Too Old

Synopsis
Finn is already moving on after his breakup with Flame Princess, and visits Castle Lemongrab with Princess Bubblegum.

Plot
The episode opens with the gate keeper at Castle Lemongrab checking Princess Bubblegum's passport, and Finn on the phone with Jake who is trying to advise him against doing this dinner with Bubblegum because of his recent break-up with Flame Princess. As they are allowed through the gate they enter a stagecoach that takes them to the castle. When they enter the castle, the lemon children have changed significantly changed in appearance, now whereing fancy clothes and show signs of mild intelligence. One of the Lemon Children is dangling from the ceiling, and announces their arrival, but does not quite get there names right. The Earl of Lemongrab appears, having gained much more weight since the last episode he was in. Lemongrab 2 also appears to the bottom left of him, whose legs are gone and half his face is bitten off, follows on a device that lets him hover, both a result of what happened in "Another Five More Short Graybles". Both Finn and Princess Bubblegum are surprised to see the changes in both of the Lemongrabs. The Earl of Lemongrab bends over and welcomes the two. When Lemongrab 2 attempts to welcome them, the Earl stops him hostily. Lemongrab One orders one lemon child to announce that it is dinner time, and does so immedeately. The scene shifts to the dinner table. The Lemon Children enjoy the sophisticated party (in their own weird way), while servants serve lemon-based food. Finn is sitting next to a little lemon child named Duke Sucklemon, but wants to sit next to PB. He switches their table nametags, which makes the Duke move over. Finn asks how PB is doing, but the Princess responds by telling Finn that something has happened to the 2 Lemongrabs, that they were once the exact same. The glutonous first Lemongrab smacks Lemongrab Two with a leg of lamb for floating to high on his device, and greedily devours more food. He then orders for a floor show. Finn offers to play in it with his flute, but Lemongrab says that only Lemons are allowed. The show consists of two lemon children, one smacking himself, and another just going "WHA" over and over, which does not please Lemongrab One at all. He electrically shocks the performers with a remote control button, which makes them do it faster and louder. While the show proceeds, the now-pleased Lemongrab takes a Lemon Child's piece of bread, his only food, and eats it. Lemongrab Two, feeling pity, gives some of his bread to the child. Lemongrab One is outraged by this, and screams "UNACCEPTABLE" while 2 murmurs "acceptable..." The two Earls then argue over this. PB says that she cant watch the brothers fight anymore, so she wanders off. In her travels, she discovers Lemonhope, a talented young lemonchild singing a song of sorrow. PB loves the little boy instantly, and says that he can come to the candy kingdom with her, because Lemonhope says The First Earl hates him and his music, locking him in a filthy latrine. Suddenly, both Lemongrabs burst in the door, and Lemongrab One smashes Lemonhope's harp. PB says that LH is a brilliant boy, and is to go to her kingdom, but Lemongrab One snatches him away. PB schemes of how to free Lemonhope, and they pull a prank on Lemongrab one by exploding his lemon-pudding during desert. This gets both PB and Finn stuck in the dungeon, but LH is also there. Lemonhope plays Finn's flute, but it is awful playing. Suddenly, both Lemongrabs dance into the room, hearing the awful noise as beautiful music. Lemongrab Two releases them all, to the utter anger and outrage of Lemongrab One. Lemongrab one says that his clone is too soft, and he again eats his brother whole. PB, LH, and Finn escape, but find that the castle gates are locked, Finn sugggests pranking him again, but PB staates angrily that that will not work, and that she is too old for that stuff. This makes Finn quite sad. Suddenly, Lemongrab appears on a balcony, and orders all of his children to kill all three of them. During the battle, Lemongrab Two forces his way halfway out of his brothers mouth to stop the fight. He tells them all to listen to him, and he releases them from service to his tyrant clone. He says; "It has cost me much...but I have learned..that Lemon need not squeeze lemon to survive. LEMONHOPE! Go forth! Grow strong and return for us!" Lemongrab One eventually forces his brother back into his stomach. The Lemon Children help the three heroes over the castle gate, while Lemongrab One stares at Lemonhope in hatred. Jake calls Finn, and they talk about adults and Finn suggests that he patches things up with FP. Jake teases Finn about Flame Princess already having a new BF, but quickly adds that maybe she does. The episode abruptly ends here.

Main Characters

 * Finn
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Earl of Lemongrab
 * Lemongrab 2
 * Lemonhope

Minor Characters

 * Jake
 * Lemon Children
 * Flame Princess (mentioned)
 * BMO
 * Snail

Songs

 * Lemonhope's Song

Trivia

 * In "All Your Fault," the Earl of Lemongrab was so incredibly skinny that his bones were showing, yet in this episode he is much larger and fatter.
 * Lemongrab's outfit is similar to Princess Bubblegum's milk suit in "The Duke."
 * It is implied that there rebellion are being incited in the Lemon Earldom.
 * In the bathroom where Lemonhope was imprisoned, the "toilet" is actually a lemon squeezer.
 * The black suit that Lemongrab wears and the white suit that Lemongrab 2 wears could be a reference to Yin and yang, a philosophy used to describe opposite forces being associated with one another.

Cultural references

 * In the place of Finn's signature, Kilroy can be seen on Finn's passport when the Lemon gatekeeper admits Finn and Princess Bubblegum.

Episode connections

 * The title is a reference to "Too Young." (Finn is too young, while Princess Bubblegum is too old)
 * Many events in this episode also parallel the events of "Too Young."
 * Finn uses the phone talking to Jake at the beginning and end of the episode.
 * The way the Lemon Child announced Finn and Princess Bubblegum's arrival was the same way Manfried announced the Earl's arrival.
 * After the Lemon Child announced Finn and Princess Bubblegum's arrival, another Lemon Child fell from a trapeze to the ground, much like Cinnamon Bun did after Manfried announced the Earl's arrival.
 * Finn asks Princess Bubblegum if she wants to prank Lemongrab "like old times" similar to how he and younger Princess Bubblegum pranked Lemongrab.
 * Lemongrab says that Princess Bubblegum is too old for pranks at the last part of the episode.
 * The title card music is also the same from "Too Young."
 * Finn still has the spicy hot sauce they used in "Too Young."
 * The events of "Frost & Fire" are referenced, when Jake mentions Finn "breaking up" with Flame Princess.
 * Lemongrab 2 now has no legs, a bite mark on his head, and relies on a floating device to move. His injuries presumably come from when his brother ate him in "Another Five More Short Graybles," but he was eaten whole this time by Lemongrab after releasing Finn, Princess Bubblegum, and Lemonhope.
 * The Lemon Children who were first seen in "All Your Fault" have been growing up, and can now talk.
 * Finn's flute, which was shown to be broken in "Prisoners of Love," due to some previous adventure.
 * The episode ends abruptly after Jake teases Finn with a joke about how Flame Princess already has a new boyfriend after her breakup with Finn in "Frost & Fire".

Storyline analysis

 * This is one of the many episodes in which Princess Bubblegum appears overly rational and laid-back, giving the impression that she does not enjoy having fun. In "Too Young," Princess Bubblegum is freed from responsibility and shows a more fun-loving side, and, in other episodes, she often behaves differently when excused from royal duties. The reason Finn seems to think that Princess Bubblegum isn't as fun in this episode is probably not because of her overall personality, but instead because she is shown to constantly put her citizens, responsibilities, and morals before everything else. Finn's misunderstanding of this may be because of their age difference, once again supporting the idea that Bubblegum and Finn cannot be together due to age. This makes Finn realize that Flame Princess is the one for him.