Attack of the Dark Cloud

The **Attack of the Dark Cloud** was a huge fight from the *Adventure Time* Stakes Miniseries. It deals with Finn, Jake, Marceline, and Princess Bubblegum trying to stop a giant cloud from attacking Ooo which was the extracted Vampire essence of the Vampire King. The battle takes place in the Season 7 episode, "The Dark Cloud."

## History

### Background

It all started with Marceline in the aftermath of the Mushroom War when she got older and decided to hunt down all the Vampires in the world to protect the last remaining Humans, especially her friend, Simon who became Ice King. Marceline even attacked the court of the Vampire King who were special Vampires who had their own unique powers. Which consisted of the Fool with the power of levitation, the Empress, with the power of invisibility, the Hierophant with the power of shapeshifting, the Moon with the power of healing, and the Vampire King himself with the power of telekinesis. Once Marceline killed them she used her demon soul-sucking ability that she inherited from her father to absorb their souls and gain their powers. But when Marceline defeated the Vampire King and sucked his soul, he bit her on the neck thus turning her into a Vampire as well. Marceline remained like that for a thousand years up to present-day Ooo which she apparently accepted and became known throughout the Land of Ooo as Marceline the Vampire Queen. But one day, Marceline decided she didn't want to be a Vampire anymore so she went to Princess Bubblegum who was living in a cabin with Peppermint Butler outside the Candy Kingdom after the King of Ooo became its new ruler in an election. Marceline asked Princess Bubblegum to extract her Vampire essence which she did using a special machine that worked. Marceline was now Human again but unfortunately, her Vampire essence escaped from containment and reformed itself back into the Vampire King and his court thus resurrecting them. The Vampire King even got a pet Vampire Cow which the essence created when it attacked a village of small fat people. As a result, Marceline, Princess Bubblegum, Finn, and Jake went to stop them all then after Marceline killed the court and regained her powers from them she faced off against the Vampire King. But while fighting him off, the Vampire King declared to Marceline that he didn't want to be a Vampire anymore either after exploring Ooo so he requested to have his essence removed as well. At first, Marceline didn't believe him and continued to fight him off but eventually relented after talking to him more about their lives being in a never-ending cycle. Princess Bubblegum removed the Vampire King's essence with her machine which turned him into a normal Lion and even turned his pet Vampire Cow back into a normal Cow. However, while his essence was contained in a bucket it was soon accidentally released by Jake the next morning in the form of a huge explosion that destroyed the cabin and Peppermint Butler. The Vampire King's essence was so powerful that it manifested itself into a giant black rain cloud monster with the Vampire King's face on it known as the Dark Cloud.

### The Battle

The Dark Cloud then starts attacking Ooo and capturing many Fat Villagers and Cows inside of it while at the same time raining down onto Ooo. Finn, Jake, and Princess Bubblegum decide to go and stop the Dark Cloud and save Ooo after picking up Peppermint Butler's broken pieces and putting them in a bucket. But Marceline decides not to help fight it because she blames herself for what has happened due to fighting the Vampires and trying to cure herself of being a Vampire in the first place despite Princess Bubblegum's attempts to cheer her up. Finn, Jake, and Princess Bubblegum all try fighting off against the Dark Cloud and save both the Fat Villagers and Cow who were captured by it with Bubblegum riding on her hover coach and using an axe to cut through the cloud and Finn riding on Jake and using his stake sword to stab the cloud. Some of the Fat Villagers who weren't captured by the Dark Cloud also try helping out as well by using pitchforks and torches to fight off the cloud. Meanwhile, the King of Ooo notices the Dark Cloud and orders the Banana Guards to close the gates to ignore the commotion claiming that the Candy Kingdom must only look out for himself. But the Banana Guards along with all the Candy People turn on him after finally having enough of his rule over the Candy Kingdom. Then Crunchy overthrows the King of Ooo by throwing him into a fireplace with a lit fire in it which causes him to melt into a pile of earwax then the Candy People all go to help fight off the Dark Cloud with Crunchy leading them as their new ruler. Later, Flambo notices the Dark Cloud attacking Ooo and goes to the Fire Kingdom for help. When he tells Flame Princess and Cinnamon Bun about the Dark Cloud, they have a volcano fire lava at it but it doesn't do anything to the cloud but just blasts away the Candy People that were near it. Then Hotdog Princess notices the Dark Cloud and sends her Hotdog Knights to fight it off using arrows but then they get turned into hotdog squids when the cloud steps on them. Suddenly, Marceline arrives to help fight off the Dark Cloud after talking with Ice King about sitting out the fight because she doesn't want Finn to get the glory of defeating the Dark Cloud. Marceline flies right up into the center of the Dark Cloud and then uses her soul-sucking ability to absorb the whole cloud into herself through her heart while Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, the Fat Villagers, and the Candy People continue to fight it off. Marceline is able to defeat the cloud after sucking it up, regains the Vampire King's power, and frees those who were captured by it. But in the process, Marceline becomes a Vampire again when the Dark Cloud bites her neck while being sucked up, and Marceline later faints from the exhaustion of sucking up the cloud.

### Aftermath

After waking up at her house and talking with Finn, Jake, and Princess Bubblegum, Marceline accepts being a Vampire again and even plays a song about her newfound maturity. Princess Bubblegum then becomes ruler of the Candy Kingdom again after usurping Crunchy then fixes up Peppermint Butler by putting his pieces back together. The Vampire King roams Ooo as a normal lion now that he is not a Vampire anymore while his Cow goes back to the Fat Villagers' village. The King of Ooo also roams Ooo as a melted pile of earwax and his assistant, Toronto escapes from the Candy Kingdom with some chalices. Marceline would later use the Vampire King's essence to take the form of the Dark Cloud during the Battle of Ooo but with her face on it instead.

## Belligerents

### Candy Kingdom

* Marceline
* Finn
* Jake
* Princess Bubblegum
* Candy People
	+ Crunchy
	+ Banana Guards
	+ Mr. Cupcake
	+ Chet
	+ Starchy
	+ Colonel Candy Corn
	+ Candy Cane Guy
	+ Taffy Girl
	+ Punch Bowl
	+ Marshmallow Kids
	+ Gumdrop Lass 1
	+ Gumdrop Lass 2
	+ Candy Magician
	+ Pup Gang
	+ Dr. Ice Cream
	+ Dr. Donut
	+ Nurse Pound Cake
	+ Green Gumdrop Dude
	+ Sugar Cube
	+ Chocolate Bar Guy
	+ Pineapple Guy
	+ Lollipop Girl
	+ Mr. Cream Puff
	+ Other Candy People
* Flambo
* Flame Princess
* Cinnamon Bun
* Hot Dog Princess
* Hot Dog Knights
* Fat Villagers

### Other

* Ice King
* King of Ooo
* Peppermint Butler
* Cows
* Vampire King

## Videos

Adventure Time- Stakes - The Dark Cloud (Clip 1)Adventure Time- Stakes - The Dark Cloud (Clip 2)Adventure Time- Stakes - The Dark Cloud (Clip 3)Absorbing the vampire king's soul and essenceMarceline - Everything Stays (Let's go in the garden)
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