Memory of a Memory

"Memory of a Memory" is the third episode of the third season of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
Finn and Jake enter Marceline's mind to awaken her from a sleep spell she had cast on herself, without knowing that they are being tricked by a person from her past.

Plot
Finn and Jake are walking through a lake with a rag-clothed wizard on Jake's shoulder. The wizard tells them that he's leading them to Marceline. When they get to Marceline's House, they find Marceline on the ground. Rag Wizard tells Finn and Jake that Marceline placed a sleeping spell on herself and they must find her Memory Core or else she will sleep forever. Finn and Jake then find themselves in a memory of Marceline as a child repairing her Teddy Bear, Hambo. The duo then find themselves in another memory where Marceline's father is eating her fries and Finn tells him not to eat them. Finn and Jake soon find a memory where Marceline and her boyfriend, Ash, are moving into their treehouse. Confused, Finn and Jake wander into a memory where Ash reveals he sold Hambo to a witch for a new wand. Marceline then cries and breaks up with him. After this, Finn and Jake find the Memory Core. The two wake up, only to find that Rag Wizard was really Ash, who awakens Marceline. He then reveals his plan: He used Finn and Jake to find the memory core, so he could destroy the memory of the break up. He then takes Marceline back to his house. Finn and Jake follow him to his house where Jake provides a distraction. Finn then sends Marceline into his memory, where she witnesses a chubby baby Finn singing a song to himself in Joshua and Margaret's House. Current Finn finds her and reveals his memory of the break up memory to her. Ash then comes home, only to be beaten up by Marceline and Finn, and Jake's giant foot crushing Ash, ending the episode.thumb|right|300px|A Frederator Recap with Production Art

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Marceline
 * Ash (Rag Wizard)

Minor Characters

 * Marceline's father
 * Tiny Goblin
 * Mrs. Cow (title card)
 * Joshua (picture)
 * Margaret (picture)
 * Jermaine (picture)
 * Snail

Music
Baby Finn Song

Trivia

 * For more information on how the scenes in this episode relate to Marceline's history, see Marceline/Analysis of Marceline's origin


 * This episode was previously titled "Marceline's Mind" as revealed by the storyboard.
 * When Finn and Jake enter the first memory, the burning ruins of a city in the background and the derelict tank around Marceline's property are probably evidence that the Mushroom War occurred relatively recently or was going on at that time. She also has no fang-holes on her neck at this time, suggesting she was not yet a vampire.
 * Mrs. Cow and her PHIL FACE udder appear in the title card, though not in the episode itself.
 * The massive Jake foot crushing Ash (and ending the episode) is a reference to British TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus, where sketches would abruptly end with a massive weight or object falling from the sky flattening someone or something. The "giant foot" is notable for being the object that ends the opening sequence of every Monty Python introduction as animated by Terry Gilliam.
 * Much of this episode, particularly the way that Finn and Jake travel through Marceline's memories, is a reference to the work of Charlie Kaufman, specifically Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Adam Muto has confirmed that this movie "slightly" influenced the this episode's storyboarders. This episode also seems to have borrowed some thematic and visual queues from the more recent film, Inception, as referenced in the Frederator recap.
 * When Ash and Marceline fly out of the cave, it is day outside. But when Finn says he took her, it is nighttime.
 * There are two memories in this episode that Marceline had talked to Finn and Jake about, when her father ate her fries and when she lived in Finn and Jake's tree fort.
 * When Marceline entered Finn's memory, her fangs were not pointed.
 * It appears that Ash uses the same spell "Awaken" from the episode "Wizard."
 * Young Marceline was voiced by Ava Acres.