King's Ransom rounds up the week of premieres for Adventure Time and the start of an ongoing story arc that will continue in the episodes to come. It begins with Ice King raiding the Treehouse and accusing Finn & Jake of kidnapping Gunter. Now to be clear, the Gunter in question is THE Gunter that was Orgalorg in the Season 6 finale.
Finn & Jake decided to help out the Ice King and went to the Ice Kingdom for clues. They found a random note, telling the Ice King to surrender the Crown in exchange for Gunter. Finn & Jake initiate a stakeout to find the perpetrator, using the Crown as bait. A fox grabs the Crown, and Finn pursues it, only for the fox to meet with the other foxes and reveal several fake crowns as a distraction. As Finn & Jake go after all the foxes to find the real crown, Ice King visits the home of Mr. Fox and threatens to take some parts of the bed away. Mr. Fox told Ice King that someone was rounding up foxes to get the Crown and it was done via a makeshift telephone using a tin can and string.
Meanwhile, Gunter's kidnapper carefully examines the circuitry of the Crown and does a series of experiments on Gunter. You may recall that the Crown was made with a combination of magic and technology by Evergreen.
Finn, Jake and Ice King found the makeshift telephone and follows the string, only for Jake to screw it up and cut the line, losing the trail. The duo then discovers that the farther the crown is from Ice King, the shorter his nose gets, and the closer, the more his nose returns to his normal size. Using the Ice King's nose as a compass, they reach a Lava Cave, where they believe the kidnapper is. Ice King insists he goes alone while Finn & Jake step back.
Despite not having Ice Powers, the Ice King managed to cross the lava and meets the kidnapper, who happens to be Betty, now the new Magic Woman. Ice King doesn't recognize her but is enamored by the fact it's a woman, and offers to give both the Crown and Gunter in return for a hug. Betty tricks Ice King to close his eyes while she leaves, leaving the Crown and Gunter behind. Ice King felt something different upon wearing the Crown again, but nonetheless is happy he has it back along with Gunter, to which Finn & Jake saw the whole thing.
This episode is storyboarded by Andrew Salaff and Hanna K. Salaff did work on Regular Show and made the pilot "Ridin' with Burgess", while Hanna K is one of the new storyboarders for the show and did episodes for the Stakes mini-series, as well as writing and drawing the Spooktacular prequel comic.
As I mentioned in the start of this review, King's Ransom is the start of an ongoing story arc, with Betty taking the Crown and conducting experiments for reasons unknown, which will eventually be revealed later in the season. So speculations away.
I personally think that Betty may have some piece of her sanity left after being the new Magic Woman and is likely trying to tinker the Crown for clues, possibly to find away to cure the curse placed on Simon, and perhaps for herself as well. It's also possible Betty's attempts to tinker with the Crown may lead to the Ice Thing in the far future, as what we've seen in Graybles 1000+
And speaking of Betty, it's worth noting that Betty in this episode uses the tin can to alter her voice, done by Tom Herpich, as opposed to her natural voice originally by Lena Dunham. Not to talk about a conspiracy, but I think the reason Dunham didn't play Betty this time is probably due to the controversy surrounding her book "Not That Kind of Girl". I'm not gonna provide details into that, but you can find out by Googling it. It's also possible that Dunham simply wasn't available to reprise her role, or the AT staff couldn't afford her, much the same way the Steven Universe staff couldn't afford to pay Nicki Minaj to reprise her role as Sugilite, which is likely why we don't see the character much anymore.
All in all, King's Random ended with such a tease that I just want to know what happens next. I would personally place Bad Jubies and Angel Face as my top faves for this AT-Bomb, while Porpoise being my least favorite. Great work for the AT staff and a great week of premieres. Looking forward to its return alongside Steven Universe in the weeks to come.
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