Henchman

"Henchman" is the twenty-second episode in season one of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
Finn takes the place of Marceline's henchman, and he finds out how hard it is to obey her evil ways as she tries to ruin the party of the Duke of Nuts' second son's first birthday party.

Details
Finn and Jake were playing on the Monster Skeleton when Marceline appeared among some nearby bushed, spying on them. Finn heard a cry for help and went to investigate, discovering Marceline and the Old Man Henchman. Marceline was arguing with the Old Man Henchman, who wanted to be released from his servitude. When Finn and Jake rushed to his aid she began ordering the Old Man Henchman to do unusual tasks for her to torment them. Finn pitied the Old Man Henchman so he offered to take his place as Marceline's henchman. Jake tried to talk Finn out of it but Marceline scared Jake and took Finn away, flying off with him. They landed at a nearby house and Marceline ordered Finn to open the door. Finn refused to do so, stating that he wouldn't if innocent people would be hurt. Marceline reminded him that he was her henchman and had no choice in the matter, and so he opened the door for her. Marceline told Finn to hold down the victim, Eberhardt, and Finn said that he was sorry before doing as he was ordered. Finn didn't want Marceline to suck Eberhardt's blood and attempted to stop her, but Marceline disabled Finn's arms temporarily. Finn was horrified when Marceline sank her teeth into Eberhardt, but she was actually sucking the red out of his bowtie. Eberhardt was incredibly pleased with his new white bowtie and Marceline reminded Finn that she ate the color red, not just blood. The two went on their way and stopped by a graveyard. Marceline revived all the skeletons to form an army. Marceline excaimed, "Are you ready to lead an evil army of the undead?" Finn shouted, "Never!" but the skeletons frightened him into doing it. While they were on the way to The Duke and Duchess of Nuts's castle, Finn ran ahead and tried to save them but when Marceline finally arrived it turned out that she was preforming for them because it was The Duke of Nuts' second sons' first birthday. She then presents Finn with a cute dimple plant and offers him some of the fruit before ordering him to slay it with her ax-bass. Finn attempts to work out the trick to his latest order, beginning to realize that Marceline might not be so bad after all but unsure as to why she would ask him to kill something so cute. Finn hesitates and the plant grows huge and malicious. He tries to slay the plant but ends up being swallowed by it. Marceline kills the plant and Finn cuts his way out of it's stomach. Finn then realizes that all her "evil" commands are really tricks that just seem evil and are only to mess with his head. The next day, the two go out for a walk in strawberry fields out in the sun. Marceline brings along an umbrella and comments that the sun merely stings, like scrapping her knees when she was a kid. Marceline then asks Finn if he wants to go strangle some pixies with her and Finn agrees. She is suprised by his casual attitude about it and Finn tells her he knew that her evil deeds weren't so evil after all. Marceline jokingly berrates him for taking so long to work out that she wasn't so bad. Suddenly Jake, disguised as a giant strawberry, leaps at Marceline and throws garlic at her, causing her to drop her umbrella and become exposed to the sun. Marceline falls to the ground, weakened and blistered. Finn tells Jake that Marceline isn't as evil as she seems but Jake believes he is under her vampire spell. Marceline hides herself under her umbrella and Finn rushes over to it, lifting up one side. Jake leaps forwards and puts a stake through it, lifting up the umbrella to reveal a cloud of smoke. Finn tells Jake he faced his vampire fear and saved him. leaves, happy to have saved his friend. Finn remains for a moment, picking up the umbrella. Marceline emerges from Finn's backpack in her small bat form and told Finn he was fired as her henchman but they still promised to go strangle pixies the next day. Marceline then picked up the umbrella top and flew away.

Main Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Marceline
 * Old Man Henchman
 * Eberhardt
 * Dimple Plant Monster
 * Duke of Nuts
 * Duchess of Nuts
 * Lisby the Cashew Butler
 * Peanut People

Trivia

 * This episode was originally titled "Marceline's Henchman".
 * Cartoon Network skipped a week before airing this episode.
 * This is the second appearence of Marceline.
 * At the end she talks about her Mother, providing more evidence that she was probably a human before she was a vampire.
 * Finn might have confessed a crush for Marceline by calling her baby names and showing affection for her throughout the episode.