Review: Adventure Time “Whispers”

I am a shadow, the true self.

Spoilers Below:

Fern and Finn are fishing, but while Finn catches a golden fish, Fern catches a carnivorous one. Fern expresses his frustration, leftover from being unable to protect Ooo from the Elementals. Finn tries to cheer him up, to little avail. Sweet Pi comes crashing through the woods in tears, and Fern has to wrap him up in leaves to cheer him up. Sweet Pi claims that a voice is telling him that he’s terrible when he tries to sleep at night, and the two decide to watch over him at night.

In the evening, Finn wakes up to see the Lich’s hand whispering to Sweet Pi. He attacks the hand, but it repels both him and Fern. Sweet Pi says that the voice at night belongs to the Lich, and Finn decides to go after the hand. He asks Fern to guard Sweet Pi, and chases the hand down.

The hand ends up knocking Finn into a pit. The hand, speaking for the Lich, says that Sweet Pi is part of him, and will eventually be swayed to come to his side. Sweet Pi appears, and Finn fears the worst. However, Sweet Pi declares that he isn’t going to be part of the Lich, and destroys the hand. Finn asks what happened to Fern, and Sweet Pi simply replies that he knocked him out.

They meet up with Fern, and go back towards Treetrunks’ house. Fern watches the two of them, and stews in his uselessness. He wonders about his identity, and thinks that things would be different if he was the only Finn.

Overview:

Sweet Pi being part of the Lich has been something built up over many episodes, and now he has to confront his parentage. Instead of being completely swayed by the Lich’s promises of power and destruction, Sweet Pi insists that he’s his own being. He goes out of his way to save Finn and refuses to be swayed by the Lich. As Finn says, Sweet Pi’s true parents are Treetrunks and Mr. Pig, who love him significantly, and that’s what matters.

Unlike Sweet Pi, who is confident in his self-identity, Fern has always felt strange being compared to Finn. He senses that he is different somehow, and is- being significantly more prone to violence, but when in the presence of Finn, he feels overshadowed. He isn’t sure if he’s able to truly build his own personal identity, and it’s implied that he can only find comfort if Finn isn’t around.

Score
8.5/10