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"I Remember You" is the twenty-fifth episode in the fourth season of Adventure Time. It's the one hundred and third episode overall.

Synopsis

Ice King visits Marceline to ask for help in creating a song to woo princesses, but Marceline struggles to deal emotionally with his presence.

Plot

The episode begins with the Ice King performing his version of Marceline's Fry Song to Gunter. He then decides to ask Marceline to help him write a song to impress princesses. He rips some pages from his scrapbook so he can use them as inspiration for lyrics and then flies to Marceline's house. Finn and Jake notice him and think that he is up to no good. As Ice King makes his way to Marceline's house, they set out to catch him.

Ice King arrives at Marceline's house and asks for her to write a song for him. She refuses, and he flies into the house. He tries to let her hear what he has so far for the song, but when he tries to setup his instruments he gets tangled up in the cord. Finn and Jake arrive, and try to fight him, but Marceline tells them to leave. They perform the song, which is about Princess Bubblegum and the other various princesses of Ooo, and how the Ice King is alone. He starts freaking out, and shooting ice bolts at the ceiling, when Marceline tackles him, and tells him to stop acting crazy. He goes into the kitchen, and sits on the fridge. Marceline goes in the kitchen and sings about how Ice King is crazy, and how she is too. She also reveals that she likes him, to which he asks for a hug. She hugs him, then he mistakes it for flirting and tries to kiss her, but she rejects it and tells him he doesn't remember about his past or who he is and calls him Simon.

The Ice King then takes out piles of papers while proclaiming that he's a lyricist. Marceline looks at a few of the documents and shows him a newspaper clipping with a photo of himself before he was the Ice King, saying this is what he was like "before the war". Marceline then finds a photo of herself in the pile, which she insists he took, though he can't remember any of this. However, Marceline then looks at the back of the photo of herself and finds a message from Simon directed at Marceline, apologizing for his deteriorating mind. Ice King then tells her to sing the message, mistaking them for lyrics, as he continues playing the drums, which Marceline does reluctantly. They continue singing message after message, with the Ice King not actually knowing what they originally meant as Marceline starts crying. As they continue singing, Finn and Jake look onward through binoculars outside the house, not knowing what's going on. A flashback reveals a ruined city in the aftermath of the Mushroom War, and a young Marceline standing alone in the wreckage crying. A not-yet-fully transformed Simon runs to her to wipe her tears away and goes to a toy store to give her a stuffed animal.

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Mentioned

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Trivia

  • In The Ice Kings past room in the bottom left in a box there is a picture of a meteorite heading for Earth this may explain the Large crater in the side of the earth.
  • There is a newspaper clipping with Simon Petrikov discovering the Enchiridion with an article from the "Andersonsonian Standard" about Petrikov and the book.
    • Betty is seen in the car while Simon was holding the book.
    • Under the picture in the article, you can roughly see that Simon delivered the book to the Museum of History. After the Mushroom War, it's possible the book was taken by someone.
  • Marceline is the third person to call Ice King "Simon" with the others being Finn and Ricardio.
  • The effect of the Mushroom War can be seen in the last part of the episode.

Storyline analysis

  • Apparently Ice King always eventually finds Marceline no matter how many times she moves which may explain her many homes.
  • This is the first time Marceline and Ice King are seen interacting in the series.
  • It appears that Simon Petrikov cared for Marceline as a child.
  • It is revealed that Hambo was given to Marceline by the Ice King (as Simon Petrikov).
    • We also see Hambo's original coloring (red) before he became weathered with age.
  • Ice King wrote "Remember You" knowing Marceline would some day read it and understand why he does not remember her, that it was the crown that made him crazy, but kept him alive.
  • Although the Ice King is normally quite oblivious to the tragedy of his own madness, it is implied that during fleeting moments of lucidity that he is aware of who he once was and feels the gravity of his past. For instance near the start of this episode the Ice King is seen rummaging through his boxes of keepsakes and as he comes across a scrap book filled with poignant reminders of who he once was he absent-mindedly describes it as "wet with tears" indicating that he must have been recently crying over it even though he no longer appears to remember doing so.
  • This episode's title card depicts the Ice King looking into the mirror at a sad reflection of himself with the vestiges of who he once was peaking out from behind the cracked glasses he wore as Simon Petrikov. Given the illustration, it is likely "I Remember You" isn't just referring to Marceline remembering her childhood with the Ice King, but rather the Ice King remembering glimpses of the soft spoken antiquarian he once was before the power of the crown consumed him.
  • Ice King may be seen as a replacement father figure for Marceline, instead of Hunson, during the time after the War until the point he turned completely crazy from the magic of the crown. He may have been a family friend before the War, though this is mainly speculation based on Marceline's comments.
  • In the final scenes of the episode during the song, the world can be seen after the War, in ruins. There are buildings, cars, jeeps, military vehicles, undetonated warheads and many pieces of glass and plaster on the ground. The building on fire and the lack of foliage taking over the barren earth implies that the war was just recently ended before Simon encountered young Marceline. There are also a number of spent shell casings around young Marceline's feet.
  • It doesn't actually say that the scene at the end is their first meeting, although it strongly implies it. It is possible that they had met before Simon Petrikov gave Marceline Hambo.

Videos

<videogallery> Adventure Time - I remember you (short preview)|Short preview. Adventure Time - I Remember You (long preview)|Long preview. "I Remember You" Animatic|Animatic. </videogallery>

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