Deviation Actions
It was clear that the early episodes with Finn and Princess Bubblegum were the just the start of Finn and Princess Bubblegum's friendship. The affection she shows in her teenage form is what I consider the spark that ignites Finn's platonic relationship with her in later episodes, being a hero for saving her when there's evil afoot... The Earl of Lemongrab usurped her throne when Princess Bubblegum was regressed into a pretty little teenage barefoot princess dressed up in a beautiful dark pink/purple v-neck ballgown in "Too Young" following her life-saving operation in "Mortal Recoil." She had to sacrifice her youth by stacking pieces of donated candy biomass from the candy people on top of her short body and transforming back into her normal adult form with a magical kiss by Finn to her young lips. Both Finn and Princess Bubblegum were locked up behind bars with the other candy people when she made the decision of returning to her adult form after botching one of their pranks with her spicy hygiene serum after falling from the branch of an apple tree outside the Candy Kingdom and landing on the grass beside Lemongrab, who just wanted to pick an apple off the tree and eat it...