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Finn and Jake traverse the Flame Kingdom palace, trying to identify the culprits. Eventually, Jake gets the idea to dress up as actors and perform a play wherein they pretend to be the conspirators; this will cause the real assassins to act suspicious. Their plan goes awry, and Flame King believes
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on September 17, 2012. The episode was seen by 2.256 million viewers, and received a 0.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. This means it was seen by 0.5 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the episode's airing. The episode first saw physical release as part of the
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to acquire the throne. Finn is concerned that, because her father is truly evil, Flame Princess might be evil as well, but Flame King notes that someone with a good spirit could change her.
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Leichliter, Larry (director); Adam Muto (creative director); Nick Jennings (art director); Somvilay Xayaphone & Bert Youn (storyboard artists) (September 17, 2012). "Ignition Point".
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awarded the episode an "A−", rhetorically asking, "What show other than Adventure Time could begin with farts and end with Shakespeare?" He argued that "Ignition Point" represented an
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them to be the actual assassins. However, by a lucky turn of events, Finn and Jake are able to unveil the actual culprits, who are the children of Flame King's brother, whom he
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wanted to focus on political intrigue in the Fire Kingdom. The episode was seen by 2.256 million viewers, and received mostly positive reviews from critics. Oliver Sava of
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Cash, Nate (supervising director); Nick Jennings (art director); Tom Herpich & Steve Wolfhard (storyboard artists) (July 22, 2013). "Be More".
818: 408:". According to him, "the Flame Kingdom was one of the first kingdoms that I really got to go nuts with do my own thing." In this episode, 1571: 1361: 770: 472:, furthered the show's tendency to be "daddy-crazy", and illustrate that "the female characters tend to have horrible father figures". 1293: 811: 1231: 1205: 1184: 863: 839: 240: 1443: 1388: 1381: 1191: 1067: 958: 455: 218: 361:"Ignition Point" was written and storyboarded by Somvilay Xayaphone and Bert Youn, from a story developed by series creator 605: 1618: 1416: 1135: 931: 856: 1613: 1170: 1019: 883: 1603: 1367: 1335: 850: 366: 266: 524: 1476: 1423: 1409: 984: 405: 257: 1437: 1107: 991: 938: 1555: 1544: 1402: 1279: 1114: 421: 60: 1521: 1494: 1453: 1353: 1223: 1100: 1037: 977: 968: 922: 874: 417: 401: 253: 230: 120: 728: 606:"[Adam Muto, explaining the influence of 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead' on 'Ignition Point'" 1342: 1328: 1265: 904: 897: 97: 1537: 1093: 945: 1530: 1510: 1251: 756: 1462: 1374: 1272: 1053: 1012: 1483: 265:. The episode was written and storyboarded by Somvilay Xayaphone and Bert Youn, from a story by 17: 1564: 1430: 1163: 1079: 798: 689: 1244: 1198: 1046: 998: 890: 528: 465: 413: 286: 181: 87: 1121: 670: 651: 590: 564: 433: 375: 338: 309: 278: 312:). Once there, they discover a plot to assassinate the Flame King, and try to thwart it. 1395: 1321: 1237: 952: 835: 362: 293: 274: 261: 128: 50: 613: 1587: 1307: 1300: 1177: 761: 442: 397: 326: 321: 305: 206: 451: 370: 301: 297: 270: 124: 393:
before working on the episode; according to Muto, Osborne is a "pretty big fan."
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The idea for "Ignition Point" had been developed at a writers meeting, wherein
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plays the role of Furnius; he would later play an unrelated character in the
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Many of the character designs used in this episode had been designed by
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that the series' writers and producers watched the 1990 comedy-drama
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For the physical point in which objects ignite, see
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Ignition Point (Adventure Time)
fire point
Adventure Time

Larry Leichliter
Adam Muto
Nick Jennings
Patrick McHale
Kent Osborne
Pendleton Ward
Keith David
Paul F. Tompkins
Who Would Win
The Hard Easy
Adventure Time season 4
List of episodes
fourth season
animated television series
Adventure Time
Patrick McHale
Kent Osborne
Pendleton Ward
Cartoon Network
Keith David
Paul F. Tompkins
Finn
Jeremy Shada
Jake
John DiMaggio
Jessica DiCicco

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