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* AnAesop: Being a hero doesn't mean you have to be flawless. Unusually for the show, it's played stright.

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* RhymesOnADime: Jake makes Finn vow to speak in rhyme.

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* RhymesOnADime: Jake makes Finn vow to speak in rhyme. After extracting the promise Jake also joins in for fun.
* RunningGag: Finn beating the crap out of Jake's face whenever he freaks out about getting out of the ocean.


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* WorstAid: Psychological version; Jake attempts immersion therapy to desensitize Finn to his fear of the ocean, but instead of pulling back whenever Finn freaks out, Jake just moves on to the next step of more exposure. Needless to say, this doesn't help Finn overcome his fears in the slightest.

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* TraumaButton: Jake tries exposing Finn to the ocean to help him get over it, but his methods just terrify Finn even further, and Finn [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome reacts as any kid will in a situation terrifying the spit out of them]] - he freaks out, repeatedly.

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* TraumaButton: Jake tries exposing Finn to the ocean to help him get over it, but his methods just terrify Finn even further, and Finn [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome reacts as any kid will in a situation terrifying the spit out of them]] them - he freaks out, repeatedly.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Finn's fear of the ocean, which only applies to oceans. Rivers, lakes, puddles, any other body of water is fine, but the ocean reduces him to a screaming, panting mess.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Finn's fear of the ocean, which only applies to oceans. Rivers, lakes, puddles, any other body of water is fine, but the ocean reduces him to a screaming, panting mess.mess.
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* HumanitysWake: Jake's submarine goes through a destroyed city, with a brief glimpse of two corpses sitting next to one another on a sofa. Neither Finn or Jake comment on it.

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* HumanitysWake: Jake's submarine goes through a destroyed city, with a brief glimpse of two corpses sitting next to one another on a sofa. Neither Finn or nor Jake comment on it.



* TraumaButton: Jake tries exposing Finn to the ocean to help him get over it, but his methods just terrify Finn even further, and Finn reacts as any kid will in a situation terrifying the spit out of them - he freaks out, repeatedly.

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* TraumaButton: Jake tries exposing Finn to the ocean to help him get over it, but his methods just terrify Finn even further, and Finn [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome reacts as any kid will in a situation terrifying the spit out of them them]] - he freaks out, repeatedly.

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* RealityEnsues: Jake tries exposing Finn to the ocean to help him get over it, but his methods just terrify Finn even further, and Finn reacts as any kid will in a situation terrifying the spit out of them - he freaks out, repeatedly.


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* TraumaButton: Jake tries exposing Finn to the ocean to help him get over it, but his methods just terrify Finn even further, and Finn reacts as any kid will in a situation terrifying the spit out of them - he freaks out, repeatedly.
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* AnAesop: Being a hero doesn't mean you have to be flawless. Unusually for the show, it's neither [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop family-unfriendly]] nor a SpoofAesop.

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* AnAesop: Being a hero doesn't mean you have to be flawless. Unusually for the show, it's neither [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop family-unfriendly]] nor a SpoofAesop.played stright.



* UnusualEuphemism: Jake tells Finn that they're going to kick his fear [[in the "sea cucumber"

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* UnusualEuphemism: Jake tells Finn that they're going to kick his fear [[in in the "sea cucumber"

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* HandWave: At the end, a group of spirits come out of Finn's belly button in a spiritual limousine to tell him Fear Feaster is wrong, being a phobia doesn't mean he can't be a hero, and even the greatest heroes have flaws.

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* HandWave: At the end, a group of spirits come out of Finn's belly button in a spiritual limousine to tell him Fear Feaster is wrong, being a phobia afraid of the ocean doesn't mean he can't be a hero, and even the greatest heroes have flaws.



* ShutUpHannibal: "Silence, Fear Feaster! We know a lot!"
* ToiletHumor: "Poots on newts!"

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* RhymesOnADime: Jake makes Finn vow to speak in rhyme.
* ShutUpHannibal: When the Fear Feaster tells the hero spirits "You know nothing!", they retort "Silence, Fear Feaster! We know a lot!"
* ToiletHumor: "Poots The episode opens with Jake trying to deliver "poots on newts!"newts" to a thieving giant newt.
* UnusualEuphemism: Jake tells Finn that they're going to kick his fear [[in the "sea cucumber"
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* BookEnds: The episode begins and ends with sinister narration on the nature of fear, as read by Creator/ClancyBrown.



* CompressedVice: Finn's fear of the ocean hasn't come up previously, apparently because Finn never knew he was travelling across the ocean in those instances.



* HumanitysWake: Jake's submarine goes through a destroyed city, with a brief glimpse of two corpses sitting next to one another on a sofa. Neither Finn or Jake comment on it.
* RealityEnsues: Jake tries exposing Finn to the ocean to help him get over it, but his methods just terrify Finn even further, and Finn reacts as any kid will in a situation terrifying the spit out of them - he freaks out, repeatedly.



* ToiletHumor: "Poots on newts!"

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* ToiletHumor: "Poots on newts!"newts!"
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Finn's fear of the ocean, which only applies to oceans. Rivers, lakes, puddles, any other body of water is fine, but the ocean reduces him to a screaming, panting mess.
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* AnAesop: Being a hero doesn't mean you have to be flawless. Unusually for the show, it's neither [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop family-unfriendly]] nor a SpoofAesop.


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* HandWave: At the end, a group of spirits come out of Finn's belly button in a spiritual limousine to tell him Fear Feaster is wrong, being a phobia doesn't mean he can't be a hero, and even the greatest heroes have flaws.
-->'''Finn''': So why'd you guys wait so long to tell me?\\
'''Spirit''': Because the limo driver's flaw is being late!
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The start of \"Business Time\" didn\'t take place near the ocean, but near Iceberg Lake (also featured and named in \"Mortal Folly\")


* SeriesContinuityError: Finn was not afraid of the sea in "Buisness Time".
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* SeriesContinuityError: Finn was not afraid of the sea in "Buisness Time".
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* ToiletHumor: "Poots on newts!"
* ShutUpHannibal: "Silence, Fear Feaster! We know a lot!"

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* ToiletHumor: "Poots on newts!"
* ShutUpHannibal: "Silence, Fear Feaster! We know a lot!"lot!"
* ToiletHumor: "Poots on newts!"
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* ToiletHumor: "Poots on newts!"
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* DoubleTake: Finn has one when he temporarily overcomes his fear of the ocean to rescue Jake. When he realizes he's at the bottom of the sea, Finn [[WildTake freaks out]] and hastily surfaces with his buddy.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[{{Fartillery}} "Poots on newts!"]] is what Jake gives a giant fire newt for stealing boots. So it's [[RhymesOnADime poots on newts for stealing boots]].

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[{{Fartillery}} "Poots on newts!"]] is what Jake gives a giant fire newt for stealing boots. So it's [[RhymesOnADime poots on newts for stealing boots]].boots]].
* ShutUpHannibal: "Silence, Fear Feaster! We know a lot!"
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The original storyboard has Fear Feaster coming out of Finn's butthole. It was revised to make him come out of Finn's belly button.

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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The original storyboard has Fear Feaster coming out of Finn's butthole. It was revised to make him come out of Finn's belly button.button.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[{{Fartillery}} "Poots on newts!"]] is what Jake gives a giant fire newt for stealing boots. So it's [[RhymesOnADime poots on newts for stealing boots]].
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The original storyboard has Fear Feaster coming out of Finn's butthole. It was revised to make him come out of Finn's belly button.
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Finn struggles to face his newly-discovered fear of the ocean.
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