Princess Cookie (episode)

Synopsis
Finn and Jake are called to solve a Candy Kingdom hostage crisis when a rogue cookie takes over.

Plot
The story begins when Princess Bubblegum, Finn, and Jake are barricaded behind Banana Guards during a hostage crisis. Princess Bubblegum attempts to negotiate with a cookie, the hostage taker, by offering him a large cowboy hat instead of her crown as ransom. He refuses to take the offer and adds that he will only give up the hostages for the royal crown. Bubblegum then proceeds to call the Banana Guard, but Jake stops her and says that he and Finn could sneak in and help. Jake says he wants to be a mailman, and Finn replies that he could be his shadow. Princess Bubblegum replies that Jake looks more like a milkman and Jake reluctantly agrees. Jake and Finn then are seen in their costumes as they go inside to take control.

When the cookie asks who he is, Jake explains that he is the milkman tasked with delivering milk to all the hostages. The hostage taker lets him in. Inside, Finn informs Jake of his plan. After Jake gives out bottles of milk, Finn tells him to yell out "Alvin's hot juicebox!" to confuse the hostage taker when throwing the milk at the cookie at the last hostage delivery. This plan was soon rendered useless because the cookie has backups: his chocolate chips. Finn then proceeds to the backroom to dispose of the chocolate chips while Jake asks the cookie what is wrong.

The cookie then reveals that he lived at the Candy Orphanage, where the orphans were always depressed. One day, Princess Bubblegum came and cheered up the orphans. When she asks Baby-Snaps (the name the cookie said he was referred as) what he wants to be, he replied "I want to be a Princess!" He then reveals that he said that so he could cheer up and help children. When Princess Bubblegum heard this, she giggled, thinking that he was just telling a joke. But Baby-Snaps took it seriously, as an insult. The scene then flashes forward to the present. In an attempt to console Baby-Snaps. Jake then tells Baby-Snaps that Princess Bubblegum didn't let him be a mailman, but instead made him into a milkman. Then, the story flashes to the storeroom, where a chocolate chip is seen turning out a children's nightlight. Finn is then seen ambushing the Chocolate Chip, screaming "Alvin's hot juicebox!"

Baby-Snaps is then seen radioing the Chocolate Chips, but all of them are knocked unconscious, as Finn took them all out. The Cookie then throws the radio on the ground, crushing it and screaming "I'm about to flip out, man, and take that crown!" After seeing this, Jake replies that he doesn't have to be in the Candy Kingdom, he can leave and start a Cookie Kingdom and be Princess Cookie. Baby-Snaps is surprised by this, and calms down. Jake then exits the Market, and asks Bubblegum for a horse, so Princess Cookie can leave. Bubblegum replies "No," and says that he is a criminal that must be put in jail for the rest of his life.

After going back in, the scene then flashes to later when Princess Cookie and Jake are seen outside with Bubblegum and a Banana Guard in a horse costume. Jake yells out that the horse is a trick, turns himself into a horse, and carries Princess Cookie away. They are then seen running through the Candy Forest. Finn then appears in Jake's shadow and asks him what he is doing. Jake replies that he's helping Princess Cookie achieve his dream. He then asks if he's with him or not, and Finn replies not. Jake then pushes him off of himself and dashes away from him.

Princess Cookie then tells Jake to stop, but Jake says they're going to jump the Candy Gorge. Princess Cookie then forcefully stops Jake. After stopping him, Princess Cookie says that he can't do this. The Banana Guards are seen closing in. Princess Cookie then willingly falls into the gorge in an attempt to end his life. The Banana Guard is then seen taking pictures of Princess Cookie who is very much alive, but is smashed into many pieces. Princess Cookie then yells: "I glubbed up!." The scene then flashes to the Candy Kingdom Mental Hospital. Princess Cookie and Candy Person are playing chess. Jake then comes in and says that there is a delivery from the Grass Kingdom: a crown. Princess Cookie takes it and places it on his head watch on signifying his transition into royalty as Finn, Jake, and Princess Bubblegum. The other people at the hospital then bow down to Princess Cookie and the episode ends.

Major characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Princess Cookie
 * Princess Bubblegum

Minor characters

 * Candy People
 * Banana Guards
 * Jam Jam
 * Royal Tart Toter (cameo)
 * Peppermint Butler (cameo)
 * Goliad (cameo)
 * Stormo (cameo)
 * Chocolate Chips
 * Doctor Princess
 * Snail

Trivia

 * The Candy Kingdom's military technology seems to have advanced significantly since "Susan Strong." The largest improvement being the addition of candy helicopters mounted with advanced weaponry and two gunners with candy rifles.
 * There are posters in the mental hospital saying things like "Stay Calm," "'You'r [sic] Special," and "Don't Run."
 * In Baby-Snaps' orphanage memory, he is far younger, whereas Princess Bubblegum appears to be the same age.
 * This episode was rerated TV-PG-V.
 * Jake reveals that he has always wanted to be a mailman.
 * Princess Bubblegum and Peppermint Butler appear to not have physically changed since the visit to the orphanage, despite  Baby-Snaps and his clear difference in age.

Cultural references

 * The plot of this episode bears a strong resemblence to the film Dog Day Afternoon.
 * The double-rotor transport helicopter is similar to a Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight or a CH-47. It can be seen equipped with two 40mm cannons and quadricycle landing gear.
 * The children's Baby Snuggleghost nightlight is a parody of Hasbro Playskool's Glo-Worm.
 * When Jake asks Princess Bubblegum for a horse for Cookie to escape on, it may be a reference to "My kingdom for a horse" from Shakespeare's Richard III.

Episode connections

 * The horse costume that Princess Bubblegum tries to use to trick Baby-Snaps resembles the costume the Ice King uses in "The Eyes."
 * Princess Bubblegum reads the book Baby Whoslefut and the Wuttlebugs to the orphans; this is the same book Ice King offers to read in "Prisoners of Love."
 * Viewers can still see Goliad and Stormo having the psychic battle they started in "Goliad" while Princess Bubblegum, Finn, and Jake are discussing their costume plans.
 * Royal Tart Toter makes an appearance in the hospital, along with Dr. Princess.

Errors

 * After Baby-Snaps tells Princess Bubblegum he wants to be a princess, she raises her left hand to laugh. However, in the next clip, one can see the same hand around Baby-Snaps as if it never moved. In the next clip, Princess Bubblegum's right arm disappears.
 * Cable providers (Dish Network, Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, etc.) mistakenly named the episode "Princess Cookies."
 * When Finn tells Jake to throw milk in Princess Cookie's face, there is one tooth on the far left and two on the far right. His teeth are reversed when the scene is focused on his mouth.

Production notes

 * The title card music is slightly mixed in with the same music used at the end of the episode "Donny."