Vault of Bones

Synopsis
Finn takes Flame Princess on a dungeon crawl in order to alleviate her fears that she's evil.

Plot
The episode starts inside the Tree Fort. Jake is preparing tea and playing with the water while he fills the pot. Finn and Flame Princess are playing cards on the sofa. Flame Princess sighs and Finn asks "what's wrong?" Flame Princes replies that it's nothing. Finn then gets close Flame Princess and breathes heavily in her face and they both laugh. Jake then asks if anyone wants some tea. He turns on the stove and waits. The flames under the tea kettle grow big and startle Jake. The flames then turn into the Flame King's head and go toward Flame Princess, whispering "evil" again and again. Flame Princess and Jake are surprised to see Flame King but Finn simply waves his hand. Flame King apologizes, saying that he thought his daughter was alone and leaves. Jake turns off the stove. Finn asks Flame Princess "what was that?" and Jake replies that he was saying evil again and again. Finn says that he heard that but Jake says he thought maybe he didn't hear it because he was whispering. Flame Princess states that he is annoying and Jake feels offended.

Flame Princess explains that it is her dad who is annoying and how he is always whispering that she is evil when she's not paying attention. Finn then jumps on the table and tells her she is not evil and tells her that her dad is making her feel bad so she'll think she is evil. Flame Princess doubts that and Finn suggests going toa  dungeon to take her mind off of things. Jake comes to the sofa and offers them tea. Finn and Flame Princess laughingly leave Jake alone drinking tea.

Finn and Flame Princess walk into the forest looking for a dungeon entrance. Flame Princess then uses her "Heat Sense" and guides Finn to a secret latch and opens a door. As they enter, Finn finds a gauntlet, as well as a torch which he asks Flame Princess to light for him. Flame Princess suggests they do not need a torch because she is made of fire. Finn states that it is cool to use torches in dungeons.

Shortly after entering the dungeon, the two of them encounter a skeleton who asks them what are they doing there. Flame Princess simply replies "Burning you alive" and raises her arms to burn the skeleton, only to be stopped by Finn with his own ways of manipulating the skeleton, specifically having it do the splits and then shouting at it for his own advantages. The skeleton points them to a treasure chest that lay in the corner. They find the key to open this chest at the end of the episode.

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Flame Princess
 * Skeletons
 * Goo Skulls

Minor Characters

 * Jake
 * Flame King
 * Snail

Songs

 * Dungeon Crawl

Trivia

 * This is the first time that Flame Princess's hair is not up, and it appears to be shorter than usually seen. However, when she burns the frog-skeletons, her hair really is up.
 * This also marks the first time Flame Princess refers to Finn as her boyfriend.
 * In the episode, Finn refers to Flame Princess as "FP" for the first time. Likewise, she refers to him as "FTH," an abbreviation for "Finn the Human."
 * The deck of cards that Flame Princess and Finn were playing with had Finn's face on the back of them, the same deck used in "All the Little People" by Flame Princess and Lumpy Space Princess.
 * Flame Princess shows new abilities in this episode.
 * She displays "Heat Sense", which she uses to detect the dungeon trigger.
 * She can also create blue flames similarly to a blow torch.
 * She also has a tendency to burn anything without thinking about it first.

Cultural references

 * Flame Princess and Finn's actions in the dungeon seem reflect "." When Finn decides to let Flame Princess do things her way, he then acts much like a dungeon master, say things like "There's a door over there, what do you wanna do?" and "...it's a legion of Goo Skulls! How do you defend?." When he asks "How do you defend?," Flame Princess replies "Snake Fire!" to which Finn states, "Fire burn goo." This "problem, solution, result" format of dialogue is much like Dungeons and Dragons gameplay.
 * Much of the dungeon is based on quest video games, especially .
 * The heart-shaped rock with eyes in the treasure chest is a reference to Heart Containers.
 * When Finn asks Flame Princess "On a Scale of 1-100, how good are you at shooting little bits of fire from long distances?", she replies "Uhhhh. I don't know. 42?". This may be a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the number 42 is said to be the meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

Episode connections

 * The question of whether Flame Princess is evil or not returns again; the topic was first brought up in "Ignition Point."
 * Likewise, Flame King continues to harass her about her alignment as he did in the end of the previous episode.
 * When Finn suggested they go to a farmer's market next time, Flame Princess said, "And burn it?". This may be a reference to the episode Finn the Human, in which the Destiny Gang burns down a farmer's market.

Errors

 * When Flame Princess sleeps (even though she said she was meditating she was obviously lying), her hair is down like a normal hair unlike in "Ignition Point" where her hair is up.
 * When Finn said that they should visit a farmer's market next time and Flame Princess answers "and burn it", her gem turned into fire instead of her hair.