The New Frontier

"The New Frontier" is the eighteenth episode in season three of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
Finn tries to stop Jake from embracing a dream that he believes foretells his final demise.

Plot
Jake has a Croak Dream involving a rocket ship and a Banana Man. After he wakes up and tells Finn about the dream, they hear someone knocking at the door. Finn looks out the window and sees the Banana Man and they decide to follow him to his house. After firing arrows at him to try to scare him away, they find his rocketship in his backyard. Jake tries to ride it, despite Finn trying to convince him not to, because he says it's his destiny. The rocket creates a hole, which Jake, Finn, and the Banana Man fall down. They fall into a pool of water which recreates Jake's dream, only Finn is there so the Croak Dream does not come true. They find out that the Banana Man only wanted to borrow some sugar.

Characters
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Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Banana Man

Minor Characters

 * Beemo
 * Cosmic Owl
 * Glob (mentioned)
 * Snail

Trivia

 * This episode was originally titled "The Croak List," but artist Adam Muto stated it was "too spoilerish to divulge".
 * Jake is comfortable with dying while in Jake vs Me-mow he agrees to kill Wildberry Princess to save his own life.
 * When Finn tells Jake that the person outside is the banana man, the ears in his hat bend down as if they were real (animal) ears
 * The final scene of the randomly-dancing Banana Man is a possible reference to the popular Youtube clip "It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!!"
 * Glob is said by Jake to count your deeds it may be a reference to caste system which would look at your deeds and determine if you would live a happy after life
 * Jake says that rockets haven't been reinvented yet, meaning they were destroyed in the past and technology hasn't advanced far enough to rebuild them. This is likely a result of The Mushroom Wars.
 * When Jake jumps on the rocket he says "Yea-yuh!." This could be a reference to another Cartoon Network show called "Regular Show".
 * The scene where Finn, Jake, and the Bananna Man are free-falling into the water below in an open cavern could be a reference to the end of the fight scene intro between Gandalf the Grey and the Balrog from "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" movie.