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** Let's face it, they're pretty prone to this despite their efforts. [[spoiler: Jake having Flame Princess released to cheer Finn up only to find she was evil. Not only that but it was later revealed there was a reason she was in her prison in the first place as her unstable emotions could potentially destroy the whole world. Then there's Finn attacking prematurely during the trial with Abe Lincoln who was starting to believe that Magic Man (really Jake in his body. MM had switched them around to avoid capture) wasn't who he said he was. Resulting in Jake getting accidentally vaporized and Lincoln having to sacrifice himself to revive him. Oh yeah and giving the The Enchiridion to a bear who was under The Lich's control.]]

-->'''Finn:''' So let me ask you a question only the ''real'' Jake could answer. Who is always next to me in my recurring elevator dreams?\\

* NotSoDifferent: Princess Bubblegum and Marceline. While the former is a prim and proper brainiac and the latter is a laid-back rocker, both have trouble relating to or connecting with others due to having been alone most of their unusually long lifespans:
---> '''Marceline:''' We were messed up kids who taught ourselves how to live

---> '''Marceline:''' We were messed up kids who taught ourselves how to live''

---> '''Marceline:''' We were messed up kids who taught ourselves how to live''\\

** Another from "Puhoy":

** AccidentalAesop: Don't steal!

* PunBasedTitle: Averted with "What Was Missing", which was originally called "Door Jam". [[DontExplainTheJoke (The episode is about opening a locked door using music.)]] The crew actually prefers ''[[PetPeeveTrope not]]'' to use {{pun}}s as titles.

** Puhoy introduces a new species calld [[http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Blanket_Dragon Blanket Dragons]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The songs and/or musical notes Finn and the others start with tend to [[StylisticSuck sound horrible]] and have [[WordSaladLyrics lyrics that don't make any sense whatsoever]], like how someone who was trying to make up a song on the spot would actually sound that's more likely to occur, as opposed to songs that conveniently sound great and have meaningful lyrics.
** In [[Recap/AdventureTimeS2E5Storytelling "Storytelling"]], when the wizard realizes Finn has actually improved the forest animals' lives by disrupting the natural order:
-->'''Finn''': So does this mean I get to go free?\\
'''Wizard''': Your cage is made of sticks, Brother. Just kick it apart.
** Unusually for the hero of a children's cartoon, Finn actually ages like a normal human. In the Season 1 episode [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E4TreeTrunks "Tree Trunks"]], Jake tells Tree Trunks "Finn can handle it. He's twelve". In the S2 finale, Finn says "13? That's how old I am!" And then we have "15 YEARS AGO", "I'm 16!", and so on...
** The Ice King is under a curse that acts as a thinly veiled Alzheimer's metaphor. Despite the show being exactly the kind of setting where ThePowerOfLove and ThePowerOfFriendship should prevail in that situation and recover his mind... it doesn't. Just like with real Alzheimer's patients, no amount of reminders or familial caring can make him recognize his loved ones or remember the person he was, and it only ever ends with the loved ones in tears and onlookers either baffled or starting to cry themselves.
** In [[Recap/AdventureTimeS5E4UpATree "Up a Tree"]], Finn explains to a porcupine that getting pricked with needles doesn't actually [[PainPoweredLeap lead to jumping really high.]]
** In [[Recap/AdventureTimeS5E7Davey "Davey"]], Jake tries to make Finn quit being Davey by dressing like a robber and robbing someone. Instead of breaking character and being a hero, he calls the police and Jake gets arrested.
** Several episodes show that Finn's PrecociousCrush on Bubblegum is immensely painful to him. Unrequited love ''hurts'' even if you're still friends with that person, and despite starting a relationship with Flame Princess, his feelings don't magically go away. They still linger despite his best efforts to move on.
** In three words, the end of [[Recap/AdventureTimeS4E19LabyAndPeebles "Lady & Peebles"]] shows a common consequence of long term relationships that most children's shows rarely mention: "[[spoiler:I am pregnant!]]"
** [[Recap/AdventureTimeS5E25CandyStreets "Candy Streets"]]:
*** When Finn and Jake ask Anne if she's seen any suspicious characters coming into her pharmacy, she points out to them that there are so many people who come in and out on a daily basis that the odds of her picking out a specific one as suspicious and remembering them are very low. Subverted when [[HypocriticalHumour she does exactly that anyway.]]
*** When Finn and Jake chase a suspect into a train station, they get arrested for trying to board without a ticket.
** In "Lemonhope", the titular character repeatedly [[RefusalOfTheCall refuses]] to rescue his siblings from the tyrannical Lemongrab despite the urging of Princess Bubblegum. Eventually, the guilt causes him repeated nightmares, so he finally fulfills his destiny, defeats Lemongrab and is apparently set to become Castle Lemongrab's new Earl... only for him to leave again, since he only did it to get rid of the nightmares. Doing something to soothe your conscience doesn't turn you into a hero.
*** The episode also works on showing what a supposed KidHero would do when given that kind of heavy responsibility. In reality, not every kid is going to be like Finn, who is all for helping people no matter what. Instead, some are going to be like Lemonhope, who hated his supposed destiny and only wanted the freedom to live like the kid he is. The sole reason he fulfills it in the end is not because he felt it was the right thing to do, but because he didn't want to deal with the weighing guilt any longer. He just wanted his carefree life back.
** [[Recap/AdventureTimeS5E30FrostAndFire "Frost & Fire"]] shows that Finn being the LastOfHisKind is problematic when he has... weird dreams that not even Jake can explain.

* NotDrawnToScale: Finn looks noticeably taller in "The Creeps". [[{{Jossed}} He's not any older though.]]

* RealityEnsues:

** [[Recap/AdventureTimeS5E30FrostAndFire "Frost & Fire"]] shows that Finn being the LastOfHisKind is problematic when he has... [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar weird dreams]] that not even Jake can explain.

-->'''Finn:''' (shrivels face) {{Whatever}}.

* {{Mondegreen}}: from ''Susan Strong;'' almost to an accidentally self-referential degree:
-->'''Finn''': [Spiritedly] SPA-MOW!! (Finn has just thrown Jake under a tree stump so he can 'Jake-splode' the stump out of the ground.) \\
'''Princess Bubblegum''': [To Finn] I'm glad to see you out of that funk... about being the only huma... [Her voice trails off; she realizes what she said and gets embarrassed] I mean... [Walking away] Well! I'm gonna scram! No hard feelings right? [Exits]

* LoveMakesYouDumb: So far, Finn's love for the abovementioned [[spoiler: Flame Princess]] really seems to mess up his sense of judgement, even to the point where Finn has troubles with his heroics versus his love, though [[HeroicBSOD he agonizes over this]].

** In "From Bad to Worse" when Finn cures just Jake, all the zombies around Jake just infect him again.
** Finn's often jerkish behavior and depression in season 4 onwards. While it's not condoned, he's the last teenage boy in a post-apocalyptic world, already had StepfordSmiler issues with his "vault," and having a ton of hormones along with the awful things that happen to him would make anyone lose their kiddish innocence.
** Finn is a great KidHero, but he's still a child/teenager. One of his fears is being considered too young by his friends, and The Lich uses his kiddish hero worship of Billy against him in the season four finale.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ow6tXyk-ts This promo for "The Lich"]] starts with the Lich's face zooming in directly at you, and it happens so quickly that it's gone before you even realize what just happened. Made even worse since the promo aired [[MoodWhiplash directly]] after [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments "I Remember You"]].

** "Gold Stars" is a low-stakes episode about Sweet P being cute and the King of Ooo being a jerk...[[spoilers:until the Lich within Sweet P makes an appearance.]]

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