Whispers

Whispers
Airdate:	July 20, 2017
Credits
Director:	Cole Sanchez
Story:	Kent Osborne Jack Pendarvis Julia Pott Ashly Burch Adam Muto
Written & storyboarded by:	Polly Guo Sam Alden
Episodes
Previous "Fionna and Cake and Fionna"
Next "Three Buckets"

"Whispers" is the twenty-seventh episode in the eighth season of Adventure Time. It's the two hundred sixty-fifth episode overall.

Synopsis

While safeguarding a frightened Sweet P, Finn is led into a confrontation with an old foe.

Plot

Finn and Fern are fishing, but while Finn catches a golden fish, Fern catches a carnivorous one. Fern expresses his frustration, leftover from being unable to protect Ooo from the Elementals. Finn tries to cheer him up, to only of a little avail. Sweet P then comes crashing through the woods in tears, and Fern has to wrap him up in leaves to cheer him up. Sweet P claims that a voice is telling him that he is terrible when he tries to sleep at night, and the two decide to watch over him at night.

In the evening, Finn wakes up to see the Lich's hand whispering to Sweet P. He attacks the hand, but it repels both him and Fern. Sweet P says that the voice at night belongs to the Lich, and Finn decides to go after the hand. He asks Fern to guard Sweet P, and chases the hand down.

The hand ends up knocking Finn into a pit. The hand, speaking for the Lich, says that Sweet P is part of him, and will eventually be swayed to come to his side. Sweet P appears, and Finn fears the worst. However, Sweet P declares that he is not going to be a part of the Lich, and destroys the hand. Finn asks what happened to Fern, and Sweet P simply replies that he knocked him out.

They meet up with Fern, and go back towards Treetrunks' house. Fern watches the two of them, and stews in his uselessness. He wonders about his identity, and thinks that things would be different if he was the only Finn.

Characters

Major characters

• Finn
• The Lich/Sweet P
• Farmworld Jake/Lich Hand
• Fern

Minor characters

• Jake
• Mr. Fox
• Grass Demon
• BMO (flashback)
• Marceline (flashback, non-speaking)
• Princess Bubblegum (flashback, non-speaking)
• Tree Trunks (flashback, non-speaking)
• Mr. Pig (flashback, non-speaking)
• Farmworld Finn (flashback, non-speaking)
• Lady Rainicorn (pictured)
• Snail

Mentioned

• Lumpy Space Princess

• Jake Jr.
• Charlie
• T.V.
• Viola
• Kim Kil Whan
• GOLB
• Martin

Trivia

Cultural references

• Finn hanging over the Lich's well of power by one hand is similar to how Obi-Wan Kenobi was hanging over a pit while fighting Darth Maul in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace".

Episode connections

• The Lich calls himself "the last scholar of GOLB" whom is first shown in "Puhoy" and referenced in "You Forgot Your Floaties."
• Flashbacks from the Elements miniseries are shown as Fern recalls himself not protecting Ooo while Finn and Jake were away at sea.
• This episode reveals that during "Crossover," after Finn's grass arm chopped off Farmworld Jake/Lich's hand, and Jake pushed into the multiverse portal, and after it landed on BMO it ran out of the Tree Fort because the Lich's spirits is still within it.
• Finn states that this is the fifth time he has fought the Lich. This references "Mortal Folly"/"Mortal Recoil," "The Lich"/"Finn the Human"/"Jake the Dog," "Wake Up"/"Escape from the Citadel," and "Crossover."
• The Lich's well of power subway system is seen for the first time since "Mortal Folly".

Storyline analysis

• It is revealed that the Farmworld Lich's spirits has memories of the standard timeline's Lich. This can be explained by the fact that Finn made that wish and he brought in the Lich spirit from his timeline with him.
• Sweet P was likely able to the defeat the Farmworld Lich because he is a Lich of equal power.

Gallery

Official art

Title card designed by Sam Alden and painted by Joy Ang

Background art

Concepts by Ghostshrimp

Screenshots

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