We rank the 30 best times Finn and Jake adventured.
Cosmic space dude Warren Ampersand (Dave Foley) arrived with the shocking truth about Jake’s biological parentage.
On a distant planet in the far-off cosmos, Warren begs for Jake’s help.
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It’s also an all-time eye-melting showcase for the visual possibilities of Jake’s elasticity.Darren Franich
29.
“Root Beer Guy” epitomizes howAdventure Timeexplored even the most minor side characters.
In the original pilot, Root Beer Guy’s a non-speaking, non-descript citizen of the Candy Kingdom.
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Granted the spotlight, he reveals a rich inner life.
Bingo, bango.Devan Coggan
28.
Gender-swapped fan fiction to boot!
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27.
Inevitably, they challenged Death (Miguel Ferrer) to a heavy metal musical battle.
She’s one of the few princesses who doesn’t have dominion over a recognizable thing.
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Such is the two-sided coin of royalty.Christian Holub
25.
As “You Forgot Your Floaties” proves,Adventure Time’s magic is much darkerand weirder.
Or, to put it another way, “all magic-users swim in the Loomy Gloom.”
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You have to be careful, though.
“The Tower” is the most obvious and poignant example.
Finn mourned the loss of his arm by building a tower into space to punch his deadbeat dad.
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(Hey, we’ve all been there.)
Only Jake could create this sandwich, and only Jake can rescue it.
Sometimes, getting what you want means letting yourself cry a little.Christian Holub
22.
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“Darren Franich
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Things got weird when they turned into bacteria, and that wasbeforethey started singing “We’re Plants.
“Darren Franich
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Thus begins one of the most fun friendships in all of Ooo.
So, there went our boys…Christian Holub
16.
“Be More” (Season 5, Episode 28)
Oh, BMO.
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Cue the computerized tear.Devan Coggan
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“Is That You?”
(Season 6, Episode 19)
Death doesn’t happen often inAdventure Time.
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Resurrections are even rarer.
But the astounding thing about this episode is how much sense it makes.
Helpfully, it stays rooted in emotion.
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And I don’t know why that happens, but regardless, let’s do this!
“Adventure Timecelebrates all kinds of friendship, and sees them all as worthy of love and sacrifice.
There’s lots of timey-wimey fun to be had in “Is That You?,” too.
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You’ll never think of theCheerstheme song the same way again.Devan Coggan
13.
“Being 18 is all plock dumps and wagglezags.")
There he found Martin (Stephen Root), a disappointing dad if there ever was one.
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By the end of their first meeting, Finn was down one arm.Darren Franich
11.
“The Enchiridion!”
Alas, even these amazing rulers are not infallible.
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Called to heroism, Lemonhope ran away, to a desert ocean, to the clouds.
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Finn means well, and spends most of his time trying to be righteous and just.
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What ensues is an important lesson in unintended consequences and the unknowable complexity of cause-and-effect.
Finn would instead have grown up in “Farmworld” with two human parents and a non-magical dog.
The Wishmaster’s explanation of the dangers of wishing"say you wish for a back rub.
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Who’s gonna give it to you?
“makes for one of the funniest scenes in the entire show.Christian Holub
3.
I could talk about the growing friendship between Marcy and Finn.
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Then she found some old notes from a pre-crazed Ice King.
“What is goingonin there?”
But what elevates the episode to true classic status is its heart.
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“Friendship saves the day!”
(Bonus: Marceline’s performance of the instant earworm “I’m Just Your Problem.
“)Devan Coggan
I counted 70,000 things to love about this episode.
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!Darren Franich
There are almost 300 episodes, so obviously everyone will have a different favorite.
But this, for my money, is the perfect one.
It’s the one I show people to explain whatAdventure Timeis.
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It faithfully invokes the tropes of youth fiction (teamwork makes the dream work!)
while also subverting expectations (poor Door Lord).
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