Power Animal

"Power Animal" is the seventh episode of season two of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
Jake has to overcome his super-short attention span and partying attitude to save Finn from the Grandmaster of the Gnomes, after Finn is kidnapped by his evil gnome henchmen.

Plot
The Episode begins with Finn and Jake climbing a ladder to the top of their house for a roof party. When Finn arrives, he does a flip and slams the chips on the table, to everyone's delight. Cinnamon Bun compliments Finn on his energy and focus, and implores Finn to do another flip. When Finn says in response "...I never slow down!", that peeks the interest of a rather hefty gnome, who asks Finn if his energy might be enough to power a huge machine. Finn says it probably could. Then the gnome starts to laugh and back away from him, and Finn tells Jake that his friend is "super weird." Jake replies saying that he thought the gnome was Finn's friend.

Later that night, while Finn is sleeping, the gnome that was their roof party kidnaps him. In the morning Jake gets punched by his own stomach, and wakes to see Finn is not in bed. When he starts wondering where Finn might be, he and Beemo break into song and start dancing. The scene then cuts to Finn in a dark room, tied up, with a sack on his head. When the sack is removed the Gnome Spy reveals himself to be the Grandmaster of the Gnomes and ruler of the "Beneathaverse." The Grandmaster has been looking for the ultimate power source, which he thinks is Finn, because he needs Finn's immense energy to power the "Upturnoverdrive," which is a machine that will flip over the entire world, so that the gnomes will be on top. To make Finn run he is prodded with what seems to be a type of taser. Finn then threatens the gnomes by saying, "Jake is on his way to mess you guys (up)."

The story then shows Jake sitting outside eating a sandwich with Beemo, and periodically taking bites and calling for Finn. Then he says he's getting worried about him, and gets up to go find him, when his attention is grabbed by a dancing bug, who, Jake says, is "shaking it" all wrong, and shows him how it's done. When Finn fully powers up part of the machine, he is needed elsewhere to power the plasma ball, with sexy fun dancing. Music begins to play and the floor is electrocuted so Finn has no choice but to dance. Again, it cuts back to Jake, who is chugging a "grass shake" with a group of lady bugs. When Jake asks Simon, a lady bug, if there are any left, he says there aren't. This makes Jake say "finished", which in turn makes him remember that Finn has gone missing.

Jake is determined to use his five senses to track Finn, when he sees a trail of footprints to small to be Finn's. He deduces they must me gnome prints carrying something like Finn. He continues to follow the prints until he is distracted my two Nymphs in a pool of water, who are telling jokes. When one tells a joke, and messes up the punch line, she says it's still funny. To which Jake says, "...Ya'll are horrible at telling jokes," and commences to teach them how to do it right. When we see Finn again, he is at the final stage, the brain machine. This machine will suck the energy from Finn's thoughts. Finn realizes they can't let the gnomes win, so he breaks out of the chair. He throws the brain draining helmet at the gnomes and rips his shirt off, revealing a very muscular form. Then Jake busts in the wall, and the two rejoice and embrace. But, sadly, this is all in Finn's imagination, and these thoughts power the machine even more.

The scene again cuts back to Jake, who is the Cloud Kingdom, dancing with the Nymphs, Lady Bugs, and all the Cloud People. Jake is having such a good time when he remembers that he doesn't even remember how he got there, and the Nymphs inform him that he blacked out laughing so hard. So, they brought him to the Cloud Kingdom to party with the Party God, who is a floating dog's head that wears his hat to the side. Because Jake pleases him so much, the Party God will grant Jake one wish. That's when Jake remembered he still hasn't found Finn. Jake then wishes that he could focus on finding his friend, but he interrupts the Party God as he starts to grant his wish, asking if there is a catch. There indeed is a catch, which is that the Party god would have to fill Jake's body with the energy of one-thousand partying demons. This will make him "so overloaded with party energy, that (he) will demolish everything in (his) path!" The Party god then fires a yellow stream of light from his mouth, engulfing Jake, and then Jake flies off the clouds screaming that he must party forever.

Back in the Beneathaverse, the machine is finally starting to work when Jake files down a well and belly slams all of the gnomes. He starts to dance and inadvertently destroys the gnome's lair. The leader gnome attempts to blast Jake with a laser, but Jake punches it and the leader falls to the ground defeated. Finn is ecstatic to see Jake and he hops on his back, and Jake suggests they go eat Cinnamon Bun.

Music

 * Where Is Finn?

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Gnome Ruler
 * Gnome Minion
 * Dancing Beetle
 * Nymph
 * Party God

Minor Characters

 * Cloud People
 * Simon
 * Beemo
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Marceline
 * Snail
 * Lady Rainicorn
 * Hot Dog Princess
 * Lumpy Space Princess
 * Candy People
 * Cinnamon Bun
 * Gumdrop Lass #1
 * Gumdrop Lass #2
 * Lollipop Lass
 * Peppermint Butler
 * Sugar Cube

Trivia

 * There appears to be a little red animal inside the cooler that Jake spills.
 * The potato sack over Finn's head says "U-say Potatoes, this is likely a joke becuse there is a potato monster on the bag.
 * This is technically the first episode that has Princess Bubblegum and Marceline together, even though they never actually interacted with each other.
 * Marceline in general appeared to keep herself hidden, even flying away from Jake to prevent him from noticing her there with his fear of vampires.
 * This is Princess Bubblegum's first appearance and voice in season two.
 * This is the second episode in which Marceline appears and doesn't have any lines.
 * When Jake is chugging a "grass shake", his cup has a "PI" symbol.
 * The Brain Machine sequence is an homage to the climax of the 1985 Terry Gilliam film Brazil.
 * The title of this episode is a play on the term "Party Animal".