Hitman

"Hitman" is the fourth episode in season three of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
The grounded Ice King hires a fire-manipulating hitman to attack Finn and Jake, without realizing the potentially deadly consequences.

Plot
The story opens with the Breakfast Kingdom, where Breakfast Princess and Toast Princess are eating breakfast. Then Ice King comes and tries to put honey on their pancakes. They call Finn and Jake to save them, who grounds Ice King from doing anything evil for four weeks. Back at the Ice Kingdom, Ice King is angry at the two, so he goes online and hires a hitman named Scorcher, who he believes will literally hit Finn and Jake. Instead, Scorcher sets Finn and Jake's treehouse on fire while they're making sandwiches with meat from their friend, Meat Man. Ice King then bursts in and puts out the fire, ruining their sandwiches. After being scolded by Finn, Ice King flees back to his castle where he reveals to Scorcher that he didn't want him to kill Finn and that he put out the fire. Then Scorcher goes to Finn and Jake's bedroom and turns into smoke that fills the bedroom, possibly attempting to kill them by suffocation. Ice King then uses his ice powers to blow the smoke away.

Back in the Ice Kingdom, Ice King unsuccessfully tries to bribe Scorcher with money, a Talking Moose Head, and a pair of Night Vision X-Ray Goggles. Then he tries to get Scorcher to change his target to Lumpy Space Princess or Ghost Princess because they are his least favorite princesses, but that also fails. Finally, he hires Blastronaut, a hitman hitman, to take out Scorcher, but easily defeats him. Ice King is then able to distract Scorcher and freezes him, then runs to Finn and Jake's treehouse.

Finn and Jake have just woken up and Jake decides not to eat anymore of Meat Man's meat because he is having dreams about him. Then Ice King comes and reveals that he had hired Scorcher to kill them, then Scorcher comes to finish off Finn and Jake. As they run from him, Ice King puts an ice dome over them and reveals a plan to trick Scorcher by freezing Finn and Jake and lowering their body temperatures to make him think they're dead. The duo is against this but Ice King does it anyway and the plan works. After Scorcher leaves, there is a note in cursive left that says, "Echos of past events nudge the tiller on my present course, I await its reflection in the future" (Yes, in the episode echoes is spelled wrong) and it has a signature that appears to start with an "S", presumably Scorcher. After that, the Ice King climbs on top of Finn and Jake and mocks them by saying they're grounded under his butt.

Major Characters

 * Ice King
 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Scorcher

Minor Characters

 * Breakfast Princess
 * Toast Princess
 * Blastronaut
 * Lumpy Space Princess (pictured)
 * Ghost Princess (pictured)
 * Penguins
 * Meat Man (mentioned numerous times)
 * Snail
 * Lady Rainicorn (mentioned only)

Trivia

 * This episode was previously titled "Hitcapades"; this title referred to the Ice Capades, a long running touring ice skating show. (obviously the title was used due to the Ice King's major involvement in the events of the episode)
 * At first, there were two choices of how the Breakfast Princess would look, but in the end the two possibilities were chosen to be a pair of princesses, with some minor changes.
 * Upon completion of his hit, Scorcher leaves The Ice King a note which reads, "Echoes of past events, nudge the tiller on my present course. I await its reflection in the future."
 * Ice King states that Lumpy Space Princess and Ghost Princess are his least favorite princesses.
 * While it is unknown why he suddenly can't stand Ghost Princess (outside the ghost aspect), his hatred of LSP may stem from the events of "Loyalty to the King."
 * There is an animatic where the Ice King tries to distract Scorcher by saying "Someone got hit in the nuts". Cartoon Network requested they change it, so it became "Someone got hit in the boingloings".
 * When the Ice King starts his computer to order a hitman, it's startup logo is that of a pear, a parody of Apple Mac.
 * The Blastronaut looks like Samus Aran from the Metroid games.
 * The picture of LSP that the Ice King showed to Scorcher had 5 lumps and 3 lumps.
 * When Ice King makes the heart at the end of the letter to Scorcher, it seems to be full. However, when Scorcher arrives, the heart is in two pieces.
 * When Jake is making his sandwich, a small yellow creature can be seen inside of it.
 * Jake's coffee cup is a Rainicorn. This might be a gift from Lady Rainicorn. It looks like a shark though.
 * When Ice King appeard in Finn and Jake's bed room. In the left side of Jake's bed there is a cabinet that has a pink crystal similar to the crystal in the episode Crystal Have Powers