Tree Trunks (character)

Tree Trunks is an elephant friend of Finn and Jake who speaks with a gentle, Southern drawl. She is first seen in the Adventure Time opening sequence, followed by her official introduction in "Slumber Party Panic," and then in "Evicted!" but had very minor appearances. She is later featured in the self-titled episode "Tree Trunks." After taking a bite out of the Crystal Gem Apple, she appeared to mysteriously explode, but actually was revealed later to have become the overlord of the Crystal Dimension until Finn and Jake rescued her from her insanity. She loves picking apples and making apple pies with them.

Personality
Tree Trunks has the personality of an older, gentle. southern woman, complete with a Texan accent and polite, complimentary disposition. Throughout her titular episode, she constantly places herself in an unnecessary amount of danger--much to Finn's annoyance--due to her naiveté. She often uses her cuteness to complete tasks by wearing a lot of makeup and seducing her subjects. While riding on Finn's back, Jake says she could ride higher on his back, but Finn stops him, saying she has a weak heart.

Tree Trunks loves to cook, as seen in "Slumber Party Panic," where she's seen carrying hot buns. In her self-titled episode, she makes Finn and Jake apple pies. She seems to be a perfectionist when it comes to her pies, going to very dark place if anything goes wrong with one of them.

Appearance
She is a small, yellow-green elephant with wrinkly skin. She also has a small pink bow tied onto her tail. Her ears resemble oven mitts.

Quartzion the Crystal Queen
In "Crystals Have Power," Tree Trunks returns with a new evil personality. It is revealed that when she ate the Crystal Gem Apple and exploded, she was actually sent to the crystal dimension, where she became Quartzion the Crystal Queen, ruler of the Crystal Guardians who are in love with her. Although the apple also gave her ultimate power, it overwhelmed her and made her, as Finn would put it, "bananas with crystal power." Noticeable physical changes were present when she became Quartzion, as she grew to a significantly larger size and gained both gem-shaped eyes and a gray tint to her skin color. The abilities that she gained from eating the Crystal Gem Apple included flight via flapping her ears and the ability to shoot a highly destructive energy beam from her trunk. She had her Crystal Guardians kidnap Finn after she fell madly in love with him, with the intention of transforming him into her "sexy crystal king," to which Jake tried to stop them using non-violence. When Finn refused to be her king, she tried to kill him and Jake while still trying to convince Finn to marry her. After Jake realized that he can hurt anybody that is evil from a vision with his father, he kicks the Crystal Gem Apple out of Tree Trunks and she returns to normal, with Finn reverting to his normal form also. She apologizes and admits her admiration for Finn, and goes back with Finn and Jake for apple pie.

Quotes
See Tree Trunks/Quotes.

Trivia

 * Tree Trunks explodes in the episode "Tree Trunks", but was seen dancing in "Evicted! " According to Pendleton Ward, this is because "Evicted!" takes place before "Tree Trunks."
 * Originally, in the episode "Tree Trunks," the episode creators wanted Tree Trunks just to explode, but the Cartoon Network officials thought that it would be too scary for younger viewers. They added the scene of Tree Trunks walking in a crystal place.
 * A Tree Trunks cutout can be made at the official site of Cartoon Network.
 * She can get a recently baked pie from the oven with just her trunk without apparently suffering a burn.
 * She bears a close resemblance to the Benny Smart elephant.
 * In the original storyboard for "Crystals Have Power" at the end, Tree Trunks was supposed to go through another portal and get lost again. The idea was at the end of every Tree Trunks episode she was supposed to get lost again.
 * In "Video Makers" she is shown to be in Finn's and Jake's Movie Club.
 * Her favorite drink is apple juice, as shown in "Video Makers".
 * Tree Trunks has lipstick acording to Finn in Crystals Have Power.

Major Appearances

 * "Tree Trunks"
 * "Crystals Have Power"
 * "Apple Thief"

Minor Appearances

 * "Slumber Party Panic"
 * "Evicted!"
 * "Video Makers"