Jake the Dog (episode)

Synopsis
Finn's wish to Prismo goes awry and Jake, still in Prismo's time room, watches events unfold. After watching the aftermath of Finn using the crown's magic, he then makes a wish that the Lich's wish was to send Finn and Jake home.

Plot
Following Finn the Human (episode), Finn puts on the crown and becomes controlled by its power, going mad. He attacks the Destiny Gang and puts out the fires, but his uncontrolled power causes the bomb to explode, releasing the Lich's forces of death. Finn manages to save his donkey and his family, but realizing how dangerous he has become, sends them far away to safety.

In the Time Room, Prismo reveals to Jake that Finn has been transported to a separate, altered world based on his wish that The Lich (character) never existed. Together, they watch the events in Finn's world on Prismo's television, and Prismo asks Jake what he would like to wish for. Jake wishes for a sandwich, but Prismo urges him to use his wish on something important, such as helping Finn. Prismo goes so far as to simply make Jake a sandwhich along with a jar of pickles so as to not waste his wish. However, Jake is nonchalant and states that he thinks Finn will be fine and that they should just see how things carry out. Instead, he and Prismo mute the television screen and spend their time hanging out in the Time Room, talking about relationships and why Prismo chooses to be single. They are joined by the Cosmic Owl who also hangs out with the two of them in Prismo's jacuzzi.

Meanwhile, Finn's deepening madness is halted when he hears Farmworld Jake barking. He runs to the center of the blast where he finds Farmworld Jake half submerged in the Lich's well of power. He also finds a skeletonized Farmworld Marceline who says that she told him this would happen, before dissolving into the well. Grotesquely transformed by the Lich's power, Farmworld Jake begins to advance on Finn.

The Cosmic Owl accidentally unmutes the television and Jake hears Finn's plea to Farmworld Jake to recognize him as Farmworld Jake changes into a giant Lich-like monster. Alarmed, Jake finally listens to Prismo's advice to use his wish to save them. Jake wishes that Finn will be safe, but Prismo stops him and explains that according to the rules, the wishes he grants always come with ironic consequences: being unspecific could make a well-intentioned wish turn out terribly. For example, if Jake wished for a backrub, the person doing it could be undesireable, terrible at it, or transported away from their family in order to perform it. Wishes also affect both the past and the present: worlds could be unmade, babies would be unborn, and memories could be erased. He explains to Jake that the trick is to be very specific about all parameters of the wish to ensure that it makes the desired outcome.

Jake starts to crumple under the pressure, so Prismo directly instructs Jake into making the one wish that can fix everything and return him and Finn to Ooo: wish to change the Lich's wish from wishing all life to go extinct to wishing that Finn and Jake would be returned home to Ooo.

Prismo grants his wish and time is reversed to the moment the Lich makes his wish. He instead wishes that Jake and Finn were returned home, and is immediately shocked, as he knows this isn't what he wished for. Prismo cuts him off and tells him that he already made his wish and everybody only gets one. Prismo then points out to the observing Jake that thus even the Lich's wish resulted in an unintended outcome for the Lich.

Finn and Jake return to Ooo moments after they entered the portal and Finn is confused, no longer having experienced the Farmworld from his own wish. Finn is alarmed and confused as to why the Lich wished them home, but Jake is overjoyed, telling Finn and Princess Bubblegum that everything already happened and that he fixed it and saved them all. The jewels used to open the portal return to their respective crowns, including Hot Dog Princess, Embryo Princess, Lumpy Space Princess, and Ice King, who is "penguin shaming" Gunther to get him to reveal what he did with his jewels. Finally, Prismo sends Jake a jar of pickles with a note saying that anytime Jake wants to hang out, to give him a call. Jake resolves to find Prismo a girlfriend.

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * The Lich
 * Prismo
 * Farmworld Finn
 * Farmworld Jake
 * Farmworld Finn's mother
 * Farmworld Finn's father
 * Farmworld Finn's sibling
 * Cosmic Owl

Minor Characters

 * Bartram
 * Farmworld Marceline
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Ice King
 * Gunter
 * Destiny Gang
 * Big Destiny
 * Trami
 * Tromo

Cultural references

 * Prismo refers to the "Monkey Paw" a short story by W. W. Jacobs where a couple finds a magical monkey paw that grants three wishes, but never as expected or desired, usually with very bad and ironic consequences. In the story, the couple wishes for money, but immediately receive it from the insurance company following an accident that suddenly killed their son. After the funeral, the mother then tearfully wishes that their son come back to life. They hear a knock at the door, but the father knows that the paw has returned their son to life not as they hoped: after being grotesquely mutilated by the accident and buried in the ground for a week. Before his wife can open the door, he wishes that his son remained dead. The wife opens the door to find nothing there. The moral of the story is that the paw was enchanted to demonstrate that attempting to change one's natural fate would only bring sorrow.
 * Gunter is forced to wear a sign that says "I steal jewels" because Ice King believes he has stolen his gems. This act is a popular internet gag called "dog shaming."
 * Finn's eventual corruption due to the Ice King's crown could refer to Arthas Menethil's eventual corruption into The Lich King in the game Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft. Arthas sought Frostmourne for good intentions as Finn used the Ice King's Crown to save his family but eventual both fell into corruption when power took hold.

Episode connections

 * Jake wishes for a sandwich, similar to the wish he makes in "The Limit." He also asked for one in "Dungeon" when showing the challenges he went through.
 * This is the first time Finn wears Ice King's crown.
 * Ice King suspects Gunter of stealing his jewels continues a suspicion he had with the penguin after the event of "Reign of Gunthers"
 * The 3 parted episodes' names are all the characters' names. Also,in the Title Card,they all have the characters' face,very big. They also have someting in their eyes.
 * This is the first time there is a three parted episodes.

Errors

 * While Finn is wearing the crown, it shows the crown on Simon's body before the bomb explodes.
 * When the gem returns to Embryo Princess's Tiara, the gem is shown to be blue, but in The Lich, the gem is shown to be red.

Production notes

 * This episode was leaked online along with "Finn the Human", making it the fourth episode to be leaked online before it premiered. The other 2 episodes were "Hot to the Touch" and "Fionna and Cake."

Videos
Preview - Finn the Human Jake the Dog|Jake the Dog sneak peek.