[8.1/10] Any episode that’s just about Ice King going about his business while world-changing or life-changing things are happening is almost always a good time. There’s so much comedy from an oblivious Ice King trying his hand at bird watching (which is pretty much limited to Gunther, in a great comic cut), or picking out a bespoke suit with Life-Giving Magus, or pretending that a piece of food is a phone and then eating it.
But there’s also, as usual, something deeper at play. Betty is trying to make Ice King remember their history, and is going nuts when nothing works. Her efforts to jog his memory and frustration when their old favorite restaurant and other details aren’t enough to do it are as sad as Ice King’s guileless ignorance about the whole thing is funny. It’s a nice touch that Tiny Manticore (who gets some funny lines himself) tells Betty to accept Ice King for who he is now, rather than trying to change him back, and he points out that she’s gone through some changes too. The scene where she goes back and magicks up some birds for Ice King to watch is a sweet conclusion to that story.
Of course, it’s also, naturally, a stealthy and shaggy dog story-like explanation for how Ooo got turned into a “four-way pizza.” Seeing Patience use Betty as a magical battery is an interesting twist, and the gags that came from Finn and Jake wanting Ice King to get on with the explanation dovetailed nicely into that. Curious to see where they go from here!
Ice King and Betty were just so wholesome in this episode
Shout by AnonymousseBlockedParent2022-09-29T11:46:39Z— updated 2022-10-15T13:00:37Z
The book "What to do when your best friend leaves" had me absolutely cracking up