Every Episode of Adventure Time Ranked

phillysports Adventure Time is my favorite show ever. Not many forms of media have had such an enormous impact on me in the way that Pendleton's Ward cartoon about a boy and his dog friend living in a magical world 1,000 years after an apocalyptic war has had. The show personally means so much to me and I have decided to embark on a massive undertaking: ranking all 280 episodes of the show that has spanned 10 seasons and 8 years. I was an 11-year-old in elementary school when the show began and I'm currently nearly a 21-year-old in the middle of his college education. The show grew up and developed alongside me and I owe it all the respect and acknowledgement that it rightfully deserves.

This list will attempt to balance my subjective opinion on each episode with its objective quality and impact, if such a thing is even possible. Every single episode of this show is truly a watching adventure that is packed with wonderfully strange stories, characters, and settings that you couldn't get from any other show. For clarification, I'm including "Come Along With Me" as one episode as opposed to breaking it down into separate parts because it's the final episode and is not listed under different parts by the official series.

280. "Breezy" (Season 6 - Episode 6 / Episode 162)
279. "Sad Face" (Season 6 - Episode 5 / Episode 161)
278. "Water Park Prank" (Season 6 - Episode 37 / Episode 193)
277. "Little Brother" (Season 6 - Episode 11 / Episode 167)
276. "Box Prince" (Season 5 - Episode 37 / Episode 141)
275. “The Red Throne” (Season 5 - Episode 47 / Episode 151)
274. “Chips and Ice Cream” (Season 6 - Episode 34 / Episode 190)
273. “Shh!” (Season 5 - Episode 20 / Episode 124)
272. “James II” (Season 6 - Episode 3 / Episode 159)
271. “Lemonhope Part 1” (Season 5 - Episode 50 / Episode 154)
270. “Too Old” (Season 5 - Episode 31 / Episode 135)
269. “President Porpoise is Missing!” (Season 7 - Episode 18 / Episode 217)
268. “When Wedding Bells Thaw” (Season 1 - Episode 17 / Episode 17)
267. “Dream of Love” (Season 4 - Episode 4 / Episode 82)
266. “Another Five More Short Graybles” (Season 5 - Episode 24 / Episode 128)
265. “Food Chain” (Season 6 - Episode 7 / Episode 163)
264. “Scamps” (Season 7 - Episode 22 / Episode 221)
263. “Fionna and Cake and Fionna” (Season 9 - Episode 12 / Episode 264)
262. “Crystals Have Power” (Season 2 - Episode 8 / Episode 34)
261. “Play Date” (Season 5 - Episode 40 / Episode 144)
260. “The Prince Who Wanted Everything” (Season 6 - Episode 9 / Episode 165)
259. “Slow Love” (Season 2 - Episode 6 / Episode 32)
258. “The Witch’s Garden” (Season 1 / Episode 14 / Episode 14)
257. “Friends Forever” (Season 6 - Episode 32 / Episode 188)
256. “Paper Pete” (Season 3 - Episode 22 / Episode 74)
255. “Horse and Ball” (Season 8 - Episode 18 / Episode 243)
254. “Always BMO Closing” (Season 10 - Episode 2 / Episode 268)
253. “Gotcha!” (Season 4 - Episode 12 / Episode 90)
252. “Be Sweet” (Season 6 - Episode 39 / Episode 195)
251. “Furniture & Meat” (Season 6 - Episode 8 / Episode 164)
250. “Donny” (Season 1 - Episode 21 / Episode 21)
249. “The Monster” (Season 3 - Episode 6 / Episode 58)
248. “On the Lam” (Season 6 - Episode 41 / Episode 197)
247. “James” (Season 5 - Episode 42 / Episode 146)
246. “Angel Face” (Season 7 - Episode 17 / Episode 216)
245. “The Party’s Over, Isla de Senorita” (Season 5 - Episode 22 / Episode 126)
244. “Gold Stars” (Season 6 - Episode 26 / Episode 182)
243. “Orgalorg” (Season 6 - Episode 40 / Episode 196)
242. “Princess Monster Wife” (Season 4 - Episode 9 / Episode 87)
241. “Ring of Fire” (Season 10 - Episode 6 / Episode 272)
240. “All Your Fault” (Season 5 - Episode 9 / Episode 113)
239. “Cherry Cream Soda” (Season 7 - Episode 3 / Episode 202)
238. “The Hard Easy” (Season 4 - Episode 23 / Episode 101)
237. “Summer Showers” (Season 7 - Episode 16 / Episode 215)
236. “Another Way” (Season 3 - Episode 23 / Episode 75)
235. “Blenanas” (Season 10 - Episode 9 / Episode 275)
234. “Freak City” (Season 1 - Episode 20 / Episode 20)
233. “Hero Heart” (Season 9 - Episode 8 / Episode 260 - Elements: Part 7)
232. “Frost & Fire” (Season 5 - Episode 30 / Episode 134)
231. “Power Animal” (Season 2 - Episode 7 / Episode 33)
230. “Bad Timing” (Season 5 - Episode 49 / Episode 153)
229. “Beyond the Grotto” (Season 8 - Episode 3 / Episode 228)
228. “The Silent King” (Season 2 - Episode 14 / Episode 40)
227. “Mama Said” (Season 7 - Episode 4 / Episode 203)
226. “Dark Purple” (Season 6 - Episode 29 / Episode 185)
225. “BMO Lost” (Season 5 - Episode 17 / Episode 121)
224. “Apple Thief” (Season 3 - Episode 11 / Episode 63)
223. “A Glitch is a Glitch” (Season 5 - Episode 15 / Episode 119)
222. “Loyalty to the King” (Season 2 - Episode 3 / Episode 29)
221. “You Made Me” (Season 4 - Episode 20 / Episode 98)
220. “Davey” (Season 5 - Episode 7 / Episode 111)
219. “The Mountain” (Season 6 - Episode 28 / Episode 184)
218. “Tree Trunks” (Season 1 - Episode 4 / Episode 4)
217. “Blood Under the Skin” (Season 2 - Episode 4 / Episode 30)
216. “James Baxter the Horse” (Season 5 - Episode 19 / Episode 123)
215. “We Fixed a Truck” (Season 5 - Episode 39 / Episode 143)
214. “Evergreen” (Season 6 - Episode 24 / Episode 180)
213. “Ghost Fly” (Season 6 - Episode 17 / Episode 173)
212. “Diamonds and Lemons” (STAND-ALONE EPISODE / Episode 279)
211. “Jake the Starchild” (Season 10 - Episode 10 / Episode 276)
210. “Web Weirdos” (Season 4 - Episode 3 / Episode 81)
209. “The Chamber of Frozen Blades” (Season 2 - Episode 11 / Episode 37)
208. “Root Beer Guy” (Season 5 - Episode 43 / Episode 147)
207. “The Jiggler” (Season 1 - Episode 6 / Episode 6)
206. “Business Time” (Season 1 - Episode 8 / Episode 8)
205. “Still” (Season 3 - Episode 7 / Episode 59)
204. “Lemonhope Part 2 (Season 5 - Episode 51 / Episode 155)
203. “Little Dude” (Season 5 - Episode 10 / Episode 114)
202. “Holly Jolly Secrets Part I (Season 3 - Episode 19 / Episode 71)
201. “Hoots” (Season 6 - Episode 36 / Episode 192)
200. “Five Short Tables” (Season 8 - Episode 9 / Episode 234)
199. “Dentist” (Season 6 - Episode 21 / Episode 177)
198. “Winter Light” (Season 9 - Episode 4 / Episode 256 - Elements: Part 3)
197. “High Strangeness” (Season 8 - Episode 17 / Episode 242)
196. “Belly of the Beast” (Season 2 - Episode 21 / Episode 47)
195. “Five Short Graybles” (Season 4 - Episode 2 / Episode 80)
194. “Football” (Season 7 - Episode 5 / Episode 204)
193. “Gut Grinder” (Season 1 - Episode 26 / Episode 26)
192. “Whipple the Happy Dragon” (Season 8 - Episode 21 / Episode 246 - Islands: Part 2)
191. “Orb” (Season 9 - Episode 1 / Episode 253)
190. “Bad Jubies” (Season 7 - Episode 20 / Episode 219)
189. “Five More Short Graybles” (Season 5 - Episode 3 / Episode 107)
188. “Her Parents” (Season 2 - Episode 12 / Episode 38)
187. “Nemesis” (Season 6 - Episode 15 / Episode 171)
186. “What Have You Done?” (Season 1 - Episode 24 / Episode 24)
185. “Seventeen” (Season 10 - Episode 5 / Episode 271)
184. “Heat Signature” (Season 2 - Episode 26 / Episode 52)
183. “Wheels” (Season 8 - Episode 16 / Episode 241)
182. “The Great Bird Man” (Season 5 - Episode 13 / Episode 117)
181. “The Eyes” (Season 2 - Episode 2 / Episode 28)
180. “The Thin Yellow Line” (Season 7 - Episode 26 / Episode 225)
179. “Beyond this Earthly Realm” (Season 4 - Episode 11 / Episode 89)
178. “Graybles 1000+” (Season 6 - Episode 35 / Episode 191)
177. “What is Life?” (Season 1 - Episode 15 / Episode 15)
176. “The Cooler” (Season 6 - Episode 22 / Episode 178)
175. “Thanks for the Crabapples, Giuseppe!” (Season 6 - Episode 13 / Episode 169)
174. “To Cut a Woman’s Hair” (Season 2 - Episode 10 / Episode 36)
173. “BMO Noire” (Season 4 - Episode 17 / Episode 95)
172. “Princess Day” (Season 6 - Episode 14 / Episode 170)
171. “Lady Rainicorn of the Crystal Dimension” (Season 8 - Episode 4 / Episode 229)
170. “Apple Wedding” (Season 5 - Episode 44 / Episode 148)
169. “Astral Plane” (Season 6 - Episode 25 / Episode 181)
168.”Prisoners of Love” (Season 1 - Episode 3 / Episode 3)
167. “You Forgot Your Floaties” (Season 6 - Episode 38 / Episode 194)
166. “My Two Favorite People” (Season 1 - Episode 9 / Episode 9)
165. “Up a Tree” (Season 5 - Episode 4 / Episode 108)
164. “Abstract” (Season 9 - Episode 10 / Episode 262)
163. “The Pods” (Season 2 - Episode 13 / Episode 39)
162. “In Your Footsteps” (Season 4 - Episode 7 / Episode 85)
161. “Preboot” (Season 8 - Episode 12 / Episode 237)
160. “Ricardio the Heart Guy” (Season 1 - Episode 7 / Episode 7)
159. “Slime Central” (Season 9 - Episode 6 / Episode 258 - Elements: Part 5)
158. “Ignition Point” (Season 4 - Episode 22 / Episode 100)
157. “Rattleballs” (Season 5 - Episode 46 / Episode 150)
156. “The New Frontier” (Season 3 - Episode 18 / Episode 70)
155. “The More You Moe, the Moe You Know Part 1” (Season 7 - Episode 14 / Episode 213)
154. “The More You Moe, the Moe You Know Part 2” (Season 7 - Episode 15 / Episode 214)
153. “One Last Job” (Season 5 - Episode 23 / Episode 127)
152. “Daddy-Daughter Card Wars” (Season 8 - Episode 11 / Episode 236)
151. “Reign of Gunters” (Season 4 - Episode 24 / Episode 102)
150. “Hitman” (Season 3 - Episode 4 / Episode 56)
149. “Hug Wolf” (Season 4 - Episode 8 / Episode 86)
148. “Everything’s Jake” (Season 6 - Episode 18 / Episode 174)
147. “Conquest of Cuteness” (Season 3 - Episode 1 / Episode 53)
146. “Storytelling” (Season 2 - Episode 5 / Episode 31)
145. “Walnuts & Rain” (Season 6 - Episode 31 / Episode 187)
144. “Earth & Water” (Season 5 - Episode 32 / Episode 136)
143. “The Suitor” (Season 5 - Episode 21 / Episode 125)
142. “Red Starved” (Season 5 - Episode 38 / Episode 142)
141. “Temple of Mars” (Season 10 - Episode 11 / Episode 277)
140. “Bespoken For” (Season 9 - Episode 3 / Episode 255 - Elements: Part 2)
139. “Marcy & Hunson” (Season 10 - Episode 7 / Episode 273)
138. “Morituri Te Salutamus” (Season 3 - Episode 2 / Episode 54)
137. “Son of Rap Bear” (Season 10 - Episode 3 / Episode 269)
136. “Memories of Boom Boom Mountain” (Season 1 / Episode 10 / Episode 10)
135. “Wake Up” (Season 6 - Episode 1 / Episode 157)
134. “His Hero” (Season 1 - Episode 25 / Episode 25)
133. “Elemental” (Season 8 - Episode 8 / Episode 233)
132. “Reboot” (Season 8 / Episode 13 / Episode 238)
131. “Mysterious Island” (Season 8 - Episode 22 / Episode 247 - Islands: Part 3)
130. “Skyhooks” (Season 9 - Episode 2 / Episode 254 - Elements: Part 1)
129. “Ocarina” (Season 6 - Episode 12 / Episode 168)
128. “Fionna and Cake” (Season 3 - Episode 9 / Episode 61)
127. “The Limit” (Season 2 - Episode 22 / Episode 48)
126. “Hot Diggity Doom” (Season 6 - Episode 42 / Episode 198)
125. “Do No Harm” (Season 8 - Episode 15 / Episode 240)
124. “The Real You” (Season 2 - Episode 15 / Episode 41)
123. “Vamps About” (Season 7 - Episode 8 / Episode 207 - Stakes: Part 3)
122. “Video Makers” (Season 2 - Episode 23 / Episode 49)
121. “Evicted!” (Season 1 - Episode 12 / Episode 12)
120. “Joshua & Margaret Investigations” (Season 6 - Episode 16 / Episode 172)
119. “Normal Man” (Season 8 - Episode 7 / Episode 232)
118. “Be More” (Season 5 - Episode 28 / Episode 132)
117. “Bonnie & Neddy” (Season 7 - Episode 1 / Episode 200)
116. “Dungeon Train” (Season 5 - Episode 36 / Episode 140)
115. “Imaginary Resources” (Season 8 - Episode 23 / Episode 248 - Islands: Part 4)
114. “Princess Potluck” (Season 5 - Episode 18 / Episode 122)
113. “Marceline the Vampire Queen” (Season 7 - Episode 6 / Episode 205 - Stakes: Part 1)
112. “Billy’s Bucket List” (Season 5 - Episode 52 / Episode 156)
111. “Happy Warrior” (Season 9 - Episode 7 / Episode 259 - Elements: Part 6)
110. “Love Games” (Season 5 - Episode 35 / Episode 139)
109. “Two Swords” (Season 8 - Episode 14 / Episode 239)
108. “Incendium” (Season 3 - Episode 26 / Episode 78)
107. “Ocean of Fear” (Season 1 - Episode 16 / Episode 16)
106. “The Tower” (Season 6 - Episode 4 / Episode 160)
105. “The Other Tarts” (Season 2 - Episode 9 / Episode 35)
104. “The Pit” (Season 5 - Episode 41 / Episode 145)
103. “Wizard” (Season 1 - Episode 11 / Episode 11)
102. “Candy Streets” (Season 5 - Episode 25 / Episode 129)
101. “Jermaine” (Season 6 - Episode 33 / Episode 189)
100. “King’s Ransom” (Season 7 - Episode 21 / Episode 220)
99. “Jelly Beans Have Power” (Season 8 - Episode 19 / Episode 244)
98. “The Pajama War” (Season 6 - Episode 23 / Episode 179)
97. “Beautopia” (Season 3 - Episode 14 / Episode 66)
96. “Blade of Grass” (Season 5 - Episode 45 / Episode 149)
95. “The Empress Eyes” (Season 7 - Episode 9 / Episode 208 - Stakes: Part 4)
94. “Betty” (Season 5 - Episode 48 / Episode 152)
93. “City of Thieves” (Season 1 - Episode 13 / Episode 13)
92. “Blank-Eyed Girl” (Season 7 - Episode 19 / Episode 218)
91. “King Worm” (Season 4 - Episode 18 / Episode 96)
90. “Who Would Win” (Season 4 - Episode 21 / Episode 99)
89. “Go With Me” (Season 2 - Episode 20 / Episode 46)
88. “Checkmate” (Season 7 - Episode 12 / Episode 211 - Stakes: Part 7)
87. “Skyhooks II” (Season 9 - Episode 9 / Episode 261 - Elements: Part 8)
86. “May I Come In?” (Season 7 - Episode 10 / Episode 209 - Stakes: Part 5)
85. “Jake Suit” (Season 5 - Episode 27 / Episode 131)
84. “Wizards Only, Fools” (Season 5 - Episode 26 / Episode 130)
83. “Susan Strong” (Season 2 - Episode 18 / Episode 44)
82. “Whispers” (Season 9 - Episode 13 / Episode 265)
81. “Marceline’s Closet” (Season 3 - Episode 21 / Episode 73)
80. “Gumbaldia” (Season 10 - Episode 12 / Episode 278)
79. “Jake vs. Me-Mow” (Season 3 - Episode 16 / Episode 68)
78. “Dad’s Dungeon” (Season 3 - Episode 25 / Episode 77)
77. “Jake the Brick” (Season 6 - Episode 20 / Episode 176)
76. “Cloudy” (Season 9 - Episode 5 / Episode 257 / Elements: Part 4)
75. “Henchman” (Season 1 - Episode 22 / Episode 22)
74. “The Diary” (Season 6 - Episode 30 / Episode 186)
73. “Time Sandwich” (Season 5 - Episode 33 / Episode 137)
72. “The Invitation” (Season 8 - Episode 20 / Episode 245 - Islands: Part 1)
71. “Daddy’s Little Monster” (Season 4 - Episode 6 / Episode 84)
70. “Something Big” (Season 6 - Episode 10 / Episode 166)
69. “Guardians of Sunshine” (Season 2 - Episode 16 / Episode 42)
68. “Is That You?” (Season 6 - Episode 19 / Episode 175)
67. “Goliad” (Season 4 - Episode 10 / Episode 88)
66. “Thank You” (Season 3 - Episode 17 / Episode 69)
65. “The Music Hole” (Season 8 - Episode 10 / Episode 235)
64. “Bad Little Boy” (Season 5 - Episode 11 / Episode 115)
63. “Trouble in Lumpy Space” (Season 1 - Episode 2 / Episode 2)
62. “The Visitor” (Season 6 - Episode 27 / Episode 183)
61. “The Duke” (Season 1 - Episode 19 / Episode 19)
60. “Ghost Princess” (Season 3 - Episode 24 / Episode 76)
59. “Sky Witch” (Season 5 - Episode 29 / Episode 133)
58. “All the Little People” (Season 5 - Episode 5 / Episode 109)
57. “Vault of Bones” (Season 5 - Episode 12 / Episode 116)
56. “Bun Bun” (Season 8 - Episode 6 / Episode 231)
55. “Death in Bloom” (Season 2 - Episode 17 / Episode 43)
54. “Don’t Look” (Season 8 - Episode 2 / Episode 227)
53. “The Wild Hunt” (Season 10 - Episode 1 / Episode 267)
52. “No One Can Hear You” (Season 3 - Episode 15 / Episode 67)
51. “Return to the Nightosphere” (Season 4 - Episode 5 / Episode 83)
50. “Slumber Party Panic” (Season 1 - Episode 1 / Episode 1)
49. “Sons of Mars” (Season 4 - Episode 15 / Episode 93)
48. “Finn the Human” (Season 5 - Episode 1 / Episode 105)
47. “Flute Spell” (Season 7 - Episode 25 / Episode 224)
46. “From Bad to Worse” (Season 3 - Episode 13 / Episode 65)
45. “Lady & Peebles” (Season 4 - Episode 19 / Episode 97)
44. “Three Buckets” (Season 9 - Episode 14 / Episode 266)
43. “Bonnibel Bubblegum” (Season 10 - Episode 4 / Episode 270)
42. “The Lich” (Season 4 - Episode 26 / Episode 104)
41. “Take Her Back” (Season 7 - Episode 11 / Episode 210 - Stakes: Part 6)
40. “Wizard Battle” (Season 3 - Episode 8 / Episode 60)
39. “Ketchup” (Season 9 - Episode 11 / Episode 263)
38. “Mystery Train” (Season 2 - Episode 19 / Episode 45)
37. “The First Investigation” (Season 10 - Episode 8 / Episode 274)
36. “I Am a Sword” (Season 8 - Episode 5 / Episode 230)
35. “Helpers” (Season 8 - Episode 26 / Episode 251 - Islands: Part 7)
34. “The Vault” (Season 5 - Episode 34 / Episode 138)
33. “Jake the Dad” (Season 5 - Episode 6 / Episode 110)
32. “The Dark Cloud” (Season 7 - Episode 13 / Episode 212 - Stakes: Part 8)
31. “The Enchiridion!” (Season 1 - Episode 5 / Episode 5)
30. “Broke His Crown” (Season 8 - Episode 1 / Episode 226)
29. “Rainy Day Daydream” (Season 1 - Episode 23 / Episode 23)
28. “Hide and Seek” (Season 8 - Episode 24 / Episode 249 - Islands: Part 5)
27. “Hot to the Touch” (Season 4 - Episode 1 / Episode 79)
26. “Crossover” (Season 7 - Episode 23 / Episode 222)
25. “Mystery Dungeon” (Season 5 - Episode 8 / Episode 112)
24. “Memory of a Memory” (Season 3 - Episode 3 / Episode 55)
23. “Princess Cookie” (Season 4 - Episode 13 / Episode 91)
22. “Mortal Recoil” (Season 2 - Episode 25 / Episode 51)
21. “Holly Jolly Secrets Part II” (Season 3 - Episode 20 / Episode 72)
20. “Dungeon” (Season 1 - Episode 18 / Episode 18)
19. “The Comet” (Season 6 - Episode 43 / Episode 199)
18. “Jake the Dog” (Season 5 - Episode 2 / Episode 106)
17. “Puhoy” (season 5 - Episode 16 / Episode 120)
16. “The Creeps” (Season 3 - Episode 12 / Episode 64)
15. “Varmints” (Season 7 - Episode 2 / Episode 201)
14. “Everything Stays” (Season 7 - Episode 7 / Episode 206 - Stakes: Part 2)
13. “The Light Cloud” (Season 8 - Episode 27 / Episode 252 - Islands: Part 8)
12. “Card Wars” (Season 4 - Episode 14 / Episode 92)
11. “The Hall of Egress” (Season 7 - Episode 24 / Episode 223)
10. “Escape from the Citadel” (Season 6 - Episode 2 / Episode 158)
9. “Burning Low” (Season 4 - Episode 16 / Episode 94)
8. “Too Young” (Season 3 - Episode 5 / Episode 57)
7. “It Came from the Nightosphere” (Season 2 - Episode 1 / Episode 27)
6. “Mortal Folly” (Season 2 - Episode 24 / Episode 50)
5. “Come Along With Me” (Season 10 / Episode 13 / Episode 280)
4. “What Was Missing” (Season 3 - Episode 10 / Episode 62)
3. “Simon & Marcy” (Season 5 - Episode 14 / Episode 118)
2. “Min and Marty” (Season 8 - Episode 25 / Episode 250 - Islands: Part 6)
1. “I Remember You” (Season 4 - Episode 25 / Episode 103)

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