Line #21 Recap/AdventureTimeS5E8MysteryDungeon


1	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/320px-title_card_mystery_dungeon_5915.png]]
2	Ice King, NEPTR, Tree Trunks, Shelby, and Lemongrab are trapped inside a mysterious dungeon and must work together to free themselves.
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4	!! Tropes
5	* AccidentalMisnaming: Tree Trunks calls NEPTR, Ice King and Lemongrab "Nectar", "Ice Cream", and "Lemoncarb".
6	* AscendedExtra: Shelby has a major role in this episode.
7	* BaitAndSwitch: Shelby seems like he's going to perform a HeroicSacrifice to kill the fish monster by serving as bait... but he instead uses ''Tree Trunks'' as bait.
8	* BewareTheNiceOnes: It's Tree Trunks who ultimately gets them out of the dungeon, and she is one of the few people to get Lemongrab to behave himself.
9	* TheBigGuy: Lemongrab instantly attacks and destroys the tentacle monster.
10	* {{Bowdlerise}}: Some versions of the episode cut Lemongrab eating pie from the giant rat's mouth. (Causing a continuity problem, as you can still see pie smeared around his mouth afterwards.)
11	* CombatTentacles: The three-eyed monster has these for limbs.
12	* CrossReferencedTitles: To ''[[Recap/AdventureTimeS2E19MysteryTrain Mystery Train]]''.
13	* ADayInTheLimelight: For Ice King, NEPTR, Tree Trunks, Shelby, and Lemongrab.
14	* DescendingCeiling: Both this and TheWallsAreClosingIn are used to force the five to leave the first room.
15	* ExactWords: Ice King throws the book containing his Fionna and Cake fanfiction into a magical fire since it is said that anything thrown into the fire can be brought to life. However, only the book itself is brought to life, much to Ice King's dismay.
16	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: There's no Finn and Jake in this episode (until the very end, at least), but rather a group of people that you'd never expect to be in the same place.
17	* {{Gasshole}}: After being brought to life, the book of fanficiton repeatedly farts on Ice King.
18	* ImAHumanitarian: Lemongrab is shown on several occasions to be cannibalistic, especially towards Ice King.
19	* JabbaTableManners: Lemongrab's animalistic chomping notwithstanding, he eats half-chewed apple pie from the [[RodentsOfUnusualSize giant rat's]] mouth.
20	* TheLancer: Tree Trunks, of all characters, fulfills this role in this episode. She gets tough with Lemongrab and is surprisingly courageous and violent in the bit with the giant fish.
21	* TheLeader: Ice King immediately takes charge.
22	* LiteralGenie: The Sleeping Magi brings the book of Fionna and Cake to life and not the characters themselves.
23	* TheLoad: Shelby doesn't really do much. He was ''supposed'' to serve as bait for the fish monster but got Tree Trunks to do it instead.
24	* MistakenIdentity: The only reason NEPTR was in the dungeon was because Ice King thought he was BMO.
25	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Lemongrab has rows of razor-sharp teeth.
26	* OnlySaneMan: Shelby spends the vast majority of the episode bitterly snarking at the insanity of their situation.
27	* PhotographicMemory: Lemongrab is capable of memorizing the dungeon map in a few seconds before the ceiling starts collapsing.
28	* PlotTailoredToTheParty: {{Invoked}} by Ice King. He knocks out and brings together the other four members because of their specific aptitudes. Tree Trunk's baking skills are needed in the second room of the dungeon to lure out the rat and, thus, uncover the trapdoor. Shelby, as a worm, is meant to be used as bait for the monster fish in the third room -- he convinces Tree Trunks to do it instead, though. Lemongrab's lemon juice essence is the WeaksauceWeakness of the Tentacle Monster, who promptly explodes after squishing Lemongrab. Finally, BMO is an anthropomorphized gaming console so he could easily hack the mainframe of the central and last room's door. However, Ice King grabbed NEPTR instead. NEPTR is still able to fulfill the role by throwing a pie at the door, therefore short-circuiting it. Ice King's exact role remains unclear, but he still helps get them all through the dungeon by using his robe as a makeshift parachute.
29	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Ice King is a loony ice wizard prone to kidnap princesses. Tree Trunks is a miniature, yellow elephant that bakes exquisite apple pies and is in love with a pig. Shelby is a worm that spends most of his time hanging out inside a dog's viola. NEPTR is a makeshift robot made of a microwave and a can, designed to produce pies out of nothingness, and given life by Ice King's magical lightning. And Lemongrab is Princess Bubblegum's failed attempt at creating sentient life, is literally made of lemon matter, and has a temper as sour as his namesake. Very misfitting, indeed, especially considering Ice King forgot NEPTR was his (kind of) son.
30	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Upon seeing the very weird interaction between NEPTR and Ice King in which the latter was imagining NEPTR to be Fionna, Finn and Shelby have this exchange:
31	-->'''Finn:''' (''ruefully'') Who in this world is sadder than the Ice King?\
32	'''Shelby:''' (''snarky'') Me, watching this.
33	* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Tree Trunks' apple pie lures in a giant rat from a hidden door in the ground.
34	* ShaggyDogStory: The Ice King had kidnapped everyone so he could try to bring his Fionna and Cake fanfiction to life. He throws in his book of fanfiction... and only the ''book'' is brought to life.
35	* ShoutOut:
36	** [[invoked]] According to WordOfGod, the episode's concept was inspired by the ''Film/{{Cube}}'' films -- Just like in ''Cube'', "Mystery Dungeon" follows a group of people who wake up in a maze not knowing how they got there. Every room of the maze has a trap and is connected to other rooms, and the group must work together to escape.
37	** NEPTR's reference to the "garden of your mind" is a quotation from ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''.
38	** The limbs and voice of the animated book are similar to those of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.
39	* TheSmartGuy: Ice King intended for BMO to play this role, but accidentally grabbed NEPTR instead.
40	* StealthPun: A ''literal'' BaitAndSwitch is pulled by Shelby having Tree Trunks used as bait to capture the fish monster instead of himself.
41	* SwallowedWhole: The giant fish monster doesn't even chew Tree Trunks when the party offers her as bait to it. That's why she's later able to emerge unblemished.
42	* WeaksauceWeakness:
43	** The Tentacle Monster's weakness is lemon juice, which Lemongrab has in spades when squished.
44	** Ice King's powers are useless in a warm and humid atmosphere.
45	* WellDoneSonGuy: Ice King to NEPTR.
46	-->'''Ice King:''' (hugging NEPTR) Oh-ho, my son! The grand prize of me loins!

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