Somvilay and Seo are back in this one with the episode "Blank-Eyed Girl". It begins with Starchy's program announcing it is now in its 5th Anniversary. COincidentally, it's also around that long ago when Adventure Time first aired on Cartoon Network. In one of Starchy's segments, he talks about various appearances of a mysterious girl with blank eyes, hence the title. Jake dismisses the claim, however.
In typical horror-style fashion, as Finn & Jake return to the Treehouse, they did encounter the Blank-Eyed Girl, which got them screaming. Finn then reports of the sighting to Starchy's program. Starchy suggests to not invite the girl inside, as per the Vampire Rules to avoid being a victim. (Kinda weird since Marceline is always welcome in the Treehouse)
When that didn't work and the girl was inside, Starchy suggested using Fairy Rules by offering Cream in a Saucer Plate. And when THAT didn't work, they tried playing the Clarinet, which invited other Blank-Eyed Girls in the treehouse. When Starchy thinks the Blank-Eyed Girls are the undead, he suggested bringing a chicken. But Finn notes their chicken ran away. (This is a referrence to episode "BMO NOire" where BMO questions the chicken Lorraine regarding Finn's missing sock before Lorraine left) So Jake has play the part, much to his chagrin.
Jake has had enough of Starchy's suggestions, so he and Finn head for Turtle Princess's library to find a solution. Finn figures that the Blind-Eyed Girls were "Tulpas" - physical manifestations of concentrated collective thought, which all began when Starchy first reported of the Blank-Eyed Girl 5 years ago. Ironically, Finn learned it all from Starchy's show.
So the only way to deal with the Blind-Eyed Girls is to not believe they exist. But the girls were too much to ignore for Jake, to which he gave up. In the end, the girls are revealed to be actual spirits in disguise before leaving Finn & Jake alone, wondering what was that all about.
While not as good as "Angel Face", Blank-Eyed Girl does have a creepy factor that would've counted it as a Halloween episode. Blank-Eyed Girl also provides references to previous episodes. When Finn argues that they have seen a lot of weird stuff despite Jake's criticism of Starchy's program, it refers, in part, to the events of Stakes among others.
Another is when they encounter the Blank-Eyed Girl for the first time, notice that there's already piles of loot in their Treasure Room. You may recall Finn & Jake spent pretty much all but one gold coin in the episode "Furniture & Meat". So it's safe to say that since then, Finn & Jake re-accumulated all of their loot back.
You know, that I mention it, I guess it's pretty easy to earn Gold and other stuff in the World of Ooo. Makes me ALMOST wish I was there so I can be rich. I said 'ALMOST". Though an Adventure Time game in the style of RPGs like Diablo where you can get random loot to keep or sell would be a good idea and something I would play.
There's also an animation error that's clearly visible. When they received a box of pizza, the camera pans to Finn & Jake for a moment, and when we return to see the counter, the pizza box was gone. Quite a visible one, but it doesn't affect the episode in any way.
Also I find it weird to Finn & Jake's reactions to the real forms of the Blind-Eyed Girls, considering it's not the first time they've encountered spirits. Still overall, not a bad episode and I enjoyed it.
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