Dream of Love

"Dream of Love" is the fourth episode in season four of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
Tree Trunks is courted by an oinking suitor, but much to Jake's dismay, this interferes with her baking habits.

Plot
Finn and Jake are having fun rolling down a hill; they laugh as they reach the bottom. Finn tells Jake about all the things they were going to do which included: getting an apple pie from Tree Trunks and listening to Princess Bubblegum's Concert. They run to TT's house to eat apple pie. When they arrive and start talking with TT, the pig that was last seen in season 3 unexpectedly pops up and explains how he never left after the events in the episode "Apple Thief." After awkwardly talking about TT, the Pig admits his love for TT to Finn and Jake, but then quickly gets embarrassed about it. Finn convinces the pig to confess his feelings. The Pig then gives a dramatic love speech after Tree Trunks walks outside of her house. Tree Trunks responds by claiming she feels the same way. They then hug each other. Finn and Jake then ask Tree Trunks if she would make an apple pie for Princess Bubblegum's concert.

The scene then shifts to Princess Bubblegum's concert where she is playing her electric piano. During the concert, Jake impatiently paced the stands waiting for Tree Trunks to bring her apple pie that she promised to bake. However, when Tree Trunks and the Pig finally arrived, she revealed that she was too distracted by Pig to make any pies. This in turn upsets Jake. TT then starts to kiss Pig and all the spectators at the concert are disgusted by their display of public affection. PB becomes upset at their display and claims she can't play with them being "gross." To prevent the concert from ending, Finn splits the two apart, but they slowly move closer to each other as the music continues and start kissing again. This enraged PB and most of the spectators until PB tells Cinnamon Bun to stop them from kissing, but instead, he just stops the concert and tells everyone to leave. Finn then makes the two lovers promise to keep their love hidden and they agree.

The scene then shifts to a montage of various failed attempts of Pig and Tree Trunks trying to hide their affection for one another. they attempted places such as under Finn and Jake's Tree Fort, inside a baby crib, inside a book at the library, and inside Finn's Sandwich. After finding the two lovers in his sandwich, Finn continues to explain why they can't be together and should try harder to be secretive. The scene then shifts to the drive in movie area seen in Season 2.

The movie was going smoothly until Tree Trunks and Pig cast a huge silhouette of themselves tongue kissing each other. Everyone viewing the display becomes disgusted and angered. Finn decides it has to stop right then and there. He splits them apart and suggests multiple options to them, but they keep coming up with excuses to his suggestions such as not wanting to hide their affection, being affectionate inside Tree Trunk's house or rushing into marriage. Finn and Jake then decide to split them up, which resulted in the other people in the drive through to cheer for their breakup.

The pig and Jake end up in the old tavern in the Candy Kingdom. Pig explains to Jake that he doesn’t know what to do with his life without Tree Trunks. Jake asks him about where he lives and Pig explains he is homeless. At the same time, Finn and TT are at Tree Trunk's house. Finn suggests that Tree Trunks should make a pie to get her mind off Pig. Tree Trunks and Pig then begin to sing the song "Dream of Love," which was about their love for each other. After the song, Jake and Finn tell Pig and Tree Trunks, respectively, to go find each other because they love each other. They run towards each other near the Candy Kingdom tavern and kiss dramatically, finally happy together. The episode ends with various spectators becoming disgusted with their display of affection. Finn, holding an apple pie, comments about how TT and Pig's relationship is nice. Jake see the apple pie TT made and takes it from Finn's hand. Jake becomes excited and said, “Apple pie, I’ve been waiting to kiss you all day.” Jake then kisses it, getting apple pie all over his face.

Major characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Tree Trunks
 * Pig

Minor characters

 * Turtle Princess
 * Candy People
 * Candy Mother
 * Candy baby
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Jam Jam
 * Mr. Candy Cane
 * Cookie Guy
 * Cinnamon Bun
 * Peppermint Butler
 * Beemo (BMO)
 * Lady Rainicorn
 * Snail

Music

 * Dream of Love (song)

Trivia

 * Although Tree Trunks said it was not proper for them to live together unmarried, the Pig said he never left her house. However, they weren't a couple back then, with Pig being a simple guest at Tree Trunks'.
 * The song in this episode is very unique, this being the first duet song of season 4, the first time Tree Trunks and the Pig sing, and the second song to have the same title as the title. The first song that shares its name with an episode is Susan Strong, appearing in the episode Susan Strong.
 * This is the first episode to have 2 people tongue kissing (although it was referenced in the episode "Go With Me" when Marceline said "but no tongue")
 * When Tree Trunks is cutting up the apple each slice has 2 seeds in it and are inside a small heart shape.
 * The music in the title card got some excerpts of the classical song of marriage when the bride appears, matching with the image of the title card itself.

Cultural references

 * The name may be a reference to the 1928 film Dream of Love.
 * This might also hint to a reference to South Park's Season 1 Episode 5: An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig.
 * The repeated uses of the word "cool" may be a reference to Abed Nadir of nbc's Community.

Episode connections

 * The Pig introduced in "Apple Thief" and seen in "Holly Jolly Secrets Part Two" reappears in this episode as Tree Trunks' suitor.
 * Jake and Pig go to the Candy Tavern, which made its debut along with the pig in Apple Thief.
 * Pig says that he'll just go back to eating criminals. This was proved in Apple Thief where Finn, Jake and Tree Trunks almost got eaten by the pig.
 * Peppermint Butler was using BMO as a video camera to tape Princess Bubblegum, just like how Finn and Jake used BMO to make a movie in "Video Makers."

Videos
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