Billy

Billy is a character in Adventure Time who appears in "His Hero". Billy is Finn and Jake's idol in terms of adventuring, and the two are immense fans of his.

As described in Billy's Song, when he was younger, Billy was a hero of action much like Finn. He is known to have rescued a princess from Fire Count, slain an evil ocean, and fought against a giant bear. Perhaps most importantly, he's also said to have defeated Lich King. When Finn and Jake finally meet him, he is old (his red hair turned white) and he frowns upon violent heroism like theirs. He hated the futility of fighting evil when more would always pop up later, so he chose to help people directly through non-violence. He apparently even had his own magical dog, though it is apparently deceased, as he keeps its skeleton in his cave. Finn and Jake wind up trying to follow his example of pacifism, but wind up returning to their violent ways, apparently with Billy's blessing.

Appearance
He is very tall, and has a long beard and long hair which looks like that of a caveman's. Each of his hands have six fingers. He bears a strange scar on his left shoulder. When young, his hair is red, and when he is old, he is bald and his beard is white.

Trivia

 * In earlier versions of the storyboard, Billy was named "Hogarth".
 * In earlier versions of the storyboard, Billy dies and comes back as a ghost.
 * Oddly enough, the ghost scene still occurs in the final airing even though his death was not implied.


 * Billy is voiced by Lou Ferrigno, who also played The Incredible Hulk in the TV series.


 * He oddly has six or five fingers and finn and jake have four fingers.