Jake?
Hey, man.
Hey, dude.
You still thinking about...
Yeah.
Yeah? Me, too.
Princess Bubblegum's ready for us, so we should go.
OK.
Just give me a few more months in here and I'll be ready.
It's OK, man. Just—
Just play it off.
Just make a normal face.
See? Normal face.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming.
We may begin the ceremony!
Thanks for bringing us along on the trip, Peebs.
Yeah. It's unfortunate we can't enjoy
some of these cool things we're passing by,
but I guess we could do that the next time
we're in the Desert of Wonders,
whenever that is!
We're on a mission to collect samples only.
I want to start colonizing this area by the end of the year.
You are killing me, PB!
James, give a readout on fuel.
Right away, Princess.
Beet!
Boop! Boop! Boop! Boop! Beet!
We have a surplus of fuel,
so after we collect samples,
we may explore.
Yeah!
I'm glad James is on this trip.
Hey, James, thumbs up, buddy!
Dude, James is kind of, uh, goofy.
I wasn't gonna say anything, but yeah.
Maybe when we get to know him better, it'll be charming.
James, slow down. We're here.
I'm registering mondo mega rads down there.
I'll ready the radiation suits upon landing.
Excellent.
Take us down.
Hold on to your sack lunch!
OK.
You guys collect as many surface samples as you can—
Rocks, plants, dirt, anything.
Mostly looks like it's just dirt here.
This will be fun.
Jake, open up the basket.
I'm gonna make a shot!
Do it!
Chk-chk! Whoop!
Wah-wah!
Hmm.
Brownstadt!
- Guys, run!
James, speed up that sack lunch!
Vrrt! Vrrt! Vrrt! Vrrt! Vrrt!
Everyone OK?
What?
Oh, my garf!
What are they?
They're toxic creatures from another time.
OK, let's see— suspension's all donked, navigation's lost,
and the ship's legs are kaput.
We're dead in the water.
Vrrt! Chick!
Aa-ooga!
Got to brain out the situation.
Those goo monsters will barf their way
through the hull in mere minutes.
Finn, what should we do?
Uh, let's radio for help.
Good idea, but looks like the radio's kerplowed.
Vrrt!
I can fix that radio.
Mrow-row-row!
Pling!
With this!
It's a lucky coin!
Bam!
When I bust out my coin, great stuff happens,
like when I was chosen to go on this mission with you guys!
James, that's not helping!
Don't panic, baby.
Yes. James is very resourceful.
He'll work it out.
Vrrt! Veet! Vrrt! Vreet!
Vrrt! Gzzzh! Jzzt! Bwr!
Look, Princess— I invented a coin-operated
coin screwdriver!
See what I mean?
Good job, James.
Come on, guys.
Let's take inventory of the emergency gear.
Lucky coin strikes again!
Hey, Preebros, I know things seem bad,
but I'll figure out a plan.
I know, Finn.
Dude, I found us some flares!
I saved us!
Right on!
Hey, dudes, the radio is fixed!
Good Grod!
I love you, James!
I knew you could do it, James!
You know, James, I wasn't sure about you at first,
but you're OK.
Thank you, Jake. I wasn't sure about you, either.
James, the radio's still not working!
I'm not getting any signal.
What the skunk?
James, it's all sanched up!
James is like, "wha..."
It was working just a second ago, I swears!
I went, like, "choo-choo-choo!"
And the radio was like...
"pch-choo-whichoo-whichoo- whichoo-whichoo,"
- And then I was like... - I take it back.
This guy's totally cuckoo!
This is my cuckoo face.
He did his best, you guys.
Right, right.
OK, time for plan "B."
James, pass me them flares.
Chk-oo! Boop!
A flare for m'liege.
James, where are the flares?
What?
May— maybe they're, uh,
invisible flares.
Finn, PB, can I speak to you
in the other room, please?
You want to do this trust-huddle style, buddy?
Hm.
So, what's all the hubbub?
What's up with that James dude?
Yeah. Do you think James could be
breaking things on purpose?
No. James wouldn't do that.
Wake up! Dude's a saboteur.
It's not James.
What's not James?
I got lonely up front.
I wanted to see what y'all are up to.
Hey, that gives me an idea.
Me, too! Vrrt!
Just kidding! I don't have any ideas.
Diversion.
D-d-d-d-d-d-d-diversion.
Time to set up a diversion.
You see anything, brudda?
I got bunkus.
Wait. If we jam up to that cliff face,
I think we can climb— Whoop!
More goo bros.
What the—
Yah!
That won't hold them for long.
It can't end like this.
I got a lady and five kids!
I thought I'd outlive at least one of them!
Here, man. Take this.
Your lucky coin?
Yeah, man.
It always keeps me calm.
Who shot that flare, James?
We don't have time to point fingers.
You're right.
There's only one way out of this jam.
One of us has to eat the big one
so the others can survive.
And I'm gonna be that one.
I'll run out there and get the creatures to chase me,
and while they're busy noshing on my teen-boy body,
you three can climb to safety.
Don't try to talk me out of it.
I got crystal certainty.
- This is what it means to be a he—
- Wha...
James, we need to talk.
so, what do you say?
Sure thing, Princess!
Byong!
What?
Why did— Jake?
Where— Where's James?
James!
James, look out!
Oh... PB! What's going on?
Finn, I need to explain something really heavy.
I was the one who sabotaged all your escape plans.
I calculated the chance of success for every possible escape plan,
and none of them were going to work.
You said it yourself—
there was only one way out.
Someone was going to have to eat the big one to save the others.
James did something really noble to save us.
But... I wanted to do it.
Why didn't you let me?
There's a reason.
With this sample of James, I can clone a new one.
He's candy, but you're not.
I can't clone another you.
Woah.
I made the best choice available.
James served the Candy Kingdom on a dangerous mission,
and even though he is gone and it's super sad,
I would like to honor James...
With this new James I whipped up in the lab!
Jeet!
Here you go, James,
an award for bravery.
Let's hear it for James!
Is this right or wrong?
I can't tell.
Hey, cool.
Did I do something cool?
Do I do something cool?
I don't know, man.
Here's your coin, James.
Gzzt! Chk!
Wow! This day keeps getting better and better!
Uh...
Vrrt. Vrrt. Vrrt.
Tickle, tickle, tickle!
Wakey, wakey, wake!
- Yoo yoo yoo yoo yoo!
Wow. That was really something.
Really something.
Sure, I'll hold.
Thank you for your time. Hello?
I'd like to take a few minutes of your time
to tell you about an amazing vitamin supplement.
But first, just let me ask you,
do you ever feel that no matter
what you eat, you're still tired and sluggish
and... filled with nagging anxiety and doubt and—
Root Beer Guy, get your head back in the game!
Hello, ma'am.
I'd like to take a few minutes of your time—
- Hello?
All we need is to cut out the middle man.
Hey Root Beer Guy. - Hey.
Dude, we should start our own place.
Next stop, Lollipop Park Estates.
This is good. What is this?
Candy.
Hmm.
Oh, I've got a closing argument tomorrow, Root Beer Guy.
I knew there was trouble.
I could smell it on the hot evening breeze.
Fortunately for me, trouble is my favorite thing
because I'm Joe Milkshake.
I kicked down the door with one swift, decisive motion.
No.
With one swift and decisive motion, I kicked down the door.
No.
The door was kicked down by me swiftly
with not many motions but a whole lot of decisiveness
was used by me that was apparent to everybody.
- Oh!
Hm.
What are you doing?
Let me go!
No!
Yeah!
Hey. Hey, are you awake?
Not really.
Well, this is gonna sound crazy,
but I think I saw Princess Bubblegum get kidnapped,
and the perpetrators were that Finn and Jake.
OK, sweetie.
That sounds like an interesting dream.
But it did happen.
You need to eat something before you go to work,
and you can't keep falling asleep at your typewriter.
It's bad for your back.
Besides, I miss you at night.
I'm sorry, sweetie.
I couldn't stop thinking about that weird stuff I saw last night
when I was peeking through the bushes.
Oh! Peeking through the bushes?
You've been warping your mind with all this mystery stuff.
I swear, sometimes I think you love that novel of yours
more than you love me.
You've been working on it every night for 10 years,
and for what?
I didn't know what to say,
but Joe Milkshake never was a talky guy.
On my way to work that morning, I decided to take a second look
at the crime scene.
Hm...
Lake Butterscotch?
Hmm.
Root Beer Guy! Root Beer Guy!
Root Beer Guy!
How many bottles of product you've sold this month?
Zero.
Great! You can count to zero!
You know, maybe if you'd give me the new leads...
You haven't earned the new leads.
It's easier to do when you have all the leads.
- Hey, Root Beer Guy. - Exactly. It's all about the leads.
See? I told you!
It's Candy Stucco.
Stucco feels great.
Hmm. When you're right, you're right.
All right, you two.
What were you doing last night with Princess Bubblegum?
- Uh... - Hmm...
We were home last night.
Yeah. We were doing that... thing.
That was a great thing
we were doing at home
with no other witnesses.
But we're each other's witnesses.
Yeah!
But I saw you.
Look, man, you didn't see nothin'.
Hmph!
Mr. Banana Guard, you've got to arrest those guys!
Come on!
These are the guys! They're kidnappers!
You have to arrest them
and find out where they're hiding Princess Bubblegum.
Princess Bubblegum?
She's right around the corner!
Oh, Princess Bubblegum!
[high-pitched voice] Yes?
I think some Banana Guards wish to speak with you.
[high-pitched voice] Where are those Banana Guards?
- Your highness! - Greetings, your majesty!
Your skin is looking lovely today.
Oh, thanks!
It's really, really orange!
Ugh!
I've been using this new marmalade spray-on tan.
Yeah. Cinnamon Bun...
Bingo-bango. This was my lucky break.
With one decisive motion, I kicked down the door.
So, um, being tan is my thing now.
Quickly, I scanned the room for the—
Oh, man.
"Caramel Court, Cotton Candy Prison."
"Lollipop Park Estates!"
- Bingo-bang—
Ah-ha! Huh?
Bingo-bango!
Uh... Look what I've got.
The security tape will show
that Finn and Jake kidnapped Princess Bubblegum.
Finn and Jake would never do that!
Oh, yeah? Prepare to have your mind blown,
after I put this tape in the VCR,
just to make sure I got the right one.
I'm pretty sure I did!
Hey, yes! This is it!
Bingo-bango!
I've got to get to the—
Are you in the tub, sweetie?
I'm going out!
I've got to get this tape to the Banana Guards,
or the newspaper, or maybe the DA or something.
Hey, Root Beer Guy.
You were not supposed to view this tape.
But— But how did you guys know?
I told them.
That's right.
I did it for us!
Oh! This thing is eating you alive, Root Beer Guy!
But it's all I've got.
Hey, this looks kind of personal.
Hmph!
- Mr. Pudding— - Well, you can just call me "Buck."
- Uh, Buck, those— - No need to be formal here, son.
Th— those guys who were just in here—
can you tell me what they bought?
Well, let's see—
A shovel, a saw, some plastic bags,
some duct tape, a bludgeon, a mop,
rubber gloves.
Say, Mr. Buck, do you know anything
about this Lake Butterscotch?
A right nice spot, Lake Butterscotch—
Miles from where anyone could hear a person scream,
if a person were screaming for some reason.
Creepy, now that I think about it.
Nothing up there these days but some abandoned cabins.
Nice place to hide a body if you were into that sort of thing.
- [truck door opens, closes] - Son, now,
- what are you doing in my pickup truck?
- Yeah? - Don't hang up!
I— I'm Root Beer Guy.
I'm the guy who kidnapped Princess Bubblegum.
Yeah, yeah. I wrapped her in a carpet—
Yeah— And I'm gonna dump her in Lake Butterscotch!
I'm completely insane!
But you still have time to stop me.
Get up to Lake Butterscotch right now, Banana Guard.
And I took a boat out after 8:00.
Emergency! Quickly, to Lake Butterscotch!
Wee-ooo! Wee—
Wee-ooo! Wee-ooo!
Uh!
Wee-ooo! Wee-ooo!
Use the licorice lace lasso!
Wow!
Oh, my word! Get those guys!
They're my accomplices!
Oh. OK.
I got it!
Busted, you boat crimer.
It's...
Finn and Jake?
Well, guys...
It looks like you caught us.
OK, Princess. You can come out now.
Princess!
Mm.
Yeah. It is the princess.
Congratulations!
Whee! Whee!
You were so good at solving the case.
- Uh, what case? - The fake kidnapping.
To test the Candy Kingdom's security system?
We didn't solve that case.
But if you weren't following the clues I left,
who was?
Um, it's Root Beer Guy.
Then why the jumping jay is he in handcuffs?
Uh, he went boating.
That was a great night, baby.
We haven't danced like that in years.
I'm so proud of you, Mr. Captain of the Banana Guards.
Frederator.
This party is so crazy!