"You Made Me" is the twentieth episode in the fourth season of Adventure Time. It's the ninety-eighth episode overall.
Synopsis
Princess Bubblegum tries to find a way to help the weird and creepy Earl of Lemongrab after he begins to annoy her people with his disturbing ways.
Plot
The episode begins with Finn hooked up to Princess Bubblegum's new Aura Visualizer machine, using it to look at Crunchy's aura. Finn tells Princess Bubblegum that he wants to see Peppermint Butler's aura next, which causes Peppermint to hastily tell them "Heh, heh... you don't want to see that." Jake complains that he is tired, so he and Finn start to leave. On their way out they see two Banana Guards in a room supervising the castle's cameras. After making Finn and Jake promise to keep it their "weird secret," the guards hesitantly point out a screen. Finn and Jake can't see what they are talking about until the Banana Guards zoom in, and they see the creepy sight of Lemongrab watching Chocoberry sleep. Soon a bunch of Candy People, including Princess Bubblegum, are in the security room watching Lemongrab. Princess Bubblegum finds Lemongrab to ask him what's wrong. Lemongrab complains that he is all alone in Castle Lemongrab, saying that he is the earl of nothing. Princess Bubblegum tells Lemongrab that she doesn't understand him, and Lemongrab responds by saying, "No one... No one understands! I am alone... and you made me like this." He then slips out of the window and runs away, ripping off his clothes and screaming, "You made me! You made me! You're... my... Glob! You're my Glob!" Princess Bubblegum can only watch him sympathetically and sighs from the window above him.
The next day Princess Bubblegum, Finn, and Jake gather the Candy People together to find someone to live with Lemongrab. No one offers to go, until the Pup Gang appears and tell Princess Bubblegum that they will live with Lemongrab in exchange for money and amnesty for past crimes. Princess Bubblegum agrees to meet their demands, and soon after the Pup Gang go to Castle Lemongrab to meet their new ruler. The Pup Gang begin to annoy Lemongrab by insulting him and disobeying his instructions, so he takes them to his "reconditioning chamber," where he electrocutes them as a punishment. Three days later Lemongrab goes back to the Candy Kingdom and continues to spy on the Candy People. Princess Bubblegum tries to calm him down and teach him the ways of being a good ruler by showing him how to pet and play with Candy People, which only causes Lemongrab to become irritated and upset. He pushes Crunchy to the floor and screams "It's gross!" He denounces Princess Bubblegum's ways, claiming that his ways must be right, and then runs off screaming and flailing his arms like a lunatic.
Finn and Jake are ready go after him and "crush this mess all accordingly," but Princess Bubblegum still wants to try to help Lemongrab. They all travel to Castle Lemongrab to find the Pup Gang and calm the earl down. Finn and Jake find the Pup Gang in the reconditioning room and try to help them get out; however, Lemongrab finds them, locks all of them in the room, and reconditions Finn and Jake along with the Pup Gang. Princess Bubblegum enters and tries to help, but gets cornered instead. The earl tells Princess Bubblegum that he doesn't want her help, because she was the one who made him the way he is in the first place, calling her "poison." Lemongrab aims his sound sword at her and fires, but Finn crashes through the glass wall of the reconditioning chamber and leaps in front of the blast, saving Bubblegum. Suddenly, a Lemongrab clone walks into the room, and Lemongrab is confused. Princess Bubblegum explains that she made him for Lemongrab to be with so that he will no longer be lonely. Lemongrab and the clone inspect each other and curiously poke each other for a little while, until they both smile and nuzzle lovingly. They become best friends, and happily set Finn, Jake, and the Pup Gang free. The episode ends with the two Lemongrabs on their mounts saying goodbye to Princess Bubblegum, Finn, Jake, and the Pup Gang.
Characters
Major characters
Minor characters
Trivia
- Jake is shown to be able to move things through his body freely. Princess Bubblegum is apparently familiar with this ability and favors it as a means to mount him.
- Finn's hat was destroyed in this episode.
- The promo art depicts the scene that Jake mentions where the Pup Gang threw a basketball at his head.
- Lemongrab's skin is darker than his first appearance in "Too Young."
- In the background of the Banana Guards' surveillance room, there is a wanted poster for someone with a long nose and bandages wrapped around his head, possibly Scorcher.
- Finn knows Chocoberry from "Slumber Party Panic," but in this episode he doesn't recognize her.
- When Lemongrab says, "I look in the lemon heart you gave me..." he puts his hands together so that the space between them forms the shape of a lemon.
- This is the first time Lemongrab uses his sword.
- Lemongrab refers to the other Lemongrab as a "rigamarole." "Rigmarole" is a somewhat outdated word meaning a "long, incomprehensible statement or procedure." Lemongrab pronounces it as "rigamarole," as this is how it is spelled in the storyboards.
Episode connections
- Peppermint Butler's apprehension of showing his aura to Princess Bubblegum suggests he does not want to reveal his true nature to her, as revealed in episodes such as "Death in Bloom" and "Return to the Nightosphere."
- The title card music of "Burning Low" plays when Jake lets Princess Bubblegum ride on him.
- When Toughy called Lemongrab "Lemongrease" it may have been a reference to the episode "Guardians of Sunshine" when Jake says "Easy peasy lemon greasy!"
Cultural references
- The title card and the scene it depicts were strongly influenced by the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
- The lion form Jake has taken resembles Japanese donut-house mascot Pon de Lion.
- Princess Bubblegum wears a hair style known as the crown braid; The Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko is known for wearing this style.
Errors
- When Lemongrab was using his sound sword for the first time, his shoes were missing, even though in the scene before he was seen wearing them.
- Lemongrab and Princess Bubblegum frequently alternate between having five and four fingers on each hand.
- In the same shot with the snail, Mr. Cupcake with an arm cast is shown for a split second on the monitor, despite the fact that he hadn't broken his arm yet. They seem to have since corrected that, as the picture is replaced with a hallway.
- The gap between Princess Bubblegum's legs is filled in when she agrees to grant amnesty to the Pup Gang, making it look like she is wearing a dress rather than pants.
Production notes
- "You Made Me!" is the only episode in the fourth season boarded by Jesse Moynihan and Tom Herpich.
Videos
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Screenshots
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