Root Beer Guy

Synopsis
When Root Beer Guy claims Finn and Jake kidnapped Princess Bubblegum, no one believes him.

Plot
The episode starts with Finn and Jake tickling the ogre while some Candy People and Princess Bubblegum are holding hands in a circle around him. The ogre starts laughing, which releases some the Candy People from his mouth. The Candy People cheer, except for Root Beer Guy, who is fascinated but somehow does not care. He heads to his workplace and scans his card. He looks back and sees the ogre run by with Finn and Jake chasing after him with swords.

Root Beer Guy walks inside, and is then sitting at his desk in a small office, on the phone, telemarketing an "amazing vitamin supplement." He asks the person on the phone if they have ever felt like no matter what they eat, they always feel tired and sluggish. Root Beer Guy's boss suddenly snaps his fingers at him and tells him to get back to work. Root Beer Guy continues calling people. When the day is over, he walks out the door of his workplace and is greeted by two coworkers standing by the door. He walks to the subway, and while riding, he is reading a mystery book. He then walks home after getting off.

At his house, Root Beer Guy and his wife, Cherry Cream Soda, are eating dinner. He asks her what it is, to which she replies, "Candy." Then the scene switches to Root Beer Guy and his wife already in bed while Root Beer Guy is reading a book. His wife asks him to turn off the light and he does so. He cannot sleep so he gets out of bed and pulls out a typewriter from under the bed and goes to the kitchen to continue writing his novel. While doing so, his cat scratches the door, so he opens the door. Then he hears a scream from the outside, so he checks it out. He peeks through the bushes and sees Finn and Jake putting Princess Bubblegum in a case and Jake morphing into a truck. Finn places Princess Bubblegum in the Jake truck and something falls from his pocket. Then they leave. Shocked, Root Beer Guy goes back inside and starts waking his wife and telling her what happened. She replies that it is an interesting dream and goes back to sleep, leaving Root Beer Guy wondering whether it really happened.

The scene switches to morning and the cat is scratching the door from the outside. Root Beer Guy is asleep in the kitchen with his typewriter. His wife wakes him up and tells him that he cannot keep falling asleep on the typewriter and that she misses him at night. He apologizes and tells her that he cannot stop thinking about what he saw last night.

Major Characters

 * Root Beer Guy
 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Cherry Cream Soda
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Banana Guards

Minor Characters

 * Candy People
 * Chet
 * Chocoberry
 * Grape Popsicle Guy
 * Ice Cream Guy
 * Gumdrop Lass 1
 * Gumdrop Lass 2
 * Lollipop Girl
 * Mr. Cupcake
 * Pineapple Guy
 * Candy Person #22
 * Candy Person #101 A
 * Candy Person #102 A
 * Ogre
 * Buck Pudding
 * Snail

Trivia

 * It is revealed that the Candy Kingdom contains a public metro system.
 * It is also revealed that operable airplanes fly above the kingdom, meaning there must be some sort of airport near by.
 * Pick Up trucks were reinvented or repaired. It was located in front of "Pudding's Hardware."

Cultural references

 * When Root Beer Guy is at work, everyone talking about the "leads" could be a reference to Glengarry Glen Ross.
 * When Finn and Jake show up at Root Beer Guy's house, Jake has the stick of a lollipop in his mouth, alluding to cigarettes, this also appears in the promo art.
 * At Pudding's Hardware, Buck mentions duct tape.
 * The Banana Guards have a.
 * The truck that Root Beer Guy stole is a 1963 Honda T500 Pickup Truck.
 * When Root Beer Guy steals the truck, he passes a shop with katakana on the front. It translates to the romaji "Manga."

Episode connections

 * Jake's hat looks like the one he wears in "Jake the Dad."
 * The ogre from the episode "The Enchiridion!" re-appears.
 * The Banana Guards have a camera system, similar to the one seen in the episode "You Made Me."
 * Pick Up trucks are back from the episode "We Fixed a Truck." While it might not be the same make or model, it's still pretty close enough.
 * This episode is rather similar to "BMO Noire" as the episode contains Root Beer Guy's thoughts and him cracking the case.

Errors

 * Part of Root Beer Guy's story reads, "You say your [sic] not here for advice."

Production notes

 * The voice of Gumdrop Guy is voiced by 14 year old Christopher Monahan. The producers invited Christopher to voice act the character because it was Christopher's wish through the Make-a-Wish America to voice act on his favorite show.

Storyline analysis

 * This episode was to test the abilities of the Banana Guards to solve cases.