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* EarthAllAlong: Went from subtly hinted to explicitly stated over the series course. It's a known fact by now.
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*ForcedDancePartner: In the "Stakes" mini-series, The Vampire King forces a reluctant and uncomfortable cow to dance with him.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: "MY TUMMY'S BREATHING FIRE!"

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* %%* FunnyBackgroundEvent: "MY TUMMY'S BREATHING FIRE!" FIRE!"
* FunnyConceptionStory: After Jake knocks down a swan from an abandoned TunnelOfLove ride, he says, "Not the swan, that's where the pups came from."
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* HairMemento: "What Was Missing" reveals that Finn keeps a piece of PB's hair and sometimes touches it.
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** "Betty". [[spoiler:Ice King is temporarily turned back into Simon, who opens a time portal to apologize to his girlfriend Betty before he dies. Betty instead leaps through the portal to help him, and successfully saves his life. However, Simon reverts back to the Ice King and completely forgets about Betty. She sadly leaves to find a way to cure Simon of his curse.]]

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** "Betty". [[spoiler:Ice King is temporarily turned back into Simon, who opens a time portal to apologize to his girlfriend fiancee Betty before he dies. Betty instead leaps through the portal to help him, and successfully saves his life. However, Simon reverts back to the Ice King and completely forgets about Betty. She sadly leaves to find a way to cure Simon of his curse.]]
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* DemonicVampires:
** [[CuteMonsterGirl Marceline the Vampire Queen]] is the daughter of Hunsen Abadeer, who's not just a demon but a SatanicArchetype. It's played around with, though. Marceline's vampirism has no direct link to her demonic heritage. She is actually the offspring of a demon and a human, [[spoiler: who only became a vampire after being bitten by the Vampire King]].
** The aforementioned Hunsen, while he is a demon, looks like a vampire and is shown lurking around at night, preying on mortals so he can devour their souls.
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* DeagedInDeath: When an individual passes on to the land of the dead, their disembodied spirit is able to take on as young of a form as they want or one they were transformed into when they were alive. And in cases like [[spoiler:Finn and Jake]], [[spoiler:their [[{{Reincarnation}} past incarnations]]]].
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* HufflepuffHouse: Princesses have been a staple since day one, and the princesses as a collective group had a number of ADayInTheLimelight episodes in the first six seasons, notably "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E3PrisonersOfLove Prisoners of Love]]", "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS2E3LoyaltyToTheKing Loyalty to the King]]", "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS5E18PrincessPotluck Princess Potluck]]", and "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS6E14PrincessDay Princess Day]]". However, starting with Season 7, the princesses became largely OutOfFocus and almost never contributed anything to the story beyond a few cameo appearances, save for princesses who are main characters like Bubblegum, LSP, and Flame Princess.
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** "Incendium" had a more subtle example. Jake tried to get Finn to move past the heartache [[HurtingHero he'd been suffering all season]]. The beginning of the episode had Finn hit an [[DespairEventHorizon all time low]], [[HeroicBSOD losing the will to do anything]] but curl in a ball and stare at a picture of Princess Bubblegum. Jake's lengthy IndyPloy to snap Finn out of it, requiring a harrowing trip to the Fire Kingdom and a dangerous chase back, finally got Finn off his butt. Jake's efforts [[spoiler: were rewarded with the words, [[SecondLove "Dude. I think I have a crush!"]]]]

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** "Incendium" had a more subtle example. Jake tried to get Finn to move past the heartache [[HurtingHero he'd been suffering all season]].season. The beginning of the episode had Finn hit an [[DespairEventHorizon all time low]], [[HeroicBSOD losing the will to do anything]] but curl in a ball and stare at a picture of Princess Bubblegum. Jake's lengthy IndyPloy to snap Finn out of it, requiring a harrowing trip to the Fire Kingdom and a dangerous chase back, finally got Finn off his butt. Jake's efforts [[spoiler: were rewarded with the words, [[SecondLove "Dude. I think I have a crush!"]]]]
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* EyeDentityGiveaway: Any vessel that the Lich possesses gains his GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath. He eventually ceases to use direct possessions once he realizes how easily this gives him away.
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* DoingItForTheArt: In-universe in "What Was Missing".
-->'''Finn:''' Jake! You're back!\\
'''Jake:''' Shut yo face. I came back for the ''music''.
** Jake's tail in its guise as Bluenose the Clown.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes:
** Susan Strong.
** Also Princess Bubblegum is often barefoot, however her feet are often covered up by her long dress. Though with recent episodes she is shown wearing shoes more often. In Glitch she is back to being barefooted.
** Flame Princess is always barefoot. She gained shoes with her new outfit but is back to being barefoot with her more recent outfit.
** Ice King usually.
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** The first 8 episodes' title cards had "With Finn & Jake" after "Adventure Time Presents". From the 9th episode onward, it's no longer there.
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* HarmfulToPetsReminder: In "Slumber Party Panic", Mr. Cupcake asks Jake (an anthropomorphic dog) if he prefers chocolate or fudge, and the latter claims that both things are deadly to him. Oddly enough though, he eats chocolate ice cream in another episode with no negative side effects.

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* DamselInDistress: Finn and Jake's adventures frequently revolve around saving one or protecting one.



* DistressedDamsel: Finn and Jake's adventures frequently revolve around saving one or protecting one.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The Ice King's [[AdorableEvilMinions penguins]] provide a nice touch of funny and cute.
-->'''Finn:''' Haha! Penguins!
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** Throughout all of "Elements", pretty much every character has been corrupted into an elemental creature. LSP pointedly remains immune, telling Finn she's been in all four kingdoms and nothing bad has happened to her. [[spoiler:This is because her very body can NoSell the effects due to the nature of lumps in the show's cosmology.]]
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* [[spoiler: GodIsDead: Grob Gob Glob Grod apparently dies to divert the Comet from Mars.]]

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* GodIsDead: [[spoiler: GodIsDead: Grob Gob Glob Grod apparently dies to divert the Comet from Mars.]]
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** The series went from [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E1SlumberPartyPanic Finn protecting the Candy People from a Zombie Apocalypse while keeping it a secret after one of Princess Bubblegum's experiments goes awry]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E2TroubleinLumpySpace Jake getting bitten by Lumpy Space Princess, forcing Finn to journey to Lumpy Space to find a cure for "The Lumps"]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E4TreeTrunks Finn and Jake helping a little old elephant find a mysterious apple]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E8BusinessTime Finn and Jake rescuing a group of businessmen from an iceberg, who decide to make Finn and Jake their bosses]], and [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E16OceanOfFear Finn struggling to face his newly-discovered fear of the ocean]] to [[spoiler: [[AdventureTimeS6E2EscapefromtheCitadel Finn losing his arm while trying to prevent his dad from leaving him after defeating the lich who was revived]]]] and [[spoiler:[[Recap/AdventureTimeS9E13ComeAlongWithMeTheUltimateAdventure defeating a golb, a giant red creepy monster that turns other characters into hideous monsters while Finn and Jake's tree house is destroyed beyond repair and the golb "digesting" Betty by making the walls close in on her.]]]]

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** The series went from [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E1SlumberPartyPanic Finn protecting the Candy People from a Zombie Apocalypse while keeping it a secret after one of Princess Bubblegum's experiments goes awry]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E2TroubleinLumpySpace Jake getting bitten by Lumpy Space Princess, forcing Finn to journey to Lumpy Space to find a cure for "The Lumps"]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E4TreeTrunks Finn and Jake helping a little old elephant find a mysterious apple]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E8BusinessTime Finn and Jake rescuing a group of businessmen from an iceberg, who decide to make Finn and Jake their bosses]], and [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E16OceanOfFear Finn struggling to face his newly-discovered fear of the ocean]] to [[spoiler: [[AdventureTimeS6E2EscapefromtheCitadel Finn losing his arm while trying to prevent his dad from leaving him after defeating the lich who was revived]]]] and [[spoiler:[[Recap/AdventureTimeS9E13ComeAlongWithMeTheUltimateAdventure defeating a golb, a giant red creepy monster that turns other characters into hideous monsters while Finn and Jake's tree house is destroyed beyond repair and the golb "digesting" "digests" Betty by making the walls close in on her.]]]]
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** The series went from [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E1SlumberPartyPanic Finn protecting the Candy People from a Zombie Apocalypse while keeping it a secret after one of Princess Bubblegum's experiments goes awry]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E2TroubleinLumpySpace Jake getting bitten by Lumpy Space Princess, forcing Finn to journey to Lumpy Space to find a cure for "The Lumps"]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E4TreeTrunks Finn and Jake helping a little old elephant find a mysterious apple]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E8BusinessTime Finn and Jake rescuing a group of businessmen from an iceberg, who decide to make Finn and Jake their bosses]], and [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E16OceanOfFear Finn struggling to face his newly-discovered fear of the ocean]] to [[spoiler: [[AdventureTimeS6E2EscapefromtheCitadel Finn losing his arm while trying to prevent his dad from leaving him after defeating the lich who was revived]]]] and [[spoiler:[[Recap/AdventureTimeS9E13ComeAlongWithMeTheUltimateAdventure defeating a golb, a giant red creepy monster that turns other characters into hideous monsters while Finn and Jake's tree house is destroyed beyond repair, and the Golb that is "digesting" her by making the walls close in on her.]]]]

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** The series went from [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E1SlumberPartyPanic Finn protecting the Candy People from a Zombie Apocalypse while keeping it a secret after one of Princess Bubblegum's experiments goes awry]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E2TroubleinLumpySpace Jake getting bitten by Lumpy Space Princess, forcing Finn to journey to Lumpy Space to find a cure for "The Lumps"]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E4TreeTrunks Finn and Jake helping a little old elephant find a mysterious apple]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E8BusinessTime Finn and Jake rescuing a group of businessmen from an iceberg, who decide to make Finn and Jake their bosses]], and [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E16OceanOfFear Finn struggling to face his newly-discovered fear of the ocean]] to [[spoiler: [[AdventureTimeS6E2EscapefromtheCitadel Finn losing his arm while trying to prevent his dad from leaving him after defeating the lich who was revived]]]] and [[spoiler:[[Recap/AdventureTimeS9E13ComeAlongWithMeTheUltimateAdventure defeating a golb, a giant red creepy monster that turns other characters into hideous monsters while Finn and Jake's tree house is destroyed beyond repair, repair and the Golb that is golb "digesting" her Betty by making the walls close in on her.]]]]
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** The series went from [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E1SlumberPartyPanic Finn protecting the Candy People from a Zombie Apocalypse while keeping it a secret after one of Princess Bubblegum's experiments goes awry]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E2TroubleinLumpySpace Jake getting bitten by Lumpy Space Princess, forcing Finn to journey to Lumpy Space to find a cure for "The Lumps"]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E4TreeTrunks Finn and Jake helping a little old elephant find a mysterious apple]], [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E8BusinessTime Finn and Jake rescuing a group of businessmen from an iceberg, who decide to make Finn and Jake their bosses]], and [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E16OceanOfFear Finn struggling to face his newly-discovered fear of the ocean]] to [[spoiler: [[AdventureTimeS6E2EscapefromtheCitadel Finn losing his arm while trying to prevent his dad from leaving him after defeating the lich who was revived]]]] and [[spoiler:[[Recap/AdventureTimeS9E13ComeAlongWithMeTheUltimateAdventure defeating a golb, a giant red creepy monster that turns other characters into hideous monsters while Finn and Jake's tree house is destroyed beyond repair, and the Golb that is "digesting" her by making the walls close in on her.]]]]
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* EvilRedeemedInACan: After Marceline's vampiric powers have been drained, and the efluvium spilled, releasing the various vampires whom she had killed and absorbed, most of them take up their old ways, except for the Vampire King, who decides that he's tired of the repetitive cycles. When he encounters the heroes, after his comrades have fallen again, in the same way they'd been defeated before, proving his point, he simply surrenders, offering to have his vampiric essence drained.
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* GoodBehaviorPoints: In "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS6E26GoldStars Gold Stars]]", an upset Sweet P meets [[ConMan King of Ooo and Toronto]], who offer to teach him to dance. Unbeknownst to Sweet P, the two are using him as a distraction so they can rob people. For his work, they give him gold stars, which Sweet P's parents hang on the fridge. Once the refrigerator is one star short of being fully covered, Sweet P heads to King of Ooo and Toronto's house to try to get one final star, only to overhear them discussing their true motives. When Sweet P accidentally gains their attention, they threaten to burn down his orchard unless he leaves his parents and dances with them forever. As they approach him, the fire from their torches end up [[spoiler:reawakening the Lich within Sweet P, who thanks them for teaching him before giving them their "education". He tells them that before nothing, there were monsters, then says "Here's your gold star" as black gas comes out of his mouth. After that, Sweet P goes back to normal as King of Ooo and Toronto run away in fear.]]
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*** "And the the evil Fire Count captured a damsel fair" - Possibly a hint at the events involving the Fire King and Flame Princess

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*** "And the the evil Fire Count captured a damsel fair" - Possibly a hint at the events involving the Fire King and Flame Princess
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* HypnotizeThePrincess: [[spoiler:Ice King does this in "When Wedding Bells Thaw" to get a princess to marry him.]]

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* HypnotizeThePrincess: HypnotizeTheCaptive: [[spoiler:Ice King does this in "When Wedding Bells Thaw" to get a princess to marry him.]]
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* ElementalNation: The Ice Kingdom, the Fire Kingdom, the Candy Kingdom, the Slime Kingdom [[spoiler:and the [[ElementNumberFive Lumpy]] Space Kingdom]] feature locations and residents mostly made of the BizarroElements they're named after.
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* EveryoneIsGoneEpisode: In "No-One Can Hear You", Finn is badly beaten by an evil stag, and wakes up in an empty Candy Kingdom Hospital to find out that everyone except Jake has disappeared, and Jake is insane. It's eventually revealed that the evil stag has all the Candy People trapped in the sewers, where he plans to eat them.
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* EternalVillain: The Lich is this trope to many versions of hero in the show, [[spoiler: born from the comet that destroyed the dinosaurs which was attacked by the heroic Ice Elemental Evergreen and the force of malice that destroyed the world during the Mushroom War. He eventually fought and was sealed away by one of the Precursor Heroes Billy before getting free and entering conflict with Finn. He eventually spread across the Multiverse, and becomes a constant defeated enemy of the Finns of the Multiverse.]]

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* GratuitousGerman: Anytime Princess Bubblegum exclaims something in surprise or shock, it is likely to be in German. For instance, in "What Have You Done?", she says "Ich bin so glücklich, ich könnte, ich könnte..." meaning "I'm so happy I could, I could...".

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Anytime Princess Bubblegum exclaims something in surprise or shock, it is likely to be in German. For instance, in "What Have You Done?", she says "Ich bin so glücklich, ich könnte, ich könnte..." meaning "I'm so happy I could, I could...".".
** Inside the Banana guard station, there is a random plaque of the word [[UsefulNotes/TheThinFormerlyGreenLine "Polizei" on the wall, complete with a German-esque Brunswick star]].

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