His Hero

"His Hero," also called "Finn Meets His Hero," is the twenty-fifth episode in season one of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
Finn meets with Billy, the greatest hero in the history of Ooo. But the hero has now taken a path of non-violence and wishes for Finn and Jake to do the same! Can they save people while being as non-violent as possible?

Plot
Finn and Jake are fighting Swamp Giant, who has captured the Mini Queen. After falling down a long cliff, they beat up Swamp Giant and save Mini Queen. As they were walking home, they find the sword of the greatest warrior that ever lived--Billy. After a series of flashbacks about Billy's greatest achievements, they touch the sword, which opens up Billy's cave. They walk in to find Billy himself, only much older. When the heroes ask Billy to make him be their apprentices and fight monsters better, Billy says fighting monsters is a waste of time as they will always come back, so he tells Jake and Finn to help people without being violent. Finn and Jake take Billy's advice, and leave.

While they are walking, they run into a cobbler being chased by a dragon. The cobbler ask for help, but Finn and Jake tell they can only help if he has a non-violent problem. The cobbler says he is hungry, so they leave to go to make food for poor people. When they reach a town, they feed the townspeople free gruel, but Finn put too many Stoneskin Potions in the gruel, and the townspeople grow stone armor. The heroes decide to go take the cobbler's place while he goes to the dermatologist, and a woman going to a funeral asks for Finn and Jake to fix her shoe. They do, but the shoe becomes a weapon when Finn puts a magic nail in it. They later decide to be doctors, and do plastic surgery on Lumpy Space Princess so she can fit in her new swimsuit. The operation is successful, but Finn uses another magic nail and turns LSP into a cyborg.

The heroes realize they suck at being non-violent, and believe to never be helpful. But Swamp Giant makes a return when he tries to grind up an old lady, so Finn finally gives in and beats up the Swamp Giant and saves the old lady. Though they save her, Finn feels guilty as he betrayed Billy. The old lady makes him feel better that he can help people with violence, and says that was what he was born to do. They go back to Billy's cave, and tell him he was wrong, and they can help people by being violent. This fixes a hole in Billy's stomach, as his heart is repaired, and that Finn and Jake are his heroes. Billy kicks Finn and Jake out of his cave, and they run off laughing happily as Billy's old spirit returns.

Main Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Billy
 * Old Lady
 * Cobbler
 * Swamp Giant

Minor Characters

 * Mini Queen
 * Dragon
 * Lumpy Space Princess
 * Fine Lady
 * Townspeople
 * Snail

Flashback characters

 * The Lich
 * Fire Count
 * Cotton Candy Princess
 * Giant Bear
 * Evil Ocean

Music

 * Billy's Song

Trivia

 * This episode was originally titled "Finn Meets His Hero." The episode is still called this in the AT&T U-Verse and Optimum descriptions.
 * The title card is a homage to fantasy illustrator Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer.
 * This episode shows a few of Finn's other abilities, namely, cooking, shoe repairing, and being a doctor.
 * It seems that Billy used to have a magic dog exactly like Jake, only he must be dead now, as he still has his skeleton.
 * The Lich makes his first appearance in this episode.
 * Adam Muto said that the reason LSP was in town was that she wandered down a back alley in search of low-cost, unlicensed cosmetic surgery.
 * While working as a cobbler, Finn repaired the women's shoe to function as a Soviet KGB shoe knife (excluding the lasso and other attachments). When LSP began the cyborg transformation, two blades came out from her wrists which may be be a reference to the Assassin's Creed Hidden Blade.
 * Billy said that the Mini Queen was probably dead after Finn and Jake rescued her. In the original storyboard, she was taken by goblins after she left Finn and Jake.
 * The swamp giant was seen before in Business Time when he was whipping LSP on one of the businessmens' monitors.
 * The way Finn is enemies with Ice King and friends with Princess Bubblegum, Billy is enemies with Fire Count and friends with Cotton Candy Princess.
 * After Finn saves the Mini Queen, she writes "THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME, XOXOXO, CALL ME" on his hand.
 * When Finn saves the old lady, she is slightly larger than Jake. However, when they arrive at Billy's lair, she is smaller than Jake, as she is able to ride his buns. (note: Jake did not size-change, as he is still the same size relative to Finn)
 * The part of Billy void was cut in latin america
 * Billy has six fingers.

Censorship
''This episode was refused airing on Cartoon Network Australia. See Censorship of Adventure Time in Australia for more information.''