Recap / Adventure Time S 3 E 26 Incendium

Jake embarks on a solo mission to help a broken-hearted Finn (part 1 of a two-parter).

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Tropes

• Ass Shove: BMO gooses Finn to try to shock him out of lovesickness.
• Big "WHAT?!": Jake drops one when it is revealed that Flame Princess is evil.
• Bowdlerise:
  • Some lyrics from the original version of "All Warmed Up Inside":
    You're like a beautiful treasure / I want to open your chest
  • After Jake sings "All Warmed Up Inside", the Flame King originally said this:
    Flame King: "A fire inside my body"?! That's pornographic.
• The Caligula: Flame King is impressed by Jake transforming into Finn and pretending to murder himself. He also is happy with Jake accidentally extinguishing his jester.
• Captain Obvious: Courtesy of Flame King: "Three is more than one..."
• Catch a Falling Star: In the final moments of the episode, Finn catches an extinguished Flame Princess who is able to relight herself.
• Cue the Rain: It starts raining after Bubblegum brushes Finn off, reflecting Finn's mood turning sour as he's reminded of his unrequited crush.
• Deliberate Values Dissonance: Subtle, but Flame King thinks the lyrics to "All Warmed Up Inside" (namely the verse "There's a fire inside my body") are apparently gross.
• Disproportionate Retribution: Flame Princess reduces some courtiers to Flambits for whispering about her.
• Gratuitous Latin: "Incendium" means "fire" or "burning" in Latin.
• Growing Up Sucks: The episode is sparked by Finn being upset to discover that he's old enough that Princess Bubblegum finds him snuggling up to her to be "weird".
• High Koala-ty Cuteness: Subverted when Flame King says he likes koalas, so Jake shapeshifts a very deformed-looking koala to give to FK. Flame King is disgusted and says he doesn't like koalas anymore.
• Love at First Punch: After Flame Princess nearly destroys the Tree Fort and leaves a hand-shaped burn on his face, Finn's reaction is "I think I have a crush".
• Playing Cyrano: Jake goes out looking to find Finn a girlfriend, and woos Flame Princess for him.
• Screams Like a Little Girl: Jake mistakes Flambo for a Damsel in Distress because of his high-pitched screaming.
  Flambo: Yeah, it's me. Bet you thought I was a dame, on account of my girlish screamin'.
  Jake: I did think that.
• Silly Love Songs: "All Warmed Up Inside" has a silly and lighthearted tone.
• Sequel Episode: To "Too Young".
• Triumphant Reprise: To contrast "All Gummed Up Inside"'s depressed tone, "All Warmed Up Inside" is a Silly Love Song made to convince Flame King that Finn is boyfriend material for FP.
• Wham Line:
  • "Any prince ruthless enough to kill his own buffoon would make an excellent boyfriend [...]for my evil daughter!"
  • "Dude, I think I have a crush."