" Incendium " is the twenty-sixth and final episode of the third season of the American animated television series Adventure Time . The episode was written and storyboarded by Adam Muto and Rebecca Sugar , from a story by Mark Banker, Patrick McHale , Kent Osborne , and Pendleton Ward . It originally aired on Cartoon Network on February 13, 2012. The episode guest stars Keith David , and also features Jessica DiCicco , who would go on to play the recurring role of Flame Princess.
29-486: 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, Jake seeks the Flame King's (voiced by David) consent for Finn to date his daughter, Flame Princess (voiced by DiCicco) in order to help a brokenhearted Finn. Jake eventually angers
58-399: A different and unique way. The design for the character was based on a rough drawing by Natasha Allegri . This drawing was later cleaned-up by Sugar; originally, she envisioned Flame Princess as being similar in coloring to a match, with "dark skin and fire for hair". Her sketches were later redesigned for the show by Andy Ristaino . When Sugar was redesigning the character, she added a gem in
87-550: A new love interest, and so he journeys to the Fire Kingdom, ruled by the evil Flame King (voiced by Keith David ). Jake bluffs that he is an emissary of "Prince Finn", ruler of the Grasslands. Jake attempts to court Flame King's daughter, Flame Princess (voiced by Jessica DiCicco ) on Finn's behalf. After several disastrous attempts, including a performance of a rendition of Finn's song called "All Warmed Up Inside", Jake
116-471: A recently unemployed young woman, and PuppyCat, a small and mysterious creature resembling both a dog and a cat. Bee takes PuppyCat in and, in return, he helps her find strange temp work, in this case babysitting a giant fish named Wallace in Fishbowl Space. In response to the success of the short, Frederator launched a Kickstarter on October 14, 2013, to raise funds for a full season. The Kickstarter
145-457: A rough drawing by storyboard revisionist and character designer Natasha Allegri . The episode received largely positive reviews from critics, with both David's and DiCicco's voice work earning praise. After Princess Bubblegum (voiced by Hynden Walch ) scorns his advances, Finn falls into a serious depression and sings a woeful song about the romantic pain he feels, called "All Gummed Up Inside". Jake, worried about his brother, decides to find Finn
174-445: Is a member of the pop-punk band Make Out Monday , which was formed in 2014. The band performed at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con . On March 8, 2020, Shada married Carolynn Rowland, a company dancer with Los Angeles Ballet . In March 2024, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child via Instagram. Their son, Caden Stone Shada, was born on August 13. Natasha Allegri Natasha Allegri (born June 18, 1983)
203-498: Is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist, storyboard revisionist and comic book artist. She is the creator of Cartoon Hangover 's and Frederator Studios ' Bee and PuppyCat , and is also noted for her work as a storyboard revisionist and character designer for Cartoon Network 's Adventure Time , for which she created the characters Fionna and Cake , genderswapped versions of Finn and Jake. Born in June 1983, Allegri
232-557: Is how she met Pendleton Ward . While in college at the University of Arizona in Tucson, her friend, and creator of Adventure Time , Pendleton Ward , contacted her about working on Adventure Time and she worked on the show for five seasons. To begin working on the show, she moved to California, and dropped out of college over her father's objections. While working on the show, Allegri began drawing gender-swapped web comics of
261-608: Is the daughter of a Native Okinawan mother and a Bolivian father of French , Italian and Native Bolivian descent. She watched anime and read manga and the Garfield comic strip . As a result, she gravitated toward comics rather than cartoons, as she saw it as "less work", although she later acknowledged that it is "just as much work". Allegri grew up in Inverness, Florida . In high school and college, she made comics about her life that she posted to LiveJournal , which
290-453: Is told to leave. However, he uses his shape-shifting abilities to morph part of his body and make it look as if Finn has entered the palace. Jake-as-Finn then pretends to strangle Jake, which appeases Flame King. He applauds Finn's supposed butchery, agreeing to give him the hand of his evil daughter. Jake, distressed that Flame Princess is apparently evil, bluntly rejects her advances as Finn, but this enrages her. Jake regretfully flees back to
319-694: The Hill , Kiki's Delivery Service , and her cat, Pancake. Allegri sang the theme song for the " Fionna and Cake " episode of Adventure Time . Additionally, she served as a storyboard revisionist for the Bravest Warriors episode "Butter Lettuce" and has contributed to the miniseries Over the Garden Wall as writer and storyboard artist. She also provided the official art for the Vocaloid soundbank Ruby , released by PowerFX . This art
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#1732793439781348-786: The Human from the American animated television franchise Adventure Time and Lance in Voltron: Legendary Defender . He is also known for starring as various characters in the sketch-comedy series Incredible Crew . His most recent appearances are in the 2020 Netflix original television series Julie and the Phantoms , as Reggie Peters and the voice of Tom Kullersen in DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms . Shada began acting at
377-467: The Human" and "Cake the Cat" online during the show's earliest seasons, while working as a storyboard artist . It was later developed into a series entitled Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake . Allegri created and produced her own animated short, Bee and PuppyCat , for Frederator Studios ' YouTube channel Cartoon Hangover which was released on July 11, 2013. The episode introduces viewers to Bee,
406-489: The Tree Fort, with the princess on his trails, leaving a trail of destruction in her path. Once there, Jake tries to explain what happened to Finn, but a struggle breaks out. In the confusion, Flame Princess is nearly killed by rain , but Finn saves her. When she regains her powers, she slaps him, warning him never to mess with her. The episode concludes with Finn noting that he now has a crush on Flame Princess. "Incendium"
435-628: The age of seven, soon after moving to Los Angeles with his family. He was inspired to act by his older brother, actor Zack Shada . Shada initially appeared in commercials. Later on, he began auditioning for voice acting and theatrical performances, taking advice from a voice-over agent. His first live-action theatrical role was as Young Kurt Diamond in No Rules . He has since appeared in additional live-action and voice acting roles, such as playing young Charlie Pace in childhood flashbacks on Lost . In 2009, Jeremy Shada's agent approached him with
464-585: The cast of Nick Cannon 's sketch-comedy series, Incredible Crew . In June 2012, to promote Incredible Crew' s 2013 premiere, Cartoon Network released a music rap video titled "Running Errands with My Mom" which features Shada performing and rapping the lyrics. The video has since generated over one million views. Because of his acting schedule, Shada was homeschooled . Answering fan questions on his Facebook page, Shada indicated that he graduated from high school early in May 2013. Along with his brother Zack, Shada
493-411: The complete third season DVD on February 25, 2014. Dean Childers of TV Geek Army gave the episode a largely positive review, noting that it was "particularly well done." He noted that the twist that Flames Princess was evil was "great comedy" even though it "comes out of nowhere", and he also felt that the ending allowed for the episode to reach a higher level of excitement and interest. He also applauded
522-472: The idea of auditioning for the role of Finn in Adventure Time ; his brother Zack had been the original voice of Finn in the pilot episode of Adventure Time three years prior. After viewing the pilot on YouTube, Shada matched his voice with the voice of his brother in auditions with Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and the show's producers, which earned him the role. In 2012, Shada joined
551-427: The middle of her forehead, which she claimed was inspired by the rudimentary designs for the characters in her series Steven Universe , which would air several years later. "Incendium" first aired on Cartoon Network on February 13, 2012. The episode first saw physical release as part of the 2013 Fionna and Cake DVD, which included 16 episodes from the series' first four seasons. It was later re-released as part of
580-465: The princess, however, and she chases him back to the tree fort and confronts Finn himself. The episode's plot would be continued in the season four premiere " Hot to the Touch ". The impetus for this episode was the writers and producers not wanting to keep writing episodes in which Finn is continuously rejected by Princess Bubblegum. The character of Flame Princess was largely designed by Sugar, based on
609-442: The show's characters, including " Fionna and Cake " as her gender-swapped versions of Finn and Jake. Eventually, after being showcased on Frederator 's popular Adventure Time tumblr, these characters were featured in full episodes of Adventure Time —debuting in the episode " Fionna and Cake ". Since August 6, 2013, she has also written and illustrated Fionna and Cake comics for BOOM! Studios . Allegri also posted art of "Fionna
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#1732793439781638-408: The voice acting in the episode, writing, "[Keith David's] regal voice works wonderfully as a king in the world of Oo [ sic ] and his daughter [DiCicco] isn't lacking in the voice over department either." Jeremy Shada Jeremy Shada ( / ˈ ʃ eɪ d ə / ; born January 21, 1997 ) is an American actor, musician and singer. He is best known for his work as the voice of Finn
667-413: Was allowed to make Finn cry over his unreciprocated love of Princess Bubblegum. Sugar put as much "gut-wrenching imagery" at the start of the episode in order to emphasize the installment's pathos . Similarly, she "wanted to make Finn lose it" near the end to show how much his love of Princess Bubblegum was hurting him. As such, the fact that Finn chooses to save Flame Princess over the lock bubblegum's hair
696-511: Was based upon a concept design by illustrator D-Artemisso. In 2017, Allegri directed "The Summoning," created by Elyse Castro, for Frederator 's Cartoon Hangover channel. It was the first short cartoon from GO! Cartoons. In 2019, Allegri was co-author of the OpenBSD 6.5 poster and was the author of the OpenBSD 6.6 and 7.0 posters. She was a writer for the anime series Cannon Busters
725-757: Was described by some as the "most successful Kickstarter campaign" for an animated series at the time, as she was able to crowdfund nine episodes of the series. Allegri later said that "a studio wouldn't have aired Bee and PuppyCat" and that it could only exist online. Other stated that the crowdfunding was successful because of the "devoted...fanbase" of Adventure Time . Allegri has created multiple graphic novels / comic books starring " Fionna and Cake " and " Bee and PuppyCat ", respectively. Bee and Puppycat: Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Allegri has named several of her influences including works by Rumiko Takahashi , Sailor Moon , InuYasha , and Superbook , as well as Bob's Burgers , King of
754-426: Was successful, raising Frederator $ 872,133 toward the production of Bee and PuppyCat , the animated series. This exceeded their original goal of $ 600,000 and made them the 10th most crowdfunded Video and Film project to date. Natasha Allegri's successful campaign on Kickstarter has been seen as an example of digital-age crowdfunding mechanisms' role on enabling creators reliant on direct fan investment. It
783-555: Was the writers and producers not wanting to keep writing episodes in which Finn is continuously rejected by Princess Bubblegum. Because of the thematic undertones of romance and unrequited love, the episode had several emotional beats. Sugar later explained that, since she had first started on the show, she had attempted to storyboard a situation causing Finn to cry. Ward and the producers had vetoed this idea several times, because they felt it did not fit his personality. However, with "Incendium", Sugar noted that "the dam finally broke" and she
812-457: Was used as a metaphor by the writers to show that Finn was getting over his fixation with Bubblegum. The episode introduced Flame Princess, who would become a more important character in the following seasons; the character is voiced by Jessica DiCicco. Flame Princess was written to be "clueless", in that she was emotionally more immature than any of the other characters. This allowed other, usually immature characters like Finn to play off of her in
841-457: Was written and storyboarded by Adam Muto and Rebecca Sugar from a story developed by Mark Banker, Patrick McHale , Osborne, and series creator Pendleton Ward . This was both the last episode to have been boarded by Sugar and Muto as a team, as well as the last to credit Muto as a storyboard artist; he was later promoted to creative director for the entirety of season four , as well as the first half of season five . The impetus for this episode
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