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  • ️Sun Dec 15 2013

Adventure Time S 3 E 4 Hitman Recap

After being "grounded" for attempting to kidnap Breakfast Princess, the Ice King accidentally hires a mysterious hitman named Scorcher to take out Finn and Jake.

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  • Anthropomorphic Food:
    • This episode introduces Breakfast Princess and Toast Princess.
    • Jake mentions getting the lunchmeat for the sandwiches he and Finn are making from a guy called "Meat Man". Though a weird nightmare he has makes him have second thoughts about eating Meat Man's meat anymore.
  • Contract on the Hitman: Ice King tries to stop Scorcher by hiring a hitman hitman. Scorcher easily defeats him.
  • Enemy Mine: Eventually, Ice King teams up with Finn and Jake against Scorcher.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Ice King doesn't want Finn and Jake dead.
  • Faking the Dead: To stop Scorcher from killing Finn and Jake, Ice King freezes them to convince Scorcher that they're dead. It works and he leaves.
  • Freeze-Frame Bonus: After Scorcher leaves, you can see a cryptic poem written on the piece of paper he leaves behind.
  • Implacable Man: The eponymous hitman, Scorcher. Once he's been told to put out a hit, he will not stop until his target is dead.
  • Ironic Echo: At the end of the episode, Ice King sits on the frozen Finn and Jake and quips "Hey guess what? You're grounded... underneath my butt!"
  • Literal-Minded: Ice King thinks that hitmen just hit somebody, as in like a punch in the arm. He hires Scorcher to do exactly that, not knowing that hitmen kill people.
  • Look Behind You: Ice King tries to distract Scorcher by pointing behind him and saying "Look, a supermodel! Look, a hoverboard! Look, the apocalypse!"
  • Lost Food Grievance: Jake lets out a Big "NO!" when Ice King barges into their house and freezes his sandwich in an attempt to put out the fire Scorcher set.
  • No, You: Ice King's response to being grounded for two weeks.

    Ice King: No, you're grounded for two weeks!

  • Playing with Fire: Scorcher has the power to use flames.
  • Professional Killer: Scorcher's occupation.
  • Seen It All: Breakfast Princess seems well used to the Ice King's kidnapping attempts by now, and merely looks annoyed as she makes the latest call to Finn and Jake that she has "another Ice King situation."
  • The Speechless: Scorcher does not sign nor say a word throughout the episode; when asking who his marks are, he gives the Ice King a form to fill out under the question: "Who do I hit?"
  • Super Smoke: Scorcher also has the power to turn into black smoke.
  • Talking with Signs: Scorcher communicates by creating scrolls with writing on out of thin air.
  • Unusual Euphemism: Ice King claims that a guy got hit in the "boing-loings", which is what finally distracts Scorcher.
  • You Are Grounded!: Finn and Jake "ground" the Ice King for bothering Breakfast Princess.