The Great Bird Man

Synopsis
When Finn and Jake get lost in the Bad Lands, they are saved by the ex-Goblin King.

Plot
This episode starts with Finn and Jake walking in the Bad Lands, and sweating from the intense heat. Finn calls Princess Bubblegum using his Holo-pendant, she asks them how the mission is going searching for the "Great Birdman." Finn says that there is still no sign of him, and asks why the birdman is so dangerous. Princess Bubblegum replies that she needs them to find everything about him and report back to her. Finn says goodbye and throws the Holo-pendant away. After that, they go on in search of the bird man.

After traveling so long in the intense heat, they soon became very tired and hallucinate, when a bird creature comes to save them.

Finn wakes up after Xergiok gives him water, Finn asks where he is, and Xergiok says they are where him and his bird friends dwell. Finn asks if he is the bird man,  and Xergiok replies that it is what they called him nowadays. He then states that when he first met Finn and Jake he was known as "Xergiok the Goblin King." Finn and Jake are shocked, and Xergiok says that when they met him, he was crazy for spanking goblin hams; he was cruel, selfish and brutal, and then he says that everything changed when he was defeated by them. Jake sarcastically says that when he put on his new shades then everything is different. Xergiok replies that his was change was deep and explains that he is just wearing the shades because a wizard took his eyes after he "miffed him off." Xergiok then begins to wonder what the wizard did with his eyes. Finn and Jake see his eyes tangled in his beard and are confused to why he has not noticed them there. Xergiok says that that was just the beginning of his change and he started meditating and doing yoga and now he can see with his heart and smell with his soul.

Xergiok starts to call his bird,  and Finn asks what is he is doing. Xergiok continues calling his bird, and it soars out of the sky flies to him. He then tells Finn and Jake to climb on Taffy to go downstairs to eat, but Jake suddenly stops Finn and he says that they will follow him down because Jake needs to stretch out.

Major characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Xergiok

Minor characters

 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Mermaids
 * Goblin Guards
 * Taffy
 * Gummy (seen in a flashback)
 * Whisper Dan (mentioned)
 * Snail

Songs

 * "Real Power"

Trivia

 * This is the first time that Finn's hat and sleeves are pulled back, due to the fact that the weather was hot in the Bad Lands.
 * Xergiok has grown a beard since the events of "The Silent King."
 * Jake had a girlfriend before Lady Rainicorn who taught him how to read Braille.
 * Jake stated that it has been a year since their first encounter with Xergiok.

Cultural references

 * The red-haired mermaid in the second long preview looks similar to Ariel, the main character of Disney's The Little Mermaid.
 * Xergiok's repentance in raising birds is similar to the repentance of criminal Robert Stroud, also known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz."

Episode connections

 * Xergiok returns since he was first seen in "The Silent King" as the ruthless king of the Goblins whom Finn took the throne from.
 * The Jake suit is seen in the flashback of "The Silent King" in the long preview.
 * Finn's hair has grown slightly longer since "Little Dude."
 * Finn throws the Holo-pendant while Princess Bubblegum was talking, just like he did in "The Other Tarts."

Errors

 * After Finn puts Xergiok's eyeballs back, they are missing again in the next screen.