Earl of Lemongrab

The Earl of Lemongrab first appears in the episode "Too Young." He is the high-strung, overly-zealous, obnoxious, stubborn ruler of the Earldom of Lemongrab, and the heir to the Candy Kingdom. He is the creation of Princess Bubblegum and the first of her experiments to go wrong. He was able to usurp the throne of the Candy Kingdom on the technicality of Bubblegum's de-aging. Once Princess Bubblegum was 18 again, she fires him, and he returns to Lemongrab.

In "You Made Me," Lemongrab upsets Princess Bubblegum by spying on candy people as they sleep. Princess Bubblegum, Finn, and Jake attempt to stop him by giving him three criminal candy people to govern, the Pup Gang. Lemongrab attempts to adapt to "candy styles" but is unsuccessful, so Finn and Jake are forced to invade Castle Lemongrab. When they fail to rescue the candy people, Princess Bubblegum creates another Lemongrab to live in Castle Lemongrab with the original Lemongrab to keep him company, and upon meeting, the two Lemongrabs decide to release the prisoners. As of "All Your Fault," they had created numerous Lemon Children.

In "Too Old" it is revealed that the original Earl of Lemongrab has become a bloated tyrant who has put shock collars on all his subjects to force them to do his bidding; moreover, he had eaten over half of his counterpart, Lemongrab 2, and eventually consumes him completely when Lemongrab 2 fights against his oppressive regime.

Appearance
The Earl is one of the few overtly humanoid candy people. He has yellow, lemon-textured (as revealed in a close-up of his face) skin, a bulbous, lemon-shaped head, a long nose similar to that of the Ice King, Fire Count and Farmworld Finn. In addition to this he has a long, snake-like green tongue, and oval eyes with black circles as irises. His teeth, in some situations, appear to be razor-sharp. Like many of the Adventure Time characters, he has thin, noodle-like limbs and a lean torso; However, his behind sticks out noticeably, making his body profile resemble a jelly bean. His behind consists of one large, round butt cheek. Despite being far more humanoid than the average candy person, he does not have toes, nipples, or a belly-button. He often has lines around his eyes when stressed, and visible frown lines when particularly upset. The Earl wears a dark-gray bodysuit, black boots, a green belt with a lemon-shaped buckle, and he carries a sound sword in a brown scabbard. For bed, he wears a light gray one-piece with snaps on the butt. He sometimes uses a pair of half-moon spectacles to read. His preferred choice of underpants is a pair of light-grey briefs with three buttons on the front. In "Too Old', he has become obese and wears a full black bodysuit with a frilly collar and wristbands.

Biography
"Too Young" established that the Earl was created in Princess Bubblegum's laboratory; it is yet unknown how long ago. Upon being created, Lemongrab screamed hysterically and violently flapped his arms, causing the Princess to realize that the experiment had gone wrong.

After his creation, he became the Earl of an Earldom (known as Lemongrab) and acquired Lemon Camel. Jesse Moynihan has stated that after he was born, Princess Bubblegum "stuck him in Castle Lemongrab," because, as Princess Bubblegum put it, "he doesn't get along with others," and he is frightening and sometimes violent to other candy people. He lived an extremely sheltered, and presumably wealthy life ever since. He was raised by servants and became spoiled and ignorant due to having everything he wanted handed to him without a connection to its source. In the storyboards, it was shown that the Candy People said things like "Who's that again?" when he came to Princess Bubblegum's castle, indicating that he had been isolated from the rest of the people in the Candy Kingdom.

After being informed that Princess Bubblegum was under eighteen, the Earl travels to the Candy Castle and asserts himself as the temporary ruler of the Candy Kingdom. The Princess reluctantly relinquishes her position because, as she admits, he is currently older than her. As the ruler, he behaves in a manner that makes sense to him; screaming at the candy people and sending them to the dungeon without trial. Finn and the young Princess Bubblegum try to force the Earl to leave by playing pranks on him, but their attempts are in vain. Their final prank results in the Earl sentencing Finn, Princess Bubblegum and Peppermint Butler to one million years in the dungeon. When Princess Bubblegum returns to correct ruling age, the Earl of Lemongrab is unceremoniously fired and he leaves, upset and muttering to himself.

In "You Made Me," Lemongrab returns to the Candy Kingdom and is caught spying on its residents while they sleep by Princess Bubblegum. She gets the Earl to admit that he does this out of loneliness and a desire to rule over others. He proceeds to have an emotional meltdown where he wails, "You made me! You're my Glob!" and tears off his clothes. She tries to help the Earl by sending the Pup Gang to be his subjects. However, their obnoxious and rude behavior prompts him to render them unconscious with his Sound Sword and lock them in his "Reconditioning Room". When the Earl returns to the Candy Kingdom resume his spying, Princess Bubblegum tries to teach Lemongrab how to be more empathetic towards the Candy People by showing him how to cuddle Crunchy. However, Lemongrab is disturbed by this act of affection, and ends up poking and slapping the child while screaming. He tells Princess Bubblegum that his "lemon heart" is responsible for his nature and it must be right if she had made him this way. He then proceeds to scream, flap his arms, and ride back to his castle. Princess Bubblegum, Finn, and Jake follow the Earl to Castle Lemongrab, but are caught and locked in his Reconditioning Chamber. Princess Bubblegum attempts to coax Lemongrab into letting the prisoners go, but he snaps, and screams "No more helping! You're the one who made me this way! You poison!" He attempts to attack his creator with his Sound Sword, but Finn breaks out of the chamber and takes the blast instead. Lemongrab is puzzled by this act of heroism, and at that moment, Lemongrab 2 wanders into the room. Lemongrab and his clone quickly become friends and the Earl eventually decides to let the prisoners go. At the end of the episode, they happily bid Princess Bubblegum and the others goodbye and ask them to visit, showing that there are no hard feelings.

"Mystery Dungeon" reveals that the Ice King knows Lemongrab and his whereabouts. The Ice King kidnaps Lemongrab and takes him to the Mystery Dungeon, and in this adventure, the Earl meets Tree Trunks, Neptr, and Shelby. Lemongrab is angry and anxious from being separated from Lemongrab 2 and being in an unfamiliar place. He nearly dies until Tree Trunks saves him. Lemongrab nearly kills the Ice King on a few occasions, and also knock outs a giant rat with his fist. He escapes and departs saying, "bye don't follow me." He returns to Castle Lemongrab to be with Lemongrab 2.

In "All Your Fault," it is revealed that the Lemongrabs found Princess Bubblegum's secret formula for creating candy life, which she accidentally left behind after creating Lemongrab 2. Believing that she wanted them to "keep making more family," they used all of their candy (a lifetime's supply) to make new lemon people to share the castle. In the process, the Lemongrabs seem to have discovered a capacity to love and care for their "family." However, they also develop an addictive desire to keep creating new creatures. This is evident when Lemongrab immediately uses the candy seeds given to him to replenish the candy supply of his starving earldom candy supply to create another lemon person. Without enough candy to feed the lemon people the Lemongrabs depart for the Candy Kingdom to pillage all of its candy for food and to create new lemon people, hinting that any compassion they might have developed extends only to other lemon people and not to other creatures overall. However, when Lemonjon has his heart kick-started by Finn and Jake, he becomes unable to carry out the invasion and dissolves himself into lemon candy for the lemon people. Princess Bubblegum then erases the secret formula from the two Lemongrab's memories.

In "Another Five More Short Graybles," the relationship in the Lemongrabs' relationship begins to decline as Lemongrab shouts at Lemongrab 2 over their doll, Lemon-Sweets, and shoves the latter into his mouth after they accidentally break it.

In "Too Old," Lemongrab invites Princess Bubblegum and Finn to a dinner party at his castle. He has become obese after eating parts of Lemongrab 2. Throughout the dinner, he is abusive towards his clone and uses shock collars to control his subjects. Later, when hearing Lemonhope play his harp, he promptly destroys the instrument. He continues to bully Lemonhope and sends him to the dungeon when Princess Bubblegum declares that she will take him to the Candy Kingdom. When Finn and Bubblegum prank him in an attempt to rescue Lemonhope, he sends them to the dungeon as well. Later, when Lemonhope poorly plays Finn's flute, both Lemongrabs are attracted to the sound and Lemongrab 2 releases them. This infuriates Lemongrab and he swallows Lemongrab 2 whole. As Bubblegum and company make their escape, Lemongrab forces all of his subjects to capture them. However, Lemongrab 2 is able to momentarily escape and help aid the escapees leave the earldom before being swallowed again.

Personality and traits
According to Jesse Moynihan, the Earl is "off-putting, weird, angry, and alienated with an inability to read social cues." Because of this, and the fact that his sour disposition is naturally repellent, he does not get along with other people very well, if at all. The Earl is extremely insensitive to the feelings of those around him, making him unintentionally cruel to others. It is likely that he does not realize how toxic he is to other people. Even though he's an exceedingly troubled, pitiful person, he brings a great deal of misery upon himself. Although the circumstances of how he came into existence and became a sourpuss are regrettable and depressing at best, a great deal of his unhappiness is self-inflicted due to his steadfast willingness to stay unhappy and impose that unhappiness on others when the opportunity arises.

Lemongrab is not inherently harmful to anybody but himself because of his schizophrenic behavior, and is merely "dysfunctional" mentally and as a person rather than destructive. Although he was an antagonist in his first appearance, he is not evil, "just completely unadjusted to living," as claimed by Adam Muto on his Spring. However, Cole Sanchez merely calls him an "off" person who unjustifiably and arbitrarily treats others badly.

According to Patrick Seery, Lemongrab is under the delusion that he is always right. He later stated that the Earl likes order and can only function properly in a society where everyone obeys and agrees with him. Because of this, he hates being corrected or reprimanded for his mistakes and is quick to irresponsibly blame his life problems on others. He is often mean, rude, and obnoxious to everyone who even remotely disagrees with him. The actions Lemongrab takes against others are entirely reasonable in his perspective—he only punishes those who do not adhere to his strict standards of behavior and tolerates those who do. In an unused scene, it was shown that Lemongrab had no qualms about sending a small candy child to the dungeon for an extremely petty reason, and even terrorizing the youngster to the point of making the child cry.

The Earl has a short temper, making him overreact to small problems in the manner of an angry child. He also appears to have haphephobia—a fear of being touched. He screamed and acted alarmed when Finn slapped him on the hand, and he sentenced Peppermint Butler to five extra years dungeon for pulling on the leg of his pants. He is very strict, threatening to send Candy People to the dungeon without a trial. He became so angry after being pranked by Finn and Princess Bubblegum, that he sentenced candy people to the dungeon without knowing who did it. However, once Peppermint Butler assures him that it was in fact a prank "for laughs," The Earl calms down and begins to laugh. After being punched in the gut by the "little ghost pranksters" and pushed to the ground, the Earl still tried to laugh it off, claiming that he was not going anywhere. Although, after eating the spicy solution that Princess Bubblegum put on his food (causing him much humiliation and pain), the Earl becomes as angry as ever and puts her in the dungeon along with Finn and the other candy people. Furthermore, when unsupervised, he not only imprisons, but also tortures candy people in a shock chamber in Castle Lemongrab. He also tends to raise his voice and scream a lot- all but a couple of his lines are screamed. He only smiles twice in the episode; once after being pranked by "the thing," and once after being beaten up by Princess Bubblegum and Finn- though this was in an unused storyboard, he is seen holding a rice cake and grinning to himself, saying, "Jealous of my rice cake, little ghost pranksters?" According to Andy Ristaino, Jesse Moynihan said this storyboard was a reference to Lemongrab liking really bland foods. This can presumably be the reason he was excited about the mashed carrots. He also seems to be fond of the colors green and grey- all of his clothes are grey, and his belt and Lemon Camel's saddle are green.

The Earl of Lemongrab has little to no sense of humor, but he seems to try having one, albeit unsuccessfully. He also tries to rule the kingdom to the best of his ability in a way that makes perfect sense to him. The Earl is not evil- just perpetually confused and unintentionally harmful to his subjects. He is overly-sensitive, touchy, and high-strung, and easily offended, but tries his best and is under the delusion that he is doing the right thing. Andy Ristaino claimed on his Spring that the Earl's sour temper and perpetually unhappy disposition are due to a combination of his willingness to stay bitter, and circumstances that caused him to be this way. The Earl does not get along with others, and according to Jesse Moynihan, he does not have any friends.

The Earl does not appear to think logically; he claims to not know where food comes from. More evidence of his lack of thought would be his sentencing everybody in the Candy Kingdom to one million years in the dungeon. It most likely did not occur to him at the time that he would only be in power for five years; only until the princess turned eighteen, as he said. In addition to this, he imprisoned all of the castle staff for seven years (twelve for Peppermint Butler,) but immediately released Peppermint Butler once Lemongrab realized that he was hungry and could not make food for himself. Despite his bossy, nasty disposition, he often hints to having a kind of helplessness resembling that of a child's. His actions appear to be driven by unspecific anger and not direct malice towards anything or anyone in particular. Despite his negative attributes seemingly outweighing any positive ones he may have, the Earl is shown to be a fairly stubborn, and resilient person, which occasionally seems to work in his favor in times of adversity. Despite being despised by everybody else, he stuck to his job until he was required by law to leave- rather than quit and neglect his responsibilities.

In "You Made Me," Lemongrab expresses complete misery over his loneliness and isolation. This leads to him having several psychotic breaks in which he ruthlessly, and almost sadistically, imprisons and harms many people. However, when Princess Bubblegum introduces him to a person exactly like him, he calms down, and becomes overjoyed at his new friend. He and his double both act cheerful and affable after they meet, and Lemongrab finally becomes calm and well-adjusted. According to Jesse Moynihan, on his website, "I don't know what exactly is going on with him. The two times I've written for his character I've tried to play him as weirdly sympathetic. He does a lot of things wrong, but you can see that he's trying to do what makes sense to him... I wanted the viewer to feel sympathy for him, or at least conflicted about his motivations." "Mystery Dungeon" reveals that without the company and affection of Lemongrab 2, the Earl of Lemongrab is angry, rude, shrill, and anxious, much as he was in "Too Young." However, Lemongrab sincerely apologized to Tree Trunks for his rudeness, even though he was unknowingly rude to her for the rest of the episode by referring to her as "servile" and "slave." In Mystery Dungeon, he seems a bit more cheerful and willing to talk to other people. In the episode "All Your Fault," he and Lemongrab 2 have epiphanies in which they realize that they want to have a family, and in this process, they learn that they are capable of showing genuine love and affection to their own children, who love them back. When Jake refers to them as "selfish," Princess Bubblegum claims that "their hearts are fine. They're just like this," and the earls respond with smiles. In "All Your Fault," Lemongrab and Lemongrab 2 both seem a bit more affable and willing to talk to other people.

Many of Lemongrab's traits are similar to Asperger's Syndrome, or being on the autism spectrum, including his eidetic memory, his aversion to traditional touching, and his difficulty with recognizing social cues. This is not explicitly stated, but Princess Bubblegum's remark that the Lemongrabs have no trouble with their hearts, they are just "like this" at the end of "All Your Fault" suggests that their traits are part of their mental wiring.

Abilities
The Earl of Lemongrab apparently has a high tolerance to physical injury. This is shown when he landed head-first after falling out of one of the Castle's windows, and later out of a tree, seemingly uninjured.

He always carries a sword that has the ability to emit powerful sound waves which can knock people unconscious. He uses the sword in "You Made Me" to discipline disobedient citizens. Lemongrab also appears to have a certain knowledge of technology, as he designed, built, and operates the reconditioning chamber in his castle. He also designed the Sound Sword himself, as it is powered by the unique frequency of his own screams.

Lemongrab possesses an unusual kind of physicality. After he was caught by Princess Bubblegum, he arched his back through a narrowly open window, and managed to sit up high enough to face Princess Bubblegum, even as most of his body hung from the window. This indicates surprising abdominal strength and flexibility. Lemongrab also possesses the ability to contort his neck and rotate his head to nearly a full 360 degrees in a manner similar to that of an owl.

The earl is quite strong because of his hard skin, as seen in Mystery Dungeon, when he props up the closing ceiling of the dungeon with his own back, with little effort. In the episode, he is also shown to have a photographic memory, remembering the map of the dungeon in a matter of seconds. He can also dislocate his jaw in the manner of a snake to open his mouth to a frighteningly large size, and he can profusely gush lemon juice from the nodule on top of his head. He and Lemongrab 2 seem intelligent enough to understand science enough to create life, when the princess leaves them the formula for doing so.

Princess Bubblegum
Princess Bubblegum is Lemongrab's creator. Because she physically made him and gave him the personality that he has, Lemongrab refers to the Princess as being "his Glob." Lemongrab is technically older than her during the events of "Too Young." Due to this, and the fact that she cannot rule until she is eighteen, Lemongrab is able to usurp the throne. Princess Bubblegum does not like Lemongrab or the way that he treats the Candy People, and she is the first one to suggest that she and Finn do something to make him leave. After several pranks, Lemongrab sentences her to one million years in the dungeon; however, while she's in the dungeon, Princess Bubblegum devises a way to return to her true age. Once she's over eighteen again she fires Lemongrab, and insults him.

In "You Made Me," however, Princess Bubblegum is much kinder and more patient towards Lemongrab; enough to speak calmly to him, attempt to teach him, and try to console him, even as he is threatening her and her subjects and friends. Lemongrab is upset, and furious that Princess Bubblegum made him as such a flawed, lonesome individual, and reacts in a very hostile manner towards Princess Bubblegum's coaxing. She later makes Lemongrab a friend who is exactly like him, so he wouldn't be alone. The episode ends with Princess Bubblegum and the Lemongrabs on very good terms, and they happily say their good-byes. She adds, "Take care, boys!" to the two Lemongrabs, and Lemongrab happily encourages Princess Bubblegum to call them and visit them soon.

Princess Bubblegum sees them as annoying nuisances and is frustrated by their emotionless behavior, but she is still willing to help them when they are obviously in trouble.

Lemongrab 2
Lemongrab 2 is perhaps the first person Lemongrab has ever liked or tolerated, because he is the only person who can entirely understand him and his "lemon styles." He was introduced in "You Made Me" when Princess Bubblegum creates him in Lemongrab's pantry. Lemongrab is surprised by Lemongrab 2's presence at first, skeptically asking "Who's this rigamarole?" as he steps into the room, but after exchanging several pokes in the face, they smile and nuzzle each other. Lemongrab 2 is the only person that Lemongrab would willingly interact with physically. Although Lemongrab is normally confused by displays of affection and disgusted by physicality, he and his companion have no qualms about nuzzling each other. Lemongrab 2 presents the idea of pardoning all of the prisoners and Lemongrab agrees. At the end of the episode, they rule Castle Lemongrab together with the only citizens being themselves, looking very happy. According to storyboard supervisor Ian Jones-Quartey, "they're a lot like twin brothers."

By the end of the episode "All Your Fault," the two Lemongrabs have populated their castle with a wide variety of Lemon Children, whom they created from their candy food supply given to them by Princess Bubblegum, whom they referred to as "Mother Princess."

In "Another Five More Short Graybles" it is shown that Lemongrab and Lemongrab 2 can argue with each other, when they have a disagreement over their doll Lemon-Sweets, or "son." Lemongrab ultimately loses control and attempts to eat Lemongrab 2.

In "Too Old," it is revealed that Lemongrab has become a tyrant, has indeed eaten half of Lemongrab 2, and now keeps both his counterpart and the rest of the Lemon Children in subservience using electric shocks and other methods of repression. Lemongrab 2 disapproves of this, seemingly being more moral than the original Lemongrab, and when Lemongrab 2 goes against his brother's wishes by freeing the Lemon Children to let Finn, Princess Bubblegum and Lemonhope escape the castle, the original Lemongrab devours the rest of Lemongrab 2. The latter's last words are a plea for Lemonhope to return one day, to free the rest of the Lemon people from the now bloated and immoral Lemongrab and his oppressive rule.

Lemon Children
The Lemongrabs have many Lemon Children, whom they love and care about immensely. The Lemongrabs see themselves as fathers to the young people they create, and made a point to welcome each new offspring into the world with a smile and a name. The earls love their kids so much that they used all of their food to keep making more of them. When the Lemongrabs prepare to leave to speak to Princess Bubblegum, they notified the children "so they wouldn't worry while they were away." The Lemongrabs prepared to conquer the Candy Kingdom to use all of their candy to make more children, and create an army to steal all the candy in the world to feed their children. The Lemon Children seem to return this affection to their fathers. When he becomes a tyrant, Lemongrab fits all the Lemon Children with shock collars to make them do his bidding, and locks up Badlemonnohope in the bathroom. He becomes quite cruel to the children he once loved.

Finn and Jake
Lemongrab's first interaction with Finn is in "Too Young," when Finn slaps his hand for yelling at Princess Bubblegum. Lemongrab lets this pass, though Finn still does not like him and attempts to prank him (with help from Princess Bubblegum) until he leaves the Candy Castle. Lemongrab tries to take the pranks in stride, but the spice prank pushes him over the line and he sentences Finn to one million years in the dungeon. While in the dungeon, Finn helps Princess Bubblegum return to her real age in order to get rid of Lemongrab once and for all. He and Princess Bubblegum then watch the unhappy Lemongrab leave. In "You Made Me," when Lemongrab admits that he is desperately lonesome and unhappy, he breaks down and runs away wailing. Finn looks on in a somber manner, realizing that Lemongrab is a disturbed, depressed individual rather than an intentional criminal. He turns to the mournful-looking Princess Bubblegum, and asks softly, "What are we gonna do?" Finn assists Princess Bubblegum in helping Lemongrab throughout the episode, and is at her side for much of this time. However, when Lemongrab assaults Crunchy and runs off screaming and wiggling his arms, Finn refers to Lemongrab as a "D-List." When Finn and Jake try to rescue the Pup Gang, Lemongrab electrocutes him and Jake for "trespassing." He finds Lemongrab to be obnoxious as usual, and protects Princess Bubblegum from his Sound Sword. At the end of the episode, he seems content with the idea of Lemongrab being happy, as they wave good-bye to each other. Later, they are called to help give the Earls candy seeds to grow more food, but they find out they made many lemon candy creatures (then made the seeds into Seed-Wad). They try to take over the candy kingdom for food but Lemonjon sacrifices himself and saves the day. PB tells Finn and Jake to keep an eye on The Earls.



Jake didn't meet Lemongrab until "You Made Me" Initially, he is frightened of and confused by Lemongrab and his unsettling actions. He views Lemongrab in a disdainful manner, but doesn't see him as being a true threat. After Lemongrab assaults Crunchy, Jake grows much larger and more muscular, glaring angrily at the earl. When Lemongrab panics and runs away screaming, Jake looks less angry, and more confused. When Princess Bubblegum realizes that the Pup Gang are in danger, Jake enthusiastically takes on a spiky, menacing form, preparing to fight Lemongrab. However, when Princess Bubblegum tells Jake that they need to help Lemongrab rather than fight him, Jake assumes a flowery, gentle form. By the end of the episode, after Lemongrab pardoned the prisoners and started being a kinder person, Jake harbored no hard feelings towards Lemongrab, happily waving to him as he left Castle Lemongrab. At the end of the episode, he and Finn both say, "Good-bye, Lemongrab!" and "Good-bye, Lemongrabs!"

Peppermint Butler
Lemongrab relies on Peppermint Butler to serve him. When Lemongrab needed someone to feed him he released Peppermint Butler from the dungeon so that he could make a meal. Lemongrab refers to Peppermint Butler as "Mr. Peppermint," though he still looks down on him and calls him "servile." Peppermint Butler does not like Lemongrab and aids Finn and Princess Bubblegum during the spice prank. The extent of Peppermint Butler's dislike shows when he screams for Princess Bubblegum to spice the dirt that Lemongrab is eating.

Candy People
The Candy People don't like Lemongrab and Lemongrab doesn't seem to like them much in return. The earl "doesn't get along with others," according to his creator, and for this reason he was purposefully isolated from the rest of Candy Kingdom society, for his own well-being and for the well-being of the Candy People.

When Lemongrab took control of the kingdom in "Too Young," he would send them to the dungeon for ridiculous lengths of time for the smallest things he considered an offense, even terrorizing a candy child and driving it to tears in a deleted scene. Reactions to Lemongrab ranged from fear to resentment to complete confusion.

The Candy People do not hate Lemongrab, but they do resent him strongly. When Lemongrab fell screaming from a window and landed on the hard ground below, smashing his head into the earth, the surrounding Candy People looked noticeably concerned and worriedly surprised. However, when he was shown to have survived the fall without injury, the Candy People lost interest, and merely stared at him nonchalantly as he ran through the castle ground screaming in pain.

Later, in "You Made Me," he would spy on them in their sleep, disturbing them greatly. Starchy angrily referred to Lemongrab as a "freak" as the earl expressed his desire for citizens for his castle. When Princess Bubblegum requested three healthy Candy People live with Lemongrab, the entire kingdom went into protest. When Princess Bubblegum made Lemongrab's tragic, lonely plight evident and was visibly saddened by it, the Candy People continued to protest. Mr. Cupcake, in particular, loathed the idea of living with Lemongrab so much that he purposefully broke his own arm.

In "You Made Me," Lemongrab becomes so uncomfortable with the act of coddling Crunchy, a candy baby, that he pokes the baby in the face, slaps him, punches him in the head, and yells at him, before throwing him onto the ground in terror. He refers to demonstrations of affection such as cuddling and stroking as "gross," and Crunchy cries. Lemongrab also imprisons and electrocutes the Pup Gang after they insult him and disobey his orders. He refers to the Pup Gang as "punkest boys."

However, by the end of the episode, he happily pardons the prisoners. In a deleted storyboard, the Pup Gang were shown jubilantly shouting "Yes!" after the Lemongrabs' agreement to let the prisoners go. At the end of the episode, the Pup Gang were not shown waving good-bye to Lemongrab along with everyone else, but the Lemongrabs bid them a fond farewell anyway.

Lemon Camel
Lemon Camel is the Earl of Lemongrab's trusty steed who lives with him in Castle Lemongrab. Lemongrab rides into the Candy Kingdom on Lemon Camel in "Too Young." Their relationship is peculiar. Although Lemon Camel is loyal to Lemongrab and quite passive, it does not appear to like him at all. When Lemongrab yells at Starchy, Lemon Camel is just as startled as everyone else in the room. The camel's eyes widen, and it recoils in surprise. Lemongrab views Lemon Camel as something of a pet. In "You Made Me," Lemon Camel has a place on the left-hand side of Lemongrab's throne in the castle. As Lemongrab becomes noticeably agitated and upset, Lemon Camel stares off into space, completely ignoring Lemongrab's screaming anxiety and threats towards the Pup Gang. Later in the episode, after his abysmal attempt at social interaction with Crunchy, Lemongrab has a panic attack, and begins screaming and flailing his arms. He runs over to a sleeping Lemon Camel and pounces onto its back, startling the camel. Lemon Camel lets out a frightened "Moo!" and jumps into the air, hopping off obediently back to Castle Lemongrab.

Ice King
Lemongrab and Ice King never interacted with each other until "Mystery Dungeon," in which the Ice King kidnaps Lemongrab, knocks him unconscious and places him in the Mystery Dungeon. The earl tries to eat the Ice King two times, and finds him to be obnoxious and useless. On one occasion, Lemongrab attempts to kill the Ice King for "having no function."

Shelby
At one point during the episode "Mystery Dungeon," Shelby rode around on Lemongrab's head.

Tree Trunks
Tree Trunks reprimanded Lemongrab for his rudeness in "Mystery Dungeon." Although he apologized, he still constantly referred to the elephant as "slave" and "servile" for the remainder of the episode. He likes her pies very much. Tree Trunks constantly mispronounces the earl's name as "Lemoncarb," which irritates him.

Quotes
See Earl of Lemongrab/Quotes

Major appearances

 * "Too Young"
 * "You Made Me"
 * "Mystery Dungeon"
 * "All Your Fault"
 * "Another Five More Short Graybles "
 * "Too Old"

Minor appearances

 * "All the Little People" (as a toy)

Trivia

 * The Earl of Lemongrab seems to be extremely far-sighted, needing a pair of very large reading glasses to read a note with exceedingly large text left by his bed.
 * He is made of lemon candy, rather than lemons.
 * Princess Bubblegum may have put some of her own candy matter into Lemongrab when she was making him.
 * Lemongrab is shorter than Princess Bubblegum (at her normal age).
 * A recent piece of artwork produced by lead character designer Andy Ristaino depicts Lemongrab as having light brown highlights in his eyes. This extra detail in Ristaino's piece could indicate that Lemongrab's eyes are very dark brown, rather than black.
 * Although Lemongrab has only appeared in four episodes so far, he has been depicted on two t-shirt designs among a group of the show's more prominent characters.
 * At the end of "Too Young," Lemongrab is muttering to himself incomprehensibly, upset about being fired. In the Latin American version he says "Nadie me quiere. Todos me odian." which translates to "No one wants/loves me. Everyone hates me."
 * In "You Made Me," it is revealed that Castle Lemongrab has several rooms occupied only by catcher's mitts on pedestals. This could mean Lemongrab is a fan of baseball, if baseball exists in Ooo.
 * Lemongrab is left-handed. He wields his sword in his left hand. However, all of the catcher's mitts in his castle are made to fit left hands, which means they are designed for right-handed catchers. This indicates that either Lemongrab is ambidextrous or the catcher's mitts are not meant for his use.
 * According to production assistant Patrick Seery, the Earl of Lemongrab poops lemons.
 * His head is filled with a squishy, viscous fluid which swishes around his cranium when jostled about, as seen in Too Young when he "laughs" and in Mystery Dungeon when it's squeezed out.
 * Finn refers to Lemongrab as a "D-list" in "You Made Me." Justin Roiland, Lemongrab's voice actor, refers to himself as "a D-list celebrity" on his podcast. In-universe, Lemongrab seems to have been upgraded to "C-list," as Finn calls the Little People C-listers, and Jesse Moynihan described "Mystery Dungeon as "a C-list extravaganza."
 * During the flash-back of Princess Bubblegum creating Lemongrab in "Too Young" there is a flask with a green liquid in it on the nightstand, but it's red when she pours the liquid onto Lemongrab. However, it is possible that she may have poured the wrong liquid onto him, which would explain how he "went wrong."
 * On Sunday, September 30, at the store "Hub Comics" in Massachusetts, Fruit Salad Days author Liz Prince hosted a release party for the Lemongrab-centric comic. The party was also a party in celebration of Lemongrab himself, as the comic artist is admittedly a big fan of the character. Lemon snacks were served in the earl's honor, and fans were specifically invited (though not required) to come dressed as Lemongrab.
 * The earl is filled with lemon juice. If squeezed hard enough, his life juices gush out of the nodule on his head, and if he loses enough juice, he deflates like a balloon and becomes weak.
 * Apparently he is either allergic to asparagus or intolerant to it. A screenshot of Lemongrab's brain in "All Your Fault" reads, "Mommy, don't make me any more asparagus. It will be the end of me, if you know what I mean."
 * In Fionna and Cake issue #4, there is a short comic entitled "Sour Candy." This comic features a female Lemongrab (named Lady Lemongrab) and Lemongrab 2.
 * Excluding "Mystery Dungeon" and "Another Five More Short Graybles," Lemongrab has shouted all the titles of the episodes he has played a major role in.
 * His catchphrase, "UNACCEPTABLE!!!" was made into a ringtone which can be purchased on ITunes.

Name

 * The character's original name was "Lemonsnatch," but the network censors wouldn't allow it.
 * "Lemongrab" refers both to the Earls' names as well as the land of which they are the Earls.
 * According to Jesse Moynihan, Lemongrab's title of Earl and his all-grey wardrobe are a reference to Earl Grey tea.
 * Lemongrab and his doppleganger both refer to themselves as "Lemongrab." When they are spoken to, they are called "Lemongrabs" and when they are spoken about, they are referred to as "the Earls of Lemongrab," "The Lemongrabs," and "Lemongrabs."
 * The two Lemongrabs are referred to as "Lemonblack" and "Lemonwhite" in the credits for "Too Old."
 * In the German version his name is "Lemongraß," which contains an additional pun. ß is pronounced as "ss" in German, so his name directly translates to "Lemongrass."
 * In the Italian version his name is "Limoncello," which is a type of Italian liquor made from Sorrento lemons.
 * In the Latin American version his name is "El Conde de Limonagrio," which directly translates to "The Count of Lemonsour." The title Count is very similar to that of Earl. Both Count and Earl are "Conde" in Spanish.
 * In the Dutch version his name is "Graaf Citroenrasp"; "graaf" refers to earl and "citroenrasp" means lemon zest.
 * In the Brazilian version his name is "Conde de Limãograb," which translates to "Count of Lemongrab" or "Earl of Lemongrab."
 * In the Polish version, Lemongrab's title and name is "Hrabia Cytryndor," which means "Count Lemon" The ending "-dor" in the word "cytryna" ("lemon") signifies and alludes to his nobility and his status as a royal.
 * In the French version, his title is "Le Comte de la Citronelle," which means "The Earl of Lemongrass." His name seems to be "Citronnel" (which Peppermint Butler calls him) which means "Lemonish."

Storyline analysis

 * Lemongrab's actual age has yet to be stated in the show, though Princess Bubblegum considers him to be older than her while she was thirteen. At the moment, even Jesse Moynihan isn't quite sure what age the Earl is supposed to be.
 * When he dismounts Lemon Camel, the candy people murmur to themselves in puzzlement. In the storyboards, it was shown that they were saying "Who's that again?" This could indicate that Princess Bubblegum stuck him in Castle Lemongrab before he could interact with the candy people.
 * Princess Bubblegum created Goliad to replace her when she died, but Goliad is currently locked in an eternal psychic battle with Stormo, so Lemongrab is still the rightful heir.

Cutural references

 * The Earl of Lemongrab's tragic tale alludes to the story of.
 * Lemongrab's eidetic memory was inspired by, a famous autistic savant who has eidetic memory and the ability to draw an extremely detailed landscape of a city after a short helicopter ride above the area.

Production notes

 * An official synopsis released to TV Guide and other websites stated that "Too Young" was about Princess Bubblegum's uncle trying to claim the throne. Andy Ristaino joked that "uncle" is a term describing a failed science experiment. In the original storyboard for "Too Young" Princess Bubblegum says, "I wanted to create an uncle for myself," but in the final version he is (according to Jesse Moynihan) her son.
 * During early production of "Too Young," Lemongrab's character was much different; He was a one-dimensional jerk like Xergiok. However, Moynihan wanted Lemongrab's personality to have more depth, so he gave him social problems and a very quirky personality.
 * Lemongrab is voiced by the same actor as Oscar from Fish Hooks. Coincidentally, both characters are loud, socially awkward, neurotic neat-freaks who scream a lot.

Appearances in other media

 * Lemongrab has been included in several issues of the Adventure Time comics:
 * He is mentioned briefly in Issue 1 with the narration, "Not pictured is the Earl of Lemongrab, who is currently sitting in a chair in an empty room, screaming."
 * He makes his first appearance in the comic in Issue 4, at Princess Bubblegum's beach party.
 * In Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens Issue 3 he stars in a mini-story called Fruit Salad Days, drawn by Liz Prince. He is shown to be the lead singer/songwriter of a punk rock band called Unacceptable.Party 3.png
 * An Adventure Tim universe counterpart of Lemongrab appeared on Adventure Tim's chart in Issue 5 of the comic. His name is "The Duke of Limesnatch," in homage to Lemongrab's original name.
 * He and Lemon Camel appear, hung-over, in Issue 7 at "Jake's Crazy Party Where You Can Do Anything, I Will Reset The Timeline, I Promise" party.
 * He appeared in the Gaia Online Time Chance Item.
 * Lemongrab makes an appearance in the "Adventure Time Dude-It Yourself Journal" standing among a group of Candy People.
 * He also appears in the Live Action Promo, brandishing his sword as one of the villains and screaming maniacally.
 * The earl appeared in the "Cartoon Network 20th Anniversary Promo," with a slightly different design. He appeared with darker eyebrows and a short-sleeved shirt, in the crowd cupping his hands around his mouth and yelling.
 * Lemongrab is a minor non-playable character and a harmless (but eventually somewhat helpful) nuisance in the Adventure Time video game, Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage?!! In the game, he imprisons Wildberry Princess and Chet because he believes that they stole Princess Bubblegum's pantyhose. The earl believes this to be an extremely serious offense, and declares that Chet and Wildberry Princess shall be imprisoned for "500 years." After Finn and Jake prove the innocence of the alleged criminals, the bumbling earl releases Chet and Wildberry Princess. Lemongrab then gives Finn and Jake a baby which at some point wandered into his dungeon, and says, "You can have him. Free baby." This turns out to be the missing son of the Duke of Nuts, and the nut family is happily re-united.