| "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog" | |
|---|---|
| Adventure Time episodes | |
 Title Card for Finn the Human | |
| Episode nos. | Season 5 Episodes 1 & 2 |
| Directed by | |
| Written by | |
| Story by | Patrick McHale Kent Osborne Pendleton Ward |
| Production codes | 1014-105 1014-106[1] |
| Original air date | November 12, 2012 |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog" are the first and second episodes of the fifth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. "Finn the Human" was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Jesse Moynihan, whereas "Jake the Dog" was written and storyboarded by Cole Sanchez and Rebecca Sugar. The stories for both episodes were developed by Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, and Pendleton Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on November 12, 2012. The episodes guest star Ron Perlman as the Lich, Kumail Nanjiani as Prismo, Ming-Na as Farmworld Finn's mother, Cloris Leachman as Farmworld Marceline, James Kyson as Big Destiny & Trami, Eric Bauza as Tromo, and Jeff Bennett as Choose Bruce.
The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio), a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. In this episode, Finn and Jake chase The Lich through a dimensional portal where they meet Prismo, a wish granter, who tells them that the Lich wished for the extinction of all life. This leads Finn to wish that the Lich had never existed. Finn is then transported to an alternate timeline, where he is a normal human living with his family and his dog, Jake, on a farm. In the alternate reality, Finn discovers a magical ice crown, which he attempts to use to repay his family's debt. After placing it on his head, he is magically imbued with power over ice and snow. Prismo tells Jake that if he can change The Lich's original wish, everything will go back to normal. Jake—with help from Prismo—eventually wishes that the Lich had actually desired for Finn and Jake to return home. Thus, the world is righted again.
Both "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog" are a continuation of the fourth season finale "The Lich". Because "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog" were being worked on by four separate storyboardists, they coordinated their ideas so that the resultant two products would work together. The resulting episodes were collectively watched by 3.435 million viewers and received critical acclaim, with writers from The A.V. Club and IndieWire applauding the episodes for being both an excellent season premiere, as well as being refreshing and creative.
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- ^ Seibert, Fred (November 2, 2012). "On the Verge of Season Five Hey, sports fans..." Adventure Time Art Tumblr. Frederator Studios. Archived from the original on 2017-01-05. Retrieved November 3, 2012. Note: Information taken from the official Frederator-affiliated Tumblr account.