Jake's True Power? - Adventure Time Theory #3

When you think about it, Jake is a pretty shifty character...
Also, who is the Princess of his story?
You tell me.

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0:00 Intro.
0:31 Life and Times.
3:27 The Powers.
13:08 The Princess.
23:32 Shocking Twist.

[snowman]

It was also somewhat weird that jakes children( and all future offspring) all ended up with crazy superpowers, like I understand jake is stretchy and lady can has some minor powers, but for that to make every Pup in the future to have absurd powers didn’t really add up. But if you look at it through the lense of “they are all the offspring of a cosmic entity” it starts making a lot more sense

[theemmengard]

Slight variance in timeline. His parents didn’t adopt Finn in the middle of his criminal career. Finn and Jake were babies together. Dogs just grow up faster, so he went off and did crime while Finn was still a toddler. Then their parents died and Jake stepped up and took over raising Finn. Which always surprised me cause Germaine seemed a lot more responsible.

[conflictt]

The fact that when Jake says "Enhance" it just infinitely loops zooming in on Jake is wild because it implies Jake is the center of this reality.

[wachyfanning]

To further specify his stretching powers, he is capable of:
-Changing the shape of his body at will
-Fusing and unfusing parts of his body - we see this in the way he makes a key with a hole in it using his hand. Hands do not have holes, however, meaning he's not just changing its shape, but its topography.
-Spontaneously creating and uncreating matter - Jake's weight seems to be in proportion to his size. This means he's not necessarily 'stretching' at all, which implies the same mass being spread across a greater area; rather, he is gaining mass. Moreover when he gets poisoned and expands his liver, his liver is not just the size of 51 dog livers, but also has the functionality, indicating that he has not just stretched his liver out but increased its mass.

The ability to spontaneously create and destroy matter is so powerful that it literally breaks the laws of physics.

[staymellow]

I think Jake is the physical embodiment of creativity or freedom, and whichever way he understands those concepts in his lives changes his abilities

[opossumking]

Someone may have mentioned it, but notice how when the lich shows the primordials, they are all yellow like Jake. Orgalorg in particular resembles a Jake transformation

[designerwookiee]

It always struck me as a bit odd that Jake was friends with Prismo and other cosmic entities / gods to the point that he could just hang out in The Time Room. Like, I could see him being invited over once in while via Dreams and catching a ride from the Dream Owl, but Prismo goes out of his way to transport Jake's full corporeal form to The Time Room on the regular? Wild.

"Yea, here's cosmic Wishmaster Prismo, The Cosmic Owl of prophetic dreams, Martian God: Grob Gob Glob Grod, The Party God, etc. Oh, and here's Jake the Dog. No, he's a mortal, but he can do cool stretchy stuff. show 'em Jake!"


Jake actually being some lowkey cosmic entity flying under the radar is just...
_mind blown_

Upon further thought, I wonder if Jake is loosely based on Azathoth, at least in concept. Basic shared descriptors being, "...he is always changing." and "Possesses the powers of Reality Dreaming"

[LethalMonarch]

Jake is the perfect example of the "God who can destroy everything but just chooses to not do it since its too much effort" trope

[flagdefender]

The thing with Jake “flying” when he does the loops at 19:05 is actually something you can do with a slinky or rope ladder. It’s just a stretching related physics thing. And he does still fall at the end, just basically stretched the distance.

[ptero]

Omg, this theory.. It really helps explain a lot of things. For example when Jake has heard about "blank eyed girls", started freaking out over it, and as result - they appeared. And they acted like they followed his thoughts.
Very good video after all, wish you good luck and a lot of numbers!! Really deserve it!

[snowman]

I always thought that Prismo was jake because of the time loop thing. But this adds so much more to it. It explains why Jake gets along with prismo AND party god so well

[bordensmusic]

Imagination is just a general form of magic in adventure time. Finn does it too but it's harder for him. The trick is you really have to believe what you think is real for it to work.

[test-ttk]

As a diehard adventure time fan I can say these videos are extremely well-researched and the production value is off the charts, keep it going m8

[neuroairman]

It never sat right with me that Finn had a "favorite" brother. They almost never interacted with Jermaine. Jermaine had to grow up as the "normal" sibling. He didn't have super strength like Finn, he didn't have stretchy powers like Jake. He was doomed to a life of mediocrity; the brother who would forever be left out. To live a life of solitude, never being invited to go on adventures because he was "normal". It's sad how Finn and Jake could treat their own brother, never showing him the love that they felt for each other.

[tylerfultz]

4:37 “You stretch GEWUDDD😩” always killed me😂💀

[ivegotbadtaste]

This makes the litch jake combo in farm world even more terrifying than they already were

[Man.Of.CuIture]

Omg Jake is Glob. That is why he is always so philosophical, doesn't fear death, always only wishes for a sandwich etc. It's because he already had everything and is now trying to live a simple life.

[dannymaurice]

The goose episode feels like an excuse to just have him act with the futurama cast and I love every second of it

[iAmKaprekar]

I'm also reminded of Jake's inclusion in the prophecy on Mars, as told by GGGG and the King of Mars. I think they are very aware of Jake's cosmic importance, even if they perhaps lack some of the detail why. Lincoln's Sacrifice in reference to this event makes all the more sense given that context!

I've loved all your videos on AT so far, thank you so much for making them! <3

[Tekaisuwu]

Haven’t watched the whole video yet but Jake being Prismo (the old man dreaming) by itself confirms that Jakes dreams are all-powerful.