Uncovering Finn’s Tragic Future in Adventure Time 

I like how we got 2 adult Finn design from the show. It really shows us what Finn would look like as a Adult in two different scenarios and environment

Their reincarnation decision at the end makes me cry every time I think too much about it 😭✨ they’re literally best friends forever

I’m not sure if Finn’s grief actually changed any between Obsidian and Distant Lands. Much of the more emotional moments for Finn in Distant Lands were when he was dealing with Jake directly, whether it be in the hallucination or in the dead worlds. Finn, before he realized that he was dead, seemed to carry a similar demeanor as he displayed in Obsidian as he removed the hallucination creatures from himself and the others there with him.

5:26 I'm not gonna lie BMO forgetting Jake's name and remembering him as Jermaine makes so much sense 🤯

Honestly, none of Jake's kids came off as "adventurers like their father". And the relationship between Jake and his granddaughter... It wasn't shocking to see her tagging along with Finn.

I mean... at the end of the day, Jake's a dog, mutant, magic, alien or not, his lifespan was always going to be much lower than Finn's. I estimate based on his appearance at the end of BMO, that Jake was about 10 years older than Finn, and we know his age was about 28 when Finn was 12, but he was in his 40's when Finn was 17, so Jake aged over 12 years in 5 years. I imagine he died of old age, likely around 70 dog years? But for Finn, that was only 10 more human years at a stretch (ha, wordplay). The only wrinkle in the calculator is we don't know how Rainicorn genes affect the speed of aging or how long lived they are.

I like to think the "FIN JER" sign spelled FINN BY JERMAINE because the fallen statues are quite far away from each other and face different directions, which could mean they weren't on the same platform so it would make sense to have them signed separately. I saw this theory in a comment somewhere and i really liked it, credit goes to them.

after seeing the Prismo episode of Fionna & Cake where Prismo is watching Jake's greatest hits, we see Finn already has the tattoo. and lol yeah it is incredibly in character for Finn to have gotten a Jake tattoo even while Jake was still alive

It is captivating how they didn't forgot about Finn. In Obsidian, It is still funny how he and his team care after the whole event. Sad that they didn't mention if he created a family or not.

Finn and Jermaine probably died around the same time, so having a shared tombstone makes sense because they're brothers. Also my theory is that Jake died after eating the 50 flavor ice cream seen in Finn's nightmare, which contains chocolate.

I think it’s just like he said at the end. It’s his feelings deep down. It was rough for him to move on and we don’t know how long it took him, but he seams to be fine as an adult. I think the way he was in Together again was because those bugs had just dug up his feelings. He was ready to get those people out of there by himself. It was only when he was told it was the afterlife he went to see Jake.

I think Finn and Jake were buried in different graves. I remember one of the adventure time writer shared a concept showing what happened when Jake eventually died: When he passed they at first had a funeral for him, but then his body began uncontrollably stretching bigger. Princess Bubblegum then took Jake’s body to the crater on the Earth filling it. His body then decomposed creating a new continent.

Gravestones often leave space to carve in another name, whether it’s a partner, child, or sibling, I think it’s less likely that BMO made the stone and misremembered Jake’s name and more likely that there is a good chunk of the stone missing that also says Jake on it.

I like the canon death of Jake. Or rather, what happened to his remains. Filling up the whole left in Ooo after the mushroom war.

6:20 it could be that since jake died before finn, he got buried and had a solo tombstone but maybe jermaine and finn died together or at a nearer time point so they got buried under same tombstone

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Yikes man Finn just can’t catch a break even as a adult man

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That's make sense as Finn isn't going to be the same after Jake's death.

I strongly believe jake didn't die naturally most likely in a battle or something which would make more sense because there's so much evidence he should live as long as friend because of his powers

You simply don'y get a tattoo of someone who's still alive.

Maybe, just maybe, Jake was not dead but retired from adventure, and his granddaughter took his role? It would explain why Finn started to feel sad much later than we see in Obsidian

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I cried watching this video as a younger brother Adventure time is amazing in such way i can't explain

the fionna and cake show reveals that finn got that tatto before jake died, as we see the two of them escaping some place with a (not so much) egg, meaning that although jake DID dieit wasnt before finn got the tattoo

This is a pretty good video essay but realistically, the writers weren't really thinking about the two episodes in connection's with one another. No one in the writers room remembered Finn's cameo in the last few minutes of obsidian. He has no tattoo and has his robot arm again to make him look morel like he did at the end of the main series.

Finn had the tattoo while Jake was still alive.

The rock with fin and jer in the intro also confused me. Also made me curious. If according to the last drawings of Jake's funeral and him growing out of proportions and PB pushing him down the big hole the Planet had on its side filling up completely is canon, maybe he didn't get a statue or a grave on his honor. I think as Finn and Jermaine could have been buried together as they are also brothers. Or maybe Jermaine decided to follow his brothers steps as an "adventurer" and they left a big footprint on the world. Enough to get the recognition in a statue. Or maybe BMO just didn't want to forget.. Love the amount of power they have of letting the viewer make their decisions and theories.

Its likely that Jake died less than 7 years after the humans came back considering how finn decided to morph back to his younger self when he was looking for jake

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While this video came out before the trailer for Fionna and Cake i did want to mention that in it shows a glimpse of Finn and Jake with Finn having that tattoo while Jake is still alive, granted we have to wait for the show to come out to see if its cannon but

The subscribe button actually glowed when he said "hit that subscribe button" sweet.

This is so beautiful to see all of the characters as adults 😢

I think he’s in his 20-30 in adventure time distant lands ep. obsidian. In Finn and cake ep. 2 he is 40.

Im not sure writers could properly show the death of Jake in an overt way, this really is the best they could do. Just keeping it subtle

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I don't find it too likely that BMO made giant statues (I'm surprised you mentioned the words but not the giant statues next to them)... BMO is never shown to have that level of skills and perseverance. Things BMO make tend to be haphazard and rely on BMOs imagination. There's also no reason to assume it's a grave. I'll call it statues, but it could also be a grave. Either way my points would be the same. Usually graves *aren't* giant statues and there are no signs of graves around the area though. I think that's meant to be a statue celebrating Finn and... someone, celebrating their heroism. Possibly built by Candy Kingdom or some other group they were heroes to. The fact that it's crumbled fits with the same lesson the show is always giving of everything being temporary. I say Finn and "someone" because Jermaine is an artist, and may well have designed the statue depicting Finn and Jake, but with his name on it as well, being the artist. An inscription like: Finn the Human & Jake the Dog Jermaine the Dog, artist It's also possible that Finn teamed up with Jermaine at some point, at least in one instance, where Jermaine and he did something heroic enough to have statues of them made. Or just that the statues were of Finn, Jake, and Jermaine and we don't just don't see the second dog statue. Another theory is that it was made hundreds of years after either of their death by some group celebrating them as ancient heroes and who mixed up Jermaine and Jake in the historical records. Honestly this last one might fit best with the philosophy and sense of humor the show has. I personally though think the first thing I listed is the most likely possibility because it depicts Finn as dressed in his very young years clothes and so may have been made shortly after the finale or Jake's death. I'd guess a statues made hundreds of years later, or after aging Finn died might have him dressed differently. Love your videos! Edit: PS while googling around to see other people discussing this, I also came across someone pointing out that the S3 episode "Still" has a title card with a statue of Finn and Jake that fits fairly well with the ones shown in the finale (except the right and left arm of Finn would've been switched). Not exactly evidence of canon, but it's the closest other reference to a Finn statue I think. People have pointed out that the statue in that title card is similar to the famous Disneyland statue "Partners"... and the shattered statues arm that mismatches the Still title actually fixes the main difference that was between the Still image and the Partners statues... this is probably TMI and hard to follow but I went down a bit of a rabbit hole.

Here's something no one seems to have thought of, maybe that whole Hallucination about the 50 flavor could be an indication of how old jake was(in dog years)when he died as shown on the tub of ice cream on 8:02

I never thought about it that BMo got the names wrong on the statue

finn literally cant get a break in the later seasons

Good theory and all, but i think jake just died of old age. Pup people seem to grow up really fast. So i assumed they only live as long as normal dogs

At least Finn still alive as a sword the FinnSword in the final ep final season but still this tv show from just 2 brothers adventuring together in the Land of Ooo without any connection or context turns into episodic and deeper into character and lore

I always thought , and still think, that the last time we see them together and other characters is when they are all dead was a BAD idea. It was a bummer man. We got no hints of their lives after the show and it all acted as if every character just met their end at the end of the show and we see Finn trying to find Jake. Of course we see him as an old man, but that was literally it. We got to see Finn live to old age, but what about other family or friends?? Jermaine is there and just get hand waved away even though they presumably had a statue together. I don't think it was well thought out and the cycle of life and death felt pointless and confusing.

In the new fiona and cake prismo is watching finn and jake going on adventure while he has the tattoo

It makes me sooooooo sad the Finn didn’t love our a full happy life because he definitely deserved it.

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Finished the show months ago and I still want more and cry about it >:( noooo

You gotta watch Fionna and cake it gives more explanation for old Finn

I think Finn's life is so tragic after Jake's death because Jake was so integral to his life. Jake is his brother but he's so, so much more. Getting over his fear of Shoko in "The Vault"? That was because of Jake. Jake did so much to help Finn deal with so many repressed emotions. He always had Finn's back without Finn needing to ask. Joshua and Margaret dying? Jake was right there with him. Getting over Bubblegum? Jake is his wingman to help him court Flame Princess. Losing his right arm and meeting his wad of a dad? Again, Jake's right there to hug him. Losing the Treehouse first to Marceline and then again at the end of the series? He still had Jake. But there was no Jake to help him through the loss of Jake. Yeah, there was PB and Marceline and BMO and Huntress Wizard, but they can't hold a candle to Jake. Jake had this amazing ability to let Finn process things in his own way and then guide him through it. I feel like PB would be too hands-on, trying to be supportive but not letting him process things in his own way. Marcy and HW would just let him do whatever but not ask the tough questions Jake would. Yeah, Finn still lived his life. But without Jake by his side, it was like everything had lost a little bit of color. It's still life but it's not as good.

at 7:19 there's a duck in the background of the deadlands that's got a charlie brown shirt on.

BMO is also ever aging hardware and I assume some sort of AI gaming software. So the fact they forgot Fin and Jake's names doesn't Surprise me.

Honestly A lot of Finns problems feel like they stem from never having a stable relationship, he's basically a 40 year old virgin.

Well now we know Jake is alive Just look at the new Fionna and cake trailer

After watching the trailer for Fionna and Cake I think that Jake is actually still alive

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But finn got the tattoo before the end of obsidian

The tattoo was actually tattooed to him before jake dying prismos actually watch a clip of them

these are very base level observations

This feels like absolutely nothing but speculation with very little solid fact.

I just fucking love how bubble gums reaction was just 3:51 eh

After watching all of Distant Lands here’s my theory: Together Again takes place before Obsidian and Finn and Jake aren’t reincarnated, Finn asks for another chance to live his life the right way not being paralyzed by grief after Jake’s passing, so the version we see in Obsidian and later Fiona and Cake is the content Finn who had the experience of dying and choosing to live again the right way. Just my thoughts though! Would love to discuss

3:33 hot take, finn is getting it on with jake's daughter lol

Brothers. They were brothers

In S3E18 Jake has a croak dream with banana man and the owl. I'm pretty sure that's how he actually dies.

I thought this was 7 years ago but i still watch Adventure Time REGARDLESS

DAMN ONLY FARMWORLD FINN HAD KIDS

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Finn got that tattoo years before Jake died lol

2:14 or they parted ways temporarily and got tattoos of each other to rember the other by

Did you watch "Together Again"? That HBO special all but confirms that Jake died before Finn did lol

Are you sure it's not just one of the dead world and Jake got to the point of enlightenment and that's something finn needed to pass to the next dead world

Don't worry, Jake is still waiting...

Why am I really crying right now over this lol 😢😂

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Wait, why was bronwyn in finn's trailer? And Finn is in nothing but a towel, and the way bronwyn gets out of there like she had a walk of shame moment? 0.0

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Where to watch it

Talk about the new trailer of Fionna and Cake

I like to think that the finn and jermaine statues are there because of an adventure that finn and iermaine went on after come along with me They could have saved a kingdom together and they made statues in their honor

Jake didn't die he ascended

in my opinion jake diead from old age (he is dog dogs dont live to long)

Crazy to think that this theory was wrong. I really thought it made the most sense, but he has the tattoo and he's with Jake in Fionna and Cake. I guess that makes the question when and/or why did he get it?

Finn was done dirty, he was the hero of the story and then at the end they just have him fade away like he was irrelevant. Some people are okay with that because I think there's a lot of people who hated that spin a man got main billing

Ok now that fionna and cake is out, uh, What the fuck happened to finn? In the flashback of the jakesuit and all, finn is all buff and strong, and then jake dies and he shrinks? He becomes minuscule and more frail like his younger self, and then, on the present with simon, he is... All buff again???

I’m pretty sure I heard bmo say jakes name right

deffoo feel like there was a lot of better points missing or missed out tbh

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Being honest i always hated how they were so obsessed with fin losing his arm it annoyed me why was it constantly a thing

I don't believe jake died between these few years he was most likely with his wife I don't think he would have got a tat looking like thst if jake died thst early

Obligatory Finn x Branwyn comment.

I always thought Jake died of old age. He complains often about getting older, "coming to terms with my aging body" and whatnot. He is after all half dog. Dogs don't live as long as humans do. Finn is still a teenager when Jake is complaining about his old bones.

Definitely far from tragic. Just real story telling, mortals living alongside “immortals” life isn’t fair and will keep going. Looking further into this, the creators allowed many of us to grow up along side Jake and Finn. So ideally once the series comes to an end, we all have matured to handle such. This closure was well needed, not only have Finn and Jake defied death by bringing him down (which was hard as f@$!). They are able to reincarnate together yet again. This storyline of the duo is a fairytale compared to Forever Sleeping Jake and Fern who was blended up. Great video, keep it up!

I mean maybe jake and the talking dogs just have a shorter life span .-.

Finn got that magic dog-ussy

More video ideas: - Fionna and Cake spin off series trailer breakdown - Fionna and Cake spin off series trailer reaction Finn's future is sad and depressing. Plus thats what makes Finn a tragic character Edit: Finn in Obsidian is probably about in his 20s. Plus its also sad Finn died as an old age around 80-90 years old. Together Again is a masterpiece Another edit: Adventure Time Fionna and Cake spin off series will appear in SDCC 2023 on July 19 (preview and world premiere), and July 20 (reveal to public)

I think the Fin Jer is more like Finn,Jake And Jermaine

what about the resemblance with his father? should mention that chico

i shouldn't have looked it up

Lots of psychological insight. Strong effort!

If bmos not a good storyteller what if come along with me isn’t actually what happened?