The Witch's Garden (episode)

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The Witch's Garden is the fourteenth episode in season one of Adventure Time with Finn and Jake.

Synopsis
After an incident, a witch steals Jake's powers and won't give them back unless he apologizes to her. During a series of events trying to find a way to get Jake's powers back, Finn's life is then held on the line, but will Jake's new laziness get the best of him?

Plot
While Finn and Jake are stalking a frog holding a crown, the frog goes through a gate and Jake uses his powers to get through. Soon, they stumble upon a garden filled with sweets, doughnuts, cupcakes, etc. Suddenly, the owner of the garden, a witch, arrives and accuses Jake of eating one of her doughnuts. Jake disagrees on this, but sees the doughnut in his hand. Enraged, the Witch casts a spell on Jake and suddenly, his body from the neck down is transformed to resemble a small man wearing underwear. The Witch explains that she took away Jake's powers and won't give them back unless he apologizes to her. Jake refuses to, and so the Witch teleports Finn and Jake out of her garden.

Finn tries to help Jake get his powers back, but now that Jake is powerless, he is lazier than ever. He remembers as a puppy, he rolled around in a mud puddle, and he comes to the conclusion that he got his powers from that same puddle. Finn decides to help him find the puddle, but Jake is so lazy he can't even run and refuses to swim the River of Junk, thanks to his subconscious. Finn makes a catapult to get Jake over to the other mud puddle, but for some reason, Jake is still powerless. Suddenly, a gross and evil mermaid appears from the River of Junk and kidnaps Finn, taking him to her nest and feeding him to her hatchlings. Jake tries to rescue Finn, but is too lazy to climb up the tree and even asks help to get up there. With no choice, Jake decides to go back to the Witch and apologize to her.

The Witch allows Jake to get into her garden, but the Witch refuses to accept Jake's apology, as he took too long. Now the Witch makes Jake do humiliating stunts, like slow-dancing with his subconscious with flowers in his underwear. But then, Jake's subconscious dies, as he was the subconscious of his old magical self. Sad that his subconscious is dead and his best friend is going to be eaten by giant birds, Jake begins to gloat about what will happen to him. Thinking Jake learned his lesson, the Witch gives Jake her powers back and his fur grows back as well, and becomes a lot less lazier. But then, he trips over the Witch and explains to her he didn't learn his lesson. Jake returns to the mermaid's nest and pushes the mermaid back to the River of Junk, then scares away the birds. When Finn asks Jake if he got his powers back by apologizing, Jake lies and says he found the right mud puddle, but doesn't remember.

Main Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Witch
 * Hatchling
 * Gary

Trivia

 * Jake steals the Witch's doughnut without realizing it, just as he stole some boots but didn't notice it in the episode "City of Thieves".