Jake

Jake (full title: Jake the Dog) is one of the main characters of Adventure Time. He is a dog/shape-shifter hybrid, referred to by others as a "magical dog," and Finn's constant companion, best friend, and adoptive brother.

## Jake

### Relatives

Finn (adoptive brother)Joshua (father) †Margaret (adoptive mother) †Warren Ampersand (father) † Warren Ampersand's other children (half-siblings) † Jermaine (half-brother) Ice King (ex-husband in "When Wedding Bells Thaw") Charlie (daughter) Jake Jr. (daughter) T.V. (son) Viola (daughter) Kim Kil Whan (son) Pat (daughter-in-law) Bronwyn (granddaughter) Gibbon (grandson) Unnamed grandmother (grandmother or adoptive grandmother, mentioned in "Ignition Point") Beth (descendant) Roselinen (adoptive sister-in-law in Pillow World) Jay (adoptive nephew in Pillow World) Bonnie (adoptive niece in Pillow World) Finn's Grandson (adoptive grandnephew in Pillow World) Erin (sister-in-law in "Food Chain"; non-canon) Shoko's Tiger (past incarnation)

### Occupation

Criminal (formerly)HeroCollapseAdventurerClown (once a month, only his tail) Queen (formerly in "The Silent King" and "When Wedding Bells Thaw") Father (to 5 pups) Nice Knight (formerly in "Loyalty to the King") Pretend Milk Man (formerly in "Princess Cookie")

## Appearances

### Appears in

Adventure Time Animated short"Come Along With Me"

### Debut

Adventure Time

Jake has a unique set of abilities called Stretchy Powers that allow him to manipulate the shape and size of his body, coming in handy on innumerable occasions throughout his and Finn's adventures. Jake was 28 years old at his debut in "magical dog years," and ages throughout the series, though he rarely acts mature. It is inferred that magical dogs have a lifespan similar to Humans, as demonstrated by an aged Jake in "Dungeon Train." Then again, how exactly magical dog years correlate to human years remains to be seen, although both Finn and Jake were shown to be babies around the same time, showing that they age slightly faster, however, his age as of "Joshua and Margaret Investigations" suggests that it slows down to the rate of human's

aging at some point. Jake is currently in a relationship with Lady Rainicorn, and, by "Jake the Dad," they are the parents of five Pups.

## Background

Jake was conceived when his parents, Joshua and Margaret, were on an investigation tracking down a shape-shifting creature in the forest near Tree Trunks's house. During the investigation, they were attacked by the creature, and it bit Joshua on the head. Jake was later born from the pustule that formed from the bite on his father's head and was taken in by Joshua and Margaret to live alongside their natural-born son Jermaine. It is inferred that Jake's Stretchy Powers that he has had since he was a puppy are a result of his biological relationship with the shape-shifting creature, although Jake himself never learned this until the creature (revealing his name to be Warren Ampersand) returned in "Jake the Starchild." Before this point, Jake believed he had gained his powers from rolling in mud as a puppy.[1] Little is revealed of Jake's past with his family. At some point, when Jake and Jermaine were still infants, Joshua and Margaret found a human baby named Finn abandoned in the woods, raising him as their own. Jake would develop a lifelong friendship with Finn over the years. Joshua was known to push his three sons to be tough, while Margaret was often more protective and nurturing towards them. Jake regardless generally holds fond memories of being raised by them in their old house. Sometime around Joshua and Margaret's deaths, Jake moved into the Tree Fort with Finn while Jermaine stayed at their parents' house. For a while, Jake was known to be a successful criminal until he retired to take part in a more respectable life as an adventurer with Finn, later settling down with Lady Rainicorn to become a father.

## Appearance

Jake can morph into all sorts of fantastic shapes with his powers, but typically takes the form of an average sized yellow-orange bulldog. As revealed in "Donny," he wears transparent pants made of spider webs spun by pixies. In "What Was Missing," he borrows the pair of pants that Marceline wore in "It Came from the Nightosphere."

In the animated short, he looked very similar to how he does now, but his eyes stayed the same throughout the episode, and his hands had no fingers except for when he was meditating.

In earlier seasons, Jake's design was drawn more thin and streamlined, but as the series progressed, he became more textured and bulbous, to add a realistic appeal.

Due to a curse placed upon him by a wizard some point before the series began, his innards emit a vanilla odor, as stated by him in "The Silent King.""

After the events of Elements, Jake has turned into a giant, blue-skinned, five-eyed monster that resembles a hybrid between his former self, and Warren Ampersand which is his true form. However, he quickly got changed back into his smaller, two-eyed, yellow self in "Abstract." It was later revealed in "Come Along With Me" that Jake is able to change between his shapeshifter alien form and his dog form.

## Trivia

* Jake is a Bulldog. Therefore, his family and very likely the dog pictured with Bob are the same breed.
	+ On the other hand, Pendleton Ward has several pugs.
* Jake writes a newspaper column titled *Begs the Question*.
* In "Daddy's Little Monster" Jake is able to use his Stretchy Powers to change the shape and increase the number of his teeth.
* Jake wears transparent pants spun from spider webs by pixies, as seen in the episode "Donny."
* Jake has an eye patch collection, as seen in the episode "The Jiggler"; however, due to the events of the episode, their condition is no longer mint.
* Jake stars in the Double Rainbow promo where there are two Rainicorns as the double rainbow.
* According to Jake in the *Legends of Ooo* game, he does not like touching Slime Princess.
* In the game *Legends of Ooo*, he says that he bathes once a year.
* In the episode "The Silent King," Jake reveals that his insides were cursed to smell like vanilla by a wizard.
* Jake's gender/species-swapped character is Cake.
* Jake has a bio suit in the game *Project Exonaut*.
* Jake gets annoyed or even angered when Finn plays his viola badly, as seen in the episode "Gut Grinder."
* Both he and Finn are afraid of spiders as seen in the episode "Marceline's Closet."
* In the episode "Return to the Nightosphere," it is revealed that Jake knows at least one Japanese phrase.
* In "Sons of Mars," it is mentioned by Grob Gob Glob Grod that he was prophesied to meet them.
* In "The Hard Easy," Jake has a pocket (in his skin/fur) when he kept the lollipop bag the mudscamps gave them.
* In the alternate universe into which Finn travels at the end of "The Lich," Finn's family pet is a non-magical dog named Jake that looks nearly identical to normal Jake.
* "Bad Little Boy," "Rattleballs," "The Red Throne," "Lemonhope Part 1," "Lemonhope Part 2," "The Prince Who Wanted Everything," "Princess Day," "Evergreen," "Friends Forever," "Be Sweet," "Orgalorg," "On the Lam," "Varmints," "Broke His Crown," "Lady Rainicorn of the Crystal Dimension," "Bun Bun," "Five Short Tables," "Happy Warrior," "Hero Heart," "Ring of Fire," and "Blenanas" are the only episodes Jake did not make an appearance.
* In "The Pods" Jake reveals that his favorite food is ice cream.
* He has been to three dead worlds: one in "Sons of Mars," one in "Death in Bloom" and one in "Ghost Fly," although in "Sons of Mars," only his unconscious body is shown there.
* In "Shh!" and "Video Makers" (briefly), Jake writes with his right hand which means he is right handed.
* In "Princess Potluck" Jake mentions that he does not like cats.
* In "One Last Job," Jake returns with his criminal group Gareth, The Flying Lettuce Brothers, and Tiffany to save Jake Jr. This tells us that Jake was once a real criminal as he says in "Apple Thief."
* Jake's behavior as a dog is running and standing with his legs and arms, barking (his usual voice is still heard), and wagging his tail.
* In the episode "The Pit," Jake almost refers to himself as "Jay T. Doggzone," further suggesting that they may be the same person.
* Although he has an extremely powerful imagination as seen in "Rainy Day Daydream," Jake is very bad at remembering things.
* Although in "Still," Ice King mentions one of the things he knows about Jake is that he doesn't have ice in his drink because of his sensitive teeth, Jake has iced tea in "Princess Potluck."
* As seen in the episode "Sad Face," Jake has an unusual multiple personality disorder, in which his tail is the 2nd personality of him. Similarly, his hand is seen to be in a relationship with Princess Bubblegum's in the episode "A Glitch is a Glitch."
* In "Joshua and Margaret Investigations," it is revealed that Jake was 'given birth to' by his dad after he was bitten by a shape-shifting creature.
	+ Jake Jr.'s face resembles the creature's face, meaning those genetics were passed on by Jake.
	+ Jake's first words were "Hello, Daddy, hello, Mommy, it's so nice to be here with you now."
* In the episode "Dentist," it is revealed by Tiffany that if Finn never came into Jake's life, he would have continued his career as a criminal and was aiming at becoming a powerful mob boss.
* He was previously in a relationship with Moniker as revealed in "Daddy-Daughter Card Wars." It is unknown how they broke up.
* In "Jake the Starchild," Jake's alien father Warren mentions he had other unknown children, this would mean Jake had half-siblings.
	+ According to Jeremy Shada, he was originally going to be voiced by Steve Little, who voices Peppermint Butler.