Princess Monster Wife (episode)

"Princess Monster Wife" is the ninth episode in season four of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
When Ooo’s princesses start losing body parts, Finn and Jake investigate.

Plot
The episode begins with the princesses of Ooo waking up to find various parts of their bodies missing. They go to Finn and Jake for help and the duo promise to help. They immediately go see Ice King, who denies doing anything at first, but reveals that he did in fact steal the princesses body parts to create a Princess Monster Wife.

Finn and Jake faint from the shock of seeing her, leading Princess Monster Wife to inquire as to who they are. Ice King lies by saying the heroes are their children, whom they drag to the table for dinner. Princess Monster Wife tries to eat, but cannot keep the food in her mouth, which Ice King copies to make her believe that this is normal behavior.

After dinner they wash the dishes; Ice King shows Princess Monster Wife his castle, after which they watch TV, during which Finn and Jake wake up, only to them pass out from seeing Princess Monster Wife, again.

Princess Monster Wife begins to doubt her normality, but Ice King denies it and tells her that she is beautiful. Ice King then arranges a fashion show to prove it, forcing his penguins to watch in the process. It starts out well, but eventually goes awry. Finn and Jake wake up and try to intervene, whilst also attempting to stay conscious by looking at Princess Monster Wife's reflection using hand mirrors, an attempt which fails, leading Gunter to vomit upon looking at Princess Monster Wife.

Distraught, Princess Monster Wife locks herself in her room. Ice King tries to show her that she is beautiful by revealing that he made her out of the parts of the princesses he found most beautiful. Princess Monster Wife is disturbed by this notion and asks Ice King whether he would love her without the princess parts. Suddenly a blindfolded Finn and Jake burst in and take down Ice King. Only to then discover that Princess Monster Wife has left to return her stolen body parts to their rightful owners. As her cape, the only piece of her that was left, floats back into the Ice King's castle, where Princess Monster Wife's disembodied last words to Ice King state that she will always be his wife. Ice King cannot believe that he gave away all his stuff as the episode ends.

Major characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Ice King
 * Princess Monster Wife

Minor characters

 * Family
 * Princesses
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Lumpy Space Princess
 * Slime Princess
 * Hot Dog Princess
 * Turtle Princess
 * Wildberry Princess
 * Skeleton Princess
 * Elbow Princess
 * Ghost Princess (in titlecard only)
 * Muscle Princess
 * Dr. Princess
 * Gunter
 * Kitten
 * Ice Bulls
 * Ice Toads
 * Snail

Songs

 * Let Me Show You Something Special

Trivia

 * This episode introduces a new princess, whose name is Elbow Princess. However, she had no important role in the episode, though Ice King considers her one of his favorite princesses.
 * Even though Dr. Princess is not actually a princess, she is one of the people who loses their body parts.
 * Ghost Princess can be seen on the title card even though she isn't in the episode.
 * If you look closely at the title card you can see different framed pictures hanged on the wall and the people on those photos are: Jake, Finn, LSP, Princess Bubblegum, Ghost Princess, Hotdog Princess, Turtle Princess and Gunter.
 * This is the second time The Ice King sings (the first time being in "Holly Jolly Secrets Part II."
 * It appears that all of Ice King's penguins names derive from "Gunter."
 * When Princess Monster Wife was returning the stolen body parts, she gives Turtle Princess's body part to LSP. But as seen in Gotcha! they got their respectful body parts back.
 * The picture in the title card appears when Ice King and his wife were watching T.V., Ice King, his wife, Finn, Jake, and Gunter resemble this when they are sitting on the couch. The Ice King claims that this is what normal families do.
 * This is the second episode where Finn faints in the series. The first was in "The Real You."
 * Princess Monster Wife has the voice of PB, LSP, and Turtle Princess combined.
 * When Ice King and his wife were eating, it seems that they were eating animal-shaped chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes.
 * This episodes featured ice creatures not seen since the season 1 episode, "What is Life? " such as Ice Toads and Ice Bull.
 * When Ice King was eating with Princess Monster Wife, Ice King is holding a nesting doll.
 * This is the second (and third) time that Kitten was shown in the show.
 * This is the second time Hot Dog Princess tried to kiss Finn.
 * This is the first "princess" to actually have feelings for the Ice King, not counting when Ice King was mistaken for a "Nice" King. And when he was controling Old Lady Princess into loving him.
 * Another large portion of the Ice Kingdom is revealed in this episode.

Cultural references

 * The stitched together parts to create one composite being is similar to the creation of the monster of the Mary Shelley horror novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus.
 * Much of the Ice King's musical number is a shot for shot homage to the magic carpet ride that takes place during "A Whole New World" in the 1992 Disney film Aladdin, including the couple's flight above a herd of horses and pyramids.
 * Finn and Jake's failed plan to use mirrors to get to Princess Monster Wife is reminiscent of the ancient Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa.
 * When Ice King, Princess Monster Wife, Finn, Jake, and Gunter are shown sitting on the couch together, it may be a reference to The Simpsons.

Episode connections

 * This episode includes princesses and other characters that have not been seen since the first and second season.
 * At the start of the episode, the Ice King is seen to have several photographs framed on a wall in his ice cave, one of which appears to represent a city under heavy snowfall. This could be a link to the final tape of the Ice King shown in "Holly Jolly Secrets Part II" in which his past is described and the view of a similar city under snowfall is shown.

Errors

 * In the episode "Jake vs. Me-Mow," Wildberry Princess's arms are directly connected to her body, but in this episode, her arms were connected to one of her Berries.
 * In the episode "Hitman" the Ice King says that LSP is one of his least favorite princesses, yet LSP loses a body part and the Ice King says to Princess Monster Wife that all her body parts are from his favorite princesses.
 * When Finn and Jake look at Princess Monster Wife through mirrors, it appears she is facing them. However, when they faint, she has her back toward them.
 * When Princess Monster Wife is holding the photos of the princesses used in her creation, it appears that both of her arms are like Wildberry Princess due to the noticeable lack in thickness of her left arm.
 * When the Ice King gives Princess Monster Wife the princess photos he gives her Muscle Princess' photo and says that P.M.W has the side of Elbow Princess.
 * In the episode LSP is still a hobo, it seems she didn't stay with her parents. There is a problem with this, as she returned to her parents in "The Monster" and she said that somebody broke into her, "house."

Production notes

 * The Snail's location is shown in the long preview.

Videos
Adventure Time - Princess Monster Wife (short preview)|Short preview. Adventure Time - Princess Monster Wife (long preview)|Extended preview.