Revealing the Secrets of Fionna & Cake Episode 1 "Fionna Campbell" 

Making Marceline's Dad, who is the Devil basically, into a landlord was a perfect fit.

A small thing about the dream, it is heavily implied cake also had the dream: - She was "swimming" in the bed as Fionna wakes up, mirroring the pool they were drownning at the end of the dream - That's also why she was so fixated about the ice skate ring

My current theory is that Simon’s sanity is linked to this universe for some reason, now that he’s sane all the magic in F&C’s world is gone

My theory is that Fiona's world isn't real, and is somehow a product of Ice King's (Simon's) imagination, which would explain how Cake was able to jump out of Simon's head at the end of episode 2, because the entirety of Fiona's world is in Simon's head. Maybe Simon was trying to get Betty back, who somehow went into his imagination, which would explain all the Betty images and art, but Cake came out instead.

It’s cool how Marshall-Lee’s mom owns the real version of the tree house, because in the show it’s Marcline’s

You didn't mention that Fionna and Cake were likely having the same dream at the start of the episode, which would explain why Cake is making swimming motions while she's still asleep. This is also emphasised by them clearly having the same dream in the end credits sequence.

I gotta say episode one felt really relatable to me especially for the people who grew up watching the show because a lot of us are in dead end jobs trying to make ends meet

some things i want to point out this universe clearly has a lot of correlation to simon and i think between cheers being the only thing played there and the more normal and mundane universe that Fionna is in almost definitely represents the fact that everything just changed when simon came back fully, it's especially clear that that's the case since in the intro for the second episode it pans into simon's head and then shows this universe.

love the Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask reference in Fionna’s dream. Also, I wish the waving snail easter egg was back for this series. I love your vids btw!

I’m willing to bet “B + M” is “Bonnie + Marceline”, because this location in Adventure Time was where we saw Bubblegum and Marceline go on a date (even though the romance between them wasn’t known at the time).

The Ice Prince kinda looks like a male Patience Saint Pim...

I think Cheers being in the first episode is meant to clue the audience in to Fionna's world being pre-mushroom war. It might be in an alternate reality from the one we see in AT, but it makes sense since Simon had clearly watched Cheers and used it as a means of calming Marcy down while they navigated the post apocalyptic wastelands. AT messed around with alternate timelines with Farm World and Prismo episodes, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to think that Fionna and Cake's universe is a parallel yet past iteration of Earth pre-mushroom war. Who knows, maybe we'll see some pre-cursors to the mushroom war in this series.

My theory is that when Betty became Golb, she also inserted herself (the statue, the newspaper, magic man imagery) and things she remembers about Simon (him being obsessed with Cheers, so that's why it's the only thing on) throughout the fabric of reality. Basically, Betty now exists at all points in time and space. As Golb, she'd easily have the power to do so. Also, I hope they elaborate on how Ice King said the Fionna and Cake stories get "beamed into his head at night". If I remember correctly, the beam from the episode is red. Golb is red. Maybe the stories are Betty as well.

The fact that Simon dedicated his (sane) life to study ancient stuff and now he has become one... I didn't believe Simon's story could get sadder. I'm loving the show so far

I'm 99.999% sure that Fionna & Cake only exist in Simon's mind. Their world was magical until Ice King was converted to Simon again, that's why something feels off to Fionna, "it's supposed to be magical". As Ice King and Simon are separate entities that share a body, his mind practically reseted, but couldn't get rid of Fionna's world as the comic was still a thing in Ooo. That's why they're humans now and that's why everything in town is glitching. This is kind of confirmed in the next episode but I won't spoil it for anybody that hasn't watched it yet, haha. Pd. I'm pretty sure that the girl with Fushigi balls is supposed to be James Baxter, haha.

Fionna wants to be in a fantasy world while simon wants to be in the real world.

Nobody has noticed that after the dream sequence, cake is still swimming. Kinda gives the idea that to some degree that was real or that cake has a weird connection to dreams or other universes. This is bolstered by the fact that it's cake who jumps through the wormhole at the end of the episode!

Fionna says "Ive been having the same dream for the 3rd time in a row", and then says "You havent eaten in 3 days". I think Fionna and Cake share dreams, and Cake is obsessed with the ice prince.

I love how adventure time is still alive and new fans are getting to see the show

So what it seems like is that Fionna and Cake's universe is 100% inside of Simon's mind. The magic is gone from their universe because the magic is gone from Simon/Ice King. Brings a whole new meaning to the red bad guy calling them a "disease".

Interesting to know that Fionna has Minerva’s maiden name rather than Martin’s last name.

Small little detail I want to point out! But when Fionna walks by the DND store, you can see an action figure that looks like a business man. It's potentially a throw back to "The Business Time" with the frozen business men that Finn and Jake find in the ocean :D Edit: also the face on Fionna's shirt might be Shermy from Come Along With Me!

The whole dream sequence in the first episode felt like a homage to sailor moon. Her getting saved by the ice prince was like sailor moon getting saved by tuxedo mask. Plus the water color backgrounds look like the ones from the 90’s sailor moon anime.

Cant believe how well-thought-out and detailed the series is already, cant wait for more!

The B+M could possibly be Bonnie and Marceline

I feel like this is going to go deeper than we can comprehend right now and im so excited to watch this play out 😁

another little detail i noticed, Gary's cookie's kept breaking at the left foot. Could that be a hint to Fionna losing her foot, just like finn losing his arm?

Two things I want to add to the analysis are that Im pretty sure the lady at 14:01 is lady rainicorn and that the stain on fiona’s shirt from the coffee looks like the wand of disbursement that the king of mars used on Jake

Awesome video. I can already tell this series is going to take up my brain space and I’m all for it. Cheers

I barely know anything about adventure time lore and this video was very useful to fill me up with all the questions I had, looking forward to your analysis for episode 2

For some reason I was looking forward to you doing this video yesterday when it came out 😂 but I’m so glad how prompt you are thank you!

Cheers is a real show with a dude named Norm and the theme song that Simon sings is Cheers’ theme song

These first two episodes were so good! And not that far off from how I guessed it would begin. My one and only nitpick though, is that while I am glad this is clearly aimed at an older audience, I don't think the swear words are an improvement. It was a lot funnier, and a lot more "Adventure Time," when "glob" or "grod" was used instead of "damn." But all things considered, the episodes were exactly what I was hoping we would get, and more!

I love how this is being made for an older audience. All the OG Adventure Time fans have grown up now, so it makes sense for the content and themes to grow up as well

Fionna’s reality is very much like a mix of Betty’s and Ice King’s, it’s like their messed up accidental child.

yesss this kind of detailed analysis is exactly what I was looking for after finishing the episode, thank uuu

two things i saw in the first few minutes, the bmo clock snoozes and goes from 7:30 to 7:40, but then after fionna looks at the tv the clock goes back to 7:30. a few minutes later, after cake dispenses some ice, when they leave for work the fridge then dispenses ice again on its own. maybe some glitches in the universe like we saw in the trailer?

One thing to note is the Betty statue on Fionna's universe is not genderbent. This will probably be very important later.

20:11 It's 100% Bubblegum + Marceline. They were on a date in the same episode (Wheels) as far as I remember

Gary and Fionna is very similar to Deckard and Bee from Bee and Puppycat, tbh just the whole of this episode is very much like Bee and Puppycat vibe

i havent seen anyone bring this up, but Cake is miming swimming in the begging wakeup seen because cake and Fionna were shareing the same dream

When she was walking down the street in the shop not only the sword but there was a poster of the lich and also this isn’t in Fionas universe but m+b=Marcalin and bubblegum

I believe that the characters do not remember their og-selves and act like mere humans because/as long as Simon is human! But something must have happened in those 3 days mentioned that perhaps made Simon's Ice King persona wake up; and so Cake started acting crazy around ice or cold and Fionna kept dreaming about ice and Ice Prince. I'm pretty sure that Ice Prince is in fact Ice King and that Fionna & Cake feel connected and pulled towards him (an attraction in all senses) because he's their creator, which means also Fionna's mean of escape from this "boring and dull reality" to an instead adventurous realm! This would be confirmed by the second episode of this serie! Also: B+M = Bubblegum + Marcelline.

Dude thankyou so much for these recaps and analysis vids. I'm really glad this new show heavily references Adventure Time, but I am struggling to recall everything that has happened in this series over more than a decade. I feel like so many references were going over my head and your refreshers and sharp eye have been much appreciated.

queen is the alternate version of the king of Ooo or KOO for short. It is pretty much shown in the adventure time episode from season 9 episode 15.

That was grade A stuff brother! Really dig your pacing and transitioning between topics, will def subscribe👍🏽

The Ice Prince immitating the alarm clock is hilarious.

Finally! I've been waiting for this video since yesterday. I love your vids 🥺💕

I think the B+M in the tree might be a reference for Bonnibel and marceline maybe? Edit: I noticed something as fiona walks by the shop with all the things in the windows I saw some kind of figure in a yellow box that kinda looks like marceline's or maybe the business guys that were stuck in the ice of that one episode of adventure time

BRO AMAZING BREAKDOWN SO GLAD THAT THIS FRANCHISE IS BACK

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REVIEW

thanks for basically letting us watch the ep for free by commentating over everything :)

I the begining after Fiona wakes up we see that Ckae is sitll dreaming and she is Swimming... just like the end of the dream, after she wakes up she sheaks like she was wet and starts licking the "water" indicating that Cake is dreaming the same dream as Fiona, thats why she is obseced in the ice in all the episode

At 20:14 The initials B+M make sense if it means "Bonnibel + Marceline", more evidence that this is a Fionna and Cake story in the back of Simon Petrikov's brain that's trying to escape through a portal, or that Simon even trying to open the portal is littering Fionna's reality with fragments of his own. Great video, thank you!

I appreciate the punk bands on marshals guitar case like even death was on there and they aren’t in anything even tho they pioneered the scene

I think Simon making rituals with GOLB is the main explanation. He misses Betty and by doing these rituals he communicates with her, opening portals to different realities that he wishes to manifest. This doesn't mean that they're not real realities, it's just that Simon and Betty relationship open access to them. Fionna and Cake its not a world created by Simon, its a real one projected to Simon's (or Ice King's) mind. Thanks for the vid..

Theory: Cheers is the only TV show in Fiona and Cake land because that's the only show that Simon remembers, and their universe is inside his mind.

An interesting thing in the credits as well is Fionna and Cake are shown to be having the same dream, I think this is done on purpose. It was hinted at during the episode as well, when Fionna and Cake in the dream are drowning in the pool, Fionna wakes up and Cake is still 'swimming'.

The initials on the tree B+M probably for Bubblegum and Marceline 😂❤ and the bees in the garden remind me of the bee episode 🤭

They absolutely did not have to draw Fionna so *_thick_*

When ice king said he can’t relate to the magic characters in Fiona and cake, it makes sense that now that he is Simon, he creates characters that he CAN relate to

Dude, amazing recap! Can't wait to watch your ep2 analysis.

I didn't even know this show was out, but it's so aesthetic. ✨💛

I’m actually somewhat happy that they made Finn’s dad a deadbeat it made for excellent character building.

This is the coffee shop AU that turns into an isekai

Bonnie + Marcelline (B+M) doesn't actually work in her universe considering Prince Gumball's name is Gary.

When Fionna asks Gary how long they have been friends, this is something that Finn asks PB in the last episode. That episode also shows they had been friends when Finn was Shoko too (So it's like, forever)

This could be a massive stretch but in 13:29 the dice on the window kinda looks like Grob Gob Glob Grod's helmut

The dream scene was in homage to Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask. That’s why he looks the way that he does.

The B+M on the tree probably is a reference to Bubblegum and Marceline!

It’s giving WandaVision. It’s like a parallel universe but also a fabrication of Simon’s imagination

The ice prince is the gender bend version of patience

Human Fern is so prettyyyy!! 🤩

i think the poster of the person holding up the sword and shield is a nod to the original series intro when they say “adventure time” with the title screen and with finn posing the say way

At this point it’s confirmed this story is about to get even deeper they are preparing us for a mind fuck and I’m so heee for it

I believe that the B+M could mean Bonnibel + Marceline or bubblegum + Marceline

"You know Jerry from HR?" If Jerry is The Lich from Episode 8, that might tell us that The Lich serves as a counter-balance to whoever the "boss" is, since HR works for the interest of both whoever is beneath the boss and whoever the boss is (from a workplace standpoint). Not sure what that tells us about who the "boss" is, but it is very interesting.

The theory I have is a bit of a longshot, but what if the Ice Prince doesn't represent the Ice King, but instead the Crown. There are the three gemstones in the Princes design. This brings up questions regarding what the other things related to him would mean, but they are all related to the crown. The Gunter Bird clearly represents Gunter/Orgalorg, Gunter is the current being in possession of the Crown, which fused to his being to make the Ice Thing, which is also shown in the Bird's design with a ice crown fused to its head. The Ice Prince himself could also be referencing the person who used the crown prior to that and who's genderbend form we have not seen yet, Betty. Perhaps Betty (Now fused with Golb) wanted to bring Simon joy or even to bring his creations to life, even if just subconsciously. Golb was known to be one of the strongest forces in the Adventure Time Multiverse, so there is very solid chance that Betty merging with Golb may have, unintentionally or not, created a new universe based off what Betty knew best (the normal world), but with characters that she had now known for a sizable amount of time acting the parts of normal people. You mentioned this throughout, but the city has flaws, mistakes, and glitches present quite commonly, and while you didn't bring it up here Ellis P. not knowing what is beyond Midtown may more than just a joke, and may be referencing how this reality is just a portion of Ooo translated into the imagery that the Ice King's works made. Slight spoiler for early episode 2 incoming - Another possible sign of this is the TV in episode 2 in Simon's "house". Perhaps Betty is still watching over Simon, and the reason why Fiona's TV is only showing Cheer's is because that was the show that Simon is watching every day, so his characters should as well. Major spoiler for late episode 2 incoming - Simon himself being the link between these two realities seems to be tied to Golb through his shrine, which notably did not work until Betty was added to it (along with an influx of power). Betty, Golb, Simon, Fiona, and Cake are all seemingly intertwined, and it's going to be really interesting to see just how much this is so going forward with the show. Loved the video by the way, looking forward to more!

Opening scene is a Sailor Moon reference with the ice prince made to look like Tuxedo Mask. Love it

I think B and M is Bubblegum and Marcy/Marshal. My theory is that they once dated in the past and Marshall gave Gary the name “Bubblegum” due to his hair color and then they broke up which is why the signature is on an old forgotten tree

also u forgot the part where fiona literally talks like the little people episode of adventure time in cake's pov

“A program called cheers” physically hurt me

My head canon right now is that ice prince is patience

I love the detail that the Cheers song was genuinely just a placeholder until they wrote an original song but ended up feeling like Cheers was perfect and how it’s integral lore

the wawawa that cake hears resembles an episode of adventure time when finn was playing with small version like toys of him and the other characters that only says wa wa wa

Feels like the city Fiona lives in is actually Simon's mindscape. Without Ice king's imagination, It's slowly withering into mundane and glitching out or something...?

pretty sure the B + M heart on the tree is “Bonnie + Marceline”

14:25 this scene had so many memorable characters and moments, and the use of them to draw a comparison to Simon's day really reminds me of Groundhog Day or another loop

Ice prince is possibly the ice elemental reincarnated into their universe, anything is possible in the multiverse👀

im surprised you didnt mention the reference to Gary's cookie man that he made which I noticed after like my 3rd watch of the episode but it looks kinda like the Old Tart Toter mainly from the boots, the hair, and the squiggly lines on both arms

The show also takes place in the 20th century which is confirmed in the second episode

I got the story so fiona and cake gonna find simon and they would travel thru diffrent dimensions fiona would want to have fun like young finn bassicly but simon would wanted to bring betty back the same as betty would wanted to bring simon back in adventure time

Even normalfied, Ice Queen's eyebrow game is on point

Can’t wait for the episode 2 recap

Hilarious I have like a running gag about how I love huntress princess and I find it hilarious that hunter is basically me xD

That cookie Gary made reminds me of the tart toter from way back. His the only think that went mad and talked about how sweetness can win

Could B+M be Bonnibel + Marceline, this is Simon's mind. Also when fiona wakes up, Cake is seen doing swimming motions. Probably bc they were sharing the same dream and by the end of that they were drowining in the pool

8:09 honestly this could be a reference to the opening title of adventure time (hero with sword up and animal (in this case a lizard) below them)

Also queenie is literally the king of oo

The B + M is “Gary” and Marshall Lee. (Probably)