The BEST episodes of Adventure Time season 1

Every episode of Adventure Time season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Adventure Time season 1!

Adventure Time follows two best friends: Finn (a 12-year old boy) and Jake (a wise 28-year-old dog with magical powers), and the surreal adventures undertaken by the duo as they traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. A world built for adventure, Ooo is filled to the brim with various landscapes for the two buddies to explore and bizarre characters to assist.

Last Updated: 12/4/2024Network: Cartoon NetworkStatus: Ended
Henchman
star
8.17
862 votes

#1 - Henchman

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/23/2010

After seeing Marceline the vampire queen torment an elderly henchman, Finn steps in to be her new henchman, doing whatever he is told to do.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Wizard
star
8.10
1229 votes

#2 - Wizard

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/10/2010

Finn and Jake temporarily get magic powers from an evil wizard, but are tricked into helping stop a comet.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Rainy Day Daydream
star
8.05
924 votes

#3 - Rainy Day Daydream

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/6/2010

Stuck inside the treehouse due to a knife storm, Finn and Jake use their imagination to pass the time.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Amazon
Evicted!
star
8.02
1161 votes

#4 - Evicted!

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/17/2010

Finn and Jake search the land of Ooo for a new home after Marceline claims the duo's treehouse as her own.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Dungeon
star
7.95
810 votes

#5 - Dungeon

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/12/2010

Finn's headstrong decision to explore a dungeon in defiance of Jake's warnings leads to a dangerous escapade.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Amazon
The Enchiridion!
star
7.92
1409 votes

#6 - The Enchiridion!

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/19/2010

Finn and Jake go on a quest for a magical book that would prove them worthy of being righteous heroes.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Business Time
star
7.91
1101 votes

#7 - Business Time

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/26/2010

When Finn and Jake discover a group of businessmen frozen in an iceberg, the duo thaws them and hires them to help with their adventures.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
Memories of Boom Boom Mountain
star
7.85
1163 votes

#8 - Memories of Boom Boom Mountain

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/3/2010

Finn reflects on an upsetting experience in his past and pledges to help everyone in town, but this proves more difficult than imagined.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
My Two Favorite People
star
7.84
1155 votes

#9 - My Two Favorite People

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/3/2010

Jake's plan to spend time with both Lady Rainicorn and Finn backfires.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Jiggler
star
7.82
1208 votes

#10 - The Jiggler

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/2010

A jiggly creature attracted by Finn's auto-tuned singing follows Finn and Jake home but soon feels ill effects of separation from its family.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
What is Life?
star
7.81
953 votes

#11 - What is Life?

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/14/2010

Finn brings a pie-throwing robot to life, but the machine begins to long for a more fulfilling existence.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
City of Thieves
star
7.77
1086 votes

#12 - City of Thieves

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/24/2010

Finn and Jake go off to face a thief king who has been stealing from little girls.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
Prisoners of Love
star
7.75
1634 votes

#13 - Prisoners of Love

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2010

When the Ice King kidnaps a number of princesses he sees as potential brides, Finn and Jake team with the prisoners to set everybody free.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
Tree Trunks
star
7.73
1273 votes

#14 - Tree Trunks

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/2010

Finn and Jake join Tree Trunks in search for the rare Crystal Gem Apple, but question whether Tree Trunks has what it takes to adventure.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
Slumber Party Panic
star
7.68
2489 votes

#15 - Slumber Party Panic

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2010

Finn and Princess Bubblegum must protect the Candy Kingdom from a horde of candy zombies they accidentally created.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
Ricardio the Heart Guy
star
7.67
1154 votes

#16 - Ricardio the Heart Guy

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/2010

When a Heart Guy named Ricardio comes to Candy Kingdom, Finn gets really jealous and finds a way to get him out of the Land of Ooo.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
Gut Grinder
star
7.67
745 votes

#17 - Gut Grinder

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/27/2010

When the Fluffy People's gold has been devoured by a culprit only known as "The Gut Grinder", Finn and Jake team up to find him with his tracks.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
What Have You Done?
star
7.65
809 votes

#18 - What Have You Done?

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/13/2010

Finn and Jake capture the Ice King as their prisoner, but feel guilty when unable to explain the wrongs he committed.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
The Witch's Garden
star
7.64
850 votes

#19 - The Witch's Garden

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/7/2010

Finn and Jake consider breaking up after a witch strips Jake of his powers.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Duke
star
7.64
849 votes

#20 - The Duke

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/19/2010

Finn must tell the truth when he accidentally turns Princess Bubblegum bald and green and blames the Duke of Nuts.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Ocean of Fear
star
7.63
865 votes

#21 - Ocean of Fear

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/21/2010

Finn struggles to overcome his fear of the ocean.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
His Hero
star
7.61
836 votes

#22 - His Hero

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/20/2010

The great warrior Billy inspires Finn and Jake to practice nonviolence, but the duo finds it difficult to resist old ways.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Trouble in Lumpy Space
star
7.58
1672 votes

#23 - Trouble in Lumpy Space

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/5/2010

Finn must travel to Lumpy Space to find a cure that will save Jake, who was accidentally bitten by Lumpy Space Princess at a tea party.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Watch Now:Apple TV
Freak City
star
7.56
765 votes

#24 - Freak City

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/26/2010

After being transformed into a foot, Finn joins forces with a band of misfits to make things right.

Directors: Larry Leichliter
Donny
star
7.52
690 votes

#25 - Donny

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/9/2010

Finn and Jake try to help an obnoxious grass ogre named Donny develop better social skills, only to find out Donny's jerky behavior protects the house people from the why-wolves, which eat the house people.

Directors: Larry Leichliter