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"Mortal Recoil" is the twenty-fifth episode of the second season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded by Cole Sanchez and Jesse Moynihan, from a story by Mark Banker, Kent Osborne, Patrick McHale, and series creator Pendleton Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on May 2, 2011. The episode guest stars Isabella Acres as young Princess Bubblegum and Kevin Michael Richardson as Lich-possessed Princess Bubblegum. After Bubblegum is seriously wounded and there is not enough candy bio-mass to save her, she reverts to a 13-year-old. "Mortal Recoil" was the second part of a two-part episode following "Mortal Folly"; this marked the first time an Adventure Time episode carried into another episode. The plot-threads concerning Princess Bubblegum's age were concluded with the third season episode "Too Young". This episode marked the first time that Acres would voice the younger version of Bubblegum; she would reprise her role one last time in "Too Young". The episode was watched by 1.92 million people and received largely positive critical attention; many critics enjoyed the way the episode began to set up the series' mythology.