Freak City (episode)

"Freak City" is the twentieth episode in season one of Adventure Time.

Synopsis
After a magic man turns Finn into a giant foot, he and Jake team up with a band of similar body part freaks to set things right and try to turn themselves back to normal.

Plot
Finn and Jake are seen walking, when suddenly they encounter a Mysterious Man, who they think is a hobo. Mysterious Man tells them he is starving, and wants food. Finn digs in his backpack and finds a single sugar cube and decides to give it up. Jake warns Finn that giving the man food might be the wrong thing to do, but Finn gives it away anyway, convincing Jake that the man is probably an elf who will reward them. Mysterious Man eats the sugar and reveals himself as a Magic Man, causing the boys to think that he's a nice guy. Magic Man allows a bird to land on his hand, but uses magic to turn the bird inside out (revealing its organs). This disturbs the boys and causes them to they yell at him asking why he just did that. Magic Man ignores this, then decides to repay Finn for his generosity by turning him into a giant foot. Finn then freaks out and demands the Magic Man to change him back, but he tells him that he have to learn a life lesson first and disappears into a portal, leaving behind a firework message saying "EAT IT". Finn tries to chase after him, but can't move well. Jake likes the transformation and tells Finn that he can fight evil better now, and convinces Finn to stay in his new body for a little while longer.

Later on Jake sets up a trap for an evil giant by making him step on a button, causing Finn to bounce off a spring and kick the giant in the crotch. Despite Finn's protest, the plan works and Jake runs away carrying Finn. Finn continues to protest saying they need to find the Magic Man, but Jake tries to persuade him to stay a giant foot, by telling him that being a giant foot is a gift. They run for a while until they see a burning city and Jake sees this as the perfect job for Finn. Continuing, Jake states he will help by saving only the babies in the town. Jake then throws Finn, causing him to land in the middle of the burning city filled with Rump People. Finn decides to try stomping on the fires, but his foot body falls over into one of the fires. Finn calls out for help, but The Rump People just get angry at Finn, saying that he's another freak and that he probably caused the fire. They all carry Finn away from their city and throw him off a bridge. Jake appears moments later, covered in rump people babies, and says he found him because he can sense when Finn's about to cry, claiming it to be a "mother-daughter thing".

While Jake is investigating a bad smell around the bridge, a green thumb with a large eye appears from under the bridge and introduces himself as Gork, the leader of Freak City. He leads Finn and Jake under the bridge and they meet the other innocent people who have encountered the Magic Man: Gorflax, Kim, Trudy, Wee Wee, and Zap. The group tells Finn that they are powerless and just lay around. Jake likes the idea and lies down in a pile of trash where a bunch of Rats come toward him. Finn doesn't want to just do nothing, but eventually gives in and takes a nap. While sleeping he has a dream of himself, singing in his auto-tune voice, questioning if he can really get back to his old body and wondering if his heroing days are truly over. He then wakes up confident and motivated again. While singing in his auto-tune voice, he kicks everyone from under the bridge and tells them that they must fight back and try to get their bodies back. He notices that all together, they can make one body to defeat the Magic Man, and Jake volunteers to be the pants.

Magic Man, disguised again as Mysterious Man, appears once more asking for food. They all see through his trick, so he takes off his disguise. They battle for a little bit, while Finn tries to figure out the 'life lesson' they were supposed to learn. After managing to pin him down, Finn yells that he should never have given him the sugar cube and that he is just a jerk. Magic Man says they have finally figured out the lesson, turns everyone back to normal, and runs away in a portal. Everyone (besides Finn and Jake) decides to stay together to be strong together. Jake decides that the lesson is to not give your sugar to jerks and Finn subsequently gets angry at Jake, for not trying to help him get his body back. Jake admits to Finn that he's always wanted to be a foot too, but Finn says that he could be a foot anytime he wanted, and that he turned into a foot twice yesterday. The episode then concludes with Jake saying it's complicated, and that Finn will understand when he's older.

Major Characters

 * Finn
 * Jake
 * Magic Man
 * Super Freak
 * Gorflax
 * Gork
 * Kim
 * Trudy
 * Wee Wee
 * Zap

Minor Characters

 * Rat
 * Two-Headed Monster
 * Rump People
 * Intestine Bird
 * Snail

Music

 * The Hero Boy Named Finn

Trivia

 * "Freak City" was originally titled "Good Buddies".
 * This episode contains more than average profanity, using words like "friggin'" (freakin'), "sucks," "screw," and "crotch."
 * Finn uses autotune again in this episode for The Hero Boy Named Finn. The first song in autotune, Finn's Baby Song, makes its debut in "The Jiggler", and Finn sings in autotune again during the scene where he lays down in depression.
 * When the Magic Man appears/leaves, he creates bright, rapid changing lights which can cause seizures.
 * All of Jake's "happy thoughts" when the Magic Man scares him are all small things that start with "B": "Little cute bees, little babies, tiny, tiny bunnies."
 * It is implied that Jake has a foot fetish, being excited when Finn turns into a giant foot. He also says that he loves the smell of Finn's giant foot. When Jake admits that he always wanted to be a foot and Finn tells Jake that he can be a foot anytime he wants, Jake replies by saying its complicated and that Finn will understand when he's older.
 * When Finn says to the Magic Man "I wish I don't listen to you, because your such a big jerk!" and when Magic Man turns every body to their normal bodies the hot water that Finn got splashed by the Magic Man is gone.
 * Pen Ward said on his formspring account that the people in the town are supposed to be butt heads.
 * It is unknown whether or not the village was burned to the ground after they threw Finn under the bridge.
 * According to Natasha Allegri, the humanoids from Freak City were originally supposed to just shapes with nothing on them.
 * When Finn was singing and trying to get Gork up, in the background Wee Wee and Gorflax were bouncing up and down.
 * Jake shows his dark side once again by saying that he will go into town and save only the babies.
 * It was claimed that the original "moral" of the story was going to be "don't expect rewards in return for good deeds" but some claimed that was "too original" and instead made the moral "don't be nice to jerks".
 * When Finn is in foot form, he only has 4 toes instead of five like a human
 * In the title card, Gork is peeking out from under the bridge

Censorship
''This episode was censored on Cartoon Network Australia. See Censorship of Adventure Time in Australia for more information.''