Ricardio the Heart Guy

"Ricardio the Heart Guy" is episode number seven in season one of Adventure Time. The beginning is similar to the ending of the Animated Short, having Ice King holding Princess Bubblegum while flying and Finn and Jake are chasing him.

Synopsis
A smooth-talking heart-creature named Ricardio appears wooing over Princess Bubblegum, making Finn jealous while suspicious he may actually be a bad guy.

Plot
Thethumb|left|300px|Ricardio The Heart Guy animatic Ice King has kidnapped Princess Bubblegum. Finn and Jake throw a snow ball at Ice King's eyes which stalls him enough for them to replace Princess Bubblegum with Jake's butt, which Ice King still thinks is Princess Bubblegum and kisses it. Princess Bubblegum thanks the boys by hugging Finn (making him embarrassed) and honoring them with a party. Finn makes a paper crane for Bubblegum as a gift, and Jake says that Finn has a crush on her, which he denies. But when they arrive at the party, no one notices them and only watch as a heart-shaped man gives Lumpy Space Princess a massage called the Best Friend Massage. Bubblegum walks in and the heart-shaped man introduces himself as Ricardio. He begins talking to Princess Bubblegum about Plantoids and Xanoids and other science subjects.

Finn immediately gets jealous and he tries to impress Bubblegum by doing the Science Dance, but embarrasses himself by saying "I'm not jealous, I'm WEIRD!" when Bubblegum accuses him of being jealous. Finn thinks Ricardio is a villain, but Jake doesn't, so they spy on him to see if he is evil or not. They see Ricardio going into a dumpster, holding a rope and broken bottles. Then they see him throwing the Ice King into the dumpster, so they question him about being a supervillain. Finn punches Ricardio right when Bubblegum comes. Mad and upset she takes Ricardio away. And when Finn begins to believe Bubblegum hates him and that he was wrong, Ice King then crawls to Finn and Jake and tells them that Ricardio is a villain.

He says that during an experiment where he tried to take control of Princess Bubblegum's heart, he messed up and lost control of his. Ricardio said that he was going to cut out Princess Bubblegum's heart and make out with it. Without Ricardio, Ice King grew weak but managed to get to the Candy Kingdom and pleaded to Ricardio for him to return to Ice King's body, but instead Ricardio threw him into the dumpster and left him for dead. Finn and Jake hurry to the Princess Bubblegum's Castle and find Princess Bubblegum tied to a chair, being held hostage by Ricardio. Finn and Jake then fight Ricardio and manage to beat him up. The Ice King crawls into the castle and places Ricardio into his chest. He then believes that Bubblegum would marry him, but Finn kicks him in the face which causes him to fly away. During dinner, Bubblegum tells Finn that he does not need to be jealous anymore, but Finn denies that he was jealous in the first place. Then, Princess Bubblegum says "Kiss me Finn," which causes Finn to blush. Princess Bubblegum was just acting like Jake did in the beginning of the episode; she was upside-down with a picture on her dress. Finn then screams "NOOOOO!"

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Ice King
 * Ricardio

Minor Characters

 * Candy People
 * Lumpy Space Princess
 * Hot Dog Princess
 * Wildberry Princess
 * Engagement Ring Princess
 * Peppermint Butler
 * Slime Princess
 * Snail (cameo)

Music

 * Gut Song

Trivia

 * When Finn and Jake slide off the Gumball Guardian, it isn't wearing its cone hat.
 * Finn and Jake can be slightly seen in the title card peeking through the door.
 * When Princess Bubblegum emerges from the secret tunnel behind the book shelf, the wall beside the skeleton reads "487061." This could refer to the Hex value of the wall.
 * When Finn and Jake enter the Candy Kingdom, there are ice sculptures of them with huge muscles. This is probably due to the fact that the party is for them. These are also shown in "Slumber Party Panic," though.
 * When PB, Finn and Jake are enjoying a spaghetti dinner at the end, the chairs they sit on resmemble pop tarts.
 * When the balloons appear after "Party Time," Jake is seen as one of the balloons.
 * The binoculars Finn uses to stalk Ricardio, are similar to the binoculars on the original Adventure Time short, when Finn tries to see what the Ice King is doing.
 * This is the first time Princess Bubblegum says her famous phrase "What the cabbage?"
 * This is also the first time Princess Bubblegum has been tied up.
 * In this episode, Lumpy Space Princess seems bigger than she regularly is.

Censorship
''This episode was censored on Cartoon Network Australia. See Censorship of Adventure Time in Australia for more information.''