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Recap / Adventure Time S 5 E 18 Princess Potluck

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Ice King gets annoyed that he wasn't invited to the princess potluck, so he tries to sabotage the event.

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  • Ax-Crazy: The Red Squirrel from "The Duke" has gone far more unstable since the last time he showed up.
  • Call-Back: It turns out the arrows being fired at Jake were shot by the Red Squirrel from "The Duke".
  • Continuity Cameo: The Multiple Head Case Princess and the infant princess shown in "Loyalty to The King" and "The Lich" reappear and are named as Princess Princess Princess and Embryo Princess respectively.
  • Convenience Store Gift Shopping: Finn's contribution to the potluck is a single can of grape soda.
  • Forgot About His Powers: Ice King literally forgets that he could use his ice powers to disrupt the party until nearly the end of the episode.
  • Go-Karting with Bowser: It turns out that Princess Bubblegum actually did invite the Ice King to the potluck.
  • Gross-Up Close-Up: We get a brief close-up on a rash developing on Finn's ankle from going around with only one sock.
  • Hey, You!: Finn says this verbatim to Skeleton Princess, whereas Jake says this verbatim to the Red Squirrel.
  • Literal-Minded: Ice King ties lemons to some cats he captured, calling them "sourpusses" to ruin the potluck. He also has "party poopers" in the form of overfed rabbits, but they end up relieving themselves before he can use them.
  • Party Scheduling Gambit: One of Ice King's attempts to sabotage the potluck is to start his own, half-assed party with some confused snowmen as guests.
  • Poke the Poodle: Ice King's efforts to sabotage the party involve a series of half-assed pranks. He doesn't think to use his ice powers until near the end of the episode.
  • RevengeSVP: Ice King tries to ruin the party he wasn't invited to. Or so he thinks... he overlooked the invite.
  • Static Stun Gun: Gunter has one to ward off anyone who'd abuse him.
  • Stock Shout-Out: Gunter's dance routine is the generic American cartoon Carmen Miranda impersonation.
  • Synchronous Episodes: This episode shows what Finn and Jake were up to during the events of "BMO Noire".
  • Take Our Word for It: Whatever happened to Ice King's sack full of rabbits.
  • Unknown Rival: The squirrel from "The Duke" appears with a hard-core vendetta against Jake. Jake implies at the end that he does not remember who he is.
  • Zonk: It turns out that the weird "sea lard" from "BMO Noire" was Finn's prize for winning the Potluck raffle.

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