"Memories of Boom Boom Mountain"
Season 1, episode 10
Production code:	692-010
Airdate:	May 3, 2010
Credits
Director:	Larry Leichliter
Story:	Merriwether Williams Tim McKeon
Written & storyboarded by:	Bert Youn Sean Jimenez
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"Memories of Boom Boom Mountain" is the tenth episode in the first season of Adventure Time. It is the tenth episode overall.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Characters 3.1 Major characters 3.2 Minor characters 4 Trivia 4.1 Cultural references 4.2 Episode connections 4.3 Production notes 5 Censorship 6 Gallery 6.1 Official art 6.2 Background art 6.3 Screenshots 6.4 Storyboard panels 7 Videos 8 References

Synopsis Edit

Finn tries to reconfirm his desire for helping people out when confronted with one problem after another stemming from a violence-hating mountain.

Plot Edit

The episode begins with the Marauders fighting each other and acting rough. Finn, participating in the fight, then hears a cry for help from somewhere. Before Finn goes off to find the source of the crying, the Marauder he had been sparring with stops and insults Finn. Finn tells him a story of when he was young, he took a "boom boom" (Finn's word for defecation) on a leaf and accidentally sat in it. He cried for a day, and no one helped him, so he swore to help others who need help and goes to the mountain. Once they scale it, Finn and Jake find out that the mountain is actually a living being and crying rocks. He tells them that he's sad because of the Marauders' roughhousing and he abhors the use of violence. Jake says the mountain's got problems, which triggers some more of the "boom boom" memories. Finn is on the leaf and a bug woman tells her son that Finn has problems. So, Finn convinces Jake to help, and then they promise to help the mountain. They ask the Marauders to stop on their first attempt, but they say they don't want to. He sees a duck and rat, and gets an idea to soften them by tying animals to them, but the mountain is even more sad because the animals are getting hurt and it's worse than before. Finn then pets the Marauders to get their attention and they all seem to like it. They pet themselves until their skin grows raw. Finn then gets an idea to turn the mountain around and everyone agrees. A female mountain objects (she likes the look of the mountain's back), and then Finn gets various requests from several sources.

The requests are: Mushroom Creatures (they want to dance to music), Coal Man (he wants peace and quiet), a Cactus Creature (she needs pollination to have her babies), Dragon (he has an itchy butt), Ice Cube Creature (he's in very cold water and wants to melt), Fish (they want the flies off of their almost dead mother), Plum Frog and Electroids (they are in a debate with each other because Little Blue Creatures took his plum and Plum Frog stole their triangle), and Naked Wizard (he's just naked and wants to be clothed). Finn becomes stressed, nearly driven to tears by the gravity of his desperate situation to try and stay true to his pledge, and in trying to calm him down, Jake asks Finn what he wants. This triggers the last part of the "boom boom" memory. Finn is still stuck to a leaf when Joshua and Margaret pass by and see him there. The two dogs resemble Jake, for they are Jake's mother and father. Margaret kisses Finn on the cheek, which makes Finn feel better.

Finn then gets a clever idea that solves everybody's problems in a Rube Goldberg-esque manner. The Marauders start rough-housing connecting a machine that swats the flies off the mother fish. The flies cover the Coal Man's ears, drowning out the sound. He throws two coal pieces that trigger a simple machine giving the frog his plum and the blue creatures their triangle. They hum and make the mushrooms dance in the flowers. The pollen from the flowers gets on the cactus creature making her babies. They are covered in prickles and scratch the dragon's itch. The dragon breathes fire and melts the ice cube. The Naked Wizard makes a foam hat out of the evaporating water. The mountain can't see through the steam and is told no one is rough-housing. The female mountain is gladdened that she can still enjoy the mountain's grassy back. Afterward, Finn and Jake are seen riding on a dolphin (that fell in love with Jake) on a body of water.

Characters Edit

Major charactersEdit

• Finn
• Jake
• Marauders
• Mountain Man

Minor charactersEdit

• Animals
• Mountain 2
• Joshua
• Margaret
• Squid Bartender
• Mushroom Creatures
• Coal Man
• Dragon
• Naked Wizard
• Dolphin
• Ice Cube Creature
• Cactus Creatures
• Fish
• Toad
• Electroids
• Snail (cameo)

TriviaEdit

• In the scene showing the Dragon's fire hitting the puddle, there are shapes of cats, dolphins, and other animals hidden in the animation of the fire and steam.
• This is the first episode to feature characters saying the word "math" as a profane word, such as "Spin me the math around!" "You're creeping me the math out!" and "Math this!"

Cultural referencesEdit

• If one listens closely at the end, you can hear a Wilhelm Scream, a stock sound that has been used countless times in television and cinema.
• The scene where the Head Marauder asks Finn if he is "a chicken" and Finn turns around slowly and asks, "What did you call me?" is a homage to the Back to The Future trilogy, where the main character reacts the same way to being called chicken. It should also be noted that the antagonist from the first two movies (Biff) does the voice of the Marauders.

Episode connectionsEdit

• The title of this episode is the longest of the show. The shortest is Shh!.

Production notesEdit

• This episode was originally titled "Helping Hand."^[1]
• This episode's production code matches where it actually aired, as episode 10.

CensorshipEdit

This episode was censored on Cartoon Network Australia. See Censorship of Adventure Time in Australia for more information.

GalleryEdit

Official artEdit

Background artEdit

ScreenshotsEdit

Storyboard panelsEdit

See Full Storyboard

VideosEdit

ReferencesEdit

v • d • e Episodes Season 1 Slumber Party Panic • Trouble in Lumpy Space • Prisoners of Love • Tree Trunks • The Enchiridion! • The Jiggler • Ricardio the Heart Guy • Business Time • My Two Favorite People • Memories of Boom Boom Mountain • Wizard • Evicted! • City of Thieves • The Witch's Garden • What is Life? • Ocean of Fear • When Wedding Bells Thaw • Dungeon • The Duke • Freak City • Donny • Henchman • Rainy Day Daydream • What Have You Done? • His Hero • Gut Grinder Season 2 It Came from the Nightosphere • The Eyes • Loyalty to the King • Blood Under the Skin • Storytelling • Slow Love • Power Animal • Crystals Have Power • The Other Tarts • To Cut a Woman's Hair • The Chamber of Frozen Blades • Her Parents • The Pods • The Silent King • The Real You • Guardians of Sunshine • Death in Bloom • Susan Strong • Mystery Train • Go With Me • Belly of the Beast • The Limit • Video Makers • Heat Signature • Mortal Folly • Mortal Recoil Season 3 Conquest of Cuteness • Morituri Te Salutamus • Memory of a Memory • Hitman • Too Young • The Monster • Still • Wizard Battle • Fionna and Cake • What Was Missing • Apple Thief • The Creeps • From Bad to Worse • Beautopia • No One Can Hear You • Jake vs. Me-Mow • Thank You • The New Frontier • Holly Jolly Secrets Part I • Holly Jolly Secrets Part II • Marceline's Closet • Paper Pete • Another Way • Ghost Princess • Dad's Dungeon • Incendium Season 4 Hot to the Touch • Five Short Graybles • Web Weirdos • Dream of Love • Return to the Nightosphere • Daddy's Little Monster • In Your Footsteps • Hug Wolf • Princess Monster Wife • Goliad • Beyond this Earthly Realm • Gotcha! • Princess Cookie • Card Wars • Sons of Mars • Burning Low • BMO Noire • King Worm • Lady & Peebles • You Made Me • Who Would Win • Ignition Point • The Hard Easy • Reign of Gunters • I Remember You • The Lich Season 5 Finn the Human • Jake the Dog • Five More Short Graybles • Up a Tree • All the Little People • Jake the Dad • Davey • Mystery Dungeon • All Your Fault • Little Dude • Bad Little Boy • Vault of Bones • The Great Bird Man • Simon & Marcy • A Glitch is a Glitch • Puhoy • BMO Lost • Princess Potluck • James Baxter the Horse • Shh! • The Suitor • The Party's Over, Isla de Señorita • One Last Job • Another Five More Short Graybles • Candy Streets • Only Wizards Allowed Scrapped episodes Brothers in Insomnia • The Glorriors • Jakesuit • Diamond Jim Other Animated short • Theme Song • The Wand • Adventure Time - ONE MILLION FANS! • Cartoon Network Spring Break Commercials • Promos and Commercials