Line #24 Recap/AdventureTimeS3E9FionnaAndCake


1	[[quoteright:242:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/242px-titlecard_s3e9_fionnaandcake_2314.jpg]]
2	Fionna and Cake (the [[RuleSixtyThree gender-swapped versions]] of Finn and Jake) fight the evil Ice Queen and attend Prince Gumball's royal ball.
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4	!! Tropes
5	* ActionDressRip: Fionna does this before taking on the Ice Queen.
6	* ActionGirl: Fionna and Cake, being as badass as Finn and Jake.
7	* AgeLift: Fionna is clearly significantly older than the 13-year-old Finn and roughly appears to be Prince Gumball's age, probably to make the romantic subtext between her and the 18-year-old Prince Gumball way less squicky. [[spoiler:Justified in-universe by the fact that it's all a story, and that the Ice King seems to be into the concept of an older female Finn.]]
8	* AlternateUniverse: Albeit one created through an in-universe fanfic.
9	* AmazonChaser: Gumball is attracted to Fionna both for her strength and beauty. However this was actually Ice Queen in disguise and simply flattering Fionna into a trap, but the real deal also thinks she is 'incredible' when fighting.
10	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The GenderBender main cast of show.
11	* AttractiveBentGender: The Ice Queen is probably the best example out of all the genderbent characters, as she appears taller and much younger than the actual Ice King and wears a beautiful blue gown. [[spoiler:Justified, as she exists in a fanfiction of his creation.]] It's also because [[WordOfGod Natasha Allegri]], who designed her, has said that she finds attractive villains far more unsettling than ugly ones.
12	* AuthorAvatar: [[spoiler:Ice King]] has two, Ice Queen and [[spoiler:himself as an overly, perfect vision of himself.]]
13	* BigSisterMentor: Cake's usually the one giving Fionna advice like how to get Gumball's attention.
14	* {{Bowdlerise}}: The original ending:
15	-->[[spoiler:'''Ice King''': And then the Ice King married them all! [[TheEnd THE END!]]]]
16	* TheCameo: Marshall and Lumpy Space Prince make minor appearances in this episode.
17	* ChekhovsGun: Fionna's crystal sword, given to her by the Ice Queen as Prince Gumball in disguise, is one of these. Then {{subverted\|Trope}}, when it's revealed to be a trap that encases her hands in ice. ''Then'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged when she uses the ice to free Prince Gumball.]]
18	* DarkActionGirl: Ice Queen, being a more competent ice user than Ice King.
19	* DistaffCounterpart: Fionna for Finn, Cake for Jake and Ice Queen for Ice King.
20	* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Ice Queen has ice magic and uses it for destructive purposes when battling Fionna or trying to kidnap Prince Gumball.
21	* FlatWhat: Prince Gumball delivers this when [[spoiler:Fionna reveals herself to be in love with Ice King.]]
22	* ForTheEvulz: Unlike Ice King, Ice Queen doesn't seem to have any redeeming values and doesn't care who has to get hurt to get what she wants.
23	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
24	** When Cake tries on the Ice Queen's tiara and her ice powers, Fionna knocks it off shouting "You'll catch her crazy!". [[spoiler:Since the Ice King wrote this in-universe, this is foreshadowing for the revelations later in the season about the Ice King's past and the origins of his power.]]
25	** The Ice Queen is far more competent and threatening than her male counterpart, [[spoiler:foreshadowing that the opposite-gender versions of the characters are part of a story the Ice King made up.]]
26	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: A GenderBender episode for the main cast.
27	* GenderBender: The entire cast gets this, boy characters becoming girls and girls becoming boys. It's a rare example of gender flips, which are usually strictly fan-based, being promoted in the show proper.
28	* AnIcePerson: Ice Queen has the ability to control ice much like her male counterpart, but her powers are much more offensive.
29	* InterspeciesRomance: Gumball has this with Fionna, [[spoiler:though she rejects him for Ice King.]]
30	* LatexPerfection: Ice Queen's disguise as Prince Gumball was pretty much spot-on, unlike the Ice King's [[PaperThinDisguise Bubblegum disguise]].
31	* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Ice Queen is much more competent than the Ice King. [[spoiler:Justified, as it's a fanfiction of Ice King, so he probably made her competent regardless of her gender.]]
32	* NarratorAllAlong: Ice King turns out to have created "Fionna and Cake" as a fan fiction and narrated events as he saw it.
33	* NestedStoryReveal: At first the episode seems like a gender-flipped episode done for laughs, but then the end reveals [[spoiler:it's Ice King's fanfic he's reading to Finn and Jake.]]
34	* NotWhatItLooksLike: After the fight near the end, Cake stumbles in on Fionna (worn out, and with her dress torn) and Gumball, and interprets the scene in a [[AttemptedRape completely different way]].
35	* SassyBlackWoman: Cake, despite being a cat.
36	* ShipTease: Fionna with Gumball and Cake with Lord Monochromicorn.
37	* ShoutOut: Fionna's ball gown is very similar to [[Anime/SailorMoon Princess Serenity's]] dress.
38	* SpearCounterpart: Gumball for Bubblegum and Lord Monochromicorn for Lady Rainicorn.

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