Hitman

"Hitman" is the fourth episode in season three of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
The grounded Ice King hires a fire-manipulating hitman to attack Finn and Jake, without realizing the potentially deadly consequences.

Plot
The story opens with the Breakfast Kingdom, where Breakfast Princess and Toast Princess are eating breakfast. Then Ice King comes and tries to put honey on their pancakes. They call Finn and Jake to save them, who grounds Ice King from doing anything evil for four weeks. Back at the Ice Kingdom, Ice King is angry at the two, so he goes online and hires a hitman named Scorcher, who he believes will literally hit Finn and Jake. Instead, Scorcher sets Finn and Jake's treehouse on fire while they're making sandwiches with meat from their friend, Meat Man. Ice King then bursts in and puts out the fire, ruining their sandwiches. After being scolded by Finn, Ice King flees back to his castle where he reveals to Scorcher that he didn't want him to kill Finn and that he put out the fire. Then Scorcher goes to Finn and Jake's bedroom and turns into smoke that fills the bedroom, possibly attempting to kill them by suffocation. Ice King then uses his ice powers to blow the smoke away.

Back in the Ice Kingdom, Ice King unsuccessfully tries to bribe Scorcher with money, a Talking Moose Head, and a pair of Night Vision X-Ray Goggles. Then he tries to get Scorcher to change his target to Lumpy Space Princess or Ghost Princess because they are his least favorite princesses, but that also fails. Finally, he hires Blastronaut, a hitman hitman, to take out Scorcher, but easily defeats him. Ice King is then able to distract Scorcher and freezes him, then runs to Finn and Jake's treehouse.

Finn and Jake have just woken up and Jake decides not to eat anymore of Meat Man's meat because he is having dreams about him. Then Ice King comes and reveals that he had hired Scorcher to kill them, then Scorcher comes to finish off Finn and Jake. As they run from him, Ice King puts an ice dome over them and reveals a plan to trick Scorcher by freezing Finn and Jake and lowering their body temperatures to make him think they're dead. The duo is against this but Ice King does it anyway and the plan works. After Scorcher leaves, there is a note in cursive left that says, "Echos of past events, nudge the tiller on my present course, I await it's reflection, in the future" and it has a signature that appears to start with an "S", presumably Scorcher. After that, the Ice King climbs on top of Finn and Jake and mocks them by saying they're grounded under his butt.

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Major Characters

 * Ice King
 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Scorcher

Minor Characters

 * Breakfast Princess
 * Toast Princess
 * Blastronaut
 * Lumpy Space Princess (photo)
 * Ghost Princess (photo)
 * Penguins
 * Meat Man (mentioned numerous times)
 * Snail

Trivia

 * This episode was previously titled "Hitcapades"; this title referred to the Ice Capades, a long running touring ice skating show. (obviously the title was used due to the Ice King's major involvement in the events of the episode)
 * At first, there were two choices of how the Breakfast Princess would look, but in the end it the two possibilities were chosen to be a pair of princesses, with some minor changes.
 * The snail that the Lich possessed in "Mortal Folly" was found on the stump that Jake trips over during the chase.
 * Upon completion of his hit, Scorcher leaves Ice King a note which reads, "Echoes of past events, nudge the tiller on my present course. I await its reflection in the future."
 * This is the third episode where Ice King is the main character. The first being "Loyalty to the King." and the second being "Mortal Folly" and Mortal Recoil".
 * Ice King states that Lumpy Space Princess and Ghost Princess are his least favorite princesses.
 * While it is unknown why he suddenly can't stand Ghost Princess (outside the ghost aspect), his hatred of LSP may stem from the events of "Loyalty to the King."
 * There is an animatic where the Ice King tries to distract Scorcher by saying "Someone got hit in the nuts". Cartoon Network requested they change it, so it became "Someone got hit in the boingloings".
 * While the Ice King is looking through Blastronauts Order Page,it is revealed the Ice King uses a Mac Computer.
 * The Blastronaut looks like Samus Aran from the Metroid games.
 * When Scorcher splits open Blastronaut, a goblin pops out and runs away.

Gallery
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