Recap / Adventure Time S 5 E 40 Play Date

Growing tired of Ice King's presence in the treefort, Finn and Jake arrange a playdate with him and Abracadaniel.

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Tropes

• Big Red Devil: Kee-Oth in his natural state.
• Call-Back:
  • Kee-Oth reappears at the end of the episode and is still after Joshua..
  • Ice King was still bitter about Abracadaniel beating him in "Wizard Battle".
• Characterization Marches On: Kee-Oth who was introduced as a Butt-Monkey in "Dad's Dungeon" is much more menacing than he was before.
• Continuity Nod:
  • Ice King is still living with Finn and Jake after the events of "Frost and Fire".
  • Ice King remembers Abracadaniel from "Wizard Battle" and initially resents him because he beat him.
• Evil Sounds Deep: Kee-Oth, who sounds much deeper than his last appearance.
• Foreshadowing: Ice King puts his crown on in order to fight Kee-Oth even though Gunter was using it to fix Ice Kingdom. It's revealed in the last few seconds that he finished long ago.
  Ice King: Pft, Ice Kingdom's been fixed for weeks.
• Mood Whiplash: After a comedy episode about Abracadaniel and Ice King making friends, Kee-Oth shows up and kidnaps Jake as a cliffhanger.
• Multi-Part Episode: Kee-Oth kidnaps Jake, setting the plot of the next episode.
• Noodle Incident: The episode opens with Finn and Jake being dropped off at their house by a pterodactyl. No explanation is given.
• No-Sell: ABD and Ice King's powers fail to have any effect on Kee-Oth.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: This time around, Kee-Oth is a menacing threat.
• Our Demons Are Different: Kee-Oth who's more more menacing than he was before.

• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Abracadaniel and Ice King, at the end of the episode.
• Sequel Episode: To "Dad's Dungeon" at least with dealing with Kee-Oth.
• Sexy Figure Gesture: During their friendship montage, Ice King and Abracadaniel are looking at the clouds. Ice King does the hourglass gesture when he sees a cloud that looks like Princess Bubblegum. Abracadaniel does the same gesture when he sees a cloud that looks like a cat head.
• Terror-dactyl: The Pteranodon from the beginning uses its wing claws to carry Finn and Jake.
• The Thing That Would Not Leave: Finn and Jake are getting really annoyed with Ice King, and desperately trying to come up with a way of persuading him to move out.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Ice King summons Kee-Oth accidentally, who takes Jake. Also, Finn is forced to destroy his sword to get Jake back from Kee-Oth, who doesn't honor his end of the bargain, sadly.
• Wham Episode: At the end of thr episode, Kee-Oth (the demon whose blood Joshua used to create the demon-blood sword) returns when Ice King reads demonic runes on the sword. When Finn and Jake show up, Kee-Oth still thinks Jake is Joshua and demands that he return his blood to him. Finn and Jake try to chant the magic words to banish him, Kee-Oth threatens to kill Ice King and Abracadaniel. Finn has no choice but to destroy the demon-blood sword, returning Kee-Oth's blood. After Kee-Oth promises to leave, "I Lied" comes into effect and Kee-Oth grabs Jake and disappears, ending the episode.
  Finn: ... Jake?

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