Apple Thief

"Apple Thief" is the eleventh episode in season three of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
When Tree Trunks's apples go missing, she, Finn and Jake descend into the dark side of the Candy Kingdom in order to find the thief.

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Plot
Jake makes Korean food that Lady Rainicorn taught him to make for lunch, but Finn doesn't want to eat it because it smells weird, so he suggests that they go to Tree Trunk's for apple pie chanting "Apple pie, apple pie, apple pie." When Finn and Jake arrive at Tree Trunk's house, the house is in ruins, and Tree Trunks is on the floor, looking injured. Tree Trunks starts muttering, "Apples... my apples." and Jake says, "Apples?" then Tree Trunks lunges at Jake yelling, "You!!!". Finn pulls Tree Trunks off Jake saying, "Tree Trunks! It's us, Finn and Jake!" Tree Trunks comes to her senses and tells Finn and Jake that someone stole her apples and that without them she cannot make apple pie. Finn and Jake yell,"Nooo!!!" and tell Tree Trunks that they will bring the thieves to justice.

So they go out to search for any clues about the thieves and find a ditch where Raggedy Princess was trapped after she fell in. She said she was knocked and had fallen there.When they think about where they could find any clue, Jake suggest that they go to the Candy Tavern, since it was there where he usually went after stealing purses (he justifies he didn't know it was wrong). Going there looking for apples, they ask the barman if he knows anything about the crime they want to solve. Unfortunately, the barman thinks they are goodie-goodies, so they rush to the bathroom where they dress like they were in a fight. Then, the barman guides them to the thieves, who suspect that they are all working for the thieves' enemy. After a fight, Finn, Jake, and Tree Trunks escape and realize that when one of the thieves punched Finn, he left a big frown logo from his ring. Jake then leads them to a building with the logo, where he says he saw it when he would steal bikes (he justifies he didn't know it was wrong). The gang make it inside, then are trapped by the thieves. When a rival gang arrives, they challenge the thieves to a brawl, meanwhile Finn and Jake manage to escape, with a pig that was used by the first gang to eliminate (eat) rival gangs members.

After returning to Tree Trunks house, the pig said that he could "hear" apples in the house, Finn and Jake ask the pig if he is talking about "'Apples'" (diamonds) or "apple-apples" (real apples), the pig confirms they are Apple-apples. The pig says that he could hear the apples and that the apples were in the closet, but Tree Trunks denies it saying she is the only one who can open the closet. After opening it, a large amount of apples came out of the closet, then TT makes a phone call to the police saying that she had stolen her own apples. Then a couple of Banana Guards arrive to arrest TT, one of them said her house could use a scarecrow, since there was a lot of crows close to the house. Then Finn thinks about everything that happened and conclude that a family of magpies were the real thieves, since there was no footprint close to the apple trees; Raggedy Princess was knocked into a hole by something; and there was a nest of magpies in the top of TT's house with a hole in the side, where the apples that the mother magpie brought fell into the closet. Since TT is innocent, Finn calls for a celebration and TT said she will make an apple pie, she also calls the Banana Guards to eat with them (slapping one of the guards on the butt).

They all share a hearty laugh, then return inside to enjoy the apple pie Tree Trunks made with her 'Special' apples.

Main Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Tree Trunks

Minor Characters

 * Raggedy Princess
 * Smudge
 * Evil Ice Cream Man
 * Wormo
 * Pig
 * Dr. J
 * Ice Cream Bartender
 * Cookie Guy
 * Banana Guards
 * Princess Bubblegum (mentioned)
 * Lady Rainicorn (mentioned)

Trivia

 * The meal that Jake cooks (which Lady Rainicorn taught him) includes several Korean dishes. Recognizable dishes include doenjang jjigae (a stew made with soybean paste, tofu, zucchini and scallion) and bibimbap, a bowl of rice, seasoned vegetables, and gochujang (red pepper paste); often served with meat and a raw or fried egg on top.
 * When Finn, Jake, and Tree Trunks are being taken to the "apples," or the diamonds, you can see the head of a Royal Gumball Guardian in the cellar.
 * The wall in the bathroom reads "·- - wuz here," the first part being Morse code for "A T" or "W".
 * Another message on the bathroom wall reads "A.T. 081012".
 * This is the third episode to cast Tree Trunks as one of the main characters; the others being "Tree Trunks" and "Crystals Have Power.".
 * This is the fourth time you can see Finn's hair.
 * When Finn and Jake follow Wormo to the cellar to see the "Apples," A sneaker goes between the door and the doorframe right before it closes. On the sneaker is the initial "J" for Dr. J.
 * This episode is one of three to have a slight part of its storyboard revealed before the season three promo.
 * Throughout the episode, Jake briefly reminisces his dark past aloud twice, stating that he used to "snatch old ladies' purses" and "hock stolen bikes" for some time before realizing that his actions were wrong and stopping.