Tropes
- Apathetic Clerk: Tonya at the Squeez-E-Mart, who is so apathetic that he hands over the money to the Flying Lettuce Brothers without even looking at them. (Or maybe he hates his boss that much.)
- Ass Shove: As usual, BMO playing a VHS tape is played for butt-related humour.
- Bavarian Fire Drill: The Flying Lettuce Brothers impersonate the Banana Guard commander, ordering the guards to stand in the courtyard and practice their battle cries to both get them away from their posts and to cover up the sound of the vault door being blown.
- Beware the Nice Ones: What's Jake's response to seeing his crew drive off without returning his daughter? Grow bigger than he's ever been, pick up the truck like it's a toy, tear open the side like a can of tuna, and demand they give him his girl back.
- Bilingual Bonus: The Japanese writing on the hidden switch Jake presses to contact his old gang are all readings of the kanji kyuu, meaning "emergency" or "hurry".
- Call-Back:
- Tiffany from "My Two Favorite People" turns out to be one of Jake's old criminal gang. Not only that, but Gareth and The Flying Lettuce brothers were both in Jake's contacts in the same episode.
- Jake's past as a thief is explored in more detail.
- Cassandra Truth: BMO tells Finn exactly what's going on (despite promising Jake not to), but Finn thinks it's a joke.
- Ceiling Cling: Jake does an extreme one, shapeshifting into the ceiling.
- Chick Magnet: Gareth uses his good looks to draw in female attention.
- Creepy Twins: The Flying Lettuce Brothers who talk in unison in one voice.
- The Dog Was the Mastermind: It turns out Jake Jr. had inherited her father's knack for thievery, so set up an elaborate scheme in which she pretended to be kidnapped in order to involve Jake in theft.
- Evil All Along: It turns out Jake's old gang were plotting to steal the Shard and leave him to face the music.
- Faked Kidnapping: Jake Jr. pretends to have been kidnapped so that she'll have the chance to do crime with her dad.
- Hostage for MacGuffin: Jake Jr for the Baker's Shard.
- Human Notepad: Tiffany writes his intimidating speeches on his arms in advance.
- I Have Your Wife: Jake Jr is apparently kidnapped by a criminal mastermind.
- I Taste Delicious: The Banana Guard Captain gets banana-flavored milk thrown in his face to blind him.Captain: No! The forbidden flavor! It's... delicious...
- Karma Houdini: The gang escape with the jewel without being arrested. However, Jake assures Jake Jr. they'll get their comeuppance, saying "Finn and I will bust their apples tomorrow. Or maybe the Banana Guards will get 'em."
- Mixed Metaphor: Tiffany has an unfortunate tendency to make convoluted metaphors.
- Non-Standard Character Design: Gareth's head is drawn more realistically than that of most characters in the show. It is similar to that of Ricardio, who is also a predatory seducer of women.
- One Last Job: Jake is blackmailed into getting his old gang together to steal the Baker's shard in exchange for Jake Jr's freedom.
- One-Man Band: Finn as a "primitive noise band".
- Papa Wolf: Once Jake knew Jake Jr was in danger, he immediately adhered to the kidnappers' request to recruit his old team to save her.
- Running Gag: Jake once again blames his criminal past on not realizing it was wrong.
- Shown Their Work: A bird similar to a peacock has beautiful blue plumage with extravagant tail feathers, while the female is dull and plain looking. This is true of some male birds being more vibrant in order to attract possible females.
- Spit Take: Jake when he recognises Jake Jr as the kidnapped person on the tape.
- Sudden Video-Game Moment: Jake's journey through the Corridor Of A Thousand Deaths is rendered as a 2-D Platform Game.
- Voice Changeling: The Flying Lettuce Brothers can imitate anyone's voice.
- Voice of the Legion: The Flying Lettuce Brothers speak almost in unison most of the time, but as one single voice when they impersonate people.
