Marceline The Vampire Queen Profile

Background

Marceline is over a thousand years old.In "Memory of a Memory," one of Marceline's memories shows her as a young girl playing near the burning ruins of a city, presumably the aftermath of the Mushroom War.

When Marceline was a teenager, her father ate her fries in the ruins of a diner, as Finn witnessed in her memory. This incident would damage Marceline's relationship with her father, which she would later sing about in her "Fry Song." At a later point in her history, she moved into the Tree Fort (that would later become Finn and Jake's home) with her boyfriend Ash. She would later dump him for selling her prized possession Hambo, a teddy bear that which she carried close to her throughout the years of her life, and for being an all-around jerk. Marceline has also mentioned her mother, but no in depth information has been given about her or their relationship yet.

Pendleton Ward also stated that while Marceline is the Vampire Queen, there is no Vampire King because she killed him.

It's unknown exactly when or how Marceline became a vampire, although she did not have a bite mark on her neck when she was younger.

Personality

Marceline is described as a wild rocker girl. Centuries of wandering the Land of Ooo have made

her a fearless daredevil. She is a lover of all things exotic and still travels the land often. Unlike traditional vampires, Marceline is able to sustain herself solely on "shades of red," rather than blood. This means she can suck the color out of anything red and cMarceline's teddy bearHamboause it to lose its hue. She has a mischievous personality and is not intimidated by anything. Despite seeming evil at first, Marceline is a trickster at heart, and her "evil plans" often turn out to be nothing more than elaborate jokes.She is described by Finn as "a radical dame who likes to play games". She seems to have a strained relationship with her father and might sometimes have violent outbursts, as shown in "It Came from the Nightosphere."

She was very emotionally attached to her teddy bear Hambo; after Ash sold it to a witch, she was furious and broke up with him.

Marceline seems to be a little emotional, for example in "What Was Missing," she seemed to be more "aggressive" towards Princess Bubblegum than she usually is. In "It Came from the Nightosphere," she swung her axe-bass at Finn for annoying her a bit, then immediately says "...that was emotionally exhausting..." She is also very independent, and in early episodes would often act without concern for Finn or his friends. She is known to pick her nose as seen on "Memory of a Memory" and "Marceline's Closet." It is easier for Marceline to express her feelings through music, as seen with "The Fry Song" and "I'm Just Your Problem."

Abilities

- Strengths

Marceline's abilities have been shown to go beyond that of a traditional vampire, as she has been shown to possess the powers of levitation, pyrokinesis, telekinesis, invisibility, and necromancy, near instantaneous self-healing, the spooky vampire walk, as well as the ability to shape shift into numerous monstrous forms, including a bat, a wolf, a reptilian creature, or a tentacled monster. Her shape-shifting powers might be an ability inherited from her father, as he demonstrated he could transform into demonic creatures as well. Also unlike traditional vampires, Marceline is capable of sustaining herself on "shades of red," such as the color in strawberries, and is not limited to surviving on blood. Marceline additionally seems to have control of how her long hair moves (However, in almost every episode she has been in, she has brushed a lock of it out of her face, though this could simply be a habit).

According to the note she left on her door in "Marceline's Closet" she gets lucid dreams when she's eaten tomatoes.

As the Lady of Evil, she gains the ability to shoot green lasers which either vaporize or transform whatever they hit. She can also create or transform into a large cloud of bloodmist with the ability to shoot green lasers as well. In addition to these things, she also gains the ability to devour souls.

- Weaknesses

Marceline is vulnerable to sunlight, as is common in vampire lore. The nuance to this in the Adventure Time world is that vampires are specifically vulnerable to direct sunlight. Marceline is capable of unrestricted movement on a bright sunny day provided that she shields herself, which she usually accomplishes with a combination of a parasol and a large sunhat, sometimes with the addition of full-length gloves to cover her arms. According to Marceline moving around on a bright day still hurts mildly, comparable to scraping her knee, but she can bear it. Exposure to direct sunlight will cause Marceline to painfully melt into a pile of goo, though if she retreats into cover she can heal back to normal within moments. It is not clear if prolonged exposure to direct sunlight will eventually kill Marceline outright.

Also like typical vampires, Marceline can't see her own reflection in a mirror, however she does show up on film as seen in "Return to the Nightosphere". It also isn't known if she will suffer any adverse effects if she isn't able to feed on "shades of red" for prolonged periods of time, either starving to death or surviving but being greatly weakened. In "Heat Signature," Marceline explains to Finn and Jake that vampires can't defeat ghosts: "It's like a rock-paper-scissors thing." It is unknown if Marceline is negatively affected by garlic because her only known exposure to it happened when Jake pelted her in the head with large cloves of it, so the pain she experienced may have come from the impact and not the exposure. It is also unknown if Marceline can be slayed with a wooden stake since Marceline hid when Jake attempted to do so.

SOURCE: AdventureTimeWiki