I love the writing for the Lich in this episode. He is humanized in a way that doesn't diminish his character at all. He is a schemer, his face is expressive, and he has a desire to take revenge on the people who beat him before by having them help him further his goal. This episode explores so much in just 11 minutes. That's why I love it.
The lich acting as billy is just so damn good, because it shows how well the lich knows his greatest rival billy that even finn & jake couldn't tell that it wasn't really him
I wouldn't call it humanizing, there was likely factors that made it so he couldn't do things himself, humanizing the lich is the wrong way to treat the lich, in fact humanizing is a method for delaying the lich, quite literally.
@@salahudinyubi09 well I'm pretty sure he took the form as one of the bombs as seen in the alt universe were he emerges from the mushroom cloud and Simon had it along with the crown
@@martinxy1291 It was removed in some versions of the episode, and I don't know why (maybe it made the twist TOO obvious, or maybe it was just too scary, IDK).
@@MattTOB618It is actually because some advertisement companies(cartoon network’s only source of revenue on cable television hence why you see ads in between episodes) deemed the split second sequence too horrific for child audiences, which is also the case for many other episodes in the show resulting in a lot changed or deleted scenes, which is honestly sad and takes away from the show’s experience.
The way you phrased the quote reminded me of the "Well, now you know we can't jump off of birds" from _Another Way_ (which is, coincidentally, the only time they properly use the Enchiridion before Finn gives it to the Bear).
I think that sentence was referring to a specific plane. The plane that carried the bomb. "Billy, you strive to be a great hero, but you will never be able to save everyone. Sometimes, bad things just happen, and nobody will save them."
*[15]* To explain the whole Billy-Lich thing, they always were two separate entities, and the actual answer is much worse: he killed Billy and wore his corpse like a suit. _~Kids Show!!!~_ Also, how crazy is it that the THIRD episode with the Enchiridion is arguably its most important function, never really foreshadowed, and I'm pretty sure the last time we see it.
might be misremembering, but i think we do see it again one more time (might be in a flashback or something? idk). But considering how it was destroyed in this episode, I would not be surprised if I'm wrong and we just never see it again. It's been a long time since I watched the show myself
@randomperson8375 [SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE SERIES] The original Enchiridion was, indeed, destroyed here, and only appears again in flashbacks. However, Farmworld Finn managed to find *his* world's copy, and teamed up with Jake-Lich in _Crossover_ to open a portal to the multiverse (which is then how its hand gets into the main timeline, later trying to corrupt Sweet P). Our Finn and Jake managed to stop them, and our Finn secretly grabbed the book. Betty then tricks them into using it in _Elements_ in an attempt to time-travel and stop Simon from going insane, but it backfires, which is how she ends up on Mars. The Farmworld Enchiridion also appeared in the _Fionna and Cake_ series, but I haven't watched it yet, so I don't know how integral to the plot it is.
The Lich is such a master manipulator. He knows what you want to hear, even when you think you've found him out. "NO!" don't destroy the book, that'll ruin all his plans...but it's exactly what he wants you to do.
Notice how before Billy talking about saving everyone from the Litch. Fin and Jake don’t mention at all how the Litch was in Fins dream. But Billy Litch knew.
It's funny because this episode is effectively the first drop of a massive roller coaster. Everything up to now was just that initial climb before the ride really starts.
It gonna be a long way till we see it, but imma just say my favorite line spoiler: *FALL* "You are alone, child. There is only darkness for you, and only death for your people. These ancients are just the beginning. I will command a great and terrible army, and we will sail to a billion worlds. We will sail until every light has been extinguished. You are strong, child, but I am beyond strength. I am the end, and I have come for you, Finn."
@@christianaldrinaguirre3522 Its even better in portuguese as the word "end" is spelled out as "Fim"meaning the lich in that version was making a pun about How Finn and him were similar due to both being catalist comets and How both of them were diferent incarnations of the same being
5:15 After all these years of watching Adventure Time, I have never noticed that split second glitch appearance of The Lich from Billy.....and seeing that happened sent literal chills bro
The tapestry with the unicorn in Finn's dream is based on “The Unicorn is in Captivity and No Longer Dead” a series of famous tapestries known as “The Hunt of the Unicorn”, on the Enchiridion’s lock has some Tolkien’s elven alphabet called the Tengwar, & as a fun fact Booko is voiced by Pendleton Ward
Fun Facts about this Episode: Lumpy Space Princess' royal star gem was the only stolen gem not needed to unlock the Enchiridion; though it floated to the book with the other gems, it simply bounced off of the book cover and fell to the side. This may have been because she is not the ruler of Lumpy Space. When Jake enhances the hologram on the map of the multiverse on their dimension, Earth (with its chunk missing) is shown as the second planet from the Sun, and not the third. The map shows Venus, Earth (and its Moon), Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn (along with its rings and one of its moons). The "Latin" phrase that Billy chants to activate the Enchiridion's holographic multiverse map is "Exhibeo carnotum," which literally means, "I show Chartres". However, it is probably supposed to mean "Show the map," which in proper Latin would be "Exhibe chartam." Several of the gems do not match any known characters, including a deep blue, yellow, and violet gem. Both Hot Dog Princess and Embryo Princess have a red gem, though only one was used for the Enchiridion. Also, they took all three of Ice King's jewels on his crown, but only the middle jewel was used. The Enchiridion is destroyed in this episode. Finn's hair has grown down past his neck. The title song of this episode has been played a couple times in some episodes like "The Pods" and "Dad's Dungeon." There is a picture of Jake and Joshua in place of a picture of Lady Rainicorn hung on Jake's bed door. The scene when Princess Bubblegum is chopping off the limbs of the little creatures and reattaching them was censored in the UK showing of the episode, and the entire scene was cut. After the portal closes, LSP's gem is present even though it was not used (which is strange, and may have to do with the origin of Lumpy Space). Episode connections: This episode is a continuation of the end of "In Your Footsteps." The plot of this episode is then continued in the next two episodes. The events of all three episodes are mentioned in a future episode which is the sequel to these events. The events of this episode were also foreshadowed in "King Worm." This is Billy's first appearance since "His Hero." In the first shot of the episode, The Gauntlet of the Hero can be seen under the computer monitor. In the dream, there are three dogs in Billy's cave. A dog identical to them appears in Junktown in the following episode. During the dream, a page of the Enchiridion flies in front of Billy's face; it was the first page of chapter five (How to Kiss a Princess), which was seen in "The Enchiridion!." Oddly, however, the text is all gray (as opposed to 'CHAPTER FIVE' being bluish and 'HOW TO KISS A PRINCESS' being red), as is the picture (which was colored when originally seen in "The Enchiridion!"). When Finn mentions the Cosmic Owl was in his dream, Jake claims it was a premonition dream, similar to his own in "The New Frontier." The alternate Finn that appears at the end of the episode had already appeared in a mirror in "King Worm". The flute that alternate Finn was playing was also seen in "Prisoners of Love". Booko resembles the Key-per from "The Enchiridion!" and the Door Lord from "What Was Missing." Cultural references: The tapestry with the unicorn in Finn's dream is based on The Unicorn is in Captivity and No Longer Dead which is part of a series of famous tapestries known as The Hunt of the Unicorn. When Booko talks about "Items of great power," a hologram of someone holding a paddle ball is shown. In the portal, a shred of land appears to be in the shape of Texas. In Finn's dream, the monitor that he is looking at in his dream has a similar appearance to an iMac G3. On the Enchiridion's lock appears J. R. R. Tolkien's elven alphabet, the Tengwar. The writing appears to be the beginning of the inscription on the One Ring. At the start of the episode, Jake looks like Putt Putt the car from the Humongous Entertainment kids games Putt Putt Goes to the Moon. In Finn's dream, Billy's girlfriend says, "You talk like justice Billy, but you can't kick a plane." This is a reference to Evasion's song "You Speak Justice, but you can't Kick a Plane." Storyline analysis: There are a few clues within the show that foreshadow Billy's possession by the Lich: During Finn's dream, when Billy is laughing he switches to the Lich in one frame then back. This frame was removed in the Hulu version of the episode. After Finn tells him about his dream, Billy asks him if he is ready to help him save the world from the Lich. However, Finn did not say anything about the Lich being in his dream. Billy never physically touched the gems, and refused when Finn tried to hand one to Billy. Billy was unable to speak to Jake while he was using his head as a gem holder. As seen in "Mortal Folly", the Lich cannot communicate with anyone wearing a magical gem on their head. Billy had said he found the Enchiridion in the mouth of a bear, yet it was revealed in "In Your Footsteps" that it was directly delivered to the Lich-possessed Snail. Also in Finn's dream, the bear is wearing a mask, probably symbolizing he was not who he seemed. Production notes: In the original storyboard, there was a scene after "Billy" (really the Lich disguising as him) explains he would to push the Lich into a portal. Billy explains he'll send the Lich to the Crystal Citadel, which Booko describes as a prison that no one can escape from, and in a future episode it will be revealed one of the prisoners a will be connected to one of the main characters. When Billy/the Lich tells Finn, Finn does not know he was adopted, and Jake helps him realize it by bringing up the memory of Joshua and Margaret finding him in the woods. The Lich originally tried to convince Finn to give him the Enchiridion by offering to bring back his birth parents. Errors: Though Billy is normally seen to have 6 fingers on a single hand, he has 7 fingers when he picks Finn up to ask if he is ready for the next adventure. Strictly speaking, this might be not an error given that that was not the real Billy. Finn is seen grappling into the Ice King's castle after he took his gems. When Finn realizes that Billy is the Lich, Jake's nose is the color of his fur. When Princess Bubblegum reattaches the little creature's limbs for the first time and sets him down, his right arm is missing. Before Finn smashes the Enchiridion on his knees, the cut on his face disappears, then reappears in the next scene. The Gumball Guardians were not seen sitting on the candy walls. The little candy house moves when Finn is struggling with Princess Bubblegum. When Jake picks Finn up, and carries him out of Princess Bubblegum's room, he is not holding anything to move himself, he seems to float up. PB's gem seems to have change its size when Finn took it from her crown. The strap on the Farmworld version of Finn's chest is brown instead of green like it was in "King Worm". The Old Lady's pupils are black in this episode; however, in "His Hero" they were white like Ice King's.
HOLY!...! Bro, the amount of detail you put in this is amazing. If you got a YT channel (if your content is about lore story context), I'll be subbing in. 😅
The way the lich manipulated and gas lit Finn this episode was crazy. In the end when Finn was breaking the book open he pretended to be upset even though he knew Finn was opening the portal for him.
man, it was around here when i stopped watching adventure time, i always watched it in the mornings while having breakfast before school, but the change in schedule made me stop watching it, never could catch a new episode, im so very excited to see more
One of my favorite details of this episode is that the reason Billy doesn't answer Jake's question about how many gems they need is because the gems protect the user from the Lich's influence. Billy doesn't answer vocally because he literally can't.
I think the best part of this, is as a kid, I and my friends didn't understand a word of Booko's multiverse talk. So we, just like Finn and Jake, thought it was a good thing that the Lich would go through the portal, and we were all surprised and shocked by the reveal. They know it's a kids show, so they purposely out something in that kids wouldn't understand, knowing we'd understand as well as Finn did and be in the same headspace as him.
@@noremac7216 he doesnt watch these in patreon, but twitch (and a lot of other stuff in kick) Owl house been's cancelled due to disney immense copyright, his editors have to make too many changes so it doesn't get copyright claimed that it's not worth it
3:30 I just now realized what she meant in the dream. “You talk like justice Billy” meaning Billy, aka the Lich, may talk just like them, “but you can’t kick a plane”, talking about the plain between that world and the world the enchiridion unlocks. Billy, aka the Lich, realizes he needs help to cross the plane and that’s why he needs Finn’s help, because he’s the one who’s gonna knee the book and break the plane separating the worlds.
Honestly finally having someone as enthusiastic about watching Adventure Time as me feels so good! All of my friends don't have time or just don't want to watch a "kids show" with me and it sucks. Watching it with you and having this experience is literally a life long (at this point) dream of mine, thank you so much for being yourself and watching this amazing show
A really dark detail in the episode it's that they never show what happened to the old lady in Billy's cave, but since we know that the dream that finn has takes place in the past, and the dream kinda show how billy died, we can assume that this dream also show us what happened to the old lady. If you guys notice in 3:29 the last time the old lady is shown is her being eaten by the bear...
Man, the design for the Lich is terrifying! Good luck NOT having nightmares! As always, I would like to recomend the following video: "Thrawn: a COMPLETE Life story (Canon) Part 1" by the channel known as: "MetaNerdz Lore".
OOOOOO I CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON 5! It has one of my all time favorite episodes (36) because from what I remember of it, it was such a just fun filler episode with a really cool concept that would honestly make for a really fun game ngl, I'm sure the episode also has some crack shit going on as always or hidden deeper metaphors and all that
The lich is truly one of the cartoons most diabolical villians ever made. The schemes, the sheer fear he inspires in all who see him, the power he wields all for the single goal of bring death to all and the lenghts he will to go to achive it. Also, Nux, please cover odd world lore next
I love how Adventure time started diving deep into things after the first Simon focused episode. It doesn't mean much right now, but Simon is THAT plot relevant to the whole dang story.
They cooked the Lich plot for 2 whole seasons and it did NOT disappoint. This is one of his best interpretations by a MILE, from his design while possessing Billy('s corpse) to the voice work having such a sinister tone to it while not giving it away until at the most before they go to Bubblegum. I started binge watching the older seasons after season 6 ended and I did not have the self restraint to endure this specific cliffhanger, I cannot imagine how people coped with it then and how you'll cope with it now Nux.
Slight correction Mannish Man the Manly Minotaur gave Finn the Enchiridion. Cyclops wasn't in season 1, well... ok there's one in the City of Thieves episode, but I'm guessing the confusion is with the one from S3 E23, Another Way where he wanted to do things his way but got people hurt. That was just a giant pink baby man in Enchiridion that ate Jake so Finn steals his giant money.
I love how when all the gems fly into the book, Lumpy Space Princess's just does nothing and falls to the side. They didn't need to wiggle it out of her head at all. That disgusting ordeal was pointless!
Nux watch Pantheon. Also, watched the VOD of the mini marathon, my first time watching the whole thing in twitch, funny and impressive the way you switch from twitch intro to RUclips intro, and RUclips outro to continuing the steam. Waiting for the next one...
We’re finally reaching the point that everything has lead into, from here on out the Game has Changed and everything will keep on changing as this Show keeps going, while nothing will ever be the same again from here on out, this is what made me really interested in Adventure Time and The Lich.
As happy as I am that Nux watched this, the NEXT episode is going to absolutely be insane. That's the problem with Adventure Time, you can't stay hyped for one episode because once you watch it, the next episode will be even more hype
Thanks for this. Remember when Multiverses _weren't_ synonymous with timelines? Also, considering how much PB has come to distrust magic, that she keeps the crown says a lot about it's significance.
The way I interpret “you talk like Justice, Billy. But you can’t kick a Plane” is that they’re saying “you talk about Justice but you can’t stop what you can’t reach”
Minor spoiler for the next episode: Lich's plan is actually more similar to Gorr's from Thor Love and Thunder than Thanos from Infinity War! I expect Nux make a reference to that as well!
Finally, it's finally that episode... it all comes together... but this is only the end of the beginning, when one door closes another opens, the door hath opened to many more possibilities.
This was the season finale that had JUST happened when I got into the show. The fandom was rife with speculation when I was just getting into the thick of it. That's like getting into a pool and finding out after that someone had LSD in their pocket.
I refreshed your channel 4 min ago and nothing, then this video appears completely randomly below a currently watched video. Anyway enjoy THE LICH Also LSP's gem being useless is such a troll move, oh my glob ⭐ 😂😂😂 Also PB casually playing God with her candy subjects
I love the writing for the Lich in this episode. He is humanized in a way that doesn't diminish his character at all. He is a schemer, his face is expressive, and he has a desire to take revenge on the people who beat him before by having them help him further his goal. This episode explores so much in just 11 minutes. That's why I love it.
Can u watch mort theory
Imagine that, a skeleton stealing someone’s face ends up making them more expressive.
The lich acting as billy is just so damn good, because it shows how well the lich knows his greatest rival billy that even finn & jake couldn't tell that it wasn't really him
I wouldn't call it humanizing, there was likely factors that made it so he couldn't do things himself, humanizing the lich is the wrong way to treat the lich, in fact humanizing is a method for delaying the lich, quite literally.
Fun detail is that when bargaining, the only thing the Loch can think to offer is eternal life because al he cares about is death
"Thanks, Finn. I couldn't have done it without you." That's CRAZY!
The lich was after the book the whole time very since Simon had it!!!
@@alllittlethingzz The Lich is big-brained!
@@alllittlethingzzI do wonder why the lich didn't get the book right after the mushroom war, did he not know where the rest of the gems are?
@@salahudinyubi09 well I'm pretty sure he took the form as one of the bombs as seen in the alt universe were he emerges from the mushroom cloud and Simon had it along with the crown
He never touched the gems, so he probably couldn't
Billy turning into Lich for a split second during the dream sequence is legitimately terrifying and still gives me chills a decade later
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Bruh I didnt even know that split frame was there, my god that was horrifying
@@martinxy1291 It was removed in some versions of the episode, and I don't know why (maybe it made the twist TOO obvious, or maybe it was just too scary, IDK).
@@MattTOB618It is actually because some advertisement companies(cartoon network’s only source of revenue on cable television hence why you see ads in between episodes) deemed the split second sequence too horrific for child audiences, which is also the case for many other episodes in the show resulting in a lot changed or deleted scenes, which is honestly sad and takes away from the show’s experience.
Is actually the first time I've noticed it, since I was watching on TV and not a streaming service.
I still can't believe farm world was teased back in that King worm episode that was amazing foreshadowing
also finn losing his arm
I think the "you can't kick a plane" was them saying you can't do everything or you aren't a super being/invincible.
The way you phrased the quote reminded me of the "Well, now you know we can't jump off of birds" from _Another Way_ (which is, coincidentally, the only time they properly use the Enchiridion before Finn gives it to the Bear).
According to the wiki, they're lyrics to a certain song, but I can't find them online anywhere.
I think that sentence was referring to a specific plane.
The plane that carried the bomb.
"Billy, you strive to be a great hero, but you will never be able to save everyone. Sometimes, bad things just happen, and nobody will save them."
What if plane isn't airplane but dimensional plane. You can kick within the plane but you can't kick the plane itself by being part of it.
I like how adventure time is so great that making us all speculate its various lore possibilities 😁
*[15]*
To explain the whole Billy-Lich thing, they always were two separate entities, and the actual answer is much worse: he killed Billy and wore his corpse like a suit.
_~Kids Show!!!~_
Also, how crazy is it that the THIRD episode with the Enchiridion is arguably its most important function, never really foreshadowed, and I'm pretty sure the last time we see it.
might be misremembering, but i think we do see it again one more time (might be in a flashback or something? idk). But considering how it was destroyed in this episode, I would not be surprised if I'm wrong and we just never see it again. It's been a long time since I watched the show myself
@randomperson8375 [SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE SERIES]
The original Enchiridion was, indeed, destroyed here, and only appears again in flashbacks.
However, Farmworld Finn managed to find *his* world's copy, and teamed up with Jake-Lich in _Crossover_ to open a portal to the multiverse (which is then how its hand gets into the main timeline, later trying to corrupt Sweet P). Our Finn and Jake managed to stop them, and our Finn secretly grabbed the book. Betty then tricks them into using it in _Elements_ in an attempt to time-travel and stop Simon from going insane, but it backfires, which is how she ends up on Mars.
The Farmworld Enchiridion also appeared in the _Fionna and Cake_ series, but I haven't watched it yet, so I don't know how integral to the plot it is.
Yeah and not only that, but I’m pretty sure the dream was also telling us that the bear ate the old lady, but maybe not, I’m not sure.
@@MattTOB618 I'm thankful for the clear up, but FOR THE LOVE OF MOSES, SPOILERS MAN! There are people here who haven't seen this shit
@@b3rz3rk3r9 Right, I forgot for a moment; edited.
The Lich is such a master manipulator. He knows what you want to hear, even when you think you've found him out. "NO!" don't destroy the book, that'll ruin all his plans...but it's exactly what he wants you to do.
Notice how before Billy talking about saving everyone from the Litch. Fin and Jake don’t mention at all how the Litch was in Fins dream. But Billy Litch knew.
"We're slowing things down to 0.25 times to catch that (g)Lich"
The Gumball Guardians literally only activate when a major threat appeared, PB lich & Gunter are examples
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It's funny because this episode is effectively the first drop of a massive roller coaster. Everything up to now was just that initial climb before the ride really starts.
It gonna be a long way till we see it, but imma just say my favorite line spoiler:
*FALL*
"You are alone, child. There is only darkness for you, and only death for your people. These ancients are just the beginning. I will command a great and terrible army, and we will sail to a billion worlds. We will sail until every light has been extinguished. You are strong, child, but I am beyond strength. I am the end, and I have come for you, Finn."
Everyone who watched THAT episode basically has this line completely or partially ingrained in their brain. It's just too good of a line.
@@christianaldrinaguirre3522 Especially " you are strong but i am beyond strength", that part elevates the line from great to amazing for me
@@christianaldrinaguirre3522 i have watched it long time ago and not in english so it doesn't for me xD
@@christianaldrinaguirre3522 Its even better in portuguese as the word "end" is spelled out as "Fim"meaning the lich in that version was making a pun about How Finn and him were similar due to both being catalist comets and How both of them were diferent incarnations of the same being
5:15 After all these years of watching Adventure Time, I have never noticed that split second glitch appearance of The Lich from Billy.....and seeing that happened sent literal chills bro
Aye it’s farmworld time
When you realize the moment the Lich won was when Finn told him about the dream with the owl.
8:13 When you tell your immortal friend about the snail
The tapestry with the unicorn in Finn's dream is based on “The Unicorn is in Captivity and No Longer Dead” a series of famous tapestries known as “The Hunt of the Unicorn”, on the Enchiridion’s lock has some Tolkien’s elven alphabet called the Tengwar, & as a fun fact Booko is voiced by Pendleton Ward
Fun Facts about this Episode:
Lumpy Space Princess' royal star gem was the only stolen gem not needed to unlock the Enchiridion; though it floated to the book with the other gems, it simply bounced off of the book cover and fell to the side. This may have been because she is not the ruler of Lumpy Space.
When Jake enhances the hologram on the map of the multiverse on their dimension, Earth (with its chunk missing) is shown as the second planet from the Sun, and not the third. The map shows Venus, Earth (and its Moon), Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn (along with its rings and one of its moons).
The "Latin" phrase that Billy chants to activate the Enchiridion's holographic multiverse map is "Exhibeo carnotum," which literally means, "I show Chartres". However, it is probably supposed to mean "Show the map," which in proper Latin would be "Exhibe chartam."
Several of the gems do not match any known characters, including a deep blue, yellow, and violet gem.
Both Hot Dog Princess and Embryo Princess have a red gem, though only one was used for the Enchiridion. Also, they took all three of Ice King's jewels on his crown, but only the middle jewel was used.
The Enchiridion is destroyed in this episode.
Finn's hair has grown down past his neck.
The title song of this episode has been played a couple times in some episodes like "The Pods" and "Dad's Dungeon."
There is a picture of Jake and Joshua in place of a picture of Lady Rainicorn hung on Jake's bed door.
The scene when Princess Bubblegum is chopping off the limbs of the little creatures and reattaching them was censored in the UK showing of the episode, and the entire scene was cut.
After the portal closes, LSP's gem is present even though it was not used (which is strange, and may have to do with the origin of Lumpy Space).
Episode connections:
This episode is a continuation of the end of "In Your Footsteps." The plot of this episode is then continued in the next two episodes. The events of all three episodes are mentioned in a future episode which is the sequel to these events.
The events of this episode were also foreshadowed in "King Worm."
This is Billy's first appearance since "His Hero."
In the first shot of the episode, The Gauntlet of the Hero can be seen under the computer monitor.
In the dream, there are three dogs in Billy's cave. A dog identical to them appears in Junktown in the following episode.
During the dream, a page of the Enchiridion flies in front of Billy's face; it was the first page of chapter five (How to Kiss a Princess), which was seen in "The Enchiridion!."
Oddly, however, the text is all gray (as opposed to 'CHAPTER FIVE' being bluish and 'HOW TO KISS A PRINCESS' being red), as is the picture (which was colored when originally seen in "The Enchiridion!").
When Finn mentions the Cosmic Owl was in his dream, Jake claims it was a premonition dream, similar to his own in "The New Frontier."
The alternate Finn that appears at the end of the episode had already appeared in a mirror in "King Worm".
The flute that alternate Finn was playing was also seen in "Prisoners of Love".
Booko resembles the Key-per from "The Enchiridion!" and the Door Lord from "What Was Missing."
Cultural references:
The tapestry with the unicorn in Finn's dream is based on The Unicorn is in Captivity and No Longer Dead which is part of a series of famous tapestries known as The Hunt of the Unicorn.
When Booko talks about "Items of great power," a hologram of someone holding a paddle ball is shown.
In the portal, a shred of land appears to be in the shape of Texas.
In Finn's dream, the monitor that he is looking at in his dream has a similar appearance to an iMac G3.
On the Enchiridion's lock appears J. R. R. Tolkien's elven alphabet, the Tengwar. The writing appears to be the beginning of the inscription on the One Ring.
At the start of the episode, Jake looks like Putt Putt the car from the Humongous Entertainment kids games Putt Putt Goes to the Moon.
In Finn's dream, Billy's girlfriend says, "You talk like justice Billy, but you can't kick a plane." This is a reference to Evasion's song "You Speak Justice, but you can't Kick a Plane."
Storyline analysis:
There are a few clues within the show that foreshadow Billy's possession by the Lich:
During Finn's dream, when Billy is laughing he switches to the Lich in one frame then back.
This frame was removed in the Hulu version of the episode.
After Finn tells him about his dream, Billy asks him if he is ready to help him save the world from the Lich. However, Finn did not say anything about the Lich being in his dream.
Billy never physically touched the gems, and refused when Finn tried to hand one to Billy.
Billy was unable to speak to Jake while he was using his head as a gem holder. As seen in "Mortal Folly", the Lich cannot communicate with anyone wearing a magical gem on their head.
Billy had said he found the Enchiridion in the mouth of a bear, yet it was revealed in "In Your Footsteps" that it was directly delivered to the Lich-possessed Snail.
Also in Finn's dream, the bear is wearing a mask, probably symbolizing he was not who he seemed.
Production notes:
In the original storyboard, there was a scene after "Billy" (really the Lich disguising as him) explains he would to push the Lich into a portal. Billy explains he'll send the Lich to the Crystal Citadel, which Booko describes as a prison that no one can escape from, and in a future episode it will be revealed one of the prisoners a will be connected to one of the main characters.
When Billy/the Lich tells Finn, Finn does not know he was adopted, and Jake helps him realize it by bringing up the memory of Joshua and Margaret finding him in the woods.
The Lich originally tried to convince Finn to give him the Enchiridion by offering to bring back his birth parents.
Errors:
Though Billy is normally seen to have 6 fingers on a single hand, he has 7 fingers when he picks Finn up to ask if he is ready for the next adventure. Strictly speaking, this might be not an error given that that was not the real Billy.
Finn is seen grappling into the Ice King's castle after he took his gems.
When Finn realizes that Billy is the Lich, Jake's nose is the color of his fur.
When Princess Bubblegum reattaches the little creature's limbs for the first time and sets him down, his right arm is missing.
Before Finn smashes the Enchiridion on his knees, the cut on his face disappears, then reappears in the next scene.
The Gumball Guardians were not seen sitting on the candy walls.
The little candy house moves when Finn is struggling with Princess Bubblegum.
When Jake picks Finn up, and carries him out of Princess Bubblegum's room, he is not holding anything to move himself, he seems to float up.
PB's gem seems to have change its size when Finn took it from her crown.
The strap on the Farmworld version of Finn's chest is brown instead of green like it was in "King Worm".
The Old Lady's pupils are black in this episode; however, in "His Hero" they were white like Ice King's.
HOLY!...! Bro, the amount of detail you put in this is amazing. If you got a YT channel (if your content is about lore story context), I'll be subbing in. 😅
It’s crazy how much lore you put in your comments every time. Bravo, good sir.
The way the lich manipulated and gas lit Finn this episode was crazy.
In the end when Finn was breaking the book open he pretended to be upset even though he knew Finn was opening the portal for him.
Nux. if you though the show up to NOW was peak. YOU ARE NOT READY FOR WHAT'S TO COME. Your mind is going to actually explode!
Yep, the adventure time is peak animation and only got better with all the specials and Fiona and Cake. The afterlife special still gets me every time
man, it was around here when i stopped watching adventure time, i always watched it in the mornings while having breakfast before school, but the change in schedule made me stop watching it, never could catch a new episode, im so very excited to see more
It's at this point that my parents didn't allow me to watch adventure time anymore. I guess having a man's face getting burned off was a bit much
Bummer. ):
Awww, that sucks. If you don’t mind me asking, are you able to watch it now?
Fibonacci sequence lore: 8+5 = 13. 13+8 = 21. Basically, the book opens something.
And the next number in the sequence is 34! Boss’s favorite number!
One of my favorite details of this episode is that the reason Billy doesn't answer Jake's question about how many gems they need is because the gems protect the user from the Lich's influence. Billy doesn't answer vocally because he literally can't.
Watching Nux freak out in real time took me back to feeling like I did the first time I saw these episodes. This reveal was soooo freaking wild.
Everything ahead of this is also peak. And it only razes the peak to new heights.
I think the best part of this, is as a kid, I and my friends didn't understand a word of Booko's multiverse talk. So we, just like Finn and Jake, thought it was a good thing that the Lich would go through the portal, and we were all surprised and shocked by the reveal.
They know it's a kids show, so they purposely out something in that kids wouldn't understand, knowing we'd understand as well as Finn did and be in the same headspace as him.
Alicia is not ready.
Agreed.
And she never will be.
Not one bit
lol deadass. she just started watching it right?
Who
billy's eyes were blue when you first meet him and change to green when the lich takes over.
The only reason I pay for your patron is to support the adventure time addiction I NEED ITTTT
We have finally arrived to PEAK Adventure Time guys, hope Nux would keep up with Owl House too.
Is he not even watching it on patreon?
@@noremac7216 he doesnt watch these in patreon, but twitch (and a lot of other stuff in kick) Owl house been's cancelled due to disney immense copyright, his editors have to make too many changes so it doesn't get copyright claimed that it's not worth it
He must know about Lumity!!
@@noremac7216 I think my comment got deleted huh, a but no, its been cancelled bcs of copyright issues, sadly
Disney blocked his owl house vids, he can't even upload them unmonetized, they were reaaaally up his ass around the time he made the acolyte vids
Terrifying theory is that the bear ate the lady in the real world as we see in Finn’s dream
Good glob finally
OMG
OH
MY
GLOB
3:30 I just now realized what she meant in the dream. “You talk like justice Billy” meaning Billy, aka the Lich, may talk just like them, “but you can’t kick a plane”, talking about the plain between that world and the world the enchiridion unlocks. Billy, aka the Lich, realizes he needs help to cross the plane and that’s why he needs Finn’s help, because he’s the one who’s gonna knee the book and break the plane separating the worlds.
"I'm a little sused out here about Billy.."
YOU ARE KILLING ME HERE!!!
Honestly finally having someone as enthusiastic about watching Adventure Time as me feels so good! All of my friends don't have time or just don't want to watch a "kids show" with me and it sucks. Watching it with you and having this experience is literally a life long (at this point) dream of mine, thank you so much for being yourself and watching this amazing show
Congrats to Jeremy shada for having his baby boy!! I hope he lets his son watch adventure time when he gets a bit older
I didn't know he had a kid. Congrats to him!
Whoo! My weekly dose of comfort and lore. Thanks, whoever sponsored this time. This is my favorite Nux content.
A really dark detail in the episode it's that they never show what happened to the old lady in Billy's cave, but since we know that the dream that finn has takes place in the past, and the dream kinda show how billy died, we can assume that this dream also show us what happened to the old lady. If you guys notice in 3:29 the last time the old lady is shown is her being eaten by the bear...
Makes you think in the dream, when she was riding the bear, she might've actually been trying to fight the bear off and failed
Ladies and gentleman this is the moment we’ve all been waiting for peak lore
And thus, all the evil possessed snail cameos has all been leading up to this.
The infinity stones parallel is so obvious I wonder how I didn't think of it
The AT mini-marathon was peak as a stream.
Please do another one soon-ish (next month?). If you manage to do 7 again you end on a fantastic episode.
Yes, the Lich's VA is Teen Titan Slade's VA.. he actually voices a few adaptions of Deathstroke
FINALLY! We got the big moment! The Lich returns and Nux was mind blown.
Man, the design for the Lich is terrifying! Good luck NOT having nightmares!
As always, I would like to recomend the following video: "Thrawn: a COMPLETE Life story (Canon) Part 1" by the channel known as: "MetaNerdz Lore".
Billy is just a mortal man he can't kick a plane
the litch is the plane
FFS, man. The correct spelling of lich is right there in the title
@@johannesstephanusroos4969 tell that to autocorrect nerd
@@johannesstephanusroos4969 FFS, man. tell that to the autocorrect Mr small brain
@@quantemwensday Cry harder, illiterate 😂
It's time for another nuxanor adventure time episode!🎉🎉🎉
Adventure Time on the day of the Lord. God has truly blessed this day
OOOOOO I CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON 5! It has one of my all time favorite episodes (36) because from what I remember of it, it was such a just fun filler episode with a really cool concept that would honestly make for a really fun game ngl, I'm sure the episode also has some crack shit going on as always or hidden deeper metaphors and all that
Mad respect to Nux for taking so many copyright strikes so we can get full episode reactions with sound included
The lich is truly one of the cartoons most diabolical villians ever made. The schemes, the sheer fear he inspires in all who see him, the power he wields all for the single goal of bring death to all and the lenghts he will to go to achive it. Also, Nux, please cover odd world lore next
Nuxs face was priceless 😂 this whole episode had him gasping
so glad youre in the best seasons shits gonna be willlllldddd
I will support you on patreon for the sole reason that you continue adventure time content
I love how Adventure time started diving deep into things after the first Simon focused episode. It doesn't mean much right now, but Simon is THAT plot relevant to the whole dang story.
They cooked the Lich plot for 2 whole seasons and it did NOT disappoint. This is one of his best interpretations by a MILE, from his design while possessing Billy('s corpse) to the voice work having such a sinister tone to it while not giving it away until at the most before they go to Bubblegum. I started binge watching the older seasons after season 6 ended and I did not have the self restraint to endure this specific cliffhanger, I cannot imagine how people coped with it then and how you'll cope with it now Nux.
Nux plus adventure is literally the best thing ever!😂😂
Slight correction Mannish Man the Manly Minotaur gave Finn the Enchiridion. Cyclops wasn't in season 1, well... ok there's one in the City of Thieves episode, but I'm guessing the confusion is with the one from S3 E23, Another Way where he wanted to do things his way but got people hurt. That was just a giant pink baby man in Enchiridion that ate Jake so Finn steals his giant money.
I love how when all the gems fly into the book, Lumpy Space Princess's just does nothing and falls to the side. They didn't need to wiggle it out of her head at all. That disgusting ordeal was pointless!
Oh I was waiting for this one.
The next few episodes are gonna be CRAZY
Ron Pearlman also played Hellboy in the first two live action Hellboy movies, plus the two animated movies Sword of Storms and Blood & Iron.
Don't forget Slade from teen titans
War, war never changes
Start taking notes big bro, its gonna get bonkers from here
Nux watch Pantheon.
Also, watched the VOD of the mini marathon, my first time watching the whole thing in twitch, funny and impressive the way you switch from twitch intro to RUclips intro, and RUclips outro to continuing the steam. Waiting for the next one...
THIS IS THE EP BABY LETS GOOOOOO
Some of the best foreshadowing in this episode! Still one of my favorites!!! Adventure Time Chaos!!!!!!!
14:21 "quasi-corporeal" really wonder if they had *that* already planed this far back
Nuz, the Great Mushroom War wasn't a nuclear war. The bombs were mutagen bombs. That's why everything mutated in Adventure Time
Ive figured it was a mix either both bomb types or the Bombs themselves were a mix of both mutagenic and Radioactive material
spoilers?
You’re saying that like he’s supposed to know that at this point in the story
We’re finally reaching the point that everything has lead into, from here on out the Game has Changed and everything will keep on changing as this Show keeps going, while nothing will ever be the same again from here on out, this is what made me really interested in Adventure Time and The Lich.
The gemstone foreshadowing is wild, never noticed that before
9:19 - It's Lou Farrigno, the bodybuilder and actor.
Bro, I'm so excited for you to see Episode 14 of Season 5, it will blow your brains out😂😂😂
He sounded like Crocker when he said the "NEGA CHIN" when he said THE LICH. 1:12
Imagine seeing this and then having to wait like a year and a half for the next season 😂😂
Ron Pearlman, he is Hellboy ,he was in "the war for fire"... GOAT actor.
Voice over legends : James Earl Jones, Mark Hammil, Bernard Fortin, so many
3:00 the SNAIL ni did 🐌
As happy as I am that Nux watched this, the NEXT episode is going to absolutely be insane. That's the problem with Adventure Time, you can't stay hyped for one episode because once you watch it, the next episode will be even more hype
And we haven't even hit peak lore yet.
Nux is going to collapse in his chair.
It only ever keeps getting better with this show!
Thanks for this.
Remember when Multiverses _weren't_ synonymous with timelines?
Also, considering how much PB has come to distrust magic, that she keeps the crown says a lot about it's significance.
Imagine having to wait months as a middle schooler to see where this cliffhanger goes
Nux, you gotta pump up your adventure time quota. Season 5 is where the gears shift for this show!
I'm still waiting for THAT episode.
This is peak adventure time, and peak nux, I am screaming internally.
Man the crazy thing is that the show just gets better and better from here
My favorite bit in this is how lumpy space princess gem isn’t needed.
When I see Nux has dropped an adventure time time episode I drop everything to watch it. Glad to know the last episode lived up to the hype
The real Adventure Time starts now
Nux, this is only the BEGINNING of sorrows!
Can't wait for:
*Darkness*
"You are Strong, Child... But I'm BEYOND STRENGTH... ☠️💀
The way I interpret “you talk like Justice, Billy. But you can’t kick a Plane” is that they’re saying “you talk about Justice but you can’t stop what you can’t reach”
Minor spoiler for the next episode:
Lich's plan is actually more similar to Gorr's from Thor Love and Thunder than Thanos from Infinity War!
I expect Nux make a reference to that as well!
Thank you, Lord Nuxanor for providing us with these uploads 🙏🤧
Finally, it's finally that episode... it all comes together... but this is only the end of the beginning, when one door closes another opens, the door hath opened to many more possibilities.
I love your analysis and hype Nux, please continue despite the copy rights. Frick the number going up. Do it for glob
Now this is what we call a real CLIFFHANGER Season. And force you to watch the next season ASAP!
This was the season finale that had JUST happened when I got into the show. The fandom was rife with speculation when I was just getting into the thick of it. That's like getting into a pool and finding out after that someone had LSD in their pocket.
I've watched this show 3 times and never noticed that glitch frame 😮
This was the first episode of Adventure time I ever saw as a kid and it messed me up until I watched the rest of the show
by the time he finishes half this series nux is gonna have a mental breakdown every single time he hears the word fall
I refreshed your channel 4 min ago and nothing, then this video appears completely randomly below a currently watched video. Anyway enjoy THE LICH
Also LSP's gem being useless is such a troll move, oh my glob ⭐ 😂😂😂
Also PB casually playing God with her candy subjects