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Revision as of 23:12, 2 October 2013
"Love Games" is the thirty-fifth episode in the fifth season of Adventure Time. It's the one hundred and thirty-ninth episode overall.
Synopsis
Slime Princess needs a husband or else she'll lose the Slime Kingdom to her hot and obnoxious sister. Finn steps in to save the day, but first they will need to win a series of Love Games to prove to Elder Plops that they are really in love.[2]
Plot
Finn and Jake are hosting what appears to be a talk show (with Finn claiming that he no longer wants to date anymore) when Slime Princess arrives and announces that she needs help with an emergency. Finn is eager to help until Slime Princess says that she needs Finn to marry her or else she would lose the Slime Kingdom. Finn states that he is unable to do so and Ice King interrupts from behind some curtains and volunteers himself as husband before being told off by Jake.
Slime Princess explains that her sister Blargetha recently married a slime rogue named Guillermo and thus leading the elder of the Slime Kingdom, Elder Plops, to decree that the Slime Kingdom would be passed to Blargetha unless Slime Princess was married the next day. Slime Princess says that this wouldn't normally be a problem until she discovered that Blargetha and Guillermo are evil and were planning to conquer Ooo. Finn refuses anyway and only hesitantly accepts when Slime Princess says that the marriage would be in name only.
Arriving at the Slime Kingdom, a wasteland "oasis" of slime, Slime Princess leads Finn and Jake to the "most important place" in the Kingdom which Finn believes is the royal palace when it is in fact a disco hangout.
While introducing Finn as her new husband to the Slime Kingdom citizens, Slime Princess's sister Blargetha arrives with her husband Guillermo. Claiming that Guillermo is unable to do so himself due to a severely sore throat, Blargetha challenges Finn and Slime Princess to the Trials of Glarb, a series of love games. Slime Princess objects to this, however, Elder Plops agrees with the decision to determine who is the most in love and thus rule the Slime Kingdom.
The first trial is crooning with the best song determined by Elder Plops. Finn is still troubled by his relationship issues, but Slime Princess encourages him to simply let his emotions out. They win the first challenge after Finn sings about being unable to get over Flame Princess. They lose the second challenge, however, when Finn refuses to spoon with Slime Princess and Blargetha ties the scores. Elder Plops announces that the final trial, smooching, would be held the next day.
Later while trying to practice for the smooching trial, which Finn is unable to do, he decides to just punch Guillermo until he agrees to leave the kingdom. Finn, Jake, and Slime Princess arrive at Blargetha's room and calls for Guillermo to come out but Blargetha angrily responds instead. Breaking into the room, they follow Blargetha down a set of stairs and find a chamber filled with Slime Tanks. Blargetha fires at them from one but they manage to dodge and climb inside where Finn punches Guillermo, only to discover that he was actually just a blob of Slime with olives for eyes that Blargetha made. Blargetha explains it is not easy being as attractive as she is. Finn wants to send her to prison, however, Slime Princess says that Blargetha is simply disqualified.
Elder Plops announces that Slime Princess is still the ruler of the Slime Kingdom and the citizens call for Slime Princess and Finn to kiss. Slime Princess asks him what he thinks and Finn, not wanting to disappoint the people, willingly prepares to kiss Slime Princess when suddenly she turns away to vomit saying that she can't do it. Elder Plops frowns.
Characters
Major Characters
Minor Characters
- Ice King
- BMO
- Tree Trunks
- Mr. Pig
- Flame Princess (mentioned)
- Snail
Fantasy Characters
Music
Trivia
- This is the first appearance of the Slime Kingdom in the series.
- The song "I Just Can't Get Over You" was about Flame Princess.
- This is the first episode without Princess Bubblegum since "Be More".
Cultural references
- The bunker-like room which Blargetha and Guillermo appear in Slime Princess' story had posters similar to German Propaganda posters of World War II. One of the most notable was the poster appearing in the middle of two other posters which contains a cartoon of a Slime Person with many warplanes on it. The said poster is similar to Hitler's propaganda poster which it was hung in the streets of Berlin in 1944-1945.
- The military weaponry and arsenals owned by the Slime Kingdom resembles German tanks and warplanes. The fleet of planes resembles the famous Messerschmitt WWII Warplanes and the tanks resemble those of a Panzer III tanks used by German Military in the 1940's.
Episode connections
- This is the second time Slime Princess asks Finn to marry her, the first being in the episode "Prisoners of Love."
- It is shown that Ice King still lives with Finn and Jake, a result of the events in "Frost & Fire." It was first shown he was staying with them in "Earth & Water." Strangely, he was not seen in "Time Sandwich" or "The Vault."
- Even stranger was that in "Time Sandwich," when Finn was offering to call people, one of his options of who to call was Ice King, assuming he had left their house previously.
- Finn is still not over his breakup with Flame Princess in "Frost & Fire."
Errors
Production notes
- This is the first episode storyboarded by Andy Ristaino.
Storyline analysis
Videos
Gallery
Official art
Background art
Screenshots
