice. There was still no reaction to using a magic carpet a minute later. All that her attention is drawn to is [[spoiler: Simon]]. |
| 433 | * VaginaDentata: |
| 434 | ** The Lord of Evil's EldritchAbomination form as well as the dimple plant's dangerous form have mouths that seem to resemble this. |
| 435 | ** The slime monster in "Dad's Dungeon". |
| 436 | * ValentinesDayEpisodes: "Incendium". The trappings of the holiday aren't present, but romance is the main theme and the fact that it was airing on "Valentine's Eve" was pointed out in advertisements. |
| 437 | * ValleyGirl: The denizens of Lumpy Space. |
| 438 | * VampireHickey: Marceline has two noticeable bite marks on her neck, indicating that she was turned some time in the past. The "Stakes" mini-series eventually reveals in a flashback, to when she was just a common half-demon (human mother, demon father), that this was from the vampire king who bit and turned her just as she was staking him. In the present day of the story, when she regains the last of his vampire power, the vampire essence puts the marks back on her neck as she's absorbing the power. |
| 439 | * VerbThis: |
| 440 | --> '''Magic Man:''' Yes, my children! You are so close to the answer!\ |
| 441 | '''Finn:''' Answer ''THIS!'' |
| 442 | ** There's this from "Dungeon": |
| 443 | ---> '''Demon Cat:''' I'm going to unzip your skin and wear it like a little coat.\ |
| 444 | '''Finn:''' Unzip ''THIS!'' ''(armpit fart)'' |
| 445 | ** Finn is fond of this. Here's one from "Rainy Day Daydream": |
| 446 | --->'''Finn:''' How'd ''you'' get into my imagination land?\ |
| 447 | '''Bellamy Bug:''' I don't know, my young fellow! ''You'' tell ''me''. Perhaps I represent your secret desire to be civilized!\ |
| 448 | '''Finn:''' Represent ''THIS!'' ''(smacks bug)'' |
| 449 | * VillainBeatingArtifact: Billy's gauntlet is needed to defeat the Lich [[spoiler:but the Lich destroys it before Finn can use it]]. |
| 450 | * VillainDecay: The Ice King. |
| 451 | * VillainEpisode: In "Thank You", the main characters are a Snow Golem (who is a creation of the Ice King) and his adopted pet, a Fire Wolf. |
| 452 | ** While "Hitman" does involve Finn and Jake, Ice King clearly gets more focus in the episode than they do. |
| 453 | * VillainousRescue: The Ice King saves Finn and Jake's lives thrice in "Hitman". |
| 454 | * VillainOverForDinner: Invoked when Finn begins unleashing his greatest fears in an attempt to escape the dream world in "King Worm": one of his fears is being too young to hang out with Princess Bubblegum, so it manifests with her having coffee with the Lich (also one of his greatest fears). |
| 455 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: The Lich is probably the best example, being a horrific, omnicidal undead monster and pretty much the only villain that isn't humorous in ''any'' way. The Fight King, Ricardio, Me-Mow, and the Freak Deer are all also a lot scarier than you would expect from a show like this. |
| 456 | * ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: This show just takes this trope and runs with it. A lot of times, Finn and Jake just solve something by beating or threatening to beat the ''crap'' out of it. It is even the lesson for one episode, "His Hero". |
| 457 | ** Subverted later on, starting with "Gumbaldia" and leading into the finale. [[spoiler:Finn has grown up a lot, and has realized that a war between PB and Gumbald will solve nothing. He's learned that violence has its role in the world, and that Billy's philosophy went too far, but it shouldn't be resorted to when there's an alternative.]] |
| 458 | * TheVirus: The Lumps. When a Lumpy Space person bites a normal being, the normal being turns into a Lumpy Space person. It's like,... werewolf rules? Rawr-rawr-rawr. |
| 459 | ** Played much more seriously [[spoiler:in the "Islands" miniseries. [[MissingMom Minerva]] originally digitized herself because she was dying of a plague that killed 60 percent of humans--and 99 percent of the doctors who tended to them.]] |
| 460 | * VisualPun: The {{Gag Censor}}s from "Wizard". They are ''logs of '''wood.''''' |
| 461 | * VocalEvolution: Finn's voice actor started going through puberty, and as such his voice gets much lower and crackier as the series goes on. |
| 462 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Princess Monster Wife spoke ([[IAmAMonster and cries]]) in every voice of the [[FrankensteinsMonster parts she was made from]]. |
| 463 | * VomitIndiscretionShot: |
| 464 | ** There's one in "The Enchiridion!", "Go With Me", "The Monster", and "Another Way". |
| 465 | ** Lemongrab in "Too Young," Jake in "Storytelling," Jake in "Jake the Dog," and Seed-Wad in "All Your Fault." |
| 466 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Billy. |
| 467 | * TheWallsAreClosingIn: Happens with the first room Ice King, N.E.P.T.R., Tree Trunks, Shelby and Lemongrab find themselves trapped in in "Mystery Dungeon". |
| 468 | ** In "Come Along With Me," happens again to [[spoiler:Finn, Simon, and Betty, when they get swallowed by GOLB.]] |
| 469 | * WarElephants: There's an [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant]]. |
| 470 | * WastefulWishing: |
| 471 | ** Jake in "The Limit": |
| 472 | -->'''Jake:''' It's hard to think on an empty stomach... I wish I wasn't so hungry. ''(sub sandwich appears and Jake takes a tiny bite)''\ |
| 473 | '''Finn:''' You wasted your wish, man! |
| 474 | ** Jake almost does this ''again'' in "Jake the Dog," ''again'' over a sandwich. Fortunately the [[BenevolentGenie genie was fairly benevolent]] (to him, at least) and put a stop to it, basically telling him what wish he needed to save both [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Finn]] and the pre-wish multiverse. |
| 475 | * WatchingTheSunset: Ice King and NEPTR (in Ice King's mind) at the end of "What Is Life?" |
| 476 | * WeAreAsMayflies: Inverted. It's heavily implied that Jake ages in dog years and will reach old age while Finn's barely into adulthood. |
| 477 | * WeWantOurJerkBack: Donny has to go back to being a jerk so he can repel the whywolves with obnoxygen, thus saving the house people. Oddly, no one directly involved wants him back. The house people, whom he inadvertently protects, don't like him, and the whywolves seem very enthusiastic to hunt the house people to extinction even knowing that they'll die afterward. |
| 478 | -->'''Whywolf:''' ...until we, in turn, are devoured by the Cosmic Owl. Such is the nature of things. But! It'll be a pretty sweet ride up until that point. |
| 479 | * WeWillMeetAgain: The Ice King in the pilot has an oddly verbose example. |
| 480 | --> '''Ice King:''' Foul, noisome whelp! You've not seen the last of ''my'' wintery fangs! I'll cleave the warmth from your bones, and stop stiff your beating heart with my claws! |
| 481 | * WeakenedByTheLight: The Lubglubs' weakness. |
| 482 | * WeddingEpisode: "Apple Wedding": Tree Trunks marries Mr. Pig as the focus of the episode. |
| 483 | * WeddingFinale: In the GrandFinale, [[spoiler:Ice Gunther and Turtle Princess]] marry. |
| 484 | * WelcomeTitles: The intro zooms through different parts of Ooo, passing several characters along the way: Finn, Jake, the princesses, Marceline, and the Ice King. |
| 485 | * WhamEpisode: Has its own [[WhamEpisode/AdventureTime page]]. |
| 486 | * WhamLine: |
| 487 | ** ''"The Ice Wizard is a weak fool..."''--Said by Princess Bubblegum, and is the first evidence of [[spoiler:her mind-control under the Lich.]] Complete with creepy background music! |
| 488 | ** [[spoiler:"Well, ''I've'' been waiting for '''six months!'''"]] ("No One Can Hear You") |
| 489 | ** [[spoiler:"Hello. My name is Simon Petrikov."]] ("Holly Jolly Secrets") |
| 490 | ** "Dude... [[spoiler:I think I have a crush."]] ("Incendium") |
| 491 | *** Also from that episode: |
| 492 | ---->'''Flame King:''' Any prince who is ruthless enough to kill his own buffoon would make an excellent boyfriend... [[spoiler:'''''for my evil daughter!''''']] |
| 493 | ** "I understand now... [[spoiler:You're a ''[[MakingASplash water]]'' [[MakingASplash elemental]].]]" ("Hot to the Touch") |
| 494 | ** At the very end of "In Your Footsteps": |
| 495 | --->[[spoiler:'''The Lich:''' [upon gaining the Enchiridion] Yes! One step closer.]] |
| 496 | ** After Jake tells PB off in "Burning Low": |
| 497 | --->'''Princess Bubblegum:''' [[spoiler:This isn't about some petty love triangle!! Flame Princess is PHYSICALLY UNSTABLE!!]] |
| 498 | ** The very end of "Lady and Peebles": |
| 499 | --->[[spoiler:Lady: I am pregnant!]]\ |
| 500 | [[spoiler:Jake: I'm...'''''puppies!?''''']] |
| 501 | ** "I Remember You" has an entire Wham Song. It has a Wham Line, too: |
| 502 | ---->'''Marceline:''' You don't remember anything, do you... [[spoiler:SIMON]]? |
| 503 | ** "The Lich": |
| 504 | *** The end of has an utter doozy. |
| 505 | --->'''[[spoiler: [[AlternateUniverse AU]]!]]Finn:''' [[spoiler:Coming Mom!]] |
| 506 | *** Before that Princess Bubblegum dropped a huge bombshell: |
| 507 | ---->'''Princess Bubblegum:''' [[spoiler: Finn, stop! That's not Billy. ''It's the Lich!'']] |
| 508 | ** From "Simon and Marcy": |
| 509 | --->'''Marcy:''' I love you, Simon.\ |
| 510 | '''Simon:''' I love you, too... [[spoiler:'''Gunter.''']] |
| 511 | ** From "The Vault": |
| 512 | --->'''Finn:''' [[spoiler: It's me, Shoko.]] |
| 513 | ** From "Billy's Bucket List": |
| 514 | --->'''Billy:''' [[spoiler:Your father, Finn. He's alive...]] |
| 515 | ** From "Wake Up": |
| 516 | ---->'''Prismo:''' [[spoiler: Yeah, I just wanted one last look at myself.]] |
| 517 | ** From "Astral Plane": |
| 518 | --->'''Finn:''' [[spoiler:Glob is dead.]] |
| 519 | ** From "Marceline the Vampire Queen": |
| 520 | --->'''Marceline: [[spoiler:I don't want to be a vampire anymore.]] |
| 521 | ** "Preboot" drops a huge bombshell. |
| 522 | --->'''Doctor Gross:''' None of you normies know what you want, so it's up to me and my hybrid army to drag [[spoiler:all the other humans into a golden age!]] |
| 523 | --->'''Finn:''' Wait, [[spoiler:other humans? There are more humans?!?]] |
| 524 | ** From "Helpers": |
| 525 | --->[[spoiler:'''Minerva:''' But that all doesn't matter anymore. You're back! And now you can live here in safety.\ |
| 526 | '''Finn:''' Oh, but I couldn't--\ |
| 527 | '''Minerva:''' ''For the rest of your life.'']] |
| 528 | * WhatDidIDoLastNight: In "Return to the Nightosphere", Finn and Jake wake up in a cage in a pile of bananas, and this is pretty much Finn's reaction. |
| 529 | -->'''Finn:''' What did we do last night?\ |
| 530 | '''Jake:''' Mayhaps we drank [[FantasticDrug juice of the elder toad]]? |
| 531 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
| 532 | ** From "Candy Streets", Pete Sassafras is still locked up in Candy Kingdom jail, even though he was totally innocent. |
| 533 | ** In "Crossover", [[spoiler: the Lich's severed, still alive hand is multiplied and sent to every dimension in the multiverse. While the copy in the main universe is destroyed in "Whispers", what happened to those in the other timelines?]] |
| 534 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The cat in "Dungeon" has the power to be ''almost'' right about everything. It's a ShoutOut to the classic D&D monster, the Displacer Beast. Except this is a "Displaced Beast." ''[[LamePunReaction GROAN.]]'' |
| 535 | * WhatTheHellHero[=/=]HannibalLecture: In "What Have You Done?", the Ice King actually convinces Finn that he's doing the wrong thing by imprisoning him for seemingly no reason. |
| 536 | ** In "The Cooler", Flame Princess calls out Princess Bubblegum for spying on her and sabotaging her fire ancients under the guise of coming to help her with a crisis. |
| 537 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: Parodied. After becoming king of a small nation, Finn learns that he is not allowed to chew his own food, among other things. |
| 538 | -->'''Finn:''' Oh, come on, give me this. |
| 539 | -->'''Servant:''' I would know, my liege. |
| 540 | * WhipPan: |
| 541 | ** Near the beginning of "Susan Strong". |
| 542 | ** There are a lot of these in "Daddy's Little Monster". |
| 543 | * WhiteAndGreyMorality: While there can be straight up evil characters, at least 90% of the villains have backstories and depth that makes them seem more human. With the addition of the Lich, the series overall morality is TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil with Finn and Jake as [[TheHero heroes]], the Lich as the BigBad, and everyone else with flaws and redeeming qualities. |
| 544 | ** Like everything else, the show complicates this as it goes on. Finn is shown to have serious flaws in his ideas of heroism and romance that he needs to work through. Jake is a lot more put-together, but has still made plenty of mistakes. Furthermore, plenty of villains are introduced who are [[JerkAss just jerks]], even though they have [[FreudianExcuse perfectly good reasons]] to act that way. Ultimately, the series seems to be saying that traditional moral axes just doesn't match the real world. |
| 545 | * WhiteMaleLead |
| 546 | ** Finn, the main character, is the only white human for most of the series. |
| 547 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Finn has a specific fear of the ocean. |
| 548 | * WidelySpacedJailBars: In "Up a Tree," Finn is imprisoned in a jail cell with these. [[LampshadeHanging He indeed ends up just walking out.]] |
| 549 | * WilliamTelling: |
| 550 | ** Fionna throws an ax in the Fionna & Cake story Marceline tells in "Bad Little Boy" to cut an apple balanced on BMO's head in half |
| 551 | ** In "Holly Jolly Secrets", the Ice King attempts to use his ice powers to shoot an apple off Gunther's head and ends up encasing Gunther's head in ice. |
| 552 | * WishingForMoreWishes: In "The Limit," Finn and Jake and a group of hot dog knights quest through a labyrinth, at the center of which is a being that will grant each of them one wish. Finn and Jake have decided to wish for an [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant]], but by the time they get to the center of the labyrinth, several of the hot dog knights have fallen and Jake is near-death from over-stretching. [[TooDumbToLive The hot dog knights]] [[WastefulWishing waste their wishes]] on frivolous and poorly-considered things rather than restoring their fallen comrades, and Jake accidentally wishes he weren't so hungry and is granted a SatiatingSandwich, leaving only Finn's wish. The moment is played as a choice between a selfish wish for the APTWE or a selfless one for Jake to be healed, and Finn seems poised to go with the latter... until he wishes for the APTWE, psychically proves his worthiness to become its master, and orders ''it'' to wish for Jake and the fallen hot dog knights to be restored and then fly them all to safety. |
| 553 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: |
| 554 | ** In "Crystals Have Power" this happens to [[spoiler:Tree Trunks.]] |
| 555 | ** A big one for [[spoiler: the Ice King]], as revealed in "Holly Jolly Secrets". Turns out, [[spoiler: he was just a regular guy that found the crown, gaining his ice powers, but losing his sanity from the crown's visions]]. |
| 556 | ** Happens to Finn twice: in "The Real You" when magic glasses make him omniscient, and in "Finn the Human"/"Jake the Dog" when [[spoiler:he puts on the Ice King's crown]]. |
| 557 | ** Betty's MMS theory suggests that this is the fate of all magic-users--every wizard runs on some combination of Magic, Madness, and Sadness. |
| 558 | * WizardBeard: Exaggerated with the [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/6106037147/in/photostream/ Grand Master Wizard's]] beard. Now THAT'S a {{wizard beard}}! |
| 559 | * WizardDuel: The episode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Wizard Battle"]]. |
| 560 | * WombLevel: [[spoiler:Ricardio]]'s evil lair in "Lady and Peebles". Possibly made from [[spoiler:biomass he harvested from the Ice King]]. |
| 561 | * WordSaladHumor: All the time. |
| 562 | -->'''Finn:''' This stinkups mega bamm-bamm to the J-stop. |
| 563 | ** The speech at the end of "The Other Tarts" seems to be complete nonsense: |
| 564 | --->'''Royal Tart Toter:''' This cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions twists all our arms collectively, but if sweetness can win—and it can—then I'll still be here tomorrow to high-five you yesterday, my friend. Peace. |
| 565 | ** Anything Cuber says. Ever. |
| 566 | * TheWorfEffect: In "Blade of Grass", Finn is CursedWithAwesome by obtaining a cursed sword that, like [[StuckItems cursed weapons from RPGs]], cannot be un-equipped. Its magic appears to also give some sort of RPG-like "dexterity stat bonus" that makes Finn far, far more awesome at using it than he would otherwise be, showing him carving a picture of his face into objects with a flick of the wrist. In ''the very next episode'' "Rattleballs" however, to emphasize how much better a swordsman Rattleballs is than Finn, this effect seems to completely disappear, to the point that not only does Finn not stand a chance against him in a swordfight, but finds it challenging simply to deflect eggs thrown at him in a training excercise. |
| 567 | ** The Gumball Guardians are frequently defeated by high-level threats, even though they're supposed to be the primary protectors of the Candy Kingdom. |
| 568 | * WorldInTheSky: Lumpy Space. Also, the Cloud Kingdom because it has SolidClouds that you can walk on. |
| 569 | %%* WorldOfBadass |
| 570 | * WorldOfChaos: The Nightosphere is literally sustained by ChaoticEvil, while the Crystal Dimension and Lumpy Space at least skirt this trope. And heck, Ooo isn't exactly normal either. |
| 571 | * WorldOfHam: There are many hams in this world. |
| 572 | * WorldWarIII: |
| 573 | ** The Great Mushroom War alluded to in the backstory is actually this, with the mushrooms themselves being [[NukeEm nuclear explosions]]. |
| 574 | ** The first half of the GrandFinale is all about averting World War IV. |
| 575 | * WormInAnApple: |
| 576 | ** "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E4TreeTrunks Tree Trunks]]" opens in Tree Trunks's apple orchard, where Finn and Jake are chopping up apples with their swords. A green worm eagerly approaches one of the apples, only for it to be halved right before the critter reaches its intended meal. |
| 577 | ** In "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS2E15TheRealYou The Real You]]", Finn and Jake attend the Worm College. Worm College is located in a giant rotten apple. It doesn't last long because the fingers of the duo are mistaken for truants and attacked by the worm-students. |
| 578 | * WorthyOpponent: Jake and Finn enjoy fighting "Science Cat and Sword Shark" for recreational purposes in ''My Two Favorite People.'' |
| 579 | --> '''Jake:''' Who are these guys?! This is a great fight! |
| 580 | * WretchedHive: The city of thieves. [[PlanetOfHats Every single inhabitant is a thief]], and if you go in there, [[FisherKingdom you become a thief too]]. |
| 581 | * WriterOnBoard: Jake's whole conflict with eating Meat Man in "Hitman" could be interpreted as a message to the viewer that they should question eating meat. One of the episode's storyboarders was Jesse Moynihan, who is a vegetarian. |
| 582 | * {{Yandere}}: |
| 583 | ** Tree Trunks in the crystal world. |
| 584 | ** Finn doesn't like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvisiyE7dPo anyone else]] being Jake's best friend. |
| 585 | ** Flame Princess mixes this with a healthy dose of {{tsundere}} and a frosting of ''evil''. |
| 586 | * YankTheDogsChain: |
| 587 | ** Ice King at the end of "The Eyes:" |
| 588 | --> '''Ice King:''' I'm... still not happy. |
| 589 | ** [[spoiler:Also Princess Bubblegum being aged back to 18 in "Too Young," right when it seemed that her and Finn would finally become more than friends.]] |
| 590 | ** Her pushing Finn further away in "Incendium". |
| 591 | ** Just when Finn starts to finally quell Flame Princess's emotions for good so that they can be together, she realizes that [[spoiler:Finn secretes water through tears when they hug, so they can't be a couple.]] That is until a later episode, but there are still obstacles. |
| 592 | * YearInsideHourOutside: In ''Puhoy'' [[spoiler: this happens to Finn. He goes to a pillow world, grows up, gets married, and has children. After he dies, he wakes up again in his own world a few minutes after he left, and begins to tell Jake about [[AllJustADream a crazy dream he had]]. A phone call interrupts him, and Finn totally forgets even having a dream...if that's what it was in the first place.]] |
| 593 | * YetAnotherChristmasCarol: The picture book "A Christmas-tastic Carol" places Ice King in the role of Scrooge, Marceline as Christmas Past, Lumpy Space Princess as Christmas Present, and Finn and Jake as Christmas Future. |
| 594 | * YouAllMeetInACell: The episodes "Return to the Nightosphere" and "Mystery Dungeon" both begin this way. In the first it's Finn and Jake waking up in a cage in the Nightosphere. In the second, it's Ice King and several minor characters in a dungeon. |
| 595 | * YouCantFightFate: |
| 596 | ** Jake has this mentality in "The New Frontier". |
| 597 | ** In every alternate universe shown so far, [[AnArmAndALeg some event happens that makes Finn lose an arm]]. [[spoiler:As of "Escape From the Citadel", Main!Finn lost his as well]]. |
| 598 | *** [[spoiler:Then regained it in "Breezy," lost it again in "Reboot," got a mechanical replacement in "Two Swords," then lost ''that'' in "Come Along With Me." The fact that he doesn't have another prosthetic the final time he's seen in the show probably means that he's given up bothering and accepted the universe doesn't want him to have a right arm.]] |
| 599 | *** You've gotta wonder how much longer poor [[spoiler:Shermy]] has with his right arm. |
| 600 | * YouExclamation: Delivered to Finn by Flame Princess in "Incendium". |
| 601 | * YouMonster: Said by Jake to Princess Bubblegum when she tries to get Finn away from Flame Princess. |
| 602 | * YouNeedToGetLaid: Ice King, but not for lack of trying. It might be one of the reasons why he's [[NerdsAreVirgins a big nerd]]. WordOfGod admits it being true. |
| 603 | ** In the nicest possible way, Jake in "Incendium," when he decides Finn just needs another girlfriend to get over Bubblegum. |
| 604 | * YouNoTakeCandle: |
| 605 | ** The businessmen's weird grammar in "Business Time." |
| 606 | -->"We love work for you!" |
| 607 | ** Susan Strong's English in general. |
| 608 | --->"Finn...help Susan!" |
| 609 | --->"Susan have hero's heart!" |
| 610 | *** [[spoiler:Explained in ''Islands''--she's a full-blooded human with cyborg implants from a post-apocalyptic refuge, who arrived on Ooo to recover the infant Finn but got damaged somehow and never completed her mission.]] |
| 611 | * YoureInsane: Princess Bubblegum says a variation of this at {{the climax}} of "The Real You". |
| 612 | -->'''Princess Bubblegum:''' Finn...you've gone ''insane!'' |
| 613 | * YourMindMakesItReal: |
| 614 | ** Jake has a ''very'' powerful imagination. |
| 615 | ** [[spoiler: Finn]] in "The Tower" creates a psychic arm that is fueled by his desire to get revenge on his dad and replace his lost arm. |
| 616 | * YourMom: |
| 617 | ** The Marauders to Marceline's dad in one episode: |
| 618 | -->'''Marceline's dad:''' What wears a dark suit, is completely evil, and is about to suck out all your souls?\ |
| 619 | '''Marauder:''' Your mama.\ |
| 620 | '''Marceline's dad:''' ({{beat}}) [[InsultBackfire That's right. I'm your mama.]] |
| 621 | ** From "Hug Wolf": |
| 622 | --->'''Jake:''' Finn...say something to reassure me.\ |
| 623 | '''Finn:''' I'LL HUG YOUR MOM! |
| 624 | * YourTomcatIsPregnant: |
| 625 | ** Gunter lays an egg in one episode. The characters even lampshade it. That said, the exact details are fairly ambiguous. After all, a magic cat creature hatched from the egg. |
| 626 | ** Also: The Ice King apparently lacks the capacity to differentiate between one penguin and the next, so they're ''all'' Gunter, further complicating the issue. When attempting to determine the gender of this particular Gunter, he tries looking at the penguin's general crotchular area, which doesn't do him much good (look up "cloaca" sometime). |
| 627 | * YourSoulIsMine: |
| 628 | ** Marceline's dad (Type One). |
| 629 | ** The Drop-ball ghost. |
| 630 | * YoYoPlotPoint: Finn bouncing between his love for Princess Bubblegum, and Flame Princess. |
| 631 | * ZombieApocalypse: |
| 632 | ** An experiment gone wrong in the episode "Slumber Party Panic" nearly results in this. |
| 633 | ** [[SequelEpisode "From Bad to Worse"]] also has this plot. Lampshaded by Bubblegum for ''once again'' being responsible for it happening. |
| 634 | [[/folder]] |
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