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* EldritchAbomination:
** The last monster in the dungeon is a multiple-legged cyclops centipede with no visible mouth opening, but a toothy maw nevertheless.
** Likewise the Fruit Witches look very human if not for the green shade of their skin, but then are revealed to be creepy puppets controlled by little beings in their heads. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Schizophrenia reference much, huh?]]
* FloatingAdviceReminder: Jake sees his father's holographic body floating in a shoulder angel position while insisting that he continues to mock Finn. Finally subverted when he says "You're not real" and the head turns into a flirtatious Lady Rainicorn. {{Justified}} seeing Jake's imagination is very powerful and can even alter reality.

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* EldritchAbomination:
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EldritchAbomination: The last monster in the dungeon is a multiple-legged cyclops centipede gigantic, one-eyed, mult-legged monstrosity with no visible mouth opening, but a toothy maw nevertheless.
** Likewise the Fruit Witches look very human if not for the green shade of their skin, but then are revealed to be creepy puppets controlled by little beings in their heads. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Schizophrenia reference much, huh?]]
nevertheless, that lets out constant evil laughter.
* FloatingAdviceReminder: Jake sees his father's holographic body floating in a shoulder angel position while insisting that he continues to mock Finn. Finally subverted when he says "You're not real" and the head turns into a flirtatious Lady Rainicorn. {{Justified}} {{Justified}}, seeing Jake's imagination is very powerful and can even alter reality.



* LaughingMad: The final monster laughs for no apparent reason, which makes it even spookier and highlights the fact he has crooked teeth but no mouth.

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* LaughingMad: The final monster laughs almost constantly for no apparent reason, which makes it even spookier and highlights the fact he has crooked teeth but no mouth.


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* PuppeteerParasite: The Fruit Witches look very human, if not for the green shade of their skin, but then are revealed to be creepy puppets controlled by little beings in their heads.
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* CurbStompBattle: Kee-Oth, the owner of the blood that was forged into the Demon Blood Sword, tries to attack Finn and Jake for keeping his blood from him, but Jake slots the tape of Joshua introducing the sword and banishing Kee-Oth, the holo-recording's reciting of "Kee Oth Rama Pancake" banishing the real Kee-Oth.

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Jake's dad presents a strange challenge to the guys when he appears to them in a holographic message.

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Jake's dad presents a strange challenge Joshua (Jake's biological parent and Finn's foster father) set out his literally sparkling spirit to the guys when he appears guide his sons to them in a pre-recorded holographic message.message. There, he tells them that he crafted a dungeon with all sorts of tests for them to go through and claim a CoolSword (which is also a family heirloom) as a reward.



* ActionDad: Jake's dad is shown this when he easily defeats a demon during his recording.
* AnthropomorphicFood: The first room in the dungeon has a hot dog monster and a hamburger monster.

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* ActionDad: Jake's dad Joshua is shown this when he heavily hinted to have been, if not an adventurer, at least a very capable fighter in life. Knowledgeable of their world's RPGMechanicsVerse status and capable of easily defeats defeating a demon during (from whom he took his recording.
blood to forge a sword) with a chant.
* AnthropomorphicFood: The first room in the dungeon has a hot dog monster and a hamburger monster. PlayedForLaughs when Jake tries twice to eat them but it's stopped by Finn.



* DeadManWriting: The series of holo-recordings Jake's dad left for Finn and Jake.
* DevouredByTheHorde: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force-feeds the cursed apple to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.
* EldritchAbomination: The last monster in the dungeon is this, being a multiple-legged cyclops centipede with no visible mouth opening, but still has a toothy maw.

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* DeadManWriting: The series of holo-recordings Finn and Jake's dad left to his sons for Finn and Jake.
when he passed away. The first is revealed via Joshua's spirit (in the form of sparkles). The second they find in an alley after getting through the first room of the dungeon. The third is located near a hole in the wall in a lower flow after the Fruit Witches test. And the fourth is picked by Jake while in the dark in the final monster's room.
* DevouredByTheHorde: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force-feeds the cursed apple to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and start picking peeling it apart ''to which you can see the until humanoid bones are exposed within the apple''.
apple's flesh.
* EldritchAbomination: EldritchAbomination:
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The last monster in the dungeon is this, being a multiple-legged cyclops centipede with no visible mouth opening, but still has a toothy maw.maw nevertheless.



* LaughingMad: The final monster laughs for no reason, which makes it even creepier.
* ParentalFavoritism: Finn thinks Jake's dad favors Jake over him, when in reality, he wants him to toughen up.
** The look of disappointment when he squeezed him didn't help matters.
* PosthumousCharacter: While it was implied before, this episode confirms that Jake's father is indeed dead.
* QuoteMine: Jake does this at the end with the recording for chuckles.

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* LaughingMad: The final monster laughs for no apparent reason, which makes it even creepier.
spookier and highlights the fact he has crooked teeth but no mouth.
* ParentalFavoritism: Finn thinks Jake's dad Joshua favors Jake over him, him as he calls Finn a whiny baby and looks disappointed when in baby Finn cries after squeezing him -- for context, baby Jake was laughing. In reality, he wants him to toughen up.
** The
up. Near the end of the episode, Joshua's last holo-recording shows he loves his foster son and is proud of him for successfully sorting out the dungeon he prepared for him. Also, the disappointed stare in the first record might be re-interpreted as a concerned look because Ooo for all of disappointment when he squeezed him didn't help matters.
its bright colors, it's a world where monsters roam freely. And some of them are quite the jerks, to boot.
* PosthumousCharacter: While it was implied before, this episode confirms that that Fin and Jake's father dad is indeed dead.
* QuoteMine: Jake remixes his dad's recordings while adding some beatboxing to create an improvised rapped song. He does this at it as a form of encouragement towards Finn (who is fighting the end with final boss of the recording dungeon) and for chuckles.chuckles.
--> '''Joshua:''' Yo, Finn!\\
I'm proud!\\
I love you, you, you, son!
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** Likewise the Fruit Witches look very human if not for the green shade of their skin, but then are revealed to be creepy puppets controlled by little beings in their heads. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfSomething Schizophrenia reference much, huh?]]

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** Likewise the Fruit Witches look very human if not for the green shade of their skin, but then are revealed to be creepy puppets controlled by little beings in their heads. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfSomething [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Schizophrenia reference much, huh?]]



* TrainingFromHell: What Jake's father intends for Finn [[StealthMentor but doesn't tell him this so he can figure how to pass himself.]] Subverted since Finn was confident at the start, but finding out about his foster-father's apparent lack of confidence in him depresses him to the point that the final monster nearly kills him.
* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what his foster-father feels about him, though it's not entirely the case.

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* TrainingFromHell: What Jake's father Joshua intends for Finn [[StealthMentor but doesn't tell him this state outright]], so he can figure how to pass himself.]] Subverted since out the dungeon's tests on his own and come out mentally and emotionally stronger. {{Subverted}} because Finn was confident at the start, start but after finding out about his foster-father's father's apparent lack of confidence in him depresses him to the point that the final monster nearly kills him.
him, he gets depressed. Moreover, Finn was already very capable of disposing of monsters and working his way out of threatening situations.
* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what his foster-father feels about him, though it's not entirely the case. Joshua's goal was to harden Finn so he could be prepared to fare against a dangerous world when he was no longer around to take care of and protect him.
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* BreakTheCutie: Poor Finn!
* ColossusClimb: Finn attacks the giant final monster in this way.
* CoolSword: The demon blood sword, a family heirloom that is found at the end of the dungeon as a reward for beating it.
* CuteWitch / HotWitch: The Fruit Witches... at first. Until Jake forces one of them to eat a cursed apple and then it gets subverted.

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* BreakTheCutie: Poor Finn!
His dad calling him a wimpy baby who needed to toughen up and cried for everything really got Finn. Especially when Jake, trying to honor his father's will, repeats the same to Finn, causing him to go through a brief HeroicBSOD. While fighting the final boss of the dungeon, he gets easily discouraged -- contrasted by his usual eagerness and [[TheDeterminator unwavering determination]] to defeat monsters.
* ColossusClimb: Finn attacks the giant final monster in this way.
way, then he stabs its eye and throws it down to a hole.
* CoolSword: The demon blood sword, Demon Blood Sword, a family heirloom that is found at the end of the dungeon as a reward for beating it.
it. It was forged with demon blood ( with said demon demanding its blood back for [[PlayedForLaughs a comedy effect]]) and its design is very imposing -- entirely red, with a Celtic cross on the guard, and leather wraps in its large hilt.
* CuteWitch / HotWitch: The Fruit Witches... at first. Until Witches look like attractive humanoid females, floating around a fruit feast and laughing. [[SubvertedTrope Until]] Jake forces one of them to eat a one of the cursed apples the witches were offering, and she gets turned into a giant apple with humanoid bones inside of it. Furthermore, her sisters are revealed to have grey skin and then it gets subverted. empty eyes when the illusion breaks.



* DevouredByTheHorde: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feeds the cursed apple to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.
* EldritchAbomination: The last monster in the dungeon is this, being a multiple legged cyclops centipede with no visible mouth opening, but still has a toothy maw.
** Likewise the Fruit Witches, supposedly human looking being. When one of them gets turned into a giant apple we find out the bodies are just puppets to little beings controlling them from their heads.
* FloatingAdviceReminder: Jake sees his father's head floating in a shoulder angel position and insisting that he continue to mock Finn. Finally subverted when he says "You're not real" and the head turns into a flirtatious Lady Rainicorn.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Jake's dad's introduction to the final room ends with the monster dragging him off the screen.

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* DevouredByTheHorde: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feeds force-feeds the cursed apple to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.
* EldritchAbomination: The last monster in the dungeon is this, being a multiple legged multiple-legged cyclops centipede with no visible mouth opening, but still has a toothy maw.
** Likewise the Fruit Witches, supposedly Witches look very human looking being. When one of them gets turned into a giant apple we find out if not for the bodies green shade of their skin, but then are just revealed to be creepy puppets to controlled by little beings controlling them from in their heads.
heads. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfSomething Schizophrenia reference much, huh?]]
* FloatingAdviceReminder: Jake sees his father's head holographic body floating in a shoulder angel position and while insisting that he continue continues to mock Finn. Finally subverted when he says "You're not real" and the head turns into a flirtatious Lady Rainicorn.
Rainicorn. {{Justified}} seeing Jake's imagination is very powerful and can even alter reality.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Jake's dad's introduction to the final room abruptly ends with the monster dragging him off the screen.screen and into its lair.
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* CuteWitch: The Fruit Witches... at first. Until Jake forces one of them to eat a cursed apple and then it gets subverted.

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* CuteWitch: CuteWitch / HotWitch: The Fruit Witches... at first. Until Jake forces one of them to eat a cursed apple and then it gets subverted.
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* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what his foster-father feels about him, though it's not entirely the case.

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* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what his foster-father feels about him, though it's not entirely the case.case.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Finn {{lampshade|hanging}}s this when he's about to partake in the fruit, and Jake tries to stop him.
-->'''Finn:''' Why not?! All the people I care about in this world are being wads!
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* SchmuckBanquet: Finn and Jake finds a banquet of fruits with three Fruit Witches tempting them to eat the fruit. Finn was about to eat it but Jake put the fruit away and put one of the fruit in a Witch's mouth which turned her into an apple.
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* JerkassFacade: Jake's dad calls Finn a whiny baby in hopes of spurring him on. [[TheUnfavorite The opposite occurs.]]
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* BreakTheCutie: Poor Finn!
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* {{Badass}}: Again Jake's dad, defeated a demon and took its blood to make a cool sword. In fact, the reason Finn and Jake are so badass are due to him.
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* EatenAlive: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feeds the cursed apple to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.

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* EatenAlive: DevouredByTheHorde: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feeds the cursed apple to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.

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* ActionDad: Joshua is shown this when he easily defeats a demon during his recording.
* {{Badass}}: Again Joshua, defeated a demon and took its blood to make a cool sword. In fact, the reason Finn and Jake are so badass are due to him.

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* ActionDad: Joshua Jake's dad is shown this when he easily defeats a demon during his recording.
* AnthropomorphicFood: The first room in the dungeon has a hot dog monster and a hamburger monster.
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{{Badass}}: Again Joshua, Jake's dad, defeated a demon and took its blood to make a cool sword. In fact, the reason Finn and Jake are so badass are due to him.him.
* ColossusClimb: Finn attacks the giant final monster in this way.



* EatenAlive: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feds the cursed apple to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.

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* DeadManWriting: The series of holo-recordings Jake's dad left for Finn and Jake.
* EatenAlive: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feds feeds the cursed apple to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.



* FloatingAdviceReminder: Jake sees his father's head floating in a shoulder angel position and insisting that he continue to mock Finn. Finally subverted when he says "You're not real" and the head turns into a flirtatious Lady Rainicorn.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Jake's dad's introduction to the final room ends with the monster dragging him off the screen.



* JerkassFacade: Joshua calls Finn a whiny baby in hopes of spurring him on. [[TheUnfavorite The opposite occurs.]]

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* JerkassFacade: Joshua Jake's dad calls Finn a whiny baby in hopes of spurring him on. [[TheUnfavorite The opposite occurs.]]



* PosthumousCharacter: While it was implied before, this episode confirms that Joshua is indeed dead.

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* PosthumousCharacter: While it was implied before, this episode confirms that Joshua Jake's father is indeed dead.



* SequenceBreaking: There is a key on the final monster's wrist, suggesting that Finn was meant to kill it and then unlock the chains around the sword with the key. Instead Finn breaks the chains by brute strength and uses the sword to kill the monster.



* TrainingFromHell: What Joshua intends for Finn [[StealthMentor but doesn't tell him this so he can figure how to pass himself.]]
* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what Joshua thinks him of being, though it's not entirely the case.

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* TrainingFromHell: What Joshua Jake's father intends for Finn [[StealthMentor but doesn't tell him this so he can figure how to pass himself.]]
]] Subverted since Finn was confident at the start, but finding out about his foster-father's apparent lack of confidence in him depresses him to the point that the final monster nearly kills him.
* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what Joshua thinks him of being, his foster-father feels about him, though it's not entirely the case.

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* CuteWitch: The Fruit Witches..at first. Until Jake forces one of them to eat a cursed apple and then it gets subverted.

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* CoolSword: The demon blood sword, a family heirloom that is found at the end of the dungeon as a reward for beating it.
* CuteWitch: The Fruit Witches..Witches... at first. Until Jake forces one of them to eat a cursed apple and then it gets subverted.


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* HeroicSecondWind: Once Finn gets his confidence back, he breaks the chains holding the demon blood sword and defeats the massive final monster by lifting it over his head and into the pit.
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* CuteWitch: The Fruit Witches..at first. Until Jake forces one of them to eat a cursed apple and then it gets subverted hard.

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* CuteWitch: The Fruit Witches..at first. Until Jake forces one of them to eat a cursed apple and then it gets subverted hard.subverted.
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* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what Joshua thinks him of being, though it's not entirely the case.
* VaginaDentata: The slime monster that Finn and Jake ignore has this kind of mouth.

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* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what Joshua thinks him of being, though it's not entirely the case.
* VaginaDentata: The slime monster that Finn and Jake ignore has this kind of mouth.
case.
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* QuoteMine: Jake does this at the end with the recording for chuckles.
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* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Happens to Jake a few times when he ends up conversing with the recording of his dad.
-->'''Jake:''' But--\\
'''Joshua:''' Butts are for pooping!
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* EatenAlive: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feds the cursed apple to. Ther remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.

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* EatenAlive: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feds the cursed apple to. Ther to causing her to turn into a giant apple. The remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.
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* CuteWitch: The Fruit Witches..at first. Until Jake forces one of them to eat a cursed apple and then it gets subverted hard.
* EatenAlive: The fate of the Fruit Witch whom Jake force feds the cursed apple to. Ther remaining witches quickly rush in and and start picking it apart ''to which you can see the bones within the apple''.


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** Likewise the Fruit Witches, supposedly human looking being. When one of them gets turned into a giant apple we find out the bodies are just puppets to little beings controlling them from their heads.
* HeroicBSOD: Finn has one when Jake tries to follow his father's wishes and calls him names. Nearly winds up getting him killed when they reach the Fruit Witches lair.
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* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what Joshua thinks him of being, though it's not entirely the case.

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* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what Joshua thinks him of being, though it's not entirely the case.case.
* VaginaDentata: The slime monster that Finn and Jake ignore has this kind of mouth.
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* EldritchAbomination: The last monster in the dungeon is this, being a multiple legged cyclops centipede with no visible mouth opening, but still has a toothy maw.


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* LaughingMad: The final monster laughs for no reason, which makes it even creepier.
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* JerkassFacade: Joshua calls Finn a whiny baby in hopes of spurring him on. [[TheUnfavorite The opposite occurs.]]



* TrainingFromHell: What Joshua intends for Finn [[StealthMentor but doesn't tell him this so he can figure how to pass himself.]]

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* TrainingFromHell: What Joshua intends for Finn [[StealthMentor but doesn't tell him this so he can figure how to pass himself.]]]]
* TheUnfavorite: Finn thinks this is what Joshua thinks him of being, though it's not entirely the case.
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* ActionDad: Joshua is shown this when he easily defeats a demon during his recording.
* {{Badass}}: Again Joshua, defeated a demon and took its blood to make a cool sword. In fact, the reason Finn and Jake are so badass are due to him.



** The look of disappointment when he squeezed him didn't help matters.

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** The look of disappointment when he squeezed him didn't help matters.matters.
* PosthumousCharacter: While it was implied before, this episode confirms that Joshua is indeed dead.
* TrainingFromHell: What Joshua intends for Finn [[StealthMentor but doesn't tell him this so he can figure how to pass himself.]]
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* ParentFavoritism: Finn thinks Jake's dad favors Jake over him, when in reality, he wants him to toughen up.

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* ParentFavoritism: ParentalFavoritism: Finn thinks Jake's dad favors Jake over him, when in reality, he wants him to toughen up.
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* ParentFavoritism: Finn thinks Jake's dad favors Jake over him, when in reality, he wants him to toughen up.
** The look of disappointment when he squeezed him didn't help matters.
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Jake's dad presents a strange challenge to the guys when he appears to them in a holographic message.
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