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'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn Finn]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimePrincessBubblegum Princess Bubblegum]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeIceKing Ice King]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeAntagonistsAndEnemies Antagonists and Enemies]] ([[Characters/AdventureTimeTheLich The Lich]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeLandOfOoo Land of Ooo]] ([[Characters/AdventureTimeCandyKingdom The Candy Kingdom]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeKingdomsOfOoo Other Kingdoms]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeMultiverse Multiverse Characters]]-]]]]]
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'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn Finn]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimePrincessBubblegum Princess Bubblegum]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeIceKing ([[Characters/AdventureTimeIceKing Ice King]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeAntagonistsAndEnemies Antagonists and Enemies]] ([[Characters/AdventureTimeTheLich The Lich]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeLandOfOoo Land of Ooo]] ([[Characters/AdventureTimeCandyKingdom The Candy Kingdom]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeKingdomsOfOoo Other Kingdoms]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeMultiverse Multiverse Characters]]-]]]]]
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* TenMinuteRetirement: In "Freak City", Finn goes through one of these after getting turned into a foot, during which he memorably goes into [[AutoTune Auto-Tuned]] song. Though it's more thirty seconds than ten minutes. The later episode "Davey" is built around this also with him developing a split personality.
* AdoptionAngst: Finn was raised by a family of talking dogs after the parents found him as a baby. Though he loves his adoptive parents, Margaret and Joshua, he also angsts over not knowing where he came from or who his birth parents are, all the more punctuated by the fact that he's never met another human being. When he does eventually meet his biological father, he is disappointed to find that Martin does not actually care about him. Thankfully, meeting his biological mother goes over much better.
* AesopAmnesia: Fionna and Cake shows Finn [[spoiler:continuing his previous habits of relying on adventuring to address emotional trauma instead of actually dealing with it. When he sees Simon in a depressed existential crisis over losing Betty and being stuck in a world he doesn't belong in, he decides to take Simon on an adventure. During the adventure, Simon brings back some past memories with Betty, though Finn tells Simon not to talk about sad stuff, believing it is better to forget about it. It's clear that Jake's death has caused him to regress to his previous mentality of repressing emotional trauma, given how Finn outright admits to Jake in the afterlife that a part of him was always waiting to die to reunite with Jake again.]]
* AmazonChaser: He often gets starry eyed whenever Flame Princess is fighting someone.
** In fact, let's run down the list of his love interests: [[LadyOfWar Princess Bubblegum]], [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse Flame Princess]], and [[ForestRanger Huntress Wizard.]] Yeah, the guy HasAType.
** Averted, however, in Pillow World, where he settles down for married life with the much lower-key Roselinen.
* AmbiguouslyBi: He had a crush on Princess Bubblegum, and went into a relationship with Flame Princess, but has kissed people of his gender willingly a few times. Finn reached puberty without ever having met somebody of the same species as him, so it's quite plausible that his sexuality might be a bit... undirected.
* AmicableExes: With Flame Princess. It took a genuinely long time and a lot of growing up until he could honestly become her friend and come to terms that they are BetterAsFriends, as well as genuinely apologize for his actions in "Frost & Fire" and move on. He mentions in "Elements" that he is proud of the friendship they built and that he likes having her as a friend.
* AnArmAndALeg: In "Escape from the Citadel", Finn loses his right arm when he tries to tether himself to his father's star ship so that he won't escape from the Citadel. His grass blade mutates and envelops his arm, twisting it into a horrific mass of grassy mutated flesh, and the force of the ship flying out of the Citadel rips his grass arm off leaving him without an arm beneath the elbow. Some of the guardian's blood manages to get on his arm afterward. Sporting a flower on his stub though it seems it'll take time for the grass blade to recover.
** In "Breezy", the arm comes back when the flower left by the grass sword turns into a tree over Finn's arm stub and leaves behind the arm covered in a waxy substance; this happens after Finn finally feels a warm, loving feeling after seeing a vision of Princess Bubblegum. Yeah, it's pretty weird.
** In "Reboot", Finn alienates the grass sword during a moment of pacifism, causing it to detach and merge with the Finn Sword instead, forming a new entity and taking the new arm he'd gotten in "Breezy" with it.
* AngstWhatAngst: {{Invoked|Trope}}. He hates the process of facing and treating traumatization, so he applies BrainBleach or [[StepfordSmiler just suppresses his emotions outright]]. In fact, when confronted with disturbing experiences, he places them ''in the Vault''.
** Finn meets with a cloud spirit living in a drifting cloud who teaches Finn a lesson on this subject. The spirit tells Finn not to bottle up his feelings but to instead dwell on them, because that's the only way you'll ever comes to terms with those feelings. Finn eventually does learn his lesson at the end of the episode as he finally lets go of his anger.
*** Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that Finn is able to face the trauma of everything that a seasoned veteran hero has faced, especially at his age.
----> '''Jake:''' You just went through [[WhamEpisode some outrageous beeswax]] with losing your favorite arm and etcetera. [[LampshadeHanging You can't just expect to bounce back to normal.]]\\
'''Finn''' (genuinely surprised): I can't?
* AnimalMotifs: [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Butterflies]]. Finn has had a lot of past lives, one of which ''was'' a butterfly, and the series goes over his metamorphosis from inexperienced boy-adventurer to a full-blown hero. This was in play from all the way back in season 3's "Still" where he summons a swarm of butterflies as his astral beast.
* ArtificialLimbs: Alternate depictions of Finn always show his right arm to be a crude prosthetic, such as his dream of himself as an adult.
** Even applies to his past life as Shoko.
** Also, his "lifetime" spent in the pillow universe. How the heck he lost an arm in a world made up entirely of pillows is anyone's guess.
** Now that Finn has [[spoiler:lost his right arm]], his need for one is perfectly justified. In a recent episode we see Finn experiment with replacement arms that Princess Bubblegum made for him, which all annoy him because they don't handle anything like his old arm. Eventually the flower in his stub of an arm gives him an artificial arm made out of psychic, white glowing energy.
*** "Breezy" has the flower on Finn's arm grow into a large tree, which eventually bursts leaving behind a bit of a hollow log on his arm. When that's peeled off, a brand new, perfectly healed arm is revealed covered in sap.
*** In "The Comet," it's revealed the arm is still somewhat artificial. The thorn reappears and we see that the thorn was the Grass Sword growing. When the fake skin breaks off, we see it's a large vine that Finn uses as a whip to stop Orgalorg before it makes an arm and hand shaped vine.
*** As of "Two Swords", he matches his alternate counterparts'. After the grass sword freed itself from his body in "Reboot", and took his arm with it, Princess Bubblegum has outfitted him with a prosthetic replacement. She opts for a slender metal model instead of one made of candy this time.
*** In the series finale, [[spoiler:he loses his metal arm in the fight against GOLB. He doesn't get it back and in fact seems content with living with one arm, at least for a while.]]
*** "Together Again" shows that [[spoiler:in his final years up to his death, Finn's right arm was now completely mechanical, and though it was cruder than the one Bonnie had given him, it was sturdier and had a metal pauldron.]]
* AutoTune: He's able to switch this effect on and off for his actual singing voice after [[NoodleIncident he swallows a tiny computer]] immediately prior to "The Jiggler".
* AwesomeBackpack: His big, green, circular backpack.
* BadassAdorable: He skinned a polar bear for his hat as a baby. Do the math.
* BadassDecay: InUniverse. In the second half of Season 5. After his breakup with Flame Princess, he gets into a rut, he's more focused on wooing his old love interests when they want him doing heroic things instead. It's so bad, he gets overshadowed by ''Cinnamon Bun'' of all people (granted, he's TakenALevelInBadass.)
* BadassNormal: He fist fights monsters or uses some other mundane tool on a regular basis; including [[OmnicidalManiac the Lich]].
* BadassPacifist: [[spoiler:He prevented the Gum War without fighting Fern or Gumbald, instead using the Nightmare Juice as an opportunity to work out everyone's issues, including his and Fern's.]]
* BarbarianLongHair: While it was long, straight and ''beautiful'' during his youth, by ''Fionna and Cake'' it's grown wild and reaches out of his hat sticking every direction, pairing well with his beard and increased muscle mass to make him look like an experienced adventurer.
* BarbarianHero: A downplayed, LighterAndSofter example, due to him being an adolescent, and more prevalent in the earlier seasons. Finn lives in an isolated area in the Grasslands of Ooo, is fairly unsophisticated, has BloodKnight tendencies, is stronger than you would expect from the average mortal, usually forgoes wearing armor in combat,and has unbelievably long flowing hair underneath his white hat, which he skinned from a bear as a child. He also has more than a few magical nemeses, most prominently the Ice King and the Lich, both of whom he has employed direct physical force to defeat in the past.
* BetterAsFriends: With pretty much everyone of his [[LoveInterest love interests]].
** With Marceline, both realized they don't have any interest in being more than friends.
** With Flame Princess, the events of "Frost & Fire" have permanently damaged any possible romantic outcome of their relationship, with Finn betraying her trust. While he still chases her for a longer while, she refuses anything but friendship from him. After several events in his life, he came to understand that they won't be together, at least for a long while and is proud of the friendship and trust they built with each other.
** With Princess Bubblegum, it's actually [[ZigZaggedTrope been on and off.]] While he did move on from her and to Flame Princess, it's evident even in Season 7 and 8 that he harbors strong feelings for her. During a vision when processing the trauma of his lost arm and the flower that was there, he saw Bubblegum there and the feeling of happiness allowed his arm (or a plant-based facsimile) to grow back. When LSP gets Finn to go to his happy place (after he succumbed to the rage of the corruption of the Fire Kingdom), it's him (or rather a younger him) with a younger PB. However, it's possible this is just because of feelings of friendship and family, or perhaps a hint that Bubblegum actually is bottling up her emotions.
*** [[spoiler:Almost certainly BetterAsFriends as of the series finale. Not only is Bubblegum now the OfficialCouple with Marceline, but when she kisses Finn for the last time, he doesn't get his usual LuminescentBlush--just smiles.]]
** It's initially played straight with Huntress Wizard, who finds Finn's attraction to her and her own to him inconvenient considering "exceptional beasts" such as themselves should not be together, instead trying to take on a more platonic relationship. That said, she does progressively seem to open up to the idea of romance, possibly subverting the trope, although it remains unclear by the end of the series if they're a romantic pairing yet or not.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As nice a guy as he is, it would be unwise to get on his bad side.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He is ''fiercely'' protective over Jake, despite being the ''younger'' brother.
** In "Evicted", Marceline kind of killed Jake for a minute. Finn's reaction was... [[http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1408/lolfinn.png not pretty.]]
** In "To Cut a Woman's Hair", the witch merely uses Jake as a cushion (albeit in the context of Finn's requiring someone to be in "danger" in order to help her), and Finn charges.
** When Jake is transformed into a Lumpy Space guy.
---> ''"I f-f-f... AAAAHHHHHH I'LL KILL YOU LUMPY'' '''''SPAAACE!'''''''"''
** He also shows this towards Fern by constantly supporting and encouraging him, getting over the trauma of [[spoiler:killing Fern]] by picturing him as someone Finn needs to save and [[spoiler:killing the Grass Demon]] to protect him.
* BloodKnight: He may be in it mostly to slay evil, but there's no denying that he really likes fighting for its own sake ("If you're an evil witch, I will punch you for FUN!") When he wins the Fight King's "[[BloodLust favor]]," he really hams it up.
** Toward the end of the series, he's moved on from this, and spends the last few episodes [[spoiler:actively working to prevent a war between Bubblegum and Gumbald.]]
* BodyguardCrush: On Princess Bubblegum, though as time goes on he has more or less gotten over it, with only tiny hints that he still has feelings for her.
* BookDumb: See IdiotHero.
** Seemingly repaired as of "Dentist."
* BrokenAce: Multiple times, but he always manages to pick himself back up.
* CelibateHero: After [[spoiler:his breakup with Flame Princess]] Finn decides to forgo romance entirely. [[spoiler: That is, until he mets Huntress Wizard.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Happens twice, both negatively and positively. First becoming a teenager with hormones makes him more selfish, self obsessed, putting a wet dream before doing good and being prone to depression. And then in season seven/eight, after going through all that, he's an emotionally mature young man who can apologize to Flame Princess for manipulating her and can have more chill relationships.
** On a grander scale, Finn's grown from a rowdy kid that loved fighting to a generally rational young man that's more interested in helping people as a whole.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early episodes had him be the more wild ChaoticGood half of the main duo ("I'll slay anything that's evil, that's my deal."), before making him into TheParagon.
* ChickMagnet: So far, lots of princesses want to give Finn a peck on the cheek.
** Also he foolishly promised a pack of princesses that he'd get them married to whomever they wanted. Slime Princess wanted him (and was only the first one to speak up).
** During "To Cut a Woman's Hair," every princess he talks to seems to think he's in love with them (except Princess Beautiful, [[TheUndead fortunately]]). He eventually gets Princess Bubblegum to go to the forest and have dinner with him.
--->''"If there's one thing I learned today, it's that I'm ''awesome'' at talking to ladies."!''
** The fact that [[http://i.imgur.com/ivocxL8.jpg Huntress Wizard is still hanging around him]] in "Wheels" proves it: Finn has so much game he pulls the ladies in hispage [[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn here.]]sleep.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: In one episode, he displays this, the reason being when he was a baby, he was left alone in the forest and nobody came to help him. It's {{downplayed|Trope}} in general; he takes his hero work as a calling in life, but tries not to step on anyone's toes.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: In "The Jiggler" it's revealed he has a glass eye collection. It's never mentioned again.
* ColorblindConfusion: In "Red Starved", Finn's shown to be red-green colorblind after he mistakes a green emerald for a red ruby. Strangely, Jake (a ''dog'') CAN tell the difference, and is the one to correct him.
* CombatSadomasochist: The kid jumped into a volcano for ''fun''. You finish the math.
-->''"You just gotta imagine that every bruise is a hickey from the universe. And everyone wants to get with the universe."''
* CompressedHair: Hair that would probably go down to his feet, until he cut it off.
* TheConscience: ''Good grief yes.'' Finn's heroic nature counterbalances his closest's friends amoral tendencies. While it tends to be played for laughs with Jake, it's played more seriously (and more subtlety) with Marceline and Princess Bubblegum.
-->'''Jake:''' Look at all this grave booty! CHA-CHING!\\
'''Finn:''' Jake! You ''LOOTED?'' That's ''bad'', man!\\
'''Jake:''' Oh... [[RunningGag I didn't know it was wrong...]]\\
'''Finn:''' ''(sigh)'' Come on, let's put all of this back.\\
'''Jake:''' What?! ''All'' of it?!\\
'''Finn:''' Yes, Jake.
* CoolSword:
** His first one has a blade of gold. The second has an interesting, woody handle and an AbsurdlySharpBlade.
** It doesn't get any cooler than a ''black hole sword'' in "The Real You".
** From "Dad's Dungeon" to "Play Date", he gets a sword made out of a demon's {{blood|yMurder}}.
** From "Blade of Grass" to "Escape from Citadel", he gets a cursed blade made of grass that can cut through ''anything''.
** As of "Is That You?", he has the Finn Sword, a sword made from an alternate version of himself.
** After the Finn Sword and Grass Sword combine to create Fern, Finn wields the rapier-like blade he got from [[TheObiWan Rattleballs.]]
** He gets his final sword in "Marcy & Hunson," when Peppermint Butler summons the Lord of Evil to make Finn a sword infused with the power of the Nightosphere. [[spoiler:A giant version of this is still being used by an adult Sweet P 1,000 years in the future.]]
* CoolUncle: He seems to be so in Distant Lands while hanging out With Bronwyn. Or in Fionna and Cake where he also do quests with TV
* CoolOldGuy: [[spoiler:"Together Again" shows he remains just as awesome as an old man, having continued adventuring up until his death.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: He gets extremely jealous when someone comes in the way of him and Princess Bubblegum ''or'' Jake ''or'' FP.
* CreepyChild: From snuggling a piece of Princess Bubblegum's hair to watching Jake sleep and taking pictures, Finn can be a disturbing child at times. It's implied this is the result of some serious abandonment issues.
* CursedWithAwesome: The Grass Sword. [[spoiler:It is literally cursed, and while it gives him exceptional swordsman skills, he can't remove it from his person. It tried to slowly take over his arm, but once he accepted that the sword would be a part of him forever, the sword retracted to form a bracer around his wrist. He can summon it at will.]]
** In the Season 6 premiere the grass sword overtakes his arm once more, this time to help him, only this time he finally loses his arm. He regains the arm some episodes later but seems have lost the grass blade in the process.
** And then in the Season 6 finale, the grass sword triumphantly returns. [[spoiler: Only for it to be gone for good in the Season 7 finale]].
* TheCutie: He is quite adorable at times, especially when in pain.
* DatingCatwoman: Flame Princess is quickly [[WhamLine revealed to be evil]], or at least a dangerous wild card. Finn develops a crush on her after she attacks him. This becomes more of a downplayed example after Flame Princess's second appearance, as she becomes more emotionally stable.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's of course very excitable, but as his voice got deeper (and he knew what apathy felt like), Shada's voice got quite excellent for deadpan lines.
* DeathSeeker: {{Downplayed}} as he's not exactly trying to get himself killed, but [[spoiler:after Jake passed away, Finn admits that part of him is waiting for his own death just so he can reunite with him again.]]
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Two big deconstructions:
** KidHero: Finn has been fighting and killing monsters and supernatural beings since at least the age of twelve (his age when the series begins). Even though he's quite cheerful and upbeat most of the time, psychologically he's ''really'' messed up. In fact the reason he manages to stay upbeat despite the horrors he's seen is because he's very good at suppressing traumatic memories (he refers to the process as "putting them in the vault"; the fact that he does it so often that he ''has a term for it'' is a bad sign). Because he's spent so much of his life fighting and adventuring, he doesn't know much about making personal connections. His emotional immaturity and BloodKnight nature drove his girlfriend away, and his tendencies toward white knighting are steadily getting creepier as he gets older. All he really knows how to do is punch things; life situations that require a more complex solution are beyond his ability to navigate.
** InsecureLoveInterest: Sure, Finn has a PrecociousCrush on PB and he frequently rescues her, but she only thinks of him as a close friend at most. They come ''very'' close to confirming their ship when she is de-aged, but it's thoroughly nixed when she returns to her original age. One episode involved him singing a song about how confusing it was ("What am I to you? Am I a joke, your knight, or your brother?") that also includes his sentiment that it doesn't really matter as long as they are ''at least'' friends and get to hang out. He eventually gets over the romantic aspects when he meets [[SecondLove Flame Princess]], although he makes a few attempts to re-kindle something with PB after ''that'' relationship ends.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Showcased in "Escape from the Citadel" when The Lich reaches out his hand to finish him off. Finn defiantly smacks the hand away [[spoiler:despite the fact that The Lich immobilized him with just a single word, and Finn had no guarantee that such a feeble attack would keep The Lich at bay.]]
* {{Determinator}}: His very first appearance has an amusing double-subversion. Finn is told to believe in himself in order to escape his prison of ice; Finn refuses, but then [[HeroicWillpower breaks out through sheer willpower]]. In the series proper, he soldiers past numerous injuries, breaks out of the Lich's mind control, ''literally ignores two broken legs'' to save the day(s).
** In "You Forgot Your Floaties," he's transformed into an egg. Through sheer force of will, he forces himself into a bowl of batter, and then ''bakes himself a new body made of bread.''
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Twice, he tried with Bubblegum after her age down but this was dashed when she had to restore her age to save the kingdom from Lemongrab and she's shown no interest in pursuing romance (though the end of the series gives a very good reason why in her case). Then came Flame Princess and that lasted for awhile, but she broke it off after the incident with Ice King and any hope of getting back together with her was crushed when Cinnamon Bun professed his love for her. He ''does'' fall in love, get married and have children when he travels to the pillow world, being his most lasting relationship until he "dies". But it's ambiguous if that was real or not. Huntress Wizard seems to have likewise taken an interest in him, but due to the finale not directly focusing on their romance, this is more of a MaybeEverAfter.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The reason he lost Flame Princess. Though that was just one of ''many'' examples he displays through the series. He has a tendency to act first without really assessing the situation, often making a bad problem worse.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He frequently goes there. For instance, in "Freak City" he, in a fit of rage, decides to beat up ''Life''. In another episode he attacks a fourth-dimensional black-hole type construct, and destroys it. [[spoiler:After he gets the cursed blade of grass he slays the Fear Feaster with it in "Billy's Bucket List". In "Escape from the Citadel", he takes down [[GreaterScopeVillain The Lich]] by gooping him with the blood of the fallen Guardian, which has massive amounts of healing properties, thus bringing the Lich to life into an innocent giant baby.]]
** Has gone toe to toe with the Lich no fewer than four times and has always managed to throw a wrench in the Lich's plans. Of note, this makes him the ''only'' being to ever defeat the Lich more than once.
** In "Crossover" he takes out an alternate universe version of the Lich using a WavemotionGun given to him by Prismo.
** [[spoiler: And not just our Finn... after the Lich was spread throughout the Multiverse, the Lich mentions being bested by Finn in many worlds, implying the Alt-Finns have been able to stop their Liches as well.]]
* DisappearedDad: His dad was being held in the Citadel. He doesn't care that Finn exists at all.
** [[spoiler:Complicated by later revelations that Martin was actually on his way to being a loving and present father when his past intervened and started him on the road to JerkAss-dom.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Fionna.
* DumbBlonde: He has blonde hair under his hat, and he can be quite clueless sometimes.
* EasyAmnesia: Finn can put frightening memories in his "vault". What's disturbing is that [[DissonantSerenity he does it so casually]]...
-->'''Finn''': That one's going in the vault. Aaaaaaand... it's gone.
** Once Finn opens the vault just a crack, he's apparently easily able to discover his ''past lives.''
*** [[spoiler:"Come Along With Me" reveals the Vault to contain representations of the monsters Finn was most traumatized by fighting--the Lich, the Lich-possessed Bubblegum, BrainwashedAndCrazy Susan, and [[ArchnemesisDad his own father]].]]
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He eventually gains the ability to generate a psychic limb, giving him super powers. He loses that, but later on the Grass Sword's remains give him the power to turn his arm into a powerful vine tentacle. He eventually loses that during "Reboot" when it detaches itself from Finn to join with the Finn Sword.
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: Finn has shown high knowledge in spiritual matters, introspection and various powers born from pure enlightenment: summoning his astral beast, astral projection, controlling his own memories of past lives and making the universe give him a way to stop Gunter/Orgalorg, with auto-tuned singing, no less. It's implied this is the result of being a reincarnation of a past Catalyst Comet.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Sympathetic example, but nevertheless, "All Gummed Up Inside" has him despairing about not being able to "keep" Bubblegum, not really grasping the fact she was never his in the first place.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While a BloodKnight, Finn largely refuses to kill anyone or anything that's not evil, to the extent that, in "The Enchiridion," he let out a BigNever to being ordered to kill a "neutral" ant. Also, in "What Have You Done?", despite being enemies with Ice King, Finn made it clear that he wouldn't beat him up when Ice King hadn't actually committed any recent crimes, stating it as "against his alignment."
* EvilLaugh: Non-evil example; in "What is Life?", Finn mischievously does this, while thinking to prank Jake after he pranked Finn himself, as a type of revenge.
* FatalFlaw: {{Lust}} seems to be this for Finn in later seasons, particularly in Season 5, where it's what caused his relationship with Flame Princess to fall apart
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Princess Bubblegum making it clear she didn't want him made him wallow for a while.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A lot of hints were dropped that Finn would lose his right arm starting with his Farmworld depiction. This eventually happens in the Season 6 opening.
* ForGreatJustice: His reasoning for why he fights evil.
* ForHappiness: When he and Jake aren't busy fighting evil, they're just trying to have a good time.
* {{Fetish}}: As established in the AmazonChaser entry above, he has a sexual fetish for seeing women fight and/or fighting together with them. Wallowing in this while not being honest about it destroys his relationship with Flame Princess.
* GenerationXerox: While not as bad as Martin, Finn has shown he's able to be be as manipulative as his father if given the opportunity to do so. It's not all bad, as his father showed [[LightningBruiser physical feats]] that easily match his son's. [[spoiler:Apparently, Finn shares most of his positive traits with his mother, a genuine [[FantasticCasteSystem Helper]] who enjoys aiding others just as much as her son does.]]
* GivenNameReveal: In "Finn the Human", it turns out his AlternateSelf has the full name "Finn Mertens". By "Dentist" he indicates he's learned the name and taken to using it himself, and "The Visitor" shows it is his father's surname in this timeline as well.
* GoodCounterpart: To the Lich in a sense. The Lich was born from a Green Catalyst Comet that killed the dinosaurs, Finn's the {{Reincarnation}} of the Blue Catalyst Comet.
* GrowingUpSucks: After his breaking up with Flame Princess, Finn starts to feel things become more complicated as he grows up, and wishes to have things be like they were before.
** Note that his romantic attachments tend to retire from dating him to spend more time leading their people (while he has none to lead).
** The realization that his human father never loved him and never will also left him very depressed.
*** [[spoiler:Well, not ''never'' loved him. But never will again.]]
* GuestFighter: DLC skin for Jhala in ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}''.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Although his hair color was originally only mentioned by the creators, it's since been seen. And it is ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/4/49/S2e10_HatlessFinn_longhair.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110111205300 glorious]]''. He has the associated purity.
%%* HappilyAdopted: By Jake's family.
* TheHeart: He's the only one who can get Bubblegum and Marceline to stick together; in 'What Was Missing', it's clear that their attempt to get through the Door Lord's door would have fallen apart easily without his influence. He also serves as TheConscience to them.
* HeartbrokenBadass: His love life hasn't exactly been kind to him. Being abandoned by his human dad '''twice''' doesn't make things any easier either.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:"Together Again" ''opens'' with him having already died and found himself in the Dead World, after briefly being trapped in a LotusEaterMachine by a parasite.]]
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Despite owning at least two swords, Finn often fights with his bare hands.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Though he uses GoodOldFisticuffs much more and an ax at least once.
* HeroicBSOD: He goes through a (hilariously brief) one every time somebody reminds him that he's almost certainly the [[LastOfHisKind last human]].
** Spends half of "Dad's Dungeon" like this because he thought [[EtTuBrute Jake and Joshua turned against him]]. It's bad enough that he actually [[DrivenToSuicide tries to eat]] [[BodyHorror the apples]]. Twice, the second time he's [[HarmfulToMinors actually watching what the apples do to a person]]. Jake has to [[InterruptedSuicide stop him both times]].
** In "Hot to the Touch," when he realizes he can neither fight or hurt his new crush the Flame Princess, nor allow her to destroy the goblin kingdom, he curls up and cries, right before briefly passing out.
** The end of "Escape from the Citadel" leaves him with Prismo dead, his arm and sword gone, and his dad having abandoned him. He doesn't even try and swim to the surface of the lake he's in and Jake has to pull him out. He spends "The Tower" singing a MadnessMantra about how he intends to tear off his father's arm to replace his, and then spends "Breezy" having a series of meaningless relationships in a futile attempt to feel better.
** [[spoiler:After killing Fern in "Three Buckets," Finn loses his ability to be Ooo's protector, as every monster he fights reminds him of his dead doppelganger.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Goes hand-in-hand with his many {{Determinator}} feats.
* [[SheIsAllGrownUp He Is All Grown Up]]: [[spoiler:As of "Obsidian", he's now on his 20s, and he grew a lot by the time between the finale and ''Distant Lands''.]]
* HesBack: "Billy's Bucket List". Season five zigzagged on his heroism with hormones taking precedence and making him act like a jerk, but in said episode he's determined to finish Billy's list and conquers his fear of the ocean. Though, with the revelation of his human father still being alive, more angst was to follow.
* HiddenDepths: Lightly hinted at a few times. In particular, he may hide a desire for civilized life, as well as trauma stemming from his ParentalAbandonment. [[AngstWhatAngst He rarely if ever dwells on such things.]]
-->'''Finn''': I... [[PlayedForLaughs am complicated]].
** If the video game Pirates of the Enchiridion is anything to go by, Finn, despite normally being BookDumb in more than a few areas, is surprisingly skilled in cartography.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: His yearly aging leads to more complicated relationships with girls.
* {{Hotblooded}}: Doubles with LargeHam. Throughout the series, there have been several instances where he has been intensely agitated.
** From the "Hero Boy Named Finn" song:
-->'''Finn''': And I'm not gonna be cool... 'cause I'm pipin' ho-oooooot!
* HulkingOut: Whenever something happens to Jake.
* IAmNotWeasel: Flame Princess comes to the conclusion that he must be a Water Elemental due to him crying each time she's seen him and him repeatedly hurting her without realizing it. Also, the squirrel from "Up a Tree" mistakes him for a chipmunk.
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: After the Flame King explicitly explains that his daughter, like everyone else in his kingdom, is evil, Finn makes influencing her to good his goal. (It definitely helps that she's on board with it.)
* IdiotHero:
-->Why is Finn missing so many teeth?\\
The creators' answer: He bites trees and rocks and stuff. He's stupid.
** Which makes it that much more interesting when his brain works perfectly, like in "Morituri te Salutamus".
** As shown in "The New Frontier", Finn occasionally forgets how the sun works, and is seemingly floored when Jake re-explains it to him.
** In "In Your Footsteps", he freely gives away the Enchiridion, a "hero's handbook" he got dozens of episodes ago, because he's mostly used it for sitting on. It falls into the Lich's hands.
** In "From Bad to Worse," he mixes random potions to stop the candy zombies. The result was a bunch of random effects, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero most of them made the zombies even stronger]].
** In "The Real You", Finn himself says that he's "full of stupid."
** This is more of an early season character trait as he becomes more intelligent as the series goes on, especially emotionally.
* IGaveMyWord: Deconstructed as the events of "Slumber Party Panic" get more and more out of hand because of his promise.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: In both a familial and romantic sense. He's at that age where he's looking for a girlfriend and is utterly devastated to find that his dad barely cares about him.
* IllKillYou: A couple of times. When his picture frame of Bubblegum is set on fire after he spent hours crying over it, he snarls:
---> ''"WHO LIT THAT FIRE? I'LL KILL YOUUU!"''
* ImportantHaircut: To save Jake from eternity in a witch's butt. Since then he seems to be letting it grow out again.
** Averted when he cuts it again right before visiting Mars with Jermaine. It's not actually very important at all.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: With paper airplanes. He manages to get one to ''cook him eggs''. Unfortunately, it doesn't stick the landing.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: It's eventually revealed that he is pure good, since he is the {{Reincarnation}} of the Blue Catalyst Comet, which incarnated as a butterfly, a symbol of rebirth. His goodness extends to the point that he tries to beat his purity into others. This is noticeable in the episode "Goliad": when the golem that Princess Bubblegum created turns evil, what does she do to stop it? Make a new one with Finn's DNA instead of her own. The original tries to invoke WeCanRuleTogether, but because of the pureness, it refuses and sacrifices itself to stop the other. On another occasion, [[BigBad the Lich]] uses Finn's innocence against him to open up a portal to the multiverse by a means Finn thought would prevent it. Throughout the series, he also has helped countless characters. Despite his BloodKnight tendencies and HotBlooded moments, Finn is still a purely good person.
* InASingleBound: He pulls one off in "Mystery Train" when he jumps between two fast-moving trains.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: He's a cutie who openly shows his emotions and affections. He also spends the night with the Ice King in "Thank You". Downplayed though, since he's a BloodKnight who loves fighting, wrestling, adventuring, rescuing princesses, etc.
** His instrument of choice is the traditionally feminine flute.
* InUniverseCatharsis: In "Fionna and Cake", Finn has shown to have adopted a fairly unhealthy coping mechanism for dealing with his problems (re: Accepting Jake's death), which involves carelessly throwing himself into danger to distract him from his problems, which he tries to use on Simon to help him deal with his depressive rut. He even shrugs off a nasty series of back gashes given to him by a bear.
* InexplicablyAwesome: Finn, besides his robot arm, has zero cybernetic or biological augmentations, while a pretty sizable chunk of humanity does, including his own mother. Despite his, he consistently seems to be a great deal stronger, faster, and tougher than most of humanity besides the explicitly superhuman Seekers, and even in that case they're not that much stronger than him. It's very telling that, as an adult, he's able to treat a mutant bear the size of a bus like a literal plaything.
* InnocentBlueEyes: According to Andy Ristaino, Finn's eyes are blue.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He refers to Fern as something even closer to him than a brother. Of course, this is because he was Finn up until he was turned into the Finn Sword, and still wants to be Finn.
* InterClassRomance: Has romanced two princesses.
* InterspeciesRomance: So far he's crushed on a candy person (princess) and a girl made of flames. And in "Puhoy", he even married and had two children with a pillow-girl. Of course, seeing as how there aren't very many pure-bred humans left on Earth, he doesn't have a lot of choice in avoiding this.
** It's unclear what Huntress Wizard is, but she's not human.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Like his father, [[DissonantSerenity Finn often keeps up a cheerful demeanor]] no matter what kind of stuff is blowing up around him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Not at first, but he can be a typical self-absorbed teenager later on, especially when it comes to romance (Bubblegum isn't talking about sacrificing her love life with ''you'', Finn). Self-obsession is one of the flaws that make him think he's a monster in "Don't Look".
* ItsAllMyFault: Starts blaming himself for the state of Ooo during the ''Elementals'' miniseries, wondering if he subconsciously ''wanted'' Fern to fail at protecting the kingdom.
* JerkassBall: A couple of episodes from season 5 showcase some of his more selfish, dishonorable traits: In "Jake Suit" he doesn't care that Jake gets hurt when he wears him as armor and tells him to toughen up then at the end of the episode he wears the 'Jake Suit' and jumps down a volcano hurting Jake and himself (of course it's more of an example of him holding the IdiotBall then). And later in "Frost & Fire" and "Too Old", the former of which has him ruining his relationship with Flame Princess, and the latter lying to Jake in hopes of getting alone time with PB. It doesn't work.
* {{Keet}}: Finn is hyperactive, joyful, and sometimes surprisingly tender-hearted, [[BoisterousBruiser when he's not beating his enemies to a bloody pulp.]]
** His ceaseless energy is used as a plot point in "Power Animal", where a society of malevolent gnomes kidnaps him and attempts to harness his energy for a machine they built which would allow them to essentially take over the world.
* KidHero: 12 when the series starts, 17 when it ends.
* LargeHam: Not just large, ''massive''. He competes with a WorldOfHam and manages the impressive feat of being one of, if not the hammiest ham in the land of Ooo.
* LastOfHisKind: At first, it was assumed that Finn is the last human in Ooo. However, this later turns out not to be the case as it's revealed that Ice King used to be human, other humans (namely Betty) appear in the series [[spoiler:and, in the Islands mini series, it's revealed that humanity is thriving in a series of distant islands]].
* LightningBruiser: Finn has been shown to excel in ''all'' types of combat within the series, plus he is quick to his feet & able to take a ''HUGE'' beating. He just destroys any foe that stands in his way.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite having never met them, or at least before he did meet them, Finn took a lot after his parents, at least on some level or another. He mostly takes after his mother who dedicated her life to helping and protecting people. While he has none of his father's {{Jerkass}} tendencies, Finn does have his sense of Adventure and the ability to turn problems into solutions, along with Martin's [[LightningBruiser barefisted fighting skills]].
* LimitedWardrobe: Invoked a couple of times. For example, a plot point in "[=BMO=] Noire" and "Princess Potluck"[[note]]They happen concurrently[[/note]] is that he seems to only have one pair of socks, and in "Little Dude" he has to go slay (another!) evil bear if he wants a replacement hat.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Finn's romantic interests don't tend to work out well for him. It reaches the point that one interest admits that she likes him then follows up by saying they wouldn't work together, because of the reasons that she likes him in the first place!
** Fortunately for those hoping for any hint of a happy romantic ending for the poor kid, he meets Huntress Wizard again and they decide to [[EarnYourHappyEnding give dating a shot after all]].
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Finn developed his crush on Flame Princess after she smacked him in the face with her (burning) hand and nearly destroyed his house with her fire powers.
* LoveHurts: Both princesses have caused him no small amount of emotional (and physical) hurt.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: He tells Flame Princess she has this effect on him.
--> '''Finn:''' When I look at you, my brain gets all... stupid!
** Several episodes ("Too Old", "The Red Throne") have even had Finn taking a ride on the JerkassBall as well because he put trying to impress girls ahead of actually thinking.
* MadeOfIron: The kid has survived battles against multitudes of monsters, cosmic horrors and falling into a volcano, the last of which he did for fun. '''Painfully''' subverted in the season 6 premiere, where he loses his right arm.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In Reboot, when the grass vines take off the lower half of his right arm, all he has to say is "AH! m'arm!"
** He barely reacted when he lost his original arm, as he was more in shock over his father caring so little for him and fleeing.
* ManipulativeBastard: Downplayed. Finn has a manipulative-obsessive streak. His tendency to manipulate people to instigate conflict so he could resolve it (since he is TheHero) was explored in ''All the Little People'' and bit him in the ass in ''Frost & Fire''.
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:His relationship with Huntress Wizard is left open-ended after the finale, especially after "The Wild Hunt" and "Seventeen" established a relationship between the two. After all, she did [[LiteralMetaphor give him her heart.]]]]
** The [[ComicBook/AdventureTimeSeason11 Season 11 sequel comic]] implies that [[spoiler:they're still together.]]
** The status of their relationship in ''Distant Lands'' [[spoiler:is a complete mystery, as the miniseries doesn't give any hints if they're still together or not.]]
** ''Fionna and Cake'' implies [[spoiler:they're still together]].
* MeaningfulName: "Finn" means "fair-haired." He's blond.
** It can be also understood as related to the word "final", as in "the last".
** And might also conjure comparisons to legendary Irish hero ''[[Myth/CelticMythology Finn McCool]]''.
* MindOverMatter: The flower growing from the stump of his right arm allows him to manifest a shapeshifting arm out of pure psychic energy as well as levitate large objects using what remains of the Grass Sword's magic.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler: His biological mother is actually still alive, ([[BodyUploading sort of]]), and has been wishing for his return for years. It's the reason Susan was sent to Ooo in the first place.]]
** [[spoiler:At the very end of the finale, [[Heartwarming/AdventureTime she and the other humans arrive in Ooo.]]]]
* MoralityChain: Finn may be the protagonist, but it becomes increasingly clear that he's also the Morality Chain to... damn near everyone else. He consciously takes on the role of turning Flame Princess good, but it's also strongly implied that without him Jake would still be a thief and conman, Princess Bubblegum might be much more of a TotalitarianUtilitarian, Marceline would be the psychopathic troll she likes to see herself as, and Ice King would be doing some seriously squicky things to Princesses.
** He tried to be this to Fern during Season 8. [[spoiler: He initially failed after Fern tried to kill him in "Three Buckets", but he does help Fern redeem himself during the series finale.]]
* MorphicResonance: It's implied Finn's reincarnations and alternate timeline selves are all destined to lose their right arms, to the point where after it happens to Finn he notes that - in retrospect - having two arms felt weird.
* MotiveDecay: In "Too Old," Finn focuses on flirting with Princess Bubblegum instead of focusing on the diplomatic mission, rescuing Lemonhope, or being a hero.
** In "The Red Throne," Finn focuses on trying to get back with Flame Princess, ignoring the Fire Kingdom's tyrant problem.
* MuggleBestFriend: To anything that isn't completely evil. It makes him slide towards AllLovingHero.
** Princess Bubblegum tends to show off her creations to him.
** Marceline trusted only Finn with her Fries song.
** Heck, even the Ice King seeks Finn out when he wants somebody to chat to.
* MundaneMadeAwesome - "ALGEBRAIC!"
** "Mathematical!"
** His hat.
* MysteriousPast: A ZigZaggedTrope. Finn does have a known and simple past in which he was HappilyAdopted by Joshua and Margaret and raised to fight evil. But how he wound up where they found him and the whereabouts of any other humans were complete mysteries until the "Islands" mini-series.
* TheNapoleon: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]; he's more short than [[GentleGiant Princess Bubblegum]], but he has also a lot of moments when he acts like a {{Jerkass}}.
* NeutralGood: In-universe assigned alignment in the comic series.
* NiceGuy: Probably one of the nicest members of the cast.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Season 4 Finale. [[WhamEpisode Congratulations, Finn. You've single-handedly released the Lich into]] TheMultiverse.
** In "Frost & Fire", his obsession to see Flame Princess and Ice King fighting [[spoiler:almost causes Ice King's death and the destruction of Ice Kingdom, and also ends up hurting Flame Princess' feelings, leading to their breakup at the end of the episode.]] When ''the Ice King'' tells you that you blew it, you know you '''really''' blew it.
** Taken to an extreme in the Season 6 opening two-parter. The plan to get Finn to meet his father gets Prismo killed and ends up freeing a whole bunch of cosmic criminals, which, sadly, includes his birth father.
* TheNoseless: He isn't drawn with a nose. The creators state that it's a mutation.
* NoSell: In "Flute Spell" he gains immunity to electricity.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted. In fact, he grows up in real-time! He ages every year, according to the creators. Though he's only had one on-screen birthday from 12 to 13, his Website/{{Twitter}} profile identifies him as 14 as of 11/2012. He claims to be 16 as of "The Comet," and is 17 as of, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Seventeen."]]
* OurFounder: In the GrandFinale [[spoiler: [[ToppledStatue the ruins]] of a gigantic memorial statue and grave complex for Finn are shown 1000 years in the future, having been constructed directly outside of Marceline's/Shermy and Beth's cave on the Grass Lands. There's also fallen statue of either Jake or Jermaine as well, and the remains of a plaque that appears to read "Finn" and "Jermaine" nearby.]]
* TheParagon: In "Freak City", Finn refuses to let any of the freaks lay down and let life kick them around. So instead, Finn kicks them around until they decide to stand up for themselves.
* ParentalAbandonment: Not only was had he lost his birth-parents from babyhood, it is heavily implied that his foster-parents, Joshua and Margaret, are also dead, leaving him with only Jake at 12. However, "Billy's Bucket List" reveals that Finn's biological father is still alive. [[spoiler:As well as his mother in "Islands".]]
* ParentheticalSwearing: He ''loves'' this trope.
-->"Holy ''stuff!''"\\
"What the jug is ''that?''\\
"Dump ''that'' mess!''\\
"Math this..."
* PermaShave: PlayedForLaughs[=/=]explained in "All's Well That Rats Swell", as BMO plucks any growing facial hair out (to keep him looking forever young) before he wakes up.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being just a boy, he's a full-fledged adventurer who can hold his own in most fights. He's even been known to put the hurt on beings many times his size and experience, especially [[UnstoppableRage when properly motivated]].
* PrettyBoy: His Website/GaiaOnline AlternateUniverse self is this in the ''Adventure Time'' themed chance item, while his ''VideoGame/FusionFall'' self is a winsome {{Gonk}}.
* PsychicStatic: Even mentally he's a small erratic target. Especially mentally.
* PsychoactivePowers: The grass sword responds to Finn's wishes and could modify itself to suit them if necessary. [[spoiler:The flower remnant growing from the stump of his right arm does so as well. From levitating large objects to forming a shapeshifting psychic limb, it does whatever it can to grant its masters wishes.]]
* PungeonMaster: He loves to drop puns.
-->"I'm weddy for the wedding!"\\
''(pushing a zombie into the ground)'' "You're grounded, mister!"\\
''(blasting a pig with ice cream)'' "''FREEZE'' TO MEET YOU!!"
* RaisedByWolves: They were magic talking dogs, and they were as intelligent as humans. "Boom Boom Mountain" reveals Finn was [[ParentalAbandonment orphaned]] as a baby and taken in by Jake's parents. Jake is explicitly his big brother.
* {{Reincarnation}}: In "The Vault", Finn is revealed to have lived several past lives, including [[ReincarnatedAsTheOppositeSex the ghost woman haunting him, who was a mercenary named Shoko]]. "The Comet" reveals that Finn was originally the blue Catalyst Comet, and has been reincarnating on Earth since it first crashed there, starting as a humble butterfly. [[spoiler: "Come Along With Me" suggests he'll be given yet another life as a hyperactive tomcat named Shermy--complete with a descendent of Jake for a companion.]]
* ReincarnationFriendship: It's shown that several of Finn's current relationships have spanned across multiple lifetimes in one way or another. His prior life Shoko had a companion in the form of a white tiger, a past incarnation of Jake's, and developed a close bond with Princess Bubblegum before Shoko's death, something that triggers PastLifeMemories in Finn prompting him to return the amulet Shoko stole. [[spoiler:His future incarnation, Shermy, is close to one of Jake and Lady Rainicorn's descendants, Beth, who just so happens to also be Jake's reincarnation.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: In the aftermath of the incident with his Dad, Finn comes to dislike all of his replacement arms and contemplates getting revenge on his Dad for the loss of his right arm. The flower coming out of Finn's remaining right arm grants his wish by giving him a phantom limb made out of pure telekinetic energy that allows him to move objects with his mind. Using this arm, he builds a tower to space with the intention of finding his Dad to rip off his arm as revenge for the loss of his own right arm. Princess Bubblegum notes that this plan is ridiculous and dangerous, but Finn continues it anyway.
* RhymesOnADime: Has made up songs on the spot on several occasions, just for the heck of it. With [[AutoTune his singing voice]] the effect is pretty rad.
* SamaritanSyndrome:
** In "Memories of Boom-Boom Mountain", Finn reveals his underlying drive to help everyone and everything with their problems because when he was a baby, he once went 'boom-boom' on a leaf and got stuck to it, and went unaided for hours until Jake's parents found him (and eventually adopted him). Finn helps people because someone helped him once.
** Subverted on at least one occasion, where he mentions that he probably should help the Ice King, but he's too inexperienced and has no clue how to deal with the Ice King's issues. So he beats him up.
* ScreamingWarrior: Goes into this anytime he's in a fight.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: On occasion, usually when he's startled.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Regarding Princess Bubblegum. Jake even calls her his ex at one point.
** He does the same thing with Huntress Wizard, though [[CharacterDevelopment compare the two ways he puts it several years apart]].
* ShipperOnDeck: In "All the Little People", Finn finds sentient miniature AT characters and puts them all in crazy pairings. Even before this, he tells Jake that he thinks BMO and Ice King might make a good couple.
* SignatureHeadgear: The iconic white hat he wears almost all the time, even while sleeping. He apparently ''skinned a bear'' to make it. As a baby.
--> '''Finn:''' ''My... hat... is... '''''AWESOME!!!'''
* SingingVoiceDissonance: Throughout the series, he sings with an auto-tuned voice that supposedly comes from a tiny computer he swallowed at some earlier point. Subverted in 'What Was Missing', where he sings a heartfelt song to (and about) his TrueCompanions [[HappilyAdopted Jake]], [[TheSmartGuy Bubblegum]] and [[OddFriendship Marceline]].
** The Auto-tune singing returns in the Season 6 finale, though it appears to be a mix of this and his normal singing.
* TheSleepless: Invokes it at least with the line "Justice never sleeps!" He does sleep regularly.
* SpeciesSurname: He's known as Finn the Human, mostly because dogs apparently don't have real surnames and he's the only pure human in all of Ooo, so he really is ''the'' human. It's eventually revealed his real surname is Mertens.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Flame Princess as of "Hot to the Touch". Finn cannot touch her without getting hurt.
* StepfordSmiler: He has his tendencies, placing traumatic memories "in the vault". After [[spoiler:Jake's death]], he tries to help a depressed Simon by punching the issues away. [[spoiler:Even after he dies in "Together Again", Finn admits to Jake that he was never able to get over his death and secretly waited for his own so he can reunite with him, even though he did live a good life.]]
* StockShonenHero: {{Deconstructed}}. At the series' start, Finn was a simple-minded yet righteous KidHero who lived to right wrongs and go on dangerous adventures. The problems started when he slowly came to see the GrayingMorality of the world around him, and his impulsiveness bit him in the buns as he entered adolescence, leading him to make some really dumb moves and miss out on two {{Love Interest}}s. While he's never stopped being a hero and fighting evil, he's a lot more of a mature MellowFellow, a sharp contrast to the early days when he was well known for his proud declaration of "I'll slay anything that's evil, that's my deal!"
* SummonMagic: It takes him many hours to summon his spirit animals in "Still", but at least he gets a whole bunch of them and they're rather badass, for their species. Hunson is quicker to summon, but his allegiance remains in doubt.
* SuperSpit: Finn is able to hack loogies across a yard's length, and in "The Real You", he was able to create a full-scale model of the Candy Kingdom entirely out of his saliva.
* TagalongKid: In "What Was Missing", Finn admits that he fears the others see him this way. An odd example, as he's arguably more proactive and competent than nearly everyone else in Ooo most of the time.
-->'''Finn:''' Do you look down on me 'cuz I'm younger?
* TokenHuman: Occasionally a plot point.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Displayed prominently in "Jake Suit." In that episode, Jake is sick of Finn [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext using him as a battle suit and seriously hurting him]], so he does the same to Finn to get him to admit that it sucks. Unfortunately, even non-conventional forms of torture (getting Finn to read a boring book, embarrass himself in front of his girlfriend's family, etc.) prove ineffective, and when Jake decides to make Finn [[ConvectionShmonvection jump in a volcano]], he's completely freaked out when Finn actually ''begs'' him to go through with it; as soon as Jake backs out, Finn uses Jake as a suit once again and jumps headfirst into the volcano for the hell of it.
* TraumaticHaircut: Once had the side of his hair forcibly shaved off. He bemoans that his "style" is ruined. And in the next time he's seen without his hat, he is shown to be bald, so he can redo his style.
* TrueCompanions: With Jake, emphasized by both [[BigBrotherInstinct family bonds]] and [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty]], and with Bubblegum to a slightly lesser extent. As characterization has developed, he may possibly also have this with [[DarkIsNotEvil Marceline,]] given how highly [[IJustWantToHaveFriends she regards friendship.]] All of them take some steps towards becoming TrueCompanions in "What Was Missing", though with Jake being the WildCard, and Marceline and PB not getting along very well, it takes some considerable effort on Finn's part.
* {{Tritagonist}}: While still a main character he's demoted to this in the Stakes miniseries with Marceline taking his place as the protagonist.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: For all his heroic deeds, he likewise seems to have a habit of unknowingly causing just as many disasters. Up to reviving the Lich, being an indirect cause to Lincoln's death, giving the Lich what he needed to (nearly) take over the world, heck even trying to wish away the Lich wound up backfiring.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: When Finn finally reaches his destination in "The Tower," he meets his dad and punches him out, only to realize that he can't bring himself to go through with tearing his arm off. Princess Bubblegum reveals that she dressed up as Finn's dad in order to let him relieve his stress regarding his personal issues with his Dad. Observing his expression she notes that his revenge probably didn't make him feel all that better. Finn agrees, and the next time he meets Martin, he's less angry than he is incredulous at how many levels in JerkAss the guy takes every day.
* VocalEvolution: In earlier seasons, his voice was much higher. As his voice actor went through puberty, his voice lowered, mirroring the series' gradual CerebusSyndrome and Finn's growth in maturity.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Finn's fear of the ocean, although he does get over this by the end of Season 5's "Billy's Bucket List", thanks to help from the Grass Sword. (He has a few others, but they are rare or unlikely to occur.)
* WeAreAsMayflies: Inverted - it's strongly implied that his canine adoptive family ages in dog years.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He can only carry on if he knows his dad cares for him, as seen in "Dad's Dungeon". Eventually averted in the case of Finn's ''actual'' dad. Despite being initially devastated that Martin apparently didn't care about him, by "The Visitor", Finn realizes he's better off without a deadbeat like his dad.
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers one to Bubblegum in "What Have You Done?" when she has the Ice King imprisoned despite him not doing anything wrong. Turns out she intended to beat pained cries out of him. True, it was to cure the Candy Kingdom of a plague he accidentally started, but it's still a bad thing to do because she wanted him to beat the Ice King up for nothing and her lack of communication. Finn and Jake call her out on it and she does seem to get a WhatHaveIDone moment as a result.
** Also, in "Frost & Fire", where Finn tricks Flame Princess and Ice King into fighting using her own private issues against her. Ice King even flat out states to Finn, "You blew it."
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: His response to the black hole he created?
-->'''PB''': You blew it, Finn! With this! ''[Shows bubble-blowing device]''\\
'''Finn''': Then I'll kill it with [[HeroesPreferSwords this]]!
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's terrified of the ocean and ''only'' the ocean--not rivers, lakes, or puddles. He is also afraid of the body of water in question only if he consciously knows it's the ocean or not. [[spoiler:Eventually it's revealed that this fear probably stems from him almost drowning in it as a newborn while stuck on a raft with his dad]].
** He's also scared of clowns. He especially hates the Clown Nurses.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Even at only 12 years old, Finn was a street-smart young boy with an ace in fighting off villains with fantasy swords and saving princesses.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: After putting on the Glasses of Nerdicon. Possibly subverted as he knew how ''everything'' would proceed, including the madness and subsequent removal of the glasses.
** Any time he gets any sort of artifact of power it will quickly be taken away from him. ("Wizard", "Daddy's Little Monster", etc.)
* WouldHitAGirl: Finn would hit ''anything''. ''Except'' a princess. He's very uncomfortable punching princesses. However, that's not to say he's above hitting females in general. Just ask Marceline (who he punched in the face in "Evicted") and Me-Mow (who he bashed with a rock). He was also willing to fight Patience st. Pim (even if he never got a chance to).
* YouCantFightFate: In every alternate universe shown so far, [[AnArmAndALeg some event happens that makes Finn lose an arm]]. As of "Escape from the Citadel", Main!Finn lost his as well.
* ZanyScheme: One day he may be the master of these. Other days he gets egg on his face (or Marceline's kitchen floor). Simply lifting Tree Trunks is insufficient--instead he has to out on thick layers of makeup first. And so on. Except for those times that he's CrazyEnoughToWork it, or lumpified.
* AdoptionAngst: Finn was raised by a family of talking dogs after the parents found him as a baby. Though he loves his adoptive parents, Margaret and Joshua, he also angsts over not knowing where he came from or who his birth parents are, all the more punctuated by the fact that he's never met another human being. When he does eventually meet his biological father, he is disappointed to find that Martin does not actually care about him. Thankfully, meeting his biological mother goes over much better.
* AesopAmnesia: Fionna and Cake shows Finn [[spoiler:continuing his previous habits of relying on adventuring to address emotional trauma instead of actually dealing with it. When he sees Simon in a depressed existential crisis over losing Betty and being stuck in a world he doesn't belong in, he decides to take Simon on an adventure. During the adventure, Simon brings back some past memories with Betty, though Finn tells Simon not to talk about sad stuff, believing it is better to forget about it. It's clear that Jake's death has caused him to regress to his previous mentality of repressing emotional trauma, given how Finn outright admits to Jake in the afterlife that a part of him was always waiting to die to reunite with Jake again.]]
* AmazonChaser: He often gets starry eyed whenever Flame Princess is fighting someone.
** In fact, let's run down the list of his love interests: [[LadyOfWar Princess Bubblegum]], [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse Flame Princess]], and [[ForestRanger Huntress Wizard.]] Yeah, the guy HasAType.
** Averted, however, in Pillow World, where he settles down for married life with the much lower-key Roselinen.
* AmbiguouslyBi: He had a crush on Princess Bubblegum, and went into a relationship with Flame Princess, but has kissed people of his gender willingly a few times. Finn reached puberty without ever having met somebody of the same species as him, so it's quite plausible that his sexuality might be a bit... undirected.
* AmicableExes: With Flame Princess. It took a genuinely long time and a lot of growing up until he could honestly become her friend and come to terms that they are BetterAsFriends, as well as genuinely apologize for his actions in "Frost & Fire" and move on. He mentions in "Elements" that he is proud of the friendship they built and that he likes having her as a friend.
* AnArmAndALeg: In "Escape from the Citadel", Finn loses his right arm when he tries to tether himself to his father's star ship so that he won't escape from the Citadel. His grass blade mutates and envelops his arm, twisting it into a horrific mass of grassy mutated flesh, and the force of the ship flying out of the Citadel rips his grass arm off leaving him without an arm beneath the elbow. Some of the guardian's blood manages to get on his arm afterward. Sporting a flower on his stub though it seems it'll take time for the grass blade to recover.
** In "Breezy", the arm comes back when the flower left by the grass sword turns into a tree over Finn's arm stub and leaves behind the arm covered in a waxy substance; this happens after Finn finally feels a warm, loving feeling after seeing a vision of Princess Bubblegum. Yeah, it's pretty weird.
** In "Reboot", Finn alienates the grass sword during a moment of pacifism, causing it to detach and merge with the Finn Sword instead, forming a new entity and taking the new arm he'd gotten in "Breezy" with it.
* AngstWhatAngst: {{Invoked|Trope}}. He hates the process of facing and treating traumatization, so he applies BrainBleach or [[StepfordSmiler just suppresses his emotions outright]]. In fact, when confronted with disturbing experiences, he places them ''in the Vault''.
** Finn meets with a cloud spirit living in a drifting cloud who teaches Finn a lesson on this subject. The spirit tells Finn not to bottle up his feelings but to instead dwell on them, because that's the only way you'll ever comes to terms with those feelings. Finn eventually does learn his lesson at the end of the episode as he finally lets go of his anger.
*** Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that Finn is able to face the trauma of everything that a seasoned veteran hero has faced, especially at his age.
----> '''Jake:''' You just went through [[WhamEpisode some outrageous beeswax]] with losing your favorite arm and etcetera. [[LampshadeHanging You can't just expect to bounce back to normal.]]\\
'''Finn''' (genuinely surprised): I can't?
* AnimalMotifs: [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Butterflies]]. Finn has had a lot of past lives, one of which ''was'' a butterfly, and the series goes over his metamorphosis from inexperienced boy-adventurer to a full-blown hero. This was in play from all the way back in season 3's "Still" where he summons a swarm of butterflies as his astral beast.
* ArtificialLimbs: Alternate depictions of Finn always show his right arm to be a crude prosthetic, such as his dream of himself as an adult.
** Even applies to his past life as Shoko.
** Also, his "lifetime" spent in the pillow universe. How the heck he lost an arm in a world made up entirely of pillows is anyone's guess.
** Now that Finn has [[spoiler:lost his right arm]], his need for one is perfectly justified. In a recent episode we see Finn experiment with replacement arms that Princess Bubblegum made for him, which all annoy him because they don't handle anything like his old arm. Eventually the flower in his stub of an arm gives him an artificial arm made out of psychic, white glowing energy.
*** "Breezy" has the flower on Finn's arm grow into a large tree, which eventually bursts leaving behind a bit of a hollow log on his arm. When that's peeled off, a brand new, perfectly healed arm is revealed covered in sap.
*** In "The Comet," it's revealed the arm is still somewhat artificial. The thorn reappears and we see that the thorn was the Grass Sword growing. When the fake skin breaks off, we see it's a large vine that Finn uses as a whip to stop Orgalorg before it makes an arm and hand shaped vine.
*** As of "Two Swords", he matches his alternate counterparts'. After the grass sword freed itself from his body in "Reboot", and took his arm with it, Princess Bubblegum has outfitted him with a prosthetic replacement. She opts for a slender metal model instead of one made of candy this time.
*** In the series finale, [[spoiler:he loses his metal arm in the fight against GOLB. He doesn't get it back and in fact seems content with living with one arm, at least for a while.]]
*** "Together Again" shows that [[spoiler:in his final years up to his death, Finn's right arm was now completely mechanical, and though it was cruder than the one Bonnie had given him, it was sturdier and had a metal pauldron.]]
* AutoTune: He's able to switch this effect on and off for his actual singing voice after [[NoodleIncident he swallows a tiny computer]] immediately prior to "The Jiggler".
* AwesomeBackpack: His big, green, circular backpack.
* BadassAdorable: He skinned a polar bear for his hat as a baby. Do the math.
* BadassDecay: InUniverse. In the second half of Season 5. After his breakup with Flame Princess, he gets into a rut, he's more focused on wooing his old love interests when they want him doing heroic things instead. It's so bad, he gets overshadowed by ''Cinnamon Bun'' of all people (granted, he's TakenALevelInBadass.)
* BadassNormal: He fist fights monsters or uses some other mundane tool on a regular basis; including [[OmnicidalManiac the Lich]].
* BadassPacifist: [[spoiler:He prevented the Gum War without fighting Fern or Gumbald, instead using the Nightmare Juice as an opportunity to work out everyone's issues, including his and Fern's.]]
* BarbarianLongHair: While it was long, straight and ''beautiful'' during his youth, by ''Fionna and Cake'' it's grown wild and reaches out of his hat sticking every direction, pairing well with his beard and increased muscle mass to make him look like an experienced adventurer.
* BarbarianHero: A downplayed, LighterAndSofter example, due to him being an adolescent, and more prevalent in the earlier seasons. Finn lives in an isolated area in the Grasslands of Ooo, is fairly unsophisticated, has BloodKnight tendencies, is stronger than you would expect from the average mortal, usually forgoes wearing armor in combat,and has unbelievably long flowing hair underneath his white hat, which he skinned from a bear as a child. He also has more than a few magical nemeses, most prominently the Ice King and the Lich, both of whom he has employed direct physical force to defeat in the past.
* BetterAsFriends: With pretty much everyone of his [[LoveInterest love interests]].
** With Marceline, both realized they don't have any interest in being more than friends.
** With Flame Princess, the events of "Frost & Fire" have permanently damaged any possible romantic outcome of their relationship, with Finn betraying her trust. While he still chases her for a longer while, she refuses anything but friendship from him. After several events in his life, he came to understand that they won't be together, at least for a long while and is proud of the friendship and trust they built with each other.
** With Princess Bubblegum, it's actually [[ZigZaggedTrope been on and off.]] While he did move on from her and to Flame Princess, it's evident even in Season 7 and 8 that he harbors strong feelings for her. During a vision when processing the trauma of his lost arm and the flower that was there, he saw Bubblegum there and the feeling of happiness allowed his arm (or a plant-based facsimile) to grow back. When LSP gets Finn to go to his happy place (after he succumbed to the rage of the corruption of the Fire Kingdom), it's him (or rather a younger him) with a younger PB. However, it's possible this is just because of feelings of friendship and family, or perhaps a hint that Bubblegum actually is bottling up her emotions.
*** [[spoiler:Almost certainly BetterAsFriends as of the series finale. Not only is Bubblegum now the OfficialCouple with Marceline, but when she kisses Finn for the last time, he doesn't get his usual LuminescentBlush--just smiles.]]
** It's initially played straight with Huntress Wizard, who finds Finn's attraction to her and her own to him inconvenient considering "exceptional beasts" such as themselves should not be together, instead trying to take on a more platonic relationship. That said, she does progressively seem to open up to the idea of romance, possibly subverting the trope, although it remains unclear by the end of the series if they're a romantic pairing yet or not.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As nice a guy as he is, it would be unwise to get on his bad side.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He is ''fiercely'' protective over Jake, despite being the ''younger'' brother.
** In "Evicted", Marceline kind of killed Jake for a minute. Finn's reaction was... [[http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1408/lolfinn.png not pretty.]]
** In "To Cut a Woman's Hair", the witch merely uses Jake as a cushion (albeit in the context of Finn's requiring someone to be in "danger" in order to help her), and Finn charges.
** When Jake is transformed into a Lumpy Space guy.
---> ''"I f-f-f... AAAAHHHHHH I'LL KILL YOU LUMPY'' '''''SPAAACE!'''''''"''
** He also shows this towards Fern by constantly supporting and encouraging him, getting over the trauma of [[spoiler:killing Fern]] by picturing him as someone Finn needs to save and [[spoiler:killing the Grass Demon]] to protect him.
* BloodKnight: He may be in it mostly to slay evil, but there's no denying that he really likes fighting for its own sake ("If you're an evil witch, I will punch you for FUN!") When he wins the Fight King's "[[BloodLust favor]]," he really hams it up.
** Toward the end of the series, he's moved on from this, and spends the last few episodes [[spoiler:actively working to prevent a war between Bubblegum and Gumbald.]]
* BodyguardCrush: On Princess Bubblegum, though as time goes on he has more or less gotten over it, with only tiny hints that he still has feelings for her.
* BookDumb: See IdiotHero.
** Seemingly repaired as of "Dentist."
* BrokenAce: Multiple times, but he always manages to pick himself back up.
* CelibateHero: After [[spoiler:his breakup with Flame Princess]] Finn decides to forgo romance entirely. [[spoiler: That is, until he mets Huntress Wizard.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Happens twice, both negatively and positively. First becoming a teenager with hormones makes him more selfish, self obsessed, putting a wet dream before doing good and being prone to depression. And then in season seven/eight, after going through all that, he's an emotionally mature young man who can apologize to Flame Princess for manipulating her and can have more chill relationships.
** On a grander scale, Finn's grown from a rowdy kid that loved fighting to a generally rational young man that's more interested in helping people as a whole.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early episodes had him be the more wild ChaoticGood half of the main duo ("I'll slay anything that's evil, that's my deal."), before making him into TheParagon.
* ChickMagnet: So far, lots of princesses want to give Finn a peck on the cheek.
** Also he foolishly promised a pack of princesses that he'd get them married to whomever they wanted. Slime Princess wanted him (and was only the first one to speak up).
** During "To Cut a Woman's Hair," every princess he talks to seems to think he's in love with them (except Princess Beautiful, [[TheUndead fortunately]]). He eventually gets Princess Bubblegum to go to the forest and have dinner with him.
--->''"If there's one thing I learned today, it's that I'm ''awesome'' at talking to ladies."!''
** The fact that [[http://i.imgur.com/ivocxL8.jpg Huntress Wizard is still hanging around him]] in "Wheels" proves it: Finn has so much game he pulls the ladies in his
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: In one episode, he displays this, the reason being when he was a baby, he was left alone in the forest and nobody came to help him. It's {{downplayed|Trope}} in general; he takes his hero work as a calling in life, but tries not to step on anyone's toes.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: In "The Jiggler" it's revealed he has a glass eye collection. It's never mentioned again.
* ColorblindConfusion: In "Red Starved", Finn's shown to be red-green colorblind after he mistakes a green emerald for a red ruby. Strangely, Jake (a ''dog'') CAN tell the difference, and is the one to correct him.
* CombatSadomasochist: The kid jumped into a volcano for ''fun''. You finish the math.
-->''"You just gotta imagine that every bruise is a hickey from the universe. And everyone wants to get with the universe."''
* CompressedHair: Hair that would probably go down to his feet, until he cut it off.
* TheConscience: ''Good grief yes.'' Finn's heroic nature counterbalances his closest's friends amoral tendencies. While it tends to be played for laughs with Jake, it's played more seriously (and more subtlety) with Marceline and Princess Bubblegum.
-->'''Jake:''' Look at all this grave booty! CHA-CHING!\\
'''Finn:''' Jake! You ''LOOTED?'' That's ''bad'', man!\\
'''Jake:''' Oh... [[RunningGag I didn't know it was wrong...]]\\
'''Finn:''' ''(sigh)'' Come on, let's put all of this back.\\
'''Jake:''' What?! ''All'' of it?!\\
'''Finn:''' Yes, Jake.
* CoolSword:
** His first one has a blade of gold. The second has an interesting, woody handle and an AbsurdlySharpBlade.
** It doesn't get any cooler than a ''black hole sword'' in "The Real You".
** From "Dad's Dungeon" to "Play Date", he gets a sword made out of a demon's {{blood|yMurder}}.
** From "Blade of Grass" to "Escape from Citadel", he gets a cursed blade made of grass that can cut through ''anything''.
** As of "Is That You?", he has the Finn Sword, a sword made from an alternate version of himself.
** After the Finn Sword and Grass Sword combine to create Fern, Finn wields the rapier-like blade he got from [[TheObiWan Rattleballs.]]
** He gets his final sword in "Marcy & Hunson," when Peppermint Butler summons the Lord of Evil to make Finn a sword infused with the power of the Nightosphere. [[spoiler:A giant version of this is still being used by an adult Sweet P 1,000 years in the future.]]
* CoolUncle: He seems to be so in Distant Lands while hanging out With Bronwyn. Or in Fionna and Cake where he also do quests with TV
* CoolOldGuy: [[spoiler:"Together Again" shows he remains just as awesome as an old man, having continued adventuring up until his death.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: He gets extremely jealous when someone comes in the way of him and Princess Bubblegum ''or'' Jake ''or'' FP.
* CreepyChild: From snuggling a piece of Princess Bubblegum's hair to watching Jake sleep and taking pictures, Finn can be a disturbing child at times. It's implied this is the result of some serious abandonment issues.
* CursedWithAwesome: The Grass Sword. [[spoiler:It is literally cursed, and while it gives him exceptional swordsman skills, he can't remove it from his person. It tried to slowly take over his arm, but once he accepted that the sword would be a part of him forever, the sword retracted to form a bracer around his wrist. He can summon it at will.]]
** In the Season 6 premiere the grass sword overtakes his arm once more, this time to help him, only this time he finally loses his arm. He regains the arm some episodes later but seems have lost the grass blade in the process.
** And then in the Season 6 finale, the grass sword triumphantly returns. [[spoiler: Only for it to be gone for good in the Season 7 finale]].
* TheCutie: He is quite adorable at times, especially when in pain.
* DatingCatwoman: Flame Princess is quickly [[WhamLine revealed to be evil]], or at least a dangerous wild card. Finn develops a crush on her after she attacks him. This becomes more of a downplayed example after Flame Princess's second appearance, as she becomes more emotionally stable.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's of course very excitable, but as his voice got deeper (and he knew what apathy felt like), Shada's voice got quite excellent for deadpan lines.
* DeathSeeker: {{Downplayed}} as he's not exactly trying to get himself killed, but [[spoiler:after Jake passed away, Finn admits that part of him is waiting for his own death just so he can reunite with him again.]]
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Two big deconstructions:
** KidHero: Finn has been fighting and killing monsters and supernatural beings since at least the age of twelve (his age when the series begins). Even though he's quite cheerful and upbeat most of the time, psychologically he's ''really'' messed up. In fact the reason he manages to stay upbeat despite the horrors he's seen is because he's very good at suppressing traumatic memories (he refers to the process as "putting them in the vault"; the fact that he does it so often that he ''has a term for it'' is a bad sign). Because he's spent so much of his life fighting and adventuring, he doesn't know much about making personal connections. His emotional immaturity and BloodKnight nature drove his girlfriend away, and his tendencies toward white knighting are steadily getting creepier as he gets older. All he really knows how to do is punch things; life situations that require a more complex solution are beyond his ability to navigate.
** InsecureLoveInterest: Sure, Finn has a PrecociousCrush on PB and he frequently rescues her, but she only thinks of him as a close friend at most. They come ''very'' close to confirming their ship when she is de-aged, but it's thoroughly nixed when she returns to her original age. One episode involved him singing a song about how confusing it was ("What am I to you? Am I a joke, your knight, or your brother?") that also includes his sentiment that it doesn't really matter as long as they are ''at least'' friends and get to hang out. He eventually gets over the romantic aspects when he meets [[SecondLove Flame Princess]], although he makes a few attempts to re-kindle something with PB after ''that'' relationship ends.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Showcased in "Escape from the Citadel" when The Lich reaches out his hand to finish him off. Finn defiantly smacks the hand away [[spoiler:despite the fact that The Lich immobilized him with just a single word, and Finn had no guarantee that such a feeble attack would keep The Lich at bay.]]
* {{Determinator}}: His very first appearance has an amusing double-subversion. Finn is told to believe in himself in order to escape his prison of ice; Finn refuses, but then [[HeroicWillpower breaks out through sheer willpower]]. In the series proper, he soldiers past numerous injuries, breaks out of the Lich's mind control, ''literally ignores two broken legs'' to save the day(s).
** In "You Forgot Your Floaties," he's transformed into an egg. Through sheer force of will, he forces himself into a bowl of batter, and then ''bakes himself a new body made of bread.''
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Twice, he tried with Bubblegum after her age down but this was dashed when she had to restore her age to save the kingdom from Lemongrab and she's shown no interest in pursuing romance (though the end of the series gives a very good reason why in her case). Then came Flame Princess and that lasted for awhile, but she broke it off after the incident with Ice King and any hope of getting back together with her was crushed when Cinnamon Bun professed his love for her. He ''does'' fall in love, get married and have children when he travels to the pillow world, being his most lasting relationship until he "dies". But it's ambiguous if that was real or not. Huntress Wizard seems to have likewise taken an interest in him, but due to the finale not directly focusing on their romance, this is more of a MaybeEverAfter.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The reason he lost Flame Princess. Though that was just one of ''many'' examples he displays through the series. He has a tendency to act first without really assessing the situation, often making a bad problem worse.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He frequently goes there. For instance, in "Freak City" he, in a fit of rage, decides to beat up ''Life''. In another episode he attacks a fourth-dimensional black-hole type construct, and destroys it. [[spoiler:After he gets the cursed blade of grass he slays the Fear Feaster with it in "Billy's Bucket List". In "Escape from the Citadel", he takes down [[GreaterScopeVillain The Lich]] by gooping him with the blood of the fallen Guardian, which has massive amounts of healing properties, thus bringing the Lich to life into an innocent giant baby.]]
** Has gone toe to toe with the Lich no fewer than four times and has always managed to throw a wrench in the Lich's plans. Of note, this makes him the ''only'' being to ever defeat the Lich more than once.
** In "Crossover" he takes out an alternate universe version of the Lich using a WavemotionGun given to him by Prismo.
** [[spoiler: And not just our Finn... after the Lich was spread throughout the Multiverse, the Lich mentions being bested by Finn in many worlds, implying the Alt-Finns have been able to stop their Liches as well.]]
* DisappearedDad: His dad was being held in the Citadel. He doesn't care that Finn exists at all.
** [[spoiler:Complicated by later revelations that Martin was actually on his way to being a loving and present father when his past intervened and started him on the road to JerkAss-dom.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Fionna.
* DumbBlonde: He has blonde hair under his hat, and he can be quite clueless sometimes.
* EasyAmnesia: Finn can put frightening memories in his "vault". What's disturbing is that [[DissonantSerenity he does it so casually]]...
-->'''Finn''': That one's going in the vault. Aaaaaaand... it's gone.
** Once Finn opens the vault just a crack, he's apparently easily able to discover his ''past lives.''
*** [[spoiler:"Come Along With Me" reveals the Vault to contain representations of the monsters Finn was most traumatized by fighting--the Lich, the Lich-possessed Bubblegum, BrainwashedAndCrazy Susan, and [[ArchnemesisDad his own father]].]]
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He eventually gains the ability to generate a psychic limb, giving him super powers. He loses that, but later on the Grass Sword's remains give him the power to turn his arm into a powerful vine tentacle. He eventually loses that during "Reboot" when it detaches itself from Finn to join with the Finn Sword.
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: Finn has shown high knowledge in spiritual matters, introspection and various powers born from pure enlightenment: summoning his astral beast, astral projection, controlling his own memories of past lives and making the universe give him a way to stop Gunter/Orgalorg, with auto-tuned singing, no less. It's implied this is the result of being a reincarnation of a past Catalyst Comet.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Sympathetic example, but nevertheless, "All Gummed Up Inside" has him despairing about not being able to "keep" Bubblegum, not really grasping the fact she was never his in the first place.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While a BloodKnight, Finn largely refuses to kill anyone or anything that's not evil, to the extent that, in "The Enchiridion," he let out a BigNever to being ordered to kill a "neutral" ant. Also, in "What Have You Done?", despite being enemies with Ice King, Finn made it clear that he wouldn't beat him up when Ice King hadn't actually committed any recent crimes, stating it as "against his alignment."
* EvilLaugh: Non-evil example; in "What is Life?", Finn mischievously does this, while thinking to prank Jake after he pranked Finn himself, as a type of revenge.
* FatalFlaw: {{Lust}} seems to be this for Finn in later seasons, particularly in Season 5, where it's what caused his relationship with Flame Princess to fall apart
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Princess Bubblegum making it clear she didn't want him made him wallow for a while.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A lot of hints were dropped that Finn would lose his right arm starting with his Farmworld depiction. This eventually happens in the Season 6 opening.
* ForGreatJustice: His reasoning for why he fights evil.
* ForHappiness: When he and Jake aren't busy fighting evil, they're just trying to have a good time.
* {{Fetish}}: As established in the AmazonChaser entry above, he has a sexual fetish for seeing women fight and/or fighting together with them. Wallowing in this while not being honest about it destroys his relationship with Flame Princess.
* GenerationXerox: While not as bad as Martin, Finn has shown he's able to be be as manipulative as his father if given the opportunity to do so. It's not all bad, as his father showed [[LightningBruiser physical feats]] that easily match his son's. [[spoiler:Apparently, Finn shares most of his positive traits with his mother, a genuine [[FantasticCasteSystem Helper]] who enjoys aiding others just as much as her son does.]]
* GivenNameReveal: In "Finn the Human", it turns out his AlternateSelf has the full name "Finn Mertens". By "Dentist" he indicates he's learned the name and taken to using it himself, and "The Visitor" shows it is his father's surname in this timeline as well.
* GoodCounterpart: To the Lich in a sense. The Lich was born from a Green Catalyst Comet that killed the dinosaurs, Finn's the {{Reincarnation}} of the Blue Catalyst Comet.
* GrowingUpSucks: After his breaking up with Flame Princess, Finn starts to feel things become more complicated as he grows up, and wishes to have things be like they were before.
** Note that his romantic attachments tend to retire from dating him to spend more time leading their people (while he has none to lead).
** The realization that his human father never loved him and never will also left him very depressed.
*** [[spoiler:Well, not ''never'' loved him. But never will again.]]
* GuestFighter: DLC skin for Jhala in ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}''.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Although his hair color was originally only mentioned by the creators, it's since been seen. And it is ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/4/49/S2e10_HatlessFinn_longhair.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110111205300 glorious]]''. He has the associated purity.
%%* HappilyAdopted: By Jake's family.
* TheHeart: He's the only one who can get Bubblegum and Marceline to stick together; in 'What Was Missing', it's clear that their attempt to get through the Door Lord's door would have fallen apart easily without his influence. He also serves as TheConscience to them.
* HeartbrokenBadass: His love life hasn't exactly been kind to him. Being abandoned by his human dad '''twice''' doesn't make things any easier either.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:"Together Again" ''opens'' with him having already died and found himself in the Dead World, after briefly being trapped in a LotusEaterMachine by a parasite.]]
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Despite owning at least two swords, Finn often fights with his bare hands.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Though he uses GoodOldFisticuffs much more and an ax at least once.
* HeroicBSOD: He goes through a (hilariously brief) one every time somebody reminds him that he's almost certainly the [[LastOfHisKind last human]].
** Spends half of "Dad's Dungeon" like this because he thought [[EtTuBrute Jake and Joshua turned against him]]. It's bad enough that he actually [[DrivenToSuicide tries to eat]] [[BodyHorror the apples]]. Twice, the second time he's [[HarmfulToMinors actually watching what the apples do to a person]]. Jake has to [[InterruptedSuicide stop him both times]].
** In "Hot to the Touch," when he realizes he can neither fight or hurt his new crush the Flame Princess, nor allow her to destroy the goblin kingdom, he curls up and cries, right before briefly passing out.
** The end of "Escape from the Citadel" leaves him with Prismo dead, his arm and sword gone, and his dad having abandoned him. He doesn't even try and swim to the surface of the lake he's in and Jake has to pull him out. He spends "The Tower" singing a MadnessMantra about how he intends to tear off his father's arm to replace his, and then spends "Breezy" having a series of meaningless relationships in a futile attempt to feel better.
** [[spoiler:After killing Fern in "Three Buckets," Finn loses his ability to be Ooo's protector, as every monster he fights reminds him of his dead doppelganger.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Goes hand-in-hand with his many {{Determinator}} feats.
* [[SheIsAllGrownUp He Is All Grown Up]]: [[spoiler:As of "Obsidian", he's now on his 20s, and he grew a lot by the time between the finale and ''Distant Lands''.]]
* HesBack: "Billy's Bucket List". Season five zigzagged on his heroism with hormones taking precedence and making him act like a jerk, but in said episode he's determined to finish Billy's list and conquers his fear of the ocean. Though, with the revelation of his human father still being alive, more angst was to follow.
* HiddenDepths: Lightly hinted at a few times. In particular, he may hide a desire for civilized life, as well as trauma stemming from his ParentalAbandonment. [[AngstWhatAngst He rarely if ever dwells on such things.]]
-->'''Finn''': I... [[PlayedForLaughs am complicated]].
** If the video game Pirates of the Enchiridion is anything to go by, Finn, despite normally being BookDumb in more than a few areas, is surprisingly skilled in cartography.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: His yearly aging leads to more complicated relationships with girls.
* {{Hotblooded}}: Doubles with LargeHam. Throughout the series, there have been several instances where he has been intensely agitated.
** From the "Hero Boy Named Finn" song:
-->'''Finn''': And I'm not gonna be cool... 'cause I'm pipin' ho-oooooot!
* HulkingOut: Whenever something happens to Jake.
* IAmNotWeasel: Flame Princess comes to the conclusion that he must be a Water Elemental due to him crying each time she's seen him and him repeatedly hurting her without realizing it. Also, the squirrel from "Up a Tree" mistakes him for a chipmunk.
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: After the Flame King explicitly explains that his daughter, like everyone else in his kingdom, is evil, Finn makes influencing her to good his goal. (It definitely helps that she's on board with it.)
* IdiotHero:
-->Why is Finn missing so many teeth?\\
The creators' answer: He bites trees and rocks and stuff. He's stupid.
** Which makes it that much more interesting when his brain works perfectly, like in "Morituri te Salutamus".
** As shown in "The New Frontier", Finn occasionally forgets how the sun works, and is seemingly floored when Jake re-explains it to him.
** In "In Your Footsteps", he freely gives away the Enchiridion, a "hero's handbook" he got dozens of episodes ago, because he's mostly used it for sitting on. It falls into the Lich's hands.
** In "From Bad to Worse," he mixes random potions to stop the candy zombies. The result was a bunch of random effects, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero most of them made the zombies even stronger]].
** In "The Real You", Finn himself says that he's "full of stupid."
** This is more of an early season character trait as he becomes more intelligent as the series goes on, especially emotionally.
* IGaveMyWord: Deconstructed as the events of "Slumber Party Panic" get more and more out of hand because of his promise.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: In both a familial and romantic sense. He's at that age where he's looking for a girlfriend and is utterly devastated to find that his dad barely cares about him.
* IllKillYou: A couple of times. When his picture frame of Bubblegum is set on fire after he spent hours crying over it, he snarls:
---> ''"WHO LIT THAT FIRE? I'LL KILL YOUUU!"''
* ImportantHaircut: To save Jake from eternity in a witch's butt. Since then he seems to be letting it grow out again.
** Averted when he cuts it again right before visiting Mars with Jermaine. It's not actually very important at all.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: With paper airplanes. He manages to get one to ''cook him eggs''. Unfortunately, it doesn't stick the landing.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: It's eventually revealed that he is pure good, since he is the {{Reincarnation}} of the Blue Catalyst Comet, which incarnated as a butterfly, a symbol of rebirth. His goodness extends to the point that he tries to beat his purity into others. This is noticeable in the episode "Goliad": when the golem that Princess Bubblegum created turns evil, what does she do to stop it? Make a new one with Finn's DNA instead of her own. The original tries to invoke WeCanRuleTogether, but because of the pureness, it refuses and sacrifices itself to stop the other. On another occasion, [[BigBad the Lich]] uses Finn's innocence against him to open up a portal to the multiverse by a means Finn thought would prevent it. Throughout the series, he also has helped countless characters. Despite his BloodKnight tendencies and HotBlooded moments, Finn is still a purely good person.
* InASingleBound: He pulls one off in "Mystery Train" when he jumps between two fast-moving trains.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: He's a cutie who openly shows his emotions and affections. He also spends the night with the Ice King in "Thank You". Downplayed though, since he's a BloodKnight who loves fighting, wrestling, adventuring, rescuing princesses, etc.
** His instrument of choice is the traditionally feminine flute.
* InUniverseCatharsis: In "Fionna and Cake", Finn has shown to have adopted a fairly unhealthy coping mechanism for dealing with his problems (re: Accepting Jake's death), which involves carelessly throwing himself into danger to distract him from his problems, which he tries to use on Simon to help him deal with his depressive rut. He even shrugs off a nasty series of back gashes given to him by a bear.
* InexplicablyAwesome: Finn, besides his robot arm, has zero cybernetic or biological augmentations, while a pretty sizable chunk of humanity does, including his own mother. Despite his, he consistently seems to be a great deal stronger, faster, and tougher than most of humanity besides the explicitly superhuman Seekers, and even in that case they're not that much stronger than him. It's very telling that, as an adult, he's able to treat a mutant bear the size of a bus like a literal plaything.
* InnocentBlueEyes: According to Andy Ristaino, Finn's eyes are blue.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He refers to Fern as something even closer to him than a brother. Of course, this is because he was Finn up until he was turned into the Finn Sword, and still wants to be Finn.
* InterClassRomance: Has romanced two princesses.
* InterspeciesRomance: So far he's crushed on a candy person (princess) and a girl made of flames. And in "Puhoy", he even married and had two children with a pillow-girl. Of course, seeing as how there aren't very many pure-bred humans left on Earth, he doesn't have a lot of choice in avoiding this.
** It's unclear what Huntress Wizard is, but she's not human.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Like his father, [[DissonantSerenity Finn often keeps up a cheerful demeanor]] no matter what kind of stuff is blowing up around him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Not at first, but he can be a typical self-absorbed teenager later on, especially when it comes to romance (Bubblegum isn't talking about sacrificing her love life with ''you'', Finn). Self-obsession is one of the flaws that make him think he's a monster in "Don't Look".
* ItsAllMyFault: Starts blaming himself for the state of Ooo during the ''Elementals'' miniseries, wondering if he subconsciously ''wanted'' Fern to fail at protecting the kingdom.
* JerkassBall: A couple of episodes from season 5 showcase some of his more selfish, dishonorable traits: In "Jake Suit" he doesn't care that Jake gets hurt when he wears him as armor and tells him to toughen up then at the end of the episode he wears the 'Jake Suit' and jumps down a volcano hurting Jake and himself (of course it's more of an example of him holding the IdiotBall then). And later in "Frost & Fire" and "Too Old", the former of which has him ruining his relationship with Flame Princess, and the latter lying to Jake in hopes of getting alone time with PB. It doesn't work.
* {{Keet}}: Finn is hyperactive, joyful, and sometimes surprisingly tender-hearted, [[BoisterousBruiser when he's not beating his enemies to a bloody pulp.]]
** His ceaseless energy is used as a plot point in "Power Animal", where a society of malevolent gnomes kidnaps him and attempts to harness his energy for a machine they built which would allow them to essentially take over the world.
* KidHero: 12 when the series starts, 17 when it ends.
* LargeHam: Not just large, ''massive''. He competes with a WorldOfHam and manages the impressive feat of being one of, if not the hammiest ham in the land of Ooo.
* LastOfHisKind: At first, it was assumed that Finn is the last human in Ooo. However, this later turns out not to be the case as it's revealed that Ice King used to be human, other humans (namely Betty) appear in the series [[spoiler:and, in the Islands mini series, it's revealed that humanity is thriving in a series of distant islands]].
* LightningBruiser: Finn has been shown to excel in ''all'' types of combat within the series, plus he is quick to his feet & able to take a ''HUGE'' beating. He just destroys any foe that stands in his way.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite having never met them, or at least before he did meet them, Finn took a lot after his parents, at least on some level or another. He mostly takes after his mother who dedicated her life to helping and protecting people. While he has none of his father's {{Jerkass}} tendencies, Finn does have his sense of Adventure and the ability to turn problems into solutions, along with Martin's [[LightningBruiser barefisted fighting skills]].
* LimitedWardrobe: Invoked a couple of times. For example, a plot point in "[=BMO=] Noire" and "Princess Potluck"[[note]]They happen concurrently[[/note]] is that he seems to only have one pair of socks, and in "Little Dude" he has to go slay (another!) evil bear if he wants a replacement hat.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Finn's romantic interests don't tend to work out well for him. It reaches the point that one interest admits that she likes him then follows up by saying they wouldn't work together, because of the reasons that she likes him in the first place!
** Fortunately for those hoping for any hint of a happy romantic ending for the poor kid, he meets Huntress Wizard again and they decide to [[EarnYourHappyEnding give dating a shot after all]].
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Finn developed his crush on Flame Princess after she smacked him in the face with her (burning) hand and nearly destroyed his house with her fire powers.
* LoveHurts: Both princesses have caused him no small amount of emotional (and physical) hurt.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: He tells Flame Princess she has this effect on him.
--> '''Finn:''' When I look at you, my brain gets all... stupid!
** Several episodes ("Too Old", "The Red Throne") have even had Finn taking a ride on the JerkassBall as well because he put trying to impress girls ahead of actually thinking.
* MadeOfIron: The kid has survived battles against multitudes of monsters, cosmic horrors and falling into a volcano, the last of which he did for fun. '''Painfully''' subverted in the season 6 premiere, where he loses his right arm.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In Reboot, when the grass vines take off the lower half of his right arm, all he has to say is "AH! m'arm!"
** He barely reacted when he lost his original arm, as he was more in shock over his father caring so little for him and fleeing.
* ManipulativeBastard: Downplayed. Finn has a manipulative-obsessive streak. His tendency to manipulate people to instigate conflict so he could resolve it (since he is TheHero) was explored in ''All the Little People'' and bit him in the ass in ''Frost & Fire''.
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:His relationship with Huntress Wizard is left open-ended after the finale, especially after "The Wild Hunt" and "Seventeen" established a relationship between the two. After all, she did [[LiteralMetaphor give him her heart.]]]]
** The [[ComicBook/AdventureTimeSeason11 Season 11 sequel comic]] implies that [[spoiler:they're still together.]]
** The status of their relationship in ''Distant Lands'' [[spoiler:is a complete mystery, as the miniseries doesn't give any hints if they're still together or not.]]
** ''Fionna and Cake'' implies [[spoiler:they're still together]].
* MeaningfulName: "Finn" means "fair-haired." He's blond.
** It can be also understood as related to the word "final", as in "the last".
** And might also conjure comparisons to legendary Irish hero ''[[Myth/CelticMythology Finn McCool]]''.
* MindOverMatter: The flower growing from the stump of his right arm allows him to manifest a shapeshifting arm out of pure psychic energy as well as levitate large objects using what remains of the Grass Sword's magic.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler: His biological mother is actually still alive, ([[BodyUploading sort of]]), and has been wishing for his return for years. It's the reason Susan was sent to Ooo in the first place.]]
** [[spoiler:At the very end of the finale, [[Heartwarming/AdventureTime she and the other humans arrive in Ooo.]]]]
* MoralityChain: Finn may be the protagonist, but it becomes increasingly clear that he's also the Morality Chain to... damn near everyone else. He consciously takes on the role of turning Flame Princess good, but it's also strongly implied that without him Jake would still be a thief and conman, Princess Bubblegum might be much more of a TotalitarianUtilitarian, Marceline would be the psychopathic troll she likes to see herself as, and Ice King would be doing some seriously squicky things to Princesses.
** He tried to be this to Fern during Season 8. [[spoiler: He initially failed after Fern tried to kill him in "Three Buckets", but he does help Fern redeem himself during the series finale.]]
* MorphicResonance: It's implied Finn's reincarnations and alternate timeline selves are all destined to lose their right arms, to the point where after it happens to Finn he notes that - in retrospect - having two arms felt weird.
* MotiveDecay: In "Too Old," Finn focuses on flirting with Princess Bubblegum instead of focusing on the diplomatic mission, rescuing Lemonhope, or being a hero.
** In "The Red Throne," Finn focuses on trying to get back with Flame Princess, ignoring the Fire Kingdom's tyrant problem.
* MuggleBestFriend: To anything that isn't completely evil. It makes him slide towards AllLovingHero.
** Princess Bubblegum tends to show off her creations to him.
** Marceline trusted only Finn with her Fries song.
** Heck, even the Ice King seeks Finn out when he wants somebody to chat to.
* MundaneMadeAwesome - "ALGEBRAIC!"
** "Mathematical!"
** His hat.
* MysteriousPast: A ZigZaggedTrope. Finn does have a known and simple past in which he was HappilyAdopted by Joshua and Margaret and raised to fight evil. But how he wound up where they found him and the whereabouts of any other humans were complete mysteries until the "Islands" mini-series.
* TheNapoleon: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]; he's more short than [[GentleGiant Princess Bubblegum]], but he has also a lot of moments when he acts like a {{Jerkass}}.
* NeutralGood: In-universe assigned alignment in the comic series.
* NiceGuy: Probably one of the nicest members of the cast.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Season 4 Finale. [[WhamEpisode Congratulations, Finn. You've single-handedly released the Lich into]] TheMultiverse.
** In "Frost & Fire", his obsession to see Flame Princess and Ice King fighting [[spoiler:almost causes Ice King's death and the destruction of Ice Kingdom, and also ends up hurting Flame Princess' feelings, leading to their breakup at the end of the episode.]] When ''the Ice King'' tells you that you blew it, you know you '''really''' blew it.
** Taken to an extreme in the Season 6 opening two-parter. The plan to get Finn to meet his father gets Prismo killed and ends up freeing a whole bunch of cosmic criminals, which, sadly, includes his birth father.
* TheNoseless: He isn't drawn with a nose. The creators state that it's a mutation.
* NoSell: In "Flute Spell" he gains immunity to electricity.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted. In fact, he grows up in real-time! He ages every year, according to the creators. Though he's only had one on-screen birthday from 12 to 13, his Website/{{Twitter}} profile identifies him as 14 as of 11/2012. He claims to be 16 as of "The Comet," and is 17 as of, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Seventeen."]]
* OurFounder: In the GrandFinale [[spoiler: [[ToppledStatue the ruins]] of a gigantic memorial statue and grave complex for Finn are shown 1000 years in the future, having been constructed directly outside of Marceline's/Shermy and Beth's cave on the Grass Lands. There's also fallen statue of either Jake or Jermaine as well, and the remains of a plaque that appears to read "Finn" and "Jermaine" nearby.]]
* TheParagon: In "Freak City", Finn refuses to let any of the freaks lay down and let life kick them around. So instead, Finn kicks them around until they decide to stand up for themselves.
* ParentalAbandonment: Not only was had he lost his birth-parents from babyhood, it is heavily implied that his foster-parents, Joshua and Margaret, are also dead, leaving him with only Jake at 12. However, "Billy's Bucket List" reveals that Finn's biological father is still alive. [[spoiler:As well as his mother in "Islands".]]
* ParentheticalSwearing: He ''loves'' this trope.
-->"Holy ''stuff!''"\\
"What the jug is ''that?''\\
"Dump ''that'' mess!''\\
"Math this..."
* PermaShave: PlayedForLaughs[=/=]explained in "All's Well That Rats Swell", as BMO plucks any growing facial hair out (to keep him looking forever young) before he wakes up.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being just a boy, he's a full-fledged adventurer who can hold his own in most fights. He's even been known to put the hurt on beings many times his size and experience, especially [[UnstoppableRage when properly motivated]].
* PrettyBoy: His Website/GaiaOnline AlternateUniverse self is this in the ''Adventure Time'' themed chance item, while his ''VideoGame/FusionFall'' self is a winsome {{Gonk}}.
* PsychicStatic: Even mentally he's a small erratic target. Especially mentally.
* PsychoactivePowers: The grass sword responds to Finn's wishes and could modify itself to suit them if necessary. [[spoiler:The flower remnant growing from the stump of his right arm does so as well. From levitating large objects to forming a shapeshifting psychic limb, it does whatever it can to grant its masters wishes.]]
* PungeonMaster: He loves to drop puns.
-->"I'm weddy for the wedding!"\\
''(pushing a zombie into the ground)'' "You're grounded, mister!"\\
''(blasting a pig with ice cream)'' "''FREEZE'' TO MEET YOU!!"
* RaisedByWolves: They were magic talking dogs, and they were as intelligent as humans. "Boom Boom Mountain" reveals Finn was [[ParentalAbandonment orphaned]] as a baby and taken in by Jake's parents. Jake is explicitly his big brother.
* {{Reincarnation}}: In "The Vault", Finn is revealed to have lived several past lives, including [[ReincarnatedAsTheOppositeSex the ghost woman haunting him, who was a mercenary named Shoko]]. "The Comet" reveals that Finn was originally the blue Catalyst Comet, and has been reincarnating on Earth since it first crashed there, starting as a humble butterfly. [[spoiler: "Come Along With Me" suggests he'll be given yet another life as a hyperactive tomcat named Shermy--complete with a descendent of Jake for a companion.]]
* ReincarnationFriendship: It's shown that several of Finn's current relationships have spanned across multiple lifetimes in one way or another. His prior life Shoko had a companion in the form of a white tiger, a past incarnation of Jake's, and developed a close bond with Princess Bubblegum before Shoko's death, something that triggers PastLifeMemories in Finn prompting him to return the amulet Shoko stole. [[spoiler:His future incarnation, Shermy, is close to one of Jake and Lady Rainicorn's descendants, Beth, who just so happens to also be Jake's reincarnation.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: In the aftermath of the incident with his Dad, Finn comes to dislike all of his replacement arms and contemplates getting revenge on his Dad for the loss of his right arm. The flower coming out of Finn's remaining right arm grants his wish by giving him a phantom limb made out of pure telekinetic energy that allows him to move objects with his mind. Using this arm, he builds a tower to space with the intention of finding his Dad to rip off his arm as revenge for the loss of his own right arm. Princess Bubblegum notes that this plan is ridiculous and dangerous, but Finn continues it anyway.
* RhymesOnADime: Has made up songs on the spot on several occasions, just for the heck of it. With [[AutoTune his singing voice]] the effect is pretty rad.
* SamaritanSyndrome:
** In "Memories of Boom-Boom Mountain", Finn reveals his underlying drive to help everyone and everything with their problems because when he was a baby, he once went 'boom-boom' on a leaf and got stuck to it, and went unaided for hours until Jake's parents found him (and eventually adopted him). Finn helps people because someone helped him once.
** Subverted on at least one occasion, where he mentions that he probably should help the Ice King, but he's too inexperienced and has no clue how to deal with the Ice King's issues. So he beats him up.
* ScreamingWarrior: Goes into this anytime he's in a fight.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: On occasion, usually when he's startled.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Regarding Princess Bubblegum. Jake even calls her his ex at one point.
** He does the same thing with Huntress Wizard, though [[CharacterDevelopment compare the two ways he puts it several years apart]].
* ShipperOnDeck: In "All the Little People", Finn finds sentient miniature AT characters and puts them all in crazy pairings. Even before this, he tells Jake that he thinks BMO and Ice King might make a good couple.
* SignatureHeadgear: The iconic white hat he wears almost all the time, even while sleeping. He apparently ''skinned a bear'' to make it. As a baby.
--> '''Finn:''' ''My... hat... is... '''''AWESOME!!!'''
* SingingVoiceDissonance: Throughout the series, he sings with an auto-tuned voice that supposedly comes from a tiny computer he swallowed at some earlier point. Subverted in 'What Was Missing', where he sings a heartfelt song to (and about) his TrueCompanions [[HappilyAdopted Jake]], [[TheSmartGuy Bubblegum]] and [[OddFriendship Marceline]].
** The Auto-tune singing returns in the Season 6 finale, though it appears to be a mix of this and his normal singing.
* TheSleepless: Invokes it at least with the line "Justice never sleeps!" He does sleep regularly.
* SpeciesSurname: He's known as Finn the Human, mostly because dogs apparently don't have real surnames and he's the only pure human in all of Ooo, so he really is ''the'' human. It's eventually revealed his real surname is Mertens.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Flame Princess as of "Hot to the Touch". Finn cannot touch her without getting hurt.
* StepfordSmiler: He has his tendencies, placing traumatic memories "in the vault". After [[spoiler:Jake's death]], he tries to help a depressed Simon by punching the issues away. [[spoiler:Even after he dies in "Together Again", Finn admits to Jake that he was never able to get over his death and secretly waited for his own so he can reunite with him, even though he did live a good life.]]
* StockShonenHero: {{Deconstructed}}. At the series' start, Finn was a simple-minded yet righteous KidHero who lived to right wrongs and go on dangerous adventures. The problems started when he slowly came to see the GrayingMorality of the world around him, and his impulsiveness bit him in the buns as he entered adolescence, leading him to make some really dumb moves and miss out on two {{Love Interest}}s. While he's never stopped being a hero and fighting evil, he's a lot more of a mature MellowFellow, a sharp contrast to the early days when he was well known for his proud declaration of "I'll slay anything that's evil, that's my deal!"
* SummonMagic: It takes him many hours to summon his spirit animals in "Still", but at least he gets a whole bunch of them and they're rather badass, for their species. Hunson is quicker to summon, but his allegiance remains in doubt.
* SuperSpit: Finn is able to hack loogies across a yard's length, and in "The Real You", he was able to create a full-scale model of the Candy Kingdom entirely out of his saliva.
* TagalongKid: In "What Was Missing", Finn admits that he fears the others see him this way. An odd example, as he's arguably more proactive and competent than nearly everyone else in Ooo most of the time.
-->'''Finn:''' Do you look down on me 'cuz I'm younger?
* TokenHuman: Occasionally a plot point.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Displayed prominently in "Jake Suit." In that episode, Jake is sick of Finn [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext using him as a battle suit and seriously hurting him]], so he does the same to Finn to get him to admit that it sucks. Unfortunately, even non-conventional forms of torture (getting Finn to read a boring book, embarrass himself in front of his girlfriend's family, etc.) prove ineffective, and when Jake decides to make Finn [[ConvectionShmonvection jump in a volcano]], he's completely freaked out when Finn actually ''begs'' him to go through with it; as soon as Jake backs out, Finn uses Jake as a suit once again and jumps headfirst into the volcano for the hell of it.
* TraumaticHaircut: Once had the side of his hair forcibly shaved off. He bemoans that his "style" is ruined. And in the next time he's seen without his hat, he is shown to be bald, so he can redo his style.
* TrueCompanions: With Jake, emphasized by both [[BigBrotherInstinct family bonds]] and [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty]], and with Bubblegum to a slightly lesser extent. As characterization has developed, he may possibly also have this with [[DarkIsNotEvil Marceline,]] given how highly [[IJustWantToHaveFriends she regards friendship.]] All of them take some steps towards becoming TrueCompanions in "What Was Missing", though with Jake being the WildCard, and Marceline and PB not getting along very well, it takes some considerable effort on Finn's part.
* {{Tritagonist}}: While still a main character he's demoted to this in the Stakes miniseries with Marceline taking his place as the protagonist.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: For all his heroic deeds, he likewise seems to have a habit of unknowingly causing just as many disasters. Up to reviving the Lich, being an indirect cause to Lincoln's death, giving the Lich what he needed to (nearly) take over the world, heck even trying to wish away the Lich wound up backfiring.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: When Finn finally reaches his destination in "The Tower," he meets his dad and punches him out, only to realize that he can't bring himself to go through with tearing his arm off. Princess Bubblegum reveals that she dressed up as Finn's dad in order to let him relieve his stress regarding his personal issues with his Dad. Observing his expression she notes that his revenge probably didn't make him feel all that better. Finn agrees, and the next time he meets Martin, he's less angry than he is incredulous at how many levels in JerkAss the guy takes every day.
* VocalEvolution: In earlier seasons, his voice was much higher. As his voice actor went through puberty, his voice lowered, mirroring the series' gradual CerebusSyndrome and Finn's growth in maturity.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Finn's fear of the ocean, although he does get over this by the end of Season 5's "Billy's Bucket List", thanks to help from the Grass Sword. (He has a few others, but they are rare or unlikely to occur.)
* WeAreAsMayflies: Inverted - it's strongly implied that his canine adoptive family ages in dog years.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He can only carry on if he knows his dad cares for him, as seen in "Dad's Dungeon". Eventually averted in the case of Finn's ''actual'' dad. Despite being initially devastated that Martin apparently didn't care about him, by "The Visitor", Finn realizes he's better off without a deadbeat like his dad.
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers one to Bubblegum in "What Have You Done?" when she has the Ice King imprisoned despite him not doing anything wrong. Turns out she intended to beat pained cries out of him. True, it was to cure the Candy Kingdom of a plague he accidentally started, but it's still a bad thing to do because she wanted him to beat the Ice King up for nothing and her lack of communication. Finn and Jake call her out on it and she does seem to get a WhatHaveIDone moment as a result.
** Also, in "Frost & Fire", where Finn tricks Flame Princess and Ice King into fighting using her own private issues against her. Ice King even flat out states to Finn, "You blew it."
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: His response to the black hole he created?
-->'''PB''': You blew it, Finn! With this! ''[Shows bubble-blowing device]''\\
'''Finn''': Then I'll kill it with [[HeroesPreferSwords this]]!
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's terrified of the ocean and ''only'' the ocean--not rivers, lakes, or puddles. He is also afraid of the body of water in question only if he consciously knows it's the ocean or not. [[spoiler:Eventually it's revealed that this fear probably stems from him almost drowning in it as a newborn while stuck on a raft with his dad]].
** He's also scared of clowns. He especially hates the Clown Nurses.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Even at only 12 years old, Finn was a street-smart young boy with an ace in fighting off villains with fantasy swords and saving princesses.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: After putting on the Glasses of Nerdicon. Possibly subverted as he knew how ''everything'' would proceed, including the madness and subsequent removal of the glasses.
** Any time he gets any sort of artifact of power it will quickly be taken away from him. ("Wizard", "Daddy's Little Monster", etc.)
* WouldHitAGirl: Finn would hit ''anything''. ''Except'' a princess. He's very uncomfortable punching princesses. However, that's not to say he's above hitting females in general. Just ask Marceline (who he punched in the face in "Evicted") and Me-Mow (who he bashed with a rock). He was also willing to fight Patience st. Pim (even if he never got a chance to).
* YouCantFightFate: In every alternate universe shown so far, [[AnArmAndALeg some event happens that makes Finn lose an arm]]. As of "Escape from the Citadel", Main!Finn lost his as well.
* ZanyScheme: One day he may be the master of these. Other days he gets egg on his face (or Marceline's kitchen floor). Simply lifting Tree Trunks is insufficient--instead he has to out on thick layers of makeup first. And so on. Except for those times that he's CrazyEnoughToWork it, or lumpified.
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* ActionGirl: If the beatdown she gave Ricardio is anything go by, she definitely qualifies. And just to make sure it sticks, the chase and knife fight in "Wizard City".
* AffectionateNickname: Finn sometimes calls her "Peebles", among others. "Bonnie" is a pretty big one as only her closest friends are the ones who call her by her first name to begin with, let alone a nickname based off it.
* TheAgeless: In "The Suitor," PB's suitors say they have been waiting for centuries. In the flashback of "Earth & Water" (fifteen years ago), PB still looks the same age. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that she's over 800 years old.]]
* AlliterativeName: Her proper name (thus far spoken only by Marceline) is Bonnibel Bubblegum.
* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:At this point, her BigDamnKiss with Marceline is a well-known moment,]]. There's some subtext with Shoko. The ambiguity comes from her lack of attraction to males: rejecting Finn (under-aged/[[MayflyDecemberRomance mortal]]) Braco (a third generation professional suitor who's hopelessly InLoveWithLove), Ice King, and Ricardio (both [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers with a crush]]). However, there's her [[AmicableExes former boyfriend]], Mr. Creampuff, whom she tried bringing BackFromTheDead in the [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E1SlumberPartyPanic first episode]], but [[spoiler:he was made for her specifically as a boyfriend, although she does keep it going with him for a while at least]] There's also her seeming immunity to Broco's love curse-- only for it to be revealed that she did have some feelings for him at the end, the fact that they were not nearly as strong as say, Peppermint Butler's is notable.
* AmicableExes: She tries to revive her ex-boyfriend Mr. Creampuff in the first episode, so there's likely no negative feelings on her side [[spoiler:even considering he was made by Gumbald to distract her from his plans]].
* AnthropomorphicFood: Her body is actually a mass of gum. In "Princess Monster Wife", we get to see a [[BodyHorror cross-section of her head, and she has no physical brain.]] This is in contrast with Turtle Princess, where we can actually see her brain. See BlobMonster below.
* AntiHero: She shows sign of this as early as Season 1 when dealing with the Duke of Nuts, but it becomes much more evident as the show goes on. She does whatever she has to for the Candy Kingdom, but herpage [[Characters/AdventureTimePrincessBubblegum here]].devotion to being the best ruler possible makes her distrustful and emotionally cold, and she sometimes makes very morally dubious choices for what she considers the greater good, or engaging in sneaky political maneuvering. It's been revealed that she constantly spies on the entire world, including her most loyal allies and servants.
* BadassAdorable: Aww, look, how [[BunnyEarsLawyer quirky]] and [[TheCutie cute]]- Wait, is she firing [[EnergyWeapon lasers]]? AWESOME!
* BadassBookworm: She has ''singlehandedly'' created a formula to ''reverse death itself'' with ''no side effects!'' Aside from being a skilled scientist, she's also surprisingly skilled in hand to hand combat, being strong enough to tear Ricardio's limbs off with her ''bare hands''.
* BenevolentDictator: She has complete control and power over her candy citizens, having created them herself. However, the show mostly depicts her as being a genuinely caring, if often authoritarian, ruler.
* BetterAsFriends: With Finn. After various ups and down, Finn also settles for just being happy being friends with her.
** On the other hand, "King Worm" and "The Lich" imply that Finn still harbors romantic feeling for Princess Bubblegum. Hinted further when Finn was dealing with depression over the loss of his arm in "Breezy" and it's the sight of her (along with what would be his next sword) that fills him with a loving warm feeling that causes his flower arm to sprout into a tree and getting his arm back. Further still, his happy place as shown in "Hero Heart" is himself with Princess Bubblegum or rather her younger self, showing he clearly still cares about her beyond platonically.
** Then there's the fact how Finn is an emotional crutch for Princess Bubblegum and the uniqueness of their relationship. It ends up being PlayedWith since while they are BetterAsFriends for the sake of allowing Bonnibel to run her kingdom and Finn being a hero, it's evident that the emotional aspects remain complicated.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Finn's Betty and Marceline's Veronica.
** She also is the Betty to Flame Princess's Veronica for Finn's Archie.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As sweet as she is, to invoke her wrath would be inadvisable. Ricardio learned that the hard way.
* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: Temporarily served as the main antagonist of the ''Elements'' miniseries along with Betty and Patience St. Pim.]]
* BigGood: She serves as the main authority figure of the series and is usually the one who provides Finn and Jake with their missions.
** Later episodes imply that she has been helping rebuild society in Ooo after the Great Mushroom War.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: She has ''extensive'' surveillance network throughout Ooo, reaching even neighboring kingdoms. At the end of "The Cooler" she takes it down, reminiscent of the scene from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' where Lucius Fox destroyed their surveillance network.
* BlobMonster: The pink goo in "Simon & Marcy" can easily be seen as proto-Bubblegum, but the creators confirmed that such pink goo in one of the games is Bubblegum's parents. In "Bonnie and Neddy", it's revealed that she was originally part of a massive wad of gum that she refers to as "the Mother Gum"; she eventually broke away from it and over time she grew into what she is now.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Toes the line. Some of her experiments don't exactly seem all that humane or safe, for example, but it seems her priorities are too long-term to show in 11 minutes a week.
** There are things that can be guessed at. She is centuries old, but she has explicitly stated that she's ''not'' immortal. Considering she's also TheAgeless, she may very well not be certain of how long her lifespan really is. Between that, how often she and/or the Candy Kingdom are in danger, and how incredibly high-maintenance the candy people are, it's not really surprising how desperate PB is to have either a competent successor or a way to stave off/undo death as soon as possible.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Her quirks don't show ''too'' much, given the setting.
* BrokenBird: Not quite as bad as Marcy, but trauma over being possessed by the Lich is what drove her to create Goliad, she's a {{workaholic}} who emotionally detaches herself from problems, and the stress of being a {{No Respect G|uy}}irl ruler can get to her, as well being the subject of several {{dogged nice guy}}s' scary affections.
** The season six finale sees her realize how much of a jerk she was to the candy people on top of losing her throne (aka her one purpose in life) to the King of Ooo.
** "Bad Timing" reveals that she keeps cyanide pills in case her castle is attacked, and the events of the episode drive her to drink at the end.
** "Something Big" implies that she's repressed so many negative emotions in order to keep herself and the kingdom going, that she's a walking well of raw emotional power, and a prime target for Maja.
* CelibateHero: Of the "Love is a Distraction" variety. Finn, Ice King, Ricardio, Braco, and a throng of other suitors have all tried to woo her at one point, but she all turned them down in favor of ruling over her kingdom properly. It's also heavily implied that the reason she and Marceline originally broke up years before the series started was because she needed to focus on the growing Candy Kingdom.
** Nearly subverted in the episode "Too Young". She clearly is indulging her time being a younger girl free of the responsibilities of running the Candy Kingdom. She spends much of the episode having fun with Finn and their time together is ''saturated'' with ShipTease. In fact, in Candy Prison, Bonnibel notes that she wishes to remain young with the heavy implications of her growing up alongside Finn in a not-so-platonic way. However, she chooses to become her older age (namely because Lemongrab's rule of Candy Kingdom is tearing the place to pieces.) though her way of growing up invovles sharing a kiss with Finn.
** [[spoiler: This is finally subverted in "Come Along With Me" where her renewed relationship with Marceline was confirmed. However, this also came with PB befriending her Aunt Lollie and thus being able to have someone to share power with.]]
* TheChainsOfCommanding: PB occasionally expresses that she'd be relieved to abandon the responsibilities of her position, the problem being that there's no one capable enough to take over for her. "Too Young" was the first prominent example of her revealing this; she would've been more than happy to remain as a younger lady (and [[ShipTease spending time with Finn]]).
* CharacterDevelopment: In "The Cooler", she gets a WhatTheHellHero speech from Flame Princess and after admitting she doesn't want to be considered a bad person, she stops her SinisterSurveillance. In "The Pajama War" and later episodes of season six, as difficult as it is for her, she's also trying to mellow out and not be so controlling. After losing the throne, she realizes just how neglectful and controlling she was to her subjects and has started to mellow out more. [[spoiler:During "Come Along With Me" when she almost started a war against her Uncle Gumbald after he returned to normal, she is out into a nightmare where both of them swap places and she experiences how Gumbald, Lolly and Chicle [[AndIMustScream could still think like normal, but were unable to express it due to the dum-dum juice]] and finally apologized to Gumbald for taking away his kingdom due to not thinking about how he felt.]]
* CheerfulChild: Due to a plot-relevant age-down, she was physically 13, and cute as a button to boot.
* CoolCrown: It can even protect her from the Lich's mind control. She stopped wearing it when she lost the Candy Kingdom's throne to the King of Ooo, but she got it back after regaining her position.
* CrazyPrepared: In "Lady & Peebles" she tells Rainicorn that she has calculated every possible disaster and has brought everything they would need. And also implanted a GPS tracker in Finn's ear at some point in the past.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Her creations have a bad habit of turning against her:
** Goliad went power mad and has to be trapped in a psychic battle with another sphinx.
** Lemongrab became a dangerous dictator, who had to be rebuilt to make himself stable.
** And the biggest of all is her "Uncle" Gumbald. He's just as smart as she is -- but infinitely more dangerous and with zero morals.
* CuteAndPsycho: She can be a bit crazy sometimes, but she's still ultimately on the side of good.
* CuteMonsterGirl: She's a very humanoid Candy Person, with most of the others looking like sweets or cakes with faces and limbs.
* DamselInDistress: She was captured by the Ice King in the pilot, and being his 'number one', is targeted by him on a frequent basis.
** During the climax of Ricardio's debut episode, he has her held hostage, leading Finn, Jake, and [[EnemyMine Ice King]] to come save her.
* DamselOutOfDistress:
** She's only kidnapped by the Ice King when she doesn't have effective countermeasures on hand. When she does, she often out-and-out attacks him successfully (with a tranq gun in "The Glitch", apparently working his pinky over in "Wizards Only, Fools"...).
** She finds herself in trouble with Ricardio in "Lady & Peebles", but she manages to beat him up this time, and [[CurbStompBattle it wasn't even close]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: She is the secondary focus of the ''Stakes'' miniseries not only having a big role in Marceline's character development, but also due to the King of Ooo arc being resolved in the miniseries as well. Same goes for the "Obsidian" special, with it going into Marceline and Bubblegum's history.
* DemonicPossession: The Lich pulls this off on her, ultimately leading to her being [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] in the fight against Finn and the Ice King and put back together, but since some pieces were missing she [[FountainOfYouth came back younger]], [[PuppyLove as old as Finn to be exact]].
* DoingInTheWizard: Even though the magic and such in Ooo was implied to be something else, even early on in the show, she's the only one to openly debunk it.
* DudeMagnet: She has [[AllLovingHero Finn]] and [[DirtyOldMan Ice King]] (and [[CuteMonsterGirl Marceline]]) vying for her affections, along with all the wizards competing for her kiss in "Wizard Battle" and all the suitors in "The Suitor" (which reveals that at least one Candy Kingdom family have been trying to court her for ''generations''). Lumpy Space Princess points this out in "Bad Timing" and is furious, because while LSP ''tries'' to be this PB succeeds without any apparent effort, and isn't interested in any of them.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: She gets plenty of worship and romantic attention, but not a whole lot of respect. Comes to a head in "Apple Wedding", where everyone immediately views the King Of Ooo, a complete fraud, as having more authority than her and she rages so much that she nearly ruins the whole wedding.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: PB was a lot sillier in the first few seasons of the show and carefree, even attending talent shows and relaxing with her fellow citizens compared to the {{Workaholic}} she would become. She also isn't against magic, as she volunteers to kiss the winner in "Wizard Battle"[[note]]On the mouth![[/note]], which goes against both her FlatEarthAtheist views against magic and her CelibateHero status.
* ElementalEmbodiment: She is the embodiment of Candy, one of Ooo's four elements, the others being Fire, Ice, and Slime. She learns in "Elemental" that she can shoot candy out of her hands.
* EmperorScientist: She's the ruler of Ooo whose power seems to be from the fact that she ''made'' most of her candy subjects. (And can make replacements, if necessary.)
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: [[spoiler:She becomes the "Terrible Tower" in the ''Elements'' arc, turning into a giant bubblegum tower who turns people into candy with her presence alone.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Came dangerously close to turning into a full-on BigBad at several points in Seasons 5 and 6. Fortunately, she was reined in by Flame Princess in "The Cooler".
** [[spoiler: Temporarily under went this when she became a pure candy Elemental. Thankfully she was restored back to her normal self at the end of the ''Elements'' miniseries]].
** [[spoiler:She almost went through one again during the final season when she almost started a war with her Uncle Gumbald in an aggressive manner until Finn forced both of them into a nightmare where they were eventually forced to swap places with each other and experience what the other went through. She was finally reigned in when Bubblegum ended up realizing how her relatives could still think like before after being doused with dum-dum juice, but were forced to act stupid and unable to properly express what they really thought. After waking up, she immediately apologized to Gumbald for taking away his kingdom.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Bubblegum makes it clear that she would gladly give up being ruler of the Candy Kingdom because of [[TheChainsOfCommanding how demanding the job is]]. Unfortunately when she has actually stepped down she is shown as lost and longing for it back, both because she has already devoted almost the entirety of her life to it and because her successors are inadequate. So she either keeps at a job she doesn't want or finds herself without purpose.
* FlatEarthAtheist: She can be very dismissive of magic, considering it an ignorant term for the use of scientific principles that its users simply don't understand, despite the extremely bizarre nature of Ooo making her skepticism seem arbitrary to everyone else. It should be noted that it's less she doesn't believe magic isn't real, but rather everything called magic is just a subset of science, and goes so far as to call out what scientific principles are being used when she sees magic in action. This is in spite of the fact that one of her friends is a half-vampire/half-demon who is the daughter of a demon lord, one of her associates is a ghost princess, Death is an actual character in the show, and multiple afterlives (called "Dead Worlds") are stated by ghosts and Death to exist. She is implied to have lost this skepticism at the end of "Wizards Only, Fools" when she saw the cold spell in action. Strangely, she didn't have this open skepticism and hostility towards magic earlier in the show, having a fairly cordial relationship with the wizards and even agreeing to give a kiss to the wizard who won a magic competition in "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS3E8WizardBattle Wizard Battle]]". She even used a magical incantation to turn dough into a loaf of bread in "Five Short Graybles."
* FirstNameBasis: At least some people like Finn have started calling her Bonnie after she lost her throne to the King of Ooo. Finn and Marceline continued to do this after she regained it.
* FoodBasedSuperpowers: Princess Bubblegum is a "Candy Elemental" and has the power to generate and fire jawbreakers as weapons. She just doesn't use the power because she scorns magic and favors science.
* ForScience: She does most of her exploits for science when it's not diplomacy or just hanging out.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The very first episode hints at her being ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Finn refers to PB's first subject of her revival potion as ''Old Man'' Creampuff, following it up with the fact they used to date. Given the fact PB isn't into a DirtyOldMan like the Ice King, it's pretty clear she's much older than she says.
* FountainOfYouth: Got de-aged to 13, briefly. Otherwise, she either ages slowly or not at all.
* GiantPoofySleeves: On her 'princess' dresses.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She's a ProperLady who presents herself as a PrincessClassic and always wears pink. However, she's also a gifted EmperorScientist and a [[PrincessesRule Ruling Princess]] who can be quite ruthless and calculating in the interests of her realm.
* GivenNameReveal: "Go With Me" Marceline reveals that her first name is Bonnibel, and is the only character to refer to her as such until Season 7 where Finn occasionally calls her such as well.
* GratuitousGerman: Uses it fairly often in "What Have You Done?", and a few others. She sometimes breaks into it when surprised or worried.
* GrowingUpSucks: She tells Finn that she would rather stay 13 than turn 18 again and have to deal with the responsibilities that come with being an adult ruler.
* GuestFighter: She's a DLC skin for Lord Vraxx in ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}''
* HeelRealization:
** After Season Five ramped up her less than desirable traits, Season Six had her realize the error of her ways, [[CharacterDevelopment with Season Seven being her redemption.]]
** [[spoiler:During "Come Along With Me" when she wanted to wage war on her Uncle Gumbald, she has another one in a nightmare when learned that her uncle and other relatives could actually still think intelligently when they were doused by the dum-dum juice, but we're unable to properly express themselves and were forced to act stupid because of it. When she goes though the experience herself, Bubblegum begins crying at what she forced them to go through and immediately apologized to Gumbald after waking up for taking away his kingdom.]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:While she normally has difficulty using her candy powers, her fully awakened candy elemental form is able to easily overpower Flame Princess' army, turns Flame Princess into a candy person, and begins turning people and objects in the other kingdoms into candy as well. This implies that she is actually the strongest of the four elementals and only has trouble with her powers because her rational mind is a poor match for using magic.]]
* HollywoodScience: In general, she pulls this off quite nicely. It's taken to a whole new level in "Five Short Graybles" when she uses [[WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens centrifugal force]], growth and shrink serums a la ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', TwoBeingsOneBody teleportation of a jellyfish and a balloon, WhiteMagic with a BlackMagic feel, [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], molecular fabrication, [[MartialArtsAndCrafts karate]], a [[BatterUp baseball bat]] and levitation. All to '' '''[[MundaneMadeAwesome make a sandwich]]'''.'' Keep in mind that this was "the most perfect sandwich to ever exist, or will exist in the confines of space-time".
* HowDoIShotWeb: In "Jelly Beans Have Power" she is shown to have difficulty using her powers intuitively like the other elementals, initially causing her to be limited to a weak jelly bean projectile. She is eventually able to get past this block by thinking through the chemical formulations of different kinds of candy, but she still lacks experience and inadvertently injures several candy subjects in the aftermath. This causes her to largely ignore her magic after that point and fall back on technology most of the time.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: As much of a schmuck as Lemongrab is, he's still ''her'' schmuck, darn it!
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: She is clearly aware of Finn's infatuation with her since the beginning, but only wishes to have a courtly albeit casual friendship with him. However, after the first battle with the Lich resulted in her becoming 13 years old (physically and mentally), she becomes much more openly affectionate to her hero. Her first action was to embrace him affectionately and the next episode we see them together, she indulges in spending plenty of time with him while being a CheerfulChild, hinting that she is being much more open wih her wants and desires, up to wanting to remain 13 with the implications of growing up alongside Finn. However, she dismisses these moments as "that was five years ago" when she turns back to normal of 18. Then there's this moment from "Burning Low", where she thinks Jake listened to her about Flame Princess, but Jake interpreted it differently and told Finn she's jealous. Then there's this line (referring to how Finn being with FP is dangerous because the intense emotions could cause FP's power to go out of control), but Finn (and the audience) understandably interprets this differently:
--> '''Princess Bubblegum''': Finn, sometimes you want someone and you want to kiss them, and be with them. But you can't, because responsibility demands sacrifice.
--> '''Finn''': What are you trying to say?!
--> '''Princess Bubblegum''': I'm trying to say that you're a hero, Finn. You're my hero.
** After the episode, it appears that she does not have any romantic feelings for Finn. However, her tendency to put the kingdom above her own desires or that of her friends along with her own secretative nature and bottling up her feelings mean it is difficult to guage her honesty. Them being BetterAsFriends is for her since it allows her to properly rule her kingdom and based on her word choice, let Finn be the hero Ooo needs him to be. [[spoiler: Seems to become rather moot by the end though.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Bonnibel has been forced to take actions that she's regretted for the greater good. Shown clearly in "Burning Low" when she is nearly forced to allow Finn and Flame Princess to suffocate to prevent the latter from destroying the world.
** Season 5 throws a lot of this her way. She almost always has a good (or at least [[AmbiguousSituation plausible]]) reason for everything she does, but she's not above [[ShootTheDog making sacrifices]].
** This excuse is turned on its head in "The Cooler" where Bonnibel nearly dooms the Fire Kingdom based off the idea the Sleeping Fire Giants ''might'' pose a problem later, with Flame Princess chewing her out that this isn't a matter of PB doing it for the sake of her people as much as she simply a bad person. This shakes PB to her core, having never considered herself as such, and stops her SinisterSurveillance and her acts against the Flame Kingdom in general.
* IdiotBall: Shares this with Peppermint Butler in ''Stakes'' as somehow both of them saw no real issue in having the recently blinded Peppermint Butler dispose of Vampire King's vampiric essence. Unsurprisingly he almost immediately sets off a chain of events that results in the raw essence being unleashed.
* ImAHumanitarian: Or, Candytarian in this case. It's a downplayed case as she never eats an entire candy citizen and it only happens a couple times, but Princess Bubblegum has been shown to eat parts of her candy citizens when stressed if they're too close, which is pretty disturbing considering that she chose to create them from candy in the first place.
* ImmortalityBisexuality: Bubblegum had a romantic relationship with fellow immortal Marceline in the past, [[spoiler:which they rekindle by the series finale.]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: Ambiguous. With an UnwantedHarem of men (both Good, Evil and Neutral) pining for her affections, the only person who's affections she openly reciprocates is [[spoiler:Marceline.]] Whether or not she's attracted to men is up to debate.
* InelegantBlubbering: Bonnibel is ''not'' attractive when she cries. When Finn agrees to help her cure her subjects of Freezer Burn Flu, the happiness plus the stress of having her entire kingdom sick nearly makes her burst into tears. Bulging, tear filled eyes, loud sobbing.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After she sends Lumpy Space Princess back to a form before she met her true love (who was accidentally erased from existence), she sighs and pours herself a glass of [[GRatedDrug root beer]].
* InsufferableGenius: Pops up from time to time, in the sense that the intelligence gap between her and just about everyone else in the area is wide enough to cause problems. It's been present since "Slumber Party Panic", but really only hits a boil in "Wizards Only, Fool" - they wouldn't have had to leave the hospital if she'd just played along with Starchy's need for a 'magic' cure.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Did this to the Ice King in "Wizards Only, Fools."
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: {{Subverted|Trope}} in "Rattleballs" when she makes it ''look'' like she destroyed Rattleballs.
** Comes close to it in "The Cooler" when she attempts to destroy the Fire Kingdom's sleeping fire giants, but has a HeelRealization thanks to Flame Princess and backs off from the slope as a result.
* KickTheDog: One of her lowest moments is conspiring with the Ice King against the Fire Kingdom and cooling its core while getting most of the sleeping fire giants destroyed in order to ensure that they would not be used against the Candy Kingdom, ignoring the fact Flame Princess legitimately had no intention to act against the other kingdoms and this action could doom the entire kingdom. Phoebe rightfully calls her out on this.
* LastNameBasis: No one (apart from Marceline and Finn) calls her Bonnibel.
* LawfulGood: InUniverse-assigned alignment in the comic series.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: She is this to her brother, Neddy, a candy dragon. Unlike his sister, he is very sensitive, docile and is quite fearful of the outside world (implied to be a result of his first experience of living is pain). As such, she is the only person who can comfort him and who he feels comfortable with for the most part.
** It is heavily implied that Finn serves as this to her as well. Her relatonship with him is unique, being one of her true bonds beyond her maternal figures toward the Candy citizens and said bond possesses a close intimacy surpassing PB's friendship with her fellow princesses with the only other bond being close being with Lady Rainicorn. She relies on him heavily and thinks highly of him. At the same time, she is the one dictating the terms of their bond, at least in the sense of it remaining platonic for the sake of her duties. She also is willing to be secretative with him on a fair bit of matters. Ultimately, she does very care about him alot, including his emotional well-being.
* MadScientist: Some episodes seem to indicate that [[CuteAndPsycho she's not exactly quite right in the head]]. Add that and the fact that her [[ForScience scientific exploits]] (case in point: [[TheMentallyDisturbed Lemongrab]]) tend to go wrong half the time, and we get this. In "The Lich", Finn and Jake find her working late into the night creating tiny candy people who farm in a tiny candy sandbox. Then she cuts off one's limbs with a scissor and attaches them to another (which they don't seem to mind much), for no stated reason.
* MamaBear: She acts this way towards Lemongrab in "You Made Me!", and is in general willing to go to extreme lengths for the sake of the Candy citizens.
* MeaningfulName: Her first name is Bonnibel, which means "beautiful girl". Which makes sense considering she was Finn's crush from Seasons 1-3 and is the main princess the Ice King targets. It also sounds very similar to "bonbon," the French word for "candy."
* MiniMecha: Seems to be wearing one in "Wizards Only, Fools". What's odd is that it only covers her upper torso and [[MotionCaptureMecha follows her arms' movements]], leaving her legs fully exposed (with the undersuit she's wearing possibly acting as PoweredArmor, though there's nothing for or against this). It's unclear why ''exactly'' she felt the need to wear it, though she likely came directly from getting the Ice King to reveal the Wizard City password - [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]-style by the sound of it.
* ModestRoyalty: During her off-hours, she's generally very content to hang out with Finn and Jake on their adventures wearing clothing much more simple than you'd expect for royalty, with the exception of [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/5617101485/in/photostream/ keeping]] [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/6166909562/in/photostream/ her crown]].
* MoreDakka: Whenever there is a pressing need for her to save her kingdom/friends through direct action, Peebles will do so with as much force as she can reasonably pull together. Note that she already has a laser-firing joystick-controlled swan bigger than she is - she had ''at least'' two guns in "Lady & Peebles", one of which was roughly equivalent to a ''grenade launcher''.
* MotherlyScientist: Played with; she mainly comes across as a MadScientist, and as a result initially had a rather strained relationship with Lemongrab, who she considered to be a failed experiment. Later on, she tries to be more motherly towards Goliad, but when Goliad goes mad with power and attempts to take over the Candy Kingdom [=PB=] has no choice but to abandon that attitude in order to stop her. However, she's slowly improving her relationship with Lemongrab, and he even calls her "Mother Princess." She treats the Lemongrabs the way a frustrated but patient mom would treat her annoying "special needs" children, and calls them "boys" affectionately. She even says something along the lines of "I need to keep a closer eye on these two, so they won't get into any more trouble. " As of "Too Old" and "Lemonhope Part 1 and 2", how well this applies to the way she views the Lemongrabs is questionable.
* MrViceGuy: Or vice girl in this case. Most of the time, Bubblegum is a [[{{Pun}} sweet-natured]], kind girl. Unfortunately, she's layered with deep-suited trauma, dishonest tendencies and her insistence in trying to bring order to Ooo.
* MsExposition: Often. Unfortunately, she tends to explain things from a broader perspective than necessary - "Burning Low" would have been a lot shorter if she'd given Finn the same explanation she finally gave Jake, for example.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** "Nemesis" strongly implies that her IDidWhatIHadToDo tendencies are freaking even her out, as she's awkward when asked about the rattleballs robots, and she thinks ''she's'' the evil one Peace Master is looking for. She's not, it's Peppermint Butler.
** [[spoiler:After being put in a nightmare by Finn with her Uncle Gumbald during "Come Along With Me", both of them are forced to swap places with each other and experience what the other went through. While Gumbald experiences Bubblegum's issues with TheChainsOfCommanding, she experiences how [[AndIMustScream he could still think intelligently after being doused with dum-dum juice, but could only act stupid and was unable to express how he truly felt at the time]]. After realizing this, she begins to cry and immediately apologized to him for taking away his kingdom after they both wake up.]]
* NecessarilyEvil: Creator/HyndenWalch describes her as a "selflessly evil" character, since she wants to do good and stabilize the land of Ooo, but unfortunately her methods of doing so border on dictatorship. Following "The Cooler", she has begun to move away from this. [[spoiler:During the final season, she almost starts a war against her Uncle Gumbald in an increasingly aggressive manner. After experiencing what he went through after being doused by dum-dum juice however, she realized how cruel her actions were and immediately apologized for taking away his kingdom in the past.]]
* NerdsAreSexy: Again, at least according to Finn. Even if he doesn't admit it.
** Although he {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it himself.
* TheNoseless: Like most people in Ooo, she lacks a visible nose.
* {{No Respect G|uy}}irl: She was the one who created the Candy Kingdom and the majority of the candy people, so is angry when the King Of Ooo waltzes in out of nowhere, is proven to be a fraud and her subjects would still rather obey him than her just because he has a higher title.
* NoSell: Ultimately subverted. In "The Suitor," a demon makes Braco ugly in exchange for becoming a love magnet, and it seems to work as Pep-But is immediately infatuated with him (although given he's something of a NightmareFetishist, it could also be Braco's [[BodyHorror appearance]] that made him attracted to him). [[IncompatibleOrientation She still doesn't display any notable affection for him]]. That is, until after he leaves, tenderly whisper "My love" as he goes into the distance.
* NotSoAboveItAll: With a little coaxing from Finn and Jake, even she finds the antics of the Banana Guards chasing the Jameses funny.
* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: When Bubblegum was overrun by her Elemental powers and became a pure candy Elemental she began turning everyone she could into idiotic candy zombies, but did not realize what harm she was doing to them at the time, and actually thought that everyone was happier that way]].
* OddNameOut: She's the only princess in the series whose name doesn't follow the "(Descriptive Noun) Princess" formula. (There's also Princess Business, but she's only mentioned, never shown.)
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Marceline as of "Come Along with Me".]]
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Bubblegum is usually a DamselOutOfDistress, saving herself or at least angry that she's in peril. Which is why it's weird in James II where she's just standing in the same place scared when Zombie!James menaces her, thus letting the other James save her and prove himself.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: She holds a pink and purple one in the beginning of "Incendium", accentuating both her femininity and royal status.
* PetTheDog: Although she has done many unscrupulous things in her life, in [[GrandFinale "Come Along With Me"]], [[spoiler:she ordered her Banana Guards to run for their lives from the [[EldritchAbomination Monstrosity]] that GOLB created, clearly cementing her as empathetic]].
* PiratesWhoDontDoAnything: She does a lot of princess-ing in the main series, but in "Obsidian" and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeFionnaAndCake'' she's only really shown living with Marceline as opposed to ruling the Candy Kingdom. [[spoiler:Given she now shares power with Aunt Lolly]], it's not like she's leaving the kingdom in incapable hands.
* PlagueDoctor: When the plague accidentally caused by the Ice King was afflicting the Candy Kingdom, she is seen in this outfit.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: In "Too Young", she has to become eighteen again to regain the throne from Earl Lemongrab.
* PottyEmergency: Happens to Princess Bubblegum at the beginning of "Trouble in Lumpy Space". "I should not have drank that much tea!"
* {{Pride}}: A major FatalFlaw of hers. She's so adamant that magic isn't anything special that she refuses to pretend to use magic on Starchy to make him feel better. So she's forced to go to Wizard City and drag Finn and Jake along. The Grand Master Wizard offers them forgiveness for trespassing, so long as PB says that "wizards rule." Of course, she refuses and degrades and derides their beliefs about magic, and thus gets herself, Finn, Jake, and Abracadaniel thrown in Wizard Prison.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Princess Bubblegum is prim, proper, poised, ''very'' pink and also one of the best defenses that her kingdom has. She also singlehandedly defeated Ricardio, even when he hurts Lady Rainicorn. Even Finn, her champion, occasionally needs her to bail him out of trouble.
* PrincessClassic: Mostly an AffectionateParody of the trope, but is often played straight. She is prim, proper, poised, is frequently a DamselInDistress, and [[PrincessesPreferPink loves pink]].
* PrincessesPreferPink: Note that she does have other outfits, several of which aren't very pink - the ones she wears as Princess are all pink-ish.
* PureIsNotGood: She is sweet, kind, friendly, and has a strong sense of justice. Precisely, that is the reason why her methods of justice are morally questionable or dictatorial.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld:
** She's at least 300. In the game ''Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW!'', she tells the Ice King that she's [[spoiler:827 years old]].
** In "The Suitor", it's revealed PB's various suitors have been waiting to court her for ''hundreds'' of years.
** It's been demonstrated via flashback that scales back centuries (and [[LampshadeHanging finally outright acknowledged]] by Finn) as of "The Vault".
--->'''Finn:''' PB, you are like a bazillion years old! You're not freaking 19! What the heck?!\\
'''PB:''' ''(embarrassed)'' Hahaha...\\
'''Finn:''' Weirdo.
* {{Realpolitik}}: Has been steadily getting more willing to keep tabs on ''everyone'', and is willing to directly sabotage other kingdoms (particularly the Fire Kingdom) to maintain peace. However, she also emphasizes using peaceful means first, only stepping up to more violent methods when those have failed.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Her hair is pink (as is her whole body), and she's a sweet princess ([[BewareTheNiceOnes most of the time]]).
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: May actually be the most active of all the Princesses in Ooo. Not that the bar is set terribly high; the only other princesses who seem to do anything other than "exist" are Turtle Princess, who is a librarian, Lumpy Space Princess, who is basically a hobo and occasionally picks up odd jobs (like being an "adventure secretary"/"writer" in "Gotcha!"). The only other princess with a decent track record of doing stuff is Fire Princess, who threatened Candy Kingdom, adventured with Finn, and usurped her father and turned Fire Kingdom's CardCarryingVillain nature around. Also deconstructed as she often burdens herself with too much to do and [[TheChainsOfCommanding she feels crushed by her responsibilities]].
* RubberWoman: Far more downplayed than Jake, but in "Have You Seen The Muffin Mess", when the plague cuts off her arm, she can stretch her bubblegum self into a new one with fingers.
* SanitySlippage: PB gets more and more... stressed... over the course of the series. Hints about it are first shown in "The Duke" when Finn accidentally hits her with a bottle that turns her skin green and makes her hair fall out causes PB to go... well, [[{{Pun}} nuts]].
-->'''Princess Bubblegum:''' Bring [the Duke of Nuts] to justice! ''(suddenly maniacal)'' The justice of a ''cold dungeon!'' ''(cackles insanely)''
* ScienceHero: Bubblegum's scientific intellect has gotten Finn, Jake, herself, and the whole kingdom out of trouble at times - even if it was her [[ForScience scientific exploits]] that got them into trouble in the first place.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Experimenting on living creatures? Creating new life from your friend's DNA without asking? Preemptively destroying other kingdom's forces? Dictating her subject's lives to the point of who marries who? Hating someone for eating pudding? Sending your hero off to beat the snot out someone for the greater good? Don't worry, it's fine. It doesn't really matter how questionable her activities are, because Princess Bubblegum is the sole ruler of the Candy Kingdom. She gets to do what she wants, no matter how morally questionable. Though she is sometimes persuaded by her friends to stop certain behaviors, there's nothing making her do anything. Starting with season 6 however, she eventually begins to realize that she is causing more harm than good and starts toning this down.
* SherlockScan: Bubblegum is shown to have this ability in "Sky Witch".
* SinisterSurveillance: She admits that she spies on everybody in "The Cooler", and doesn't find it to be an issue that people are disturbed by this. By the end of the episode, she seems to get the hint, and unplugs her entire secret surveillance system and locks up the door.
* TheSmartGirl: She's very skilled when it comes to scientific matters.
* SociopathicHero: Creator/RebeccaSugar described her as a sociopath, though clarified that she wasn't a ''literal'' example and more a case of [[BrokenBird someone trying to be like one, suppressing emotions and empathy for what they perceive to be the greater good.]] Starting with Season Six, she's started to change upon realizing how unhealthy this way of living is.
* SophisticatedAsHell: She provides shades of this, shifting from words like "shall" and "beseech" and phrases like "You seem genuinely penitent" to words like "hun" and "ah-ight" and phrases like "You'd better not freakin' tell ''anyone!''" and "Mondo momma brains!" and "ballblamburglerber".
* SourSupporter: Spends most of "Wizards Only, Fool" like this. As she's clearly having to go considerably out of her way (both physically and philosophically) to satisfy a request from one of her subjects, it makes sense.
* SpearCounterpart: Prince Gumball.
* StereotypeFlip: Of PrincessClassic. She's so pink she's bubblegum, with a modest pink dress and long hair as her default look, but she's actually a BrokenBird {{workaholic}} who'll protect her kingdom no matter what the cost and keeps cyanide pills in her meeting room.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Most of her subjects are pretty dumb. [[JustifiedTrope Turns out she made them that way to ensure their loyalty,]] [[IgnoranceIsBliss and also because they appear to be a lot happier as such.]] Whenever they become intelligent rational beings, they tend to be treacherous jerkasses. However, this eventually bites her during the season 6 finale when the King of Ooo easily manipulates them to turn against her and elect him as their ruler instead. When she attempts to call them out on it however, she sees them smiling, blissfully unaware of what they done with her realizing that she made them too stupid as well as how she treated them. [[spoiler:After experiencing what Gumbald, Lolly and Chicle went through after being doused with dum-dum juice in a nightmare, she begins crying as she realized how cruel she actually was to them and immediately apologized to Gumbald after waking up.]]
* TeenGenius: Subverted; early on her age is given as 18, and she's one of the smartest beings in Ooo. It then turns out she's actually ''[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld far]]'' older.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Marceline's Tomboy, with appropriate consequences to [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Marceline's dating advice for Finn.]] (The show makes it clear that Bubblegum is fully capable of doing 'tomboy' things, and the trope as it is applies primarily to their preferences.)
* TookALevelInBadass:
** She saves Finn and Jake at the end of "Dungeon" by swooping in on her magic flying swan, controlling a joystick to make it shoot lasers from its mouth.
** In "What Have You Done?" Princess Bubblegum was about to beat the stuffing out of Ice King... using pink {{Power Fist}}s.
** In "Lady & Peebles",she [[AnArmAndALeg rips Ricardio apart]] with her bare hands and [[GrievousHarmWithABody beats him to a pulp with his own severed limbs]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard that he made for himself]].
** "Reign of Gunthers" solidifies her badass status as she is seen for the first time with a sword and battle attire.
* ToughLeaderFacade: She's composed and has the well-being of her kingdom as her foremost concern. However, it's been shown to be detrimental to her emotional well-being and mental health. She desires time and time again to be free of the mask and it left her isolated. It's implied that it's what cost her [[spoiler: first]] relationship with Marceline and why she ultimately never ended up with Finn.
* TreehouseOfFun: Her castle is built around a tree.
* UnfitForGreatness: Half the time she calls on Finn, it's to make up for her own oversights. Understandably, a lot of this is due to how thinly stretched she is as top scientist and best living diplomat in Ooo, in addition to running the Candy Kingdom part time with little help better than Cinnamon Bun.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: At least fifteen outfits besides her stock pink dress.
* UniversallyBelovedLeader: Her subjects would do nearly anything for her (up to and including donating parts of themselves to her) and she returns that devotion.
** It seems a large part of this is because she views the majority of the candy people as small children who require constant supervision. Honestly, given their actions, she's not that far off. The fact that she literally ''created'' them adds to this.
** However, this seems to wane in later seasons, where we see some of her subjects resent her [[BigBrotherIsWatching Big Brother]] ways, culminating in electing King of Ooo as their new ruler. Luckily she eventually wins her throne back by Season 7.
* UnscrupulousHero: Don't let [[PrincessClassic first]] [[UniversallyBelovedLeader impressions]] fool you: she's willing to stoop pretty low in various situations.
* UnwantedHarem: There was a point that Finn, Ice King and Ricardio all had crushes on her. She's not comfortable with their romantic pursuits (with the exception of Finn, where there are hints her feelings for him are not entirely platonic.)
** She literally has a harem of suitors waiting to date her as seen in "The Suitor". She makes it clear that she wants to focus on her studies and doesn't date. Because of this, some of the suitors have been waiting ''hundreds of years.''
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Marceline kinda implied this regarding her relationship with Princess Bubblegum in her song in "What Was Missing". "Sorry I don't treat you like a goddess", indeed.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She means well overall, but is willing to pull drastic action if she believes it will aid her citizens. It says something when her own voice actress describes her as a "selflessly evil" kind of character. Flame Princess calls her out on this in "The Cooler".
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Considers her subjects expendable, as she can [[OpeningACanOfClones make more]]. She has prevented Finn from sacrificing himself and allowed a candy subject to do so because of this specifically.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler:In the ''Elements'' miniseries, Patience transforming her into a pure Candy elemental makes her into a giant, perpetually cheerful tower of bubblegum who [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul forcibly transforms people into constantly happy candy elementals.]]]]
* YouDoNOTWantToKnow: Finn, Jake, and Marceline all agree it is best not to know what PB is up to in her lab.
* AffectionateNickname: Finn sometimes calls her "Peebles", among others. "Bonnie" is a pretty big one as only her closest friends are the ones who call her by her first name to begin with, let alone a nickname based off it.
* TheAgeless: In "The Suitor," PB's suitors say they have been waiting for centuries. In the flashback of "Earth & Water" (fifteen years ago), PB still looks the same age. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that she's over 800 years old.]]
* AlliterativeName: Her proper name (thus far spoken only by Marceline) is Bonnibel Bubblegum.
* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:At this point, her BigDamnKiss with Marceline is a well-known moment,]]. There's some subtext with Shoko. The ambiguity comes from her lack of attraction to males: rejecting Finn (under-aged/[[MayflyDecemberRomance mortal]]) Braco (a third generation professional suitor who's hopelessly InLoveWithLove), Ice King, and Ricardio (both [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers with a crush]]). However, there's her [[AmicableExes former boyfriend]], Mr. Creampuff, whom she tried bringing BackFromTheDead in the [[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E1SlumberPartyPanic first episode]], but [[spoiler:he was made for her specifically as a boyfriend, although she does keep it going with him for a while at least]] There's also her seeming immunity to Broco's love curse-- only for it to be revealed that she did have some feelings for him at the end, the fact that they were not nearly as strong as say, Peppermint Butler's is notable.
* AmicableExes: She tries to revive her ex-boyfriend Mr. Creampuff in the first episode, so there's likely no negative feelings on her side [[spoiler:even considering he was made by Gumbald to distract her from his plans]].
* AnthropomorphicFood: Her body is actually a mass of gum. In "Princess Monster Wife", we get to see a [[BodyHorror cross-section of her head, and she has no physical brain.]] This is in contrast with Turtle Princess, where we can actually see her brain. See BlobMonster below.
* AntiHero: She shows sign of this as early as Season 1 when dealing with the Duke of Nuts, but it becomes much more evident as the show goes on. She does whatever she has to for the Candy Kingdom, but her
* BadassAdorable: Aww, look, how [[BunnyEarsLawyer quirky]] and [[TheCutie cute]]- Wait, is she firing [[EnergyWeapon lasers]]? AWESOME!
* BadassBookworm: She has ''singlehandedly'' created a formula to ''reverse death itself'' with ''no side effects!'' Aside from being a skilled scientist, she's also surprisingly skilled in hand to hand combat, being strong enough to tear Ricardio's limbs off with her ''bare hands''.
* BenevolentDictator: She has complete control and power over her candy citizens, having created them herself. However, the show mostly depicts her as being a genuinely caring, if often authoritarian, ruler.
* BetterAsFriends: With Finn. After various ups and down, Finn also settles for just being happy being friends with her.
** On the other hand, "King Worm" and "The Lich" imply that Finn still harbors romantic feeling for Princess Bubblegum. Hinted further when Finn was dealing with depression over the loss of his arm in "Breezy" and it's the sight of her (along with what would be his next sword) that fills him with a loving warm feeling that causes his flower arm to sprout into a tree and getting his arm back. Further still, his happy place as shown in "Hero Heart" is himself with Princess Bubblegum or rather her younger self, showing he clearly still cares about her beyond platonically.
** Then there's the fact how Finn is an emotional crutch for Princess Bubblegum and the uniqueness of their relationship. It ends up being PlayedWith since while they are BetterAsFriends for the sake of allowing Bonnibel to run her kingdom and Finn being a hero, it's evident that the emotional aspects remain complicated.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Finn's Betty and Marceline's Veronica.
** She also is the Betty to Flame Princess's Veronica for Finn's Archie.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As sweet as she is, to invoke her wrath would be inadvisable. Ricardio learned that the hard way.
* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: Temporarily served as the main antagonist of the ''Elements'' miniseries along with Betty and Patience St. Pim.]]
* BigGood: She serves as the main authority figure of the series and is usually the one who provides Finn and Jake with their missions.
** Later episodes imply that she has been helping rebuild society in Ooo after the Great Mushroom War.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: She has ''extensive'' surveillance network throughout Ooo, reaching even neighboring kingdoms. At the end of "The Cooler" she takes it down, reminiscent of the scene from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' where Lucius Fox destroyed their surveillance network.
* BlobMonster: The pink goo in "Simon & Marcy" can easily be seen as proto-Bubblegum, but the creators confirmed that such pink goo in one of the games is Bubblegum's parents. In "Bonnie and Neddy", it's revealed that she was originally part of a massive wad of gum that she refers to as "the Mother Gum"; she eventually broke away from it and over time she grew into what she is now.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Toes the line. Some of her experiments don't exactly seem all that humane or safe, for example, but it seems her priorities are too long-term to show in 11 minutes a week.
** There are things that can be guessed at. She is centuries old, but she has explicitly stated that she's ''not'' immortal. Considering she's also TheAgeless, she may very well not be certain of how long her lifespan really is. Between that, how often she and/or the Candy Kingdom are in danger, and how incredibly high-maintenance the candy people are, it's not really surprising how desperate PB is to have either a competent successor or a way to stave off/undo death as soon as possible.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Her quirks don't show ''too'' much, given the setting.
* BrokenBird: Not quite as bad as Marcy, but trauma over being possessed by the Lich is what drove her to create Goliad, she's a {{workaholic}} who emotionally detaches herself from problems, and the stress of being a {{No Respect G|uy}}irl ruler can get to her, as well being the subject of several {{dogged nice guy}}s' scary affections.
** The season six finale sees her realize how much of a jerk she was to the candy people on top of losing her throne (aka her one purpose in life) to the King of Ooo.
** "Bad Timing" reveals that she keeps cyanide pills in case her castle is attacked, and the events of the episode drive her to drink at the end.
** "Something Big" implies that she's repressed so many negative emotions in order to keep herself and the kingdom going, that she's a walking well of raw emotional power, and a prime target for Maja.
* CelibateHero: Of the "Love is a Distraction" variety. Finn, Ice King, Ricardio, Braco, and a throng of other suitors have all tried to woo her at one point, but she all turned them down in favor of ruling over her kingdom properly. It's also heavily implied that the reason she and Marceline originally broke up years before the series started was because she needed to focus on the growing Candy Kingdom.
** Nearly subverted in the episode "Too Young". She clearly is indulging her time being a younger girl free of the responsibilities of running the Candy Kingdom. She spends much of the episode having fun with Finn and their time together is ''saturated'' with ShipTease. In fact, in Candy Prison, Bonnibel notes that she wishes to remain young with the heavy implications of her growing up alongside Finn in a not-so-platonic way. However, she chooses to become her older age (namely because Lemongrab's rule of Candy Kingdom is tearing the place to pieces.) though her way of growing up invovles sharing a kiss with Finn.
** [[spoiler: This is finally subverted in "Come Along With Me" where her renewed relationship with Marceline was confirmed. However, this also came with PB befriending her Aunt Lollie and thus being able to have someone to share power with.]]
* TheChainsOfCommanding: PB occasionally expresses that she'd be relieved to abandon the responsibilities of her position, the problem being that there's no one capable enough to take over for her. "Too Young" was the first prominent example of her revealing this; she would've been more than happy to remain as a younger lady (and [[ShipTease spending time with Finn]]).
* CharacterDevelopment: In "The Cooler", she gets a WhatTheHellHero speech from Flame Princess and after admitting she doesn't want to be considered a bad person, she stops her SinisterSurveillance. In "The Pajama War" and later episodes of season six, as difficult as it is for her, she's also trying to mellow out and not be so controlling. After losing the throne, she realizes just how neglectful and controlling she was to her subjects and has started to mellow out more. [[spoiler:During "Come Along With Me" when she almost started a war against her Uncle Gumbald after he returned to normal, she is out into a nightmare where both of them swap places and she experiences how Gumbald, Lolly and Chicle [[AndIMustScream could still think like normal, but were unable to express it due to the dum-dum juice]] and finally apologized to Gumbald for taking away his kingdom due to not thinking about how he felt.]]
* CheerfulChild: Due to a plot-relevant age-down, she was physically 13, and cute as a button to boot.
* CoolCrown: It can even protect her from the Lich's mind control. She stopped wearing it when she lost the Candy Kingdom's throne to the King of Ooo, but she got it back after regaining her position.
* CrazyPrepared: In "Lady & Peebles" she tells Rainicorn that she has calculated every possible disaster and has brought everything they would need. And also implanted a GPS tracker in Finn's ear at some point in the past.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Her creations have a bad habit of turning against her:
** Goliad went power mad and has to be trapped in a psychic battle with another sphinx.
** Lemongrab became a dangerous dictator, who had to be rebuilt to make himself stable.
** And the biggest of all is her "Uncle" Gumbald. He's just as smart as she is -- but infinitely more dangerous and with zero morals.
* CuteAndPsycho: She can be a bit crazy sometimes, but she's still ultimately on the side of good.
* CuteMonsterGirl: She's a very humanoid Candy Person, with most of the others looking like sweets or cakes with faces and limbs.
* DamselInDistress: She was captured by the Ice King in the pilot, and being his 'number one', is targeted by him on a frequent basis.
** During the climax of Ricardio's debut episode, he has her held hostage, leading Finn, Jake, and [[EnemyMine Ice King]] to come save her.
* DamselOutOfDistress:
** She's only kidnapped by the Ice King when she doesn't have effective countermeasures on hand. When she does, she often out-and-out attacks him successfully (with a tranq gun in "The Glitch", apparently working his pinky over in "Wizards Only, Fools"...).
** She finds herself in trouble with Ricardio in "Lady & Peebles", but she manages to beat him up this time, and [[CurbStompBattle it wasn't even close]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: She is the secondary focus of the ''Stakes'' miniseries not only having a big role in Marceline's character development, but also due to the King of Ooo arc being resolved in the miniseries as well. Same goes for the "Obsidian" special, with it going into Marceline and Bubblegum's history.
* DemonicPossession: The Lich pulls this off on her, ultimately leading to her being [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] in the fight against Finn and the Ice King and put back together, but since some pieces were missing she [[FountainOfYouth came back younger]], [[PuppyLove as old as Finn to be exact]].
* DoingInTheWizard: Even though the magic and such in Ooo was implied to be something else, even early on in the show, she's the only one to openly debunk it.
* DudeMagnet: She has [[AllLovingHero Finn]] and [[DirtyOldMan Ice King]] (and [[CuteMonsterGirl Marceline]]) vying for her affections, along with all the wizards competing for her kiss in "Wizard Battle" and all the suitors in "The Suitor" (which reveals that at least one Candy Kingdom family have been trying to court her for ''generations''). Lumpy Space Princess points this out in "Bad Timing" and is furious, because while LSP ''tries'' to be this PB succeeds without any apparent effort, and isn't interested in any of them.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: She gets plenty of worship and romantic attention, but not a whole lot of respect. Comes to a head in "Apple Wedding", where everyone immediately views the King Of Ooo, a complete fraud, as having more authority than her and she rages so much that she nearly ruins the whole wedding.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: PB was a lot sillier in the first few seasons of the show and carefree, even attending talent shows and relaxing with her fellow citizens compared to the {{Workaholic}} she would become. She also isn't against magic, as she volunteers to kiss the winner in "Wizard Battle"[[note]]On the mouth![[/note]], which goes against both her FlatEarthAtheist views against magic and her CelibateHero status.
* ElementalEmbodiment: She is the embodiment of Candy, one of Ooo's four elements, the others being Fire, Ice, and Slime. She learns in "Elemental" that she can shoot candy out of her hands.
* EmperorScientist: She's the ruler of Ooo whose power seems to be from the fact that she ''made'' most of her candy subjects. (And can make replacements, if necessary.)
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: [[spoiler:She becomes the "Terrible Tower" in the ''Elements'' arc, turning into a giant bubblegum tower who turns people into candy with her presence alone.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Came dangerously close to turning into a full-on BigBad at several points in Seasons 5 and 6. Fortunately, she was reined in by Flame Princess in "The Cooler".
** [[spoiler: Temporarily under went this when she became a pure candy Elemental. Thankfully she was restored back to her normal self at the end of the ''Elements'' miniseries]].
** [[spoiler:She almost went through one again during the final season when she almost started a war with her Uncle Gumbald in an aggressive manner until Finn forced both of them into a nightmare where they were eventually forced to swap places with each other and experience what the other went through. She was finally reigned in when Bubblegum ended up realizing how her relatives could still think like before after being doused with dum-dum juice, but were forced to act stupid and unable to properly express what they really thought. After waking up, she immediately apologized to Gumbald for taking away his kingdom.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Bubblegum makes it clear that she would gladly give up being ruler of the Candy Kingdom because of [[TheChainsOfCommanding how demanding the job is]]. Unfortunately when she has actually stepped down she is shown as lost and longing for it back, both because she has already devoted almost the entirety of her life to it and because her successors are inadequate. So she either keeps at a job she doesn't want or finds herself without purpose.
* FlatEarthAtheist: She can be very dismissive of magic, considering it an ignorant term for the use of scientific principles that its users simply don't understand, despite the extremely bizarre nature of Ooo making her skepticism seem arbitrary to everyone else. It should be noted that it's less she doesn't believe magic isn't real, but rather everything called magic is just a subset of science, and goes so far as to call out what scientific principles are being used when she sees magic in action. This is in spite of the fact that one of her friends is a half-vampire/half-demon who is the daughter of a demon lord, one of her associates is a ghost princess, Death is an actual character in the show, and multiple afterlives (called "Dead Worlds") are stated by ghosts and Death to exist. She is implied to have lost this skepticism at the end of "Wizards Only, Fools" when she saw the cold spell in action. Strangely, she didn't have this open skepticism and hostility towards magic earlier in the show, having a fairly cordial relationship with the wizards and even agreeing to give a kiss to the wizard who won a magic competition in "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS3E8WizardBattle Wizard Battle]]". She even used a magical incantation to turn dough into a loaf of bread in "Five Short Graybles."
* FirstNameBasis: At least some people like Finn have started calling her Bonnie after she lost her throne to the King of Ooo. Finn and Marceline continued to do this after she regained it.
* FoodBasedSuperpowers: Princess Bubblegum is a "Candy Elemental" and has the power to generate and fire jawbreakers as weapons. She just doesn't use the power because she scorns magic and favors science.
* ForScience: She does most of her exploits for science when it's not diplomacy or just hanging out.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The very first episode hints at her being ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Finn refers to PB's first subject of her revival potion as ''Old Man'' Creampuff, following it up with the fact they used to date. Given the fact PB isn't into a DirtyOldMan like the Ice King, it's pretty clear she's much older than she says.
* FountainOfYouth: Got de-aged to 13, briefly. Otherwise, she either ages slowly or not at all.
* GiantPoofySleeves: On her 'princess' dresses.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She's a ProperLady who presents herself as a PrincessClassic and always wears pink. However, she's also a gifted EmperorScientist and a [[PrincessesRule Ruling Princess]] who can be quite ruthless and calculating in the interests of her realm.
* GivenNameReveal: "Go With Me" Marceline reveals that her first name is Bonnibel, and is the only character to refer to her as such until Season 7 where Finn occasionally calls her such as well.
* GratuitousGerman: Uses it fairly often in "What Have You Done?", and a few others. She sometimes breaks into it when surprised or worried.
* GrowingUpSucks: She tells Finn that she would rather stay 13 than turn 18 again and have to deal with the responsibilities that come with being an adult ruler.
* GuestFighter: She's a DLC skin for Lord Vraxx in ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}''
* HeelRealization:
** After Season Five ramped up her less than desirable traits, Season Six had her realize the error of her ways, [[CharacterDevelopment with Season Seven being her redemption.]]
** [[spoiler:During "Come Along With Me" when she wanted to wage war on her Uncle Gumbald, she has another one in a nightmare when learned that her uncle and other relatives could actually still think intelligently when they were doused by the dum-dum juice, but we're unable to properly express themselves and were forced to act stupid because of it. When she goes though the experience herself, Bubblegum begins crying at what she forced them to go through and immediately apologized to Gumbald after waking up for taking away his kingdom.]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:While she normally has difficulty using her candy powers, her fully awakened candy elemental form is able to easily overpower Flame Princess' army, turns Flame Princess into a candy person, and begins turning people and objects in the other kingdoms into candy as well. This implies that she is actually the strongest of the four elementals and only has trouble with her powers because her rational mind is a poor match for using magic.]]
* HollywoodScience: In general, she pulls this off quite nicely. It's taken to a whole new level in "Five Short Graybles" when she uses [[WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens centrifugal force]], growth and shrink serums a la ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', TwoBeingsOneBody teleportation of a jellyfish and a balloon, WhiteMagic with a BlackMagic feel, [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], molecular fabrication, [[MartialArtsAndCrafts karate]], a [[BatterUp baseball bat]] and levitation. All to '' '''[[MundaneMadeAwesome make a sandwich]]'''.'' Keep in mind that this was "the most perfect sandwich to ever exist, or will exist in the confines of space-time".
* HowDoIShotWeb: In "Jelly Beans Have Power" she is shown to have difficulty using her powers intuitively like the other elementals, initially causing her to be limited to a weak jelly bean projectile. She is eventually able to get past this block by thinking through the chemical formulations of different kinds of candy, but she still lacks experience and inadvertently injures several candy subjects in the aftermath. This causes her to largely ignore her magic after that point and fall back on technology most of the time.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: As much of a schmuck as Lemongrab is, he's still ''her'' schmuck, darn it!
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: She is clearly aware of Finn's infatuation with her since the beginning, but only wishes to have a courtly albeit casual friendship with him. However, after the first battle with the Lich resulted in her becoming 13 years old (physically and mentally), she becomes much more openly affectionate to her hero. Her first action was to embrace him affectionately and the next episode we see them together, she indulges in spending plenty of time with him while being a CheerfulChild, hinting that she is being much more open wih her wants and desires, up to wanting to remain 13 with the implications of growing up alongside Finn. However, she dismisses these moments as "that was five years ago" when she turns back to normal of 18. Then there's this moment from "Burning Low", where she thinks Jake listened to her about Flame Princess, but Jake interpreted it differently and told Finn she's jealous. Then there's this line (referring to how Finn being with FP is dangerous because the intense emotions could cause FP's power to go out of control), but Finn (and the audience) understandably interprets this differently:
--> '''Princess Bubblegum''': Finn, sometimes you want someone and you want to kiss them, and be with them. But you can't, because responsibility demands sacrifice.
--> '''Finn''': What are you trying to say?!
--> '''Princess Bubblegum''': I'm trying to say that you're a hero, Finn. You're my hero.
** After the episode, it appears that she does not have any romantic feelings for Finn. However, her tendency to put the kingdom above her own desires or that of her friends along with her own secretative nature and bottling up her feelings mean it is difficult to guage her honesty. Them being BetterAsFriends is for her since it allows her to properly rule her kingdom and based on her word choice, let Finn be the hero Ooo needs him to be. [[spoiler: Seems to become rather moot by the end though.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Bonnibel has been forced to take actions that she's regretted for the greater good. Shown clearly in "Burning Low" when she is nearly forced to allow Finn and Flame Princess to suffocate to prevent the latter from destroying the world.
** Season 5 throws a lot of this her way. She almost always has a good (or at least [[AmbiguousSituation plausible]]) reason for everything she does, but she's not above [[ShootTheDog making sacrifices]].
** This excuse is turned on its head in "The Cooler" where Bonnibel nearly dooms the Fire Kingdom based off the idea the Sleeping Fire Giants ''might'' pose a problem later, with Flame Princess chewing her out that this isn't a matter of PB doing it for the sake of her people as much as she simply a bad person. This shakes PB to her core, having never considered herself as such, and stops her SinisterSurveillance and her acts against the Flame Kingdom in general.
* IdiotBall: Shares this with Peppermint Butler in ''Stakes'' as somehow both of them saw no real issue in having the recently blinded Peppermint Butler dispose of Vampire King's vampiric essence. Unsurprisingly he almost immediately sets off a chain of events that results in the raw essence being unleashed.
* ImAHumanitarian: Or, Candytarian in this case. It's a downplayed case as she never eats an entire candy citizen and it only happens a couple times, but Princess Bubblegum has been shown to eat parts of her candy citizens when stressed if they're too close, which is pretty disturbing considering that she chose to create them from candy in the first place.
* ImmortalityBisexuality: Bubblegum had a romantic relationship with fellow immortal Marceline in the past, [[spoiler:which they rekindle by the series finale.]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: Ambiguous. With an UnwantedHarem of men (both Good, Evil and Neutral) pining for her affections, the only person who's affections she openly reciprocates is [[spoiler:Marceline.]] Whether or not she's attracted to men is up to debate.
* InelegantBlubbering: Bonnibel is ''not'' attractive when she cries. When Finn agrees to help her cure her subjects of Freezer Burn Flu, the happiness plus the stress of having her entire kingdom sick nearly makes her burst into tears. Bulging, tear filled eyes, loud sobbing.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After she sends Lumpy Space Princess back to a form before she met her true love (who was accidentally erased from existence), she sighs and pours herself a glass of [[GRatedDrug root beer]].
* InsufferableGenius: Pops up from time to time, in the sense that the intelligence gap between her and just about everyone else in the area is wide enough to cause problems. It's been present since "Slumber Party Panic", but really only hits a boil in "Wizards Only, Fool" - they wouldn't have had to leave the hospital if she'd just played along with Starchy's need for a 'magic' cure.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Did this to the Ice King in "Wizards Only, Fools."
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: {{Subverted|Trope}} in "Rattleballs" when she makes it ''look'' like she destroyed Rattleballs.
** Comes close to it in "The Cooler" when she attempts to destroy the Fire Kingdom's sleeping fire giants, but has a HeelRealization thanks to Flame Princess and backs off from the slope as a result.
* KickTheDog: One of her lowest moments is conspiring with the Ice King against the Fire Kingdom and cooling its core while getting most of the sleeping fire giants destroyed in order to ensure that they would not be used against the Candy Kingdom, ignoring the fact Flame Princess legitimately had no intention to act against the other kingdoms and this action could doom the entire kingdom. Phoebe rightfully calls her out on this.
* LastNameBasis: No one (apart from Marceline and Finn) calls her Bonnibel.
* LawfulGood: InUniverse-assigned alignment in the comic series.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: She is this to her brother, Neddy, a candy dragon. Unlike his sister, he is very sensitive, docile and is quite fearful of the outside world (implied to be a result of his first experience of living is pain). As such, she is the only person who can comfort him and who he feels comfortable with for the most part.
** It is heavily implied that Finn serves as this to her as well. Her relatonship with him is unique, being one of her true bonds beyond her maternal figures toward the Candy citizens and said bond possesses a close intimacy surpassing PB's friendship with her fellow princesses with the only other bond being close being with Lady Rainicorn. She relies on him heavily and thinks highly of him. At the same time, she is the one dictating the terms of their bond, at least in the sense of it remaining platonic for the sake of her duties. She also is willing to be secretative with him on a fair bit of matters. Ultimately, she does very care about him alot, including his emotional well-being.
* MadScientist: Some episodes seem to indicate that [[CuteAndPsycho she's not exactly quite right in the head]]. Add that and the fact that her [[ForScience scientific exploits]] (case in point: [[TheMentallyDisturbed Lemongrab]]) tend to go wrong half the time, and we get this. In "The Lich", Finn and Jake find her working late into the night creating tiny candy people who farm in a tiny candy sandbox. Then she cuts off one's limbs with a scissor and attaches them to another (which they don't seem to mind much), for no stated reason.
* MamaBear: She acts this way towards Lemongrab in "You Made Me!", and is in general willing to go to extreme lengths for the sake of the Candy citizens.
* MeaningfulName: Her first name is Bonnibel, which means "beautiful girl". Which makes sense considering she was Finn's crush from Seasons 1-3 and is the main princess the Ice King targets. It also sounds very similar to "bonbon," the French word for "candy."
* MiniMecha: Seems to be wearing one in "Wizards Only, Fools". What's odd is that it only covers her upper torso and [[MotionCaptureMecha follows her arms' movements]], leaving her legs fully exposed (with the undersuit she's wearing possibly acting as PoweredArmor, though there's nothing for or against this). It's unclear why ''exactly'' she felt the need to wear it, though she likely came directly from getting the Ice King to reveal the Wizard City password - [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]-style by the sound of it.
* ModestRoyalty: During her off-hours, she's generally very content to hang out with Finn and Jake on their adventures wearing clothing much more simple than you'd expect for royalty, with the exception of [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/5617101485/in/photostream/ keeping]] [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/6166909562/in/photostream/ her crown]].
* MoreDakka: Whenever there is a pressing need for her to save her kingdom/friends through direct action, Peebles will do so with as much force as she can reasonably pull together. Note that she already has a laser-firing joystick-controlled swan bigger than she is - she had ''at least'' two guns in "Lady & Peebles", one of which was roughly equivalent to a ''grenade launcher''.
* MotherlyScientist: Played with; she mainly comes across as a MadScientist, and as a result initially had a rather strained relationship with Lemongrab, who she considered to be a failed experiment. Later on, she tries to be more motherly towards Goliad, but when Goliad goes mad with power and attempts to take over the Candy Kingdom [=PB=] has no choice but to abandon that attitude in order to stop her. However, she's slowly improving her relationship with Lemongrab, and he even calls her "Mother Princess." She treats the Lemongrabs the way a frustrated but patient mom would treat her annoying "special needs" children, and calls them "boys" affectionately. She even says something along the lines of "I need to keep a closer eye on these two, so they won't get into any more trouble. " As of "Too Old" and "Lemonhope Part 1 and 2", how well this applies to the way she views the Lemongrabs is questionable.
* MrViceGuy: Or vice girl in this case. Most of the time, Bubblegum is a [[{{Pun}} sweet-natured]], kind girl. Unfortunately, she's layered with deep-suited trauma, dishonest tendencies and her insistence in trying to bring order to Ooo.
* MsExposition: Often. Unfortunately, she tends to explain things from a broader perspective than necessary - "Burning Low" would have been a lot shorter if she'd given Finn the same explanation she finally gave Jake, for example.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** "Nemesis" strongly implies that her IDidWhatIHadToDo tendencies are freaking even her out, as she's awkward when asked about the rattleballs robots, and she thinks ''she's'' the evil one Peace Master is looking for. She's not, it's Peppermint Butler.
** [[spoiler:After being put in a nightmare by Finn with her Uncle Gumbald during "Come Along With Me", both of them are forced to swap places with each other and experience what the other went through. While Gumbald experiences Bubblegum's issues with TheChainsOfCommanding, she experiences how [[AndIMustScream he could still think intelligently after being doused with dum-dum juice, but could only act stupid and was unable to express how he truly felt at the time]]. After realizing this, she begins to cry and immediately apologized to him for taking away his kingdom after they both wake up.]]
* NecessarilyEvil: Creator/HyndenWalch describes her as a "selflessly evil" character, since she wants to do good and stabilize the land of Ooo, but unfortunately her methods of doing so border on dictatorship. Following "The Cooler", she has begun to move away from this. [[spoiler:During the final season, she almost starts a war against her Uncle Gumbald in an increasingly aggressive manner. After experiencing what he went through after being doused by dum-dum juice however, she realized how cruel her actions were and immediately apologized for taking away his kingdom in the past.]]
* NerdsAreSexy: Again, at least according to Finn. Even if he doesn't admit it.
** Although he {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it himself.
* TheNoseless: Like most people in Ooo, she lacks a visible nose.
* {{No Respect G|uy}}irl: She was the one who created the Candy Kingdom and the majority of the candy people, so is angry when the King Of Ooo waltzes in out of nowhere, is proven to be a fraud and her subjects would still rather obey him than her just because he has a higher title.
* NoSell: Ultimately subverted. In "The Suitor," a demon makes Braco ugly in exchange for becoming a love magnet, and it seems to work as Pep-But is immediately infatuated with him (although given he's something of a NightmareFetishist, it could also be Braco's [[BodyHorror appearance]] that made him attracted to him). [[IncompatibleOrientation She still doesn't display any notable affection for him]]. That is, until after he leaves, tenderly whisper "My love" as he goes into the distance.
* NotSoAboveItAll: With a little coaxing from Finn and Jake, even she finds the antics of the Banana Guards chasing the Jameses funny.
* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: When Bubblegum was overrun by her Elemental powers and became a pure candy Elemental she began turning everyone she could into idiotic candy zombies, but did not realize what harm she was doing to them at the time, and actually thought that everyone was happier that way]].
* OddNameOut: She's the only princess in the series whose name doesn't follow the "(Descriptive Noun) Princess" formula. (There's also Princess Business, but she's only mentioned, never shown.)
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Marceline as of "Come Along with Me".]]
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Bubblegum is usually a DamselOutOfDistress, saving herself or at least angry that she's in peril. Which is why it's weird in James II where she's just standing in the same place scared when Zombie!James menaces her, thus letting the other James save her and prove himself.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: She holds a pink and purple one in the beginning of "Incendium", accentuating both her femininity and royal status.
* PetTheDog: Although she has done many unscrupulous things in her life, in [[GrandFinale "Come Along With Me"]], [[spoiler:she ordered her Banana Guards to run for their lives from the [[EldritchAbomination Monstrosity]] that GOLB created, clearly cementing her as empathetic]].
* PiratesWhoDontDoAnything: She does a lot of princess-ing in the main series, but in "Obsidian" and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeFionnaAndCake'' she's only really shown living with Marceline as opposed to ruling the Candy Kingdom. [[spoiler:Given she now shares power with Aunt Lolly]], it's not like she's leaving the kingdom in incapable hands.
* PlagueDoctor: When the plague accidentally caused by the Ice King was afflicting the Candy Kingdom, she is seen in this outfit.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: In "Too Young", she has to become eighteen again to regain the throne from Earl Lemongrab.
* PottyEmergency: Happens to Princess Bubblegum at the beginning of "Trouble in Lumpy Space". "I should not have drank that much tea!"
* {{Pride}}: A major FatalFlaw of hers. She's so adamant that magic isn't anything special that she refuses to pretend to use magic on Starchy to make him feel better. So she's forced to go to Wizard City and drag Finn and Jake along. The Grand Master Wizard offers them forgiveness for trespassing, so long as PB says that "wizards rule." Of course, she refuses and degrades and derides their beliefs about magic, and thus gets herself, Finn, Jake, and Abracadaniel thrown in Wizard Prison.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Princess Bubblegum is prim, proper, poised, ''very'' pink and also one of the best defenses that her kingdom has. She also singlehandedly defeated Ricardio, even when he hurts Lady Rainicorn. Even Finn, her champion, occasionally needs her to bail him out of trouble.
* PrincessClassic: Mostly an AffectionateParody of the trope, but is often played straight. She is prim, proper, poised, is frequently a DamselInDistress, and [[PrincessesPreferPink loves pink]].
* PrincessesPreferPink: Note that she does have other outfits, several of which aren't very pink - the ones she wears as Princess are all pink-ish.
* PureIsNotGood: She is sweet, kind, friendly, and has a strong sense of justice. Precisely, that is the reason why her methods of justice are morally questionable or dictatorial.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld:
** She's at least 300. In the game ''Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW!'', she tells the Ice King that she's [[spoiler:827 years old]].
** In "The Suitor", it's revealed PB's various suitors have been waiting to court her for ''hundreds'' of years.
** It's been demonstrated via flashback that scales back centuries (and [[LampshadeHanging finally outright acknowledged]] by Finn) as of "The Vault".
--->'''Finn:''' PB, you are like a bazillion years old! You're not freaking 19! What the heck?!\\
'''PB:''' ''(embarrassed)'' Hahaha...\\
'''Finn:''' Weirdo.
* {{Realpolitik}}: Has been steadily getting more willing to keep tabs on ''everyone'', and is willing to directly sabotage other kingdoms (particularly the Fire Kingdom) to maintain peace. However, she also emphasizes using peaceful means first, only stepping up to more violent methods when those have failed.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Her hair is pink (as is her whole body), and she's a sweet princess ([[BewareTheNiceOnes most of the time]]).
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: May actually be the most active of all the Princesses in Ooo. Not that the bar is set terribly high; the only other princesses who seem to do anything other than "exist" are Turtle Princess, who is a librarian, Lumpy Space Princess, who is basically a hobo and occasionally picks up odd jobs (like being an "adventure secretary"/"writer" in "Gotcha!"). The only other princess with a decent track record of doing stuff is Fire Princess, who threatened Candy Kingdom, adventured with Finn, and usurped her father and turned Fire Kingdom's CardCarryingVillain nature around. Also deconstructed as she often burdens herself with too much to do and [[TheChainsOfCommanding she feels crushed by her responsibilities]].
* RubberWoman: Far more downplayed than Jake, but in "Have You Seen The Muffin Mess", when the plague cuts off her arm, she can stretch her bubblegum self into a new one with fingers.
* SanitySlippage: PB gets more and more... stressed... over the course of the series. Hints about it are first shown in "The Duke" when Finn accidentally hits her with a bottle that turns her skin green and makes her hair fall out causes PB to go... well, [[{{Pun}} nuts]].
-->'''Princess Bubblegum:''' Bring [the Duke of Nuts] to justice! ''(suddenly maniacal)'' The justice of a ''cold dungeon!'' ''(cackles insanely)''
* ScienceHero: Bubblegum's scientific intellect has gotten Finn, Jake, herself, and the whole kingdom out of trouble at times - even if it was her [[ForScience scientific exploits]] that got them into trouble in the first place.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Experimenting on living creatures? Creating new life from your friend's DNA without asking? Preemptively destroying other kingdom's forces? Dictating her subject's lives to the point of who marries who? Hating someone for eating pudding? Sending your hero off to beat the snot out someone for the greater good? Don't worry, it's fine. It doesn't really matter how questionable her activities are, because Princess Bubblegum is the sole ruler of the Candy Kingdom. She gets to do what she wants, no matter how morally questionable. Though she is sometimes persuaded by her friends to stop certain behaviors, there's nothing making her do anything. Starting with season 6 however, she eventually begins to realize that she is causing more harm than good and starts toning this down.
* SherlockScan: Bubblegum is shown to have this ability in "Sky Witch".
* SinisterSurveillance: She admits that she spies on everybody in "The Cooler", and doesn't find it to be an issue that people are disturbed by this. By the end of the episode, she seems to get the hint, and unplugs her entire secret surveillance system and locks up the door.
* TheSmartGirl: She's very skilled when it comes to scientific matters.
* SociopathicHero: Creator/RebeccaSugar described her as a sociopath, though clarified that she wasn't a ''literal'' example and more a case of [[BrokenBird someone trying to be like one, suppressing emotions and empathy for what they perceive to be the greater good.]] Starting with Season Six, she's started to change upon realizing how unhealthy this way of living is.
* SophisticatedAsHell: She provides shades of this, shifting from words like "shall" and "beseech" and phrases like "You seem genuinely penitent" to words like "hun" and "ah-ight" and phrases like "You'd better not freakin' tell ''anyone!''" and "Mondo momma brains!" and "ballblamburglerber".
* SourSupporter: Spends most of "Wizards Only, Fool" like this. As she's clearly having to go considerably out of her way (both physically and philosophically) to satisfy a request from one of her subjects, it makes sense.
* SpearCounterpart: Prince Gumball.
* StereotypeFlip: Of PrincessClassic. She's so pink she's bubblegum, with a modest pink dress and long hair as her default look, but she's actually a BrokenBird {{workaholic}} who'll protect her kingdom no matter what the cost and keeps cyanide pills in her meeting room.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Most of her subjects are pretty dumb. [[JustifiedTrope Turns out she made them that way to ensure their loyalty,]] [[IgnoranceIsBliss and also because they appear to be a lot happier as such.]] Whenever they become intelligent rational beings, they tend to be treacherous jerkasses. However, this eventually bites her during the season 6 finale when the King of Ooo easily manipulates them to turn against her and elect him as their ruler instead. When she attempts to call them out on it however, she sees them smiling, blissfully unaware of what they done with her realizing that she made them too stupid as well as how she treated them. [[spoiler:After experiencing what Gumbald, Lolly and Chicle went through after being doused with dum-dum juice in a nightmare, she begins crying as she realized how cruel she actually was to them and immediately apologized to Gumbald after waking up.]]
* TeenGenius: Subverted; early on her age is given as 18, and she's one of the smartest beings in Ooo. It then turns out she's actually ''[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld far]]'' older.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Marceline's Tomboy, with appropriate consequences to [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Marceline's dating advice for Finn.]] (The show makes it clear that Bubblegum is fully capable of doing 'tomboy' things, and the trope as it is applies primarily to their preferences.)
* TookALevelInBadass:
** She saves Finn and Jake at the end of "Dungeon" by swooping in on her magic flying swan, controlling a joystick to make it shoot lasers from its mouth.
** In "What Have You Done?" Princess Bubblegum was about to beat the stuffing out of Ice King... using pink {{Power Fist}}s.
** In "Lady & Peebles",she [[AnArmAndALeg rips Ricardio apart]] with her bare hands and [[GrievousHarmWithABody beats him to a pulp with his own severed limbs]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard that he made for himself]].
** "Reign of Gunthers" solidifies her badass status as she is seen for the first time with a sword and battle attire.
* ToughLeaderFacade: She's composed and has the well-being of her kingdom as her foremost concern. However, it's been shown to be detrimental to her emotional well-being and mental health. She desires time and time again to be free of the mask and it left her isolated. It's implied that it's what cost her [[spoiler: first]] relationship with Marceline and why she ultimately never ended up with Finn.
* TreehouseOfFun: Her castle is built around a tree.
* UnfitForGreatness: Half the time she calls on Finn, it's to make up for her own oversights. Understandably, a lot of this is due to how thinly stretched she is as top scientist and best living diplomat in Ooo, in addition to running the Candy Kingdom part time with little help better than Cinnamon Bun.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: At least fifteen outfits besides her stock pink dress.
* UniversallyBelovedLeader: Her subjects would do nearly anything for her (up to and including donating parts of themselves to her) and she returns that devotion.
** It seems a large part of this is because she views the majority of the candy people as small children who require constant supervision. Honestly, given their actions, she's not that far off. The fact that she literally ''created'' them adds to this.
** However, this seems to wane in later seasons, where we see some of her subjects resent her [[BigBrotherIsWatching Big Brother]] ways, culminating in electing King of Ooo as their new ruler. Luckily she eventually wins her throne back by Season 7.
* UnscrupulousHero: Don't let [[PrincessClassic first]] [[UniversallyBelovedLeader impressions]] fool you: she's willing to stoop pretty low in various situations.
* UnwantedHarem: There was a point that Finn, Ice King and Ricardio all had crushes on her. She's not comfortable with their romantic pursuits (with the exception of Finn, where there are hints her feelings for him are not entirely platonic.)
** She literally has a harem of suitors waiting to date her as seen in "The Suitor". She makes it clear that she wants to focus on her studies and doesn't date. Because of this, some of the suitors have been waiting ''hundreds of years.''
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Marceline kinda implied this regarding her relationship with Princess Bubblegum in her song in "What Was Missing". "Sorry I don't treat you like a goddess", indeed.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She means well overall, but is willing to pull drastic action if she believes it will aid her citizens. It says something when her own voice actress describes her as a "selflessly evil" kind of character. Flame Princess calls her out on this in "The Cooler".
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Considers her subjects expendable, as she can [[OpeningACanOfClones make more]]. She has prevented Finn from sacrificing himself and allowed a candy subject to do so because of this specifically.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler:In the ''Elements'' miniseries, Patience transforming her into a pure Candy elemental makes her into a giant, perpetually cheerful tower of bubblegum who [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul forcibly transforms people into constantly happy candy elementals.]]]]
* YouDoNOTWantToKnow: Finn, Jake, and Marceline all agree it is best not to know what PB is up to in her lab.
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* BareYourMidriff: In the ''Stakes'' miniseries.
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* BareYourMidriff: BareMidriffsAreFeminine: In the ''Stakes'' miniseries.
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BMO, pronounced ''[[FunWithAcronyms Beemo]]'', is Finn and Jake's {{cute|Machines}} {{Animate Inanimate|Object}} VideoGame system. A bit of a rebel and with a tendency to get lost in his imagination, Beemo sometimes enjoys turning up his volume too loud and running out of batteries during a game. Speaks with a Korean accent, and looks like cross between a UsefulNotes/GameBoy, UsefulNotes/{{Macintosh}} and a UsefulNotes/{{Vectrex}}. [[spoiler:Was built by pre-Mushroom War robotics engineer Moseph Maestro Giovanni to be a companion and best friend to the son he never had and eventually sent into the world by said inventor to "Be More" and find a family]].
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BMO, pronounced ''[[FunWithAcronyms Beemo]]'', is Finn and Jake's {{cute|Machines}} {{Animate Inanimate|Object}} VideoGame system. A bit of a rebel and with a tendency to get lost in his imagination, Beemo sometimes enjoys turning up his volume too loud and running out of batteries during a game. Speaks with a Korean accent, and looks like cross between a UsefulNotes/GameBoy, UsefulNotes/{{Macintosh}} Platform/GameBoy, Platform/{{Macintosh}} and a UsefulNotes/{{Vectrex}}.Platform/{{Vectrex}}. [[spoiler:Was built by pre-Mushroom War robotics engineer Moseph Maestro Giovanni to be a companion and best friend to the son he never had and eventually sent into the world by said inventor to "Be More" and find a family]].
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* BareYourMidriff: In the ''Stakes'' miniseries.
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* IdiotBall: While Jake is more or less defined as wise but not smart, there are various episodes where Jake firmly grasps the ball and does extremely impulsive, reckless, or idiotic things without any real explanation given and at the same time we are introduced to the idea Jake was a competent criminal who was capable of pulling off heists. Though this seems to ensure he doesn't use his StoryBreakerPower to solve the plot.
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* IdiotBall: While Jake is more or less defined as wise but not smart, there are various episodes where Jake firmly grasps the ball and does extremely impulsive, reckless, or idiotic things without any real explanation given and at given. It seems like he's just dumb, but it is established in the same time we are introduced to the idea Jake series that he was a competent successful criminal who was ''mastermind'' capable of pulling off heists. Though this seems to ensure he doesn't use his StoryBreakerPower to solve the plot.
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* AbsentAnimalCompanion: Marceline has a pet poodle named Shwabl, who's been her companion since before she was turned into a vampire. When she turned, she accidentally sucked the pink out of his fur and nearly killed him, but was able to bring him back as a half-ghost thanks to a spell from the Enchiridion. In the show, Schwabl only appears in the background at her house in a handful of episodes.
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* AbsentAnimalCompanion: Marceline has a pet poodle named Shwabl, who's been her companion since before she was turned into a vampire. When The book "The Enchiridion & Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook" reveals that when she turned, she accidentally sucked the pink out of his Shwabl's fur and nearly killed him, but was able to bring him back as a half-ghost thanks to a spell from the Enchiridion. In the show, show however, Schwabl only appears in the background at her house in a handful of episodes.
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* ImmortalImmaturity: She's been around for at least a thousand years, but she's really not too much more mature than Finn himself is. At times, he's even more mature than her. [[spoiler:She acknowledges this in ''Stakes'', and thinks she can only move on with her life if she starts aging.]]
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* ImmortalImmaturity: She's been around for at least a thousand years, but she's really not too much more mature than Finn himself is. At times, he's even more mature than her. [[spoiler:She acknowledges this in ''Stakes'', and thinks she can only move on with her life if she starts aging.aging, and that sentiment is defied, acknowledging that being immortal had nothing to do with her immaturity, and starts maturing emotionally.]]
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Of the two immortal characters, she's the one that has the most fun. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Stakes'', when she believes her lack of aging is keeping her from solving her personal problems, and tries to get it taken away. She then accepts that aging forever is not preventing her from solving her personal problems, and it was her own mentality keeping her from addressing them.]]
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Of the two immortal characters, she's the one that has the most fun. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Stakes'', when she believes her lack of aging is keeping her from solving her personal problems, and tries to get it taken away. She then accepts that her lack of aging forever is not preventing her from solving her personal problems, and it was her own mentality keeping her from addressing them.]]
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Usually decked out in punk-rock apparel. She generally tries to be cool and rather unfeeling, she harbors a very broken spirit due to loneliness in living forever, among other things. Whenever her more sensitive or emotional side is shown, she gets angry. She and fellow immortal Ice King also share a long and painful history together, and she spends much of her time finding and moving into new houses to avoid him, until the events of I Remember You.
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Usually decked out in punk-rock apparel. She generally tries to be cool and rather unfeeling, she harbors a very broken spirit due to loneliness in living forever, among other things. Whenever her more sensitive or emotional side is shown, she gets angry. She and fellow immortal Ice King also share a long and painful history together, and she spends much of her time finding and moving into new houses to avoid him, until the events of I "I Remember You.You".
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Usually decked out in punk-rock apparel. She generally tries to be cool and rather unfeeling, she harbors a very broken spirit due to loneliness in living forever, among other things. Whenever her more sensitive or emotional side is shown, she gets angry. She and fellow immortal Ice King also share a long and painful history together, and she spends much of her time finding and moving into new houses to avoid him.
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Usually decked out in punk-rock apparel. She generally tries to be cool and rather unfeeling, she harbors a very broken spirit due to loneliness in living forever, among other things. Whenever her more sensitive or emotional side is shown, she gets angry. She and fellow immortal Ice King also share a long and painful history together, and she spends much of her time finding and moving into new houses to avoid him.him, until the events of I Remember You.
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** In "Evicted!" Marceline is far more antagonistic than the rest of the series paints her out to be, even before she TookALevelInKindness ''or'' TookALevelInJerkass. She willing to ''kill'' Finn and Jake, she fully bites down and nearly drains Jake of all his blood and threatened to do so to Finn moments earlier, and might very well done so had she not changed her mind at the last minute. This level of aggressiveness is shown nowhere else in the show, as even people who did much more to her got off with lesser punishments, even in flashbacks.
** In the same episode, she both slaps Finn's butt and kisses him on the cheek and causes him to blush, not only does Marceline not do anything like this again and voices a desire of being BetterAsFriends, she's never this openly teasing to either of her on-screen partners who one would think ''would'' get this treatment.
** In "Evicted!" Marceline is far more antagonistic than the rest of the series paints her out to be, even before she TookALevelInKindness ''or'' TookALevelInJerkass. She willing to ''kill'' Finn and Jake, she fully bites down and nearly drains Jake of all his blood and threatened to do so to Finn moments earlier, and might very well done so had she not changed her mind at the last minute. This level of aggressiveness is shown nowhere else in the show, as even people who did much more to her got off with lesser punishments, even in flashbacks.
** In the same episode, she both slaps Finn's butt and kisses him on the cheek and causes him to blush, not only does Marceline not do anything like this again and voices a desire of being BetterAsFriends, she's never this openly teasing to either of her on-screen partners who one would think ''would'' get this treatment.
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* EtTuBrute: Almost everybody Marceline has ever loved has either betrayed her and/or abandoned her. Following her mother's death, she was raised by the Ice King, who became a father figure to her during the early days of the apocalypse, but he doesn't remember his past with her due to his insanity. After that, communication with her birth father is infrequent and often results in him hurting her feelings. Later, a boyfriend steals and sells her stuffed bear, the only memento she had of her days with Simon. Finally, she had a major fallout with Princess Bubblegum, who used to date in the past. As a result, she has a tendency to bottle up her emotions and drive others away before they can get close to her.
* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Marceline is quite protective of her ParentalSubstitute Simon Petrikov/Ice King, and he's one of the few characters that can bring out her softer side. In the ''Stakes'' miniseries, a rival vampire angers Marcy by insulting Simon, and she angrily exclaims "That's the last time you toy with his heart!" before staking the vamp through the heart.
* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Marceline is quite protective of her ParentalSubstitute Simon Petrikov/Ice King, and he's one of the few characters that can bring out her softer side. In the ''Stakes'' miniseries, a rival vampire angers Marcy by insulting Simon, and she angrily exclaims "That's the last time you toy with his heart!" before staking the vamp through the heart.
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* EtTuBrute: Almost everybody Marceline has ever loved has either betrayed her and/or abandoned her. Following her mother's death, death who she believed abandoned her, she was raised by the Ice King, who became a father figure to her during the early days years of the apocalypse, but he doesn't remember his past with too has to abandon her due out of fear he's too dangerous and mentally unstable to his insanity.be around her. After that, communication with her birth father is infrequent and often results in him hurting her feelings. Later, a her boyfriend steals and sells her stuffed bear, the only memento she had of her days with Simon. Finally, she had a major and public fallout with Princess Bubblegum, who used to date in the past.Bubblegum while they were dating. As a result, she has a tendency to bottle up her emotions and drive others away before they can get close to her.
* EvilIsPetty: Kicking Jake and Finn out of their treehouse because it originally belonged to her was ''at the very least'' understandable, her appearing to kick Finn and Jake out of her cave ''just'' as they were settling in was already over the line. Attempting to steal Jake because Finn finds comfort in him and then attempting to kill Finn AND Jake due to stopping her attempted theft? That's truly petty.
* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Marceline is quite protective of her ParentalSubstitute Simon Petrikov/Ice King, and he's one of the few characters that can bring out her softer side. In the ''Stakes'' miniseries,a rival vampire the Empress angers Marcy by insulting Simon, and she angrily exclaims "That's the last time you toy with his heart!" before staking the vamp through the heart.
* EvilIsPetty: Kicking Jake and Finn out of their treehouse because it originally belonged to her was ''at the very least'' understandable, her appearing to kick Finn and Jake out of her cave ''just'' as they were settling in was already over the line. Attempting to steal Jake because Finn finds comfort in him and then attempting to kill Finn AND Jake due to stopping her attempted theft? That's truly petty.
* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Marceline is quite protective of her ParentalSubstitute Simon Petrikov/Ice King, and he's one of the few characters that can bring out her softer side. In the ''Stakes'' miniseries,
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Of the two immortal characters, she's the one that has the most fun. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Stakes'', when she believes her lack of aging is keeping her from solving her personal problems, and tries to get it taken away.]]
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Of the two immortal characters, she's the one that has the most fun. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Stakes'', when she believes her lack of aging is keeping her from solving her personal problems, and tries to get it taken away. She then accepts that aging forever is not preventing her from solving her personal problems, and it was her own mentality keeping her from addressing them.]]
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* OverlyLongTongue: Either when she's shapeshifting or not, Marceline has a pretty long tongue, probably most evident by her little counterpart in ''All the little people'', where her tongue is almost as long as Peppermint Butler's entire body.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: While Jake is unambiguously attracted to Lady Rainicorn, more than a few of his comments to guys have hinted at attraction that is more than just platonic, outright declaring love a couple of times.
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* CovertPervert: It's implied throughout the series that Jake and Lady Rainicorn are a pretty dirty couple when not on-screen. They ran naked together through a farmer's property, and Rainicorn asked him to make a "tape" for her, which he did.
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* IdiotBall: While Jake is more or less defined as wise but not smart, there are various episodes where Jake firmly grasps the ball and does extremely impulsive, reckless, or idiotic things without any real explanation given and at the same time we are introduced to the idea Jake was a competent criminal who was capable of pulling off heists. Though this seems to ensure he doesn't use his StoryBreakerPower to solve the plot.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: BMO was first treated like a sentient video game console that happened to live with Finn and Jake for the sake of entertainment, but as they got extended focus, they essentially were considered to be their own person and Finn and Jake grew extremely attached to them as a result, viewing them as a child.
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* InformedFlaw: Claims to not have not feel pain or emotions, but very clearly reacts to pain and displays emotions freely.
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* SpoiledBrat: Fitting of his child-like behavior, BMO can act like a rotten child who will cry or freak out because he can't get what he wants. However, this is downplayed, as BMO is mostly well-behaved.
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* AbsentAnimalCompanion: Marceline has a pet poodle named Shwabl, who's been her companion since before she was turned into a vampire. When she turned, she accidentally sucked the pink out of his fur and nearly killed him, but was able to bring him back as a half-ghost thanks to a spell from the Enchiridion. In the show, Schwabl only appears in the background at her house in a handful of episodes.
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* FallenHero: The Stakes mini-series reveals her to be this. She used to be as heroic as Finn, and dedicated her life to protecting humanity from the vampires. However, after all the trauma she has experienced (and her immortality making her realize the ciclical nature of history), she has become too jaded to care about other people.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: [[spoiler:Thinking Golb's abomination murdered Bubblegum, she cries her name before turning into Vampire King's cloudy form and nearly tearing it to shreds.]]
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: [[spoiler:Thinking Golb's GOLB's abomination murdered Bubblegum, she cries her name before turning into Vampire King's cloudy form and nearly tearing it to shreds.]]
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* UnlimitedWardrobe: Averted. ''How'' many outfits has she worn now? Notably, since she had a different outfit for each of her appearances, she was the first character to avert LimitedWardrobe. Considering that she's over a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld thousand years old]], it's probably not that weird to see her having many clothes.
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* UnlimitedWardrobe: Averted. ''How'' many outfits has she worn now? Notably, since she had a different outfit for each of her appearances, she was the first character to avert LimitedWardrobe. Considering that she's over a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld thousand years old]], it's probably not that weird to see her having many clothes.
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* BusCrash: It's heavily implied in ''Obsidian'', and later confirmed in the ''Fionna and Cake'' series that he died some time after ''Come Along With Me''. The exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery.
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'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn Finn]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimePrincessBubblegum Princess Bubblegum]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeIceKing Ice King]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeAntagonistsAndEnemies Antagonists and Enemies]] ([[Characters/AdventureTimeTheLich The Lich]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeLandOfOoo Land of Ooo]] ([[Characters/AdventureTimeCandyKingdom The Candy Kingdom]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeMultiverse Multiverse Characters]]-]]]]]
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'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn Finn]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimePrincessBubblegum Princess Bubblegum]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeIceKing Ice King]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeAntagonistsAndEnemies Antagonists and Enemies]] ([[Characters/AdventureTimeTheLich The Lich]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeLandOfOoo Land of Ooo]] ([[Characters/AdventureTimeCandyKingdom The Candy Kingdom]]) Kingdom]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeKingdomsOfOoo Other Kingdoms]]) | [[Characters/AdventureTimeOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/AdventureTimeMultiverse Multiverse Characters]]-]]]]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: In "The Apple Thief", Jake says he knows the darker side of the Candy Kingdom. He used to be a criminal who stole purses and hawked stolen bicycles which could explain his actions in "City of Thieves". A later episode actually shows that he was a criminal ''mastermind'' who managed to get out of the business (because he [[HeelRealization realized it was wrong]]).
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: In "The Apple "Apple Thief", Jake says he knows the darker side of the Candy Kingdom. He used to be a criminal who stole purses and hawked stolen bicycles which could explain his actions in "City of Thieves". A later episode actually shows that he was a criminal ''mastermind'' who managed to get out of the business (because he [[HeelRealization realized it was wrong]]).
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* DisappearedDad: He has better intentions than most of the Adventure Time fathers, and he really does love and miss his kids, but "Ocarina" framed this approach as not a good thing.
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* DisappearedDad: He has better intentions than most of the Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' fathers, and he really does love and miss his kids, but "Ocarina" framed this approach as not a good thing.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:It's not clear when or how, but Jake passed away some time after the series' end, made apparent by both "Obsidian" and the Fionna and Cake series.]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:It's not clear when or how, but Jake passed away some time after the series' end, made apparent by both "Obsidian" and the Fionna and Cake series.''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeFionnaAndCake''.]]
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Prismo and Tiffany both seem to really like Jake. There's also the [[StalkerWithACrush bellhop]] in the "Seeing Red" graphic novel.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Prismo and Tiffany both seem to really like Jake. There's also the [[StalkerWithACrush bellhop]] in the "Seeing Red" ''Seeing Red'' graphic novel.
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* FatalFlaw: His inability to pay attention or focus on a task often acts as a hindrance for both himself and Finn, particularly in " "Morituri Te Salutamus" and "Power Animal".
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* FatalFlaw: His inability to pay attention or focus on a task often acts as a hindrance for both himself and Finn, particularly in " "Morituri Te Salutamus" and "Power Animal".
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** In "The Gut Grinder," he admits that he likes to stick his nose in poop due to there being a lot of interesting smells in it.
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** In "The Gut Grinder," Grinder", he admits that he likes to stick his nose in poop due to there being a lot of interesting smells in it.
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* MellowFellow: Every bit as laid back as Finn is HotBlooded, to the point where he accepted his apparently incoming death after his "croak dream". By his own admission, he doesn't care about much of anything and simply takes life as it is. This actually becomes a FatalFlaw in the "Elements" arc where his lazy and passive personality becomes so overwhelming he almost lets himself and Finn die. [[spoiler: In "Together Again," it's this generally relaxed attitude and lack of any real desire that causes him to ascend to the 50th Dead World, which is essentially nirvana]].
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* MellowFellow: Every bit as laid back as Finn is HotBlooded, to the point where he accepted his apparently incoming death after his "croak dream". By his own admission, he doesn't care about much of anything and simply takes life as it is. This actually becomes a FatalFlaw in the "Elements" ''Elements'' arc where his lazy and passive personality becomes so overwhelming he almost lets himself and Finn die. [[spoiler: In "Together Again," it's this generally relaxed attitude and lack of any real desire that causes him to ascend to the 50th Dead World, which is essentially nirvana]].
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* NotQuiteBackToNormal: [[spoiler:At the end of the "Elements" Mini-series, the WorldHealingWave awakens his full alien shapeshifter heritage, though he doesn't seem to initially notice]].
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* NotQuiteBackToNormal: [[spoiler:At the end of the "Elements" Mini-series, ''Elements'' miniseries, the WorldHealingWave awakens his full alien shapeshifter heritage, though he doesn't seem to initially notice]].
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* OfficialCouple: He and Lady Rainicorn. He's dead set on eventually starting a family with her, and as of "Jake the Dad", the two had kids.
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* OfficialCouple: He and Lady Rainicorn. He's dead set on eventually starting a family with her, and as of "Jake the Dad", the two had kids.
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* ReformedCriminal: He once ran a gang of bank robbers who were quite successful when he was younger, but he left the life behind. He pulls his gang back together in "One Last Job."
* RhymesOnADime: He seems to enjoy a good rhyme. He once forced Finn to communicate via rhyme during "Ocean of Fear"
* RhymesOnADime: He seems to enjoy a good rhyme. He once forced Finn to communicate via rhyme during "Ocean of Fear"
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* ReformedCriminal: He once ran a gang of bank robbers who were quite successful when he was younger, but he left the life behind. He pulls his gang back together in "One Last Job."
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* RhymesOnADime: He seems to enjoy a good rhyme. He once forced Finn to communicate via rhyme during "Ocean ofFear"Fear".
* RhymesOnADime: He seems to enjoy a good rhyme. He once forced Finn to communicate via rhyme during "Ocean of
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* UncertainDoom: Post-main series content strongly implies that Jake passed away not too long after the finale, which is in line with the fact that he was getting on his years by the end of the series. While ''Together Again'' shows him outright dead, this over 70 years later, at the end of Finn's life as well (and showing more or less the entire mortal cast dead too), leaving it unclear just ''when'' he died. Not helping is ''Obsidian'' and ''Fionna and Cake'' once again very strongly implying that he is gone [[spoiler: by showing both Finn and Prismo deeply grieving]] but never even stated it outright, nevermind explaining if he passed of natural causes or if it was violent.
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* UncertainDoom: Post-main series content strongly implies that Jake passed away not too long after the finale, which is in line with the fact that he was getting on his years by the end of the series. While ''Together Again'' "Together Again" shows him outright dead, this over 70 years later, at the end of Finn's life as well (and showing more or less the entire mortal cast dead too), leaving it unclear just ''when'' he died. Not helping is ''Obsidian'' "Obsidian" and the ''Fionna and Cake'' series once again very strongly implying that he is gone [[spoiler: by showing both Finn and Prismo deeply grieving]] but never even stated it outright, nevermind explaining if he passed of natural causes or if it was violent.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Downplayed in the Pirates of the Enchiridion video game, while BMO's arsenal in that game is best suited for being a SupportPartyMember, she's still tough enough to keep up with Finn, Jake, and Marceline in fighting alongside them, something that would be difficult for them to pull off in the show.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Downplayed in the Pirates ''Pirates of the Enchiridion Enchiridion'' video game, while BMO's arsenal in that game is best suited for being a SupportPartyMember, she's still tough enough to keep up with Finn, Jake, and Marceline in fighting alongside them, something that would be difficult for them to pull off in the show.
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** In the Munchkin Adventure Time board game, every character has a card with two sides, depicting the normal character and gender-bent Fionna and Cake counterpart (as in Munchkin, your character's STARTING gender is the same as your own). While BMO's card has two sides and two different pictures, no gender can be derived from them, and the card outright states that BMO ignores any gender-related stuff in the game.
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** In the ''[[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} Munchkin Adventure Time board Time]]'' card game, every character has a card with two sides, depicting the normal character and gender-bent Fionna and Cake counterpart (as in Munchkin, ''Munchkin'', your character's STARTING gender is the same as your own). While BMO's card has two sides and two different pictures, no gender can be derived from them, and the card outright states that BMO ignores any gender-related stuff in the game.
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* CassandraTruth: When Jake tells BMO not to mention any of his past life of crime to Finn in ''One Last Job'', BMO manages to forget keeping it a secret from him. Finn dismisses it as BMO being [[CloudCuckooLander over-actively imaginative]] anyway.
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* CassandraTruth: When Jake tells BMO not to mention any of his past life of crime to Finn in ''One "One Last Job'', Job", BMO manages to forget keeping it a secret from him. Finn dismisses it as BMO being [[CloudCuckooLander over-actively imaginative]] anyway.
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* {{Cute Machine|s}}: Lampshaded by Marceline in "Evicted".
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* TimeAbyss: BMO actually predates the "Mushroom Wars" [[spoiler:By the end of the series in the Epilogue(set 1000 years in the future) he's the only character we recognize who hasn't changed]].
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* TimeAbyss: BMO actually predates the "Mushroom Wars" Wars". [[spoiler:By the end of the series series, in the Epilogue(set Shermy and Beth scenes (set 1000 years in the future) future), he's the only character we recognize who hasn't changed]].
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* AmazonChaser: Shows very obvious signs of attraction to Susan Strong in the Islands mini-series, as well as telling Princess Bubblegum that she "always looks great after fighting monsters" at the end of ''Obsidian''.
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* AmazonChaser: Shows very obvious signs of attraction to Susan Strong in the Islands mini-series, as well as telling Princess Bubblegum that she "always looks great after fighting monsters" at the end of ''Obsidian''."Obsidian".
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* CompanionCube: Her childhood teddy bear, Hambo, mainly because it was given to her by her father figure and best friend Simon Petrikov. It was sold to Maja the Sky Witch by her abusive boyfriend Ash, causing them to break up. She reclaims it in the episode ''Sky Witch'', only to lose it again in an effort to help Simon say goodbye to his lost love in ''Betty''.
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* CompanionCube: Her childhood teddy bear, Hambo, mainly because it was given to her by her father figure and best friend Simon Petrikov. It was sold to Maja the Sky Witch by her abusive boyfriend Ash, causing them to break up. She reclaims it in the episode ''Sky Witch'', "Sky Witch", only to lose it again in an effort to help Simon say goodbye to his lost love in ''Betty''."Betty".
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** She used to live in the Tree House where Finn and Jake now live. A flashback in the "Stakes" ministries shows that she befriended and protected a group of human survivors who would go on to colonize The Islands, the archipelago where Finn was originally born.
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** She used to live in the Tree House where Finn and Jake now live. A flashback in the "Stakes" ministries ''Stakes'' miniseries shows that she befriended and protected a group of human survivors who would go on to colonize The Islands, the archipelago where Finn was originally born.
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* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Marceline is quite protective of her ParentalSubstitute Simon Petrikov/Ice King, and he's one of the few characters that can bring out her softer side. In the "Stakes" miniseries, a rival vampire angers Marcy by insulting Simon, and she angrily exclaims "That's the last time you toy with his heart!" before staking the vamp through the heart.
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* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Marceline is quite protective of her ParentalSubstitute Simon Petrikov/Ice King, and he's one of the few characters that can bring out her softer side. In the "Stakes" ''Stakes'' miniseries, a rival vampire angers Marcy by insulting Simon, and she angrily exclaims "That's the last time you toy with his heart!" before staking the vamp through the heart.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Strongly implied. In 'What Was Missing', the Door Lord didn't actually steal anything from her, she just wanted to hang out with her friends and gets intensely embarrassed when this is pointed out. In 'Memory of A Memory', it's shown that she was a borderline ExtremeDoormat when it came to her abusive boyfriend Ash until he sold her only fond childhood treasure for an entirely pointless reason.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Strongly implied. In 'What "What Was Missing', Missing", the Door Lord didn't actually steal anything from her, she just wanted to hang out with her friends and gets intensely embarrassed when this is pointed out. In 'Memory "Memory of A Memory', Memory", it's shown that she was a borderline ExtremeDoormat when it came to her abusive boyfriend Ash until he sold her only fond childhood treasure for an entirely pointless reason.
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* {{Invisibility}}: Uses it to sneak in on Ice King's "Fionna and Cake" reading session, and for cheap laughs in "Heat Signature". (It's apparently a vampire power... but she's in the midst of messing with Finn and Jake when she says so.) Given her personality, it's not surprising that she doesn't use it often.
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* {{Invisibility}}: Uses it to sneak in on Ice King's "Fionna Fionna and Cake" Cake reading session, session in "Bad Little Boy", and for cheap laughs in "Heat Signature". (It's apparently a vampire power... but she's in the midst of messing with Finn and Jake when she says so.) Given her personality, it's not surprising that she doesn't use it often.
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** Seemed to be a straight-up {{Jerkass}} in her introduction episode (in the "Evicted" song, she sang that she was "1000 years old and just lost track of her moral code"). "Henchman" would then reveal that she's actually a pretty cool chick who simply enjoys screwing with people but never actually aims to hurt them, and by the end of the episode she and Finn strike up a friendship.
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** Seemed to be a straight-up {{Jerkass}} in her introduction episode (in the "Evicted" "House Hunting" song, she sang that she was "1000 years old and just lost track of her moral code"). "Henchman" would then reveal that she's actually a pretty cool chick who simply enjoys screwing with people but never actually aims to hurt them, and by the end of the episode she and Finn strike up a friendship.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Finn. 'Go With Me' confirms that neither of them has feelings for each other ''that'' way.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Of the two immortal characters, she's the one that has the most fun. [[spoiler:Subverted in "Stakes", when she believes her lack of aging is keeping her from solving her personal problems, and tries to get it taken away.]]
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Of the two immortal characters, she's the one that has the most fun. [[spoiler:Subverted in "Stakes", when she believes her lack of aging is keeping her from solving her personal problems, and tries to get it taken away.]]
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Finn. 'Go "Go With Me' Me" confirms that neither of them has feelings for each other ''that'' way.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Of the two immortal characters, she's the one that has the most fun. [[spoiler:Subverted in"Stakes", ''Stakes'', when she believes her lack of aging is keeping her from solving her personal problems, and tries to get it taken away.]]
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Of the two immortal characters, she's the one that has the most fun. [[spoiler:Subverted in
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* LooksLikeOrlok: When she gets too hungry, as seen in ''Red Starved''. She also makes her nose look more bat-like when she wants to pick it.
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* LooksLikeOrlok: When she gets too hungry, as seen in ''Red Starved''."Red Starved". She also makes her nose look more bat-like when she wants to pick it.
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* MsFanservice: Lampshaded/Discussed in the House Hunting song in Evicted.
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* MsFanservice: Lampshaded/Discussed in the House Hunting "House Hunting" song in Evicted."Evicted!".
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* NightmareFace: Marceline can do this voluntarily and to great effect. In "Henchmen", she just does it for the reaction on Jake's face, as he is still afraid of vampires. The ''Adventure Time'' Team's portion of the Frederator blog has a small collection of the faces she made [[http://frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/2010/08/18/its-more-marceline/ throughout the episode.]]
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* NightmareFace: Marceline can do this voluntarily and to great effect. In "Henchmen", "Henchman", she just does it for the reaction on Jake's face, as he is still afraid of vampires. The ''Adventure Time'' Team's portion of the Frederator blog has a small collection of the faces she made [[http://frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/2010/08/18/its-more-marceline/ throughout the episode.]]
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* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Princess Bubblegum as of ''"Come Along with Me"''.]]
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* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Princess Bubblegum as of ''"Come "Come Along with Me"''.Me".]]
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* VampireHickey: Marceline has two noticeable bite marks on her neck, giving the indication that she was turned sometime in the past. The "Stakes" mini-series eventually reveals in a flashback, to when she was just a common cambrion half-demon (human mother, demon father), that this was from the vampire king who bit and turned her just as she was staking him. In the present day of the story, when she regains the last of his vampire power, the vampire essence puts the marks back on her neck as she's absorbing the power.
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* VampireHickey: Marceline has two noticeable bite marks on her neck, giving the indication that she was turned sometime in the past. The "Stakes" ''Stakes'' mini-series eventually reveals in a flashback, to when she was just a common cambrion half-demon (human mother, demon father), that this was from the vampire king who bit and turned her just as she was staking him. In the present day of the story, when she regains the last of his vampire power, the vampire essence puts the marks back on her neck as she's absorbing the power.
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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference; Early in ''Adventure Time'', Jake was rather skinny with a square-shaped body, long jowls, and large ears. As the series progressed, he gained weight and a rounder body shape, and his jowls and ears shrunk.
