Susan Strong (character)

Susan Strong first appears in the episode of the same name. Susan Strong lives underground with the members of the Hyooman tribe, whom she leads in an attack against the Candy Kingdom. At first, she cannot speak much English and is afraid of many things, but Finn and Jake teach her about the ways of Ooo. Susan lives up to her name; she is strong enough to crush boulders with her arms.

Susan returns in the season three episode "Beautopia." She asks for Finn's help to reclaim the Hyoomans' old home, the underground city of Beautopia. Susan, Finn, and Jake use fire to fight off the Lub Glubs, scary monsters that take the form of pool floats, allowing the Hyooman tribe to return to their city. At the end of the episode, Susan allows Finn to feel under her hat, letting Finn know if she is human or not; however, Finn's reaction does not reveal the truth to the viewer.

Appearance
Susan is a female of currently unknown species, but she at least closely resembles a human being like Finn. She is larger, taller, and more physically built than Finn. Also, her skin seems tanner than Finn's skin. She also has long blond hair, seen down her back, and green eyes. She wears a ragged, short dark-indigo dress and a dark-grey hat made to look like a head and body of a cat with long whiskers and tail.

Language
Initially, Susan doesn't speak English like Finn and Jake, but instead speaks the Hyooman language.

Throughout the episode "Susan Strong," Finn and Jake teach Susan about objects in the surface world and their English names. By the time they visit the Candy Kingdom, Susan has a decent grasp on the English language and can form simple sentences. In "Beautopia," her English improves dramatically, and she is able to speak in clear, slow sentences. Some of her speech is still grammatically incorrect, however.

In the episode "Susan Strong," Susan receives her name when Finn misunderstands Susan's repeated attempts to say the word "sun". She clearly knows the English word "sun" and recognizes what it means. This fact coupled along with her rapid absorbtion of English indicates that she may have spoken English at one time in her life but forgotten it. This adds to the question of Susan's (possibly human) origins.

Quotes
See Susan Strong (character)/Quotes

Trivia

 * Susan received her name by Finn misinterpreting her attempt at saying the word "sun" twice as being "Susan." Despite this misinterpretation, she refers to herself as Susan now, as seen in "Beautopia."
 * The character was inspired by a character Pendleton Ward had in Blade Mistress, an old MMORPG in which all player characters were "buff women with huge swords."
 * She is voiced by Jackie Buscarino, who also voiced Flapjack's love interest, Sally Syrup, in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.
 * Her eyes appear to be the color green when enlarged. They also seem to glow in the dark.

Cultural references

 * She described fire as "red flower" in "Beautopia." Mowgli and the other animals in "The Jungle Book" also refer to fire as "red flower."

Production notes

 * In the "Blood Under the Skin" storyboard, when Finn receives the armor of Zelderon, Jake lists off some of the "hero ladies" he knows; including Sheila the Great, Bertha the Barbarian, and Susan the Strong. (This was not included in the episode when it aired)