Tree Trunks (character)

Tree Trunks is an elephant friend of Finn and Jake who speaks with a gentle, Southern drawl and lives in the Candy Kingdom. 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, then was seen laughing and walking around in what could be the crystal gem apple. It was revealed later that she had become the insane overlord of the Crystal Dimension until Finn and Jake rescued her from her insanity. She loves picking apples and making apple pies for/with them.

Personality
Tree Trunks has the personality of a gentle, older 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 a very dark place if anything goes wrong with one of them. After she is released from her Crystal Gem power in "Crystals Have Power," Tree Trunks tells Finn that she likes him a lot. This strikes an odd chord with most viewers as Tree Trunks, based off her voice and personality, is an older character and Finn a thirteen year old boy. It is possible that this affection Tree Trunks expresses to Finn is analog to a grandmother / grandson relationship.In "Crystals Have Power," Jake calls her "sassy," though he may be talking about Quartzion.But Tree Trunks still loves Finn and nothing will change her mind about it.

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 as main antagonist and mastermind of the episode. It is revealed that when she ate the Crystal Gem Apple and exploded, she was actually sent to the Crystal Dimension. There she became Quartzion the Crystal Queen, ruler of the Crystal Guardians who were 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 realizes 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 morbid" for younger viewers. However in the "My Two Favorite People" DVD release, the scene of Tree Trunks in the Crystal Dimension was not included.
 * She can get a recently baked pie from the oven with just her trunk without suffering a burn.
 * In "Video Makers," she is shown to be in Finn and Jake's Movie Club.
 * Her favorite drink is apple juice, as shown in "Video Makers."
 * Tree Trunks has lipstick according to Finn in "Crystals Have Power."
 * She has a gender swapped version of herself: Tree Trunks With Mustache & Bow Tie. But in stead of him being called Tree Trunks, he is called Tree Stumps.
 * Tree Trunks uses her trunk to water her garden.
 * Pendleton Ward stated that there would be "some hot Tree Trunks scenes coming up in season 4."
 * Tree Trunks lives in the Candy Kingdom, as evidenced by being arrested by the Banana Guards in "Apple Thief" and being summoned to the Candy Kingdom by Princess Bubblegum in "Slumber Party Panic."
 * Tree Trunks appears at the beginning of every episode in the title sequence in the Candy Kingdom.
 * Tree Trunks can control her ears and also can raise it and will look lie a wing as seen in the episode "Apple Thief"

Major Appearances

 * "Tree Trunks"
 * "Crystals Have Power"
 * "Apple Thief"
 * "Dream of Love"

Minor Appearances

 * "Slumber Party Panic"
 * "Evicted!"
 * "Video Makers"
 * "Holly Jolly Secrets Part II"