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* AnAesop:
** [[BeYourself Be happy with your own self and abilities.]]
** Even if you are powerful, use it to help others instead of using it for violent purposes.



* ThrowingTheFight: Finn, Jake, and their friends pretend to fall in battle to the Cuties to get them to leave Finn and Jake alone.

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* ThrowingTheFight: Finn, Jake, and their friends pretend to fall in battle to the Cuties to get them to leave Finn and Jake alone.alone.
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* FaceOfAThug: Inverted: Cute King and his legion of Cuties are certified cuties but unfortunately they are monsters, too bad they aren't taken seriously.

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*AnAesop:
**[[BeYourself Be happy with your own self and abilities.]]
**Even if you are powerful, use it to help others instead of using it for violent purposes.



*BatmanGambit: Finn and his friends fake being defeated by Cute King so he will be happy and they will leave him and Jake alone, while also giving them a taste of victory for their own sake.
*BerserkButton: Cute King becomes murderous when he isn't taken seriously or when people [[IResembleThatRemark find his army cute]].



* BreakTheCutie: Literally happens to Cute King when he finds out Finn, Jake, BMO, Lumpy Space Princess, Cinnamon Bun and a duck faked their deaths using ketchup as blood.

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* BreakTheCutie: Literally BreakTheCutie:
**Cute King did not take it well when his army cried and began bawling with them.
**[[LiteralMetaphor Later and rather literally]], it also
happens to Cute King when he finds out Finn, Jake, BMO, Lumpy Space Princess, Cinnamon Bun and a duck faked their deaths using ketchup as blood.



*EverybodyCries: Cute King and his army begin bawling at their second failure.



* PuppyDogEyes: The Cute King does this to control Ice King at the end.

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* PuppyDogEyes: The Cute King does this to control Ice King at the end.end and so he will make him a sandwich.


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*TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Played With. Jake doesn’t eat the Everything Burrito he made out of paranoia the Cuties poisoned it, and buries it in a grave that evening but it likely wasn’t edible anyway considering all that was in it.
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-->'''Finn:''' These guys are more of a threat to themselves.

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-->'''Finn:''' These guys are more of a threat to themselves.''themselves''.
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* CutenessProximity: At the end of the episode, Finn convinces the Cute King and his Cuties to weaponize their cuteness against their enemies. It works, as seen on Ice King.
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* CombiningMecha: The Cuties combine together in battle.
* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse; Jake ruins Finn's plan to make the cuties think they won the battle when he bursts out laughing at the Cute King's ridiculous [[HappyDance victory dance]].

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* CombiningMecha: The Cuties combine together in battle.
battle, though the result isn't even big enough to reach up to Finn's waist.
* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse; Jake ruins Finn's plan to make the cuties Cuties think they won the battle when he bursts out laughing at the Cute King's ridiculous [[HappyDance victory dance]].

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* CombiningMecha: The Cuties do this in battle.

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* CombiningMecha: The Cuties do this combine together in battle.



* IneffectualSympatheticVillain[=/=]HarmlessVillain: The Cutie Army barely passes as a threat despite their desire to be taken seriously.

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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain[=/=]HarmlessVillain: IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Cutie Army barely passes as a threat despite their desire to be taken seriously.



* ParanoiaGambit: When the Cute King tells Jake to "enjoy your burrito!", Jake thinks they might have poisoned it somehow, and ends up unable to bring himself to eat it.



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%%* ThrowingTheFight* ThrowingTheFight: Finn, Jake, and their friends pretend to fall in battle to the Cuties to get them to leave Finn and Jake alone.
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* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse, it's how Jake ruins Finn's plan to make the cuties think they won the battle.

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* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse, it's how InUniverse; Jake ruins Finn's plan to make the cuties think they won the battle.battle when he bursts out laughing at the Cute King's ridiculous [[HappyDance victory dance]].
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* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse, its how Jake ruins Finn's plan to make the cuties think they won the battle.
* CurbStompBattle: The Cutie army vs. Finn and Jake. They all either tripped, incapacitated themselves, fell apart, or exploded during their attack on Finn and Jake's house before even reaching the front door.

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* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse, its it's how Jake ruins Finn's plan to make the cuties think they won the battle.
* CurbStompBattle: The Cutie army vs. Finn and Jake. They all either tripped, incapacitated trip, incapacitate themselves, fell fall apart, or exploded explode during their attack on Finn and Jake's house before even reaching the front door.



* IneffectualSympatheticVillain[=/=]HarmlessVillain: The Cutie Army barely passes as a threat despite their desire to be seriously.

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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain[=/=]HarmlessVillain: The Cutie Army barely passes as a threat despite their desire to be taken seriously.



* StarCrossedLovers: Lumpy Space Princess's idea of letting the Cuties win is to pretend to fall in love with one and then die of unrequited love.

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* StarCrossedLovers: Lumpy Space Princess's Princess' idea of letting the Cuties win is to pretend to fall in love with one and then die of unrequited love.
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* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse, its how Jake ruined the Finn's plan to make the cuties think they won the battle.

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* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse, its how Jake ruined the ruins Finn's plan to make the cuties think they won the battle.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Lumpy Space Princess's idea of letting the Cuties win is to pretend to fall in love with one and then die of unrequited love.

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* StarCrossedLovers: Lumpy Space Princess's idea of letting the Cuties win is to pretend to fall in love with one and then die of unrequited love.love.
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* MetaTwist: The early part of the episode and the Big Little Man scene hint that the Cuties are [[KillerRabbit genuinely dangerous]], and several previous episodes have featured secretly evil and dangerous cute things, but actually they are just as harmless as they seem.

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* BigStupidDoodooHead: The Cuties laughably ineffective attempt to break Finn and Jake by pretending to be their mother's malicious ghost.

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* BigLittleMan: In the second battle a bunch of Cuties combine together to create a giant mega-Cutie, shot from a low angle and with intimidating music... but it's still about as tall as Finn's knee.
* BigStupidDoodooHead: The Cuties Cuties' laughably ineffective attempt to break Finn and Jake by pretending to be their mother's malicious ghost.



* CurbStompBattle: The Cutie army vs. Finn and Jake. They all either tripped, incapacitated themselves, fell apart, or exploded during their attack on Finn and Jake's house before even reaching the front door. This looks like it'll be averted in their second battle when a bunch of them combine together to create a giant mega-Cutie..[[spoiler: who's about as high as Finn's knee.]]

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* CurbStompBattle: The Cutie army vs. Finn and Jake. They all either tripped, incapacitated themselves, fell apart, or exploded during their attack on Finn and Jake's house before even reaching the front door. This looks like it'll be averted in their second battle when a bunch of them combine together to create a giant mega-Cutie..[[spoiler: who's about as high as Finn's knee.]]
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* BigStupidDoodooHead: The Cuties laughably ineffective attempt to break Finn and Jake by pretending to be their mother's malicious ghost.



* IneffectualSympatheticVillain[=/=]HarmlessVillain: The Cutie Army barely passes as a threat despite their desire to be seriously.

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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain[=/=]HarmlessVillain: The Cutie Army barely passes as a threat despite their desire to be seriously.seriously.
* PuppyDogEyes: The Cute King does this to control Ice King at the end.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All the Cuties.
* StarCrossedLovers: Lumpy Space Princess's idea of letting the Cuties win is to pretend to fall in love with one and then die of unrequited love.
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* CurbStompBattle: The Cutie army vs. Finn and Jake. They all either tripped, incapacitated themselves, fell apart, or exploded during their attack on Finn and Jake's house before even reaching the front door.

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* CurbStompBattle: The Cutie army vs. Finn and Jake. They all either tripped, incapacitated themselves, fell apart, or exploded during their attack on Finn and Jake's house before even reaching the front door. This looks like it'll be averted in their second battle when a bunch of them combine together to create a giant mega-Cutie..[[spoiler: who's about as high as Finn's knee.]]
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* ABloodyMess: Finn uses ketchup to resemble bloodshed, and the Cuties fall for it [[spoiler:at first]].

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* ABloodyMess: Finn uses ketchup to resemble bloodshed, and the Cuties fall for it [[spoiler:at first]].at first.
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-->'''Finn:''' These guys are more of a threat to themselves.

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-->'''Finn:''' These guys are more of a threat to themselves.themselves.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain[=/=]HarmlessVillain: The Cutie Army barely passes as a threat despite their desire to be seriously.
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* CurbStompBattle: The Cutie army vs. Finn and Jake. They all either tripped, incapacitated themselves, fell apart, or exploded during their attack on Finn and Jake's house before even reaching the front door.
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* {{Corpsing}}: Happens InUniverse, its how Jake ruined the Finn's plan to make the cuties think they won the battle.
* CuteIsEvil: The Cuties would like to embody this trope, but are not particularly good at it.
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* CombiningMecha: The Cuties do this in battle.
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* BReakTheCutie: Literally happens to Cute King when he finds out Finn, Jake, BMO, Lumpy Space Princess, Cinnamon Bun and a duck faked their deaths using ketchup as blood.

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* BReakTheCutie: BreakTheCutie: Literally happens to Cute King when he finds out Finn, Jake, BMO, Lumpy Space Princess, Cinnamon Bun and a duck faked their deaths using ketchup as blood.
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* BReakTheCutie: Literally happens to Cute King when he finds out Finn, Jake, BMO, Lumpy Space Princess, Cinnamon Bun and a duck faked their deaths using ketchup as blood.
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* ABloodyMess: Finn uses ketchup to resemble bloodshed, and the Cuties fall for it [[spoiler:at first]].

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* ABloodyMess: Finn uses ketchup to resemble bloodshed, and the Cuties fall for it [[spoiler:at first]].first]].
* EpicFail: The Cuties' siege on the Tree Fort is laughably terrible. They trip over each other, lose limbs, and one of them ''explodes'' for no reason.
-->'''Finn:''' These guys are more of a threat to themselves.
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* BadBadActing: Finn and Jake do this with some success, when they throw a fight against the Cute King's army.

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* BadBadActing: Finn and Jake do this with some success, when they throw a fight against the Cute King's army.army.
* ABloodyMess: Finn uses ketchup to resemble bloodshed, and the Cuties fall for it [[spoiler:at first]].
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Cuties have this as their central plot, as they try to take over the treehouse. Sadly for them, it backfires somewhat.

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Cuties have this as their central plot, as they try to take over the treehouse. Sadly for them, it backfires somewhat.somewhat.
* BadBadActing: Finn and Jake do this with some success, when they throw a fight against the Cute King's army.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Cuties have this as their central plot, as they try to take over the treehouse. Sadly for them, it backfires somewhat.
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Finn and Jake's tree house is invaded by the Cute King and his army of Cuties. The problem is, they're too small and adorable for Finn and Jake (or anyone else) to take seriously.
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