Video Makers

"Video Makers" is the twenty-third episode in season two of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
After discovering government warnings prior to movies for their film club, Finn and Jake decide to make their own, but get into a fight over the direction of their film.

Plot
The show starts off with Finn giving drinks to everybody at their movie club, a weekly gathering where Finn and Jake show old movies they found that are from before the Mushroom War. Then everyone gets ready for the movie, with Lumpy Space Princess complaining that Princess Bubblegum took her seat. Once the movie starts, Princess Bubblegum notices the FBI warning for arrest of copyrighting. Finn and Jake then cancel movie night due to the fact that they believe they have been illegally showing copyrighted movies. Jake says not to worry, because the movies were made before the Mushroom War, and therefore the copyright has no power. But Finn decides to respect authority and not show them anymore. After everyone leaves, Finn and Jake find an old video camera and decide to start filming their own movie. The next day they start filming the inhabitants of Ooo, but realize that this is completely random and will never make a real movie, so they must come up with a plot. While Jake wants it to be a romantic comedy, Finn wants an action adventure. This turns out be a problem, because every piece of footage that Jake likes, Finn hates and vice versa. All of the movie club is the cast. Once they are finally done chasing bullfrogs and filming weddings, Beemo is left to do the editing. While waiting they again start to argue about whether the movie should be a romance or an action, since about half of it is the former and the other half the latter. They ask Beemo which clips are best but he changes his screen to "back in 5 minutes" to avoid answering. On movie night, with no idea how the movie will turn out, Finn and Jake present it to movie club in a very disgruntled attitude toward each other. Instead of the footage, however, it turns out that Beemo cut the ENTIRE movie and has replaced it with his own animation which depicts all of the good times that Finn and Jake shared during the films production. He sings a song about how Finn and Jake should get along. Everyone loves the movie and Finn and Jake see how silly they were and make up. Beemo ends the episode by saying Jake's favorite recurring line throughout the original filming, "check please."

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Beemo

Minor Characters

 * Slime Princess
 * Marceline
 * Lumpy Space Princess
 * Mr. Cupcake
 * Shelby
 * Tree Trunks
 * Frog
 * Snail
 * Peppermint Butler
 * Some Candy People
 * Cinnamon Bun
 * Crocodiles
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Lady Rainicorn

Music

 * BFF Song

Trivia

 * This episode was previously titled "Dueling Videos."
 * Finn was using an optical illusion when he was doing the chariot scene for Princess Bubblegum.
 * While finding a video recorder, Finn pulls out a holographic projector of PHIL FACE.
 * The title card depicts Beemo editing Finn and Jake's video footage to make the "BFF Song".
 * This is the first episode in the series to mention the Mushroom War by name.
 * The name of the film at the beginning of the episode was Heat Signature 3, the third film in a series. The original Heat Signature is a plot device in the episode of the same name.
 * This episode appears to occur in continuity after "Heat Signature", due to Marceline having previous knowledge of the earlier movie having been shown it by Finn and Jake.
 * During the second movie club meeting, Princess Bubblegum is seen wearing the first outfit she wore in "The Real You", and Marceline is seen wearing her outfit from "It Came from the Nightosphere".
 * Jake tells Beemo to "truck in". The correct term would be "dolly in". Trucking would be a lateral movement to the right or left.
 * When Finn was pouring drinks he poured several different drinks with the same pitcher. Andy Ristaino confirmed on his Formspring that this is a magical pitcher that can pour any liquid.
 * The pitcher has an inscription of Futhorc (Anglo-Saxon) runes on it. According to Andy Ristaino's Formspring, it says, 'Cup of Many Ales'. For more information, see Runic code.
 * The way Finn made the tomato juice for Marceline is similar to the style of a Bloody Mary drink, because there was a celery stalk in the drink.
 * The video format used for the movies was Betamax, which was notable for its high quality yet shorter airing time compared to its main competitor in the late 70s and early 80s, VHS.
 * The usage of Beta for airing movies is reminiscent of the Cowboy Bebop episode "Speak Like a Child", where a Beta video was a crucial plot point in a story that takes place, like Adventure Time, in the future.
 * Finn and Jake say they dig up all of the movies that they find. This makes sense as the series takes place many years after the apocalypse.
 * When Heat Signature 3 begins playing, "Document 413" is displayed briefly followed by "Classified. Despite Finn and Jake reading the standard FBI warning on copyright, what is written is not an FBI warning but rather what appears to be a warning on disclosing classified information.  This could mean that Heat Signature (and perhaps all the other movies Finn and Jake watch) are not movies but military records from before the Great Mushroom War.
 * Additionally, the innocent placement of the number 413 may yet be another reference to the webcomic Homestuck, of which the studio seems to be a fan of.
 * The clouds that Beemo video tapes look like a smiley face.
 * When Finn and Jake's movie starts to play, it shows that the production studio was "BFF PRODUCTIONS" with Finn and Jake's faces.

Movies Mentioned
Heat Signature 3