Review: Adventure Time “Three Buckets”

Kill your double.

Spoilers Below:

Fern invites Finn to some quality time in some ancient ruins, as Jake and BMO take a trip to the Music Kingdom. They end up playing in a field, but Fern says that it’s boring. He wants the thrill of victory, not monotony. When Finn ends up beating Fern in rock-paper-scissors, and Fern complains about how nothing is fair to him.

They go through a door in a cliff, and into a ziggurat temple. While inside, Finn says he’s happy that they both have a love of adventure in common, and that it feels like they’re real brothers. Fern gives him a blank stare, and when Finn walks inside the main room, he locks him in. Fern declares that he’s going to replace Finn, and leaves him inside the temple. As Finn messes with robotic arm, he discovers a hidden microphone, with a message from Bubblegum. He realizes that his robotic arm has multiple features, including a rock smasher and a weed whacker.

He charges at Fern, and the two end up fighting each other. Fern says that Finn has been Finn long enough and that it’s time for someone else to have a shot. Fern’s eyes begin glowing, and Finn wonders what Fern really is. They come to a stalemate, and Finn sadly says that it doesn’t have to be like this, but Fern is resolute. The weed whacker function activates, and Fern is torn to shreds.

Finn returns home, despondent and traumatized. A wizard gathers up Fern’s remains and vanishes into the distance.

Overview:

While it’s something we all saw coming, it’s still very depressing. Fern has continuously stated how uncomfortable he is with himself, and he’s decided that he can only be himself if his progenitor, Finn, is gone from the picture. He intends to adopt Finn’s identity, and be himself, without actually being himself. In the end, Fern fails to discover his own identity, and can only borrow from Finn.

Fern has always been comprised of an alternative Finn and the Grass Demon, but as he loses himself, the Demon takes over. Fern has always been violent, but now he intends to imprison and starve Finn. He loses his physical form in the end, but it’s not the end of him.

Either way, a sad episode overall, and a very depressing way to end the season.

Score
7.5/10