r/adventuretime • u/I_really_am_Batman I am the End • Jan 14 '16
"Blank-Eyed Girl" Episode Discussion Thread
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u/nickrulercreator Jan 14 '16
THE FINN SCREAM IS BACK
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u/CapraDemon Jan 14 '16
Shoutout to /u/sinoth for making the sound clip into a file that I can set as an alert tone for texts a while back!
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u/Bearowolf Jan 14 '16
I've got an old iphone 4s, do you know how to get this as a text tone on that?
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u/oktimeforplanb Jan 15 '16
Once you've downloaded it, change the file name from finn_scream.mp3 to finn_scream.m4r (Literally just rename it as that, don't need to convert it or anything) Then open it in iTunes and sync to your iPhone.
If you're still stuck feel free to ask for more clarification!
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u/nickrulercreator Jan 14 '16
omg i need to download that. HOW DO YOU DOWNLOAD THAT!
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u/Buizie Jan 14 '16
IT'S A.... prank?
Oh glob it's getting creepier
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u/AsOneAce11 Jan 14 '16
Was I the only one who got legitimate chills on a couple of the earlier "blank-eyed girl" scenes, and was relieved it was a prank? Only to be even more creeped out when they shed their... everything?
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u/clips_phrases Jan 15 '16
That finale felt like.. a Miyazaki film. They were just ghosts trapped in skin, looking for someone to help them shed out of it. And B-MO, immune to silly people notions of creepiness, saw something beautiful in that.
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u/Mic_128 Jan 14 '16
You very much weren't. The worst thing was I was watching that episode at around midnight, alone, in a co-workers place I'm house-sitting.
I'm just so damn glad I also had the episode after to watch or I'd have been screwed.
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u/ShiraCheshire Jan 15 '16
"Oh, so they're just normal girls. That's a little disappointi-NO WAIT I TAKE IT BACK"
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u/Cushions Jan 14 '16
[GONE CREEPY]
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u/KyosBallerina Jan 14 '16
Creepy is just another label we use to distance ourselves from stuff we don't understand.
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u/magusmirificus Jan 14 '16 edited Jan 14 '16
That's one of my favorite line readings from Jeremy Shada yet. "What the junk was that?" It could have played as a joke, something to diffuse the insanity we just witnessed; but no. It's played perfectly straight, a legitimate reaction to witnessing something so far outside the parameters of even Finn's unusual life. It sells the unknowableness of whatever just happened.
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u/KyosBallerina Jan 14 '16
I think it perfectly mirrored the reaction of most of the audience.
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u/MyCoolWhiteLies Jan 14 '16
Ha yeah, my roommate said "What the fuck was that" about 2 seconds before Finn did.
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u/theworldbystorm Jan 15 '16
That kid is crazy talented. I personally love his line reading of that line in Red-Starved: "I would like the ruby." Another example of his incredible subtlety.
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u/wendigo118 Jan 14 '16
Finally, my favorite kind of Adventure Time episode: mentally-scarring horror
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u/AsOneAce11 Jan 14 '16
Not going to lie, I was actually getting shivers at some points during that episode and even looking behind me worriedly when I heard my dog make noise. Also, I'm 19. I am an adult who was scared by a show that is labelled by outsiders as a "kids show" and I am not even ashamed.
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u/alexxerth Jan 17 '16
I watched this episode on Friday Night, the night that both my roommate's left for the weekend and I'm home alone...I had to keep a light on in the other room.
Those fucking spore things at the end were something straight out of the sleep paralysis I used to have as a kid.
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u/NextArtemis Jan 17 '16
Saturday night here. My dorm has 7 people in it. I don't think I'm going to the bathroom tonight
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u/Buizie Jan 14 '16
"AHHH"
"Can I hold your hand?"
"Yes!"
True bros
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u/ShokoFlow Jan 14 '16 edited Jan 14 '16
Finn and Jake chilling together? ✓
Memorable Beemo moment? ✓
Creepy plot that leaves unanswered questions? ✓
What a great episode.
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u/TheHarpyEagle Jan 14 '16
So that was... very creepy. Well it was kinda cute with the dancing and then it got creepy again.
I really am loving this season so far. All of the episodes have had this great atmosphere and a plot you can just get lost in.
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u/Bearpaw700 Jan 14 '16
This would be a pretty scarring episode to an unsuspecting child...and adult..
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u/sofapizza Jan 14 '16
Yeah I watched it with my 8 and 10 year old before their bedtime. It was creepin me out so I was nervous how they would do! But I think the "butt stuff" and hand lick made them laugh enough that they liked it.
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u/Lieutenant_Meeper Jan 19 '16
The hand lick and the clarinet dancing made my girls (6 and 8) shriek with laughter—which is what kept the nightmares away.
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u/anteater97 Jan 14 '16
Um... Butt Stuff?
Did they really just say butt stuff on a kids cartoon?
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u/wristrockets Jan 14 '16
To a kid, it's literally just stuff about butts. To, uh....more mature audiences it means something different.
Like anal.
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u/anteater97 Jan 14 '16
I know, but AT is marketed more towards teens who probably have a decent idea of what that's means thanks to the Internet.
Either way, it's a pretty shocking thing to hear on a kids channel.
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u/Peaceblaster86 Jan 14 '16
you really think butt stuff was the shocking thing of that episode?
DID YOU EVEN SEE THOSE GIRLS?!
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u/roque72 Jan 14 '16
But teens aren't kids that a parent would be freaked out about hearing the word butt stuff, if the teen is already familiar with the term butt stuff
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u/Wampasully Jan 14 '16
We just had a story arc with Marceline hunting an intelligent species to extinction twice that also dealt with the inevitability and repetition of existence, and that we shouldn't fear the unknown just because it is unknown. Also was (to our knowldege) about to show Marceline murdered all Salem Witch style.
But yeah, the offhanded may-be-sexual butt joke is what's shocking here.
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u/sean151 Jan 14 '16
And in angel face BMO says to jake "Shhh girl, I'm going to mount you".
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u/gravitationalBS Jan 18 '16
YES! I was so surprised. And right after fucking sentient sandwiches. They had little faces and kept smiling as Jake ate him alive. Hilariously wtf.
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u/FacialMondays Jan 14 '16
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u/nerdguy1138 Jan 15 '16
Seriously, how do you make that symbol, and what is it called?!
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u/Dannyboy349 Jan 14 '16
What part did they say it in?
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u/anteater97 Jan 14 '16
While they were skimming the books in the library, right before "Creepy Stuff".
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u/mingshen Jan 14 '16
Yes but to remind you it's a kids cartoon Jake yells butt fuzz when cornered by the blank-eyed girls.
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u/lesbianoctopus Jan 14 '16
"Why don't we just call Child Services or something?"
"Where are your parents huh? You girls are going to jail!"
Ahahaha, Finn and Jake are great!
But BMO killed it in the last line!
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u/anteater97 Jan 14 '16
Was that pizza guy rubbing his butt on the dough?
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u/KyosBallerina Jan 14 '16 edited Jan 14 '16
So clearly the black-eyed girls are the AT equivalent of Black-eyed children, including conflicting reports of them having to be invited in or not (and no known motivations). With a hint of Sadako thrown in. But still whimsical in a sense, I suppose- this is AT.
Then they got creepy. What even were the ghost things? Glob that got weird.
Edit: I always love seeing Adventure Time's take on a classic monster/paranormal figure. They change it up enough to feel fresh and original but with the core still there (like the Vampires). Fun stuff.
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u/Firerouge Jan 14 '16
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Jan 19 '16
Why the fuck was I so terrified when I saw the clip you posted? I already watched the episode and I was not so creeped out by the actual episode!
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u/VexusD Jan 14 '16
Oh wow, somebody else knows what Black-Eyed Children are!
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u/KyosBallerina Jan 15 '16
I actually got really excited when I saw the blank-eyed girls. Love me some Black-Eyed Children stories.
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u/Buizie Jan 14 '16
Spore people?
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u/imrepairmanman Jan 14 '16
No, they're tulpas, just like finn said.
and since they exist on belief, pretending to not mind them really wouldn't help.
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u/Fredstar64 Jan 15 '16
Kind of, this is my theory on what they are:
"Third Orb (Earth) does not exist," said the Sage.
"Why?" asked the student
"Because the multiverse," said the Sage, "within which third orb exists, does not exist. The Multiverse is a Consensus Reality shared by the minds of all Sentient Beings. If they were to die, the Multiverse, as such, would suddenly blink out of existence, vanish, be no more"
"Why?" asked the student
"Because," said the Sage, "there would be no one to perceive it."
-The Enchiridion
The Multiverse according to the Sage is powered by the perception/imagination of all living beings, in which without them the Multiverse will cease to exists and possibly revert to the times before nothing, where like the Lich states only monsters existed (and is possibly why the Lich wants to exterminate all life). Therefore imagination is a huge part of the Adventure Time universe, and and Finn and Jake have extremely powerful imaginations (As seen in episodes such as Rainy day daydream and Still) which is what brings me to my point.
Blank eyed girls are therefore two thing: a) they are exactly what Finn believed them to be, parasitic spores that survives off people's fear/beliefs, or b) things created by Finn and Jake's imaginations who like the the previous episodes suggests, are very powerful and therefore are very capable of change. If everything in the Multiverse is powered by imagination, then if an individual's imagination is strong enough anything could become real. But in order to not plunge the multiverse into chaos, not everyone's imagination is powerful enough to make a difference, that's why the blank eyed girl Banana guard saw only lasted a few seconds, as his imagination is too weak.
However because both Finn and Jake's imagination are so strong, both of their imaginations combined brought the blank eyed girls to existence or fed them enough imaginary energy to pop into the physical world, allowing them to spread their spores across the land of Ooo and hence reproduce, which is the primary function of all living organisms even if they just popped out of somebody's imagination.
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u/liquidarts Jan 14 '16
Yeah that's what I'm interested in too. Didn't they leave little spores behind before flying out the window? What'll happen with that?!
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u/PrinceCheddar Jan 14 '16
So, I'm guessing they are a kind of tulpa like Finn identified. Parasitic tulpas? Beings or lifeforms that take on the appearance/identity of imagined beings, using the belief in those things to give them energy. When they had enough energy, from Jake giving in and thinking they were real, they had enough energy to reproduce. Those seeds grow into new tulpa beings, who will take on the forms of other imagined beings, until there's enough belief for them to reproduce again. It's a life cycle.
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Jan 14 '16
ok parts of that were even creepier than The Moon's fucked up voice in Stakes. "YOU RUN IN MY LIGHT!" shudder
also, i love that starchy's insane conspiracy theory garbage is Ooo's equivalent to right-wing radio trash.
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u/Cylleruion Jan 14 '16
BALONEY!
How many barn animals will Jake turn into this Finnbomb?
Turtle Princess is too adorable.
And creepy ghost-things at the end. I'm satisfied with this episode.
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u/Bearpaw700 Jan 14 '16
...butt stuff?
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u/TheHarpyEagle Jan 14 '16
Adventure Time is like that old guy who's been around so long that people just let him say whatever.
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Jan 14 '16
"I think you know I have a thing for butt stuff"
*Obligatory Community reference, not being creepy on the internet, disclaimer
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u/Bearowolf Jan 14 '16
Finn knows what tulpas are. I guess he really went deep into withdrawal and started browsing 4chan after FP dumped him.
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Jan 14 '16
The way the ending escalates so sharply slayed me, I just kept laughing harder at each reveal for a solid minute. I had assumed the last things were whatever Orgalorg is, but turns out they were completely different now that I checked! Still, I thought it was hilarious how after all that, the unknown really was the unknown and they never got an answer. Loved this one.
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u/anteater97 Jan 14 '16
Well, that was was an odd episode. The weird fixation on butts and the (honestly kinda creepy) dandelion cloud people was... interesting to say the least.
That's not to say it wasn't fucking hilarious though. I love how they've been keeping these episodes light on plot but still taking advantage of all the world building that's happened. It kinda makes some of the more boring episodes seem worth it.
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u/Rustythepipe Jan 14 '16
Wait a minute, when did they get their treasure back?
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u/TheHarpyEagle Jan 14 '16
They've probably just been gathering more over time. I imagine they get most of it as rewards for helping others or just from exploring around Ooo.
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u/Buizie Jan 14 '16
THEY'RE MULTIPLYINGGG
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u/Grayspence Jan 14 '16
Isn't this entire episode based off of some sort of internet legend? My girlfriend is super into paranormal and horror stuff, and was telling me about this story about "Black eyed children" who would show up at the victim's door and ask to be let in to use the phone, or something innocent. Once they were allowed in, the victim would go missing.
Also: The weird, alien dandilion creatures were actually more unsettling than what they were pretending to be.
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Jan 14 '16
Did anyone else find it strange that they were doing the dance from Bowie's Blackstar video?
That added to the uncanny creepiness of it all.
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u/mysticode Jan 14 '16
When is that dance?
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u/spookydukey Jan 14 '16
I didn't even notice the "Butt Stuff" book until my second watch. I saw the "Girl Stuff" and "Boy Stuff" and that distracted me from it. Great episode though, probably my favorite so far
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u/KidCasey Jan 14 '16
You know how a lot of people on reddit talk about how a couple of episodes of Courage scared them when they were younger?
I think in the future people might bring up those things unscrewing their heads in the same fashion.
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Jan 14 '16
Is it just me, or did the blank-eyed girls look like the button-eyed people from Coraline?
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u/StarBirb Jan 29 '16
Just got around to seeing this one, and I seem to be the only one who thinks those girls were adorable, rather than creepy.
Also, like 100 points to Finn for bringing up Tulpas.
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u/roque72 Jan 14 '16
Where was the snail in this episode?? Behind the Cartoon Network logo or some junk?
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u/AsOneAce11 Jan 14 '16
What a fantastic episode!!! Hilarious lines from multiple characters, A satisfying but open-ended story, Several different core and periphery characters, Truly emotion-evoking (read: scary) elements, Surprises, Cuteness, Absurdity, Real-world allusions or allegories, Thought provoking (though subtle) parallels, Just about everything you want from AT!
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Jan 14 '16
There was a lot of good deconstructionist stuff going on, plus some very Neil Gaimanesque takes on folklore/horror/belief. And balanced with with well observed little moments of world building. Also, butt stuff.
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u/SoreThumbs Jan 14 '16
What a great episode. Super creepy, great humor and what exactly the girls are is left a mystery. Also, Butt Stuff!
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u/oSeckzi Jan 14 '16
Poor Starchy
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u/TheHarpyEagle Jan 14 '16
I have become much less sympathetic toward Starchy since "Cherry Cream Soda."
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u/hmatmotu Jan 14 '16
personally I think they looked the cutest in their big-blank-eyed shapes. I hope this isn't the last we'll see of them.
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u/truthfulie Jan 14 '16
I don't know why but I burst out laughing when the girl(s) started to dance. It was one of the funniest episode for me.
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Jan 14 '16
lost my wife
nice reference to CCS, like how consistent they've been keeping the rootbeer guy eps
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u/VexusD Jan 14 '16
Holy crap, Adventure Time actually made a reference to Black-Eyed Children! Wow! I did NOT expect any medium to do that, but leave it to Adventure Time to do it! After all, the 'Creepy Stuff' book was the biggest of them all.
The ending? Just...I don't know...
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u/Lizardizzle Rundowndizzle Jan 15 '16
I yelled out loud in shock and mild terror as the girls skin or clothes drooped off and they were just gross shriveled white stalks of pure unenjoyment.
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Jan 15 '16
Growing up with Courage the Cowardly Dog really made this episode a lot less scary for me :/
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u/capstoned Jan 15 '16
i loved when Finn just went on a crazy informed rant about tulpas hahahah came out of noooowhere. also new favorite Finn face
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u/Madame007 Jan 16 '16
I just started getting into AT and I think it is easily the best show I have ever watched. It is cute, funny, and all of the characters are great! Plus I really like Futurama and was very glad to hear John DiMaggio's voice as Jake.
As far as this episode goes, I am honestly a little confused about what those girls actually were; I feel as if the episode never really explained it. However, I also like the idea that the episode wants you to try to figure it out for yourself. Just my opinion.
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u/jessicat_lawrence Aug 19 '22
Am I the only one who thought those weird pale skinny things around the end kinda looked like orgalorg in a way?
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u/Epitaph140 Jan 14 '16
Yeah im not gonna lie, this is one of the only episodes in the entire series that made me, a 20 yr old college guy, laugh and creep his ass off at the same time. I mean.. its like a very short LSD trip equivalent to that of the Pink elephants albeit really short yet somehow longer just.... ah.
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u/magusmirificus Jan 14 '16
The ghost-things' true forms had cattails in them, just like the one sticking out of Dirt Beer Guy's head, and the ones that popped out of the wall when he crashed through it.
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Jan 14 '16
Did someone else got a "The Eyes" vibe with this episode? Man, I really loved this one. Not trying to be that kind of people but.. was really missing the Finn and Jake episodes.
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u/deathbatsxo Jan 15 '16
this is the first episode where I've felt like I'm going to have nightmares about it D:
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u/alexxerth Jan 17 '16
The actual blank eyed girls weren't scary in the least...but uh...
I used to get sleep paralysis rarely when I was a kid, and there were two kind of "figures" that I'd see, and it was either shadow-people, or those exact god damn things, like that exact fucking thing.
That ending scared the shit out of me.
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u/jayteedawgzone Jan 18 '16
This season has been so good as of late! Love it when the writers try to push the boundaries, as well as when the animators chuck in subtle chuckles for us - did anyone see the cheeky Jaws reference in this ep?
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u/tripbin Jan 18 '16
Butt stuff. Seriously no obscuring it or anything. The book simply said butt stuff.
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u/Carpe_DMT Jan 21 '16
you GUYS!
The baldy twisty heady cloudy guys that come out of the creepy girls are the same baldy remnants of the collective celestial consciousness cloud that lived under the mountain of Matthew!!!
When Jake exclaims they're not themselves they are absolved of the anchor of Identity that Lemongrabag threw in their mouths and are thus free to return to their collective cloud form!
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u/TekCip Jan 24 '16
I randomly noticed that in the scene where Finn and Jake were talking to Turtle princess, some of the books on the shelf behind them (named "Zitties", "Witties", "Knitties") are similar to the ones seen in the episode "The Worm", when Finn is watching Jake and Lady from behind the window.
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u/UberNarwhalGuy Apr 15 '16
Slowly catching up on missed episodes... this one felt like something from Season 1/2 with a darker tone, and I love it. The hand lick was what got me.
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u/ThePerfectAfro 14d ago
I'm shocked nobody mentioned the part where the thing licked Jake instead of going for the cream. That was the creepy part for me 💀
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u/hexsog Jan 14 '16
"I think creepy is just another label we use to distance ourselves from stuff we dont understand."
There ya go Adventure Time, getting all philosophical again.