Ice King

Ice King is the main antagonist throughout the course of the series, trapping princesses and forcing them to marry him. As his name suggests, Ice King is also his title, announcing himself as "king of all ice." It is unclear if he rules the Ice Kingdom or is considered lord of all ice.

Appearance
Ice King is a short blue man with tiny fingers and a long pointy nose. He has a dark blue robe and has a large beard which covers most of his body. He has sharp pointy fingers. Ice King is seen the majority of the time with a jeweled crown on his head. Without the crown on, it is revealed that he has a small length of hair on the top of his head.

Personality
Ice King is a villain who mainly relies on his powers because he is not very good at fighting hand-to-hand combat. In the Animated short he states that his crown is the source of his powers. He hates Finn and Jake because they constantly foil his evil schemes (Finn said once that Ice King is a lesser villain, in comparison to Ricardio, his heart, which in the same episode was described as a supervillain). He often kidnaps princesses because he wants to be married to one of them. A great example of this is in the episode Prisoners of Love, and in the Animated Short where he kidnaps Princess Bubblegum. In the Animated short he calls Pen's hat stupid which could be a reason that Pen (Finn) really does not like Ice King. Sometimes, when he is happy or gloating, he will do his little dance. He seems to like music, as he owns several instruments as shown in Prisoners of Love. Like Finn, he enjoys eating trail mix, which includes different kinds of lollies, treats, yogurt chips, and chocolates put into a little baggy to eat when someone is travelling. The Ice King is apparently easily fooled, kissing Jake's butt, believing that it was Princess Bubblegum. Although he is a villain, he does seem to have a soft spot for penguins, as in the episode What is Life? when he calls Gunter "daddy's little fatty" as a show of affection (considering the fact that Gunter looks exactly like every other penguin in the Ice Kingdom). He also has been shown to long for a son, as in the same episode when he is in his imaginary world, watching the sunset with Neptr. He may simply want someone to share his life with other than penguins. Jake says that Ice King is a "big nerd". This is interesting, as when Ice King is knocked unconscious in Prisoners of Love, a large owl appears to him and calls him a sociopath, to which Ice King replies by calling the owl a "big nerd".

Abilities
Ice King has the ability to throw frozen lightning bolts, raise monsters of snow do his evil bidding, create arctic weather, and flash freeze objects, people or animals. He can also fly, and when he does this, his beard seems to act as wings. If his crown is knocked off, then he cannot fly. He may have other powers that have not been used yet. In What Have You Done?, it is said that the Ice King got his powers by stealing them. Ice King can also play the drums, though with debatable skill. The Ice King also possesses a wide knowledge of magic, perhaps more than anyone else in the series. He is able to create numerous magical artifacts if given time and resources, though they can sometimes go wrong anyway. He has created a binding ice ring to make the wearer fall in love with him, knows magic to control someone's heart (though he wound up animating his own), and owns a "witching eye" and "ghost pouch." His beard is apparently animated, operating much like a limb with partial shape-changing abilities, which he can wield in close combat. He's a formidable foe, and while easily duped, he has proven capable of defeating Finn and Jake in a head-on fight.

Quotes
See Ice King/Quotes

Trivia

 * In the series, Ice King is played by voice actor Tom Kenny, whose credits include Heifer Wolfe on Rocko's Modern Life, Starscream in Transformers Animated, and Spongebob on Spongebob Squarepants.
 * He always has a pair of underwear on the floor of his lair.
 * He seems to like Princess Bubblegum more than the other princesses, for he has captured her more times than the other princesses. However, he did not capture her in the episode Prisoners of Love.
 * He is known to be very skinny as seen in What is Life?
 * He seems to own many instruments.
 * Getting his crown un-willingly knocked of his head seems to render him unconscious and gives him strange delusional dreams.
 * He acts like Gunther's father.
 * In Pen Ward's formspring, he stated that the Ice King was very old, around 600. (?)ICE KING IS THE LICH KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!