Conquest of Cuteness

"Conquest of Cuteness" is the first episode of season 3 of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
Finn and Jake must defend their home from the Cuties, a tiny cute race who believe themselves to be evil, destructive invaders.

Plot
Jake is seen cooking "b-fast" when Finn walks into their kitchen. After a quick beatboxing session, Jake makes an Everything Burrito. Finn and Jake then hear a noise in the Tree Fort's yard, where they encounter a group of small creatures called the Cuties, led by their king, whom they find very cute. However, their king says they aren't really cute and plan on defeating Finn and Jake. Jake becomes slightly disturbed after the creature's threat. After playing with the creatures and taking pictures of them, Finn, along with Jake, soon go back in the tree fort. Finn reassures Jake that the creatures are harmless, and Jake remarks that Finn "sounds like Mom". After Finn is woken up at night by Jake, they both hear a strange noise downstairs. They hear a voice claiming to be their mother, stating that she was disappointed in them both, and that they are stupid. However they soon discover it is one of the creatures playing a joke on them.They chase the creature into a hole in a trunk where Finn grabs it. Before escaping, it warns Finn and Jake of an attack on the fort by their army arriving at sunrise.The next morning Finn and Jake blockade the Tree Fort with furniture, and seeing the army arriving they become afraid. However, after seeing the cute creatures fall apart and injure themselves (one even explodes), they discover the creatures are very weak and harmless, except to themselves.Their king tries to help them but fails, and orders a retreat. Finn and Jake followed the Cute King to a well with the remaining injured small creatures, who start planning another attack. Finn and Jake decide to fake their deaths so the creatures can feel good about themselves and declare their first victory. In order to make it seem like a battle between armies, they gather Lumpy Space Princess, Beemo, Boobafina, and Cinnamon Bun. The creatures attack, and Finn, Jake, and their friends fake their deaths and pretend to bleed with ketchup, but at the end of the attack, the Cute King performs a victory dance on Jake's stomach, which causes Jake to laugh, revealing he is alive. Everyone else, realizing that Jake is caught, reveal themselves. The Cute King is saddened by this, claiming he just wanted he and his people to cause fear and gain control. Finn tells the Cute King that his people's strength is not in their power, but in their cuteness. The Cute King agrees and asks Finn how to use their power, and Finn decides to send the Cute King to the Ice King. The Cute King demands the Ice King makes him a sandwich, and when the Ice King refuses, the Cute King strikes a cute pose, with which the Ice King is awestruck and promptly makes a sandwich.

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Cuties
 * Cute King
 * Bliblob
 * Two Headed Cutie

Minor Characters

 * Lumpy Space Princess
 * Cinnamon Bun
 * Beemo
 * Boobafina
 * Ice King
 * Gunter
 * Snail

Trivia

 * This is the second time Finn doesn't sleep in his sleeping bag, first time being in "Power Animal". The only difference is that Finn was on top of the blankets in Power Animal, while he was under the blankets in this episode.
 * Beemo reveals that he is already had a camera built into his body, negating the need for the video camera used in Video Makers. It could be possible that while Beemo has a Polaroid camera, he does not have a video camera.
 * Cute King yelled out "BRAVEST WARRIORS!" This refers to Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward's earlier cartoon Bravest Warriors about four kids saving planets and the leader having a crush on one of the warriors named Beth.
 * It is revealed that Jake has a sword of his own. He was seen using the sword in the beginning of "Tree Trunks", but it was never confirmed that it was his. Jake's sword looks like a mini version of Billy's Sword Nothung from "His Hero."
 * Beemo is referred to as "M'lady" by Finn making this the first episode in which Beemo is referred to as a female within the show.
 * The snail can be found in a shack-looking building when Beemo is taking pictures of the Cuties, but whether he is still possessed or not can't be clearly seen.
 * Boobafina makes another appearance on this episode, her first appearance was in "Storytelling", she probably made another appearance on "The Eyes", but it might've been Mr. Goose.
 * This is the first episode that Finn and Jake talk about Margaret calling her "mom".