All the Little People

Synopsis
Finn receives a bag full of miniature versions of his friends and enemies and experiments with their lives.

Plot
The episode begins on a cliff (originally a pre-Mushroom War skyscraper) by a lake at sunset. There, Finn and Jake are discussing relationships, with Finn wondering whether it is better to date someone with a similar or opposite personality. Jake tells Finn that love is not all about compatibility, but more about the "pumps-'n'-bumps" of one's heart. Finn then wonders whether the Ice King and BMO would make a good couple, which perplexes Jake. As they talk, Magic Man spies on them, and decides to prank them with his magic. Producing a small sack, he utters the incantation "Do as thou'st will be the whole piece of law," followed by "I'm not coming back," which releases the contents of the sack from his power; he then tucks the sack into Finn's shorts. While walking home Jake notices that Finn has something in his pants; misunderstanding him, Finn is embarrassed, before Jake points out the sack Magic Man left behind. Finn reaches inside and pulls out miniature versions of himself, Jake holding his viola, Princess Bubblegum, BMO, and Lumpy Space Princess. Jake worries that this is black magic, but his worry is assuaged by Finn, who points out that one of the toys is Jake playing his viola, while LSP goes piggyback on him, Finn dances, and BMO struggles to right itself. Finn and Jake return to the Tree Fort, where Jake makes spaghetti with his special sauce and Finn continues playing with the Toy People. He removes the characters he considers "C-list", which Jake considers impolite, especially since the characters left behind include the Ice King. At this, Finn remembers seeing a mini version of the Ice King's drums, and pulls it out for the Ice King to play. Mini-Jake joins in with his viola, much to Jake's chagrin, but then he notices that the two musicians have good chemistry. Upon hearing this, Finn becomes quiet and thoughtful, and, ignoring his food, watches the various characters interact with one another: Lady Rainicorn and Princess Bubblegum talk to one another, Finn steals Lemongrab's camel while Lemongrab chases him, and Hunson Abadeer climbs onto a dinner plate, while Marceline glumly whizzes towards him (referencing the strained relationship the two have because of Hunson eating Marceline's fries). That night, Finn can't sleep, so he decides to play with the little people.

He starts to experiment with interactions of the little people starting with  Mr. Cupcake and Lumpy Space Princess, who hit it off and begin to kiss. He then removes LSP and replaces her with mini-Rainicorn, after peering out from his bedcovers at a sleeping Jake and looking apologetic for what he is about to do; when he adds mini-Rainicorn, the two of them ignore one another, with mini-Cupcake bewailing the loss of mini-LSP, while mini-Rainicorn seems more content to chew on the bedsheets - however, Finn forces Lady into the arms of Mr. Cupcake, and they begin kissing. Finn inserts mini-Jake, which prompts an argument between the three and then Jake's and Lady's breakup. Finn then upturns the sack to release all the little people, and an intense look appears on his face.

The next morning, Jake finds Finn with a pile of books by Jay T. Doggzone, and asks Finn if he stayed up all night reading them; in fact, Finn had constructed a world for the little people to play in, and the book he appeared to be reading had a heartbroken Jake curled up inside it. Jake wonders why his miniature looks so lonely and asks Finn to pass him mini-Lady, to which Finn replies that the two have broken up, and that Lady is pursuing a relationship with a "cool guy" - in fact, mini-Finn. Jake becomes outraged when he sees Finn and Lady dating - Finn shows that he began relationships between a number of characters: mini-Marceline is shown repeatedly licking mini-Peppermint Butler, mini-Turtle Princess is shown spanking mini-Xergiok, referencing the real Xergiok's enjoyment of spanking the goblins over which he used to rule, and mini-Lollipop Girl is shown in a relationship with both Choose Goose and Abracadaniel. Jake is confused by Finn's actions, and announces that he is leaving to stay with Lady Rainicorn until he can get over what Finn is doing.

After Jake leaves, Finn sees mini-Flame Princess and decides to see how the two figures interact with one another. Initially, mini-Finn is shy, while mini-FP appears bored, until Finn gives his miniature a piece of his cookie, and moves him closer to FP; he shares the cookie with her, and they begin to chew on it together in a way that looks like kissing (since the real Finn and Flame Princess cannot kiss) - Lady Rainicorn sees this and, heartbroken, begins to yell and weep melodramatically, before retreating into her book-house. Finn adds in Princess Bubblegum in the middle and makes her give mini-Finn a backrub, and the two figures begin kissing; this makes mini-Flame Princess furious, and they begin to fight, during which Flame Princess sets Bubblegum on fire. Princess Bubblegum uses Lady Rainicorn's tears as a hose as an attempt to extinguish Flame Princess.

Sixteen weeks later Jake returns to see the fort a mess as Finn, still in the pyjamas he was wearing 16 weeks ago, reveals that he has ruined the toys' lives (Mini-Lady still crying, Mini-PB's addiction to exercising, Mini-Turtle Princess spanking Mini-Xergiok too much, Choose Goose and Abracadaniel fighting about Lollipop Girl, and Mini-Marceline licking Mini-Peppermint Butler too much.), showing mini-Finn gazing into the distance atop a book (in mini-Finn's world, this book is the lakeside cliff where the episode began), Lady Rainicorn still weeping over her and Finn's breakup, and Princess Bubblegum with an exercise addiction following her breakup with Finn. Despite Jake's pleas, Finn refuses to abandon them at this point since he has caused them so much trouble; however, he has no way to explain to the little people what he did. Finn attempts to contact Finn in various ways, including licking him (in the mini-world, this only manifests itself as large waves in the lake). Jake suggests that they are on a different vibration level, and that Finn should shake them. Finn shakes his miniature self at increasing speeds - when he gets to the correct speed, he appears as face in the clouds, which puzzles mini-Finn. Jake notices mini-Finn's response and tells Finn to shake his miniature more slowly. He reappears in the clouds and explains that it was his fault that mini-Finn's life is ruined, and that he will take care of it (at this point the clouds momentarily disperse, then reappear, because - much to mini-Finn's confusion - Finn's arm got tired from the shaking) and ends by saying "I'm not coming back", just as Magic Man said at the beginning. He then moves on to Princess Bubblegum, Lady Rainicorn and Flame Princess and explains the same information but says that they should make up and have a "dance party." Finn sets up music and the girls dance together, no longer mad at each other. He adds all the "C-listers" at Jake's instigation and create a huge dance party. All the miniatures dance, during which Jake notices that BMO and the Ice King are hitting it off - their miniatures are shown dancing together - thus answering the question of whether the two would make a good couple. At this point the episode ends.

Major characters

 * Finn
 * Jake

Minor characters

 * Magic Man
 * Snail
 * Lady Rainicorn (mentioned)
 * Ice King (mentioned)
 * BMO (mentioned)
 * Toy People
 * Candy People
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Peppermint Butler
 * Earl of Lemongrab
 * Lemon Camel
 * Lollipop Girl
 * Mr. Cupcake
 * Gumdrop Lass 1
 * Ice King
 * BMO
 * Lady Rainicorn
 * Lumpy Space Princess
 * Flame Princess
 * Marceline
 * Hunson Abadeer
 * Choose Goose
 * Abracadaniel
 * Gunter
 * NEPTR
 * Turtle Princess
 * Mr. Pig
 * Witch
 * Marauders
 * Donny
 * Kim
 * Trudy
 * Tiffany
 * Duke of Nuts
 * Ricardio
 * Businessman
 * Key-per
 * Horse wearing shower cap
 * Cobbler
 * Phil
 * Mr. Turtle
 * Swamp Giant
 * Lenny
 * Rock Wall Thief
 * Wizard Student
 * Xergiok
 * Gary

Trivia

 * "All the Little People" is currently the episode that has the most character appearances if you count the toys as characters.
 * Lady Rainicorn's colors on her body are only yellow, red, and green, instead of rainbow.
 * Although the toy Lady Rainicorn does not appear to be pregnant, Finn mentions that she is.
 * Magic Man and Finn both said the same phrase in this episode. Magic Man says "I'm not coming back."
 * This is the first time Flame Princess and Princess Bubblegum are shown interacting with each other, though they do so as toys.
 * When Finn takes little Flame Princess, he did not get burned by her; however when little Princess Bubblegum fights with little Flame Princess, her dress starts to burn.
 * All of the text in the Jay T. Doggzone books is made of this one paragraph repeated over and over. "Now to be clear, Jay T. Doggzone does not condone random flirtation with wanton babes, but rather careful consideration of which lovely honey gives your heart the bu-bumps. Cause it's all about the bu bumps. Secondly you got to remember to be smooth, no bodacious babe belongs with a bumbling baby beau bereft of bravado."
 * When Jake says, "Bring out the C-listers!" Marceline was with them, although she wasn't grouped with the C-listers the first time.

Cultural references

 * The miniature toys and their interactions is similar to the video game The Sims.
 * The title "All the Little People" may be referencing the quote "I'd like to thank all the little people," which has been wrongly attributed to Barbara Streisand in her acceptance speech at the 1969 Academy Awards. At the 1977 Oscars, songwriter Paul Williams referenced this misconception by saying, "I was going to thank all the little people, but then I remembered that I am the little people."
 * Magic Man's incantation "Do what thoust will be the whole piece of law," is a reference to the phrase "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." This was a key tenet of the religion Thelema developed by early 20th century occultist Aleister Crowley.
 * Every miniature toy talk with the same phrase: "Wah!". This can be a reference to the animated series of Charlie Brown, where the adults talk in the same way.
 * The song Jake plays in the storyboard version is "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" (which is more widely known as the tune used in "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band). However, it was replaced with different music in the finished version of the episode.

Episode connections

 * The open books on the table are written by Jay T. Doggzone, who was previously mentioned in the episodes "Reign of Gunters" and "I Remember You."
 * In the book, Jay T. Doggzone is spelled differently from earlier appearances of the name, where it was Jay T. Dawgzone.

Errors

 * When the little Princess Bubblegum is carried out of the bag, she is not wearing shoes, but when she is standing up she is seen wearing shoes.
 * In one scene Finn's sleeves went all the way down to his hands.
 * Near the end of the first scene where Finn and Jake are walking back to the house and they discover the sack full of little people, Finn's sword disappears.
 * After putting little Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, LSP, and BMO, the outline of Finn's bear hat disappears and comes back on the next scene.
 * Princess Bubblegum's dress got burned a bit, But she didn't burn her skin while fighting with Flame Princess.
 * Miniature Finn does not have socks as real Finn does.
 * Little Princess Bubblegum has ears even though the real Princess Bubblegum has no ears as seen in some episodes.
 * Just before Finn starts shaking little Finn, little Finn's lower portion of his bookbag is yellow, as opposed to being lime green like it normally is.

Production notes

 * The title card was made by Andy Ristaino and Martin Ansolabehere.

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