The whole "Finn getting less violent arc" can be tracked back all the way to episodes such as "Diamonds have power", "Henchman" or "Holly Jolly Secrets" when Finn starts realising the world's not so black and white as some villains are just victims of the magic world they inhabit and some monsters they might fear aren't actually evil at all. It's really cool to aknowledge the contrast with the "I kill anything evil" Finn.

In the end of ''The Pit'' Samantha said for Jake: Let's fight again sometime. I think that's why she's in Gumbald's side

I’m beginning to think that Gumbald was trying to bribe Ice King when he accidentally showed up since he has the nicest chair in the room.

The animation in this was really good. Also holy shit, even Finn realized how much he changed trough the series, I am so happy for him and how much he developed. Also, just notice the Snail is not even smiling in this episode...

Fun fact:"the green knight" is actually a reference of one of the arthurian legends about one of his subjects/companions and the green knight

This whole war is, In the bigger picture, Patience’s fault.

Plot twist : they didn't really want ice king but instead wanted orgalorg and they knew the only way of getting him was to get ice king and Gunther

What if Gumbald hasn't really recruited Ice King, he just invited him to get the Gunther, AKA Orgalorg.

I would have been floored if the stag from "no one can hear you" had been one of the villains

I'm pretty proud to have known all the characters at the end

Oh, also. Remember the "Second Age of Terror" Matthew mentioned in "The Mountain"? I guess that must be the second coming of GOLB or the Gum War itself. Either way, I'm pertty sure the Mushroom War was the first Age of Terror. I guess that hints The Lich will come back, as well.

*Choo Choo* The mystery train to the finale is leaving the station. We're taking a brief stop at minecraft then it's full steam ahead.

After some deep research (More or less) in the details of AT's past & I found all the answers to my questions in an unexpected place aka "AT's comics". I found the comics talking about Finn's past lives that were showen in the season 2 eps "The Vault" and, but only the comet and the butterfly were the ones that had the conclusions hidden in them. The comet comic was about showing Finn as a comet (but not knowing that he was finn of course) where he felt sad that when he will hit he ground lots of people are gonna die and the dark space calls for him to follow his wake and save the planet he's heading towards by discovering the endless wonders of space but the comet sais after some thought that if he follows his desires by denying his identity that will lead to nothing but him being imprisoned by these wonders and changing the fate from it's course, then he realises that he's just a comet and that he can't do anything about it and he becomes glad and content that he's a him and he's doing his job quite well. Then I asked myself "why is he so positive? I know that he usually like this when he's Finn but why as a comet? I mean if anyone was to be handed this job he would be terrefied" and for the answer of that question comes the butterfly life comic. In this comic Finn is just a butterfly that flies around in a forest, but then comes a black wind that strikes the butterfly but with no damage dealt, and the speaks to the butterfly saying "Be the hero, fight my evil!" and Finn replies that he's just a butterfly but the Dark wind keeps following him and keeps telling him to fight, so these two are the exact opposite and the dark wind & the dark space are the same thing "THE LICH". Finn & the Lich are eternal rivals because it's what they're meant to be, the lich knows his role as a villain and as the negative side of life and he does what he has to do, but Finn does what he has to as the positive side of life but only as the role his life forces him to do as a hero. From all of this we find that Finn is just a mere mortal reincarnated in many lives why representing GOOD in the universe whle on the other hand the Lich is a soul ordered to do his job in existence as the incarnation of EVIL. You wanna know what Golb has to do with this? Well, the Lich said that he was the last scholar of Golb wich means that he was ordered to do his job by Golb as the incarnation of EVIL. In the eps of season 5 "Puhoy" we saw Finn live his life until he died in the pillow dimention, and when he died he somehow entered the void of Golb and returned to his dimention. You know why? Because Golb saved him from dying for the purpouse of keeping balance between GOOD & EVIL (Also that approved that time passes diffrently in dimentions) and seeing how he ERASED Margels from the entire multiverse and crossing Prismo in the season 5 eps You Forgot Your Floaties makes me wonder if he's the one that Prismo's so called BOSS, and i noticed that the projectiles floating around him are similair to Prismo's time chamber wich explains why he has so much control over the multiverse (If it was true) In conclusion, we know that Finn & The Lich are eternal rivals because they're pawns of Golb who made them the incarnations of GOOD and EVIL being the most supreme being in the multiverse. I hope I got to something in here and let me know what you think guys, thanks :)

Ice King remains best King. Loved him at the end.

Personally, I think most of those villains simply joined the team because they wanted revenge on Finn and Jake.

I think the enemies have more of a grudge with Bubblegum's allies- like Finn, Jake, Marceline etc. That explains Marceline and the horse girl.

That fire nation joke made my day.

Well, goodbye Peppermint Butler.

I really wanna see the psychic tandem war elephant to make his return to the 2nd great mushroom war

I want to see war. That cake mech suit looks so badass Edit: Peacemaster did nothing wrong, makes me sad that he might be one of the villains

I don't believe that PB could get effected by the DumbDumb Juice since she is an Elemental. She should realize by now she had full control of Candy and tap into her cast power like in the Elements MiniSeries.

In the words of Sir Slicer, this video was 👌

I feel so sad for Fern. I can’t even imagine what he had to go through when he first appeared in the show. Essentially BEING Finn and having your best buddy choose someone else just ouch

Maybe Peace Master's kids were turned back to normal after LSP reset Ooo, and after he got over it, he was ready for revenge

*The moment you realize that Finn’s head has to travel through Jake’s entire digestive system in order to be worn as a hat/hood.* 😳

Yeah... This season finale is going to have to wrap up A LOT! I know I should want the whole “golb” and gum war plot lines to get a satisfying end, but honestly the only thing I really want from this finale is a proper resolution for Simon and Betty, preferably including Marceline. I’ve been patiently waiting for this since at least SEASON FIVE! Justice for poor Simon!

Fern: “There’s nothing you have that I don’t!” *Jake shapeshifts quickly to hit Fern* Jake: Bark Bark Bark Baaaark Me: 😂😂😂😂😂

They could always have LSP revert Pep back to normal. Course that involves being able to convince LSP into doing something

So you guys know chicle is bubble gum in Spanish

In "The Pit", Samantha says "I conquer till I am conquered... by love, or by the hand of an adversary." The Candy Kingdom is, I think it's fair to say, the most powerful kingdom in Ooo, so I'm sure Samantha recognized this and set her sights on conquering it, since it will be the most challenging. Also, Lady Rainicorn and Princess Bubblegum have a long history as BFFs, so maybe that factors into her being a "Candy Kingdom Hater", since in her debut she was flirting with Jake. Also, I think Me-Mow is all grown up, not just bigger. You can see how she has curves now, which she never had when she was teeny tiny. Maybe because she's a cat-person she ages super fast?

Actually I have a more unnerving theory about the 2 Ferns. There are multiple ferns. His green knight form is clones from the remains of fern so there is no reason to suspect there aren't more clones. It would explain how he can seemingly be everywhere.

I am so so so SO happy Pete Sassafras made a comeback. I've been joking about it for a while and it's finally happned

And SO..... _we shall go to war_ !

What I love most about your channel is that everytime an AT episode seems meh for me, I then watch your review and completely turns it around and then I love it and watch it again with new eyes of amazement because generally I miss all the great details. So thank you!

I find it funny that Ash got punched by Simon, even when Simon told Marceline that he'd punch her boyfriend if he ever met him, and yet he did, unknowingly. I like that alot, because we probably didn't know it, but he still is a father figure to Marceline, even if he didn't know what he said in the crown.

Great video! One thing you got me thinking about, is how this theme of "growing up" applies to PB as well. She used to be very domineering and manipulative but has mellowed out with her experiences, realizing and coming to trust the value of others as more than tools. However her relatives never got that chance to grow up (given their long imprisonment as morons) and, like Fern without a Jake, this has lead them to questionable behavior. I wonder then, if gumbald has been in PB's place those ten seasons go would he now be seen as the good guy? Anyway, point is, the gradual changes brought on by time continue to be a major theme in the show. Everything stays, but it still changes. Oh, and hey, looks like Gumbald's main building is a retrofitted ancient ziggurat. Guess who loves ziggurats? Ancient, heathen gods. Who's a heathen god who has story threads in the finale? That's right! Party god = final boss! Or Golb, I guess that works too.

I'm atleast 90% sure peppermint butler is a serial killer.

Most of us had probably completely forgot about the existance of half the members of the "Candy Kingdom Haters" until we watched this episode

Realistically PB likely used old school film because it's more secure. Digital signals can be intercepted, but the only way to intercept physical media is to physically retrieve it. Plus any evidence is easily destroyed if need be.

This is all reminding me of the first episode billy was in. Billy was telling finn to seek out alternate actions to problems than violence, and it blew up in his face each time. Of course, billy ignored the nuance that when evil comes knocking, one must fight it until the end of the episode, where finn makes the case FOR violence. I like to think that this change in finn started from billy's suggestion to help people in other ways than fighting.

as a big AT fan I'm sad it's ending but damn I'm kinda glad you know, endings are needed and I don't want it to be milked out

Thinking about it, they already have a way to reverse the dum dum juice. Just give LSP the gems again and she could return Peppermint Butler back to normal.

PB: We have an army Gumbald: We have Orgalorg

Ash probably joined because he heard PB is dating his girl. 😏

30 YEARS LATER, but tbh i like how you take your time to deliver a good video instead of jumping in the trend, i don't really like when people try to make review like in the same day and end being a shallow review kind of shit, good job

Ok but what if ash is a candy kingdom hater because Bonnie stole his girlfriend lmao. Just a fun thought I had. (Bubbline better become canon or I will riot)

Am i the only one who noticed this episode had a season 1 esk style to it?

I think it's fantastic they haven't forgotten about all these characters, and I'm guessing we'll see even more. Maybe Goliad and Stormo?

I feel like Uncle Gumbald Could Make A Gum Version of Jake.

Bubblegum might use film to prevent the pictures being vulnerable in case of digital hack. And ... NOT PEPPERMINT BUTLER! NOOO!

I like how much time you put into the segment where you're being introduced to characters who are going to fight in the war

Why does every main character in the series (excluding Ice King and BMO) have a horrible biological parent? Finn's dad was a conman who would manipulate ANYONE to get out of a bad situation, Jake's biological dad (the alien, not Joshua) literally tried to steal his son's life, Bubblegum's family tried to poison her, then declared war on her, Marceline's dad is the literal Devil (in the world of Adventure Time, anyway). The only character we constantly see in the show who doesn't have a terrible biological parent is BMO, since Mo was a pretty nice guy.

I think that aunt lolly was just trying to get rid of gumbald. Since she saw jake could stretch, so she knew that Finn would be safe, but didn't think that he would save gumbald, so he would splat and lolly could end the war like she did at the end of the dream sequence in the finale. Which is why she had an evil look on her face, looking at gumbald.

I kind of wish this had been a 26 episode season so we could have seen a little more onscreen development of Gumbald's city-state, as well as more episodes to address The Gum War and whatever is supposed to happen with GOLB. Outside of his inexplicably advanced technology, I wasn't sure why Gumbald's faction was treated like such a serious threat before this episode, since it seemed to just consist of four people. With that being said, I have been enjoying this season as a whole, and "Gumbaldia" was a particularly strong episode. I really liked the ominous tone that was present throughout. between "Whispers", "The Wild Hunt", and this episode, Sam Alden seems to be very good at creating a tense atmosphere, and I wish he had been able to board more episodes this season. It also gave Gumbald some much needed characterization; whereas before I just saw him as a one-dimensional mad scientist stereotype, I now see that he is essentially a dark reflection of Bubblegum the same way Fern is for Finn. If she hadn't course corrected after the event of "The Cooler", then PB's morally questionable traits could have easily worsened until she basically became exactly like her uncle. Likewise, perhaps Finn could have eventually down a similar route as Fern if he hadn't moved past his deep seated insecurities and violent tendencies. At first, I was disappointed that The Lich was probably not going to factor into the final conflict, but now that I see what they seem to be going for with the current antagonists, I'm more satisfied with how it is shaping up. It will be interesting to see how they manage to tie GOLB into all of this.

I believe I've unraveld the lich's origin wich led me to the truth behind Golb. Would you like me to write what I found for you and the community ? If so reply please :)

Technically speaking, Princess Bubblegum could fix Peppermint Butler and the narrative could still have her keep a strong anger at Gumbald, cycle of revenge type stuff.

Never thought i'd see another person as passionate about the show as myself. Its fantastic to know im not alone.

Finale was fantastic.

6:02 was my favorite part

I think the bit with PB going old school and using film could have been for reference/comparison to the world wars (which this imitates - the armament wars in which both sides keep on developing weapons out of insecurity (“theyre forcing my hand”)) One poem that the red room scene especially reminded me of is “the War Photographer”. I think the whole experience just makes it seem much more grim and serious, elevating the tensions for this finale.

Mental gymnastics of the sapphic variety are the best sort of gymnastics... ^^ And "Golb and the gum war" is just so fun to say...

Gumbald's plan could have been ruined by... laundry, a shower, rain...

I knew you were going to comment about Finn's growth and include Jake's quote about Fiin growing like a flower. I have been looking forward to watching your review for weeks primarily because of this moment.

Anybody else notice how the camera panned/snapped from left to right when introducing the members of Gumbald’s army except when introducing the final 2 (Ice King and Green Knight) like I could be looking into it too much but I definitely think that they did it deliberately to show that Green Knight isn’t beyond redemption

I half expect you to name your Adventure Time finale review "Adventure Time's Finale is Awful" with a similar thumbnail to your Samurai Jack Finale review. This is only of course if the AT finale is bad, which hopefully it won't be.

What are you gonna do after adventure Time please don't leave youtube

Okay, I've got quite a bit to say about this episode, so here we go. This one was my favorite episode out of the four. Finn's character development at the beginning of the episode where he wants to find a peaceful resolution rather than resorting to violence like he usually would shows that his character has come a long way since the early seasons, and it makes me think that he might find some way to redeem Fern. At first I was hopeful for a peaceful resolution when Gumbald expressed his intentions of not wanting to go to war, but then I realized something felt off with how sudden his change of heart was, and of course it turned out to all be a ruse. I also really loved callbacks to the earlier seasons, and this episode had a lot of them by having all these minor characters show up at the end. It really makes a lot of the one off episodes from the show feel like they were meaningful and not filler. There was one thing about this episode kind of bugged me though. I know that this is a cartoon with cartoon logic, so some suspension of disbelief is required, but I call bullshit on how Gumbald able to create this massive candy city out of nowhere so quickly after his return. Unless he created some candy people of his own to help accelerate the construction, there is no way he could have built all that by himself. I suppose you could take into account what Finn said in Temple of Mars about how Jake has been gone for five weeks, which shows that a decent amount of time has passed that might allow Gumbald to build his candy city, but it still doesn't make much sense to me. I remember that there were also some leaked images floating around that showed a nightmarish version of Gumbaldia, but since that didn't show up in the episode, I'm thinking that it might have been unused concept art or part of a deleted scene. If not, it's likely that they were images from the finale Come Along With Me. Perhaps Golb might have something to do with it, like maybe he creates some kind of nightmare reality in Ooo, which could tie into the Nightmare Juice from the end of Orb. As for my theories on how the finale Come Along With Me will go, your guess is as good as mine. I thought the whole Gumbald plot line would get resolved before the finale, but it looks like it will continue on into it. With all these major plot lines still left to resolve, I can't help but feel that the finale is going to be a huge clusterfuck. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the ending to Samurai Jack. At least with Adventure Time it will be getting an extended length episode to space out all these plot points rather than having a single normal length episode where everything had to be crammed into it, which was the case with Samurai Jack's finale. These are the main plot lines that that will absolutely need to be resolved in the finale: Gumbald, Fern/Grass Demon, Golb, and Betty/Ice King. That's four plot lines coming together in an episode that's going to be the length of four episodes, so theoretically that's one plot line for each of the four parts of Come Along With Me. Can they pull it off and make an ending that does not rely on some kind of deus ex machina to resolve everything? Maybe, but only if they cut out all the fluff and focus solely on the story elements. I'm going to be brutally honest here, if we want to have an ending that actually makes sense and doesn't feel rushed, then some things, like for example the romantic pairings and slice of life stuff, are going to have to be ignored in favor of properly developing and concluding those main plot points. You can't always have your cake and eat it. Whenever a series has tried to do both with its finale, it often just ends up feeling half-assed. On the topic of the Candy Kingdom Haters, the way I see it, it's not that they all hate the Candy Kingdom, but rather the people in it, particularity those who they feel have wronged them in some. Each of the people in this band of villains has some sort of past beef with either Finn, Jake, Marceline, Princess Bubblegum, or Peppermint Butler. Some are more justified in their feelings of hatred towards the Candy Kingdom, while others just seem to be in it for revenge. Out of all of them, I think the ones with the most legitimate grievances are Pete Sassafras and Peace Master. Pete Sassafras got screwed over big time by Finn and Jake when they just left him to rot in jail even though he was innocent, and Peace Master's children were turned into demons by Peppermint Butler for no other reason than to screw with him. I guess karma came back to bite Peppermint Butler in the ass because now he himself was transformed by the dum-dum juice. I wonder if he'll ever be changed back though. Maybe Lumpy Space Princess could use her anti-elemental powers to change him back to normal. Perhaps the worst out of this entire group of villains are Bandit Princess and Ash the Warlock. Finn and Marceline, respectively, were each hurt on a deeply emotional level by their actions in the past. I can definitely see Bandit Princess and Ash teaming up to form some sort of Bonnie and Clyde type duo to get back at Finn and Marceline. Also, is Fern really okay with working alongside Bandit Princess considering what she did to him when he was still the Finn Sword? Not only did Bandit Princess steal the Finn Sword from Finn, but in a way she also stole Fern's innocence by using the Finn Sword to murder a whole bunch of people against his will, all while he was powerless to stop it and could only watch from the inside. The Candy Kingdom may need some help in dealing with these villains, so I can picture Finn and Jake having to go around gathering allies to form a group of their own to counter them. It could include Marceline, Lumpy Space Princess, Huntress Wizard, Flame Princess, potentially Susan and Frieda, and anyone else they can find. I'm not sure if Finn will be able to defeat Fern in combat though. The two of them are like mirror versions of each other and are of equal strength, so a battle between the two would likely end in a draw. If Fern is to fight someone, I think it would be pretty cool to see him fight Huntress Wizard. It would be a battle of plant magic with his sword versus her bow. Based on Finn's recent approach of trying to find a non-violent solution to the conflict, he might try to redeem Fern. If he were to fight Fern again and outright kill him in combat, then Finn wouldn't really learn anything from it because he already killed Fern once before. Redeeming Fern without killing him will be Finn's symbolic way of forgiving himself. I can picture Fern saying something like this: "You can't beat me Finn." and in response Finn says something like this: "Then I won't fight you."

Would have loved to see how things would have been different if Fern had gone with Finn in the island mini series. In three buckets Finn said that Fern was like a brother to him or even closer so it feels like that should have happened and I was kindof surprised that Fern made no mention of wanting to go considering he basically is Finn and would probably want to find out where he came from too.

I don't want... this show to end... 😭😭😭

10:35 well here you go!! Peppermint story in destinat lands

one of your best video analysis. youve made this amazing show even more pleasureable to watch. thanks man

I love your commentary of everything you review and your opinions and thoughts that go with it. Please make a tutorial on how you analyse and take notes on an episode and such.

I'm very excited for the finale and the returning characters, but also very, very sad.

If minny was anyone else I think Finn would’ve definitely used violence to stop her. I think Finn turned to a life of peace because he knew his mother was a helper and would’ve wanted that

"Mental gymnastics of the sapphic variety" made me CHOKE

The stuff about Finn growing out of his berserker phase always interested me, and the way it seems to coincide with his empathy growing stronger. I think a big part of that was learning about and seeing himself in "monsters," characters like the Ice King/Simon, Sweet Pea, Fern, and even Martin.

Still can't believe Scorcher didnt get an actual piece of the Finale

What if Ash is jealous of PB because of her and Marceline?

18:07 love him or hate him you just gotta admit that armor is totally tsk tsk👌

Lollys plan to have Finn save Gumbald was a Batman Gambit. She simply engineered a situation where she knew all the pieces would behave exactly how they normally do,

I dont understand how finn doesnt suffer from crazy anxiety or existential pain.

The Green knight is a reference to King Arthur. At one of his parties a green knight comes with a game similar to the game in seventeen.

Film can hold far more detail than any digital photography. Digital mage things EASIER but actual film will always be better to get full detail out of it, so PB is actually smart here

IMO, Finn's devleoment in a more peaceful and warmhearted individual goes further back than Fern. I think "Bun Bun" is where I started to notice it where he preferred to talk stuff out and showed a gentler, pacifistic side.

It makes sense for all the villains to be there at the end. Even if some of they don't hate the Candy Kingdom specifically, they *do* hate some characters that associate with/fight for the Candy Kingdom, hence choosing to join Gumbald's army Side note: How awesome would it be to see Scorcher in a direct battle with Flame Princess??

Finnaly....I was really looking forward to this...

Hope he was ready to get disappointed with all the brought back villains

Finn in season 10: War is bad. Finn in season 1: KIM! I WILL DESTROY YOU!

Hey, are you gonna do an analysis on the series finale trailer Cartoon Network posted? And, do you think the series finale is gonna get a new opening?

Everyone is comparing this to Infinity War, but there’s one thing I think fits this better *Sonic Forces* you to realise the connection I mean, think about it. All the major villains from the franchises history teaming up, all-out war, an all-powerful evil (Infinite, GOLB), a guy who is *really clearly* on the wrong side (Shadow, Infinite), a cunning, hyper-intellectual individual(Eggman, Ricardio/Gumbald), a dark reflection of our hero (Metal Sonic/Shadow, Fern), all of our favourite heroes joining Forces, and a red guy (Zavok, Ricardio). It can’t just be me seeing this, right?

I can’t wait for the finale, I watched the first 5 seasons and I loved them all. I would have continued to watch them, but school got in the way... I returned to watch all of the seasons all the way to this episode! I loved every episode, and I’m tingling with excitement for this finale!

at 8:26 gumbalds chair looks like something lord licorice would use from candy land hahah

Am I the only one who is disappointed about the finales plot? It feels rushed and it should’ve been something more built up like the Lich or something, I hope that The gum war is kind of temporary and Golb is the real deal instead. It would be so much better in my opinion. Because they just introduced Gumbald and he’s kind of a boring character

I loved Gumbaldia.

I was rewatching the episode recently, and noticed: the error you mentioned at 13:53 might not actually be an error. I think that was Sir Slicer sitting in the chair, not the Green Knight. You can tell from the armor details and the lack of horns.

Ok, I thought I finished adventure time but there’s a ton I haven’t seen. I wonder where I dropped off. I’m going to find where I left off, but this channel is helping me see it’s definitely worth getting back into. I don’t think I ever disliked it, I just got busy with something’s

Sometimes I think you watch every season of AT when there’s a knew episode come out

Maybe Ash heard about Marcy and Bonnie's newfound relationship and got super jealous

good lord jake's timing during that fern confrontation really was perfect. and that BARKBARKBARKARBARK really did amuse me

i wish that we wil see some more episodes after finale,i will want to see whats going on in OOO