Holly Jolly Secrets Part II

"Holly Jolly Secrets Part II" is the twentieth episode and the second part of the holiday special in season three of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
In the conclusion, the Ice King pulls out all stops to prevent Finn and Jake from discovering his most shocking secret...

Plot
The scene opens up with Jake screaming but he was actually singing Alouette. Jake is wearing a yarmulke and scarf. Then they decide to watch the Ice King's secret video, thinking that it might show his evil plans. The first video reveals that his life is stagnating, so he weeps, and BMO discovers a "code" in the pattern of his tears. Through a strange, random process, the code forms a picture of Gunter. The second video is of him recording the Wildberry Princess while in a cage in his palace. He was asking Wildberry how she felt about an event, and it turns out that Ice King was talking about why Gunter was standing in the corner (Gunter tried to eat the Ice King's socks).

In the Ice King's attempt to stop Finn and Jake from watching his secret tapes, he makes an army of snowmen. The Ice King breaks into the treehouse through the chimney. In the process, his blue robes become covered in soot, so he takes them off and covers himself with Finn and Jake's red tablecloth. Once inside, the Ice King lets the snowmen in through the front door, as Finn and Jake rush to finish watching the videos and determine the Ice King's evil secrets. The snowmen attack, but they are easily defeated, and BMO begins to play to final tape.

The third tape reveals that prior to the Mushroom War, the Ice King was a human named Simon Petrikov, who had a fiancee named Betty. He was an antiquarian, and purchased a strange crown from a dock worker in Scandanavia. He took it home to show Betty, and when he put the crowd on his head for a laugh, he lost consciousness. When he woke up, he had no recollection of his actions, but Betty had gone, never to be seen again. As the video progresses, Simon begins to look more and more like the Ice King as we know him. His skin takes on a blue tint, his hair begins turning white, and a beard slowly appears on his face. He is increasingly distraught about the loss of Betty, his "princess", and his actions while under the influence of the Crown. In the background of the video, we see an airplane flying over modern buildings, evidence of his life before the Mushroom War. Simon is aware that he is losing his mind, yet is unable to control it. In the end, he is accepting of his fate, and he begs for forgiveness for his actions to anyone who might come across his tapes.

When the video ends, it is revealed that the Ice King wasn't afraid of them finding out that he was once a human, rather, he was merely ashamed of having once worn glasses. This shows us he has completely lost and forgotten any trace of his human, past-self, yet his desire to have his beloved Betty back lives on in his obsession with capturing Princesses.

Finn and Jake feel "a fleeting moment of empathy for the biggest weirdo in Ooo ", and from this time on, they gather together once every year and wear Christmas sweaters and watch videos.

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Beemo
 * Ice King

Minor Characters

 * Snow Men
 * Betty
 * Wildberry Princess
 * Skunk
 * Gunther

Christmas Party Participants

 * Shelby
 * Princess Bubblegum
 * Peppermint Butler
 * Lady Rainicorn
 * Marceline
 * Small Snow Golem
 * Mini Snow Golem
 * Candy Cane Guy
 * Lumpy Space Princess
 * Booger
 * Gumdrop Lass
 * Cinnamon Bun
 * Royal Tart Toter
 * Punchy
 * Phil (Also known as Pajama Ninja)
 * Tree Trunks
 * Pig
 * 2 Headed Duck
 * Snail

Songs

 * Aloutte
 * Fry Song

Trivia

 * This episode aired as part of a two-part Holiday Season Special.
 * The tale of Ice King is similar to that of Gollum of J.R.R. Tolkien's works: a humanoid being who gains power by way of a precious artifact but becomes twisted in mind and body into an immortal yet strange state. There is also some similarity to the depiction of Batman villain Mr. Freeze, particularly as depicted by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini in Batman: The Animated Series episode "Heart of Ice".
 * During the last video tape from Ice King, two things can be noted from the window, the appearance of the building implies that Ice King could come from London. It also turns with the mushroom war, which might have been a nuclear winter, which shows reasons for the endless snow and the mutations in the characters' current appearances. Though the snow and extreme cooling of the surrounding land may have been a secondary effect of the Ice King's transformation, turning the land around him into what is now the Ice kingdom.
 * It is the first episode that reveals the source of the magic: Ancient artifacts(way before the incident of the Mushroom War ). This conflicts with What Have You Done?, where the Ice King claims that he made the crown himself using magic he stole from someone else. This may be a side effect of his admitted hallucinations and delusions.
 * Before the snow starts falling, a plane flies by the Ice King's window.
 * This is the first episode where a song was sung, for the second time, in another episode, in this case was the "Fry Song", sung previously in the episode "It Came from the Nightosphere" by Marceline. It is unknown how Ice King knew about the Fry Song.
 * Ice King resembles Santa Claus a couple of times, first by having a big white beard, then coming down/through the chimney to get in the house, wearing a red tablecloth as clothes, and later having a big red nose from an apple.
 * A picture of Betty has her in a science coat. Possibly why he likes Princess Bubblegum so much is that she is a scientist also. It may also be why he kidnapped Dr. Princess (who she also resembles) despite her not being a princess
 * When the Ice kings says in the tape The crown tells me that it will save me with the snow that could mean that the crown knew the Mushroom War was coming and that it was going to use the powers of ice to save the Ice King.
 * It's heavily implied that the Ice King's crown itself is sentient, as it seems to speak to and corrupt the Ice King. This is also hinted at in What Have You Done?, when the crown is shown crying and apologizing.
 * The hallucinations and visions caused by the crown may be the "Stanky Old Wizard Eyes" the Ice King spoke about in "Mortal Recoil".
 * When Jake says "Drama bomb!" it is a reference to when [] says it in [It Came from the Nightosphere]
 * In the tapes, a Scientific Parasite can be seen in Ice King's chest pocket on his suit jacket. This implies that he was an intellectual being, which makes sense, since he was a antiquarian.