Adventure Time, the whimsical and enchanting animated series, has captivated audiences young and old with its vibrant storytelling and endearing characters. Throughout its illustrious run, Adventure Time has taken viewers on countless extraordinary journeys through the Land of Ooo, where imagination knows no bounds. From the mind of creator Pendleton Ward, this remarkable show has become a beloved staple of modern animation. As we delve into the vast tapestry of Adventure Time episodes, we have carefully curated a list of the 30 best episodes that truly capture the essence of this extraordinary series.
So grab your sword, put on your adventurer’s hat, and get ready to embark on a thrilling and nostalgic ride through the most unforgettable moments in Adventure Time history.
Ice King is the lead villain of the cartoon, and Tom Kenny voiced his character. A few of the princesses to name are princess bubblegum, flame princess, and lumpy space princess. Princess Bubblegum was voiced by Hynden Walch, the flame princess was voiced by Jessica DiCicco, and lumpy space was voiced by Pendleton. Apart from this, we also have Marceline, the vampire queen whose character was voiced by Olivia Olson.
30 Best Adventure Time Episodes
In this article, we will look into the best episodes of adventure time. Well, these aren’t the only best episodes but these are definitely the most popular episodes among all the nine seasons and received a higher view rate when compared to the other episodes.
- Director: Larry Leichliter
- Writer: Sam Alden, Seo Kim, Adam Muto, Laura, Luke Pearson, Andres Salaf, Jillian Tamaki, Steve, Skyler Page
- Cast: Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Niki Yang, Hynden Walch, Olivia Olson, Roz Ryan, Madaleine Martin
- IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
- Platform(s) available: Hulu, Disney + Hotstar, ESPN+
30. Adventure Time Season 1, Episode 1
- Season number: 1
- Episode number: 1
- Episode Title: Slumber party panic
The first impression is always the best impression, they say. Likewise, the very first episode of the first season is the reason for the cartoon to have a huge fan base. This episode is titled “Slumber party panic.” The first episode introduces Finn and Jake, and they seem to love the tree fortress that belongs to the vampire queen. Elsewhere princess bubblegum conducts an experiment that turns out to be horrible, and she invites threats to her candy kingdom.
29. Adventure Time Season 5, Episode 52
- Season number: 5
- Episode number: 52
- Episode Title: Billy’s bucket list
This episode is named “Billy’s bucket list.” Finn and Jake find their bucket list for Billy and decide to make his bucket list come true as a tribute to his great hero. Finn and Jake together complete a lot of items on the bucket list. A few wishes on the list are to overcome the fear of the ocean and to give a bike ride to his ex-girlfriend.
After almost completing the bucket list, Billy appears before Finn to tell him that his biological father is still alive. This was one of the shocker episodes and was the last episode of this season. It created excitement in the audience about what will happen in the following seasons.
28. Adventure Time Season 5 Episode 47
- Season number: 5
- Episode number: 47
- Episode Title: The red throne
This episode is titled “The Red Throne” and is predominantly focused on the princess of fire and her kingdom. The fire king is under the control of the Flame Lord, and the flame lord takes over his entire kingdom. The princess of Flame goes to Finn to seek help and to escape her marriage with the flame lord.
Finn shows his Finn sword, and he gets ready to save the people of the Fire Kingdom. He loses after entering the kingdom. Finn learns that the entire kingdom is under the control of the flame lord. Later, the duo is captured by the flame Lord and held captive.
27. Adventure Time Season 2 Episode 24
- Season number: 2
- Episode number: 24
- Episode Title: Heat Signature
Titled “Heat Signature,” this is one of the funniest episodes of the series. Finn and Jake visit Marceline’s house. When she brags about the advantages of being a vampire, Jake and Finn ask her to turn them into vampires. A young Marceline decides to play a prank on them. She pinches them in the neck instead of biting and says that they have become vampires.
She enjoys every little thing the duo does. When Marceline comes to know that her friends are taking advantage of Finn and Jake, she comes to their protection, and later they head back to the mansion to watch the movie.
26. Adventure Time Season 5 Episode 48
- Season number: 5
- Episode number: 48
- Episode Title: Betty
Titled “Betty,” this episode has a lot happening in it. The wizards in the wizard city have a meeting with Bella Noche, a wizard from the alternate world. Their conversation is overheard by the ice king (Simon Petrokov). An act to perform an attack on Bella ends up with releasing Simon from the chamber.
A free Simon keeps hallucinating and finds his release difficult to believe. Later they approach Marceline, who spends her time with Finn and Jake, and she helps in creating a portal to the age before the great mushroom war to connect to Betty. Simon apologizes to Betty, and she reaches today’s world through the portal where Simon and Betty are reunited.
25. Adventure Time Season 5 Episode 16
- Season number: 5
- Episode number: 16
- Episode Title: Puhoy
The episode is titled “Puhoy” and starts from the end of the previous episode, the knife storm. Jake transforms himself into the shape of a bulldozer that carries a pillow. He creates a pillow fort that protects the princess and his other teammates. When the princess doesn’t respond to a joke, Finn realizes that his relationship is over.
He wishes to be left alone and crawls through a path in the pillow fort that leads him to the pillow world. He almost lives a separate life in the world and has kids. Later, Finn is approached by people telling him that they found the way to his tunnel. Even though Finn has second thoughts about leaving the pillow world, he reunites with Jake and the princess.
24. Adventure Time Season 7 Episode 13
- Season number: 7
- Episode number: 13
- Episode Title: Dark Cloud
Titled “Dark Cloud”, this is also the last episode of the island’s miniseries. Dark Cloud is about the happenings of the events after the explosion by the vampire hunter. Finn is informed about the escape of the vampire king and the adverse effects of the release of the vampire king. When Finn and Jake ask Marceline to join their team, she initially refuses after calculating the after-effects of the fight on her life.
Later, Marceline decides to show up and help her team in rescuing the kingdom. After absorbing the entire power of the cloud, Marceline faints. When she wakes up, she finds Finn, Jake, and the others around her. Jake eats food from her fridge. Marceline feels better when she wakes up and feels happy about whatever she has done.
23. Adventure Time Season 6 Episode 2
- Season number: 6
- Episode number: 2
- Episode Title: Escape from the Citadel
Titled “Escape from the Citadel,” this episode seems to be something that Finn did not expect. Jake and Finn attempt to enter the prison in order to find Finn’s father. Following their plan of Prismo, they end up in jail, searching for his father. Things turn for the worse when they come to know that the prison is set for destruction. Finn meets Martin and later manages to escape the prison. Lich is then transformed into a giant human baby towards the end of the episode.
22. Adventure Time Season 6 Episode 3
- Season number: 6
- Episode number: 3
- Episode Title: James II
Titled “James II,” this episode is all about fake James. Jake and Finn learn that there are multiple clones of James. One of the clones, James, portrays himself to be sick and is at the verge of death. When Bubblegum identifies the true intention behind the cloning, she orders every clone to be arrested. When the monsters return to attack, the clones protect the princess and sacrifice themselves to save the princess.
21. Adventure Time Season 7 Episode 8
- Season number: 7
- Episode number: 8
- Episode Title: Vamps about
This episode is titled “Vamps About” and is for all the Marceline fans out there. This episode shows the transformation of Marceline, a vampire slayer, into a complete vampire. Marceline goes on a walk with Finn in the daylight and remembers how much she used to miss daylight. When asked about vampires, she refuses to tell and enjoys being a mortal again. Later, Marceline gets a flashback, where the vampire king bites her on purpose to make her a vampire in order to save his people.
20. Adventure Time Season 7 Episode 10
- Season number: 7
- Episode number: 10
- Episode Title: May I Come in?
This episode, “May I come in?” is centered on Marceline. Finn and Jake fight back against Hierophant but can’t hold him back for a long time. Jake performs his magic to shift shapes to attack Jake and Finn.
Jake, on learning that Hierophant can’t enter houses unless he is invited, shifts into the shape of a house, and his friends enter the house to stay safe. When he gets into a fight with Marceline, he accidentally enters the house, and this results in his death. Marceline grabs his power and faints as she is poisoned.
19. Adventure Time Season 8 Episode 1
- Season number: 8
- Episode number: 1
- Episode Title: Into his crown
This episode is titled as “Into his crown.” Bubblegum and Marceline visit the king only to find that something is wrong with him. They take the king and the crown to the laboratory and find that the soul of Betty infects it, and the crown acts like a maze.
Marceline and Bubblegum enter the crown virtually and find Simon Petrikov. Simon helps to solve the trouble and the crown is once again reset, sending out Marceline and Bubblegum. The king now returns to his normal form and remembers nothing.
18. Adventure Time Season 8 Episode 24
- Season number: 8
- Episode number: 24
- Episode Title: Hide and seek
This episode is titled as “Hide and Seek.” This episode is centered on Finn, Jake, BMO, and Susan Strong. A glimpse of Susan’s past is revealed in this episode. Susan Strong was actually responsible for bringing people back to her island. If anyone tries to escape the island, Susan is assigned to find them and bring them back to the island.
Once, her friend expresses her wish to escape the island and live far beyond. When Susan comes to know that it can’t be possible, she catches her own friend from escaping the island. Towards the end her real name is also revealed. Susan later tells her friends that her real name is Kara.
17. Adventure Time Season 5 Episode 3
- Season number: 5
- Episode number: 3
- Episode Title: Five more shorts of Graybles
This episode is named “Five more shorts of Graybles” and is classified to be one of the good episodes of the cartoon. It also turns out to be a hilarious episode. The episode opens when Finn finds a book, and he believes it to be the spell book.
Jake and Finn try to recite a spell, and at the end of the spell, they try to put their thumb in random things. Finn and Jake believed that putting their thumbs in random things and reciting “Oh, What a good boy am I” was the key to activating the spell.
16. Adventure Time Season 8 Episode 25
- Season number: 8
- Episode number: 25
- Episode title: Min and Marry
Titled “Min and Marty,” this episode is a sneak peek into the life of Finn’s mom and dad. Kara wanted to reunite Finn with his mom. This sequence takes us back to how Finn’s mom and dad met each other and how they fell in love.
An elderly woman wanted to seek revenge on Martin. When he comes to know the plan, Martin escapes in a boat with Finn. Unfortunately, the boat is attacked, and this causes the father and son to be separated. Finn’s mother feels devastated at the loss of her husband and son.
15. Adventure Time Season 8 Episode 27
- Season number: 8
- Episode number: 27
- Episode Title: Light Cloud
This episode is titled “Light Cloud.” Light Cloud is the final episode of the eighth season. Finn wishes to take his mother back with him. Finn tries to convince his mother to leave the island and promises her a better world outside. She firmly refuses.
Later, the other people on the island are convinced by Finn’s speech and decide to flee away. Finn’s mother insists that it is not a good option and explains that the outside world could be dangerous. Unable to convince his mom, he leaves back his mom on the island and returns back to his world after one last talk with his mom.
14. Adventure Time Season 7 Episode 12
- Season number: 7
- Episode number: 12
- Episode Title: Checkmate
This episode is titled “Checkmate,” and this is when the dark cloud takes a monstrous form. The gang of friends is ready to fight against the king. To their surprise, he admits to them that he doesn’t want to be a vampire anymore and asks them to remove the vampiric essence away from him.
Since Bubblegum is already experienced in performing this magic, she takes over the act. She removes the essence. She asks peppermint to properly dispose of the essence, as improper disposal can lead to a catastrophe.
Unfortunately, Peppermint drops the essence, and it takes the shape of a cloud that is dark, and it is all ready to attack the kingdom. This episode is considered to be the penultimate episode of the entire series that was created for the cartoon network.
13. Adventure Time Season 1 Episode 20
- Season number: 1
- Episode number: 20
- Episode Title: Freak City
This episode is titled “Freak City.” Jake and Finn come across a mystery man. He approaches the duo and asks for some food. Jake warns Finn as he feels something suspicious. In spite of that, Finn fetches food from his backpack and offers it to the man.
The mysterious man later reveals himself to be the magic man, and the magic users cast a spell on Finn that gives him a big foot. When Finn keeps complaining about his situation, Jake says that a big foot Finn is actually good at tackling the bad guys. Jake follows the mysterious smell and finds a few more victims of the magic man. Later, the people of the town understand the pattern of the magic man and get alarmed by his presence.
12. Adventure Time Season 7 Episode 19
- Season number: 7
- Episode number: 19
- Episode Title: Blank- eyed girl
This episode is titled “Blank-eyed Girl.” In the Ooo forest, there are superstitions about the blank-eyed girl that keeps staring at random people for no reason. When Jake and Finn are asked to fight the blank-eyed girl, they fear her and refuse to fight. Later, it is revealed that these creatures have no form and are in complete disguise, and they mean no harm to the people.
11. Adventure Time Season 7 Episode 6
- Season number: 7
- Episode number: 6
- Episode Title: Marceline, the vampire queen
This episode is titled “Marceline, the vampire queen.” Marceline expresses her desire to return back to her normal mortal state. She requests Bubblegum to perform a procedure on her that will take away her vampire qualities of Marceline. Bubblegum succeeds in removing the vampire essence from her body and lets her rest for a while.
Meanwhile, the essence gains power and escapes on its own. It is released into the city. Jake and Finn investigate a cattle attack and trace it down to the vampire essence of Marceline. When the village people come to know about this, they leave Marceline in the sun, leaving her to die from the sunlight.
10. Adventure Time Season 9 Episode 3
- Season number: 9
- Episode number: 3
- Episode Title: Bespoken for
The episode is titled “Bespoken for” and is primly centered around Betty. The king explains to the people what happened to the kingdom. Betty is furious as the king, who is Simon, actually doesn’t recognize her. She sets dates to remind him of the past, but in vain. Later, Betty is advised to play along and not to see him as Simon anymore. She is then kidnapped towards the close of the episode.
9. Adventure Time Season 9 Episode 6
- Season number: 9
- Episode number: 6
- Episode Title: Slime Central
This episode is titled “Slime Central.” Jake and Finn go to the slime kingdom to get the crown of the slime princess. There, they encounter Lumpy Space, and the three join together. Slime princess conducts a skating party for the people in her kingdom. She takes in those who win the competition and captures the losers. The trio decides to participate in the competition in order to get the crown. Unfortunately, they lose the game but are still taken by the skating princess. The trio manages to take the jewel and leave the place. Lumpy Space says that Jake and Finn are a good combination, and they are the people that keep her going.
8. Adventure Time Season 9 Episode 14
- Season number: 9
- Episode number: 14
- Episode Title: Three Bucket
Titled “Three Bucket,” this is the final episode of the season. In this episode, Fern shows his magic tricks to Finn, and he transforms into Finn in front of him. An impressed Finn goes along with him into the mountains and is held captive. Later Fern reveals his plan to replace him and flees into the city. Finn finds his way out of the mountains and defeats Fern, and feels bad about his act. His friends convince him, and feels glad that he returned home. And this marks the close of the entire series created for the cartoon network.
7. Adventure Time Season 3 Episode 19
- Season number: 3
- Episode numbers: 19 and 20
- Episode Title: Holly Jolly Secrets
Episode 19 and 20 of season three is titled “Holly Jolly Secrets.” Jake and Finn find a treasure box. The latter identifies that the ice king buried it. On opening the box, they find a tape and are eager to watch the tape. Later, Finn, Jake, and BMO watch the tape and find some clippings of the ice king. Initially, they find the tape to be boring. But soon, they suspect that the tape might have some clue about the ice king, and they decide to decode it.
6. Adventure Time Season 5 Episode 43
- Season number: 5
- Episode number: 43
- Episode Title: Root Beer Guy
This episode is titled “Root Beer Guy.” The root beer guy is a character in this episode. When all the candy people are happy, he seems to be happy but doesn’t want to express his feelings. He walks into his boring office and tries to sell the products. That night, he spends some time with his wife and feels bored. He then takes out his typewriter and continues to type the story for his novel.
5. Adventure Time Season 2 Episode 19
- Season number: 2
- Episode number: 19
- Episode Title: Mystery Train
This episode is titled “Mystery Train.” In this episode, it is shown as of Finn is about to celebrate his 13th birthday. Jake, who is always fond of Finn, takes him to a train. The latter finds himself stuck in a murder and is panicked. Later, towards the close of the episode, it is revealed that it was all the plan of Jake to make Finn remember his 13th birthday forever.
4. Adventure Time Season 2 Episode 1
- Season number: 2
- Episode number: 1
- Episode Title: It Came from the Nightosphere
This is the opening episode of season 2 and is titled “It Came from the Nightosphere.” Marceline speaks about her broken relationship with her father and sings a song about him. This makes her recollect her memories with her dad. On seeing this, Finn decides to release Marceline’s father from the Nightosphere. He did this for the happiness of Marceline. However, he is now left with another challenge after the release of her father.
3. Adventure Time Season 6 Episode 17
- Season number: 6
- Episode number: 17
- Episode Title: Ghost Fly
This episode is titled “Ghost Fly” and is certainly one of the funniest episodes. Jake is enraged by a fly that drinks his soup. He kills the fly. Later, the soul of the fly keeps haunting him. Jake and Finn reach out to Peppermint for help. After a failed exorcism, Finn is turned into a fly. After a long struggle, the friends solve the problem and set Finn free. This series encompasses all genres of an industry, and this episode is one perfect example of the genre of comedy.
2. Adventure Time Season 6, Episode 41
- Season number: 6
- Episode number: 41
- Episode title: On the Lam
This episode is titled “On the Lam.” This episode is all about Martin’s life on an alien planet. Martin, the father of Finn, is captured in an alien jail and tries to escape the jail. He meets a junior alien, and he develops a bond with the alien. In return, the alien is also closely attached to him. When the guards ask about their rebel leader, the little alien steps forward, and it serves as a shocker for Martin. He leaves the little guy behind and moves ahead in his plan all alone.
1. Adventure Time Season 10 Episode 13
- Season number: 10
- Episode number: 13
- Episode Title: Come Along with Me
The series finale was a totally cool episode with all the twists and turns. Episodes 13 to 16 are collectively called “Come Along with Me.” Somewhere in the future, Shermy and Pup Princess wander Ooo, and they find an arm of Finn, and they bring it back to BMO. They get a vision of whatever happened in the war, and they rush to a tree house to get Finn’s sword. They re-create a posture of Jake and Finn as a tribute, and on this note, the series comes to an end.
Conclusion
Adventure Time is actually a series that takes place in a fictional world after the great mushroom war. The only human in this series is Finn. He goes on adventures with his dear friend Jake. Apart from them, we also have the ice king, the princesses, Jake’s parents, Finn’s parents, Snow Golem, the door lord, and a few more characters to light up the script of the series.
Apart from this, the theme song of the series is also a fan favorite. Rebecca Sugar has also closely worked on this project on the music. One of the famous songs of the series is I’m just your problem. On the crew, we also have Warren Ampersand and Lena Dunham, who voiced the characters.
“Adventure Time distant lands” was created exclusively for HBO Max owing to its popularity. This series and its related topics were like a cherry on the cake during the times of the cartoon network. Cartoon Network Finn became the most remembered character, and his cartoon was used in many products as well.
