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Adventure Time: Season 9

14 episodes Premiered Apr 21, 2017 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Previously on Adventure Time

Season 9 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Adventure Time Season 8.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 9 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 9: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (11): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S9·E1 Mytharc

Orb

Apr 21, 2017 · 11 min

During the journey home from their sea-faring adventure; Finn, Jake, and BMO encounter a mysterious force that enters their dreams.

S9·E2 Core

Elements: Skyhooks (1)

Apr 24, 2017 · 11 min

Finn, Jake, and BMO return from their voyage to a radically changed Ooo.

S9·E3 Core

Elements: Bespoken For (2)

Apr 24, 2017 · 11 min

The friends learn the story of what happened to Ooo, while Betty continues her attempt to reach Simon, but she's interrupted by someone out to steal her magic.

S9·E4 Core

Elements: Winter Light (3)

Apr 25, 2017 · 11 min

Finn, Jake and Ice King break into the Ice World to confront the power-hungry evildoer responsible for the chaos in Ooo and try to rescue Betty.

S9·E5 Core

Elements: Cloudy (4)

Apr 25, 2017 · 11 min

After taking a nap, Finn and Jake get separated from Betty and the Ice King. They need to get back and Jake needs to go pee.

S9·E6 Core

Elements: Slime Central (5)

Apr 26, 2017 · 11 min

In order to save Ooo, Finn and Jake must gather the four elemental gems. They go to the Slime Kingdom and have to gather Slime Princess's gem.

S9·E7 Core

Elements: Happy Warrior (6)

Apr 26, 2017 · 11 min

After gathering the Slime jewel, Finn and LSP go to the Fire Kingdom, to gather the Flame Jewel. Everything has turned even hotter than before.

S9·E8 Core

Elements: Hero Heart (7)

Apr 27, 2017 · 11 min

After going to the Fire Kingdom, Finn becomes taken over by fire. LSP has to save him before he destroys the candy kingdom.

S9·E9 Core

Elements: Skyhooks II (8)

Apr 27, 2017 · 11 min

After saving Finn the human during a battle between the candy kingdom and the fire kingdom it is discovered that LSP is made of anti-elemental magic and restores Ooo to it's former

S9·E10 Core

Abstract

Jul 17, 2017 · 11 min

Jake struggles through the personal changes happening to him as a mysterious encounter in a dream with his brother Jermaine begins to haunt him.

S9·E11 Core

Ketchup

Jul 18, 2017 · 11 min

BMO and Marceline play catch up on recent events.

S9·E12 Core

Fionna and Cake and Fionna

Jul 19, 2017 · 11 min

While performing a reading of 'Fiona and Cake', Ice King is confronted by a familiar figure.

S9·E13 Mytharc

Whispers

Jul 20, 2017 · 11 min

While safeguarding a frightened Sweet P, Finn is led into a confrontation with an old foe.

S9·E14 Mytharc

Three Buckets

Jul 21, 2017 · 11 min

Finn and Fern's carefree visit to some old ruins turns disastrous.

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